Olympics TRACK & FIELD

[Lalouie]

Hooooooeee baby... Gabby's a movie star

She was even ON the curve. Game over

[Frank Dux]

Cole Hocker with the biggest win of the games. Arguably the toughest field of all time, with Jakob going out pushing world record pace. Despite Jakob pushing the pace hard, Hocker still found a way to find that extra gear. Just an unbelievable race all around. Championship races are usually never this close to world record times.

can’t believe Jakob didn’t even podium. 1-3-5 from the Americans is unreal. In the past we didn’t even sniff the podium, and were lucky to even be in the final.

All three Americans were brilliant in this race. Expect big things in the future from Kessler. He looks very poised for a 21 year old and I wouldn’t be surprised if he wins gold in Los Angeles 4 years from now.

[bwgood77]

Gabby rocks! Happy to see Brittany squeeze out 3rd too.

[Frank Dux]

Hooooooeee baby... Gabby's a movie star

She was even ON the curve. Game over

Nobody was even close. That was one of the most dominant sprinting performances I’ve seen since Bolt.

[msmoore66]

Cole Hocker with the biggest win of the games. Arguably the toughest field of all time, with Jakob going out pushing world record pace. Despite Jakob pushing the pace hard, Hocker still found a way to find that extra gear. Just an unbelievable race all around. Championship races are usually never this close to world record times.

can’t believe Jakob didn’t even podium. 1-3-5 from the Americans is unreal. In the past we didn’t even sniff the podium, and were lucky to even be in the final.

All three Americans were brilliant in this race. Expect big things in the future from Kessler. He looks very poised for a 21 year old and I wouldn’t be surprised if he wins gold in Los Angeles 4 years from now.

Crazy good race. So glad to see a championship race go out at that pace too. Jakob got the overall strategy right imo, just lost it in the detail (probably stepped on the gas a little too early?) But it was the only way he could beat the field if he could do it right.
Hocker is an animal, best kick in the field, perhaps in elite middle distance running in general.

You are right about Kessler! Also trains with one of the GOAT pros of middle distance (Nick Willis) so you'd hope he has a long career as well.

[msmoore66]

i mean,,,i'm all for pumping the home country athlete's....

but when it's asked "how do you think cranny will do in the W5000", the truthful answer was "not a snowball's chance in hell".

she came in over 200>300m behind the winner and wasn't even the best USA runner to finish

so,,the question should never have been asked because it puts the analysts in a tough position - which brings me to something else...ABC'S "UPCLOSE AND PERSONAL" WAS GREAT. i felt i got to know the athletes and their struggles because ALL athletes good and not so good go through the same struggles. i don't want to just hear about ledecky or biles. some olympic athletes work hard to squeeze out a life for their family. in fact lots,,,,in fact most.

NBC SUXXXX
ABC/ESPN is not THE sports network if it can't run the olympics on all of it's 6 or 7 channels

What happened to Elle St Pierre? She qualified in the 5000 and 1500. I can't remember if they have run the 1500 yet, so maybe she decided to focus on that one. She probably wouldn't have done well in the 5000 anyway. She and Cranny basically tied in the trials. NIkki Hiltz may be pretty good in the 1500 too. I can't remember if she beat Elle St Pierre or not in the trials.

St Pierre chose to focus on the 1500m. Unsure on that choice tbh! She is excellent at both, and both fields are super strong. Think 1500m probably makes sense.

[C3H6N6O6]

Gabby Thomas is stunning. Some people really have it all:

Top tier athlete
Bachelor's degree in neurobiology from Harvard University
Tall
Looks like a supermodel

[bwgood77]

Hooooooeee baby... Gabby's a movie star

She was even ON the curve. Game over

Nobody was even close. That was one of the most dominant sprinting performances I’ve seen since Bolt.

I guess the 400 or 400 hurdles isn't considered a Sprint, but Sydney always dominates. Femke Bol could push her this year though.

Thinking about pushing each other, Karsten Warholm and Rai Benjamin both blew away the World Record in the 400 hurdles in Tokyo.

For 30 years the world record was 46.78, and only one other person had ever run under 47 (46.98) and Rai Benjamin ran a 46.17. Unfortunately....

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[bwgood77]

Gabby Thomas is stunning. Some people really have it all:

Top tier athlete
Bachelor's degree in neurobiology from Harvard University
Tall
Looks like a supermodel

Yeah, she's kind of got it all. Add to it, humbleness and a great personality. Also volunteers at a health clinic in Austin. There is really nothing not to like about her. It seems like she'd be a little bigger name/star. She has like 585K instagram followers, which is a lot (and I'm sure grew today) but Sha'Carri has 3.8 million. I understand Sha'Carri's appeal totally, but it does feel like Gabby would be kind of a massive star. She already won a silver at the last olympics and Sha'Carri was disqualified. Though that is part of her story, along with losing her mom, so many have followed her story and I really like her as well.

Then you have Sydney, who is also like a model and the best athlete of them all....though more like a robot out there. Laser focus. Not a big crowd person.

Gabby only had 3 votes in this poll prior to today, far behind many. Though now it is at 6. After Sunday's race though, Noah Lyles went from like 1 vote to 8.

[bwgood77]

It's funny going back and watching the 1500 again. Listen to the announcers and who they are discussing the whole race. And also watch where the Americans are the whole race. Cole was in 9th in the first lap and 7th in the second before making a move to like 4th and the other Americans stuck with him to be behind those top 3. Just awesome to watch.

[California Gold]

It feels like the only thing missing so far in these Olympics has been Sha'Carri's gold in the 100m that she came up short on. Team USA's track and field has to be thrilled with the overall results thus far. It's been mostly the opposite of the US swim team.

It'll be interesting to watch in 2028 when Track and Field goes during the first week and Swimming goes during the 2nd week. Might have an earlier lead on the overall gold medal count that time around.

[bwgood77]

It feels like the only thing missing so far in these Olympics has been Sha'Carri's gold in the 100m that she came up short on. Team USA's track and field has to be thrilled with the overall results thus far. It's been mostly the opposite of the US swim team.

It'll be interesting to watch in 2028 when Track and Field goes during the first week and Swimming goes during the 2nd week. Might have an earlier lead on the overall gold medal count that time around.

Yeah, it's too bad she didn't get the gold, but I really like Julien Alfred and am happy for her and St Lucia. That small country has a superstar.

And we got Silver and Bronze. Sha'Carri needs to work on her starts. She probably gets into the 200 next time. Not sure if Brittany Brown would compete again at 33. Sha'Carri came in 4th at trials. They were talking then about how it should be a race between her and Gabby. But she wasn't close. McKenzie Long and Brittany Brown were close for 2nd though. I thought McKenzie would do a little better...but the top 3/4/5 were all close and Dina Asher Smith has a lot more experience in these races. It was crazy Brittany beat her out.

[bwgood77]

8-7 Schedule:



11:15 - Women's Pole Vault Final

[Tomtolbert]

Cole Hocker with the biggest win of the games. Arguably the toughest field of all time, with Jakob going out pushing world record pace. Despite Jakob pushing the pace hard, Hocker still found a way to find that extra gear. Just an unbelievable race all around. Championship races are usually never this close to world record times.

can’t believe Jakob didn’t even podium. 1-3-5 from the Americans is unreal. In the past we didn’t even sniff the podium, and were lucky to even be in the final.

All three Americans were brilliant in this race. Expect big things in the future from Kessler. He looks very poised for a 21 year old and I wouldn’t be surprised if he wins gold in Los Angeles 4 years from now.

Crazy good race. So glad to see a championship race go out at that pace too. Jakob got the overall strategy right imo, just lost it in the detail (probably stepped on the gas a little too early?) But it was the only way he could beat the field if he could do it right.
Hocker is an animal, best kick in the field, perhaps in elite middle distance running in general.

The crazy thing is, as Hocker was making his move initially with just over 100 to go, Jakob blocked him off and prevented him from passing on the inside. So Hocker lost a few steps, but somehow still had enough kick to get right back there and found a small opening to pass Jakob.

[Frank Dux]

Cole Hocker with the biggest win of the games. Arguably the toughest field of all time, with Jakob going out pushing world record pace. Despite Jakob pushing the pace hard, Hocker still found a way to find that extra gear. Just an unbelievable race all around. Championship races are usually never this close to world record times.

can’t believe Jakob didn’t even podium. 1-3-5 from the Americans is unreal. In the past we didn’t even sniff the podium, and were lucky to even be in the final.

All three Americans were brilliant in this race. Expect big things in the future from Kessler. He looks very poised for a 21 year old and I wouldn’t be surprised if he wins gold in Los Angeles 4 years from now.

Crazy good race. So glad to see a championship race go out at that pace too. Jakob got the overall strategy right imo, just lost it in the detail (probably stepped on the gas a little too early?) But it was the only way he could beat the field if he could do it right.
Hocker is an animal, best kick in the field, perhaps in elite middle distance running in general.

The crazy thing is, as Hocker was making his move initially with just over 100 to go, Jakob blocked him off and prevented him from passing on the inside. So Hocker lost a few steps, but somehow still had enough kick to get right back there and found a small opening to pass Jakob.

It’s kind of crazy that Jakob gave Hocker the rail during the final stretch. If Jakob stayed there, Hocker has nowhere to go.

[Jasen777]

Nuguse just missed the silver by a few inches as well.

Hobbs Kessler at #5. No Africans in the top 10.

What is going on?

Double threshold training?

[ROballer]

Crazy good race. So glad to see a championship race go out at that pace too. Jakob got the overall strategy right imo, just lost it in the detail (probably stepped on the gas a little too early?) But it was the only way he could beat the field if he could do it right.
Hocker is an animal, best kick in the field, perhaps in elite middle distance running in general.

The crazy thing is, as Hocker was making his move initially with just over 100 to go, Jakob blocked him off and prevented him from passing on the inside. So Hocker lost a few steps, but somehow still had enough kick to get right back there and found a small opening to pass Jakob.

It’s kind of crazy that Jakob gave Hocker the rail during the final stretch. If Jakob stayed there, Hocker has nowhere to go.

He only cares about Josh Kerr. Their rivalry is off the charts, nobody talks trash in track and field anymore except these two.

They've been going at it for some time now.
He tried to block Josh on the exterior and push him outside as much as possible. That's when Cole took advantage.

[SweaterBae]

Crazy good race. So glad to see a championship race go out at that pace too. Jakob got the overall strategy right imo, just lost it in the detail (probably stepped on the gas a little too early?) But it was the only way he could beat the field if he could do it right.
Hocker is an animal, best kick in the field, perhaps in elite middle distance running in general.

The crazy thing is, as Hocker was making his move initially with just over 100 to go, Jakob blocked him off and prevented him from passing on the inside. So Hocker lost a few steps, but somehow still had enough kick to get right back there and found a small opening to pass Jakob.

It’s kind of crazy that Jakob gave Hocker the rail during the final stretch. If Jakob stayed there, Hocker has nowhere to go.

Nonsense, he was getting out kicked by Kerr and had to make a decision. If he doesn't give it up, his main rival *walks* to the gold. He had just made Cole miss a step by blocking him, there was little reason to defend there. At the end of the day he was faced with a no win situation, for whatever reason. He is the best in the world yet today failed.

[DutchManDanFan]

It's funny going back and watching the 1500 again. Listen to the announcers and who they are discussing the whole race. And also watch where the Americans are the whole race. Cole was in 9th in the first lap and 7th in the second before making a move to like 4th and the other Americans stuck with him to be behind those top 3. Just awesome to watch.

Also amazing is that they are all so young. No. 6 (Laros) is just 19 (April) and no 9 (Nilessen) is 21 and was playing football (high amateur level) 2 years ago before changing to athletics full time.

[TFJava]

Gabby Thomas was in the zone.