#5

I’ll only be watching this as I do with most major sporting events, with an eye on doping I suppose. Have never ever been fussed with the CGs

#7

track and field starts on sunday so probs won’t watch anything before that

#8

It’s a really really weird concept innit. Might watch some of it but :man_shrugging:

#9

Hmm, would prefer crowing about people failing doping to have its own thread to be honest if you don’t mind.

#10

That’s cool, tbh, if it wasn’t for BBC sport on my twitter feed, I’d never realised it was on.

#11

Currently enjoying Scotland smashing South Africa at the :field_hockey:

#12

See Australia are the first Team Pursuiters to go below 3:50, setting a new WR in the process. Impressive

#13

Spoke too soon, SA have mounted a comeback :woman_facepalming:

#14

KATIE ARCHIBALD

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KATIE ARCHIBALD

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#16

Is your record skipping?

Turns out this is just completely on at the wrong time of day for me to be able to watch any of it properly.

#17

Joshua Cheptegi :muscle:

#18

She got two medals but I’m all out of whack with my timing/catching up. KA is my hero. She’s cool as.

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#19

I like that she doesn’t look like a typical athlete. Like after her events she’s red faced and sweating, like I would.

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#20

where’s Ian Thorpe?
swimming is so boring and he’s the only person who made it bearable

#21

He’s doing punditry stuff for Australian TV. Channel 7, I think, if you can get that where you are.

#22

So what were everyone’s highlights, then?

I think that the climaxes of the netball semi-final and final might be mine. Great stuff.

Lowlight was probably Callum Hawkins in the marathon. Thankfully he’s okay now, but that was very distressing to watch.

#23

Some really interesting stuff going round twitter about creating a heat protocol in marathon running. And how better to safeguard runners.

#24

I’m actually going to a talk about marathon running/training on Saturday that includes a discussion on what happens during a collapse and how measures can be put in place to try and prevent it and to deal with it when it happens. I imagine that this weekend’s events will feature strongly. It’s by this guy:

https://www.essex.ac.uk/news/2017/10/17/welcome-to-our-new-deputy-dean-(research)-for-the-faculty-of-science-and-health

In every event that I’ve done, there have been heat protocols in place, and while you can’t really prevent elite athletes pushing themselves over the limit on the day, there’s no excuse for the length of time it took for medical help to arrive on the scene.

#25

ARCHIBALD!