Tokyo Olympics

[maverick1200 2,828]

16 hours ago, keithgersbear said:

Triathlon was great last night. Best Athletes at the Olympics? 

They've got to be close if not the best. I remember seeing Alister Brownlee split times on the 3 events when he won gold and in each event he was slightly off the times set by gold medallist in the individual events. Incredible athletes. 

[JamieD 18,877]

Zarnel Hughes with the worst false start I have seen in a long time, at the worst possible time in his career.

[ayrshireranger 8,045]

23 hours ago, Moody Blue said:

Not sure why Flo-Jo was never done performance enhancing drug taking, her rise and then quick retirement was unprecedented.  Thompson-Herah's time realistically the fastest, legally, ever seen. 

And her early death had nothing to do with her doping. Yeah right.

[Blue Nosed Babe 20,506]

The BMX was incredible. 

[Moody Blue 9,334]

20 minutes ago, ayrshireranger said:

And her early death had nothing to do with her doping. Yeah right.

Thompson-Herah, Fraser-Pryce, Ta-Lou, etc. have all run consistently around the 10.7's and 10.8's for years now.  You can go check Flo-Jo's times, prior to 1988, her best times were more than 0.5secs slower for both the 100 and the 200.  She then retired at the beginning of 1989 so it absolutely stinks. More so given the amount of American sprinters who improve dramatically being subsequently found out for doping. Her physical shape changed dramatically too so, personally, I think she was doped up to the eyeballs and just still gobsmacked she was never found out. 

[keithgersbear 3,225]

 

Hmm....

[TheKingObv 10,634]

Just now, keithgersbear said:

 

Hmm....

He switched up from long jump (8m PB) just a few seasons back and is now focusing on sprinting. 

That's a big change to make and partly why he is making big gains. 

 

[keithgersbear 3,225]

11 minutes ago, TheKingObv said:

He switched up from long jump (8m PB) just a few seasons back and is now focusing on sprinting. 

That's a big change to make and partly why he is making big gains. 

 

Hope it was legit. Thought he was fast in Semi...

[Clemdog 39,389]

What we thinking of the joint gold medalists?

[ayro 2,977]

32 minutes ago, GabrielTomato said:

What we thinking of the joint gold medalists?

Don’t agree with it tbh, bit of a cop out.

The GB girl in the BMX was amazing.

[TEFTONG 60,061]

49 minutes ago, GabrielTomato said:

What we thinking of the joint gold medalists?

[TheKingObv 10,634]

22 minutes ago, ayro said:

Don’t agree with it tbh, bit of a cop out.

The GB girl in the BMX was amazing.

It's not a cop out, it's literally in the rules.

 

[keithgersbear 3,225]

36 minutes ago, ayro said:

Don’t agree with it tbh, bit of a cop out.

The GB girl in the BMX was amazing.

The BMX free style girl had the most impressive victory of the lot so far in my view. Fell off on first attempt and had to pull off a really great performance to get that gold. Was up against it and just went for it. Wasn't settling for bronze or lower. 

[ayro 2,977]

57 minutes ago, TheKingObv said:

It's not a cop out, it's literally in the rules.

 

Fair play, rules are rules.

 

[ayro 2,977]

43 minutes ago, keithgersbear said:

The BMX free style girl had the most impressive victory of the lot so far in my view. Fell off on first attempt and had to pull off a really great performance to get that gold. Was up against it and just went for it. Wasn't settling for bronze or lower. 

Yeah was class, gold or fuck all.

[TheKingObv 10,634]

14 minutes ago, ayro said:

Fair play, rules are rules.

 

And even if it wasn't in the rules, all it would take would be both athletes intentionally failing all heights and a joint gold situation would be forced. That's why the rule exists as this would happen a lot anyway.

[Bigdave30 8,686]

1 hour ago, GabrielTomato said:

What we thinking of the joint gold medalists?

They should get half a medal each. Should have had a jump off.

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Beach volleyball. Why do people think this is sexy? 4 woman who if you put them together couldn't make a single decent tit between them. 🥴

[JamieD 18,877]

14 hours ago, TheKingObv said:

It's not a cop out, it's literally in the rules.

 

How would a jump off work? Would they keep jumping until someone improved their previous score, or is it sudden death and you could lose in the jump off despite having a higher score before it? 

If it's the latter, sharing gold is clearly not only fair and sporting but also a better measure of your ability.

[JamieD 18,877]

Elaine Thompson-Herah literally jogging the last 25m of the 200m semi and still getting a PB is hilarious. Not sure spikes can account for that.

[maverick1200 2,828]

1 hour ago, JamieD said:

How would a jump off work? Would they keep jumping until someone improved their previous score, or is it sudden death and you could lose in the jump off despite having a higher score before it? 

If it's the latter, sharing gold is clearly not only fair and sporting but also a better measure of your ability.

They set the bar on fire and keep raising it until one of them hits it and sets on fire. 

[TheKingObv 10,634]

3 hours ago, JamieD said:

How would a jump off work? Would they keep jumping until someone improved their previous score, or is it sudden death and you could lose in the jump off despite having a higher score before it? 

If it's the latter, sharing gold is clearly not only fair and sporting but also a better measure of your ability.

Nah they they lower the bar until someone can clear they height, I believe

 

[Hadron Collider 30,743]

19 hours ago, TEFTONG said:

Sporting integrity. Boys had been out there for 2 hours. They were fucked. 

[TEFTONG 60,061]

1 minute ago, Hadron Collider said:

Sporting integrity. Boys had been out there for 2 hours. They were fucked. 

And it was in the rules that they could indeed both get a gold. So hip hip hooray for humanity. 

[JamieD 18,877]

That 400m hurdles final must be, statistically, the greatest race in history. 

Gold, silver and bronze medallist would all have broken the pre-July 2021 world record, which stood for 29 years. Warholm breaks his own recent world record by 0.74 seconds. Silver medallist breaks Warholm's previous record by 0.53 seconds. Ludicrous.