Official Athletics Thread

[AndyZaltzHair]

Amazing run

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Felt sorry for the American on the last leg as you knew he stood no chance.

 

[Turbinator]

****ing hell! Bronze snatched from Canada. DQ'd for a minor step. Ughh, so disappointing. Ran such a great race at the end, especially Warner. These guys must be heartbroken.

 

[grecian]

Now what is Inverdale looking at here, Mo Farah or...

 

[Agent Nationaux]

Really sad to see the Canadian Athletes celebrating the Bronze with the flags draped around their shoulders and then suddenly told they had been disqualified.

 

[Furball]

Bolt is just ludicrous. Thought it was going to be a tight sprint for the line then he just seemed to turn on the afterburners.

Amazing to think how fast they could have run had Bolt and Blake not ****ed up their changeover

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Amazing to think how fast they could have run had Bolt and Blake not ****ed up their changeover

And if Powell hadn't done his thigh in the 100m final.

 

[uvelocity]

did they mention bolt's split time?

 

[benchmark00]

did they mention bolt's split time?

Generally takes him 4 and a half mins to demolish one of these bad boys:

 

[Spikey]

my personal best is 3:43

 

[Agent Nationaux]

my personal best is 3:43

Your girlfriend must feel disappointed.

 

[Spikey]

i have some sweet teeth in my defence

 

[wellAlbidarned]

IOC withdraws gold medal from shot put athlete Nadzeya Ostapchuk, goes to Valerie Adams

**** yes.

 

[social]

IOC withdraws gold medal from shot put athlete Nadzeya Ostapchuk, goes to Valerie Adams

**** yes.

Always something dodgy about that performance as she had rarely, if ever, beaten Adams in competition but came out and hit one world class throw after another

Tbh, having been to Belarus, I have no idea how they excel in field events as they only have about a 6 month window when they can stay outdoors - something really stinks about their performances

Adams seems like a nice person so good luck to her but it's disgusting that she could not have stood on top of a dias and instead will get the gold through the post

 

[wellAlbidarned]

Yeah, really does take away from the prestige and glory because no-one apart from NZers will give a **** now that the Olympics are over.

I am glad that common sense finally prevailed though, Val gets gold for sheer personality and swagger.

 

[Bahnz]

Wow, obviously you're always suspicious when an athlete comes back from an indifferent 4 years to produce monstrous results in an olympics season, but I'm still surprised she was caught, and apparently with very damning evidence too. Restores a bit of faith in the drug-testing programme that they had for these games.

So gutted for Val, she was devastated at not winning gold on the night, and while I'm sure she'll be thrilled to now be the official champion, it's just not the same as standing at the top of the dais.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Shame she wasn't caught before the end of the games and they could have redone the medal ceremony, the girl getting the bronze missed out on that too.

 

[andruid]

Long knives definitely out in the Kenya Camp after this #EK – ALL IS NOT WELL AT TEAM KENYA CAMP… EDDY KIMANI

 

[BoyBrumby]

IOC withdraws gold medal from shot put athlete Nadzeya Ostapchuk, goes to Valerie Adams

**** yes.

I think everyone owes Brett Morse an apology now. Ostapchuk really was on drugs, as he presciently suggested.

 

[_Ed_]

A few people suggesting Valerie should get a medal ceremony at Eden Park. The Auckland mayor seems to be trying to put something together. I think that's a nice idea, and I'll go along if I get the chance.