Olympics Athletics

[Ali TT]

GB threw that relay away

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

A bit of hesitation for Richardson in taking the baton but she made up for it. Gold for USA in 4 x 100m

 

[weeman27bob]

A bit of hesitation for Richardson in taking the baton but she made up for it. Gold for USA in 4 x 100m

Didn't spot this, too busy looking at Team GB, maybe we wouldn't have won then if the USA equally did a better handover

 

[Ali TT]

Are we not DQ'd yet?

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Didn't spot this, too busy looking at Team GB, maybe we wouldn't have won then if the USA equally did a better handover

Yeah, it would have been devastating. The rain played its part in this race.

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Yeah Germany almost won by default from GB and US both semi-botching their final handovers.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Switzerland with the DQ

 

[Spark]

Geez that's close but I think GB were just about okay there, by maybe a foot or two

 

[weeman27bob]

Absolute coin flip whether our men get the baton round at all

 

[Ali TT]

Japanese look excited to be there

 

[Spark]

That might just be the worst handover I've ever seen that wasn't an actual DQ from the USA. Basically came to a standstill

 

[Ali TT]

GB getting a bronze would be an expected result but behind Canada and South Africa?

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Ohhh ****!

Ohh Canada!

That was almost excellent from the Japanese. USA fumbled that terribly with the first exchange.

 

[weeman27bob]

Another race with an incredible finish!

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Fun finish to that one

 

[Spark]

That might just be the worst handover I've ever seen that wasn't an actual DQ from the USA. Basically came to a standstill

Lmao scratch that. I guess you can't be that bad and not DQ somehow

 

[reyrey]

Great 400m time. She has the world record in her.

 

[weeman27bob]

Incredible effort from KJT in the 800m, a fraction of a second quicker in the 200m and she'd have won the whole thing

 

[Ali TT]

Incredible effort from KJT in the 800m, a fraction of a second quicker in the 200m and she'd have won the whole thing

In fairness, she's up against someone in Thiam who is an all time great athlete

 

[Furball]

Am I right in thinking KJT is the only athlete to defeat Thiem in about 10 years?