2015 Outdoor Season

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World Championships

Overall with a day or two to go very interesting results which have been listed above but deserve a good recap when it is all over and done.
Problems are obvious. One is the drug tainting going on especially in the 100 meters men event where many people are beginning to wonder about Bolt and his so called clean bill of health. It would be great if they found out he was cheating. I think he is cheating.
The other bigger problem for us is the media does not cover the event. A few years back free channel universal at least would carry the Worlds but now except on NBC during the weekends for a bit there is no national coverage. Some of these results need to be jammed up the you know whats of the smug media types who believe whites should not even bother running and jumping.

 

[GiovaniMarcon]

It raises more than a few eyebrows when the only White guy in the 110 metre hurdles final outclasses the entire field and wins gold.

It reminds me of the 2000 Olympics men's 200 metre final, with Kederis crushing the field and also being the only White guy.

He's been accused on doping though I don't think anything's been proven. I'm waiting for this Russian dude to be accused of cheating in 5... 4... 3...

AS IF Blacks are squeaky clean and would NEVER take PEDs.

And anyway I think the Russian guy is clean.

Kederis I'm not sure, but I think everyone was juicing.

Accusing a White guy of using PEDs when he demolishes everyone (ie, Jeremy Wariner) is a convenient way for the media to write off superior White athletes without endangering the narrative of Blacks-are-better-at-sports, which is the same narrative used to explain why Whites are superior at a myriad of sports by claiming these sports are either not important or cheap enough to elicit participation from the ghetto, or are not sports at all.

 

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Jumping events

The triple jump is the hop skip and jump and represents the bounciest and best recovery in the world.

The high jump is quite simple it represents the best leaper in the world.

The long jump represents the best run/ jump athlete in the world.

 

[jacknyc]

Derek Drouin of Canada won the High Jump and Greg Rutherford won the Long Jump.
2 out of 3 ain't bad!

 

[jacknyc]

Some big news out of IAAF World Challenge in Zagreb - Ramil Guliyev joined the sub-20 club, winning the 200m race in a fantastic time of 19.88! slight negative wind.

I think Guliyev can be in the hunt for a medal at the 200m at the Olympics next year.
He looked very very good in the first round of the 200m heats at the WC this year, but slowed down a bit in the semis and the finals. That just tells me that he needs more stamina/conditioning. But the speed is there.
Congratulations!

 

[trackster]

Some big news out of IAAF World Challenge in Zagreb - Ramil Guliyev joined the sub-20 club, winning the 200m race in a fantastic time of 19.87! slight negative wind.

I think Guliyev can be in the hunt for a medal at the 200m at the Olympics next year.
He looked very very good in the first round of the 200m heats at the WC this year, but slowed down a bit in the semis and the finals. That just tells me that he needs more stamina/conditioning. But the speed is there.
Congratulations!

You beat me to it, Jack! I was just logging on to post the Guliyev news. A huge breakthrough.

Also, in the same meet, Shubenkov continued his complete domination of the 110 hurdles. He has been unstoppable this year.

 

[white is right]

Some big news out of IAAF World Challenge in Zagreb - Ramil Guliyev joined the sub-20 club, winning the 200m race in a fantastic time of 19.87! slight negative wind.

I think Guliyev can be in the hunt for a medal at the 200m at the Olympics next year.
He looked very very good in the first round of the 200m heats at the WC this year, but slowed down a bit in the semis and the finals. That just tells me that he needs more stamina/conditioning. But the speed is there.
Congratulations!

FINALLY!!!!!!!! He has his head on straight and is on top form. Your right he needs or needed rounds stamina and maybe more experience. I would love to see if he can run a sub 10 too.

 

[trackster]

Here's the Guliyev video. He looks like Secretariat against this field.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=308&v=y2quEIit85s

As great as that was, it doesn't even compare to Shubenkov's margin of victory:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLTPTk-zQTU

Both of these wins are just stunning.

 

[jacknyc]

Wow! Just watched the Guliyev video and he really ran away from the field - which, btw, included 3 sub-20 sprinters! So, not only a super time, but a big win over some serious sprinters!
Finally, someone who can challenge for medals in the big meets - yea!!!

 

[white lightning]

Here's the Guliyev video. He looks like Secretariat against this field.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=308&v=y2quEIit85s

As great as that was, it doesn't even compare to Shubenkov's margin of victory:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLTPTk-zQTU

Both of these wins are just stunning.

I'm so happy for Ramil Guliyev. He has been through hell the last 3-4 years. He never quit and he has finally seen his hard work pay off. Congrats on a huge breakthough.

Also Sergey Shunbenkov. What a great year for us in track. Huge breakthroughs including Dafne Schippers. So pumped right now. Hope this will inspire Lemaitre to try something new. He is 25 and there is still time if he changes some things.

Thanks for the videos.

 

[jacknyc]

Guliyev also ran the 100m at this meet, coming in 3rd from lonely lane 8 (no one in lane 7).
His time was a solid 10.18.

 

[mastermulti]

Guliyev also ran the 100m at this meet, coming in 3rd from lonely lane 8 (no one in lane 7).
His time was a solid 10.18.

so good to see - and showing the speed endurance we track watchers knew he has. Euro junior 200 champion and World Universiade champ (20.04, 2nd fastest junior behind Usain Bolt) and 2nd to Lemaitre in the European Junior 100, 10.08, 2009) - 5/6 years ago before his coach/dad died. Moved from Azerbeijan to Turkey to get some funding and a coach and had to wait 3 or so years to compete for them - a fairy story and I'm so happy for him. Bravo Ramil!

 

[elispeedster]

Wow! Just watched the Guliyev video and he really ran away from the field - which, btw, included 3 sub-20 sprinters! So, not only a super time, but a big win over some serious sprinters!
Finally, someone who can challenge for medals in the big meets - yea!!!

Freakin Guliyev! WOW! Amazing, leveled the whole field! Funny how the only one to congratulate him was the Greek, considering the long turbulent history between Greece and Turkey..... none of the other 'Them' went to congratulate him.

 

[jacknyc]

A little article about Guliyev and his blazing 200m. It makes him the 6th fastest European ever
http://www.european-athletics.org/news/article=guliyev-sixth-best-european/index.html?cid=rss

 

[trackster]

Schippers beats Felix! This was the big battle. Alyson Felix was supposed to prove that Schippers was just lucky she hadn't run in the 200 at the WC. Nope! Schippers beat her decisively. Here's the video:

http://www.watchathletics.com/video/recently-added/3199/200m-women-brussels-diamond-league-2015/

 

[mastermulti]

here is the Great North 150 meter mens event.
Really good race by Kilty who looks relaxed with Ashmeade afterwards. I thought after his pretty awful 200 against Guliyev last week he was on an end of season slide but he surely picked it up running stride for stride.
These events look like they really get the athletes enjoying things and running relaxed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hxZ9pt9Hpw

all credit to Colin Jackson who is a knowledgeable and cheerful presence whenever he co-commentates. Certainly helps with the promotion of this type of track and field to the public

 

[mastermulti]

here's a recent article on Kilty. Seems he's been again coachless for many months. Rana Reider mysteriously disappeared and I though he'd gone back to Christie. But no

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/ot...x100m-relay-squad-after-Beijing-shambles.html

 

[jacknyc]

Very encouraging to see Kilty's run over the 150m.
I thought he was really 'done' for the season. He ran a 10.39 in Berlin a week ago. I didn't see the race, but it was discouraging to see the time.
But as you said, he was stride for stride with Ashmeade. In fact, I noticed that his stride frequency was faster than Ashmeade's, but obviously his stride is shorter.
He also beat Danny Talbot pretty easily, and Talbot is a 200m specialist.
Glad to see Kilty go out on a high note for the season.

 

[mastermulti]

Very encouraging to see Kilty's run over the 150m.
I thought he was really 'done' for the season. He ran a 10.39 in Berlin a week ago. I didn't see the race, but it was discouraging to see the time.
But as you said, he was stride for stride with Ashmeade. In fact, I noticed that his stride frequency was faster than Ashmeade's, but obviously his stride is shorter.
He also beat Danny Talbot pretty easily, and Talbot is a 200m specialist.
Glad to see Kilty go out on a high note for the season.

Re: stride length. I read a scientific article recently (which used a big sample) which verified the average 6' American white sits almost 2" higher in a chair than his black counterpart (I can pass on the study to you if you wish) supposedly confirming the idea of a lower centre of gravity for an AVERAGE caucasian (probably not Lemaitre) hence the need for slightly greater leg speed (raises interesting questions of rate of leg fall and the ground force built up as a result) .
I noticed this myself some time ago when he was standing with his team mates after a relay win. Lower hips and slightly taller - no biggie, just an observation. Natural variation I guess