2024 Paris Olympics thread
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some really fast semis in the 100. Should be an excellent final later today. All 3 USA runners made it to the final, though Bednarek cut it close, as he wasn't an automatic qualifier (top 2 in each heat), but made it on time.
Noah Lyles leaned into the Gold for the 100 meters. First USA gold in the event in 20 years.
what an amazing men's 100 m final. Lyles backed up all his talk. USA finishes 1 & 3.
Just a phenomenal race. Even the announcers got it wrong, and from the live angle I didn’t question it. For 40-some years the men’s 100 IS the Olympics for me.
Yeah, the announcers immediately said that Thompson had won. My younger sister ran for Pitt (5000 m) and she just now texted a short lecture on how the winner is determined. Who knew a Pitt graduate could make sense.
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Yeah, the human eye can't really tell for sure who wins when the difference is 0:005 of a sec. I thought Lyles had won, but wouldn't have bet a penny that I was correct.
It was, supposedly, the closest men's 100m final at the Olympics since 1980. Reportedly, the times for the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th-place finishes were world-record times for a men's 100m final.
And it was the fastest time Lyles has ever run in the 100m, and he was the world champ in 2023.
A quick analysis I read indicated that Lyles took 44 steps while Kishane Thompson took 45. Another analysis indicated that Kishane Thompson lead for somewhere around 98 to 99m of the race.
The times:
1. Noah Lyles (USA): 9.784
2. Kishane Thompson (Jamaica): 9.789
3. Fred Kerley (USA): 9.81
4. Akani Simbine (South Africa): 9.82
5. Lamont Jacobs (Italy): 9.85
6. Letsile Tebogo (Botswana): 9.86
7. Kenny Bednarek (USA): 9.88
8. Oblique Seville (Jamaica): 9:91
A reminder that heats don't tell everything in racing. The guy the finished last in the final, Oblique Seville, won his semi that included Noah Lyles, and looked really good doing so. FWIW, Lyles didn't win his opening heat, either, but he gets the gold medal.
I like pretty much every race in T&F (well, perhaps not the steeplechase), but the men's 100m final is often the most memorable T&F race at the Olympics.
Most of them struggle when somebody orders extra fries!
that can be excellent. The relays, obviously, depend on the speed of the different legs, and the efficiency of the handoffs. A really clean race won by any team is a joy to watch. That said, I enjoy relays so much more when it's a really close race, and that doesn't always happen. Heck, when Usain Bolt was running the 100m and the 200m, those races were enjoyable, but not all that spell-binding based on the competition (more so on his times and dominance). The closeness of today's men's 100m final is what made is so special (to me).
I love the 4x100 relays, as well as the 4x400 relays. I do regret that the Olympics doesn't have the 4x800 relay.
I think that was a bit of a joke between the play-by-play guy, Paul Sunderland, and the color analyst, former PSU star and former PSU assistant coach, Salima Rockwell.
By-the-way, @Midnighter, they've been showing the USA - France match on NBC over the past 30+ minutes.
lt did sound like they were joking. I tuned in midway through and didn’t know who was calling the match.
Well, of course they were joking. Doesn’t mean they don’t deserve a whack on the head with my umbrella.
Add to the list of things I learned watching the Olympics:
Men play field hockey.
Men play field hockey.
Ukraine gets another gold, and it was well deserved. Throughout the competition, Yaroslava was clearing the bar far more than the other competitors. A teammate of hers also won bronze, so Ukraine got 2 medals from this field event. The daughter of former NFLer Randall Cunningham, Vashti, was the US competitor. She, and one other lady, actually tied with the lady that got bronze in terms of their highest height cleared, but there are tiebreakers (basically, the number of misses) which enabled the Ukranian to take the bronze.
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Below is the picture that shows the difference between 1st & 2nd in the men's 100m. Legs, feet, arms, head over the line mean nothing. The torso (basically, your chest from the waist to your arms) is what is used when evaluating when a racer crosses the line. Looking at the red lines, from right to left, you can see where the torso of each runner was when Lyles hit the line.
Steve Nedoroscik's GF, Tess McCracken, was also a gymnast at PSU. She's quite the fan, and quite the screamer from the stands, when Steve is on the horse.
Spain defeats the Netherlands in women’s beach volleyball. I couldn’t take much more. Jesus.
Whats the problem. Is womens beach volleyball hard on your wrist? The solution is to switch hands, and if that doesn't work. You really need to stop watching.
Sorry, I couldn't help myself.
Sorry, I couldn't help myself.
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Absolutely, I'd try it. We did variations of this when I was kayaking. That said, it is a change, in that the etiquette on the river is that you don't get in another paddler's way, or drop into a hole or onto a wave when another paddler is there. In that regard, this sport is quite different than the norm in whitewater.
Seriously stupid event. They drop them off a cliff, and then they just crash into each other.