| World Athletics Championships 11:32 - Sep 27 with 327 views | BringBackTheRedRoom |
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/49681339
Anyone else watching this?
How the hell can you hold it in a place that has to start The Marathon race at midnight because of the heat? | |
| ‘Where there is harmony, may we bring discord. Where there is truth, may we bring error. Where there is faith, may we bring doubt. And where there is hope, may we bring despair’ |
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| World Athletics Championships on 11:46 - Sep 27 with 323 views | spudgun |
Nope, wasn`t even aware it was happening!
Haven`t watched a minute of the rugby either... | | | |
| World Athletics Championships on 12:19 - Sep 27 with 319 views | spell_chekker |
Same as Spud. I didn'ty know anything about it.
Have we got any golds?
At one time I'd have enjoyed the athletics. I've never been a rugby fan though. | |
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| World Athletics Championships on 16:42 - Sep 27 with 315 views | BringBackTheRedRoom |
Only started today Spell. | |
| ‘Where there is harmony, may we bring discord. Where there is truth, may we bring error. Where there is faith, may we bring doubt. And where there is hope, may we bring despair’ |
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| World Athletics Championships on 19:33 - Sep 27 with 309 views | spell_chekker |
Is Russia competing?
Is there a ping pong tournament. China might win a medal. | |
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| World Athletics Championships on 11:58 - Sep 28 with 298 views | BringBackTheRedRoom |
Kenya's Ruth Chepngetich won the women's marathon at the World Championships as 28 of the 68 starters withdrew in gruelling conditions in Doha.
In a race that started at midnight local time, Briton Charlotte Purdue was among the athletes to pull out in temperatures of 32C and with humidity reaching over 70%.
Organisers decided to go ahead with the event in its scheduled slot despite fears that the conditions might not be conducive for marathon running.
Linet Chebet of Uganda was taken away in an ambulance after failing to complete the distance, while Italy's Sara Dossena, another who did not finish, was seen in a wheelchair.
Ethiopia's marathon coach Haji Adillo Roba witnessed his trio of athletes stop, including Tokyo Marathon winner Ruti Aga.
"We never would have run a marathon in these conditions in our own country," he told BBC Sport.
Chepngetich said: "It was a tough race but I knew what to expect as I ran in Dubai.
"I trained for this weather running in the afternoon when the sun was high."
The 23-year-old took the first gold of the championships in two hours 32 minutes 43 seconds with athletes attempting to complete six 7km loops of the Corniche in the Qatar capital.
Bahrain's defending champion Ruth Chelimo, 39, was second in 2:33.46 and Commonwealth champion Helalia Johannes of Namibia, also 39, took bronze in 2:34.15.
Purdue, the third fastest British female marathon runner in history, withdrew after the start of the third loop. Compatriot Tish Jones pulled out before the race with a leg injury.
Chepngetich was among a small group that included Chelimo, two-time champion Edna Kiplagat, Kenya's Visiline Chepkesho and Johannes that broke clear from the rest as early as the fifth kilometre.
Israel's European champion Lonah Chemtai Salpeter was among the pack but dropped out as the quartet stretched away from her.
It became a two-horse race between Chepngetich and Chelimo before the eventual winner surged again, this time decisively, to secure her first major championships medal.
"I was not expecting to be a medallist in such tough conditions," Chelimo said.
'Acceptable level of health risk'
Earlier, athletics' governing body the IAAF had issued a statement confirming the marathon would go ahead, saying it had "done everything possible to minimise the heat-related risks" and that the race would be "run at an acceptable level of health risk".
But Belarus runner Volha Mazuronak, who came fifth, was angry with IAAF officials after the race: "The humidity kills you. There is nothing to breathe. I thought I wouldn't finish," she said.
"It's disrespect towards the athletes. A bunch of high-ranked officials gathered and decided that it would take the championships here but they are sitting in the cool and they are probably sleeping right now."
Canadian athlete Lyndsay Tessier, who came ninth, said: "You see somebody down on the course and it's just, extremely grounding and scary, that could be you in the next kilometre, the next 500 metres.
"I'm just really grateful to have finished standing up."
Most events at the championships are being held in the air-conditioned Khalifa Stadium, where the climate is maintained at 23-25 degrees.
However the marathon and Saturday's 50km walk are taking place outside the cooled venue. France's Yohann Diniz will be attempting to retain his world title in the 50km walk but is not happy about having to compete in Doha's heat and humidity.
"I am extremely upset," he said. "If we were in the stadium we would have normal conditions, but outside they have placed us in a furnace, which is just not possible.
"They are making us guinea pigs."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/49860159
Think there was only about 5,000 people watching in a 50,000 stadium. Totally nuts holding events like this in that region. | |
| ‘Where there is harmony, may we bring discord. Where there is truth, may we bring error. Where there is faith, may we bring doubt. And where there is hope, may we bring despair’ |
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| World Athletics Championships on 21:15 - Sep 28 with 289 views | basilrobbiereborn |
I watched it with my Dad.
It was a bit weird actually, partly because they just ran up and down the same stretch of road several times. But also because almost no-one was watching them, apart from the media, the coaches and the race support staff. It was a phenomenal performance by the winner, and the four or five who followed her in.
Just goes to show that if the money is right, there is no limit to how venal some of the ruling bodies in sport can be. | |
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| World Athletics Championships on 22:29 - Sep 28 with 285 views | BringBackTheRedRoom |
100 metres final 1) Coleman 2) Gatlin 
Watched in the stadium by one man and his dog | |
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| World Athletics Championships on 20:20 - Sep 29 with 274 views | Lala |
Back from the Dales and it was the Cycling Road World Championships up there this weekend, unbeknownst to us before we left.
Bloody hard work up and down the Dales roads. Calves of steel those guys  | |
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| World Athletics Championships on 19:30 - Oct 3 with 256 views | BringBackTheRedRoom |
Big congratulations to Dina Asher-Smith Gold Womens 200m
Hope the same for Katarina Johnson-Thompson in the heptathlon shortly. | |
| ‘Where there is harmony, may we bring discord. Where there is truth, may we bring error. Where there is faith, may we bring doubt. And where there is hope, may we bring despair’ |
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| World Athletics Championships on 19:50 - Oct 3 with 254 views | Lala |
Massive congrats and only 23. Huge prospect for the Olympics. Dead chuffed for her. | |
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| World Athletics Championships on 21:02 - Oct 3 with 248 views | spell_chekker |
Yes, congrats.
And how's the heptathlete doing? | |
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| World Athletics Championships on 21:35 - Oct 3 with 247 views | BringBackTheRedRoom |
In the lead Spell, final event is the 800m at 22.05 UK time, live on BBC | |
| ‘Where there is harmony, may we bring discord. Where there is truth, may we bring error. Where there is faith, may we bring doubt. And where there is hope, may we bring despair’ |
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| World Athletics Championships on 22:30 - Oct 3 with 244 views | BringBackTheRedRoom |
Gold medal Katarina Johnson-Thompson. Really pleased for her, been seen as not quite doing it at the worlds/olympics in the past. | |
| ‘Where there is harmony, may we bring discord. Where there is truth, may we bring error. Where there is faith, may we bring doubt. And where there is hope, may we bring despair’ |
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| World Athletics Championships on 22:31 - Oct 3 with 242 views | spell_chekker |
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| World Athletics Championships on 07:21 - Oct 4 with 234 views | Lala |
Fabulous 👠well done indeed. | |
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| World Athletics Championships on 17:59 - Oct 5 with 218 views | Lala |
Relays now 👠| |
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| World Athletics Championships on 18:17 - Oct 5 with 217 views | Lala |
Good qualifying run for the ladies 4x4 👠| |
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| World Athletics Championships on 19:13 - Oct 5 with 212 views | spell_chekker |
Relays are always the last event. | |
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| World Athletics Championships on 20:33 - Oct 5 with 206 views | basilrobbiereborn |
That women's 1500m was a marvellous race. How do you double that up with the 10k? | |
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| World Athletics Championships on 23:14 - Oct 5 with 189 views | BringBackTheRedRoom |
Sifan Hassan very special talent. As are the Ingebrigtsen brothers for Norway when they just race, and forget all the other stuff. | |
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