Eamonn Sweeney: 'Pig of a sport rotting in hell on earth'
The World Athletics Championships are the championships from hell. You can see a once great sport rotting up there on the screen as different factors combine to produce a perfect shitstorm.
Problem number one is the location. Their siting in Doha has proved a gross insult to athletes on two levels. From a physical point of view you had the carnage of a women's marathon where only 40 of the 68 starters finished and a makeshift hospital had to be set up at the finish line with athletes being brought in on stretchers from all over the course.
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