IAAF World Championships Helsinki 2005

Post by **SveinR** » 8 Aug 2005, 20:26

So, thoughts, expectations, etc? Any finnish kuskis have been at the stadium to watch anything?

Today's high jump for women was max, Sweden both Gold and Bronze. Kajsa ez could've gotten the WR too, I think, she really had the height in her.

Ky.Jelly · Post by **Ky.Jelly** » 8 Aug 2005, 20:33

ez nz first in womens shot put

Post by **SveinR** » 8 Aug 2005, 20:39

Too bad about Christine Arron in women's 100m though, she would easily have won if she just would have gotten a good start.

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And I expect Norway's Andreas Thorkildsen and Finland's Tero PitkamÃ¤ki to have a great fight for the win in men's javelin

zworqy · Post by **zworqy** » 8 Aug 2005, 21:01

Sweden rules!! (as usual

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teajay · Post by **teajay** » 8 Aug 2005, 23:19

I have no clue what this is about. Which sport?

Dynamo · Post by **Dynamo** » 9 Aug 2005, 02:05

tijsjoris wrote:I have no clue what this is about. Which sport?

Athletics most likely

onlainari · Post by **onlainari** » 9 Aug 2005, 23:26

I haev a ticket0r to last saturdays morning events, but I skipped them :X

BUT: this saturday (if not max heavy raining) gotta go watch marathon and drink teh beerz0r to teh park. If it's a sunny day, it's gonna be fun I think.

Today I drove from hesari to mansku at 16.15 (just next to the stadium area)
and it took maybe some 30minutes to travel some 3km by car,felt like I was somewhere abroad for awhile :j

Post by **SveinR** » 9 Aug 2005, 23:37

Dammit why is that helmet dude in pole vault injured, sach one of my fav athletes

Btw expect new WR in Wednesday's women's pole vault.

Ky.Jelly · Post by **Ky.Jelly** » 10 Aug 2005, 06:06

http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3373539a10,00.html

sierra · Post by **sierra** » 10 Aug 2005, 20:41

i watched some 400m today. Looked all over in the crowd for Karlis, dz etc but didn't see :/

Post by **SveinR** » 10 Aug 2005, 20:44

Was a surprise win in the javelin throw today, with Thorkildsen not far behind. Once again he showed himself the most stable I feel, though Makarov was pretty stable as well. Disappointment for PitkamÃ¤ki though, but it wasn't that much of a surprise as the only good throw he got at Bislett 1,5 weeks ago was the 90+ meters throw. Also I guess the pressure was too much for him to handle in his first World Championship.

Ky.Jelly · Post by **Ky.Jelly** » 10 Aug 2005, 20:58

its cool, they are televising the whole thing delayed at night here atm, kinda good, we never get to see any athletics as its like 0% sport here

onlainari · Post by **onlainari** » 10 Aug 2005, 22:21

Not Pitkamaki's first WC, he was 8th last year, disappointment tho. The commentators also said that he has had decent(donno how long is decent tho) throws throughout this season, so it was a bit of shock that he couldn't pull it together here in Helsinki.

Orcc · Post by **Orcc** » 13 Aug 2005, 19:46

Before this PitkÃ¤mÃ¤ki had won 7 out of 9 events in which he had participated. He has two over 90m throws from this season, too bad he didn't get third one.

onlainari · Post by **onlainari** » 13 Aug 2005, 21:43

yeeh today good day0r, was watching teh marathon and sensing atmospher0r, then headed home and watched from TV EvilÃ¤ took BRONZE on men long jump for Finland \o/
Good news didn't end here, I got also tickets to last days events in teh stadium!! Ez coal to watch 5000m Men BEKELE making maybe new WR? maybe nat, but still fun to see him own. Also Women Javelin which is interesting because of 2 finnish competitors, and of course teh ending ceremony might be coal :>

Ky.Jelly · Post by **Ky.Jelly** » 14 Aug 2005, 11:27

ez 3rd in womens shotput, max good for us :p, only our second iaaf medal ever