World Indoor Champs prediction contest!

[Jon]

All you have to do is predict the medallists in each event at the World Indoors, and you could win an official WCh T-shirt, signed by athletes from the event!

http://www.athleticslinks.com/contest.html

Please make sure you read the rules before entering. Have fun!




Edited to add - Start lists have now been announced!
Men's - http://www.iaaf.org/WIC04/results/newsId=24270.html
Women's - http://www.iaaf.org/WIC04/results/newsId=24271.html


Jon

[Jon]

Re: World Indoor Champs prediction contest!

The final results of the contest....

1 ffanin 401
2 IFK_Vaxjo 395
3 mump boy 380
4 pavvka 378
5 gm 375
6 Flumplestiltskin 364
7 peachkind 362
8 Jnathletics 358
9 Mahakool 357
10 pela2 352
11 Jonmulk 351
12 haddis65 351
13 Carfu 347
14 taffy 346
15 Andyjgt 346
16 Rema 344
17 Moura 340
18 Yekaterina 338
19 Javix 338
20 tafnut 338
21 Muggins 337
22 Cool Runner 337
23 Imperium2003 333
24 Willclunas 323
25 Jim Medler 320
26 David Hampton 317
27 Alexlaw 307
28 Odette 306
29 AS 305
30 Sakis 303
31 Indeur 294
32 Ely 292
33 Blair Bass 286
34 Neal Higgins 261
35 Paddy 259
36 torpedojump 242
37 Mark 205
38 highhurdler 98
39 bigmike100m 68
40 Albert Joseph 60




Well done, Ferdinando!! The prize T-shirt is a GREAT one (I'm immensely jealous... only joy in the fact that I MET the athletes to get these signatures!). The list of athletes who signed it are (in alphabetical order):

Yamile Aldama
Iolanda Balas
James Beckford
Mike Conley
Steve Cram
Stacy Dragila
Torri Edwards
Sandra Farmer-Patrick
Svetlana Feofanova
Brigette Foster
Kim Gevaert
Giuseppe Gibilisco
Naide Gomes
Jeff Hartwig
Stefan Holm
Muriel Hurtis
Yelena Isinbayeva
Allen Johnson
Anastasiya Kapachinskaya
Carolina Kluft
Ellen van Langen
Tatyana Lebedeva
Dmitri Markov
Manuel Martinez
Fiona May
Karin Mayr-Krifka
Stanislav Olijars
Asafa Powell
Sandie Richards
John Smith
Savante Stringfellow
Irena Szewinska

[marknhj]

Re: World Indoor Champs prediction contest!

Hey Jon...what were the most exciting events? We don't get to see it over here until next weekend (and only a 1 hour show, my Dad in Australia was watching live for 3 hours a day). How close was Isinbayeva to 5m? I saw a photo posted purporting to be the closest attempt. Looked like she'd cleared it so I wondered if it was actually the wrong pic.

[Jon]

Re: World Indoor Champs prediction contest!

>Hey Jon...what were the most exciting events? We don't get to see it over here
>until next weekend (and only a 1 hour show, my Dad in Australia was watching
>live for 3 hours a day). How close was Isinbayeva to 5m? I saw a photo posted
>purporting to be the closest attempt. Looked like she'd cleared it so I
>wondered if it was actually the wrong pic.



Always difficult to say which were the most exciting events (especially when there's British athletes involved!!). I was going absolutely crazy during Jo Fenn's race and was absolutely chuffed (but not at all surprised) that she medalled. I didn't even notice all the pushing and shoving between Mutola and Ceplak going on - I was watching Jo the whole time!!

The distance races (1500-3000) all had poor winning times, but the men's 1500 and the women's 3000 races were great ones (although the distances weren't good from a Brit perspective... Kelly falling, Jo Pavey messing up tactics, Mike East getting DQ'ed). However, give me a tactical affair over a fast, run-away easy-to-predict win anyday!

I felt that the 200m track wasn't a great one, as all the events held on there produced slow-ish times (granted, 50.19 by Nazarova isn't slow, but it's a good deal down on her 49.68). However, the flast surface track was super-fast. This didn't really show in the 60m, but in any event which involved jumping (by that, include PV and 60mH), the results were amazing!!

Best competition (in terms of depth) in women's TJ
First time 8 men have been over 8m in a WICh
First time 3 women have been over 6.92m in a WICh
WRs in both men's and women's TJ
WR in women's PV (plus first ever 5m attempt)
Four women under 7.87 in 60mH (best ever!!)
Four men under 7.50 in men's 60mH (only happened once before in Barcelona '95)

Very tough call as to which was the most exciting. As I said, Jo's medal and national record was absolutely great, but I also love seeing WRs. Lebedeva was the star of the championships and both the women's LJ and TJ were great competitions. The women's PV was superb too (I take back all my comments made last year about Dragila being 'past it'.) Isinbayeva's attempts at 4.90m and 5.00m were pretty good ones (apparently she has the bar set at these heights in training... as does Feofanova), and she seemed to get enough height for them to suggest that she's capable of pulling off a big jump in future. However, they were still quite a way off and she'll need a few more competitions to get to 4.90m.

If Athens has good vaulting conditions, then it will take 4.90m to win. The 16ft barrier should go this year. (5.00m will probably happen 2005-2006).

[ffanin]

Re: World Indoor Champs prediction contest!

Jon, I have just posted you by e-mail.
My son Federico (14en years old) is a t&f autograph's collector, so he 'll be delighted...

[Jon]

Re: World Indoor Champs prediction contest!

>Jon, I have just posted you by e-mail.
My son Federico (14en years old) is a
>t&f autograph's collector, so he 'll be delighted...



Good to hear it's going to an avid collector! (It's way too good to be sold!!)

I'm guessing you're based in Italy? Good job I got Gibilisco and Fiona May on there!

Congratulations!

[Jon]

Re: World Indoor Champs prediction contest!

>Jon, I have just posted you by e-mail.
My son Federico (14en years old) is a
>t&f autograph's collector, so he 'll be delighted...


Ffanin - I've not received an email from yourself. Did you get the email I sent the other day? If you'd like to re-send your email address, then try both of these addresses:

[email protected]
[email protected]

Cheers.