Here's my 2c as a Top 100 ranked athelte in the world for the 100m: The world rankings system is terrible and disproportionately affects people from less developed or smaller countries. I live in New Zealand and there's not a single gold class meet in the entire oceania region. I'd have to travel to Europe/USA to chase the points I need and unfortunately that's not something I can afford to do all by myself. I could run 10.01 here and end up not going simply because I won't have the points or the auto Q. Meanwhile European atheltes who've run alot slower end up going because they're placing score boosts their rankings so much. Placing score is worth ALOT - maybe too much. I also think World Athletics have failed to concider redundancies in the fields - for example: Yes 30 men went sub 10 this season, but 12 of them are from the states - and not all 12 can go to the Olympics.

@TheFinalLeg

Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU! This is a perfect example. New Zealand is literally not close to USA, Europe, even Asia but athletes have to travel across the world, just to be considered for world ranking points. And as you noted, many athletes just cannot afford to. Track & Field athletes are already underpaid. Its really disappointing that the world rankings were rolled out without taking into effect these kinds of situations and circumstances. And the redundancy is a good point. The idea should be to give opportunities to athletes from all over the world, not just a select few who are the top of the top already. Thanks for your insight and good luck this year and into 2024 as well! 💪🏾

@johnstirling6597

Жыл бұрын

Would be interesting to see what the standards were back in the day, snell was not ranked in the top 50 in 1960, similarly Billy Mills in 64.

@spoogerification

Жыл бұрын

if you can't compete then go home. olympics is for winners.

@johnstirling6597

Жыл бұрын

@@spoogerification Well, clearly the Olympics is NOT for winners, 99% of competitors who go to the games don't win. For example, the 100 meters has been won 28 times since 1896, I would guess that over those 28 cycles there have probably been 1,400 competitors (estimate) so just in that one discipline there have been 1372 non winners. counter arguments invited. 😁

I'm not too upset with the standards. As athletes get faster, the standards have increased. I remember checking the standards from pre 2000 and I saw times like 10.5 for men and 11.8 for women. I think this was for the 1980s. I also agree that this will also push athletes to perform better.

@TheFinalLeg

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. There have been years where the standard for an event remained the same, but overall, they should increase gradually as athletes in general, get better. And 10.5/11.8 back decades ago made sense, when less athletes were running thoes times.

I think that performances are definitely getting better but at a slower rate. Its not as exponential as it was, were getting very close to the human limit and the technology/medical advancements are the gatekeepers of new records coming up. It's hard to track human ability + tech with the right standards. I DO agree that having higher standards is a good thing for athletes because we don't want to compete and know well blow everyone out of the water. We want A CHALLANGE! This will definitely help push the sport farther.

@TheFinalLeg

Жыл бұрын

Great points. I have no idea if we are truly reaching the human limits though. I imagine back in the 1960s when 10.00 was first broken, people couldnt even fathom a human being running 9.5 in the event, let alone the time to qualify for the Olympics being 10.00! But your right that its hard (impossible?) to really track progression of human ability along with technological improvements. But also, its varies from event to event. Sure the 100m is probably seeing more incremental progress in performances, but the 400mH (a more technical event) is seeing drastic improvements across the board. So yea a lot of different factors. Thanks for watching!

Really appreciated your perspective and video! Gives us athletes a lot of things to think about as we prepare for 2024!

@TheFinalLeg

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely! Thanks for watching and good Luck in 2023 and 2024💪🏾

Because of these changes track and field is finally becoming a "professional" sport because only the real "Elite" can qualify for olympics and wc watch the video of raestake for that he explains that very good

@callengoldsmith1390

Жыл бұрын

Spare me, other professional sports have hundreds of people in their top level competition not 8

@zackdisharoon6239

Жыл бұрын

Nah they just want to more to qualify via world rankings

@zyryx1793

Жыл бұрын

@@callengoldsmith1390 bruh there are like 30 people in every event what you talikin about especially with the ranking system

@kamadic314

Жыл бұрын

@@callengoldsmith1390 way more than 8 bro lol, we arent talking about the Olympic FInals

@callengoldsmith1390

Жыл бұрын

My point was more that the current system for field and middle-long distance events does already have the real elite, and Zack is right the goal was just to make the rankings more relevant, however they massively favour athletes in Europe and the US or those with financial support who can afford to travel to those meets with high points on offer.

Like I said in the recent community poll post, I'm in agreement with Coach Glen Mills in wanting similar higher & harder standards specifically for the WC but not the Olympics given its stated 'global participation ethos'. With the WCs potentially being different from the Olympics by only having the Top 24 athletes in each event meaning you go straight into a 3 Heat Semi and then Final in the sprints for example, it could encourage more athletes doubling and more exciting head-to-head match-ups! In just 6 races, you could in theory see someone like Syd attempt a WC 400m/400mH/4x4 Triple; Athing attempt a 400/800m/4x4 Triple or Shericka/Kerley attempt an insane 100/200/400m Triple!

@TheFinalLeg

Жыл бұрын

I dont think the standards are meant to decrease participation as again, countries can only send 3 athletes each so, there are many athletes who will no have the standard, but then will go up the world ranking because another country already had 3 athletes qualify (a 4th athlete who is ranked high will no longer be in the world ranking pool). But I actually do like the idea of somehow going straight to semis. The European championships do a verson of this by atleast allowing certain athletes to skip the heats because they are ranked high. But there is a part of me that also thinks the world championships should allow for athletes from around the world and various countries to compete. Maybe they should create an off year World Championships that would be just this format or top top athletes. Top 24 athletes, and the 3-per country rule is not used so we can actually see the best vs the best. Just an idea as well.

@AllInTheGame01

Жыл бұрын

@@TheFinalLeg Yup it was how Femke just 3wks after the Eugene WC was able to do the Euro Champs 400/400mH/4x4 Triple that saw her run a 49.44 400m PB/NR; 52.67 400mH CR; and a 48.52 relay split (14th all-time just ahead of Britton Wilson's 48.60) on a 3.20.87 NR NED Team! She ran 5 of the max 6 races (rested for the 4x4 semi) in 5 days - this is the kind of thing I want for the WC!

@Meechooilka

Жыл бұрын

No, we need more athletes from many more countries. The more, the better. I don't want to see Syd run 3 events, and I can tell you - athletes do not want to see that either. No 400m runner is going to be happy when an 800m runner takes their spot in a relay. Sport is about being inclusive, and tons of people work day and night to make it onto their national world or Olympic teams. European format is the way it is specifically to attract top athletes who would not want to run 3 rounds when they have WC or Olympics coming up. And they still give many athletes an opportunity to represent their country.

@AllInTheGame01

Жыл бұрын

*Femke's technically the 15th fastest on the women's 4x4 relay all-time split list as it stands. However, if you wish to make things a little more interesting and exclude the women/times pre the implementation of random drug testing in '89, the Top 15 list looks like; Allyson Felix 47.72 (3rd leg, Beijing '15) Sydney McLaughlin 47.91 (4th leg, Eugene '22) *Alicia Brown 48.10 (3rd leg, Yokohama '19) Athing Mu 48.32 (4th leg, Tokyo '21) Sanya Richards-Ross 48.43 (4th leg, Berlin '09) Irina Privalova 48.47 (4th leg leg, Stuttgart '93) Femke Bol 48.52 (4th leg, Munich '22) Britton Wilson 48.60 (4th leg, Oxford MS '22) Grit Breuer 48.63 (4th leg, Atlanta '96) Michelle Collins 48.70 (2nd leg, Philly '00) Nicola Sanders 48.76 (4th leg, Osaka '07) Jearl Miles-Clark 48.78 (4th leg leg, Stuttgart '93) Abby Steiner 48.78 (3rd leg, Oxford MS '22) Falilat Ogunkoya 48.90 (4th leg, Atlanta '96) Charokee Young 48.90 (4th leg, Oxford MS '22) Ana Fidelia Quirot 48.90 (4th leg, Havana '91) *Ana Fidelia Quirot makes the Top 15 due to the seemingly dubious timing involved in Alicia Brown's 48.10 from the '19 World Relays with Novlene Williams-Mills (48.93) & Dalilah Muhammad (48.94) close behind. S/O to Gwen Torrence running arguably the fastest 1st leg ever with her 49.03 in Stuttgart '93.

@Meechooilka

Жыл бұрын

@@AllInTheGame01 OK, so Alicia Brown's (CAN) split is definitely incorrect. Her PB is 51.92, but official World Relays analysis does show her split as 48.10. This is not correct. She got the baton in 5th place and handed it over in 5th. Her split was just under 52 seconds. The second split shows up in the analysis at 55.2 (Madeline Price) and is also incorrect. She ran much faster than that, closer to 51 flat. Is there a place where you can see the ranking of all relay splits?

Another Great video, always look forward to your interviews, especially with non USA runners

These standards will only do 2 things either push more athletes to do drugs or many athletes with potential leave the sport because it's very expensive to train and achieve these standards and I don't think many athletes will do the work to achieve these standards because they can't afford it

@breekwhal

Жыл бұрын

This right here! Most Olympic athletes hold full time jobs outside of training!!!

@michaeldeierhoi4096

Жыл бұрын

If some athletes do feel compelled to use PED's then they will also be more athletes getting caught and suspended from competition.

@grahamstrouse1165

Жыл бұрын

That was my my first thought, too.

@patwilliams6579

Жыл бұрын

It should be that way...if you need money to make the Olympics you shouldn't be there. Cause the really talented fast athletes get Nike Puma New Balance or Adidas to pay for the training and coach.

@JeremiahLauzon

Жыл бұрын

@@patwilliams6579This is a bad take, many athletes who could make WC/Olympic semis don't have sponsorships from the but shoe companies (which I don't think should be track athletes main source of revenue anyway) because track is an underfunded sport. All it means is someone who's a bit slower but has more money for one reason or the other can qualify instead

this is an amazing video dude thanks for educating us

@TheFinalLeg

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely, thanks for watching!

Making look like most elite athletes don’t push their bodies to the very limit already. Without a doubt this will backfire with more injuries. Elite athletes that have many years of experience surely don’t need more motivation,that’s for kids which are not yet sure which path to take. Most of them feel small ammounts of anxiety while those with more years on track chasing high standards suffer major stress,basicly their whole carrier is at stake in their early 20s. Forced so young to quit or countinue the number of promising athletes are going through premature life crisis .. With that kind of pressure most overtrain themselves without even realizing it while worsening recovery making it less and less efficient

@TheFinalLeg

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Interesting, you think it will lead to more injuries? I wonder if theres any data to see how many injuries have occurred as the standards have increased year after year. But I do agree with you that pressure can be overwhelming for athletes when they have these high standards to reach (and aren't getting paid that much).

World Aquatics / formerly FINA has A/B standards. A guarentees you make it (max 2/country), B gets you in the ranking list similar to what track uses. The difference -times are times. No extra points for some meets

@TheFinalLeg

Жыл бұрын

Good point, and in Track & Field we ofcourse used to have the A&B standards bet got rid of them around the 2016 Olympics. I think the process was different (we ofcourse allow 3 per nation) but I think thoes A&B standards were helpful. Im not a fan of the world rankings right now. Thanks for watching!

@realalbertan

Жыл бұрын

​@@TheFinalLeg I think universality slots need to go to a regional "trials" and have 50% cut off to make room for athletes in "the middle" Some events the A cut would have been 10th>12th at the last games.

Doping reasons too. It's easy for an athlete to cheat at a regional (but internationally recognised) meet, and gain a single qualification time/distance. Especially if the meet is in a 'dodgy' country. Compared to if they have to gain points across a range of different meets across the world, it's easier to be tested and caught.

Disproportionately making the standards harder will not push athletes harder, athletes are already striving to be the best in the world their not gonna slow down because a standard is actually realistic. Like another comment mentioned, you will now have people who are slower/worse qualify because of points over someone who is better but couldn't go to as many meets. And people say this will boost professionalism? 🙃 I obviously agree that standards should keep up with the times, standards now shouldn't be the same as standards in 2005, I just think they are extending some of the standards too quickly.

the gold medal javlin throw in tokyo was 85.50 m

@AllInTheGame01

Жыл бұрын

Neeraj Chopra threw 87.58m to win Gold @Tokyo '21. 13 men in '21 & 14 men in '22 threw 85.50m+. In fact in 2022, 7 men threw over 89m - the first time that's happened in over 22yrs!

@TheFinalLeg

Жыл бұрын

Yea 2022 was an amazing year for the Javelin, and things have been increasing globally in the event. Ofcourse Germany has been very dominant, but Chopra, Peters, Walcott, Yego, there are tons of Javelin throwers over the past decade who have been throwing far and winning medals from around the world!

Good video!

@TheFinalLeg

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@HotshotABYT

Жыл бұрын

@@TheFinalLeg 👍🏽

This is RIDICULOUS! Is there an "A' and "B" Standard ? DO they want to exclude a lot of small countries ?

@TheFinalLeg

Жыл бұрын

It's tough. The removed the A and B standards with the 2016 Olympics.

There are a lot of problems with this system, not the least of which is the fact that in several of these events times & distances have either stagnated or are improving extremely incrementally. In the ones where they haven’t it’s mostly do to advances in shoe technology, track surfaces & doping. Long & high jump, for instance, are pretty much dead. Decathlon stanrdards are improving at roughly the rate you’d expect them to (not by that much, and very slowly.) Sprint times have been improving, particularly women’s sprints, but a lot of these times, frankly, are pretty sus.

Let the doping begin

@smoothnubian

Жыл бұрын

it started a long time ago. lol.

@BugattianVeyronian

Жыл бұрын

Literally the first thing came to my mind. Maybe a huge part of the competition besides hardwork is who can find better experts to advise them on doing this and who has the access to more and better PEDs.

@Nubako463

Жыл бұрын

PEDS help you recover from the hard works they wouldn’t help a slow person get fast

@simonegranelli4009

Жыл бұрын

Doping was more present in the past, like in the 80’s, because the athletes were rarely tested. Today is harder to get doped, they can check you in any moment. Of course I’m not saying that no one use substances anymore, but it’s more difficult than before.

@BugattianVeyronian

Жыл бұрын

@@Nubako463 pls explain how EPO and Trimetazidine work?

They can upgrade the time but not the money

@TheFinalLeg

Жыл бұрын

Yea athletes should be getting paid more for sure

@barneyklingenberg4078

Жыл бұрын

Then you need more eyes watching the sport. More eyes = more ad revenue = more lucrative sponsorship deals. Allowing for personal additional brand logo’s on the country clothing would help here as well. Just use 2 places one on the shorts one on the shirt as an example. Then getting a dude from Qatar doing 12 seconds on 100m as an inclusive participation trophy isn’t going to make more people watch it. Apart from the dudes direct family no one will care.

2:08 just to qualify for the marathon. holy sheet

Nothing wrong with the standards. It’s the world rankings system that should be tweaked.

@TheFinalLeg

Жыл бұрын

Completely agree. The ranking system, atleast right now, does now work for our sport in the way they are designed

Shouldn’t each country pick their own qualification criteria?

This is what we need World athletics should now have a league in which athletes can get drafted.to different teams..more money....more competition...more attention

@TheFinalLeg

Жыл бұрын

I like the team idea and I'm exploring a video on this topic. One of the problems about teams in our sport though is we are too global of a sport. We dont have "leagues" like the NBA, NFL, or even Premier or UEFA in Soccer. Track and field really is a super unique sport relative to the larger sports. And I think we need to look at it differently to be able to create any type of team/league structure. But again, I like your thinking and idea of a league in some capacity. World Athletes just sometimes gets things wrong initially (like the ranking system...)

@_R_R_R

Жыл бұрын

Like college but world level?

@mnqobimzelemu

Жыл бұрын

@@_R_R_R yessir thats what im saying

WTF? 10.00 and 11.07? That seems insane

A week or two ago I saw a panel from Sri Lanka (I think) discussing this very topic. One of the commentators said that a reason the IOC imposed really tough standards in many disciplines is because they want to change the very nature and character of the Olympics. Instead of being an 'inclusive' event, as it has been historically, typically seeking to attract performers from many countries, many of whom actually have no chance of reaching a podium, the IOC wants to transform the Olympics into more of a World's-type event, showcasing only the elite of every discipline. There was some disagreement about why they would want to do this, since, after all, the World Championships are already a thing. This is going to be a problem in some specialties, for some categories of athlete who have always had a shot at the Olympics. Look at the women's 5000 qualifier: 14:52. The NCAA collegiate record in the 5000 was set almost 14 years ago in 2009 by Jenny Barringer Simpson: 15:07.64. I think there is a fair chance that Simpson's mark may fall this year because the current field is deep. But do you think anybody is going to get under 15:00, much less 14:52? And how is a collegiate athlete supposed to achieve a high world ranking without access to first-class, point-scoring meets?

@TheFinalLeg

Жыл бұрын

This is an interesting point and I have mixed views on it myself. I think the Olympics should still be about allowing all nation to participate, while the World Championships should be the best in the world. I don't mind seeing 10 Kenyans and Ethiopians in the distance events at Worlds if they are truly the top 10 in the world. But I feel Olympics should allow a tiny nation to have one athlete compete if that's the only athlete they can send. Thanks for watching and sharing!

Absolutely think it's going to elevate the sport

@TheFinalLeg

Жыл бұрын

Interesting and good point I basically agree with. Gives the athletes something to push for, even if the standards are tough.

All good points ... rather have 8 athletes who can actually compete for a medal, than 40 who just make up numbers, are there for the party (because they know they stand no chance to win or qualify for anything), and yet cost a hell of a lot to entertain. To be sure, these might still be good national class athletes, but world class, nope!

@TheFinalLeg

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! I think I do like the aspect of participation at Olympics where every country, even if they only have one athlete, can enter someone in the 100m to have the representation of the world. That opening round for the 100m where the top guys dont have to run I think is generally fine. But maybe the world Championships, or a separate championships in the off year, should be the top athletes in the world, like from the descending order list. No 3 per country limit. If that means 7 Americans in the 200m or 10 Kenyans in the 5000m, then thats fine. But We need a world class championships IMO.

Don't you think, with all these changes to track and field, it's full time now, the top 8 athletes be PAID at the Olympics games ?

@TheFinalLeg

Жыл бұрын

Your right, the top athletes SHOULD be paid. Regardless if they win a medal or not.

@user-km4lo8zz6z

Жыл бұрын

No. You everyone should get paid or no one at all. So as you move up you get more money

@TheFinalLeg

Жыл бұрын

@@user-km4lo8zz6z Your correct that as you go up, the more money you should make. But to clarify, personally I think if you finish 4th, in theory, you should still be getting paid in some capacity for your accomplishment. Sure you wont make as much as gold silver or bronze, but some compensation.

@user-km4lo8zz6z

Жыл бұрын

@@TheFinalLeg oh ok

They wanna see some crazy fast athletes simple as that

@Arrica101

Жыл бұрын

So ditch the 2 athletes per country nonsense. I want to see the best of the best, not a field of athletes that would get smoked without limits

To cut down on the number of heats a potential Gold Medalist would have to run when attempting to Double

Is the Standard saying you can qualify for the Paris 1500m by either meeting the standard for the 1500 or for the mile?

@TheFinalLeg

Жыл бұрын

Correct, the men for example, if you run either a Mile time of 3:50.40 or 1500m time of 3:33.50 you hit the standard.

@spyder3x536

Жыл бұрын

@@TheFinalLeg What if i broke the world record on video? Or would I need to run for a college or at a sanctioned event

@doughnuts5364

Жыл бұрын

@@spyder3x536 would have to be at an event that meets world athletics standards

@TheFinalLeg

Жыл бұрын

@Spyder3X you can break a world record on video, but if the correct systems were not in place (approved track, if blocks are necessary then reaction time technology, and also proper testing protocols) then it would never be ratified. Notice that Michael Norman does not officially hold the world indoor record in the 400m because that 2018 NCAA meet did not have proper testing (NCAA and USATF were tasting there but not World Athletics) also notice Erriyon Knightons 19.49 is not the world Jr record. You can run anything you want but to get rarified, things have to be in place

@TheFinalLeg

Жыл бұрын

@@spyder3x536 you can break a world record on video, but if the correct systems were not in place (approved track, if blocks are necessary then reaction time technology, and also proper testing protocols) then it would never be ratified. Notice that Michael Norman does not officially hold the world indoor record in the 400m because that 2018 NCAA meet did not have proper testing (NCAA and USATF were tasting there but not World Athletics) also notice Erriyon Knightons 19.49 is not the world Jr record. You can run anything you want but to get rarified, things have to be in place

27 minutes for 10k? 45 sec for 400m? Are these people nuts?

@TheFinalLeg

Жыл бұрын

The 10k is definitely crazy. But the 400m actually got slower compared to the Tokyo Olympics. It was 44.90 back then!

What you say about the disciplines that held very less in events such as 10000m

@TheFinalLeg

Жыл бұрын

I havent covered the distance events really as much any more, but I think for the 10000, Decathlon etc, they will be able to qualify in different ways. From my understanding, athletes can gather World Ranking points in the 10000m by competing both in track events and road races. So they wont be limited AS MUCH, but the distance standards are really so much tougher than the sprint standards anyway.

@ianbusche1471

Жыл бұрын

@@TheFinalLeg the longer the distance the more taxing it is on the body in the less athletes can run it. It’s unrealistic to expect athletes to be able to compete a bunch of times in 10,000 m races. 8 guys ran the standard last year

@TheFinalLeg

Жыл бұрын

@@ianbusche1471 Excellent point about the fact they dont compete as much!

My hot take is this is good for the sport. If you can't win competitive meets to get ranking points, or hit hard time standards. What do you add to the Olympics by going?

This reminds me of Formula 1 and it's Super License system where different championships are given different points and you need at least 40 points gained in the last 3 years to get into F1. The thing is, the US's IndyCar which is faster than F1's feeder series Formula 2 gives less points than it for anything besides a championship win. Japan's Super Formula which is the fastest open-wheeler besides F1 itself gives less points than FIA Formula 3. Colton Herta missed out on getting an F1 seat because even though he had great success in IndyCar, just because he had less than 40 Super License points.

@TheFinalLeg

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this insight on F1! Thanks for watching!

27:00 for 10km and 85.5m for javelin is too hard.

It's boring that most athletes will qualify because of ranking and not actual times

@TheFinalLeg

Жыл бұрын

I'm actually curious to see how many athletes will qualify on ranking. It could be interesting to see of athletes try to compete more and go to certain meets to get the qualifying ranking

More drugs for athletes have entered the chat

Doping is not easy to get away with anyone. That's why athletes are getting the Where Abouts Failure. Cause you can't beat the technology as easy. If your not good enough then you dope, get caught and get rid of. It's a good thing for the Sport.

You lost a bit of weight, jump started your New Year’s resolution I see

@An-eb8uk

Жыл бұрын

He is a marathon runner ma’am he’s always been fit 😭

@Samesaidone

Жыл бұрын

@@An-eb8uk how you know all this?

@An-eb8uk

Жыл бұрын

@@Samesaidone his instagram! It’s in his channel bio

@Samesaidone

Жыл бұрын

@@An-eb8uk Thxs for info. Will be following

I want to see the best of the best at the Olympics, the 2 athletes per country needs to go

@goldbournemascal3621

Жыл бұрын

The Olympics are a worldwide movement, it is not only for countries that are so far advanced in the various disciplines that poorer countries cannot participate! For that you have the Diamond Leagues tournaments or WC events! The cream will always rise to the top!

Easy work.

@TheFinalLeg

Жыл бұрын

You think this should be easy for most athletes to achieve?🤔

I don't think the qualifications standard is that harder. It's only 0.5 sec faster than the pervious 10.05

@TheFinalLeg

Жыл бұрын

Interesting point, and thats fair. I think athletes see breaking 10 seconds is still a big deal so the standard being there is tough. But yea 0.05 is not a HUGE increase and it has been gradual over the years. Thanks for watching!

@marfu1119

Жыл бұрын

@@TheFinalLeg Yes, also you will see the qualifications standard go higher in years to come as athletes are running faster now. Especially in women sprinting. Women have to run 10.9s to make the 100m final now and Jenna Prandini ran 22.07 in the semi final at the 2022 World Championship and didn't even make the 200m final. The men side need to step up abit most of them are capable of running faster

@TheFinalLeg

Жыл бұрын

@@marfu1119 Great points and I definitely agree! Everyone is getting faster so athletes just have to step things up! It will be tough, but the sport is always progressing

Last Olympics 5 people in the top 10 fastest 100m times of the year werent allowed to compete simply because of what country they come from. All of the top 8 should be invited regardless of nationality. I want to see the best athletes in the final, I dont care what country they are from. The Olympics should be about the best of humanity, but instead it encourages hatred between peoples.

@TheFinalLeg

Жыл бұрын

Wait, what countries were these? This was at the Tokyo Olympics?

This is the Olympics there are standards unlike CrossFit where there are no standards.

@TheFinalLeg

Жыл бұрын

How does CrossFit work? Athletes can just participate based on what qualification process?

4:00 u forgot drugs

I think there is much doping involved

The standards are fine

@bayotech7869

Жыл бұрын

Are you for real????

@jouisimo5701

Жыл бұрын

@@bayotech7869 yeah, he is mentally handica*ed

If this is true there taking the piss 5000m men’s 13:13 to 13:05 and 10,000m 27:28 to 27:00 flat this is crazy ridiculous I would have put it at 13:17 to 13:23 for the 5000m and for the 10,000m 27:30 to 27:40 also 13:05 for the men’s 5000m but 14:52 for women’s 5000m there takeing the absolute piss if men’s the far down women’s should be 14:23 to 14:30

@TheFinalLeg

Жыл бұрын

Yea, thoes distance marks are insane. I dont know how they calculate the increases, but they are dropping fast year after year. Thanks for watching!

Mediocrity mindset is infecting professional sports ? There goes meritocracy

Isn't is great to see that the Olympic Committee recognise that (shock, horror) men and women are somehow different.

olimpic is dying...people play game now

Different standards because of perceived "differences" between those who menstrate and those who don't? The Olympics and World Athletics should be boycotted for such blatant sexism.

Everyone does agree that the standards should improve. However, the fact remains that except for a handful of athletes they are NOT compensated accordingly! As an example in the 2022 World Championships in Cross Country the Individual winner gets US$30,000 for 1st, US$15,000 for 2nd, US$10,000 for 3rd, graduating down to US$3000 for a sixth place finish. How thus can you maintain a living of any sort when the prize money does NOT equate to the standards. This is SLAVE LABOR money! Thus, there will always be some dummy saying that they get get shoe sponsorship, etc. This is slave labor when compared to Formula One, NFL, etc.In conclusion, make the standards high, but also make the prize money high too!

@TheFinalLeg

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Really good points. Many (most) athletes in our sport are severely underpaid and should be making way more. There no way for an athlete to be considered "professional" or make a living off the sport if they are barely making money (if any at all). Thanks for watching!

@caseysmith544

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Most like 99% have a major sponsor and train full time.

It is supposed to be the best of the world. Too hard. Lol.

The drugs are getting far better.