AAAHHHH!>!>!@ wrote:
How many of you went OH SH!T when you saw Rudisha start hammering it at 300m to go and then saw that 1:14 split. WOW
This. When i saw the 49.x split i was already going crazy. The 1:14 was just insane. I was definitely surprised that Amos was still close though.
JAVMAN83 wrote:
The top guys look at it as an extended 400m race. Symmonds will NEVER, EVER be a sub-1:42 guy. While he's been a great runner on the American scene, he is just another 1:43 (now slightly under 1:43) "chaser" on the world level.
Symmonds' lack of a championship medal has nothing to do with "how he looks at it." He ran DIII in college. And is now 5th in the Olympics. His whole career is an impressive story of over-achievement.
My god yeah Symmonds has (and still is having) an incredible career. He's a 1:42 guy who has a record of competing well at the world's biggest meets. Sure maybe he doesnt have a medal (yet) but he's the 5th best 800m runner in the world which can be definitively stated since he placed 5th in he fasterst ever 800m race. Hell of a race by an incredible runner. You can f*ck off if you think otherwise
Just think about that 1:14 split when you're out sweating you're 74sec 400 reps today. DR is half a lap ahead of you!
For those with access to BBC video,
OK must take a deep breath and prepare for the 200 now......
pointer wrote:
Just think about that 1:14 split when you're out sweating you're 74sec 400 reps today. DR is half a lap ahead of you!
Thanks A LOT... lol.
Suddenly a sub 1:40 seems realistic.
Maybe 2nd best male WR (behind 3000M, no disrespect to Bolt
Go to BBC to watch the race. If you are in the US or Canada, you will need an add on to Firefox to mask your IP.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/hide-my-ass-proxy-extension/
Then watch on BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19203020#asset
Do this for the rest of the Olympics and you wont have to listen to CTV and NBC
I've seen it a few times already on Youtube.
incredible race in the 800m and symmonds and solomon were incredible. do you realize that solomon is right near gray's american record now, as gray predicted, that solomon has dropped nearly 3 seconds this year and that symmonds finally got the perfect race for a guy like him to follow and kick where he could go out last and have guys to pick off all the way down the homestretch at 1:42/3 pace. This is the breakthrough he'd been working for for about five straight years of 1:43.7-1:43.9 times. Symmonds might have gotten out slightly faster in the throwaway first 6-8 seconds but he does not have enough speed to go out with the leaders here and he played it just about right, needing only to start his kick a little earlier. What a great race for the whole field. Only Kaki faltered, going for the gold. Astonishing that no one else faltered on that pace. Rudisha is the best pacer the 800m has ever seen. He will be able to challenge 1:40.
wtw, coe was an 800/1500m guy, cruz ran a decent 1500m, wohlhuter and wottle were 800/1500 guys, so were cram and elliott. but no sense in discouraging fast 400m guys to get into a race where you have to get out in 49/50 to win. tony mcquay, you are welcome to try the two lapper.
But what about Paris Hilton? Was she at the race? Was she impressed with Nick or really disappointed? Let's hear something on this, please.
The greatest 800m race ever ran.
Symmonds and Solomon may not have gotten medals, but my god they have some stories for their kids and should be proud of the way they performed today.
lol at the idiots ragging on Symmonds. You do realize he just ran 1:42.9 and is definitely a top 5-6 800 guy in the world right?
The US just placed #4 and #5 in the world in the 800, and you think we need to change the way we develop 800 runners. Someone has a screw loose...
400 guys are great in the 800, as long as they're rabbiting.
wowwowowow! wrote:
The greatest 800m race ever ran.
Symmonds and Solomon may not have gotten medals, but my god they have some stories for their kids and should be proud of the way they performed today.
Here's Symmonds' story: "Well kids, I was in dead last most of the race and managed to pass a few guys but still lost by about 25 meters. Just hope Paris didn't see this one."
Reg wrote:
wowwowowow! wrote:The greatest 800m race ever ran.
Symmonds and Solomon may not have gotten medals, but my god they have some stories for their kids and should be proud of the way they performed today.
Here's Symmonds' story: "Well kids, I was in dead last most of the race and managed to pass a few guys but still lost by about 25 meters. Just hope Paris didn't see this one."
Ahh okay, because we forget, you have such a better and more impressive story you're going to post for us right? Didnt think so bitch
College coaches know how to recruit for 800-1500 (developing the talent and keep attrition rates low is another story).
I went to a mediocre big conference state school and almost everyone one of our 800 guys had run or split 47-49 for the 400 in high school.
The symmonds hate is uncalled for. He doesn't have a sick cult like Rupp.
blaze of glory wrote:
lol at the idiots ragging on Symmonds. You do realize he just ran 1:42.9 and is definitely a top 5-6 800 guy in the world right?
The US just placed #4 and #5 in the world in the 800, and you think we need to change the way we develop 800 runners. Someone has a screw loose...
400 guys are great in the 800, as long as they're rabbiting.
King David oblitrate the world record in style and put london olympic one step ahide . Congra kenya . Mohammed u tried you best ethiopian proud of u.