Olympics TRACK & FIELD

[ROballer]

**** yeeeeeeeeah.

Rai with the gold. One of the more deserving guys in track and field.

Finally got one.

[California Gold]

Yeee Rai did it!

[Frank Dux]

Rai!!!! So stoked for him. Beating both Warholm and Dos Santos in the same race is an incredible accomplishment. 3 of the best to ever do it.

[California Gold]

https://sports.yahoo.com/carl-lewis-says-its-time-to-blow-up-the-system-after-another-disaster-for-us-mens-4x100-relay-175302803.html

Can't say I blame Carl Lewis for how he feels.

[AleksandarN]

Lyes trolling so bad he got the leader of Canada responding

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[bwgood77]

Rai!!!! So stoked for him. Beating both Warholm and Dos Santos in the same race is an incredible accomplishment. 3 of the best to ever do it.

Yeah, great to see. Funny thing is he ran quite a bit better time in Tokyo, but Warholm was just on fire then.

[bwgood77]

Great to see Alaysha Johnson, Masai Russell and Grace Stark ALL make the womens 100M hurdles final. And Johnson and Stark won their semi's. Masai, who won at the trials came in 2nd (barely), though she did have the toughest opponent in Camacho-Quinn. This final is going to be extremely close. Our trials was extremely close.

But in the semis, the times were:

Alaysha Johnson: 12.34
Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (Puerto Rico): 12.35
Grace Stark: 12.39
Masai Russell: 12.42
Nadine Visser (Netherlands): 12.43
Ackera Nugent (Jamaica): 12.44
Devynne Charlton (Bahamas): 12.50
Cyrene Samba-Mayela (France): 12.52 AND she hit the last hurdle..she was in the thin of it with Russell and Nugent until hitting it.

Masai Russell ran a 12.25 at the trials and Johnson and Stark both ran 12.31s. We had six runners under 12.40. I felt bad for Tonea Marshall who led like 80 meters and finished at 12.38. which would have been good for 3rd best in the olympic semis...and vet NIa Ali ran a 12.37.

It would be great to sweep the medals, but I think Camacho-Quinn will be up there. I think Masai Russell will be too. She usually surges at the end. I will be pulling for Alaysha Johnson to get gold though.

[benson13]

I feel like the US women would have dominated the track even more, but they decided to make being hot a requirement thus narrowing the talent pool.

[mattg]

I feel like the US women would have dominated the track even more, but they decided to make being hot a requirement thus narrowing the talent pool.

I think you may just be underestimating the extreme positive effect that running intensely (in addition to other working out) 6-7 days per week has on creating an attractive physique.

[bwgood77]

Looks like Hepathlon 800m played out the where I thought it would.

Anna Hall did managed the best time, but she was too far behind to have it matter.

Thiam was 9th, Johnson-Thompson was 2nd. But Thiam had enough of a lead to hold onto 1st... Bronze medal did go to Vidts who was 5 points behind Kalin, but was a better longer distance runner and placed 4th in the 800m to Kalin's 10th.

1: Thiam 6880
2: Johnson-Thompson 6844
3: Vidts 6707
4: Kalin 6639
5: Hall 6615

I wonder how much Anna Hall's dumb mistake on the Javelin (where she made her best throw ever and jumped and landed on the line you can't go past and it didn't count)....if that would have made the difference to get her to bronze.

[bwgood77]

I feel like the US women would have dominated the track even more, but they decided to make being hot a requirement thus narrowing the talent pool.

I think you may just be underestimating the extreme positive effect that running intensely (in addition to other working out) 6-7 days per week has on creating an attractive physique.

There is also the theiory that it sometimes breeds more confidence. I can't remember where I read it but it was probably Bill Simmons or something a long time ago where they talked about Tom Brady and how a lot of QBs in the NFL had the looks and how being good looking often enables people to just generally be more confident about everything...which helps.

I don't know if that has merit but it does make some sense.

[benson13]

I feel like the US women would have dominated the track even more, but they decided to make being hot a requirement thus narrowing the talent pool.

I think you may just be underestimating the extreme positive effect that running intensely (in addition to other working out) 6-7 days per week has on creating an attractive physique.

That's a great point, but I remember thinking Natalie Coughlin was the only hot swimmer the US had at the Athens games, and they all had the quality you describe. Notice I didn't say "they couldn't be ugly."

There is also the theiory that it sometimes breeds more confidence. I can't remember where I read it but it was probably Bill Simmons or something a long time ago where they talked about Tom Brady and how a lot of QBs in the NFL had the looks and how being good looking often enables people to just generally be more confident about everything...which helps.

I don't know if that has merit but it does make some sense.

Tom Brady wasn't hot when he was drafted or even got the starting job in New England. I'm not gay, I just asked my wife.

[Hoop Hunter]

The same DNA that makes women run Fast AF also makes them Hot AF. Who knew.

[LordCovington33]

Lyes trolling so bad he got the leader of Canada responding

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Never disrespect your opponents

[bwgood77]

Really looking forward to the women's 100M hurdles. Hopefully can get at least 2 medals. Then both 400 relays. Also the men's 800, 5000 and the women's 1500.

For field we have high jump and javelin.

Men finished 8th and 9th in the marathon.

Kind of sad it will be ending. I do plan on following the Diamond league events and annual World Championships with a thread or threads in the "Other Sports" forum, if people would like to follow and stay up to date on the contenders and new people coming in. Also the NCAA big track meets and finals.

[Slacktard]

Looks like Hepathlon 800m played out the where I thought it would.

Anna Hall did managed the best time, but she was too far behind to have it matter.

Thiam was 9th, Johnson-Thompson was 2nd. But Thiam had enough of a lead to hold onto 1st... Bronze medal did go to Vidts who was 5 points behind Kalin, but was a better longer distance runner and placed 4th in the 800m to Kalin's 10th.

1: Thiam 6880
2: Johnson-Thompson 6844
3: Vidts 6707
4: Kalin 6639
5: Hall 6615

I wonder how much Anna Hall's dumb mistake on the Javelin (where she made her best throw ever and jumped and landed on the line you can't go past and it didn't count)....if that would have made the difference to get her to bronze.

I saw a couple people on twitter thinking if that had stood she may have gained about 40-50 points at the most so unlikely to have gotten bronze. Probably would have been 4th.

[ROballer]

Yeah, Hall has been absolutely dreadful in her strong events sans the high jump and 800 m.

The points were lost somewhere else, not in the Javelin.

I mean she jumped 5.93 in the LJ, ran 13.36 in the hurdles, 23.89 in the 200 m.

She has PB's of 6.74, 12.75 and 22.88 set last year. Her overall points total PB is higher than the number Thiam got for the gold, because simply put she's usually elite in 5/7 events and only struggles in the throws(like KJT).

But she's done the exact same thing as in the trials, she only did well in 2 of the 5 elite cats she has. The same ones.


People might not know how much an 80 cm swing actually is. The long jump makes a massive difference. It's a 250 point loss right here.
And an additional 190 from the hurdles and 200 m.

Even if she couldn't PB in those events but got reasonably close like she did in the other 4 events, she easily could have gained even 250-300 points from the 440 I mentioned with a PB performance.

Wonder if she's okay and not injured or something, dropoff is massive from a year ago.

[og15]

New Zealander, final throw....... 19.68. Commentators just said she slipped on her first throw. Ring was slippery just after it had rained. Such are the fickle circumstances of outdoor events.

That young German lady wins Goldon her final throw. Clutch.

Yea, the German slipped on her first throw too, good for her that she was able to regain composure and win it, that was a wild one.

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[ROballer]

Feel sorry for Hoppel.

Getting 4th on a 1:41.67 is insane.

That's a NR and a top 10 all time spot for him. Not getting a medal is mindboggling.

That time would've won every race in existance, except maybe 10-15.

[ROballer]

Huge win for Masai Russell!!