Summer Paris 2024 - Track & Field

[RussellEbertHandball]

Well this is a different way to introduce the blue riband event.

Seb Coe and World Athletics' initiative or Paris OCOG's??

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Thompson looked the best in the semis but he isn't that experienced at big meets. But neither was Bolt in 2008 when he was 21.

 

[Rustin Cohle]

...get on with it

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Geez the organisers are milking this for tension.

 

[Rustin Cohle]

The **** is this? Honestly, I cannot imagine this is ideal for the athletes.

 

[AdelaideGT]

Seb Coe and World Athletics' initiative or Paris OCOG's??

Probably POCOG - I mean they had Bob Beamon the other day but not for Long Jump

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Dead heat??

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Lyles gets it.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

2/1000ths of a second splits them.

 

[Wickzki]

Woah. That's insane. Well done Lyles.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

3 PBs inc Lyles and 2 of them are national records.

 

[AdelaideGT]

Has Lyles even congratulated the almost-champion yet or is it ALL about him?

Oh wait - answered my own question..

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

This is probably the most even from 1st to 8th Olympic or World Champs final. O.12 over 8 places.

It looked very open after the SFs and it proved that way.

pos	bib	Country	Athlete	mark	reaction time
1	1328	USA	Noah LYLES	9.79 PB	0.178
2	915	JAM	Kishane THOMPSON	9.79	0.176
3	1319	USA	Fred KERLEY	9.81 SB	0.108
4	1191	RSA	Akani SIMBINE	9.82 NR	0.149
5	856	ITA	Lamont Marcell JACOBS	9.85 SB	0.114
6	415	BOT	Letsile TEBOGO	9.86 NR	0.178
7	1292	USA	Kenneth BEDNAREK	9.88	0.163
8	912	JAM	Oblique SEVILLE	9.91	0.171

 

[Brad Goodman]

Best 100m final we’ll ever see?

Lyles came from absolutely nowhere!

 

[Rustin Cohle]

This female commentator wants to **** Lyles. Jesus.

 

[Wickzki]

 

[Whiskers]

My favourite Olympic event and it was absolutely brilliantly run although I am very disappointed in Oblique.
Looked real smooth in the Semi Final and somebody else in the final.

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

Lyles calling himself the fastest man in the world and showboating is undignified when he won by only one thousanth of a second.
Plus the delay at the start was unsettling for all the runners.

 

[Wallaby]

Lyles calling himself the fastest man in the world and showboating is undignified when he won by only one thousanth of a second.
Plus the delay at the start was unsettling for all the runners.

Doesn't matter how much you win by - he won.

I agree the delay at the start was unnecessary and possibly distracting for some - Lyles got the worst reaction time and start.

Yes, he's a loud yank - but he's great for promoting the sport, and he backs it up.

 

[AdelaideGT]

but he's great for promoting the sport

I wonder how many Aussie kids set their alarms for 5.20am to see him run live..

 

[Brad Goodman]

Doesn't matter how much you win by - he won.

I agree the delay at the start was unnecessary and possibly distracting for some - Lyles got the worst reaction time and start.

Yes, he's a loud yank - but he's great for promoting the sport, and he backs it up.

And the bravado would at least be a part of the reason he can run so fast, as opposed to being to his detriment.

 

[Gibbsy]

Credit Lyles for talking the talk all year and then delivering when it mattered most. No athlete will care about margins if they win the gold

 

[Satan]

So the caller at nbc is an australian leigh diffey ex 10 I think . He called it wrong . Nbc getting smashed

 

[big_e]

So the caller at nbc is an australian leigh diffey ex 10 I think . He called it wrong . Nbc getting smashed

The English guy on the world feed called it for the Jamaican, too.

How did Gerard go, I didn't see the Nine coverage?

 

[Gibbsy]

The English guy on the world feed called it for the Jamaican, too.

How did Gerard go, I didn't see the Nine coverage?

Gerard hedged his bets between Lyles and Thompson. The smart play. As a racing caller he knows not to go the early crow on a tight photo.