Summer Paris 2024 - Track & Field

[AdelaideGT]

Tebogo smashes the Americans

 

[Rustin Cohle]

Tebogo just way too good.

Cold as ice no sell on the celebration too. You'd think he just won a heat.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Botswana gets a gold. Great run by Tebogo, a PB at 19.45. They didnt get close.

 

[juice t]

First African athlete to win the 200m

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Well done Kung Fu Kenny Bednarek. Good run but not good enough. Another minor medal for Kenny.

 

[peternorth]

Great race by tebogo. Look focussed at entrance and on the blocks.

Lyles pre game entrance looked off. Something was up. Just didn’t seem right and I felt the antics perhaps masked something.

Interesting lyles received wheelchair exit.

 

[Wickzki]

Lyles pre game entrance looked off. Something was up. Just didn’t seem right and I felt the antics perhaps masked something.

He did the same sorta shit before the 100m too.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

AdelaideGT given how crook Lyles looked after the race, do you reckon there might have been something in that rumour you wrote about a few hours ago that he wasn't going to run the 200m?

 

[peternorth]

He did the same sorta shit before the 100m too.

Indeed. Just something seemed off this time

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Paki Nadeem's opening throw a huge 92.97m throw.

I love how India and Pakistan do nothing in athletics over the decades then Nadeem and Chopra rock and continue the Pakistan v India sporting rivalry in the same event when they had so many others in athletics to choose to be good in.

Must be the good cricket throwing arms they developed as kids.

 

[AdelaideGT]

Yeah - I figure he has covid. They said he was masked up in the call room.

Not to take anything away from the winner though.

Will Lyles take part in the relay tomorrow?

 

[AdelaideGT]

Must be the good cricket throwing arms they developed.

Kathryn Mitchell's husband (Uwe Hohn) being there for a few years as Indian national javelin coach certainly didn't hurt either.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Chopra's opening throw was a decent 89.45.

 

[juice t]

Choppa comes in as India’s greatest hope of a Gold Medal and he’s going to get rolled by a Pakistani with an Olympic Record

 

[AdelaideGT]

I remember going to an athletics meet in Adelaide where they had the javelin guys also competing in a 'cricket ball toss' where the goal was to beat Dennis Lillee's record.

Can't remember what happened or what the record was although 96m kind of rings a bell.

 

[ReidBetweenTheLines]

Still can’t believe women jump 7m in long jump. My living room is 7m and it’s bonkers to think they jump the length of this.

 

[Wickzki]

Will never not think "well that's one way to spell it" when seeing Camryn.

 

[AdelaideGT]

Look up at your door frame and that is just shorter than the Australian High Jump record..

 

[AdelaideGT]

confirmed that Lyles has covid

 

[Wickzki]

If Lyles was diagnosed after the 100m why did they allow him to compete for the 200m?

They've forced other athletes out of competing because of it.

 

[AdelaideGT]

why did they allow him to compete for the 200m?

There is no rule forbidding it.

Aussies have competed while (probably) still contagious.

They have just been dosed up on anti-virals, asked to wear a mask when near others and do the hand-sanitising stuff that should be second nature to everyone in the world by now.

Lyles wore a mask in the call-room and sat apart from other competitors.


And who is 'they'?

If anyone's withdrawn because of covid, it's more likely to be on the advice of their own medical team rather than any Olympic official.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

New WR to Mclaughlin

I'm not surprised that happened. just that Bol didn't push her, smashed her. Bol faded to third.

 

[Rustin Cohle]

McLaughlin way too good. Just never, ever looks under pressure.

 

[Wickzki]

Incredible world record in the women's 400m hurdles. Incredible.

 

[Wickzki]

And who is 'they'?

Lani Pallister for one.

COVID-19 hits Paris Olympics: Athletes forced to withdraw and mask up - National | Globalnews.ca

British swimmer Adam Peaty tested positive a day after he narrowly missed out on 100 metres breaststroke gold, sharing silver with American Nic Fink.

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There was an article on the American version of the Today show a few days ago where an athlete said he was forced to withdraw from his competition. He said he was given no choice. I can't recall the name or the sport so might have something to do with the particular sport.