WSM date and location
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| PaulSavage |  | ... | 05-04-2019 @ 17:45 |
Member 2775, 6927 posts | Nimble said: 3 days of heats then no rest into a 5 event 1 day final sounds brutal. Higher risk of injury to the athletes which obviously the wsm guys think is better tv plus they pay for less days. Win win for them. | ||
| MJG |  | ... | 06-04-2019 @ 07:25 |
 Member 5560, 769 posts | PaulSavage said: Higher risk of injury to the athletes which obviously the wsm guys think is better tv plus they pay for less days. Win win for them. I don't think it's being done for TV. I think they are actually encouraging people to come and watch it live. A more condensed contest will actually work well for a lot of the athletes as they won't have to try and get weeks off work at short notice. | ||
| KevC86 | | ... | 06-04-2019 @ 07:27 |
 Member 5141, 4199 posts SQ 300, BP 180, DL 350830.0 kgs @ 130kgs UnEq | PaulSavage said: Higher risk of injury to the athletes which obviously the wsm guys think is better tv plus they pay for less days. Win win for them. Awfully pessimistic view based on absolutely no evidence. | ||
| PaulSavage | | ... | 06-04-2019 @ 10:24 |
Member 2775, 6927 posts | KevC86 said: Awfully pessimistic view based on absolutely no evidence. You can never really have evidence but you don't consistently send 400lb men to extremely hot and extremely humid conditions to do maybe the most extreme contest in the world unless you don't care about there well being. This almost guarantees the athletes cannot be properly hydrated, hence the massive amount of tears and injuries. It's hard enough in regular conditions. I also recall of it costing a lot of money to hire the camera equipment each day. | ||
| PaulSavage | | ... | 06-04-2019 @ 10:31 |
Member 2775, 6927 posts | MJG said: I don't think it's being done for TV. I think they are actually encouraging people to come and watch it live. A more condensed contest will actually work well for a lot of the athletes as they won't have to try and get weeks off work at short notice. Interesting, would be much better in terms of warming up, if they got time to anyway, but doing it like the CrossFit games over multiple days with all athletes and more events would be way better viewing and more accurate to who's the best too. | ||
| MJG | | ... | 09-04-2019 @ 09:36 |
Member 5560, 769 posts | Loz has confirmed his invite and Terry has said he won't be going. | ||
| Luke | | ... | 09-04-2019 @ 09:45 |
Member 1227, 152 posts | MJG said:Loz has confirmed his invite and Terry has said he won't be going. Was Terry not invited or just declined his invite? | ||
| MJG | | ... | 09-04-2019 @ 11:08 |
Member 5560, 769 posts | Luke said: Was Terry not invited or just declined his invite? Not sure. | ||
| The_Lone_Wolf | | ... | 09-04-2019 @ 15:05 |
 I eat a lot of meat Member 5124, 2996 posts SQ 245, BP 130, DL 275650.0 kgs @ 105kgs UnEq | MJG said: Not sure. Had Terry qualified in the first place? | ||
| MJG | | ... | 09-04-2019 @ 16:24 |
Member 5560, 769 posts | The_Lone_Wolf said: Had Terry qualified in the first place? No he hadn't but you don't need to have qualified to get an invite. | ||
| The_Lone_Wolf | | ... | 10-04-2019 @ 10:23 |
I eat a lot of meat Member 5124, 2996 posts SQ 245, BP 130, DL 275650.0 kgs @ 105kgs UnEq | MJG said: No he hadn't but you don't need to have qualified to get an invite. True haha. | ||