any WR's at world championships

[Guest]

Does anyone see a wr falling in the upcoming world championships. If you do let me know which one you think will fall.

[Guest]

Re: any WR's at world championships

I think the mens 4x400 meter relay if everyone stays healthy

[Guest]

Re: any WR's at world championships

>I think the mens 4x400 meter relay if everyone
stays healthy<

Sorry, but the humor message board is somewhere else on the web.

[gh]

Re: any WR's at world championships

I think what "kidding" is trying to point out is that the existing WR of 2:54.20 is an AVERAGE of 43.55 per leg.
(Jerome Young 44.3, Antonio Pettigrew 43.2, Tyree Washington 43.5, Michael Johnson 43.2)

I'd say there's a chance that the U.S. will win the gold with not even one member of the team--including Tyree Washington--splitting that fast.

[Guest]

Re: any WR's at world championships

I think the 4x100 men's(USA),if they pass very well,especially since Bernard Williams is running so well right now. Also the 110 hurdles. Allen Johnson and Anier Garcia will push each other to a very fast time. The men's 1500 if El Guerrouj gets a good first 2 laps to set him up to strike later in the race. Women's pole vault.

[Guest]

Re: any WR's at world championships

Men's chances of WR at worlds:

200,400,800,5k,10k,MAR,HJ,LJ - no chance

100,1500,ST,4x400,PV - very tiny chance

TJ,D,SP,J - tiny chance

400h,HT - small chance with Sanchez and Japanese Hammer guy

4x100,DEC - mild chance - if everyone's healthy with good passes for US 4x1, or if one of the big Deca guys really steps up.

110h - best chance (though still mild/moderate), if the top 2-3 guys push each other in ideal conditions, we could see a 12.87-90.

[tafnut]

Re: any WR's at world championships

Men
No way in the 1500.
Yes way in the 110H for AJ, but it would be tough.
4x1 possible for USA, with brilliant passing (i.e. actual practices)
4x4 no way
Dec outside chance
don't see ANY happening
Women
PV best chance(!)
TJ chance
JT definitely (not . . . ever)
HT who knows

[Guest]

Re: any WR's at world championships

Women's chances of WR at worlds:

100,200,1500,MAR,4x4,LJ,SP,D - no chance

400,10k,400h,4x1,Hept - tiny chance

800,5k,100h - small chance

HT,TJ - mild chance with the Cuban in TJ

PV,3k ST (are they running it?) - good chance



So What does everyone think of my men's and women's assessments?

[Guest]

Re: any WR's at world championships

>Women's chances of WR at
>worlds:

100,200,1500,MAR,4x4,LJ,SP,D - no
>chance

400,10k,400h,4x1,Hept - tiny
>chance

800,5k,100h - small chance

HT,TJ -
>mild chance with the Cuban in TJ

PV,3k ST (are
>they running it?) - good chance



So What
>does everyone think of my men's and women's
>assessments?

That you had 4 martini's for lunch...

[Guest]

Re: any WR's at world championships

>Women's chances of WR at
>worlds:

100,200,1500,MAR,4x4,LJ,SP,D - no
>chance

400,10k,400h,4x1,Hept - tiny
>chance

800,5k,100h - small chance

HT,TJ -
>mild chance with the Cuban in TJ

PV,3k ST (are
>they running it?) - good chance



So What
>does everyone think of my men's and women's
>assessments?

As far as the women go: change 400m from "tiny chance" to "no chance". Change steeple to "no chance" since they're not running it. (U. of Toledo's Briana Shook simply would not win a national title at any distance where a WC spot was on the line.) Change 10k to "mild chance"; Radcliffe ran 30:01 in a driving rainstorm at last year's Euro Champs, and she appears to be in even better shape this year.

[Guest]

Re: any WR's at world championships

mens vault will not see a world record for a very very long time unless they go back to the old pegs. with old pegs you could see a record sooner than you you might think.

[polevaultpower]

Re: any WR's at world championships

>Men's chances of WR at
>worlds:

PV - very tiny
>chance


Hah! Only if you are keeping separate WRs for the new pegs. There is ZERO chance of the existing record being broken.

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HT,TJ -
>mild chance with the Cuban in TJ>>

No chance with the Cuban in the TJ. At least not at the Worlds. She's an expatriate who wants to compete for Britain but the Cubans haven't given her a release. We won't be seeing her in Paris. (Unless the situation has undergone a sudden turnaround that has escaped me.)

[gh]

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>Men's chances of WR at
>worlds:

,DT,SP,J - tiny chance>>

Discus is a zero chance. For one simple reason: wind (or the lack thereof).

You could probably take the 10 best discus throwers in history, at the peak of their form, and they could compete for a million-dollar prize every day for a week in the Paris stadium and there wouldn't be a WR. Big discus marks only happen with a strong quartering wind, and that doesn't happen in big-bowl stadia.

[Guest]

Re: any WR's at world championships

I didn't think about the discus wind factor....