Probably my favorite race of the Olympics so far.
Probably my favorite race of the Olympics so far.
sandybeaver wrote:
Awesomely fast race up front despite it showing 35 C (95 degrees F) on the track and sunny, Jager looked so good that whole time. Just didn't have a top gear off of that pace (that he set a lot of). Great great races for 1-2.
Weaver, I agree 100%
Muir should have run like Jager just ran.
Just aim for a solid time you know you can do, and forget all the sit and kick carp.
First saw him run in high school. What a long way he's come. Awesome work by a humble guy. Totally deserved.
Has to be a boost for rest of US team seeing another distance medal on the board.
Keep in mind the country is near economic collapse. Lucky there aren't riots. I'll take what we have been seeing so far.
whatthewhat!? wrote:
Better Call Saul wrote:Dude, it's 115 degrees in the exposed seats. Give the fans a break.
That's a fair statement, but this has been something I've continually noticed - not just this morning.
Is it possible that the US will earn more medals in the mid-d and d events than in the sprints?
The Mollusk wrote:
Is it possible that the US will earn more medals in the mid-d and d events than in the sprints?
It will be interesting to see. After it's all done compare:
100,200,400,110h, and 400h with
800, 1500, 3000s, 5000, and 10,000
I would have thought it unthinkable that the mid/long distance would have more overall medals. USA does have a good shot for at least one medal in the 200 and 400h. Relay medals don't count, obviously since there's no distance relays.
Another factor for the empty seats is that people from the richest countries probably don't want to spend thousands of dollars to travel to a hot, crowded, polluted, crime ridden, disease infested metro area. Yet another bonehead decision from the IOC.
Lol, if Jaeger would have bonked out you would all be saying how DUMB he was for taking it out so hard.
You're the second person to say this, but that's not true. That was Birech, who did not make the Kenyan team.
Better Call Saul wrote:
Keep in mind the country is near economic collapse. Lucky there aren't riots. I'll take what we have been seeing so far.
It's an international event, so the Brazilian economy isn't the problem. The needless hysteria about Zika maybe.
joho wrote:
whatthewhat!? wrote:The amount of empty seats throughout these games are an embarrassment.
+1
Didn't an official just get arrested in a ticket scalping scheme. Probably kicking himself for his stupidity.
What I learned today: Kate Grace's Mom is Kathy Smith, a hot blonde who sold millions of exercise videos in the 80s.
excto 5 wrote:
Lol, if Jaeger would have bonked out you would all be saying how DUMB he was for taking it out so hard.
He didn't, did he? Evan was prepared, executed his plan and wins silver. Congratulations to him, his coach, training partners and whoever else was on the journey wit him.
Usually the Olympics run all prelims and some multies in the morning and all finals in the evening. Had Rio done that, no one in Europe would have been able to watch a single event final live and Euro TV prime time would probably have to run delayed coverage of the previous night, which very few would watch. They chose to split up the finals for TV, which has really effected attendance. It is what it is.
D-Nice wrote:
The Mollusk wrote:Is it possible that the US will earn more medals in the mid-d and d events than in the sprints?
Relay medals don't count, obviously since there's no distance relays.
Why can't we get a 4x8 or a DMR in the Olympics?
No DMR and 4 x 800m because the IOC (i.e, white people) don't want more medals going to the Africans... just like they dismantled the World Cross Country Championships because they were "not competitive."
Vivalarepublica wrote:
Another factor for the empty seats is that people from the richest countries probably don't want to spend thousands of dollars to travel to a hot, crowded, polluted, crime ridden, disease infested metro area. Yet another bonehead decision from the IOC.
Disagree with that. Rio is a tourist destination and now is probably the best time to come. I tried to visit Rio last summer. I was in South America for business and tried to take some personal days to go there, but an American getting a visa into Brasil was not easy. Basically, Brazil is irked that the US is so tight about security on foreigners entering the USA that they take it out on Americans traveling to Brazil by creating hassles with American visas into Brazil with fees and delays. Too many horror stories of Americans with plane tickets into Brazil that could never get their visa. I decided it wasn't worth the hassle. I imagine they lightened up on that for the games.
excto 5 wrote:
Lol, if Jaeger would have bonked out you would all be saying how DUMB he was for taking it out so hard.
That's why it wasn't dumb, if you know what you can do and pull it off that's called smart. If you run like an idiot and go faster than you're capable of holding, then it's dumb.
See how it works, it's about knowing you're ability and executing it.
Happy for Jager and all you good Americans even though most of you think I'm a hater.😜 This is the kind of race we expect from the MF Olympics. Even at 34, Kemboi showed some fight, even though his kick has long left him. This bronze is the perfect retirement for him.
But my boy Conseslus is in a different galaxy and at just 21, I'd say he's set to dominate for a decade but for that other youngster Jarius Birech. Jarius just told Kenyan TV that a world record would be the only consolation for not making the team. This rivalry will be epic.