# Track and Field World Championships have been exciting this year **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** olympic-sports-track\ **Created:** [August 27, 2023, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/track-and-field-world-championships-have-been-exciting-this-year/989205 "2023-08-27T23:06:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2023, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/track-and-field-world-championships-have-been-exciting-this-year/989205/1 "2023-08-27T23:06:27Z")
I am not a huge fan of track & field sports but this competition has had some exciting and dramatic competitions. This is not a complete list: - [Team USA claims WORLD RECORD via SHOCKING 4x400 mixed relay finish at Worlds | NBC Sports](https://youtu.be/r8AyMplnFVU?t=111) (this is perhaps the most dramatic…thrilling and heartbreaking) - [MUST SEE COMEBACK: Femke Bol’s HEROIC ANCHOR upends 4x400 relay to cap Worlds | NBC Sports](https://youtu.be/5sqONbzUmzc?t=290) - [Sha’Carri vs Shericka ANCHOR SHOWDOWN decides EPIC 4x100 between USA and Jamaica | NBC Sports](https://youtu.be/gOGFBkBqiI0?t=286) - [Noah Lyles THREEPEATS 200m for WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLE, first since Usain Bolt | NBC Sports](https://youtu.be/OAiIq1qzPrA?t=360) - [Americans take gold and silver in historic, stunning discus final at Worlds | NBC Sports](https://youtu.be/F0mo5SouvXA) There’s more but I think this will suffice for now. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/track-and-field-world-championships-have-been-exciting-this-year/989205/2 "2023-08-28T01:43:41Z")
Another exciting race: - [MAMMOTH UPSET rocks women’s 800m World Championship final | NBC Sports](https://youtu.be/oMw_FVdI_-Y?t=205) ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/track-and-field-world-championships-have-been-exciting-this-year/989205/3 "2023-08-28T02:16:46Z")
Thanks for the clips. Unfortunately never got on my radar this year. ---
**Author:** ![Toxylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@Toxylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxylon)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/track-and-field-world-championships-have-been-exciting-this-year/989205/4 "2023-08-28T03:58:15Z")
I watched almost everything (other than long-distance endurance events) over the 9-day games. ---
**Author:** ![Dahu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dahu/32/3416_2.png) [@Dahu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahu)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/track-and-field-world-championships-have-been-exciting-this-year/989205/5 "2023-08-28T12:54:18Z")
I watched it all, really enjoyed it some great competition. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/track-and-field-world-championships-have-been-exciting-this-year/989205/6 "2023-08-28T13:55:38Z")
I saw some of it, and enjoyed seeing Canada’s decathletes place first and second. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/track-and-field-world-championships-have-been-exciting-this-year/989205/7 "2023-08-28T22:33:18Z")
Honest question: In the OP’s first link the runner falls and loses her baton. She gets up and crosses the finish line in third, but without the baton. Did she come in third or was she disqualified for not having the baton in hand? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/track-and-field-world-championships-have-been-exciting-this-year/989205/8 "2023-08-28T22:36:30Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > Honest question: > > In the OP’s first link the runner falls and loses her baton. She gets up and crosses the finish line in third, but without the baton. Did she come in third or was she disqualified for not having the baton in hand? - DQ’ed. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/track-and-field-world-championships-have-been-exciting-this-year/989205/9 "2023-08-28T22:45:19Z")
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