{"id":933,"date":"2012-03-09T07:23:52","date_gmt":"2012-03-09T15:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/?p=933"},"modified":"2012-03-09T07:23:52","modified_gmt":"2012-03-09T15:23:52","slug":"world-indoor-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/?p=933","title":{"rendered":"World Indoor Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/trackchill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Flags.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"Flags\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Flags\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/trackchill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Flags_thumb.jpg?resize=557%2C87\" width=\"557\" height=\"87\" \/><\/a>After&#160; much back and forth, here are my predictions for the World Indoor Championships. I had lots of internal debate, especially in the 60\u2019s and the men\u2019s field events \u2013 competitions that I expect will be very close. Actually, looking over the start lists, with the exception of a handful of events, the battles for medals in Istanbul should be fierce. This should be a very exciting meet!<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p><font size=\"4\"><strong>Men\u2019s Predictions<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" width=\"400\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">60 Meters<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">Trell Kimmons<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">400 Meters<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">Kirani James<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">GRN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">800 Meters<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">Adam Kszczot<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">POL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">1500 Meters<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">Silas Kiplagat<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">KEN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">3000 Meters<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">Bernard Lagat<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">60 Meter Hurdles<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">Liu Xiang<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">CHN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">High Jump<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">Ivan Ukhov<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">RUS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">Pole Vault <\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">Renaud Lavillenie<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">FRA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">Long Jump<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">Aleksandr Menkkov<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">RUS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">Triple Jump<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">Will Claye<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">Shot Put<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">Reese Hoffa<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">Heptathlon<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">Ashton Eaton<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">4&#215;4<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">United States<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p><font size=\"4\"><strong>Women\u2019s Predictions<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" width=\"400\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">60 Meters<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">Tianna Madison<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">400 Meters<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">Sanya Richards<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">800 Meters<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">Pamela Jelimo<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">KEN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">1500 Meters<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">Genzebe Dibaba<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">ETH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">3000 Meters<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">Meseret Defar<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">ETH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">60 Meter Hurdles<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">Sally Pearson<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">AUS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">High Jump<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">Anna Chicherova<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">RUS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">Pole Vault <\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">Yelena Isinbayeva<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">RUS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">Long Jump<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">Darya Klishina<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">RUS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">Triple Jump<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">Olga Rypakova<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">KAZ<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">Shot Put<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">Valerie Adams<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">NZL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">Pentathlon<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">Tatyana Chernova<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">RUS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">4&#215;4<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">United States<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After&#160; much back and forth, here are my predictions for the World Indoor Championships. I had lots of internal debate, especially in the 60\u2019s and the men\u2019s field events \u2013 competitions that I expect will be very close. Actually, looking over the start lists, with the exception of a handful of events, the battles for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa3DCY-f3","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=933"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":934,"href":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933\/revisions\/934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}