Weltklasse Zurich DL 2019

[ATK]

Entries are up. Few noticings:

No Seyni in the W400m
No Ibarguen in the WTJ
No Muir in the 1500m
Benjamin vs Warholm in the 400mH for the 1st time (Samba didn't qualify for the final).
Amos first 800m race back after his injury.

[Atticus]

Zurich DL

Rather than discussing the Fantasy Game, let's talk anout the FANTASTIC fields!

Many of them have ALL the Doha favorites in them

wTJ - all but Ibarg
mHJ - FINALLY Barshim and Bond reemerge. This should answer lots of ?s about this lackluster mHJ season!
mPV - everyone!
wJT - everyone!
wSP - everyone!
w400 - Naser but no SMU or Seyni
m800 - everyone!
wSt - everyone (but no Frerichs)
w200 - SMU and ET but no SAFP
mLJ - everyone
w1500 - everyone PLUS Hassan
mJT - everyone!
w4H - everyone (WR again?!)
m100 - Everyone PLUS Lyles (no CC)
m5K - Everyone plus TBek.
m400 - Still no Samba, but Rai and Warholm is enough. Samba condition?

No watching this on DVR - this one's gotta be live (TV and Gold).

[gh]

13 in the men's PV is too many; way too much sitting around

[gh]

first-ever 400H meeting for Warholm vs. Benjamin

[Atticus]

13 in the men's PV is too many; way too much sitting around

I imagine some initial passing by the overlords will alleviate some of the congestion.
Plus, the Doha final will have 12, so ya better get used to it.

Also of note, next year's (and 2021's) Zurich meet will be MORE insanely good, as it will host all the DL finales.

[gh]

I imagine some initial passing by the overlords will alleviate some of the congestion.
Plus, the Doha final will have 12, so ya better get used to it. ....

championships fields and invitational fields are two different things

[Dave]

I imagine some initial passing by the overlords will alleviate some of the congestion.
Plus, the Doha final will have 12, so ya better get used to it.

Also of note, next year's (and 2021's) Zurich meet will be MORE insanely good, as it will host all the DL finales.

It wouldn’t surprise me if there are at least 6-7 guys left at 5.90.

[DrJay]

Five of the top 11 vaulters of all-time are there. How often has THAT happened in any event?

[TWalsh]

Rather than discussing the Fantasy Game, let's talk anout the FANTASTIC fields!

Many of them have ALL the Doha favorites in them

wTJ - all but Ibarg
mHJ - FINALLY Barshim and Bond reemerge. This should answer lots of ?s about this lackluster mHJ season!
mPV - everyone!
wJT - everyone!
wSP - everyone!
w400 - Naser but no SMU or Seyni
m800 - everyone!
wSt - everyone (but no Frerichs)
w200 - SMU and ET but no SAFP
mLJ - everyone
w1500 - everyone PLUS Hassan
mJT - everyone!
w4H - everyone (WR again?!)
m100 - Everyone PLUS Lyles (no CC)
m5K - Everyone plus TBek.
m400 - Still no Samba, but Rai and Warholm is enough. Samba condition?

No watching this on DVR - this one's gotta be live (TV and Gold).

Kszczot is missing! So, they don't have everyone in the men's 800.

[moreover]

no Kipyegon in womens 1500

[ATK]

Remember this is the DL final athletes needed to qualify for. Kipyegon didn't even run any DL 1500m races. Samba ran only one DL 400mH and ultimately didn't accumulate enough points. So ultimately everyone is there except the select few who didn't qualify or (I'm guessing) did qualify but didn't want to run, like Laura Muir.
Seems like the only people who were invited were a few Swiss athletes.

[Atticus]

championships fields and invitational fields are two different things

Agreed - and ordinarily I prefer my elite PVs to have fewer people and more aggressive bar increases, but right now, with the WC a month away and little chance of another summit, I wanna see (and I even think the athletes do too - as part of their prep) a situation more akin to what they'll face in Doha. It's all about the prep now.

The usual suspects will still jump high - wouldn't surprise anyone if M, K, and L all went 6.

[tandfman]

I'm very curious to see what Thiago Braz does. He looked terrific in Monaco, then did terribly in Lima.

[TWalsh]

I'm very curious to see what Thiago Braz does. He looked terrific in Monaco, then did terribly in Lima.

Braz isn't exactly a model of consistency. He's been up and down his entire career. His only consistent year was 2016. And we saw how that turned out for him.

[Alan Shank]

Of those qualified for the finals, these are not on the entry list as of today:
Ibarguen and Saladukha W TJ
Bondarenko and Sawe M HJ
Botlogetswe, Seyni and S Jackson W 400 (this field is seriously depleted)
Chemutai and Frerichs W SC
Henderson M LJ
Muir and Weightman W 1500
Liu M JT
Coleman M 100
Ahmed M 5000
Several of these may be at the African Games in Rabat, starting today.
Cheers,
Alan Shank