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If she walks in the Opening Ceremony then she has two weeks in the Olympic Village before her race...
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Kobbs Hessler wrote:
If she walks in the Opening Ceremony then she has two weeks in the Olympic Village before her race...
I heard that her parents have a motor home though snd she can stay with them.
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Kobbs Hessler wrote:
If she walks in the Opening Ceremony then she has two weeks in the Olympic Village before her race...
If she signs with OAC, she can just spend the two weeks training in Switzerland.
Otherwise, I’ll bet she doesn’t walk in the opening ceremony.
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Thevoiceofreason wrote:
Kobbs Hessler wrote:
If she walks in the Opening Ceremony then she has two weeks in the Olympic Village before her race...
If she signs with OAC, she can just spend the two weeks training in Switzerland.
Otherwise, I’ll bet she doesn’t walk in the opening ceremony.
Wait a sec, Parker is not going to be the one out front carrying the flag??
Regardless, I hope Team USA can show some respect and humility and march in lockstep, rather than everyone just randomly wandering, showboating, doing their own thing.
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bnnnn wrote:
Thevoiceofreason wrote:
If she signs with OAC, she can just spend the two weeks training in Switzerland.
Otherwise, I’ll bet she doesn’t walk in the opening ceremony.
Wait a sec, Parker is not going to be the one out front carrying the flag??
Regardless, I hope Team USA can show some respect and humility and march in lockstep, rather than everyone just randomly wandering, showboating, doing their own thing.
1) an example of ‘randomly wandering’ was the year of Mary Lou Retton;
2) “orderly lockstep”, like a respectable team, was New Zealand of Rome 1960 (if I’m not mistaken.)
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bnnnn wrote:
bnnnn wrote:
Wait a sec, Parker is not going to be the one out front carrying the flag??
Regardless, I hope Team USA can show some respect and humility and march in lockstep, rather than everyone just randomly wandering, showboating, doing their own thing.
1) an example of ‘randomly wandering’ was the year of Mary Lou Retton;
2) “orderly lockstep”, like a respectable team, was New Zealand of Rome 1960 (if I’m not mistaken.)
Rather, I’m thinking of New Zealand flag-bearer Peter Snell in Tokyo, 1964.
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dsjfklsdj wrote:
From a running perspective, singling the 10000m is the best choice for Valby.
From a marketing perspective, she should have done both (keeps your name being mentioned in the broadcast for longer plus makes you look like a better athlete since you qualified in two events).
I'm glad she's looking out for what's best for her running and not overly focused on the marketing side of things.
She should have done both, for the reasons you specified. But if she was going to pick only one, no question the 10,000 was the correct choice. I saw speculation on another forum that Valby would drop the 10,000 and contest the 5000 only. That made no sense. She would have been one and done during a heat very early in the track competition.
BTW, regarding several posts toward how the Europeans will fare, I think Megan Keith is being understated. After she met the 10,000 standard she was not fully motivated or energized in her next two races at 10,000. In Paris I'd expect her to be much better and to certainly finish ahead of Van Es, for example.
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Huh? Why would Keith have not been motivated at the Euro Champs?
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Dwightarm wrote:
We’ve said it before: she looked exhausted after her 5000m and her 10000m.
If you think that means ‘zero natural fatigue’ then you’re fooling yourself.
I didn't see "exhausted" after either of those OT races. She stated in interviews afterward that neither race was an all-out effort and that 'most' of her races this season were run 'like workouts.' I would say that was grandstanding, except she legit never appears tired.
Also worth noting that as of June 14, there are 0 results for her in the USADA testing database, vs. many test results for other NCAA athletes of similar caliber that I looked up. Just an observation.
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I heard>>> wrote:
Kobbs Hessler wrote:
If she walks in the Opening Ceremony then she has two weeks in the Olympic Village before her race...
I heard that her parents have a motor home though snd she can stay with them.
How long of a drive is that from Eugene?
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Yes, it turns out Schweitzer qualified as well, quite comfortably, actually.
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MattHatter wrote:
I think she finishes 10th but over the next decade moves up to 7th place as a bunch of the Kenyan runners who finish ahead of her test positive for steroids.
Ha! Sad but true. 10th to ped-adjusted 6th, or 5th!
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Smart move Parker, now go all out and destroy your pb. Honestly no American should double except Grant Fisher. He at least has a snow ball chance in hell of possibly grabbing a medal in either. Even Ellie did the right thing with the women's 5000m heat (which probably will be fast) being run the day before the 1500m FINAL.
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Do your best wrote:
splitwatcher wrote:
Perhaps top 6-7 if she breaks 80% of the field if/when she cranks down the pace in a strategic race a mile and a half from the finish.
You Valby fans are getting carried away, again. The fastest possible pace she can run is 15:20 for the first 5000m and she won’t be dropping anyone. If others take it out at 15:00 pace, she’ll immediately be gapped.
In this race, she’s a mid-packer, and it’s unlikely she’ll appear on the TV screen. As far as time goes, it’s not the kind of race where the runners achieve PRs. To do so, she would to run her own pace and ignore the other runners. If she gets caught up in the moment, and tries to keep with better runners, any chance of a PR will be gone.
Remember Billy Mills?
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VIPAM wrote:
Smart move Parker, now go all out and destroy your pb. Honestly no American should double except Grant Fisher. He at least has a snow ball chance in hell of possibly grabbing a medal in either. Even Ellie did the right thing with the women's 5000m heat (which probably will be fast) being run the day before the 1500m FINAL.
Nico Young could have run the 5000 and rode Abdi and Grants tail to a 3rd place finish but like Parker, he's too young to be doubling his first Olympics. best to put everything into one race. by 2028 Nico and Parker will be seasoned enough to try both.
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bigmig19 wrote:
best situation wrote:
The 10000m is a straight final - she can put all her eggs in one basket and go for it. Now that there are no time qualifiers for 5000m, the races will likely be tactically about kicking - not her strength.
Sweet Jesus, didn't we put this to bed? She wins by a country mile, she must not have a kick, she runs down Karissa and darn near Kelati, she still has no kick?'
Explain something to me, where are all these sit and kick races she has lost that earned her this scarlett letter?
Shes not Hassan, but she kicks as well as any american , clearly (above 5000). Show m any evidence at all to the contrary?
She didn't kick in the 10 k. she followed . Weini is the only one who kicked. Valby messed up in the 5k by time trialing the whole race, while Ellie sat back to out kick in end. So Val y has better chance of placing in 5k
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Flower Boy wrote:
Do your best wrote:
You Valby fans are getting carried away, again. The fastest possible pace she can run is 15:20 for the first 5000m and she won’t be dropping anyone. If others take it out at 15:00 pace, she’ll immediately be gapped.
In this race, she’s a mid-packer, and it’s unlikely she’ll appear on the TV screen. As far as time goes, it’s not the kind of race where the runners achieve PRs. To do so, she would to run her own pace and ignore the other runners. If she gets caught up in the moment, and tries to keep with better runners, any chance of a PR will be gone.
Remember Billy Mills?
Yeah, I do, and Mills’ winning time was 9 seconds off the WR at the time. You think Valby will be in 29:05 shape, in Paris?
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