Athletics World Championships thread

[BIG H]

Starts today.....

My favourie sport along with boxing, anybody else gonna follow this?

[HattonTheHammer]

Only possible reason to watch an athletics event is for the 100metres final...surely?

[Master]

Yes blue ribbon event, Bolt looks good and interested in how Chambers does (our Margarito).

[CGM]

I'll be tuning in. I like the long distance events, but race tactics often piss me off. It pisses me off when they do a slow jog around the track for 9,600 meters then sprint the final lap. May as well just run a 400m event then.

[skel1983]

Love a bit of Athletics Big H, I think the young Heptathlete looks good for a medal maybe even gold the name I cant think of right now.

Funny enough I have just finished reading Dwain Chambers book I would reccomend it quite an intresting read, and it just makes you wonder how many of these athletes are playing fairly. Also countrys such as Jamacia dont have independent drug testing say like the UK they just go buy the international athletics drug testing rules.

The only reason Chambers was caught was because a coach fell out with Conteh the man behind the THG drug and he sent a sample to the authorites so they would be able to detect it in future tests, the genral opinion is that the testers are about 10 years behind the so called chemists who are producing these new enhancing performance drugs.

[Kev]

Is Allison Stokke vaulting?

I may tune in to see her

[Master]

Yes love the women's pole volt, high jump, long jump, 100 metres...

[OumaFan]

I agree with Bilbo

[Kev]

I got to know that pic quite well during the Olympics.

She's so stunning imo.

[ICB]

Starts today.....

My favourie sport along with boxing, anybody else gonna follow this?

I used to love watching running, and i used to do it in highschool aswell. But for some reason it just doesn't interest me as much anymore, i don't mind watching it here and there, but at the last Olympics i had no idea what running event was on at what time.

I constantly missed all the major events, and had to watch them on youtube. I don't know what it is but it just doesn't interest me as much anymore, maybe because im a bit older now and now realize/suspect. Most of the runners are on steroids or whatever.

I read a report last year that said up to 70 percent, or whatever the percentage was. That there on steroids and its the new one they can't detect or something.

And i know there are obviously god given talented athletes, who don't cheat but its hard not to be suspect.

Anyway sorry for my ranting LOL, just thought i'd share that. I'll see if i have time to watch it later.

[Master]

Jessica Ennis is well fit.

[Nameless]

I am not an athletics fan but Canada won against russia today in the U18 team and I am damn happy because I know team Canada goalkeeper very well and knowing how he struggled to get up there, I am damn proud of him.

Thus said, some of the pictures up here are definitely tasty

[Andre]

My computer is over run with little Athletics stuff as my misses is the southern peninsula organizer and shes a level two coach in javelin and also trains kids in all types of other events as well as pulling together joint events from all over the state.

So I think we will be watching some of it for sure.





We get to hear this a lot at our meetings..

"Do not cross the track while an event is in progress please"

[Master]

Bolt looks like the man to beat, think Tyson and Powell will come 2nd and 3rd.

[skel1983]

9.58 WTF!!!!!

BOLT IS NOT HUMAN

What an athlete!!