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Headie 19-08-2015 12:02 PM

Seb Coe has been elected the new president of the IAAF by 115 votes to 92.

Headie 21-08-2015 11:20 AM

World Champs start tonight at 5 past midnight UK time

BigSister 21-08-2015 02:56 PM

Looking forward to the world champs prob second to the Olympics in athletics terms just hope team GB do well and there isn't too many drug stories overshadowing the compettion

Headie 21-08-2015 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by BigSister (Post 8074305)
Looking forward to the world champs prob second to the Olympics in athletics terms just hope team GB do well and there isn't too many drug stories overshadowing the compettion

We have a few medal shots... Katarina Johnshon-Thompson, Jessica Ennis-Hill, Mo Farah, Greg Rutherford, Lynsey Sharp, Shara Proctor, Christine Ohuruogu, Tiffany Porter, Zharnel Hughes, Isobel Pooley, Dina Asher-Smith and all of our relay squads are all possible of getting medals although not all will.

Lots of people are using this as a stepping-stone towards Rio.

Headie 22-08-2015 10:00 AM

KJT and Jess Ennis Top 2 in the heptathlon going into today's evening session. Nick Miller, Laura Muir and Laura Weightman all safely qualified in their heats. Mark Dry, Kyle Langford and Michael Rimmer all failed to qualify.

Live action is starting now on BBC2!

Headie 22-08-2015 11:45 AM

Jess still leading after 3 events!

Mo Farah on soon

Headie 22-08-2015 01:28 PM

Mo :worship:

Macie Lightfoot 23-08-2015 04:27 AM

eek @ KJT fouling all her long jumps. Theisen's about 100 points behind Ennis so it should be interesting. We'll see how much Theisen's high jump performance costs her.

Headie 23-08-2015 10:06 AM

It's definitely Jess's to lose now.

Hopefully KJT can come away with a medal in the individual long jump later in the week.

Also praying Bolt beats Gatlin tonight :fc:

Legend killer 23-08-2015 12:28 PM

Can't wait for Gaitlin to go in dry on Bolt. He refused to race Gay when he was injury free and has done the same with Gaitlin this year aswell.

You can only run for so long Bolt

Headie 23-08-2015 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Legend killer (Post 8077709)
Can't wait for Gaitlin to go in dry on Bolt. He refused to race Gay when he was injury free and has done the same with Gaitlin this year aswell.

You can only run for so long Bolt

Usain Bolt, 2015 World Champion :worship:

Where is Twatlin? Crying in a corner? :pat:

James 23-08-2015 02:24 PM

Steve Cram got pretty excited.

Headie 23-08-2015 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by James (Post 8077851)
Steve Cram got pretty excited.

He always shouts during every 100m final commentary he does :laugh:

BigSister 23-08-2015 05:24 PM

So pleased for Jess ^_^ and so glad that Bolt won 100m too I wasn't sure if he would but glad he did. Hopefully Jess and Mos medals will spur others on.

Macie Lightfoot 23-08-2015 06:21 PM

I mean, I think Bolt and Gatlin are both huge assholes so who cares

Headie 23-08-2015 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Macie Lightfoot (Post 8078161)
I mean, I think Bolt and Gatlin are both huge assholes so who cares

Bolt >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Marq O'Neil >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Twatlin

In other news Christine starts her bid tomorrow of defending her title... she's nowhere near the level needed for Gold but neither was she in London or Moscow based off preparations so I'm excited to see what she can pull off again :cheer2:

Headie 24-08-2015 06:22 PM

Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce's weave :worship:

Macie Lightfoot 24-08-2015 10:25 PM

jesus @ Schippers and Bowie's closing that gap for second and third. Wow.

Also eek @ Molly Huddle celebrating at the line and getting caught by Emily Infeld and losing out on her medal. Good showing by the Americans in the distances though, getting all 3 men and 3 women to the steeple final and having the women go 3-4-6 in the 10K

Headie 25-08-2015 12:45 PM

Greg Rutherford :worship:

Not been a good day for Americans today apart from Felix/Francis

Macie Lightfoot 25-08-2015 08:54 PM

Pretty cool for Kenya to have the world champ in 400H, not something you would ~expect~

Also, jesus @ Dibaba's last 800 being a 1:57 that is beyond absurd

Macie Lightfoot 26-08-2015 03:07 AM

Alysia Montano fell in the 800 prelims :( quite a shame since she and Wilson (injured) were obviously very capable of making the finals and medaling. Looks like Martinez is the only American in. Ludlow's still eligible to qualify on time but I'm not counting on it, she's 5th out of 6th rn.

Not surprised about Goule fading badly though. She went out in 57.96 and died hard. That hasn't been working for her lately on the NCAA level so why did she think it'd work at worlds?

Macie Lightfoot 26-08-2015 03:19 AM

Good to see Taylor and Craddock make the TJ final. Dendy just missed out on finals on second best mark.

Macie Lightfoot 26-08-2015 10:44 PM

Good stuff to see the American girls go 2-3 in 400H

BigSister 28-08-2015 02:47 PM

Congrats to Shauna Proctor getting a silver in womens long jump

Macie Lightfoot 28-08-2015 07:36 PM

Definitely still a lot of stuff going wrong for USA (Brenda Martinez not qualifying for the 800 final, Trey Hardee pulling out of the decathlon, pretty much everything hurdle related for both genders) but Allyson Felix had an awesome win the 400, Christian Taylor had an AMAZING triple jump and is now only 8 cm from the world record (and he gave up 11+ cm on the board), Ashton Eaton running a 10.23 and 45.00 (all-time best in a decathlon) and being only 20 or so points off of his WR from 2012, Tianna Bartoletta going from barely having the bronze medal to securing the gold on her last jump, and Aries Merritt getting a bronze medal despite being in desperate need of a kidney transplant.

Also, Dafne Schippers is the real deal. Damn.


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