2010 World Junior Championships

[white lightning]

We are cheering me. It was difficult to make this link work but I did it. I need a raise. Haha.

There are some events left tonight but tommorow will be huge. We will have the semi finals and finals of alot of the top events. Mens 100, Mens 400, Womens 100, etc. The 200 heats will start on Wednesday or Thursday. Wish I could have gotten this to work earlier but I was gone most of the day. As soon as I got home I went back to work on it.

Let's keep our fingers crossed that it works all week long. I think it will.

 

[white lightning]

http://www.omnisports.be/article.php?num=733

 

[Jimmy Chitwood]

thanks for your efforts, man. it's nice to see the athletes perform, for sure. also, tonight we still have the 400-meters for the men's decathlon.


i really enjoy the decathlon, because i think this is where you really see how good an athlete someone is.

also in today's decathlon, in the100-meters America's "great black hope" didn't put up an impressive performance as was predicted. in fact, Neaman Wise only ran a 10.84; also Cuba's afflete didn't run as well as advertised, posting only a 10.97.

White athletes took places #2 thru #6, all running 10.96 or faster. Edited by: Jimmy Chitwood

 

[Jimmy Chitwood]

in the first heat, Canada's Jared Heldman just held off the favored american afflete Neaman Wise in the decathlon 400-meters.

Heldman posted a 50.28. while several White athletes in the heatran faster than the affletic announcer had predicted. awesome!

 

[white lightning]

Is it just me or is it hard to watch womens shot put? Give me the sprinters, middle distance, distance, hurdlers. or other events. Just can't stand the shemales. I couldn't resist.

 

[Jimmy Chitwood]

in heat 2, we saw a lot of fast White youngsters.

France's Jeremey Lelievre ran a 49.32 to win the heat, but 5 of the runners ran a 50.01 or better.

in the third and final heat (which were the top 8 scorers entering the event if i heard the announcers correctly), Germany's Kai Kazmirek ran a phenomenal 47.63! is he a future 400-meter specialist? David Guest came in second with 49.11. the Cuban afflete (who was praised as the favorite by the affletic announcer) finished next to last, at over 3 seconds off the pace.

 

[Jimmy Chitwood]

i couldn't understand this link white lightning posted on page 1 about Julien Watrin, but i think i know what it means ...

Watrin ran the fastest time in the opening round of the men's 100-meters, posting an impressive 10.31 (wind +2.2). his time came in the fastest heat of the opening round, with 3 of the 4 fastest overall times being ran in this 1st of 8 heats.

Grzegorz Zimniewicz (Poland), also in the 1st heat,tied for the third fastest time of the day, 10.37.

 

[Jimmy Chitwood]

in the 400-meters, there is a lot of depth with Poland's Mateusz Formanski as the top White performer. he was one of only two runners to crack 47-flat, and his 46.75 (pb) was good enough for second overall, narrowly trailing the leader by .08. he won the fastest heat of the opening round. what's even more impressive about his performance is that heran his fastest-ever timewhile running out of Lane 1. wow!

let's hope he didn't peak in the prelims.

Marco Kaiser (Germany) and Marcell Deak Nagy (Turkey) looked very strong, as they coasted to easy victories in their respective heats.

 

[Jimmy Chitwood]

in the decathlon after Day 1 (first five events), France's Kevin Mayer hasbuilt an 81-point cushion over his closest competitor. the next five athletes are bunched, with 68 points separating #2 from #6.

here's an article talking about the opening day. Solid lead for Mayer after Day One.

USA's afflete is just outside the top-10 at #11, but his reportedly-strong events are all behind him. Edited by: Jimmy Chitwood

 

[Jimmy Chitwood]

for the ladies, Germany's Leena Gunther had the second-fastest time in the opening round. she ran an 11.50 to win her heat. Edited by: Jimmy Chitwood

 

[mastermulti]

I am 13 hours up on Moncton time which means I can check the link by trying to watch the 110H live at 10 o'clock tonight.

If that works OK I can catch the 100 semis at breakfast time (8am) and my son can just work without me for a while haha.

Thanks W/L... you da man!

 

[white lightning]

I'm going to repost the live link for the rest of the 2010 World Junior Championships. I hope they can get the results link from the IAAF.org to work. It's been almost a whole day and they are still having technical difficulties. Unbelievable. Ready to see Watrin make it through to the finals. I wish he would have ran slower though. Why go out so hard when you have 2 races the next day. Doesn't make much sense. Here is the live link.

http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/Sports/Live_Streaming/ID=1532231068

 

[Swede]

We´ll see about that. Maybe he was taking it easy. He might just have some Lemaitre powers in him.

 

[Jimmy Chitwood]

white lightning, you know how competitive athletes are ... i suspect Watrin was trying more for the win than anything else. and as he was in the fastest heat (out of 8), he just needed to hit the gas pedal more than normal for an opening round performance.

you make a really good point, though. i hope this early burst doesn't come back to bite him.

 

[white lightning]

http://www.iaaf.org/wjc10/results/eventcode=4146/racedate=07-20-2010/sex=M/discCode=100/combCode=hash/roundCode=h/results.html#detM_100_hash_h

 

[waterbed]

10.31 is only 0.05 behind Christophe Lemaitre 2 years ago

 

[waterbed]

in the iaaf link the wind was in every head 1.3? was it 2.2 m/s pushing wind or 1.3?

 

[Jimmy Chitwood]

Event's speed merchants take over track tonight

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On the men's side, the semifinals begin at 7 p.m. There will be three heats of eight runners and eight will qualify for the final ...



In the preliminaries yesterday, Julien Watrin of Belgium ran the fastest time of qualifying with a 10.31 mark.


He will be running in lane five of the first heat. He was able to fight off some stiff competition in his heat, as five sprinters qualified out of Watrins heat, including Aaron Brown of Toronto.


Most of the favourites ran to qualify and kept some energy in the tank for the semis and finals.


Jamaica's Dexter Lee, a 19-year-old professional sprinter with an endorsement deal to Reebok, cruised through his heat at a time of 10.38. He ran hard for the first 70-metre and then seemed to let up as the racers crossed the line, much like fellow countryman Usain Bolt in qualifying races.


He won his heat by a margin of 0.26. He is one of the favourites to climb to the podium tonight and will do so running the semi-finals out of lane four in the last heat.


Charles Silmon of the United States also pulled ahead thanks to a great start and coasted to cross the line at 10.33. He will run in lane five of the second heat.


Frances Jimmy Vicaut has run a personal best of 10.16, but dogged it in the qualifying round, winning his heat at a time of 10.53.


His personal best would say that he has plenty left in the tank to make a good run for it tonight. He will be running in the second heat running in lane four, opposite Silmon.


Kukyoung Kim of South Korea is a favourite, but finished in second place in his heat yesterday with a 10.48. His personal best is a 10.23. He is running in the fourth lane in the final heat.


A good darkhorse to pick could be Michael Granger from the United States. He won his heat in a time of 10.47 with help from a fast start. His personal best is a 10.29 and seems to have some left in the tank for a big run.
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The men's 100m finals are at 9:45 p.m. and are the last event of the night.On the women's side, the semifinals start at 6:30 p.m.
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Leena Gunther of Germany is also a good choice to appear on the podium tonight. She qualified with a time of 11.50. Her personal best is a 11.44 mark, so she may have to dig deep into the reserves to bring out a better time ...

The women's final is set to run at 8:50 p.m. tonight.

 

[Jimmy Chitwood]

in the iaaf link the wind was in every head 1.3? was it 2.2 m/s pushing wind or 1.3?

waterbed, if i'm not mistaken,for heat #1the wind was officially +2.2.

 

[white lightning]

It was 2.2 and that is why it didn't count as a new personal best. It's a shame though. The one thing I really liked about his race was his reaction time to the gun. He had a reaction time of .151 which is good for a tall sprinter. It's a good time for any sprinter but especially for Julien. Greg looked very good too for Poland. We are about 6 hours away from the start of the night session. It's going to be fun to watch.

 

[waterbed]

thanks guys , white lightning thanks for the link.I will watch.I barely leave the house anymore, i feel 80 years old.2 years ago my legs started to get tired very fast,with 5 days muslce pain from little training and now it worse also pain with rest.so no pro soccer.The docters can't find what it is and every time i have to wait long time to go to the docter, but i have not much hope anymore.relationchip with girlfriend ended.I only just watch tv and use the computer anymore and drink when i am sad lol.

 

[white lightning]

Sorry to hear that waterbed. Don't give up hope my friend. Let me ask you something. Do you drink alot of soda. Some of your symptoms could be from aspartame poisoning. It could be many things but you need to not give up. I would recomend that you go to a chiropractor as well. It couldn't hurt. It is something going on that is having an effect or your central nervous system. Hang in there man.

 

[trackster]

Hang in there, Waterbed. Sounds very much like a circulatory problem, but there are some other possibilities, too. Hopefully, your doctors figure it out soon. Anyway, I kind of know what you're going through, as I'm now having to wear a walking boot (alternating legs each week) that probably won't have any effect on the Achilles tendinosis. For me, it's like being a race horse with a broken leg. Anyway, we just gut out the bad times and try not to do things that will make the situation worse (like drinking too much, okay buddy?)

 

[icsept]

The docters can't find what it is and every time i have to wait long time to go to the docter, but i have not much hope anymore.relationchip with girlfriend ended.I only just watch tv and use the computer anymore and drink when i am sad lol.

Sounds like some sh*tty gov't run healthcare. I blew my knee out at 37 after a lifetime of competitive athletics. I never went back to sports and started hitting the bottle pretty hard myself (and gambling). Its tough, but everybody faces it eventually. Hope it improves for you.

 

[white is right]

I have had injuries from hardcore weightlifting and basically gave it up about 8 years ago. I just basically do cardio with some light weights. If Waterbed can't handle weight on his legs he should do swimming. I couldn't imagine being a true coach potato at a young age as I have been semi to fully active my whole life.