Olympic Track and Field thread

[andruid]

Ha beat you all to it

 

[Spinksy]

All these threads are annoying me.

 

[Jakester1288]

All these threads are annoying me.

You're the one who is making half of them so you can't talk.

 

[GIMH]

All these threads are annoying me.

Threads about Olympic sports in the Olympic forum? Whoda thunk it?!!

Track & Field is the spotlight of the Olympics for most people, and you think there shouldn't be a thread? good one

 

[BoyBrumby]

Could a mod change the thread title to "Olympic Athletics Thread" please. Athletes compete in athletics.

 

[andruid]

Could a mod change the thread title to "Olympic Athletics Thread" please. Athletes compete in athletics.

Technically everybody at the Olympics is an athlete.

 

[_Ed_]

Valerie Vili to win NZ's only Track & Field gold at these Games. In fact it might be our only medal in Track & Field.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Valerie Vili to win NZ's only Track & Field gold at these Games. In fact it might be our only medal in Track & Field.

Crossing fingers. Hoping she beats the thoroughly-doped Belarusians.

 

[sanga1337]

Bunch of Kenyans and Ethiopians to dominate long distance running...

 

[Johnners]

Not if Craig Mottram has anything to do with it.

 

[GIMH]

Could a mod change the thread title to "Olympic Athletics Thread" please. Athletes compete in athletics.

Found myself calling it Track & Field lately for some reason. It's odd, because when I used to run, I used to refer to training as going to the "track" but would never call the sport anything other than Athletics.

 

[Perm]

Always called it Track and Field tbh, but used to say Athletics Day when I was at school.

 

[Goughy]

For me, used to be Athletics when I was a Brit, now Track and Field now Im a Yank.

I go with whatever way the wind blows

 

[Johnners]

100m heats started. Despite the fact that he's American, I hope Tyson Gay smashes both Bolt & Powell.

 

[_Ed_]

Bolt & Powell both hugely impressive in their heats. Both slowed to a jog in the last 10.

 

[Somerset]

Bolt & Powell both hugely impressive in their heats. Both slowed to a jog in the last 10.

Didn't catch Powell's heat but saw Bolt cruise home in first with ridiculous ease, as you say the final 10 metres was basically a jog. It'll be one hell of a final thats for sure.

 

[_Ed_]

Again Bolt jogs in.

9.92? No way! He didn't get out of second gear!

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Wonder what pace he bowled at.

 

[steds]

RESP, or so I've heard.

 

[roseboy64]

Tyson Gay will not make the final. Powell and Bolt will be 1 and 2 in the final. You saw it here first.