This overhead view is better, but still not official.
This. If you watched the standard NBC broadcast they showed it several times, but from two slightly different angles. From one it was hard to tell, from the other perfectly on the line it was clear.
So the winner wasn't the winner? Sounds like salty Trumpers
why does everything have to devolve into politics for you weirdos?
Politics has replaced religion for a lot of people. You know how everyone seems to have that one relative who can take anything that is said and transition it to something religious? We’ve all got 10 or 20 relatives who can hear anything we say and their response will be “that’s just like (insert politician name here).”
This is why the sprints are a joke. There's no meaningful difference between the competition when it's this close. Why don't they just draw straws to pick the winner and skip the whole charade of running for a few seconds?
why does everything have to devolve into politics for you weirdos?
Politics has replaced religion for a lot of people. You know how everyone seems to have that one relative who can take anything that is said and transition it to something religious? We’ve all got 10 or 20 relatives who can hear anything we say and their response will be “that’s just like (insert politician name here).”
This is why the sprints are a joke. There's no meaningful difference between the competition when it's this close. Why don't they just draw straws to pick the winner and skip the whole charade of running for a few seconds?
iM a DIsTanCe RuNNer aNd I rAN a flYIng 100 iN UndEr 12! sPrinTeRs aRE LazY!!
I saw the race 10 times. Thompson TORSO was in the same position than Lyles torso. See the corruption of VAR in football. I don't trust the drawing lines of the replay
I saw the race 10 times. Thompson TORSO was in the same position than Lyles torso. See the corruption of VAR in football. I don't trust the drawing lines of the replay
Your funny. Well, you can see what you want to see all you want but it doesn't change the reality that Lyles won.
Exactly, I was watching and I knew Lyles won before the stupid announces thought it was the Jamaican guy. I kept wondering why they said he won..I was right
I know that the top-of-page "Super Hot on Letsrun" is apparently auto-generated, but can mods please stop letting embarrassing threads like this one and the "not my champion" one be prominently featured on the front page? Definitely a bad look for the site.
Exactly, I was watching and I knew Lyles won before the stupid announces thought it was the Jamaican guy. I kept wondering why they said he won..I was right
You got very good eyes because I thought Thompson won. In fact Lyles said he thought Thompson won also. Thompson didn't win. The finish line photos are conclusive that Lyles won but it looked to me that it was Thompson.
Can one of the professional timers here explain something for me? In the official photo, how does the background “Omega” and Olympic rings come out looking normal instead of a stretched cross section of it?
It was close at the line but if you watch the slowed down aerial and side footage it's clear noah won. this is a perfect case of a good lean helping and a bad lean selling the race. if you still think Thompson won you're an NBA fan
Lyles clearly won. That said I hate an Olympic final decided by a hair’s breadth. And Lyles remains hard to like. Thompson has to learn how to lean, muscular build may have cost him as he seemed rigid at the tape.
Childish insults aside, bottom line is that you have to measure who won using satellites and space age technology, the winner is basically a coin flip and it's silly pretending otherwise.
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