¶2011 WC: m110H—Robles DQed; Richardson Gold!

[Marlow]

T&FN's Form Chart

1. Dayron Robles (Cuba)..................... 12.87 (’08)
2. David Oliver (USA) .......................... 12.89 (’10)
3. Xiang Liu (China)............................. 12.88 (’06)
4. Jason Richardson (USA) ............... 13.08 (’11)
5. Dwight Thomas (Jamaica) .............. 13.15 (’11)
6. Andy Turner (Great Britain) ............ 13.22 (’11)
7. Aries Merritt (USA) .......................... 13.09 (’07)
8. Dongpeng Shi (China)..................... 13.19 (’07)
9. Andrew Riley (Jamaica) .................. 13.32 (’11)
10. Ryan Brathwaite (Barbados) ........ 13.14 (’09)

Can Oliver return to sub-13 form?
Is Liu fully fit?
Can Richardson break up the Big Three?

[uakari]

1. liu
2. robles
3. richardson
4. oliver

[Amaru523]

David Oliver will bring it in Daegu, don't sleep on him.

1. Oliver
2. Robles
3. Liu Xiang

[Weights&Shoes]

David Oliver will bring it in Daegu, don't sleep on him.

1. Oliver
2. Robles
3. Liu Xiang

Nope.

1 - Xiang
2 - Robles
3 - Damn it's hard, but I'll say Oliver due to experience over Richardson.

[26mi235]

ROLR

[Weights&Shoes]

110 Metres Hurdles - M Heats
first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 4 fastest times (q) qualified.


Heat 1
Sunday 28 August 2011 - 9:50
Lane Bib Athlete Country 2011 PB
1 463 Andrew Turner [GREAT BRITAIN & N.I.] GBR 13.22 13.22
2 965 Andreas Kundert [SWITZERLAND] SUI 13.57 13.41
3 925 Sergey Shubenkov [RUSSIA] RUS 13.46 13.46
4 492 Willi Mathiszik [GERMANY] GER 13.48 13.48
5 246 Xiang Liu [PR OF CHINA] CHN 13.00 12.88
6 166 Ryan Brathwaite [BARBADOS] BAR 13.54 13.14
7 732 Ahmad Hazer [LEBANON] LIB 14.06 14.06
8 600 Richard Phillips [JAMAICA] JAM 13.40 13.39


Heat 2
Sunday 28 August 2011 - 9:58
Lane Bib Athlete Country 2011 PB
1 519 Konstadínos Douvalídis [GREECE] GRE 13.51 13.46
2 230 Ronald Forbes [CAYMAN ISLANDS] CAY 13.50 13.50
3 1114 Jason Richardson [UNITED STATES] USA 13.08 13.08
4 824 Dominik Bochenek [POLAND] POL 13.44 13.44
5 608 Dwight Thomas [JAMAICA] JAM 13.15 13.15
6 487 Alexander John [GERMANY] GER 13.45 13.35
7 533 Balázs Baji [HUNGARY] HUN 13.58 13.58
8 436 Lawrence Clarke [GREAT BRITAIN & N.I.] GBR 13.58 13.58


Heat 3
Sunday 28 August 2011 - 10:06
Lane Bib Athlete Country 2011 PB
1 459 William Sharman [GREAT BRITAIN & N.I.] GBR 13.47 13.30
2 739 Kim Fai Iong [MACAO] MAC 14.71 14.71
3 1108 David Oliver [UNITED STATES] USA 12.94 12.89
4 864 Héctor Cotto [PUERTO RICO] PUR 13.54 13.54
5 239 Fan Jiang [PR OF CHINA] CHN 13.49 13.49
6 602 Andrew Riley [JAMAICA] JAM 13.32 13.32
7 400 Dimitri Bascou [FRANCE] FRA 13.37 13.37
8 881 Lehann Fourie [SOUTH AFRICA] RSA 13.56 13.44


Heat 4
Sunday 28 August 2011 - 10:14
Lane Bib Athlete Country 2011 PB
1 468 Erik Balnuweit [GERMANY] GER 13.49 13.49
2 1098 Aries Merritt [UNITED STATES] USA 13.12 13.09
3 268 Paulo Villar [COLOMBIA] COL 13.52 13.29
4 286 Dayron Robles [CUBA] CUB 13.04 12.87
5 247 Dongpeng Shi [PR OF CHINA] CHN 13.44 13.19
6 698 Tae-kyong Park [KOREA] KOR 13.66 13.48
7 566 Emanuele Abate [ITALY] ITA 13.57 13.57
8 106 Othman Hadj Lazib [ALGERIA] ALG 13.46 13.46

[shivfan]

Jeez, I'm going to have to get up at 2am to watch this....

[Marlow]

110 Metres Hurdles - M Heats
first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 4 fastest times (q) qualified.

Heat 1
Xiang Liu

Heat 2
Jason Richardson

Heat 3
David Oliver

Heat 4
Dayron Robles

Whetting our appetites further!

[Bruce Kritzler]

Predict that one of big 3 will not finish final. They have all been inconsistent this year.

[ATK]

Are the semis going to be a 2+2 qualify for the final?

[Vielleicht]

It was quite funny to see the bet between Mo Greene and Tyson Gay, the former rooted for Robles and the latter Liu Xiang. Oliver got no support from his countrymen?

[Vielleicht]

Liu won in his round in 13"20, with the wind +1.0m/s. He looked very comfortable and relaxed.

[Top_end_speed]

Xiang and Turner through comfortably

[Marlow]

I'm mellowing on Richardson's technique. I'd never recommend it for anybody, but he looks very smooth and quick with it.

[Vielleicht]

David Oliver 1st in his group with 13"27, Chinese athlete, universiade silver medalist Jiang Fan second

[ATK]

Merrit followed by Robles

[t_monk]

Robles looked so easy.... I think he jogged over the hurdles... >_<

[Vielleicht]

Robles looked so easy.... I think he jogged over the hurdles... >_<

Liu Xiang said in his postgame interview that "I'm surely not so good as Robles at the moment"

[AS]

Reigning World Champ out in heats! Not really a shock though...

[jeremyp]

I'm mellowing on Richardson's technique. I'd never recommend it for anybody, but he looks very smooth and quick with it.

Yeah his legs need to be more efficient over the hurdles, but he does motor.

[Per Andersen]

I'm mellowing on Richardson's technique. I'd never recommend it for anybody, but he looks very smooth and quick with it.

The lightness impresses me.
He's within the norm of what is technically acceptable. He'll be sub 13 soon I think. The more I see him the better I like him.

[shivfan]

Reigning World Champ out in heats! Not really a shock though...

Ryan Brathwaite's form has been shocking since then, hasn't it?

Good to see all three Jamaicans advance....

[croflash]

Reigning World Champ out in heats! Not really a shock though...

Ryan Brathwaite's form has been shocking since then, hasn't it?

Good to see all three Jamaicans advance....

I remember wondering about Brathwaite two or three months ago because his technique looked paltry and he was completely out of sync. He was actually at least decent last season, but what happened? He was gradually improving up until winning the title in Berlin and been downhill since.

[Weights&Shoes]

Semi-Finals start list.

The IAAF again are idiots, if there's two semi's why not just have the Top 4 in each move on?


110 Metres Hurdles - M Semi-Final
first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.


Heat 1
Monday 29 August 2011 - 19:00

Lane Bib Athlete Country 2011 PB
1 400 Dimitri Bascou [FRANCE] FRA 13.37 13.37
2 600 Richard Phillips [JAMAICA] JAM 13.40 13.39
3 1098 Aries Merritt [UNITED STATES] USA 13.12 13.09
4 246 Xiang Liu [PR OF CHINA] CHN 13.00 12.88
5 286 Dayron Robles [CUBA] CUB 13.04 12.87
6 463 Andrew Turner [GREAT BRITAIN & N.I.] GBR 13.22 13.22
7 268 Paulo Villar [COLOMBIA] COL 13.52 13.29
8 492 Willi Mathiszik [GERMANY] GER 13.48 13.48


Heat 2
Monday 29 August 2011 - 19:08
Lane Bib Athlete Country 2011 PB

1 247 Dongpeng Shi [PR OF CHINA] CHN 13.44 13.19
2 459 William Sharman [GREAT BRITAIN & N.I.] GBR 13.47 13.30
3 1114 Jason Richardson [UNITED STATES] USA 13.08 13.08
4 608 Dwight Thomas [JAMAICA] JAM 13.15 13.15
5 1108 David Oliver [UNITED STATES] USA 12.94 12.89
6 239 Fan Jiang [PR OF CHINA] CHN 13.47 13.47
7 230 Ronald Forbes [CAYMAN ISLANDS] CAY 13.50 13.50
8 602 Andrew Riley [JAMAICA] JAM 13.32 13.32

[26mi235]

Since 2x3 + 2 has them taking the top three, #4s go unless they are faster than at most 3 of the 8 in the other heat. And, with only two races, the differential in wind is not likely to be as large as with three heats. Thus, I do not mind this as much.

[uakari]

W&S, stop bitching. at least it's not 3 semis.

[gm]

I'm mellowing on Richardson's technique. I'd never recommend it for anybody, but he looks very smooth and quick with it.

The lightness impresses me.
He's within the norm of what is technically acceptable. He'll be sub 13 soon I think. The more I see him the better I like him.

I agree with Per. Nothing at all wrong with Richardson's technique. It suits him perfectly. He is a delight to watch.

[Marlow]

He's within the norm of what is technically acceptable.

I agree with Per. Nothing at all wrong with Richardson's technique. It suits him perfectly. He is a delight to watch.

Ummm, he's really not anywhere near the 'normal' technical model. The technical model does not advocate that long swim motion, because it's not conducive to 'quick' levers getting up to the hurdle. Now, that said, you'd be crazy to try and break him of it now. I would not teach it, but sometimes athletes figure out what's best for themselves despite a coach trying to cram them into a technical model. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

[Weights&Shoes]

W&S, stop bitching. at least it's not 3 semis.

You're clearly mad....

[gh]

OK, so I can "understand" (and hate) a 3 semis with 2+2, if you're down to just 2 semis (you know, like god intended), WTF is up with this sudden 3+2 bullshit? This stuff continues to amaze me.

[Alucard]

Can't wait to read your next T&F News editorial

[toyracer]

OK, so I can "understand" (and hate) a 3 semis with 2+2, if you're down to just 2 semis (you know, like god intended), WTF is up with this sudden 3+2 bullshit? This stuff continues to amaze me.

Agreed!

[Per Andersen]

He's within the norm of what is technically acceptable.

I agree with Per. Nothing at all wrong with Richardson's technique. It suits him perfectly. He is a delight to watch.

Ummm, he's really not anywhere near the 'normal' technical model. The technical model does not advocate that long swim motion, because it's not conducive to 'quick' levers getting up to the hurdle. Now, that said, you'd be crazy to try and break him of it now. I would not teach it, but sometimes athletes figure out what's best for themselves despite a coach trying to cram them into a technical model. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Man, It looks like we are in agreement then. How about that

[Letlôtse]

I've just seen the bull**** for myself and can not believe it.

Is someone purposefully messing around ?

Why the hell would you not just take the top four from a two heat semi-final ?

[shivfan]

1) Liu Xiang 13.31
Robles and Merritt very close behind....

Turner fourth, and was Phillips fifth?