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Post by Panda on Aug 18, 2013 18:58:44 GMT 1
I'm pretty sure the initial protest was against the USA, who had a really dodgy changeover but maybe they spent so much time focusing on that, they hadn't initially noticed one by France. Going to watch a replay now and see if I can pick up on what it was.
A bit of a shame they didn't get to go onto the podium but they kind of have to rush through the presentations on the final day. I would assume the timeframe for appeals extends to a particular time, regardless of whether the medals have been presented or not.
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Post by Panda on Aug 18, 2013 19:02:31 GMT 1
Looking it at the replay, it almost seems like a carbon copy of the GB changeover in the men's. The baton gets passed but just outside the zone. Everyone was so focused on the USA's dodgy change that it wasn't picked up on until much later, possibly when the initial review took place, resulting in a second protest.
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Post by Panda on Sept 9, 2013 21:00:43 GMT 1
I meant to do this earlier but I was busy with other things. Here is my version of the points table from this year's World Athletics Championships. Unlike the IAAF one, which includes multiple athletes from a country in each event, mine only counts the first athlete from each team, so points are awarded to the top 8 nations in each event, with 8 points awarded for gold, down to 1 point for the 8th nation in the rankings. Where necessary, times and distances from heats and qualifying have been used to decide the latter places. 70 nations scored at least one point in this year's Championships, down on recent global events (74 in 2009, 75 in 2011, 77 in 2012). A few nations missed out by one place, including Sri Lanka and Haiti. The first number in brackets is the position in the London 2012 points table (athletics only). The number in brackets after the points totals is the difference in points from London 2012. 1(1) USA 221 (+3) 2(2) Russia 154 (+7) 3(3) Great Britain & NI 95 (-11) 4(5) Germany 89 (+16) 5(6) Kenya 77 (+8) 6(4) Jamaica 74 (-4) 7(8) France 68 (+9) 8(9) Ukraine 65 (+13) 9(7) Ethiopia 58 (-5) 10(15) Canada 52 (+22) 11(14) Czech Republic 49 (+16) 12(10) China 44 (-8) 12(16) Poland 44 (+16) 14(20) Spain 39 (+17) 15(17) Japan 36 (+11) 16(13) Cuba 35 (0) 17(24) Netherlands 32 (+14) 18(19) South Africa 28 (+5) 19(12) Australia 26 (-9) 20(18) Italy 25 (+1) 21(28) Brazil 23 (+8) 21(22) Nigeria 23 (+3) 23(43) Sweden 19 (+11) 24(11) Trinidad & Tobago 18 (-28) 25(59) Serbia 16 (+11) 26(34) Ivory Coast 14 (+3) 27(28) Dominican Republic 12 (-3) 27(43) Hungary 12 (+4) 27(43) Mexico 12 (+4) 27(30) Norway 12 (-2) 31(25) Bahrain 11 (-6) 31(37) Uganda 11 (+1) 33(23) Belgium 10 (-9) 33(25) Morocco 10 (-7) 35(20) Bahamas 9 (-13) 35(-) Bulgaria 9 (+9) 35(37) New Zealand 9 (-1) 35(34) Portugal 9 (-2) 35(-) Romania 9 (+9) 40(30) Belarus 8 (-6) 40(42) Colombia 8 (-1) 40(43) Croatia 8 (0) 40(63) Eritrea 8 (+4) 40(37) Ireland 8 (-2) 45(32) Botswana 7 (-6) 45(54) Estonia 7 (+1) 45(54) Finland 7 (+1) 45(54) Qatar 7 (+1) 45(33) Slovenia 7 (-5) 50(74) Djibouti 6 (+5) 50(-) Saudi Arabia 6 (+6) 52(54) Slovakia 5 (-1) 53(49) India 4 (-3) 53(-) Tajikistan 4 (+4) 55(63) Argentina 3 (-1) 55(43) Grenada 3 (-5) 55(-) Israel 3 (+3) 55(63) Moldova 3 (-1) 55(-) North Korea 3 (+3) 55(54) Puerto Rico 3 (-3) 61(69) Chile 2 (-1) 61(-) Egypt 2 (+2) 61(49) Greece 2 (-5) 61(74) Senegal 2 (+1) 61(-) St. Kitts & Nevis 2 (+2) 66(63) Burundi 1 (-3) 66(49) Guatemala 1 (-6) 66(34) Lithuania 1 (-10) 66(-) St. Lucia 1 (+1) 66(72) Venezuela 1 (-1) Teams that scored points in London but not in Moscow: (27) Turkey (-16) (37) Kazakhstan (-10) (37) Latvia (-10) (43) Algeria (-8) (49) Iran (-7) (49) Tunisia (-7) (59) Sudan (-5) (59) Barbados (-5) (59) Austria (-5) (63) Ecuador (-4) (63) Uzbekistan (-4) (69) Zimbabwe (-3) (69) US Virgin Islands (-3) (72) Azerbaijan (-2) (74) Bermuda (-1) (74) Cyprus (-1)
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Post by coolchristie2 on Sept 9, 2013 21:54:55 GMT 1
GB higher than I thought.
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