2019 IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS (Doha, QAT) Day 7

[Occasional Hope]

Watching again, they were both playing a bit rough even for middle distance runners, but Filip was worst.

[Occasional Hope]

It doesn’t look as if Sophie McKinna is going to match her qualifying throw in the final.

[SMGOtto]

Anyone still follow Costas on Twitter? He's a bit cynical about British athletes these days!

[Occasional Hope]

All three Brits through safely to the next round. looks like Filip I might get dq.

[RunUnlimited]

Josh Kerr did well to stay out of all that mess and qualified nicely into the semi finals.

[RunUnlimited]

Looks like F. Ingrebrigtsen could be in trouble there...

[Occasional Hope]

Bit of a blanket finish there, this is the kind of race Grice would get run out of like Tefera.

[Occasional Hope]

It definitely seems fair in this case, but will the precedent mean lots more challenges across distances?

[larkim]

Seems a brave but sensible decision. No one loses out, Ortega will feel partially rewarded and get his podium time. Good decision by Seb & Co

[Occasional Hope]

They’ve just mentioned it on the BBC. Interesting decision.

[Christy93]

If Kat equals her 800 PB, she'll score about 150pts more than Nafi has ever scored in a Championship. I didn't realise Nafi's 2nd best Hep score was only her 6819pts from Talence.

[fchd]

Don't know if this has been reported elsewhere, but the IAAF text commentary has said that


"I'm hearing Orlando Ortega will receive a bronze medal from last night's 110m hurdles race. The Spaniard was in silver medal position before a tumbling Omar McLeod interrupted his stride between the final two barriers, causing him to slow considerably and cross the line fifth.

The original bronze medallist, Pascal Martinot-Lagarde, will keep his medal."

[trickstat]

I assume he has. Technically he could start the javelin and 1500 but I doubt whether he would and I think he would be very unwise to do so.

[trickstat]

As well as a monster JT he runs a very decent 1500.

[Occasional Hope]

Speaking of horrible, has Kevin Mayer dropped out of the decathlon?