Tyler Daillak, first US U-20 was missing a shoe- also potentially why he wasn’t showing up on timing mats, might have had a chip in the shoe or something. It looked like he was 16th, pretty impressive finish considering it looks like he lost his spike pretty early on.
The whole shoe, or just a spike? Losing an entire shoe and finishing like that is pretty freaking amazing
the other top non-africans have great creds too: Abhram is a 3:38 / 13:38road guy, Niizuma is a 3:40/13:35, Lorstad 7:52 -- Harris with an 8:08 3k is the "slowest". Puts into perspective how incredible these Kenyans are
How many are actually under 20?
Perhaps the Kenyans are U20, but if they were just randomly presented to me, I would put them in their early 20s.
I just bumped into Graham Blanks’s father on the course. I asked him to compare Graham’s fitness now to win he won NCAA’s in cross.
Good news. he said it’s very similar perpahs he is a little bit fitter now. He said Graham has had nine weeks at 100 miles or more. His mom said he likes the heat. Sounds like he’s ready to go.
I think this whole thing looks great. Yes, the overhead drone needs some work and hopefully they fix that going forward. But some of you complaining are such a pain. This is awesome. I wish I could have gone.
Delusional and apart of the problem. This coverage is objectively horrible, the fans should continue better. This is the worse coverage I’ve ever seen, mixed relay was god awful
He lost a whole shoe. I’m not sure when; he didn’t have it at the water pit on the last lap, but the guys around me were saying, “Here’s the guy who lost his shoe!”
"People say that I am the greatest runner. They say it all the time. I am so good I finished 3rd in the Junior Men's World Cross Country, stopped all the wars, and won the FIFA Peace prize."
Obviously the US team isn’t responsible for the Trump administration decision to deny visas to the Ethiopians (amongst others), but if I was a team member I couldn’t really celebrate and enjoy this medal knowing it wasn’t really deserved.
Why is the coverage so poor, would be great to see a quad bike with front facing shots. These drone shots for the most part are terrible. Such a shame, makes me miss Aarhus.
Obviously the US team isn’t responsible for the Trump administration decision to deny visas to the Ethiopians (amongst others), but if I was a team member I couldn’t really celebrate and enjoy this medal knowing it wasn’t really deserved.
He lost a whole shoe. I’m not sure when; he didn’t have it at the water pit on the last lap, but the guys around me were saying, “Here’s the guy who lost his shoe!”
Why is the coverage so poor, would be great to see a quad bike with front facing shots. These drone shots for the most part are terrible. Such a shame, makes me miss Aarhus.
100%. If nothing else they could have had a few different Vehicles trading off at each obstacle. It's not that hard to transfer the live feed to different cameras...
Your papers must be in order to compete. No Age Cheating allowed.
Tell us the names of those athletes who were supposedly age cheating. Or shut up.
News reports are saying that a few of the U20 Ethiopians could not provide proof of their age. Not exactly “age cheating”, but definitely a valid reason to be denied a visa.