2019 World Athletics Championships, Doha

walshb

Chicoso wrote: »

Some of the cynicism is justified

The Czechs and the east Germans had doping programs

Large numbers of Kenyans and Moroccans have been banned

Of course cynicism can be justified..

But picking out a few records here and there is unfair.

Sure some think ALL records are dirty..

You could just take all records pre 1988 (before out of comp testing came in) and expunge

But post 1988 when better supplements and drugs were available...expunge all these, too?

Chicoso

walshb wrote: »

Of course cynicism can be justified..

But picking out a few records here and there is unfair.

Sure some think ALL records are dirty..

You could just take all records pre 1988 (before out of comp testing came in) and expunge

But post 1988 when better supplements and drugs were available...expunge all these, too?

Red herring imo

Sure the farce will start all over again once they're reset

yerwanthere123

walshb wrote: »

The usual pessimism about records..

Every WR is astounding. They are world records...they are meant to be astounding

Picking one or two as being more astounding is guess work. And no sense.

400 metres women vs say Edwards triple jump?

What’s better? Impossible to say. Both exceptional human feats..

EL Gs 3:26 1500 v women’s 800? Again, impossible to say. Both exceptional.

I mean, if folks are picking records here and there for expunging, why stop at 1/2/3? They are all capable of being argued as exceptional and the best and the toughest to break...

Just enjoy them..

Personally I think the Flo Jo 10.49 (dodgy wind reader notwithstanding) is the most dominant. But several others come close. Bolt 9.58 and Rudisha sub 1.41 800 spring to mind!

You're at it again :pac:

walshb

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

You're at it again :pac:

No. They’re at it again!

Chicoso

Bit of a wind up alright with the womens 400 and 800 and el guerrouj

Who's to say Walshb could be right lol

yerwanthere123

Surprised nobody posted it yesterday, but now Christian Coleman's been provisionally suspended for yet another whereabouts failure. Even after all the controversy upon his arrival to Doha he does it yet again, I think this is the 4th time. Naturally he's completely innocent and he's being wronged, as per his social media:
https://twitter.com/__coleman/status/1273013031249813507

Dai Greene posted a rather glorious takedown of his nonsense, it's a good read

https://twitter.com/DaiGreene/status/1273315352555008002


Hopefully he's looking at a suspension now, he may miss the Olympics.

Ceepo

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

Surprised nobody posted it yesterday, but now Christian Coleman's been provisionally suspended for yet another whereabouts failure. Even after all the controversy upon his arrival to Doha he does it yet again, I think this is the 4th time. Naturally he's completely innocent and he's being wronged, as per his social media:
https://twitter.com/__coleman/status/1273013031249813507

Dai Greene posted a rather glorious takedown of his nonsense, it's a good read

https://twitter.com/DaiGreene/status/1273315352555008002


Hopefully he's looking at a suspension now, he may miss the Olympics.

There is a thread on it

He has been suspended already, but the duration has not been set.

yerwanthere123

Ceepo wrote: »

There is a thread on it

He has been suspended already, but the duration has not been set.

Let's hope he gets a nice lengthy ban then so, both his and Naser's attitudes make a mockery of the sport.


By the way, should we start a thread for general athletic/diamond league etc. news? There doesn't seem to be one, and the forum is generally quiet enough so threads like yours could easily be missed. Would it be a good idea to have one thread where we could put everything, so it wouldn't be missed by anyone? Maybe I'm wrong, idk.