World athletic championships

[central]

Great start from Jessica Ennis.

[stephen300o]

The colour of the track looks ok to me. Quite funny how the eurosport commentators are confused about the slow times in the first round of the 100m.

[jbudgie]

Track colour looks great to me.

They must be crap commentators then.
Why not watch on the BBC where the commentators are excellent.

[stephen300o]

jbudgie said:

Track colour looks great to me.

They must be crap commentators then.
Why not watch on the BBC where the commentators are excellent.

I missed the live heats, and caught the replays on there.
Looks like Tyson Gay hasn't got much of a chance with his groin strain, a shame as this will be a jog for Usain.

[jbudgie]

His training buddy (Bailey?)might make a slight race of it though .


Think Chambers will go under 10--not sure how he got to these championships though--thought he was banned from all the big ones.

I wouldn't have let him.

[ExChrispy Porker]

jbudgie said:

Track colour looks great to me.

They must be crap commentators then.
Why not watch on the BBC where the commentators are excellent.

The BBC, not surprisingly tend to concentrate on British athletes, which means that you miss a lot.

[central]

Looks like Paula Radcliffe is back -
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/8193138....

[Gun]

Can't wait for the 100m final tonight, think we might be in for a cracker!

[jbudgie]

central said:

Looks like Paula Radcliffe is back -
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/8193138....

Not sure if a half marathon would be the best prep for full marathon the following week.

Wish her the best though.

[central]

jbudgie said:

central said:

Looks like Paula Radcliffe is back -
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/8193138....

Not sure if a half marathon would be the best prep for full marathon the following week.

Wish her the best though.

It's certainly unconventional.

[stephen300o]

central said:

jbudgie said:

central said:

Looks like Paula Radcliffe is back -
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/8193138....

Not sure if a half marathon would be the best prep for full marathon the following week.

Wish her the best though.

It's certainly unconventional.

She's crazy.

[ExChrispy Porker]

jbudgie said:

His training buddy (Bailey?)might make a slight race of it though .


Think Chambers will go under 10--not sure how he got to these championships though--thought he was banned from all the big ones.

I wouldn't have let him.

He is banned from the Olympics = as a matter of British team policy. He can be selected for anything else though.
Carl Myerscough is in the same boat.

[jbudgie]

ExChrispy Porker said:

jbudgie said:

His training buddy (Bailey?)might make a slight race of it though .


Think Chambers will go under 10--not sure how he got to these championships though--thought he was banned from all the big ones.

I wouldn't have let him.

He is banned from the Olympics = as a matter of British team policy. He can be selected for anything else though.
Carl Myerscough is in the same boat.

That seems a bit daft !!

[jbudgie]

Some of the females seem a bit yummy

[stephen300o]

It's a great shame that Dwain Chambers chose to take that route, he may have served his time but his body is the way it is, mostly due to the drug use, which kind of taints the "giving them a second chance" thing.
I pray for a clean championship.

[Russ35]

jbudgie said:

ExChrispy Porker said:

jbudgie said:

His training buddy (Bailey?)might make a slight race of it though .


Think Chambers will go under 10--not sure how he got to these championships though--thought he was banned from all the big ones.

I wouldn't have let him.

He is banned from the Olympics = as a matter of British team policy. He can be selected for anything else though.
Carl Myerscough is in the same boat.

That seems a bit daft !!

The Olympic squad is chosen/controlled by a different organisation (British Olympic Association) than World Championship etc (UK Athletics).

The British Olympic Association have a strict life ban policy on drug offences, where as UK Athletics policy wasn't very clear, so when he had served his ban, UK Athletics tried to not choose him even though he was getting the qualification times. He threatened to take them to court and they backed down.

[stephen300o]

The ladies 100m looks like it's going to be the more competitive race, the American girls are looking to give the Jamaicans a run for there money.

[jbudgie]

Jessica ---world champion !!!!

[Dominic H]

9.58! F*ck me!

[Gun]

Wow, a 9.58 into a head wind!! The mans a freak of nature.