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As a big fan of athletics, and a 100m runner myself, I have been looking forward to the World Athletics Championships for a long time now.
It's being held in Edmonton, it's been on for a week-and how many hours have I seen of live coverage?? About 4.
Okay, so it's no one's fault there's a big time difference between Canada and England, but the 200m final being on at 4:40 in the morning?!
I get the feeling British TV (or whoever does this sort of thing,) should have pushed and pushed for better times. The BBC team have tried very hard, and they are doing very well, but with it all being on from 1am to 5am-I can't watch very much of it at all.
And also-the crowd at Edmonton is very disappointing. I look back at Seville and the olympics in Syndey, and wonder why it was held in Canada. I mean-Canada's not exactly the biggest olympic force in the world, so interest will be low.
I mean, the USA are used to watching it at that sort of time-and I expect they have quite a lot of power in what times the events are run.
Europeans expect to be able to watch it in the daytime, though. With lots of athletes from UK, Italy, France, Germany, Spain, Holland, Russia and more-surely we should have the advantage of being able to watch it at a decent time, rather than the Canadians.
But there are some good points. The coverage that we've seen has been very good, and the athletes have performed extremely well. We've had highlights such as Marion Jones losing her huge winning streak and only getting the silver, there have been superb finals in the long and triple jump, and last night's pole-vault final was superb as well.
Michael Johnson has been an invaluable asset to the BBC team. His words of wisdom are amazing, and even the likes of Sally Gunnell and Roger Black are lefy hanging on his every word.
Rather than most, he seems to be rather arrogant (which he can be,) and he uses constructive criticism rather than just complimenting athletes all the time.
He also made me laugh when he said 200m runner Mothersill's tecnhique was, "terrible."
So overall, the championships have been okay. The competition has been excellent, as has the BBC's coverage, but the times are a big disappointment-as is the highlights show in the early evening.
Thanks for reading, Ant.
It's being held in Edmonton, it's been on for a week-and how many hours have I seen of live coverage?? About 4.
Okay, so it's no one's fault there's a big time difference between Canada and England, but the 200m final being on at 4:40 in the morning?!
I get the feeling British TV (or whoever does this sort of thing,) should have pushed and pushed for better times. The BBC team have tried very hard, and they are doing very well, but with it all being on from 1am to 5am-I can't watch very much of it at all.
And also-the crowd at Edmonton is very disappointing. I look back at Seville and the olympics in Syndey, and wonder why it was held in Canada. I mean-Canada's not exactly the biggest olympic force in the world, so interest will be low.
I mean, the USA are used to watching it at that sort of time-and I expect they have quite a lot of power in what times the events are run.
Europeans expect to be able to watch it in the daytime, though. With lots of athletes from UK, Italy, France, Germany, Spain, Holland, Russia and more-surely we should have the advantage of being able to watch it at a decent time, rather than the Canadians.
But there are some good points. The coverage that we've seen has been very good, and the athletes have performed extremely well. We've had highlights such as Marion Jones losing her huge winning streak and only getting the silver, there have been superb finals in the long and triple jump, and last night's pole-vault final was superb as well.
Michael Johnson has been an invaluable asset to the BBC team. His words of wisdom are amazing, and even the likes of Sally Gunnell and Roger Black are lefy hanging on his every word.
Rather than most, he seems to be rather arrogant (which he can be,) and he uses constructive criticism rather than just complimenting athletes all the time.
He also made me laugh when he said 200m runner Mothersill's tecnhique was, "terrible."
So overall, the championships have been okay. The competition has been excellent, as has the BBC's coverage, but the times are a big disappointment-as is the highlights show in the early evening.
Thanks for reading, Ant.
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Goatboy wrote:
Edmonton rocks,
> must do because my family live there.
Go Alberta!
Never made it as far North as Edmonton. Banff rocks. Calgary was WAY too windy though! All of the women looked all weather beaten.
Edmonton rocks,
> must do because my family live there.
Go Alberta!
Never made it as far North as Edmonton. Banff rocks. Calgary was WAY too windy though! All of the women looked all weather beaten.
My Aunt & Uncle etc are in Edmonton,lived there for about 18 years.
They keep emailing me and sending me pics of the world's tv crews wandering about.
Best quote so far from the Mayor:
"Edmonton isn't the end of the world, you can just see it better from here"
As far as Canada goes, it's one of the better place.
A tad remote, but does have the largest Mall in the world.
Stayed there for a month two years ago, and it's a nice place.
Wayne Gretsky is from there, and they had a homecoming when I was there, that is a city that takes it sports seriously.
A giant inflatable driving range too.
Looks like an enormous bubble, and I DO mean big. Almost a mile in length, you can spot it from mostly anywhere in Edmonton.
Nice post Ant, well done.
Edmonton rocks, must do because my family live there.
Go Alberta!
They keep emailing me and sending me pics of the world's tv crews wandering about.
Best quote so far from the Mayor:
"Edmonton isn't the end of the world, you can just see it better from here"
As far as Canada goes, it's one of the better place.
A tad remote, but does have the largest Mall in the world.
Stayed there for a month two years ago, and it's a nice place.
Wayne Gretsky is from there, and they had a homecoming when I was there, that is a city that takes it sports seriously.
A giant inflatable driving range too.
Looks like an enormous bubble, and I DO mean big. Almost a mile in length, you can spot it from mostly anywhere in Edmonton.
Nice post Ant, well done.
Edmonton rocks, must do because my family live there.
Go Alberta!
In reply to DanDaGr8...
It said in the Telegraph a few days ago that European TV Networks COULD have pushed for better times-it's definitely possible.
But it's a lot better now!! They're starting from 9:15 to around 1am tonight.
Only problem is, they're showing the whole of Red Dwarf III tonight on UKGold-what to watch??
It said in the Telegraph a few days ago that European TV Networks COULD have pushed for better times-it's definitely possible.
But it's a lot better now!! They're starting from 9:15 to around 1am tonight.
Only problem is, they're showing the whole of Red Dwarf III tonight on UKGold-what to watch??
if u are really that bothered about watching the athletics then just sleep during the day and watch it during the night! simple!
Eurosport run a repeat of the previous nights events during the day, if you are interested.
We've got to accept that if its in the americas then the athletics on their time frame. Thats just the way of the world but I agree with the 'Deadmington' point. Such evnts should be held where they can pull the crowds. although to be frank Seville was pretty poor most of the time aswell. I don't think the decision to hold the the world champs every couple of years helps much either. All that can really do is devalue the competition. The olympics is the true pinacle for athletics and we always see the crowds there. The fact that many top athletes such as freeman arn't competeing is also perhaps indicative of what really counts in the world of athletics.
Pushed for better times???
Are you suggesting making the athletes get up at 6 in the morning in Edmonton to do their events to convenience us little Brits? The BBC are doing all they can do - putting the athletics on live and showing ALL the events when they happen. You can hardly ask the BBC to repeat it all again the next day - taking up half the day with athletics a lot of people have already watched live!
They show it live, then have 1 or 2 highlights programs showing the last night's action at 7 o'clock and sometimes a lunchtime one as well. I think the coverage is as good as we could ask for....
The results for us though, is another story... (i was really hoping Christian Malcolm could get a medal)
Are you suggesting making the athletes get up at 6 in the morning in Edmonton to do their events to convenience us little Brits? The BBC are doing all they can do - putting the athletics on live and showing ALL the events when they happen. You can hardly ask the BBC to repeat it all again the next day - taking up half the day with athletics a lot of people have already watched live!
They show it live, then have 1 or 2 highlights programs showing the last night's action at 7 o'clock and sometimes a lunchtime one as well. I think the coverage is as good as we could ask for....
The results for us though, is another story... (i was really hoping Christian Malcolm could get a medal)
As a big fan of athletics, and a 100m runner myself, I have been looking forward to the World Athletics Championships for a long time now.
It's being held in Edmonton, it's been on for a week-and how many hours have I seen of live coverage?? About 4.
Okay, so it's no one's fault there's a big time difference between Canada and England, but the 200m final being on at 4:40 in the morning?!
I get the feeling British TV (or whoever does this sort of thing,) should have pushed and pushed for better times. The BBC team have tried very hard, and they are doing very well, but with it all being on from 1am to 5am-I can't watch very much of it at all.
And also-the crowd at Edmonton is very disappointing. I look back at Seville and the olympics in Syndey, and wonder why it was held in Canada. I mean-Canada's not exactly the biggest olympic force in the world, so interest will be low.
I mean, the USA are used to watching it at that sort of time-and I expect they have quite a lot of power in what times the events are run.
Europeans expect to be able to watch it in the daytime, though. With lots of athletes from UK, Italy, France, Germany, Spain, Holland, Russia and more-surely we should have the advantage of being able to watch it at a decent time, rather than the Canadians.
But there are some good points. The coverage that we've seen has been very good, and the athletes have performed extremely well. We've had highlights such as Marion Jones losing her huge winning streak and only getting the silver, there have been superb finals in the long and triple jump, and last night's pole-vault final was superb as well.
Michael Johnson has been an invaluable asset to the BBC team. His words of wisdom are amazing, and even the likes of Sally Gunnell and Roger Black are lefy hanging on his every word.
Rather than most, he seems to be rather arrogant (which he can be,) and he uses constructive criticism rather than just complimenting athletes all the time.
He also made me laugh when he said 200m runner Mothersill's tecnhique was, "terrible."
So overall, the championships have been okay. The competition has been excellent, as has the BBC's coverage, but the times are a big disappointment-as is the highlights show in the early evening.
Thanks for reading, Ant.
It's being held in Edmonton, it's been on for a week-and how many hours have I seen of live coverage?? About 4.
Okay, so it's no one's fault there's a big time difference between Canada and England, but the 200m final being on at 4:40 in the morning?!
I get the feeling British TV (or whoever does this sort of thing,) should have pushed and pushed for better times. The BBC team have tried very hard, and they are doing very well, but with it all being on from 1am to 5am-I can't watch very much of it at all.
And also-the crowd at Edmonton is very disappointing. I look back at Seville and the olympics in Syndey, and wonder why it was held in Canada. I mean-Canada's not exactly the biggest olympic force in the world, so interest will be low.
I mean, the USA are used to watching it at that sort of time-and I expect they have quite a lot of power in what times the events are run.
Europeans expect to be able to watch it in the daytime, though. With lots of athletes from UK, Italy, France, Germany, Spain, Holland, Russia and more-surely we should have the advantage of being able to watch it at a decent time, rather than the Canadians.
But there are some good points. The coverage that we've seen has been very good, and the athletes have performed extremely well. We've had highlights such as Marion Jones losing her huge winning streak and only getting the silver, there have been superb finals in the long and triple jump, and last night's pole-vault final was superb as well.
Michael Johnson has been an invaluable asset to the BBC team. His words of wisdom are amazing, and even the likes of Sally Gunnell and Roger Black are lefy hanging on his every word.
Rather than most, he seems to be rather arrogant (which he can be,) and he uses constructive criticism rather than just complimenting athletes all the time.
He also made me laugh when he said 200m runner Mothersill's tecnhique was, "terrible."
So overall, the championships have been okay. The competition has been excellent, as has the BBC's coverage, but the times are a big disappointment-as is the highlights show in the early evening.
Thanks for reading, Ant.
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