Athletics Discussion Thread

[Headie]

Makwala the World Leader not starting :o

[Headie]

Weir :(

[Macie Lightfoot]

Oh good we need another flashback to the Felix/Miller 400m from last year aka a bunch of Americans armchair critiquing a sport they never watch with You Shouldn't Be Able To Dive Across The Finish Line

[Headie]

Zharnel Hughes up next, and Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake in the final heat after that

[Headie]

Oh good we need another flashback to the Felix/Miller 400m from last year aka a bunch of Americans armchair critiquing a sport they never watch with You Shouldn't Be Able To Dive Across The Finish Line

Oh boo I feel you, the BBC are just as bad with their answer to Loose Women/The View being the basis for their main coverage

[Headie]

Good start for Sophie :clap1:

[Black Dagger]

Yasss Soph. Good start x

[Headie]

Oh Zharnel you flop

[Headie]

Gemili is sat at home fuming at his TV

[Headie]

He's the fastest of the three fastest losers and with one more heat to come he'll make it through, but it does make you wonder how Adam would've performed

[Macie Lightfoot]

Oh boo I feel you, the BBC are just as bad with their answer to Loose Women/The View being the basis for their main coverage

We were told we should THANK MILLER bc she's the reason Felix is most likely gonna stick around through 2020. No, I'll thank Miller because she's fast af and had a great season even before Rio.

Then again, this is a network that still released articles of Felix attempting the 200/400 double in Rio after she didn't even make the team in the 200 :joker: Allyson's impossible to hate so I don't begrudge her at all, but still annoying nonetheless.

[Headie]

We were told we should THANK MILLER bc she's the reason Felix is most likely gonna stick around through 2020. No, I'll thank Miller because she's fast af and had a great season even before Rio.

Then again, this is a network that still released articles of Felix attempting the 200/400 double in Rio after she didn't even make the team in the 200 :joker: Allyson's impossible to hate so I don't begrudge her at all, but still annoying nonetheless.

:joker:

We currently have Ryan Crouser sat in our studio with Gabby Logan & Denise Lewis talking about how the Shot Put decision needs to be revoked and he should get his Gold medal

[Headie]

Meanwhile, believe it or not, there's a Triple Jump and a Hammer Throw competition going on at the moment!

[Headie]

Mitchell-Blake on now :worship: He could easily win this heat if he's in shape

[Headie]

20.09 for Nethaneel :clap1: If he gets a better start in the semis he can make the final for sure

The Canadian given the win :rolleyes:

[Headie]

Watch Danny and Nethaneel get ****ed over with lane draws now :laugh:

[Headie]

Those cheers for Sophie :lovedup:

[Black Dagger]

Damn it that looked better than it was lol. Still promising.

[Headie]

Damn it that looked better than it was lol. Still promising.

The undefeated World Record Anita who's last name is unpronounceable holder is currently sat in 6th place after two throws, think she'll be pushed out of the top 8 by the end of round 2 so if she doesn't get a top 8 performance after three rounds she'll be out and we'll have a real competition on our hands :clap1:

She should easily get top 8 though, she's like the Usain Bolt of Hammer Throwing but better :laugh:

[Headie]

Ryan Crouser sounds like he needs to just move on already. You lost boo! Get over it

[Macie Lightfoot]

alol we just had an awkward Christian Taylor interview where he got surprised by Jonathan Edwards as he was talking about wanting to break the world record :joker:

and that will probably be the only field event coverage we get all day...x

[Headie]

alol we just had an awkward Christian Taylor interview where he got surprised by Jonathan Edwards as he was talking about wanting to break the world record :joker:

and that will probably be the only field event coverage we get all day...x

That'll be more than we get!

We're currently watching Linford Christie and Justin Gatlin on the warm-up track

[Headie]

Yay the women's 400m Hurdles :love:

I'm fully expecting a US 1-2-3 but it's nice to have 3 Brits in this event for a change!

[Macie Lightfoot]

come thru Dalilah! Sage Watson is fun too, she always pops up on my Instram photos you may like

[Headie]

Oop the two guys who advanced with Mitchell-Blake in that final semi have been DQ'd :joker:

Get that good lane draw! :clap1:

[Black Dagger]

Flop bitch please x

[Black Dagger]

Urgh. Cow.

[Headie]

Yikes Anita girl wyd

She was like 1/40 to win, all the other girls were like 25/1 at best. Looks really out of shape :worry:

Sophie being consistent but middle-of-the-road

[Macie Lightfoot]

omg why did we just get to watch a hammer throw when we've never medaled in hammer this is bizarre

[Headie]

Poor Jess

At least she got a run out though x

[Macie Lightfoot]

Cassandra Tate's form REALLY bothers me, I must say.

[Headie]

Wow BBC blowing the budget having all these non-British athletes in the studio! We've got Luis Manyonga now

[Headie]

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Um what @ Tirunesh Dibaba tweeting support for Nethaneel :joker:

[Macie Lightfoot]

I'm still really happy that yesterday NBC showed a flashback to daddy Greg winning LJ in 2012 :love:

Shamier Little is a ****ing mess, when she runs poorly it's BAD. I think she'll be fine for the heat but she's definitely my bet on most likely to screw something up for USA.

[Headie]

Didn't recognise Shamier Little with that wavy long weave!

What a mess of a run that was

[Macie Lightfoot]

welp did I almost jinx Shamier? Sorry hun.....x

[Headie]

Welp her face when she hit that hurdle :joker:

[Headie]

"She's running in sheer terror coming down the stretch there" :skull:

[Headie]

Finally Anita delivers

[Headie]

"What made you do a sang angel after winning?"

"I'm a Christian, I believe in God, so this gold medal is for God"

yep that just happened

[Headie]

Sophie's not gonna medal is she </3

[Macie Lightfoot]

Shamier completely broke the 8th hurdle :joker: and she just said in an interview that she was "thinking too hard" and "the race wasn't fast enough" for her to execute her plan :joker:

homegirl is a COMPLETE mess and Cassandra Tate........ like I don't want to say She Shouldn't Be There but she's the seventh best American woman right now and only got in on a Diamond League bye. She switched legs on the last four hurdles which isn't necessarily a bad thing but she doesn't even bend her right leg at all when she's leading with it.

[Headie]

Eilidh safely through although she was pipped for 2nd place

[Headie]

Anita looks tired of competing :joker:

[Headie]

Meghan Beesley up in this final heat, she might need a fastest loser spot to make it. 56.4 should do it.

[Macie Lightfoot]

omg Anita

[Headie]

Sophie crying </3

People put too much pressure on her to get a medal when it was a long shot

[Headie]

Come through Meghan :fc: Probably the only IAAF invite athlete that could make it through for GB

[Headie]

**** sake

[Headie]

She made it through via fastest losers oop :clap1:

[Headie]

Meghan Beesley up in this final heat, she might need a fastest loser spot to make it. 56.4 should do it.

What did I say xx

[Macie Lightfoot]

Meaghan looks cute I like her

[Headie]

Meaghan looks cute I like her

She's really lovely, been so unlucky with injuries the past few years, she was in a boot about 3 months ago with a broken foot and only qualified for these champs as the sole IAAF invite athlete when she ran 4 hundredths outside the qualifying standard on the final deadline day :laugh:

[Black Dagger]

Urgh I love Sophie so much. Them showing her crying.

Can honestly only see Mo medalling really. Some big performances will be needed heading into Tokyo!

[Headie]

Troy what's NBC's take on Semenya, do they drag her for being intersex or whatever because the BBC avoid the topic pretty much all the time until they were forced to address it after Lynsey Sharp's non-interview with Phil Jones in Rio

[Headie]

Urgh I love Sophie so much. Them showing her crying.

Can honestly only see Mo medalling really. Some big performances will be needed heading into Tokyo!

**** Tokyo, I want GB medallists at the world indoors in Birmingham in March next year!

Greg said he's gonna do the indoor season for once and try and win Gold on home soil :clap1:

[Headie]

Sophie :( My heart is breaking seeing her like that

BBC feeling sympathy for her when they caused this mess by putting so much pressure on her smh

[Headie]

Imagine feeling like **** already and then having to be non-interviewed by ****ing Phil Jones of all people

[Headie]

"Your best is certainly not right here and right now, it's to come"

Wow well done Phil sure she feels great xx

[Headie]

Gabby apologising to the audience on behalf of the BBC if viewers found Phil interviewing her in floods of tears insensitive omfg :joker: You can't make this up

[Headie]

Ok Karsten Warholm is hot

[Macie Lightfoot]

this Norwegian guys is low-key cute?

[Headie]

Ok Karsten Warholm is hot

this Norwegian guys is low-key cute?

http://rs1110.pbsrc.com/albums/h448/illuminatiphobia/Popular%20Female%20Vocalists/Whitney-Houston-and-CeCe-Winans-having-a-laugh-at-awards-show.gif~c200

[Headie]

Damn Kerron Clement left that really late

What is it with these US hurdlers giving their fans the fright of their lives

[Headie]

However I think Devon Allen is my low-key surprise crush of these championships

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[Headie]

Alol the BBC telling us that Van Niekerk lost his heat to GB's Danny Talbot when that isn't the case at all

[Macie Lightfoot]

Troy what's NBC's take on Semenya, do they drag her for being intersex or whatever because the BBC avoid the topic pretty much all the time until they were forced to address it after Lynsey Sharp's non-interview with Phil Jones in Rio

I think NBC pretty much avoids it as much as they can? I honestly don't recall much of what happened last year, and I missed the first two and a half days of this year and they're still on my DVR so maybe I'll be proven wrong. I *do* distinctly remember last year where Shannon Rowbury had an interview with FloTrack or LetsRun about how Semenya being able to race threatens the integrity of women's sports while Brenda Martinez, who races Caster FAR more often, was just like "I'm looking forward to racing her bc I'll run a fast time :shrug: I like her, it's not her fault she's different" and Jenny Simpson was just like "lol having to race against Caster is different because everybody asks you about her :smug as **** smile:"

[Headie]

Umm the BBC literally just skipped the second semi final for the Men's 400 hurdles (featuring GB's Jack Green) so we could watch Paula Radcliffe recite some Iron Maiden lyrics in a dramatic Laura Muir VT???

[Headie]

Oh he flopped that's why they didn't show it

[Macie Lightfoot]

NBC randomly recruiting Sandi Morris to help cover men's pole vault tomorrow :joker:

[Macie Lightfoot]

Oh good now let's do a Skype call with Sanya Richards-Ross :joker:

[Headie]

Oh good now let's do a Skype call with Sanya Richards-Ross :joker:

Omg this NBC coverage makes the BBC sound like slick professionals :joker:

[Macie Lightfoot]

Ato Bolden just told Sanya "HANDS UP AND KNEES UP" as she prepares for this final stretch of........ pregnancy.

[Headie]

"FEATURING Allyson Felix AND Zoey Clark"

No1curr about some flop British athlete who managed to do better than the other two by making it through the heats

[Headie]

Michael Johnson clocking the BBC for putting too much pressure on Sophie Hitchon :worship:

Gabby nodding her head :joker: Girl bye

[Headie]

There's something about Shaunae Miller which I LOVE and I can't pinpoint what it is

I think it's her all-or-nothing running style

[Headie]

yikes Quanera Hayes

[Headie]

Felix is such a majestic runner :flutter:

[Headie]

Oop she didn't win tho :o

[Macie Lightfoot]

wow Phyllis Francis looked pretty good

[Headie]

Wait when did Francis switch from a weave to a Will Smith haircut

[Headie]

Novlene Williams-Mills makes her SIXTH consecutive 400m final :o

[Headie]

Oh and moments after I say the BBC ignore Semenya's intersexuality they do a whole VT on how Laura Muir's 1500m triumph may be halted by Semenya's controversial participation if Semenya wins :rolleyes:

[Headie]

Oh and a Lynsey Sharp interview flashback complaining about testosterone levels

[Headie]

I'm PRAYING Semenya wins just to piss the BBC and everyone else off (and win me money :fan:), idec if Laura's in it she's not in the right form to win anyway

[Headie]

This is actually really distasteful even by the BBC's standards

[Headie]

In all of this BS there's actually a Triple Jump final going on :rolleyes:

[Macie Lightfoot]

I don't follow Muir all that closely but she seems like someone who puts up ridiculously impressive times during the season but then struggles to put it all together when it matters. IDK if that's an accurate assessment though.

The Hungarian hurdler looks very nice btw :)

[Headie]

I don't follow Muir all that closely but she seems like someone who puts up ridiculously impressive times during the season but then struggles to put it all together when it matters. IDK if that's an accurate assessment though.

The Hungarian hurdler looks very nice btw :)

Yeah that's pretty much it tbh, she can follow a pacemaker and set fast times but when there's not a pacemaker there she becomes the pacemaker

[Headie]

I wanted Aries Merritt to win, probably my favourite American athlete tbh (although Bowie won me over in her winner's interview last night too <3) but happy that Jamaica finally gets a gold (probably their only individual gold of the champs as well, if not their only gold?)

[Headie]

Alol the BBC telling us Laura Muir is "2nd fastest on paper" going off her PB instead of her SB

[Headie]

#MUIRTIME with a countdown clock to the race :facepalm:

This is why people don't care about Athletics in Britain, over-pressured expectations on our athletes

[Headie]

Rojas and Ibarguen keep swapping the lead in the Triple Jump (not that we'd know)

Ibarguen with the final jump now to respond...

[Headie]

Rojas wins it, two medals for Venezuela :love:

[Macie Lightfoot]

NBC is saying that Muir is rumored to take the lead and push the time to her advantage. Let's see how well that goes!

[Headie]

NBC is saying that Muir is rumored to take the lead and push the time to her advantage. Let's see how well that goes!

BBC just said the same, and that Hassan is gonna take it hard from 500m

[Headie]

Oh God Laura is gonna make the same mistake she did in Rio

[Headie]

All this just to try and tire Semenya out lmao

[Headie]

What a mess of a race this is

[Macie Lightfoot]

omg is Muir tying up

[Macie Lightfoot]

Come through jenny

[Headie]

Semenya beats Muir to bronze... and here we go

[Macie Lightfoot]

omg go Jenny go I love her

[Macie Lightfoot]

how does Jenny have that much energy after they had to close in 2:03 :joker:

[Headie]

**** sake when am I gonna win money

[Macie Lightfoot]

I thought Casty was making a move with 100 to go but it didn't look so sure but damn :joker:

[Headie]

Britain are gonna have their lowest medal tally ever at this rate :joker:

[Black Dagger]

Our relay teams aren't even in any form to snatch bronze.

[Headie]

Laura Weightman came 6th :lovedup: Not that the BBC care

[Headie]

Dina Asher Smith is on tomorrow :lovedup: Excited to see her run even though she's just come back from injury and probably won't medal (although BBC will probably have you thinking she's the favourite)

[Macie Lightfoot]

oh I like Dina a lot, I remember her being really cute in her interview after she won the 100 at World Juniors x

[Jack_]

Had an amazing few days! Was there on Friday and Saturday night but made the weekend of it and went down the Arcelormittal Orbit slide (10/10 would recommend btw) and swam in the Aquatics Centre :D

The atmosphere and noise during the final laps of the 10,000m was insane, genuinely never experienced anything like it :love: contrast that to the excitement and anticipation for the 100m final and how it all went wrong and it was quite the comedown! I waited a year for that night and he lost to GATLIN ffs :joker: everyone was just full of disbelief and disappointment

also there was a streaker on Saturday night and it was hysterical, a security guard tried to tackle him but tripped and the whole crowd went 'OHHHHH' and then booed when they caught him, typical Brits :joker:

Here's a few pics for y'all (these were HQ but had to be resized cause otherwise they're just ridiculous):

http://i.imgur.com/G5eI80dh.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/z9Wizjnh.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/BibQ9Dwh.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/XsK4s6mh.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/68BSGVoh.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/UacPFQ5h.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/0j1atm8h.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/yrwqnxmh.jpg

Hayden's favourite studio:

http://i.imgur.com/yua0Nxah.jpg

(and I'm guessing NBC's is the one on the left?)

Gatlin in the mix zone:

http://i.imgur.com/LqpIglRh.jpg

One for Macie:

http://i.imgur.com/m4D6uXJh.jpg

Sadiq Khan just because:

http://i.imgur.com/mCSBNBeh.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/asgnSbkh.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/cM9aO8eh.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/VsInyNTh.jpg

Videos to follow!

[Headie]

Wow Jack, looks like you had an amazing time! Pleased for you :love:

I hope this has got you even more into Athletics and you'll be following the sport a bit more closely (aka not just me and Macie being the only posters in the thread next year :laugh:)

[Black Dagger]

Shawn Barber tonight <3

[Macie Lightfoot]

NBCSN just spent the intro fangirling over Sandi Morris and previewing the men's PV only to literally say "oh yeah, and there's also a women's javelin final tonight" twice.

I hope Sanya goes into labor early so we can Skype her from the hospital sometime this week!

[Headie]

Shawn Barber tonight <3

Gay icon <3

[Macie Lightfoot]

nnn so Makwala is reportedly going to try to run even though the IAAF explicitly did not clear him?

[Headie]

nnn so Makwala is reportedly going to try to run even though the IAAF explicitly did not clear him?

Here for him pushing past security

[Headie]

Come thru Bianca hun

[Headie]

Flop

[Headie]

Why are the BBC hyping up Shannon Hylton of all people... she'll run like 23.6 and crash out in the heats or something

[Macie Lightfoot]

Deajah Stevens is even more of a mess than Shamier Little so I'm excited :love:

[Headie]

Why are the BBC hyping up Shannon Hylton of all people... she'll run like 23.6 and crash out in the heats or something

xxx

[Headie]

Welp if Dina doesn't make it through we won't have anyone in the semis

She has a tough heat and is still recovering from a broken foot so... yikes

[Macie Lightfoot]

Can someone tell Todd Harris that PV heights are not called rounds???

[Headie]

Dina is coming <333

[Black Dagger]

Shawn you flop.

[Headie]

I hope she doesn't injure herself further but I'm so glad to see her on the start line again :love:

[Macie Lightfoot]

omg Michelle Lee-Ahye is quarantined too?! Helps Dina but wtf is going on in London

[Headie]

Alol Michelle Lee-Ahye doesn't start

[Headie]

Those two Jamaicans in the crowd who have no idea who Dina is :joker:

[Macie Lightfoot]

Alol Michelle Lee-Ahye doesn't start

NBC says she quarantined with that gastrointestinal whatever that's affecting people so she's not even allowed in the stadium :joker:

[Black Dagger]

Yasss Queena.

[Headie]

NBC says she quarantined with that gastrointestinal whatever that's affecting people so she's not even allowed in the stadium :joker:

Makes Makwala's attempt to start all the more amusing lmao

[Denver]

Go girl

[Headie]

Omg 22.73 :o How the **** can you break your foot in March and run that 5 months later

[Macie Lightfoot]

"Asher-Smith will try to reel in Emmanuel" she's already ahead of her you dumbnut...x

[Macie Lightfoot]

Ato Bolden: If you false start in the rounds of the 200 you deserve to be sitting in the stands with us.
Rick Allen: I like sitting in the stands with you Ato :)

[Headie]

Alol how is Bianca Williams the fastest of the losers right now with 23.30 and only 2 heats to go :joker:

[Macie Lightfoot]

and now the German in lane 7 isn't allowed in either :joker:

[Headie]

and now the German in lane 7 isn't allowed in either :joker:

This is getting beyond a joke omg

[Headie]

Ta Lou jerking her head like 5 times to check that everyone else was actually racing and it wasn't a false start or something :joker:

[Headie]

OMFG the BBC ARE SHOWING A VIDEO OF MAKWALA BEING DENIED ENTRY BY SECURITY :joker:

[Headie]

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WHAT THE **** IS GOING ON :joker:

[Macie Lightfoot]

nnnnn I DVRed the Olympic Channel bc they show a British broadcast later tonight but idk if it's BBC. I hope to god they capture that moment :joker:

[Headie]

Tori Bowie is OUT now omfg

[Headie]

nnnnn I DVRed the Olympic Channel bc they show a British broadcast later tonight but idk if it's BBC. I hope to god they capture that moment :joker:

It's the video taken from the tweet posted above :laugh:

[Headie]

How did Bianca Williams make it through as the fastest loser and how did Shannon Hylton end up being one hundredth away from advancing as a fastest loser? At this rate peg-legged Dina could end up medalling

[Macie Lightfoot]

Tori Bowie is OUT now omfg

She was talking about not running the 200 since she won USAs so I'm pretty sure this one's unrelated to the food poisoning scandal. I think her fall after the 100 final sealed the deal.

edit: yup USATF confirmed she scratched on her own

[Macie Lightfoot]

wow Sam Kendricks has a bit of a donk

[Headie]

The BBC now have the Botswana head coach/CEO in the studio :joker:

[Headie]

"Where is Isaac now?"
"Isaac is in his hotel"

:skull:

[Black Dagger]

Can they just show Shawn vaulting please.

[Headie]

Can they just show Shawn vaulting please.

You can watch it in the background over Gabby's head and Paula's bony shoulder xx

[Headie]

The Botswana CEO now telling Michael Johnson that the IAAF denied Makwala out of the 200 as well :joker:

The BBC are throwing so many questions at him and keep interrupting each other this is a mess

[Headie]

#FreeMakwala is starting to trend :joker:

[Headie]

Shamier Little time <3333 Here for another mess

[Black Dagger]

Oh Shawn has flopped anyway. Stupid gay.

[Macie Lightfoot]

Sometimes when I think about it, I am legitimately frightened that the future faces of USATF include Deajah Stevens and Shamier Little. Like, I don't think either would pass a BBUK psych test. They're lucky they're fast.

[Headie]

Sometimes when I think about it, I am legitimately frightened that the future faces of USATF include Deajah Stevens and Shamier Little. Like, I don't think either would pass a BBUK psych test. They're lucky they're fast.

:joker:

Our future faces are all over-hyped non medallists who've reached their peak

[Black Dagger]

Nvm he cleared on the final attempt.

[Headie]

Who's this random white man in a Botswana tracksuit claiming to be a medical expert

The BBC really outdo themselves

[Headie]

Gabby going through his emails :joker:

[Headie]

This Makwala thing is so bizarre, the BBC are rinsing it for all the money it's worth lmao

[Headie]

I wonder if the BBC realise they're making London2017 look like the most disorganised championships ever x

[Macie Lightfoot]

Delilah needs to come thru and save this

[Headie]

Gabby literally interrupting Michael to say "we've got to go down to the track but we will continue this conversation after this semi final" as if the athletics action isn't the main basis for the show

[Headie]

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:joker:

[Macie Lightfoot]

"I bet Sage Watson isn't used to these temperatures in Arizona" but she's from CANADA?!

[Headie]

Eilidh Doyle through to the final as a fastest loser

Cassandra Tate also through

[Black Dagger]

Shawn :(

[Headie]

Shawn :(

He's so fit though :flutter:

[Headie]

They're STILL banging on about this Makwala thing

Guessing we won't see any of the Women's Shot Put qualification round (only just found out it's on right now lmao) or the Pole Vault

[Headie]

Come thru Evan Jager

[Macie Lightfoot]

omg come on Evan come ON

[Macie Lightfoot]

welp Evan looks dead

[Headie]

</3

[Macie Lightfoot]

First American medal ever in a WC steeple so not bad but blegh.

[Headie]

Excited for this 800... I feel like Kzscot could snatch it?

[Headie]

Kyle Langford is lowkey hot?

[Headie]

Langford 4th... so close!

[Macie Lightfoot]

Kyle Langford is lowkey hot?

mhmm YES, it's so refreshing to see this since my main exposure is BBUK and those people do not make the cut at all.

[Macie Lightfoot]

I counted eight men... did they let Makwala back in? :joker:

[Headie]

Sam Kendricks :worship:

[Macie Lightfoot]

yes Sam yes :love:

[Headie]

I counted eight men... did they let Makwala back in? :joker:

Alol I wish...

Everyone literally dying at 300m :joker:

[Macie Lightfoot]

nope no Isaac

[Headie]

Welp @ how fast that Bahrain athlete finished

[Headie]

Lavillenie STILL doesn't win a world title

[Headie]

Alol the BBC have got the leading IAAF medical white lady in the studio now telling a completely different story to the Botswana CEO <3

[Headie]

Michael Johnson interrogating this random medical woman on whether Makwala is quarantined in his hotel room :joker:

[Headie]

This is honestly like a parody show :joker: :joker: :joker:

[Headie]

Denise: "Can I ask, DID YOU ACTUALLY THINK TO CONTACT THE OTHER COUNTRIES WITH ATHLETES IN THE FINAL TO SEE IF THEY WOULD MIND MAKWALA COMPETING XOXO"

[Headie]

Lol this poor old white lady looks so stressed at all these messy questions being thrown at her

[Headie]

Gabby: "A GUY COLLAPSED IN THE TRIPLE JUMP AND HE WAS ALLOWED TO COMPETE SO WHAT WAS THE REASON FOR THAT???"
Woman: "...I can't comment on that, I don't know about tha-"
Denise: "HE WAS GERMAN"

[Headie]

God I actually feel so sorry for this woman, she should've just let him compete and she wouldn't be being scrutinised in front of the nation right now :joker:

[Headie]

Woman (who's name I've just learned is Pam): "He was vomiting-"
Denise: "But he wasn't!"

Dear god

[Denver]

I forgot Denise was a doctor

[Headie]

Paula: "I understand that the other athletes need to be protected but WHY DIDN'T YOU TAKE BLOOD TESTS TO LOOK FOR ABNORMAL PROTEINS?"
Woman: "But that's not how it works... blood tests wouldn't reveal anything :shrug:"

This is a joke lmao poor woman

[Denver]

Legit bullying?

[Headie]

Gabby: "Well, thank you Pam for joining us and giving IAAF's side of the story"
...
Gabby: "Michael, don't you think that the Men's 400m final felt like something was missing"
Woman (still sat there): :rolleyes:

[Headie]

Alol remember when Gabby was outraged that Colin only predicted 3 medals for GB and we've only got 1 as of now :joker:

[Denver]

Paula can **** off from SCD now

[Denver]

Hope they axe her

[Headie]

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[Jack_]

Wow Jack, looks like you had an amazing time! Pleased for you :love:

I hope this has got you even more into Athletics and you'll be following the sport a bit more closely (aka not just me and Macie being the only posters in the thread next year :laugh:)

I doubt it :p I've always watched athletics at majors post-2012 (so World's, Rio & Glasgow) like I have with swimming but I don't think I'll ever be as dedicated as you guys are, though I do always read this thread when it's bumped if that means anything :laugh:

Gabby: "Well, thank you Pam for joining us and giving IAAF's side of the story"
...
Gabby: "Michael, don't you think that the Men's 400m final felt like something was missing"
Woman (still sat there): :rolleyes:

legit ****ing screamed at this :joker:

[Headie]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DGu_T1IXsAADl1n.jpg

The plot thickens...

https://24.media.tumblr.com/fa11bcf54fbd288987a0a38f812424b9/tumblr_n20f10EtZH1rkuhmio3_400.gif

[Headie]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/40876998

Makwala is saying they would never have denied entry if it was Mo Farah or Wayne Rooney (???) and it's a British conspiracy to get Van Niekerk to replace Bolt as the golden boy of athletics

[Headie]

SkyBet offering these very generous race forecast odds for the Men's 400m Hurdles tonight if anyone's interested:

1st) Kerron Clement 2nd) Karston Warholm - 7/1
1st) Kerron Clement 2nd) Yasmani Copello - 8/1
1st) Karsten Warholm 2nd) Kerron Clement - 10/1
1st) Kerron Clement 2nd) Abderrahaman Samba - 10/1
1st) Yasmani Copello 2nd) Kerron Clement - 12/1

[Headie]

I'm SCREAMING, Makwala is going to run a 200m time trial race all on his own before tonight's session starts to try and qualify for the semi finals later tonight :joker:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/40880484

This has honestly been the messiest highlight of the champs for me <333 #FreeMakwala

[Macie Lightfoot]

NBCSN claiming almost 30 athletes have been "quarantined" this is such a disaster

[Macie Lightfoot]

here for the US steeple chicks to all make the final xx

[Macie Lightfoot]

yas Colleen :love: I do like Krause a lot too, I must say

[Headie]

yas Colleen :love: I do like Krause a lot too, I must say

I like Krause too, she seems pleasant!

[Headie]

Makwala has been put in the first semi final against Simbine, Mitchell-Blake and Young

[Headie]

Lorraine Ugen :lovedup: Our only decent Long Jumper this year

[Macie Lightfoot]

oops well Quigley might've been DQed.

And NBC now has recruited Joe Kovacs to cover the women's shot put bc they'd do such a **** job themselves :joker:

[Headie]

oops well Quigley might've been DQed.

And NBC now has recruited Joe Kovacs to cover the women's shot put bc they'd do such a **** job themselves :joker:

Tell me if the Chinese woman wins bcos the BBC won't show any of it and I put money on her x

[Macie Lightfoot]

Courtney Frerichs is IN unless we get another bizarre disqualification

[Headie]

What happens if Darya Klishina wins in the final? Do they play the Russian anthem or...?

[Headie]

Nick Miller THROUGH after one throw as an auto-qualifier

[Headie]

Rosie Clarke falls over in the steeplechase :(

[Headie]

Everytime I see Emma Coburn I'm reminded of that diamond league race where everyone thought she was a pacemaker and then ended up winning by a huge margin because of it <333

[Headie]

Yikes Rosie Clarke falls AGAIN

[Macie Lightfoot]

QUEEN COBURN xx

[Macie Lightfoot]

ooops Emma revealing that the officials wouldn't let them watch the other heats this year and that's never happened before :o

[Headie]

ooops Emma revealing that the officials wouldn't let them watch the other heats this year and that's never happened before :o

Mess why not

Are they trying to cause trouble for all athletes competing or something

[Jack_]

the US anthem is the best pls confirm

[Macie Lightfoot]

Mess why not

Are they trying to cause trouble for all athletes competing or something

idk but it's gonna make the 5000 heats even more interesting now that nobody's gonna have any clue what the cutoff times are or anything

[Headie]

the US anthem is the best pls confirm

US and Jamaica are my faves

"Jamaica... JAMAICA..... JAMAICA LAND WE LOVE"

[Headie]

We now have Pierre Ambroise Bosse in the BBC studio flirting with Gabby Logan

[Jack_]

He's lowkey hot

[Macie Lightfoot]

I like the British one tbh? and wtf USATF isn't even protesting Colleen Quigley's DQ when it looks like she got DQed for stepping on the line on a ****ing straightaway.

[Headie]

He's lowkey hot

Our 800m guys this year were all pretty hot tbh

http://www.nwemail.co.uk/portalsuite/image//973b211d-f58f-467c-b57e-01a68a6aa57b/mainMediaSize=0x425_type=image_publish=true__image .jpg

https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-0/p480x480/20479517_1600407966720363_1917512873168888850_n.jp g?oh=ec7f565df69928ec58e7b4c3680f977f&oe=59F3939C

http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/great-britains-elliot-giles-reacts-after-his-mens-800m-heat-three-picture-id826608110?s=612x612

[Macie Lightfoot]

omg I need a name for bachelor number two

[Headie]

Jazmin Sawyers is OUT now can people stop bigging her up for no reason

[Headie]

omg I need a name for bachelor number two

:joker:

He's called Guy Learmonth

[Black Dagger]

Jazmin Sawyers is OUT now can people stop bigging her up for no reason

But at least she sings nicely x

[Jack_]

Our 800m guys this year were all pretty hot tbh

http://www.nwemail.co.uk/portalsuite/image//973b211d-f58f-467c-b57e-01a68a6aa57b/mainMediaSize=0x425_type=image_publish=true__image .jpg

https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-0/p480x480/20479517_1600407966720363_1917512873168888850_n.jp g?oh=ec7f565df69928ec58e7b4c3680f977f&oe=59F3939C

http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/great-britains-elliot-giles-reacts-after-his-mens-800m-heat-three-picture-id826608110?s=612x612

Kyle :love:

I agree with you a few pages back though, it's all about Devon Allen <3

[Headie]

Shara misses out on the final by 1cm </3 She's not the same athlete she used to be though

[Headie]

Andy Butchart <3

[Black Dagger]

Kyle said he was a big girl earlier so I have stereotyped him as gay bye even though he has a girlfriend x

[Headie]

Kyle said he was a big girl earlier so I have stereotyped him as gay bye even though he has a girlfriend x

:joker:

[Headie]

Brendan Foster is such an annoying commentator

Glad he's retiring

[Headie]

Come thru Lijiao x

[Headie]

I love Michelle Carter <3

[Headie]

BBC commentator Andrew Cotter telling us Cheptekegi the Olympic Silver Medallist behind Mo Farah DOES NOT START in this heat when Paul Chelimo was the silver medallist and he's leading the pack right now :///

EDIT: Oh he's on about the 10,000m silver medallist from Friday

[Headie]

MESS Chelimo getting tripped and is now arguing mid-race with his competitors :joker:

[Headie]

OMG Chelimo is DOWN :o

[Headie]

He's back with the pack now, I hope he makes it through