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

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World Champs start tonight at 5 past midnight UK time

[BigSister]

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

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Originally Posted by BigSister

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.

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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!

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Jess still leading after 3 events!

Mo Farah on soon

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Mo

[Macie Lightfoot]

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.

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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

[Legend killer]

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

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Originally Posted by Legend killer

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

Where is Twatlin? Crying in a corner?

[James]

Steve Cram got pretty excited.

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Originally Posted by James

Steve Cram got pretty excited.

He always shouts during every 100m final commentary he does

[BigSister]

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]

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

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Originally Posted by Macie Lightfoot

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

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Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce's weave

[Macie Lightfoot]

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

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Greg Rutherford

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

[Macie Lightfoot]

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]

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]

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

[Macie Lightfoot]

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

[BigSister]

Congrats to Shauna Proctor getting a silver in womens long jump

[Macie Lightfoot]

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.