Summer Paris 2024 - Track & Field

[AdelaideGT]

The Kiwi female commentator's voice is so annoying. Sarah (I think she's a former heptathlete - but not particularly good) has a voice like chalk on a blackboard.

I'm not even sure anyone in the world outside Australasia would understand what the hell she is saying.

 

[Plugger35]

Very curious as to why Lyles need a wheelchair? He had covid - ok. He raced and lost and my assumption would be the wheelchair was a prop of deflection/to make it all about him? In true US athlete style.

Please tell me I'm missing something? Was there another injury that required the wheelchair? He tear his hammy off the bone? Broken leg?

He might be a big fan of Dylan Alcott and just wanted to see what it was like to walk in his shoes, I mean ride in his wheelchair.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

8 finals tonight including final event of heptathlon on tonight. Here is world athletics preview article

Local Time	AEST	Sex	Event	Round
19:30​	3:30 AM​	W	4x100 Metres Relay	Final
19:37​	3:37 AM​	W	Shot Put	Final
19:47​	3:47 AM​	M	4x100 Metres Relay	Final
20:00​	4:00 AM​	W	400 Metres	Final
20:13​	4:13 AM​	M	Triple Jump	Final
20:25​	4:25 AM​	W	800 Metres	Heptathlon
20:57​	4:57 AM​	W	10000 Metres	Final
21:45​	5:45 AM​	M	400 Metres Hurdles	Final

Five things to look forward to at the Paris Olympics on Friday 9 August | PREVIEW | World Athletics

Action to look out for on day nine of athletics at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games

worldathletics.org

 

[AdelaideGT]

Seems like almost every athletics event between 6 & 7 gets saved by 9 to play after their news as if it's live. And then everything gets jumbled up.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Yanks smashed that 4x400m women's heat.

 

[AdelaideGT]

Tebogo in the 4x4 heats!!

 

[Royces Hart]

Tebogo in the 4x4 heats!!

Smoked it too

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Geez yanks looked poor in that men's 4x400m. 16 year old Quincy Wilson struggled.

Botswana doing a 2.57 was impressive.

 

[yabsy]

Geez yanks looked poor in that men's 4x400m. 16 year old Quincy Wilson struggled.

Botswana doing a 2.57 was impressive.

Don't think he'll be running in the final for them

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[RussellEbertHandball]

Don't think he'll be running in the final for them

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The other Quincy will replace him. Hall did win the 400m.

 

[yabsy]

The other Quincy will replace him. Hall did win the 400m.

You would think that's the smart play lol

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[RussellEbertHandball]

That Botswana time of 2.57.76 is the 31st equal fastest time ever.

Lets see how much they improve in the final. Think it will be the same 4 running.

 

[AdelaideGT]

Glad the US got through.

Don't GaF about the Yanks but would not like that kid to get the blame.

 

[Plugger35]

France winning their 4 x 400 heat, my Euro team Belgium ran a great heat too leading for most of it and qualifying in third place.

Hopefully one of them can knock off the Yanks in the final.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Sedjati puts the hammer down for 10 to 15 seconds and just blitzes the field with 100m to go. He is favourite.

 

[AdelaideGT]

Please Peyton - just sit on Hoppel and see what you can do in the last 200.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

France winning their 4 x 400 heat, my Euro team Belgium ran a great heat too leading for most of it and qualifying in third place.

Hopefully one of them can knock off the Yanks in the final.

The French crowd will lift the relay team. A medal is a possibility.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Arop and Tual looked good in SF 2.

 

[AdelaideGT]

Massive Australian Junior Record for Craig.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Craig just ran a PB - briliant 1.44.11

 

[AdelaideGT]

That Spaniard deserves a good slap too.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Payton was in the wrong heat, bloody hell.

But the 800m the last 12 weeks or so has gone to another level after looking like a so so event.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

That Spaniard deserves a good slap too.

GT who was it the other day that got in the wrong SF or heat, and if had run the time they did in that other SF/heat would have advanced?

 

[AdelaideGT]

The Australian men's relay team? lol

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

I don't know why but there is something about Payton Craig's look and running style that reminds me of Steve Prefontaine.