We’ve changed the thread title many times. At one point, it was called: Tokyo 2025 World Athletics Championships Day 8 Live Discussion Thread - US men bomb out of 4 x 400, Jamaica men bomb out of 4 x 100
Now no question USA performance has not been up to what some had hoped for in distance events especially. But, to put things in perspective with 1 day remaining USA has 250 points using WA placing table of awarding points to places 1-8. Italy, Spain, Great Britain, Netherlands, Germany and France have 271 points combined. USA has a population of approx. 340 million. The 6 Euro nations above have a combined population of approx 346 million. So, all in all not so bad.
Javman wrote:
Can some coach out there get a hold of Anna Hall and TEACH HER HOW TO LONG JUMP??? Her run-up SUCKS, and her in air coordination and landing are worse! For someone so talented, it is HORRIBLE to the Nth degree!
I was a crappy d3 long jumper and I have been saying this for years. I think I could fix her run up and add half a meter in one week of training. She's just such an absurdly good athlete and should be jumping farther. Just goes to show how good she really is--still crushed the competition regardless.