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Women’s 100m heats was fire. Missed the men’s one tho.

Did this get a lot of coverage in the states? Edit- I see above it was on nbc. I was in a sports bar in Dubai when this came on in the afternoon, so it was a pleasant surprise bc otherwise I wouldn’t have known this was happening. These track championships should be treated like UFC or boxing events or the big tennis opens, where when it’s on the horizon it needs to be marketed accordingly cause it’s fire and it would make some of these athletes be more well-known outside of just once every four years.
 

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Women’s 100m heats was fire. Missed the men’s one tho.

Did this get a lot of coverage in the states? Edit- I see above it was on nbc. I was in a sports bar in Dubai when this came on in the afternoon, so it was a pleasant surprise bc otherwise I wouldn’t have known this was happening. These track championships should be treated like UFC or boxing events or the big tennis opens, where when it’s on the horizon it needs to be marketed accordingly cause it’s fire and it would make some of these athletes be more well-known outside of just once every four years.

Nope. No promos leading up and it’s on delay on NBC (live on Peacock though.)Track and Field is niche status here. I seen more promos for the Winter Olympics (6 months away) than the championships.
 

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All time Japanese

  • 09:35 Men's 1500m heats
  • 10:45 Women's hammer throw qualification group B
  • 11:28 Women's 100m hurdles heats

Evening session

  • 18:35 Men's 400m heats
  • 18:40 Men's high jump qualification
  • 19:10 Women's discus throw final
  • 19:25 Women's 400m heats
  • 20:20 Women's 100m semi-final
  • 20:40 Women's long jump final
  • 20:43 Men's 100m semi-final
  • 21:05 Women's 1500m semi-final
  • 21:30 Men's 10,000m final
  • 22:13 Women's 100m final
  • 22:20 Men's 100m final
Action starts at 0530 eastern on Peacock
 

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I think Sanya’s record is gone regardless of where Sydney places. She will actually have competition to chase/hold off to finally beat it.
 

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WTF kinda start was that by Sha'Carri. I'm amazed she actually recovered from that :dead:
 

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Horrible start by lyles. I actually thought he hurt himself. Good win though
 
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