ToBeasy wrote:
I am really excited. I was watching pretty much every Diamond League meet in the past two years, checking letsrun daily etc. Swim worlds were beautiful, but watching sport is even greater when you know the protagonists. As a slowtwitch fibre guy I have an aptitude for the endurance events. But I am also more and more interested in the sprint and field action.
While it is always a blast to see Farahs last lap, I am not sure if he can come through one more time. I mean in 8 times out of ten he will still do it. But still chances are intact for the africans. But it needs a gutsy race.
I hope one of the Robertson twins out of New Zealand can place high. They are cool guys with a crazy story.
Bolt, the showman, retires and the next big star could emerge at the exactly right time. Van Niekerk is a stud and a bit more calm than Bolt. I like him.
What can Jager do in the steeple. Monaco showed that he is a contender even for gold and end an incredible Kenyan streak. But everything needs to go according to plan. I like Jager too, but I am not sure what I should think of the latest fancy bear documenta. However, he did a gold Podcast with letsrun afterwards.
Will we see a crazy battle for the high jump victory? Talent is so high in this discipline at the moment that I think it's only a matter of time until the world record falls.
And always interesting are the different body shapes of the athletes. From the tiny african runners and skinny high jumpers to the bully sprinters and big throwers. But sometimes you get to see even major differences in the same event.
On the body type front, the most interesting I find is actually in the 100m. You have skinny kids like deGrasse from Canada who look like they would not make their local highschool football team in ANY position and would be the geek in the corner sipping on a coke at the party, against guys like Gatlin who look like they can play running back in the NFL.
I also find the high jump and pole vault to be very interesting events for watching. Just the suspense especially in the pole vault.
OK, we have to fill the "gap" before Aru-Froome-Contador keep us entertained in the Vuelta. Track World's takes me back to my roots, with the 1983 IAAF World's in Helsinki. There was a young Carl Lewis warming up for the LA Olympics, and you had the team Great Britain 1500m smackdown with the likes of Coe and Ovett. Here is a video from the LA Olympics Finals. Between the three of them they had the 1500m world record holder, the 1980 Olympic World Champion and the 1983 Helsinki World's champion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddrxCe3ZOOM
What is crazy is Mo Farah's pb is 3:28 in the 1500m now!
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devashish_paul: Jul 30, 17 7:55