Olympics Athletics

[Furball]

High jump and pole vault are such funny events because of the way it ends on failure for pretty much everyone.

 

[Ali TT]

No sharing the high jump gold this time. Find it odd that you'd not take the option of a shared gold

 

[andruid]

Really close finish in the men's 800m, another one for the glut of close finishes we've had

If you paused after the first 75m along the final straight you'd be convinced the Kenyan guy gets pipped, but somehow he held on.

Well, if one's got to run the 3rd? fastest 800m of all time one might as well do it in the finals of the Olympics. Emmanuel Wanyonyi's got the makings of a great.

 

[weeman27bob]

Really close to the world record there in the 4 x 400m

A good bronze for team GB

 

[Furball]

Glad Kerr won that, fed up with the Americans winning everything.

 

[Ali TT]

Really close to the world record there in the 4 x 400m

A good bronze for team GB

Good finish between the hurdler and the 200m runner.

Someone got majorly taken out in the chasing group as well.

 

[weeman27bob]

Apparently Matt Hudson-Smith ran the 2nd fastest leg in a 4 x 400m relay of all time there for Team GB. If only he could have done that in the individual event!

 

[Furball]

US 4x400m women's team just miss out on sending one of those suspicious 1980s records to the bin.

 

[Ali TT]

US 4x400m women's team just miss out on sending one of those suspicious 1980s records to the bin.

Yep, frustrating

 

[reyrey]

No sharing the high jump gold this time. Find it odd that you'd not take the option of a shared gold

Might mean sharing the prize money too. I'm glad they decided to keep jumping.

 

[Ali TT]

Might mean sharing the prize money too. I'm glad they decided to keep jumping.

Maybe, apparently athletics at this games are the first sport whose world body is awarding price money to the tune of $50k per gold medal winner. Not sure that's a decider

 

[Furball]

Maybe, apparently athletics at this games are the first sport whose world body is awarding price money to the tune of $50k per gold medal winner. Not sure that's a decider

$50k is probably a massive sum of money for most athletes at the games.

 

[CartyDurham]

Do the relay runners share $50 grand with others who ran in the qualifying heats ?

 

[Flem274*]

Went to reddit and US posters in full main character syndrome haha.

 

[Coronis]

Apparently Matt Hudson-Smith ran the 2nd fastest leg in a 4 x 400m relay of all time there for Team GB. If only he could have done that in the individual event!

Was it the first leg though? Kinda meaningless otherwise

 

[weeman27bob]

Was it the first leg though? Kinda meaningless otherwise

I think it only ended up being the 4th fastest split time in the end. But I meant more in the sense that if he'd have been able to run the 2nd (or even 4th) fastest individual 400m time in history, then he'd have won the individual event!

 

[andruid]

Well, if one's got to run the 3rd? fastest 800m of all time one might as well do it in the finals of the Olympics. Emmanuel Wanyonyi's got the makings of a great.

It seems David Rudisha counseled him to just run really fast

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[Coronis]

It seems David Rudisha counseled him to just run really fast

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Reminds me of Barney in HIMYM about marathons.

Running a marathon is easy. Step 1, start running. There is no Step 2.

 

[Bahnz]

Phew spent the entire day avoiding the news and just finished watching the high jump final. Hamish Kerr: NZ's first Olympic high jump champion! Not something I thought I'd ever see. I was absolutely shitting bricks during the jump off after the way Wesche got pipped in the shot put. The highlight of an amazing Olympic games for NZ.

 

[social]

Women's 1500 insanely fast. Somehow Aussie and GB take the minor medals behind Kipyegon

The Aussie girl broke the world 2000m record just before the Olympics*

*might only have been run once for all I know but she was one of the favourites behind Kipyegon