– I get it, but I really don’t get it. The words belong to Matthew Centrowitz. The American is a former big star in the 1500 metres, with, among other things, Olympic gold at the distance in 2016, and recently visited the “Track talk” podcast. STAR RUNNER: Matthew Centrowitz was for several years a big profile in the 1500 metres. Photo: ADRIAN DENNIS / AFP Here, the 34-year-old attacks all the collection heats in the Paris Games – an “invention” that is fresh in the context of the Olympics. In an accumulation heat, athletes who failed to qualify for the semi-finals through the trial heats get a second chance at running exercises from 200 meters to 1500 meters, as well as 100/110 meter hurdles and 400 meter hurdles. In previous championships, the runners-up in the heats have advanced on time and not been sent to a catch-up heat. Remember: Tonight at At 20.50, Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Narve Gilje Nordås run the 1500 meter final. You can watch the race on news 1 and Max. Compared to the Gulag, the collection heats have usually been conducted on the day between the trial heats and the semi-finals. While rivals Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Josh Kerr can take a rest day before the semi-finals, others must therefore compete an extra time. – Kerr and Ingebrigtsen can have their legs high, while others run 3.32 (in a gathering heat) and then you expect them to come back the next day and take them? No, they don’t stand a chance. It doesn’t make sense, says Centrowitz in the Letsrun.com “Track Talk” podcast. Up until now in the Olympics, several collection heats have been arranged. In both the men’s 1,500 meters and the women’s 800 meters, it ended with all those who progressed from the collection heat again being knocked out straight into the semi-finals. The same was the case in the women’s 200 meters. COLLECTION HEAT: It didn’t go the way of Line Kloster (in the middle) in the collection heat on Monday either. Photo: MARTIN BERNETTI / AFP – It’s not okay American Freddie Crittenden had to run the 110 meter hurdles heats on Tuesday morning after sustaining a minor injury in the test heat. He progressed to the semi-finals from there, but is ambivalent about the scheme. – It is good for the sport. We get more opportunities to represent the country, and run in front of the fans, family and coaches on the biggest stage in the world, he says to news. The problem arises if there are athletes who deliberately speculate on running calmly in the first round, then run rested and with more energy than the competitors in the collection heat. – If someone doesn’t do everything they can to get ahead, it becomes problematic. It’s not good, says Crittenden. NEXT: Freddie Crittenden. Photo: AP Canadian Lucia Stafford was unable to advance directly in the 1500 metres. If the old arrangement had been used, where you progressed in time, she would probably have already been ready for the semi-finals. Now she has to go out in the collection heat. – I don’t know if that’s fair. With this system, the rich get richer. They benefit the fastest, who can only cruise through the rounds, while others have to work themselves out even more, she says. REACTS: Lucia Stafford believes the collection heats are making the rich richer. Photo: AP news spoke to Jakob Ingebrigtsen about accumulation heat in the Olympics during an interview this winter. – It’s sick, was his first reaction. – But having said that, it is often in the semi-finals that someone goes on a rampage. Of course it can happen in the first round, but in the semi-finals there are often so many good, strong athletes fighting for relatively few places that it is very quick that someone makes a mistake or misses, he added. news has submitted the criticism from Centrowitz to the International Athletics Federation, but has not yet received a reply. – Some nonsense Norske Line Kloster didn’t seem particularly excited about the build-up heat either when she was interviewed by news after the attempt in the 400 meter hurdles on Sunday. She had to run again on Monday. – I think it’s just nonsense, said Kloster to news. – That gives you an extra chance? – If more people had been on time… That is the way it has been and what we have dealt with. That’s the way it really should be, she replied. IRRITATED: Line Kloster pictured with Italian Ayomide Folorunso (right). Photo: Sarah Meyssonnier / Reuters In addition to Kloster running 400 meter hurdle heats, there were also 400 meter heats for men. There were eight out of 26 athletes who chose to drop the collection heat and never made it to the start, apparently to save energy for the 4×400 meter relay later in the championship. When the build-up heats were introduced ahead of the Olympics, athletics president Sebastian Coe stated that the decision had been made after consulting with athletes and broadcasters. – We believe that this is an innovation that will make progression in these events easier for athletes, and that it will create interest among fans and broadcasters, Coe told the association’s website. “The build-up heats will give more exposure to our sport in the Olympic period and will be carefully planned to ensure that each event gets its share of the spotlight,” he added. 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– It doesn’t make sense – Olympics Paris 2024
