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World Athletics Championhips 2017
World Athletics Championhips 2017
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Eurosport better for the enthusiast. BBC better for the less informed PC brigade. (not withstanding the excellent insight of Michael Johnson)
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I go to a lot of athletics; you get pretty knowledgable crowds at Diamond League, national league, grand prix events etc.
But the level of ignorance amongst most of the public at both the Olympics and last night was/is almost comical. Loads of kids there, and most were bored beyond belief since they (and their parents) had only heard of Bolt & Farah. I had to listen to such comments as, "what is the sandpit for?", "how many laps are in the 800m?" and so on. The sport has done a dreadful job of engaging the public beyond it's headline stars. Last night's in-stadium presentation was simply embarrassing for an enthusiast. It was almost like a parody as it had clearly been prepared by an agency with no real sporting knowledge or interest. We had to endure childish mascots leading the crowd in doing dance moves ffs, some rubbish "Gamesmakers Choir", Rebecca Ferguson warbling like it was the X-Factor, constant exhortations take selfies, and to post on social media using the official hashtags, telling us all ad nauseam who the official sponsors were. This should have been exactly the place to play to the hard core fan and treat it like the world championships it is. Why not for example use all the dead time to show former great moments from past championships on the big screen? No other sport would treat it's fans as if it was a Newsround roadshow. No problem with getting excited by Mo & Bolt, but there's so much more to it than that, so it can hardly be a surprise that the fans will desert once they've gone, since the organisers haven't given any context for the casual fans to get excited by. Am going again tonight, and as a distance fan I'm looking forward to the women's 10,000m more than the men's 100m. I know that the level of ignorance around me will just ignore me. Probably the same as hardcore racing enthusiasts when the once a year punters turn up at Chelters or Aintree and get in the way  |
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You should send that to the IAAF
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KTJ Dreadful again in one of her Best events .Comical .
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everything panders to the lowest common denominator
which if you cast your eye around is actually at a higher level than the majority of the population!! |
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Just watched the Bolt documentary...they didn't tell us at the end if he threw 60m in the Javelin
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Danno, it's the era of The One Show. Heap superlatives on something you know nowt about for five minutes, then move on.
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No other sport would treat it's fans as if it was a Newsround roadshow
Everything is either headed that way or already there. |
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Danno i feel your pain but the crowd is always going to be 99.9% casual fans. It's hard to be a real fan these days because the starts don't turn up for the Diamond League etc. Bolt for all his plaudits runs about 1 race per year in a big event season.
In other news Thiam is still a beauty  I kind of hope Coleman beats Bolt tonight....not brave enough to bet on it though...we need a new man at the top and that dirty south accent of his is brilliant. |
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Very interesting post Danno.
Every now and then track and field plus all the other Olympic sports are hyped beyond belief. The media tell us we love these sports when really not many do. Ultimately though, it's only a few people like yourself who love T&F - the rest won't have a scooby what's going on. I think it's similar to track cycling. People got excited by Hoy, Trott etc but how many people know the distances they competed at?? Para events too. So many classes of each distance. Peacock won gold in 2012 in the t44 100m. But who can describe what the t44 classification means? (It's "Single below knee amputation or an athlete who can walk with moderately reduced function in one or both legs." It includes ISOD A4 and A9 classes.) |
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Coleman must be worth a punt in semi against Bolt @ over 3, surely Bolt won't put everything into semi.
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Prescod
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good call stroodle
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yes good bet stroodle
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Semanya tucked in
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Mr Semenya to you !
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Muir looked pretty good there, looked like she had a double handful
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Pity I don't find her attractive....but definitely a gold medal chance
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Laura Muir is quality.She could win this.
And she looks like a young Susan Boyle. |
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....so she could blossom later ?
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I hear athletics are considering going all naked for the womens events
Free the Bod.....or something like that ? |
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The girl in lead looks like her of coronation street
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*off
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danno
i agree with you re presentation of events i go to see cricket and the norm is for childish presentation cringeworthy to me but your finding from last night are same as mine in that they are attracting new fans. its just a shame we have to endure the drivel. |
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London 2012 doesnt feel like 5 years ago
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the childish presentation is at t20 not county cricket
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Just backed Ayana in this race on exchange, bigger price on sportsbook
need to pay attention |
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Ayana surely can't keep this up, looks to be cantering though.
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Ayana must be a ringer, could be Shergar in disguise
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Man that was impressive
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Denise Lewis still looks a nice bit of crumpet for 45
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What price was Ayana ? Absolutely brilliant.
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Got evens on exchange, then 2.37 on sportsbook, impressive stuff from Ayana
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Cheers.Easy after the event but what a price ,when they said it's the girl who smashed the world record at the Olympics I remembered her.I doubt she will be odds against again in the 10,000m for a number of years.
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Taken a fun bet on Prescod to get a medal @ 7 in final, should get a better start than the semi. Hopefully Bolt finishes his career with a good victory here.
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was tempted to do that bet stroodle, 3rd is anyones....
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Bolt time.
Bow out with a win please.  |