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World Athletics Championships 2015

Amazing looking stadium that Birdsnest, apparently West Ham want it for a holiday home.

In the heptathlon, Ennis and KJT 1 and 2 after two events, but neither impressing. Jess just seems to be lacking that spark. KJT has so much potential but looks so experienced. Somehow she managed to jump after completely forgetting how to do it.
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  • up early to watch Eniis & KJT #PERV
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,348
    I normally prefer the middle to longer distance running events, this time I'm looking forward to the sprints .. can 'drug free' Bolt win over 'junkie' Gatlin .. we will soon know
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,006

    Amazing looking stadium that Birdsnest, apparently West Ham want it for a holiday home.

    In the heptathlon, Ennis and KJT 1 and 2 after two events, but neither impressing. Jess just seems to be lacking that spark. KJT has so much potential but looks so experienced. Somehow she managed to jump after completely forgetting how to do it.

    I'm not surprised Ennis is lacking spark. It's 7am . Get back to bed love.
  • Watched it this morning, early days yet for them both, and they've both qualified for Rio. I'd like to see KJT get the edge over Jess as it will make the competition and Rio more interesting.
  • Super_horns
    Super_horns Posts: 1,299
    Mo gets his gold and Ennis-Hill/KJT looking good for medals too..
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,825
    Just watched the Mo race, blinding
  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,223
    Good old Mo. Quorn is the future
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,825
    After the high jump yesterday I had a feeling KJT was gonna do something silly like that in the long jump.

    Jess's now unless she gets injured
  • QatarNapsy
    QatarNapsy Posts: 998
    i've got an interest in the mens hammer final today. Been working with athletes & footballers in Qatar for 4 years now, and one of our boys (now graduated) has qualified for the mens hammer final in his first world champs. He was junior world record holder and is ranked 8th in the world in his first year in the seniors. Good luck Ashraf Amgad El-Seify!!
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,846

    i've got an interest in the mens hammer final today. Been working with athletes & footballers in Qatar for 4 years now, and one of our boys (now graduated) has qualified for the mens hammer final in his first world champs. He was junior world record holder and is ranked 8th in the world in his first year in the seniors. Good luck Ashraf Amgad El-Seify!!

    Youve got an interest in men's hammers? Each to their own mate!
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  • QatarNapsy
    QatarNapsy Posts: 998
    You know me, get what i can these days!!!!
  • So glad Bolt beat Gatlin.
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,846
    All over the place getting to the final and then ... BOOM!
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,825
    What a great day for athletics.

    The First Lady comes back to win the hardest of disciplines just 13 months after giving birth.

    Then the greatest clean sprinter of all time somehow finds something to beat the worlds greatest cheat sprinter, who would have won if the pressure hadn't got to him.

    Unbelievable. Superb
  • Yep, great viewing. KJT has a little way to go yet to reach the maturity shown by Jess, but I'm confident she will get there.

    Shame about Laura Weightman (Crammy's protege) tripping at the end of the qualifier, but her time will come. Future gold medalist there.
  • rina
    rina Posts: 2,334
    KJT showed all the qualities that I think will make her olympic champ next year. She had a shocker on day 1 yet still managed to win 2 events and pb in the other 2. Then today she had the option of taking a safe 3rd jump and locking up bronze or going for the win. In the end she was a mm from a jump that would have got her gold
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,825
    Great vaulting by Holly Bleasdale overnight, looking back to the early promise she showed 2-3 years ago.

    Good to see Greg Rutherford qualify well, got his work cut out for gold but one of his rivals have already fallen.

    Thank god for Sky+, and being able to whizz through 5hr programmes in an hour
  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,223
    edited August 2015
    Well done to Greg Rutherford. Completes the grand slam. Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth Champion.

    He now becomes the fifth Briton to hold all four major titles at the same time, joining Jonathan Edwards, Linford Christie, Sally Gunnell and Daley Thompson.
  • Indeed, shirty5.

    And well done to Laura Muir in the 1500m - 5th place.

    What an awful evening for the Americans though !

    Blown away in the men's 400m hurdles, the long jump and the women's 1500m.

    In the latter, Jenny Simpson lost a shoe .....didn't hinder Brian Whittle in the 400m relay in the European Champs, Stuttgart 1986 !

    Great memories of the days we were fortunate to attend .
  • Curb_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,220
    Im going to be watching that clip of Usain Bolt get taken down by a Segway for a very long time.
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  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,741
    Glad Ohuruogu lost.
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,853
    Dont tell Rothko.
  • Very impressed with Dina Asher-Smith in the 200
  • Dunno if it's been mentioned, but poor show on having no GB flag on the kit.
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,651

    Dunno if it's been mentioned, but poor show on having no GB flag on the kit.

    Greg Rutherford shops at Milletts then......
  • man_at_milletts
    man_at_milletts Posts: 5,620
    edited August 2015
    Len, how dare you? If I were to supply the kit to the team, they would undoubtedly have a GB flag on it. Including the tents!
  • CHG
    CHG Posts: 4,529
    edited August 2015
    Looking forward to the 200m final, Asher-Smith looked very rapid in the semi.
  • Well done Dina!!! No medal ( at 19 plenty of time) but broke British record that has stood for over 30 years.
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,825
    Arise Sir Mo. Champion Supreme
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,002

    Arise Sir Mo. Champion Supreme

    Stunning, he is peerless, had that race in his pocket from the start