Originally Posted by ThaVirus:
This was a pretty good race. Knighton is the young up-and-comer. I believe he is only 17 years old.
Lyles is the "veteran" and pulled through at the very end to win, with a little style with the stare-down too.
Interestingly, I noticed the runner Boling from OP looked like he was in this race as well and finished 5th or 6th.
If anyone is curious about who will break Usain Bolt's 100m and 200m records - as long as he stays healthy it's going to be Erriyon Knighton. Already a half second faster in the 200m at 18 than Bolt was at 18. A half a second is an eternity in the 200m.
Classless move by Lyles. He was a dick in the interview after the race too. Noah better enjoy it while he can, because within a year Knighton is going to be mopping the track with him. [Reply]
Both Abby Steiner and Erriyon Knighton are running in their respective 200m finals in the Track and Field World Championships tonight. USA Network. 200m has pretty much usurped the 100m as the glamour sprint event. [Reply]
Originally Posted by JohnnyHammersticks:
Both Abby Steiner and Erriyon Knighton are running in their respective 200m finals in the Track and Field World Championships tonight. USA Network. 200m has pretty much usurped the 100m as the glamor sprint event.
Do you know what time?
Idk what the issue is, but finding the information for this shit has been a nightmare. I’ll check the schedule online, then go to the TV and search for ‘World Athletics Championship’ and it’ll have times that just don’t make sense, like ‘airing at 6:00am’ and shit like that when I know it should be on at that moment.
The only major event I was able to see live was the men’s 100m final. Fred Kerley is a beast, by the way.
Apparently Lyles and Knighton both ran 200m heats over the last couple days that I missed and Shelley Ann Fraser Pryce beat Abby Steiner in a 200m semi-final as well. I missed all of that; had to watch it all on YouTube after the fact. [Reply]
You prompted me to look this person up, and she's only 5-0 tall. That American with the marijuana is also 5-0. What's the deal with tiny women sprinters?
I wonder if women's sprinting favors fast acceleration over high top end speed or something. It seems like there must be a physical reason that these women sprinters are tiny while the male sprinters are tall. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Rain Man:
You prompted me to look this person up, and she's only 5-0 tall. That American with the marijuana is also 5-0. What's the deal with tiny women sprinters?
I wonder if women's sprinting favors fast acceleration over high top end speed or something. It seems like there must be a physical reason that these women sprinters are tiny while the male sprinters are tall.
Oh, man, you've been missing out. She is incredible. I think she's like 35 or something now, too, which is basically ancient in the sprinting world.
Some light Googling makes it seem as though Fraser-Pryce is a bit of an anomaly. FloJo was 5'7". Elaine Thompson-Herah is 5'6". Marion Jones was 5'10". Carmelita Jeter was 5'4".
Fraser-Pryce's turnover must be insane.
The men do definitely seem to skew taller, though. It seems like 5'11"-6'1" is where the bulk of sprinters lie. Damn near everyone I could think of fit in that group (Tyson Gay, Michael Johnson, Justin Gatlin, etc.). Christian Coleman is the smallest guy I could find at 5'9" while Bolt is obviously huge at 6'5" and the most recent 100m world champ, Fred Kerley, is listed at 6'3". [Reply]
Originally Posted by Rain Man:
You prompted me to look this person up, and she's only 5-0 tall. That American with the marijuana is also 5-0. What's the deal with tiny women sprinters?
I wonder if women's sprinting favors fast acceleration over high top end speed or something. It seems like there must be a physical reason that these women sprinters are tiny while the male sprinters are tall.
The 100m is all about the start (mostly). Some guys (like Kerley?) can make up for a bad start, but most elite sprinters get their advantage out of the blocks or shortly thereafter. Powerful, more-compact legs get you going faster quicker. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Rain Man:
You prompted me to look this person up, and she's only 5-0 tall. That American with the marijuana is also 5-0. What's the deal with tiny women sprinters?
I wonder if women's sprinting favors fast acceleration over high top end speed or something. It seems like there must be a physical reason that these women sprinters are tiny while the male sprinters are tall.
Shelly-Anne, 35 yo. . . Lucky for us we got rid of Tyreek. . . In 6 years he'll probably have slowed down as much as she has. [Reply]
Originally Posted by ThaVirus:
Do you know what time?
Idk what the issue is, but finding the information for this shit has been a nightmare. I’ll check the schedule online, then go to the TV and search for ‘World Athletics Championship’ and it’ll have times that just don’t make sense, like ‘airing at 6:00am’ and shit like that when I know it should be on at that moment.
The only major event I was able to see live was the men’s 100m final. Fred Kerley is a beast, by the way.
Apparently Lyles and Knighton both ran 200m heats over the last couple days that I missed and Shelley Ann Fraser Pryce beat Abby Steiner in a 200m semi-final as well. I missed all of that; had to watch it all on YouTube after the fact.
Broadcast starts earlier today. 4:30pm Pacific time, 7:30 Eastern. Didn't start until 8:35pm Pacific yesterday. [Reply]
Originally Posted by JohnnyHammersticks:
Both Abby Steiner and Erriyon Knighton are running in their respective 200m finals in the Track and Field World Championships tonight. USA Network. 200m has pretty much usurped the 100m as the glamour sprint event.
400 m hurdles Mens and Women's are more marque.
Warholm smashed the world record and Benjamin. Then you add in Dos Santos
McLaughlin breaking the WR several times. and Muhammad in the wonens
Originally Posted by KingPriest2:
400 m hurdles Mens and Women's are more marque.
Warholm smashed the world record and Benjamin. Then you add in Dos Santos
McLaughlin breaking the WR several times. and Muhammad in the wonens
110 hurdles.
Hollaway and Allen
I don't see the 400m hurdles as a "marquee," per se, but I think it's solidly top 10. I think it's probably because there's some serious competition in it right now though that makes it better.
My top 10 probably looks like this:
1. 100m
2. 1500m
3. 800m (To me, the best overall race)
4. 110m hurdles
5. 4x100m relay
6. 200m (has climbed recently while 800 has dropped)
7. Marathon (a passive watch, for sure, and not exciting)
8. 400m hurdles
9. 4x400m relay
10. Pole Vault... Women's, because there aren't any hotter bitches in the stadium.
After that, a mixed bag of shit select people like. [Reply]
Originally Posted by kccrow:
I don't see the 400m hurdles as a "marquee," per se, but I think it's solidly top 10. I think it's probably because there's some serious competition in it right now though that makes it better.
My top 10 probably looks like this:
1. 100m
2. 1500m
3. 800m (To me, the best overall race)
4. 110m hurdles
5. 4x100m relay
6. 200m (has climbed recently while 800 has dropped)
7. Marathon (a passive watch, for sure, and not exciting)
8. 400m hurdles
9. 4x400m relay
10. Pole Vault... Women's, because there aren't any hotter bitches in the stadium.
After that, a mixed bag of shit select people like.
Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla:
How do you exclude the open 400?
It's okay for me. I'd probably put it at 11, to be honest. It's like that race that's just in the middle and doesn't have the prime athletes one way or the other. Like the 800, that's just a killer athletically. Probably the single most taxing race there is on the athlete's body. The 400... well it's not quite the speed race the 100 and 200 are but it's not the 800 or mile. [Reply]