¶2019 wWC Hept: KJT (Great Britain) 6981 (WL)

[Powell]

Did anyone else see that throw on TV? To me, it looked more like 13.06.

[dinamo]

When it landed it looked certainly over 13m but whether it was only 14 cm away from 14m didn't seem to be the case, unless the lines were wrong, and the lines looked right in the other throws.

ETA: Paused on my tv as it lands it looks like maybe 13.30-40 ish. It's in the upper half of the section between 12-14, so it does seem to be over 13m but its still a decent amount away from the 14m line. It seems near 3/4 of the way up between the 12m and 14m line. does not appear close enough to the 14m line to be 13.86m though.

[Powell]

I would need to re-watch this to be sure, but I believe the 12 and 14m lines were physical lines drawn in the field, not virtual, so if they were right to start with, they would have been right.

[Davidokun]

Update after shot put:

1	Thiam	6814	-33
2	Johnson-Thompson	6794	+162
3	Preiner	6481	+121
4	Bougard	6416	+58
5	Williams	6369	+74
6	Broersen	6364	+127
7	Vetter	6326	-46
8	Oosterwegel	6277	+144
9	Huntington	6186	-2
10	Ruckstuhl	6167	+24

[LopenUupunut]

Did anyone else see that throw on TV? To me, it looked more like 13.06.

I thought 13.36-ish, supposing the lines were right, didn't pay close enough attention to judge that. Definitely not 13.86.

[26mi235]

I thought that it was well over 13, about 13.5 or 13.6

[Powell]

The question is what do you do now if someone protests the measurement. Whatever it really was, it was clearly her best put, and there's probably no way to determine the actual distance now.

[dinamo]

The question is what do you do now if someone protests the measurement. Whatever it really was, it was clearly her best put, and there's probably no way to determine the actual distance now.

I suppose you have to protest it in the moment? Equally in this case the person who's most invested in it being checked was in the other pool so may not have even seen it.

[dinamo]

Solid day from Thiam, nothing spectacular but got the job done no massive disasters in any event. I'm sure she'd have wanted more in the HJ but 1.95m at least level pegged with KJT. Tomorrow is a new day, and it'll certainly be a different day for KJT tomorrow being closer to Thiam than she has seemed before.

It may all come down to Thiam's elbow and if she can throw like she knows she can or if she'll be hampered because of it.

[Davidokun]

Update after 200:

1	Johnson-Thompson	6806	+174
2	Thiam	6801	-46
3	Preiner	6494	+134
4	Bougard	6447	+89
5	Williams	6386	+91
6	Broersen	6332	+95
7	Vetter	6319	-53
8	Oosterwegel	6249	+116
9	Huntington	6187	-1
10	Ruckstuhl	6161	+18

[dinamo]

Been impressed with Preiner. I thought it'd be an Austrian bronze from Dadic, there is still the potential for a Austrian bronze just from a different source. Really impressed with Kunz as well, but her javelin and 800 aren't much to write home about so I imagine she'll start to fall away tomorrow but still seems like it'll be a great overall performance for her.

[Davidokun]

Really impressed with Kunz as well, but her javelin and 800 aren't much to write home about so I imagine she'll start to fall away tomorrow but still seems like it'll be a great overall performance for her.

Excellent observation, as usual. For what it's worth, I am presently projecting Kunz to score 6112, for fourteenth place. That is 184 points above my initial projection, the greatest positive difference after four events.

[catson52]

Update after 200:

1	Johnson-Thompson	6806	+174
2	Thiam	6801	-46
3	Preiner	6494	+134
4	Bougard	6447	+89
5	Williams	6386	+91
6	Broersen	6332	+95
7	Vetter	6319	-53
8	Oosterwegel	6249	+116
9	Huntington	6187	-1
10	Ruckstuhl	6161	+18

A critical factor will be how "bad" KJT is in the JT!

[Powell]

A critical factor will be how "bad" KJT is in the JT!

Even more importantly, how good will Nafi be? The possible variation in her performance is a lot larger than KJT's; she could do 58 or 49. Is her elbow still bothering her?

[steveu]

This 3-4-5-11 by Team USA is pretty impressive so far! I'm not very familiar with Kunz and Hawkins and did not expect them to be that high up (esp. Kunz). A bronze from any of them would be super and even top six finishes by any would be pretty cool.