Yeah, Kenya picking things up. First time Ayala's lead has been under a minute now at 16K.
Yeah, Kenya picking things up. First time Ayala's lead has been under a minute now at 16K.
Tadese 22 sec back while the main pack is 25 plus sec. back at 19km
Ayala cooked at 20k.
Scroll down to paragraph "It all began to go bad for the US..."
Yes, once Matthews and Collett were off the team and John Smith couldn't run with a messed-up hamstring, we only had 3 guys. We wanted to swap in Jeff Bennett who was a 46xx decathlete but it was too late. I think the German or Olympic officials said "Next time bring runners that are healthy" or something like that.
Ayala has been caught by the leading group now. Hopefully he can hold on for a bit.
bcvb wrote:
Ayala has been caught by the leading group now. Hopefully he can hold on for a bit.
Didn't happen !
Impressed by Tadese, marathon glory at last ?
What happened to Kibet? He just dropped about 20 places.
That "2:35" split they keep talking about has gotta be wrong. I'm guessing it was halfway (21.1) to 22
Ayala ran to halfway on the pace of his marathon PB: 2:10. In smothering heat.
Also, he ran that PB just TWO WEEKS ago.
Brave, and/or stupid?
let's wait til at least 35k before we start praising Tadese's marathon prowess
Concentric Hero - Eccentric Zero wrote:
Chilli Boy wrote:
"You're assuming the thing you want to prove. We don't know that we had throws of 22.91, 22.90 and 22.90. We know that we had throws judged to be 22.91, 22.90 and 22.90.
If they actually were 22.905, 22.904 and 22.904 then that would still be the correct result. But it absolutely depends on the ability to judge where the edge of a hole in a lawn is to within one milimeter."
I'm assuming nothing of the sort. You are making the erroneous assumption that the officials at this level are incapable of making reliably accurate measurements, that they are "judging." Read the relevant rule book and you will see you don't know what you are talking about and that your example does not apply. 22.90 and 22.91 are, in fact, reliable measurements, not judgments.
Hint: They are not measuring from the "edge of a hole in a lawn." They are not rounding as you are.
They are clearly rounding to some extent otherwise there would not be a tie for 2nd and 3rd. One of those guys threw it further than the other one. There is zero mathematical doubt about that.
Instead of giving us a hint at how they are measuring it with supreme accuracy, why not just tell us? We clearly don't know as much about it as you do.
Never said they weren't rounding. They round down, not up and down.
Why is it impossible for them to have thrown the same distance, to the millimeter? Or are you down at some weird nano level?
Why would measurement to a millimeter constitute "supreme accuracy"? This isn't Heisenberg and his basketball court in the dark.
Why isn't this place called Hubris.com?
GFR wrote:
What happened to Kibet? He just dropped about 20 places.
Dunno but still better than Wasihun who seems to have dropped out. Guess he might be looking into running a late fall marathon ? ;-)
Hardloper wrote:
That "2:35" split they keep talking about has gotta be wrong. I'm guessing it was halfway (21.1) to 22
Definitely.
I am amazed the so-called "expert" commentator didn't figure that out. Especially when the next three were avg ~2:55.
where can i find splits for the marathon?
i'm watching the race but want to keep track of the Aussie who is way out the back.
tried the IAAF website and got nothing but maybe i'm doing it wrong.
Too much talent in the top six for any others to be a chance of a podium, even though they are still all close.
Kirui showing who's boss !
You can see the 5K splits in the link I posted in the previous page. Disable adblock.
Seems like it should be Desisa's race, but Geremew looks way smoother.
vbvcb wrote:
You can see the 5K splits in the link I posted in the previous page. Disable adblock.
thanks
Aussiestatman wrote:
Too much talent in the top six for any others to be a chance of a podium, even though they are still all close.
think the second group might have a chance