Olympics TRACK & FIELD

[California Gold]

Track and Field team just continues to impress. Pretty fun to watch.

[Frank Dux]

Wtf Michael Norman? He was out of that race 150m in. It didn’t even seem like he wanted to be there. Don’t let him anywhere near the 4x400 team after that shameful effort.

Thank god for Quincy Hall. What an incredible finish! He came from out of nowhere for that gold.

3000m steeple was a highlight. Kenneth Rooks going for gold with 350m left and gapping the field was awesome. Getting that Silver was a huge accomplishment.

[bwgood77]

They need to add the repechage to the olympic trials. So things like Athing Mu falling down don't keep them out of the olympics.

[DutchManDanFan]

Tomorrow the most exciting race of these Olympics between Bol and McLaughlin. I'm confident Bol will go faster than the current World record. I'm not sure if that's enough to win the gold, though...

[California Gold]

Tomorrow the most exciting race of these Olympics between Bol and McLaughlin. I'm confident Bol will go faster than the current World record. I'm not sure if that's enough to win the gold, though...

McLaughlin looked locked in.

[bwgood77]

Tomorrow the most exciting race of these Olympics between Bol and McLaughlin. I'm confident Bol will go faster than the current World record. I'm not sure if that's enough to win the gold, though...

McLaughlin looked locked in.

As awesome as Bol is, McLaughlin's time at the trials setting the WR was .3 seconds better than Bol's best (which actually came 2 weeks later). They are both running historic times, and that may not seem like a lot, but when you get that fast, that's a lot.

The 3rd best person ever's best is 51.58 and the 4th is 52.34.

[DutchManDanFan]

Tomorrow the most exciting race of these Olympics between Bol and McLaughlin. I'm confident Bol will go faster than the current World record. I'm not sure if that's enough to win the gold, though...

McLaughlin looked locked in.

As awesome as Bol is, McLaughlin's time at the trials setting the WR was .3 seconds better than Bol's best (which actually came 2 weeks later). They are both running historic times, and that may not seem like a lot, but when you get that fast, that's a lot.

For Bol it was the first time to go under 51. I believe she was 0.5 faster than before. Now she knows she can go under 51 and looks in better shape than ever. 50.6 looks possible for her. I won't be surprised if McLaughlin goes even faster. But I won't be surprised if Bol wins either.

[vi3t]

wow just watched Hall's 400m win, 43.40 fifth fastest time ever and five men under 44 seconds, wasn't expecting that

[bisme37]

Quincy Hall in the 400 and that Rooks guy in the steeplechase were super impressive today. Congrats to Nina Kennedy for gold in pole vault as well.

[NbaAllDay]

I know this isn't the exact space but had an Aussie friend dive in the Olympics in 2012 so followed it a lot more since.

It's wild how much of a Monopoly China have. To the point where the Wife and I with our untrained eye start asking how they get 100+ and everyone else hits an 80 for what we see as the same dive

They are so far beyond its a gap I find hard to fathom at times. (Tabletennis is pretty wild too)

[DutchManDanFan]

I know this isn't the exact space but had an Aussie friend dive in the Olympics in 2012 so followed it a lot more since.

It's wild how much of a Monopoly China have. To the point where the Wife and I with our untrained eye start asking how they get 100+ and everyone else hits an 80 for what we see as the same dive

They are so far beyond its a gap I find hard to fathom at times. (Tabletennis is pretty wild too)

If you don't do much else in life as a kid, and there are many kids who have this life, you will find a few who will become near perfect. I feel sorry for all these kids, certainly for the ones that never reach the top. Can you imagine how many that must be?

[AdagioPace]

Jamaican men relay has become a joke.

[Slacktard]

Jamaican men relay has become a joke.

CHINA beat them. It was like 2 or 3 exchanges that were really bad.

TBH, the US 1st runner to 2nd runner exchange was a bit too prolonged, but the rest of their 4x100 was good and they handled it easily... but man Jamaica wilted.

[bwgood77]

Heptathlon finally starting.

It listed that the 100M hurdles were already done for this, but I can't find it on Peacock. The high jump finished later so watching now. Shot Put later today and Long Jump first thing tomorrow.

Lets go USA!

It's weird, I only remember them focusing on Anna Hall in the trials. I don't remember the other two at all. They spent A LOT of time on Anna Hall.

[mattg]

I don't know who's training the US middle and long distance teams but it's ridiculous at this point.

Rooks getting silver in the steeplechase. That's even more surprising than Hocker winning gold in the 1500 m.

I mean wtf. You had a Grant Fisher or Galen Rupp type of an upset from time to time, but the steeplechase? No non african ever did **** there ever.

IMO it's not more surprising at all. Hocker winning gold over the 3rd fastest guy ever at that distance while PRing by 3 seconds is absolutely insane. Absolute shock of the games. Also, Evan Jager literally got silver for America in Rio in 2016 in the Steeplechase.

[Slacktard]

Heptathlon finally starting.

It listed that the 100M hurdles were already done for this, but I can't find it on Peacock. The high jump finished later so watching now. Shot Put later today and Long Jump first thing tomorrow.

Lets go USA!

It's weird, I only remember them focusing on Anna Hall in the trials. I don't remember the other two at all. They spent A LOT of time on Anna Hall.

Looks like one of the three is eliminated from any kind of medal chance after just 2 events. Chari Hawkins failed to make the minimum height on the high jump and ends up with 0 points on the event.

[ROballer]

I don't know who's training the US middle and long distance teams but it's ridiculous at this point.

Rooks getting silver in the steeplechase. That's even more surprising than Hocker winning gold in the 1500 m.

I mean wtf. You had a Grant Fisher or Galen Rupp type of an upset from time to time, but the steeplechase? No non african ever did **** there ever.

IMO it's not more surprising at all. Hocker winning gold over the 3rd fastest guy ever at that distance while PRing by 3 seconds is absolutely insane. Absolute shock of the games. Also, Evan Jager literally got silver for America in Rio in 2016 in the Steeplechase.

Forgot about Jager medalling, my bad. He was around for a number of years like Emma Coburn was for the women.
Ran 8 mins flat which is all world.

I'm still more surprised about Rooks than I was for Hocker. I knew about Cole's kick and he's been with the big guns for a few years now.

Nobody knew about Rooks. Granted he's still young, but he literally came out of nowhere.

[ROballer]

Heptathlon finally starting.

It listed that the 100M hurdles were already done for this, but I can't find it on Peacock. The high jump finished later so watching now. Shot Put later today and Long Jump first thing tomorrow.

Lets go USA!

It's weird, I only remember them focusing on Anna Hall in the trials. I don't remember the other two at all. They spent A LOT of time on Anna Hall.

Hall has been underwhelming at the trials.
She got 6614 points, well below what she got in Gotzis last year(6988).

She gave up a lot in the 100m hurdles as well here.
She's got a 12.7 PB and she ran 13.3.

Gave up a lot of points she will regret not getting later, especially going against the double olympic defending champ in Thiam and KJT.

If she was on last year's form then maybe.
But she's struggling with the running events for whatever reason.

She was basically the same in the hurdles as she was at the trials(despite having a 12.7 time last year as I said).

She ran 23.8 in the 200 m and long jumped 6.19 at the trials. These two events are critical, she has PB's of 22.9 and 6.74.

If she can't get close to these, she doesn't have a chance at more than bronze.

[Slacktard]

Heptathlon finally starting.

It listed that the 100M hurdles were already done for this, but I can't find it on Peacock. The high jump finished later so watching now. Shot Put later today and Long Jump first thing tomorrow.

Lets go USA!

It's weird, I only remember them focusing on Anna Hall in the trials. I don't remember the other two at all. They spent A LOT of time on Anna Hall.

Hall has been underwhelming at the trials.
She got 6614 points, well below what she got in Gotzis last year(6988).

She gave up a lot in the 100m hurdles as well here.
She's got a 12.7 PB and she ran 13.3.

Gave up a lot of points she will regret not getting later, especially going against the double olympic defending champ in Thiam and KJT.

If she was on last year's form then maybe.
But she's struggling with the running events for whatever reason.

She was basically the same in the hurdles as she was at the trials(despite having a 12.7 time last year as I said).

She ran 23.8 in the 200 m and long jumped 6.19 at the trials. These two events are critical, she has PB's of 22.9 and 6.74.

If she can't get close to these, she doesn't have a chance at more than bronze.

Yea. I was looking at her WC vs Olympics and she's not on that WC pace. It's also worth noting the 2023 World Championships did not have Nafissatou Thiam in it. She won gold in Rio and in Tokyo and didn't seem to be slowing down since in the 2022 WC she became the third best scoring woman in the event ever. Jackie Joyner Kersee owns like the best 5 or 6 point totals in it ever.

It looks like Katarina Johnson-Thompson of Great Britain is making the move on Thiam. She's currently 1st after 2 events, but she's also narrowed or improved the gaps over the first two events compared to Tokyo. In Tokyo Thiam was #1 in the high-jump, but in Paris both Thiam and Johnson-Thompson tied. So no point advantage for Thiam there. Johnson-Thompson ran a slower 100m hurdle than Tokyo, but so did Thiam and in doing so Johnson-Thompson is 8 places better as opposed to 7 in Tokyo. So another small points pickup there.

[ROballer]

KJT and Hall are very similar in the rest of the events.

That's if Hall shows up in the LJ and 200 m.

Kat is jumping 6.60 at least and running low 23 at worst. These are doable performances for Hall at her best.

They both are fast runners in the 800 m(but the event is not paid in points that well) and are average to below average in the throws.

Whereas Nafi is weak in the 200 and 800 m, on par with the other two in the LJ but much much better in the throws, she's much stronger.

She'll get 10+ m on the Javelin and probably 1-2 m in the shot put. On both.

They both need to blow her out in the running events to offset that.