Well, that 4x400 was fun! Hoping for a record, but still a great team and a great run for team USA.
Well, that 4x400 was fun! Hoping for a record, but still a great team and a great run for team USA.
there is no long leg. the track is very well marked with staggers so that they all go 400 meters if they get the baton in the middle of the zone. lol
doingthistopost wrote:
ebroqgtxaphrneyank@zqrni.netwrote:
Not kidding; why is the lead-off the longest leg? (That's what the commentator said.) I honestly don't know. If they pass halfway through the zone, shouldn't it be 400m?
She is just wrong. She said the same thing yesterday
Yeah if they pass it correctly at the right spot, it should be of equal length. If you watched Muhammad actually ran the furthest as she got the baton a few meters before the line
How unbecoming. Lasitskene showing some emotions. We don't want any of that!
Are the 1 and 3 turn starts measured to the break line (rather than to the 300m start line)?
Congratulations to Allyson Felix on a great career but tbh she almost lost the lead. She was the slowest leg. I get why USATF ran her but who should they have ran instead?
Hats off to Athing Mu. The true queen of this Olympics. She ate that.
Wise Old Man wrote:
Well, that 4x400 was fun! Hoping for a record, but still a great team and a great run for team USA.
that relay was a flashback to the old days when the US had almost guaranteed wins in the relays
When was the last Olympics to have the marathon finish in the stadium on the last day?
Muhammad and Mu did well. I think they ran sub 49s? McLaughlin and Felix were average.
swattie wrote:
Congratulations to Allyson Felix on a great career but tbh she almost lost the lead. She was the slowest leg. I get why USATF ran her but who should they have ran instead?
Hats off to Athing Mu. The true queen of this Olympics. She ate that.
Not sure it is possible for you to not want to run the Olympic bronze medalist in that event
Wise Old Man wrote:
Well, that 4x400 was fun! Hoping for a record, but still a great team and a great run for team USA.
That WR was during the doped period. Incredible difficult to break it.
I had Sydney at sub 49 and Delilah a hair above 49. But also I am incredibly bad at taking splits.
third fastest of all time and the fastest ever without obvious dopers involved. if they had a team pushing them the last two laps, as in 88, i think they might have been under 3:16, but Felix looked a little shot in any case.
Ok, who’s a bigger national hero right now, Jakob in Norway or Chopra in India. Seriously, I bet the latter.
BTW, for those in the know, who is the bigger favorite son in Norway, Warholm or Jakob?
Congrats to USA for the 5th fastest 4x400 time ever!
swattie wrote:
Congratulations to Allyson Felix on a great career but tbh she almost lost the lead. She was the slowest leg. I get why USATF ran her but who should they have ran instead?
Hats off to Athing Mu. The true queen of this Olympics. She ate that.
There is no universe in which Hassan is not the true queen of this Olympics. Come on.
letsrunlurker wrote:
Muhammad and Mu did well. I think they ran sub 49s? McLaughlin and Felix were average.
You cannot compare the first leg split to the last leg split. Standing start and deceleration at the pass versus running start and running through the line. Complete apples to golf balls.
PMellyhenepics wrote:
OMG I FORGOT THAT FEMKE BOL IS RACING AGAIN. I LOVE YOU FEMKE!!
Same. Absolute babe.
Also, is the 400/400h double not possible? Like, ever? Because damn these hurdlers need to be running the flat too.
swattie wrote:
Congratulations to Allyson Felix on a great career but tbh she almost lost the lead. She was the slowest leg. I get why USATF ran her but who should they have ran instead?
Hats off to Athing Mu. The true queen of this Olympics. She ate that.
Even setting aside her career achievements, she was the top American and medaled in the 400 so well deserved spot in any case.
Mu is amazing. Did she consider the 400 800 double for this Olympics already?
At least show the high jump. I've heard about Alison Felix enough this olympics.