2017 World Athletics Championships (London)

That Chinese woman is something else...
The Canadian woman is out. I guess Balog can't even break into the top eight. Nothing new there. ☕

Now, if someone could please explain to me how the shoulder and hip alignment actually works

We're just warming up the engines a little bit

I guess I'm praying to God that this is enough and she doesn't get overtaken by these two. Three would be ideal, especially since that German woman completely blew it during the final series at the last World Championships.

There’s just no way she’s walking away with a medal if she stays stuck at the 65m mark

Any kind of medal would be such a massive win here... Honestly, Sarah seems so incredibly tense—maybe because everyone’s putting this huge, unrealistic pressure on her to just dominate again? But seriously, you don't *have* to win every single time, Sarah! You've already proven yourself plenty times over. Just grab a medal if the opportunity presents itself, and if not, hey, you still did an amazing job overall.

bluebison47 said:We’re starting to turn up the heat on the machines just a little bit

Alright, now we're going full throttle😢

Even that won't be enough. I saw this coming a long time ago.

It’s sliding toward fourth place, and honestly, looking at how things stand today, I’m not exactly feeling optimistic...

Well, there goes third place... just slipped right through our fingers.

It looks like some kind of virus is tearing through the field. Half of the favorites are pulling out of their track events. :/

Jeremy Hall4 said:It looks like some nasty flu is tearing through the camp, since half the favorites in the track events are dropping out... :/

Some rotavirus hit a hotel somewhere, and the Germans got hit the hardest, plus now Isaac Makwali from USA Track & Field can't even run his 400m final today because he's sick and they don't want him infecting everyone else...

lonebadger6 said:There was a rotavirus outbreak at one of the hotels. It looks like the Germans were hit the hardest. On top of that, Isaac Makwali from USA Track & Field can't run in today's 400m final because he's sick, and they don't want him spreading it to the rest of the athletes.

Even Tori Bowie (WL) isn't competing in the 200m.

It’s an improvement, I suppose, but still falling short of what's needed... And then there's this whole thing where they seem to be rigging the groin area 🙏

The whole trend of Chinese athletes getting caught using performance enhancers🙂..
Honestly, things are looking pretty rough lately... but hey, whatever happens, happens, right?

Honestly, listening to Balog and his pathetic, endless rambling just makes me want to root against our athletes... I actually just muted the TV so I can finally cheer for Sara in peace -.-

frozenrider112 said:The news about that Chinese athlete failing her drug test🙂..
It’s a tough situation. But regardless of how it happened, the facts remain.

Even the commentator on ESPN was expressing doubt here.😁

lonebadger6 said:Honestly, whenever I have to listen to Balog and his pathetic, endless rambling, I actually find myself rooting against our own athletes—it’s that bad. I just muted the TV so I could actually cheer for Sara in peace. -.-

I end up switching over to the local news channel just to catch the javelin throw, because this "professional" broadcast is nothing but constant introductions and slow-motion replays. It’s unbearable to listen to Balog.🤣

Without Makwale today, Wayde is basically just going to stroll right into the gold medal...

The competition feels a bit lackluster so far, I guess. Most of the shots just aren't hitting the mark at all.

😢

But honestly, back at the last NFL, we didn't even realize 🙂
existed.