Official Olympics Day 2 pm live discussion thread: Who is the fastest woman in the world? + Live Reaction show at 7 pm ET

THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:

ANYONE but her please wrote:

SML could have won that race for the USA, but I guess she's just too important to show up.

Little destroyed Klaver, Norwood beat Doom and still we lose. Legs 3 and 4 rough when you consider who could be there.

Big melons wrote:

Served them a Bol of Whoop AZZ wrote:

Nice to have a built in excuse. You were spewing this team was going to win anyhow. Wrong again.

He's full of himself. Screen name says enough.

Sprinter Guy2 wrote:

Runner182828 wrote:

This might be the dumbest take on the board today, and that’s saying something.

Alfred is a top class sprinter and anyone who has been following the sport the past few years knows it. If it weren’t for the insane timing fiasco at the world champs in Eugene, she might already be a global medalist.

10.72 into an almost still wind is Alfred’s best ever time. Richardson ran 10.65 into a similar (but stronger) wind in worse shape than she is now.

Very confident that Sha’Carri takes 4th if the field is all there.

JamesD2 wrote:

Dfghhj wrote:

France clearly leader in per capita battle, however.

Isn't St. Lucia the leader in golds per capita and total medals per capita? Seems like France would have to win 350 or so to catch them.

Sprinter Guy2 wrote:

Sprintgeezer wrote:

BS. Read what I wrote.

I did, and it’s simply not factual. 10.87 is not an amazing time (for her). Alfred and the others had no problems running within a good range of their expected times. Sha’Carri is a 10.6 on a good day. That’s just a world of difference from 10.87 in sprinting.

JamesD2 wrote:

Dfghhj wrote:

France clearly leader in per capita battle, however.

Isn't St. Lucia the leader in golds per capita and total medals per capita? Seems like France would have to win 350 or so to catch them.

Salvitore Stitchmo wrote:

high school xc coach wrote:

right. that is 54 second 400 pace. and he also said that nuguse did same workout last year, but at a much more reasonable 1:24, which is 56 400 pace. That is still a really hard workout. 8x600 at just a bit slower than his ridiculous mile PR

It's just a pointless workout to be doing at this stage in the season? That's not a tapering/sharpening workout - that's an "anxiety" workout - as in "need to prove to ourselves we are still fit" workout. Meh.

They just announced SAFP not going to even start in the second semi. End of career for the GOAT.

NYDCRunner1 wrote:

Sprinter Guy2 wrote:

10.72 into an almost still wind is Alfred’s best ever time. Richardson ran 10.65 into a similar (but stronger) wind in worse shape than she is now.

Very confident that Sha’Carri takes 4th if the field is all there.

Richardson choked big time. There is no way that she could only manage 10.87. She should have won this race easily. But hats off to Alfred. She came, saw and conquered. She handled the nerves and rose to the occasion.

Dfghhj wrote:

JamesD2 wrote:

Isn't St. Lucia the leader in golds per capita and total medals per capita? Seems like France would have to win 350 or so to catch them.

Good point. Didn’t think about all the small countries. If I have time I’ll put together a per capita tally

AngryBrit. wrote:

Eliud Bekele wrote:

Is this a slow track for sprinters but a quick one for distance?

We’ll see when Sha’carri runs.

I warned Rojo about overhyping Dina…

Running UberNerd wrote:

Salvitore Stitchmo wrote:

It's just a pointless workout to be doing at this stage in the season? That's not a tapering/sharpening workout - that's an "anxiety" workout - as in "need to prove to ourselves we are still fit" workout. Meh.

They just announced SAFP not going to even start in the second semi. End of career for the GOAT.

The idea of using a single colossal workout to “show how fit you are” is one of the most counterproductive things a coach can do. It’s not one workout that makes you fit; it’s the months and years of training that makes you fit. Making athletes go super lactic a few days before the most important race of their lives will lead to exactly what we witnessed these last couple of days.

TheTortoise wrote:

I hope Richardson is enjoying her humble pie 🥧

Pintudo wrote:

THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:

Little destroyed Klaver, Norwood beat Doom and still we lose. Legs 3 and 4 rough when you consider who could be there.

Idk what race you watched but Lieke split a tenth faster than Shamier and had the fastest 2nd leg of the race.

NYDCRunner1 wrote:

Richardson choked big time. There is no way that she could only manage 10.87. She should have won this race easily.