Make 5 predictions for WC here

[tm71]

LOL. that is close enough in my book. but anyway i was hoping that the 4 x 1 relays would not be such a mess again. :shock:

[guruof track]

Technically you ARE 0-5.

you said 1/2..............she won by less than that. :lol:

[tm71]

1) jamaica will fail to match their amazing performance in the 2008, but will win 4 golds.
2) sanya richards will win the 400 by at least 4 meters (1/2 second)
3) the debacle of beijing when both us 4 x 1 teams dropped the button will not happen again
4) no WRs in any field events
5) gay and bolt will each finish the meet with 3 medals.///


1) they matched their performance from the 2008 olympics
2) sanya did win by 0.4
3) relay debacle got repeated, no medals, regardless of how it happened
4) wlodarczyk got a wr in the hammer
5) bolt got 3 golds, gay 1 silver.


THANK GOD FOR SANYA OTHERWISE I WOULD HAVE BEEN 0 for 5 !

[Matt1]

1. Jessica Ennis will win the heptathlon with a 6700+ score and will break at least one British record along the way.
2. Gay will withdraw at some stage. Hopefully he'll make it through at least one of the individual events, but I'll be very surprised if he gets through the rounds of the 100m, 200m and relay without picking up an injury.
3. Caster Semenya will win the women's 800m, while Pamela Jelimo will not win a medal and the British girls will once again fail to reach the final.
4. Marta Dominguez wins the women's steeplechase, while the men's title will go to one of the French guys.
5. Sanya Richards will win the 400m and Christine Ohuruogu will be out of the medals.

Sh*t, Jon! Any thoughts on the lottery numbers this weekend?! :P

[Alan Shank]

My predictions are as follows:

1. Jeter wins the 100m gold - sets new WC record.
2. Felix wins the 200m - also sets new WC record.
3. Demus wins 400m H - sets new WR.
4. USA womens 4X100m wins gold and breaks AR (possibly sets new WR).
5. Gay upsets Bolt in 100m wins gold - sets new WR.

* My instinct tells me that Jeter was recovering from a slight injury from the US championship and was advised to run at about 70% without any explosive speed in the early rounds of the European circuit. When folks were saying she was peaking too soon she said she wasn't. She has a VERY experienced coach.

Finally got some Internet access here in Prague after attending the WC in Berlin. So:

1. Jeter gave a good account of herself, especially with a PB 10.83 in semi, but proved no match for Fraser and Stewart in final. Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzt!!!
2. Felix did indeed win the 200, easily, but no CR. Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzt!!
3. Demus ran very well, breaking 53, but Melaine Walker rounded into her best form at the right time and ran the 2nd-fastest all-time 400H. BzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzT!!!
4. Unfortunately, they decided to run Muna despite the fact that she was heavily bandaged, and she didn't make it out of the passing zone. At least this was not a problem with exchanging the baton, as such. Since Jamaica ran only 42.06 in the final, this was a race the US might actually have won. However, Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzt!!
5. Gay got a fabulous start, never trailing Powell, and ran a great race, breaking the AR with a 9.71 and beating Powell by .13; Bolt, however, beat Gay by the same margin. Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzt!

Overal, 0 for 5 is known in baseball as "taking the collar".

Again, sports patriotism leads to unwarranted optimism.
Cheers,
Alan Shank
Woodland, CA

[tm71]

1) jamaica will fail to match their amazing performance in the 2008, but will win 4 golds.
2) sanya richards will win the 400 by at least 4 meters (1/2 second)
3) the debacle of beijing when both us 4 x 1 teams dropped the button will not happen again
4) no WRs in any field events
5) gay and bolt will each finish the meet with 3 medals.

[trackstar]

Re: Make 5 predictions for WC here

Beer friendly Berlin will be his demise.

If I were in Berlin, I can guarantee you the beer would be my demise. I was lucky just to make it out of Eugene. :-)

[milkandwater]

1. Jessica Ennis will win the heptathlon and will be top 3 in BBC Sports Personality of the Year.
2. The BBC will apologise about mentioning d***s when commentating on Dwain Chambers but will proceed to do so endlessly.
3. TBO will not make it a hat-trick of Championship victories.
4. Mo Farah will not live up to the BBC commentators inflated expectations, but will be top non-African runner. His tactics will be spot on though apparently (This will be pretty much the same for any British distance athlete no matter how crazed their race strategy).
5. The WR will be equalled in the women's high jump.

I'm only jesting at my ribbing of the BBC as I'm actually gutted that like the Olympics last year I for the most part will outside the UK and will have to make do with local TV coverage, if they have any at all. From the trailers on the BBC it looks like they will be giving it the full 'this is why I justify the licence fee' treatment once again.

[Jon]

5. Sanya Richards will win the 400m and Christine Ohuruogu will be out of the medals.

Jon, I like your last prediction #5 but how come no love for the Big O? I expect her to challenge but come up short grabbing silver or bronze.

I'm usually very supportive of TBO (just look at the other Ohuruogu thread that is currently active). It's just that I haven't been convinced by her form this year, and the injury - however slight - just isn't a good sign. I know she always has a low-key build-up to championships, and I'm normally very supportive (I put money on her to win before Osaka and Beijing and won a lot each time) but there's just something in the back of my mind that leaves me less than convinced.

[lexvid]

5. Sanya Richards will win the 400m and Christine Ohuruogu will be out of the medals.

Jon, I like your last prediction #5 but how come no love for the Big O? I expect her to challenge but come up short grabbing silver or bronze.

[Jon]

1. Jessica Ennis will win the heptathlon with a 6700+ score and will break at least one British record along the way.
2. Gay will withdraw at some stage. Hopefully he'll make it through at least one of the individual events, but I'll be very surprised if he gets through the rounds of the 100m, 200m and relay without picking up an injury.
3. Caster Semenya will win the women's 800m, while Pamela Jelimo will not win a medal and the British girls will once again fail to reach the final.
4. Marta Dominguez wins the women's steeplechase, while the men's title will go to one of the French guys.
5. Sanya Richards will win the 400m and Christine Ohuruogu will be out of the medals.

[3a]

ALL other nations are inferior to the United States of America!

Ha ha ha. Mike67, I'd say you another 30mins to an hour to post before the men in charge read your last post and send you on a vacation.

If that's the case, so be it! I stand by my words.

In that case, your words are that of an ignorant fool.


I am DYING to see Caster run the 800m, like someone else suggested, my mind is half on a possible WR and a huge media circus.....

[imaginative]

I believe the greatest nation on earth is the United States of America. Being the greatest, makes all others by definition, "inferior."

You believe wrong! Russia is the greatest nation on earth.
(Cf. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_co ... total_area)
Now re-apply the same logic.

[Elival]

5. Sweden is officially shocked as just a few years removed from multiple golds they don't get a single top eight position! :wink:

:evil:

My predictions:
1. Mustafa Mohamed beats Jukka Keskisalo in the Steeplechae.
2. Michel Tornéus beats Tommi Evilä in the Longjump.
3. Salem Sdiri see a javelin, grab it and by coiincidence he see Pitkämäki 30 meters away...
4. SonyEricson sell more mobile-phones than Nokia next year.
5. Finland gets tired of having president and switch to Monarchy and Princess Madeilene of Sweden becomes the Queen of Finland and at the same time Finland switch National Anthem and adopt Swedens anthem.

:wink: :wink: :wink: :lol:

P.S. Don´t show this to my girlfriend, she is from Finland...

[Megas15]

[quote=Alan Shank]

My predictions are as follows:

1. Jeter wins the 100m gold - sets new WC record.
2. Felix wins the 200m - also sets new WC record.
3. Demus wins 400m H - sets new WR.
4. USA womens 4X100m wins gold and breaks AR (possibly sets new WR).
5. Gay upsets Bolt in 100m wins gold - sets new WR.

What country are you from? >:-)

As Marlow said, "pure wishful thinking". Do you really believe any of those besides #3?
Cheers,
Alan Shank
Woodland, CA

are you saying the others are not possible?
Just in case you misinterpreted, the WC = World Championship & WR = World Record.
womens : (WC record)100m =10.70 M Jones (Jeter ran wind aided 10.72); 200m = 21.74 Moller (Felix PB=21.81 and recently ran 21.88); 4x100m = 41.37, (US women ran a trial 41.57 yesterday)
mens WR: 100m is 9.69 Bolt (Gay already ran a 9.68 wind aided)
still wishful thinking??

For #1, Jeter has to win the race, right? 'Nuff said.
For #5, likewise, Gay has to beat Bolt, which is quite unlikely.
Actually, #2 is not beyond the pale.

These are all unlikely in varying degrees; do you know about compound probability? P(1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 5) = p(1) * p(2) * p(3) * p(4) * p(5).

I ask again: do you really believe those?
Cheers,
Alan Shank
Woodland, CA[/quote:37tps21l]

I believe so. And no, I do not know about compound probability; but, what I'm suggesting is not only probable...it is very much possible. Let's wait and see in a weeks time.