I’m curious what happened to Sisson, and I don’t want to hear it had to do with the hills. She was back off the pack long before the hills started, and at a very reasonable pace for herself. I wonder if it has anything to do with her side stitches.
Eliud had side stiches as well. Happens too often to the best. Wrong dosages!
I'm upset as an American. O Keeffe put herself over her country. She should have taken a cue from Sisay Lemma and let the alternate run, which obviously worked out well for their country Ethiopia in the men's race. I was a fan but no more.
Having read Des Linden's book, I disagree.
O keeffe earned her place. It is hers to do as she pleases. An athletes career is not long or lucrative, she deserves to have her time in the limelight. If you don't like it you can qualify instead next time.
It wasn't O Keefe's place, it was America's. And what limelight are you talking about? Jogging in last place for a couple of minutes after the start? That's not limelight, that's embarrassing. She'll forever be known as the selfish runner that deprived her country of 1/3 of its competitive spots, which is even more inexcusable considering that McClain was in Paris ready to run! Selfish Selfish Selfish
honestly the cheek of it they are the dirtiest athletes out there
source?
I just saw an article by CBC Sports that the Ethiopian team filed a protest to have Hassan disqualified for “trading elbows” with Assefa but the protest was rightfully rejected
Exactly, she had to know she was injured since she was limping from the get-go. I know she wants to be considered an Olympian but when you have another athlete waiting there ready to go the right thing to do is let run. You can still be considered an Olympian.
That isn't true. Making a team dies make you an Olympian, only competing does. She probably wanted to be an official Olympian.
Let me get this straight: you track people find it stupid to want to be labelled as a "finisher", but you see no problem in starting something you can't finish just for the sake of a label?
Just for the record i alsi find it stupid to want finisher labels and participation trophies but the "i stepped aside so the team does bettet" is more valable to me than the "olympian*" status.
* sorry but being an olympian when you know you will DNF is worthy of an ✳.
I love that she is always brutally honest about how tough it is. All runners can identify on some level. We can't always smile like Hull through the miles. She tells it like it is.
I’m not generally one to be too critical of Jon and the brojos, but how did they not even write a preview for this race, and only give it a cursory mention on the pod. I think anyone with an interest in distance running could see this had the potential to be a classic given the lineup and Sifan ending her triple.
She literally hip-checked her into the boards (I didn't know she played hockey), and it still wasn't good enough to stop Hassan.
Exactly. They could’ve both fallen, but to me it looked like a dirty move. I wouldn’t have been surprised if the Kenyans lodged a protest out of spite to see if they could snag a medal for Lokedi. (Obviously won’t happen, but it’s not crazy).
Nope. Read Gualt's article and rewrite your post. Thanks.
"Hassan was technically in the wrong. You can’t blast into someone from behind in a race (yes, it looks like Assefa leaned in as well, but she doesn’t have to let someone cut her off)."
I’m curious what happened to Sisson, and I don’t want to hear it had to do with the hills. She was back off the pack long before the hills started, and at a very reasonable pace for herself. I wonder if it has anything to do with her side stitches.
Sisson just posted on Instagram that she’s been struggling a bit lately. And now she’s going to give her body what it is asking for - a break.
Very fine line between being in your best shape and overtraining. I think some of these athletes may have pushed it too far. Understandable in an Olympic year.
Rewatch and see what happened. Tigist was in the lead when Sifan sped up and tried to pass on an inside corner where Tigist was running the tangent. There wasnt enough room for both. Sifan the runner behind, was in the wrong and her vicious elbow and glaring backwards was out of line. Still, she probably would have won anyway and her actions, while deplorable, didn't deserve a DQ.
This is seriously the stupidest rule ever. So the back up keeper for the USWNT isn't an Olympian? Or a back up player for Team USA Basketball? Of course not. They are Olympians, but you're not getting into the game unless Curry or Lebron suffer an injury.
Fiona is an Olympian, period, whether she started the race or not. We have a tough sport, and pushing the boundaries to get into the shape of your life for the Olympics entails risks.
On the other hand, perhaps this is the most AAU/TAC/USATF possible way to do things: motivate your athetes to NOT be at their best for the Olympics by incentivizing them NOT to train as hard as possible.
This is seriously the stupidest rule ever. So the back up keeper for the USWNT isn't an Olympian? Or a back up player for Team USA Basketball? Of course not. They are Olympians, but you're not getting into the game unless Curry or Lebron suffer an injury.
Fiona is an Olympian, period, whether she started the race or not. We have a tough sport, and pushing the boundaries to get into the shape of your life for the Olympics entails risks.
On the other hand, perhaps this is the most AAU/TAC/USATF possible way to do things: motivate your athetes to NOT be at their best for the Olympics by incentivizing them NOT to train as hard as possible.
Yeah, I type that out and it sounds about right.
It was refreshing that Clayton Young wasn’t at the finishing line welcoming the finishers and we could get unobstructed views of the runners
Is there a time cutoff? Kinzang Lhamo of Bhutan is the last athlete not marked as DNF. Her last split was at 30km, where she was already 50 minutes behind. The fact that she hasn't registered a 35km split makes me think she will DNF (or already has left the course and just not been registered as DNF).
I have more respect for her than Diver or O'Keefe!
NBC just posted a video of the celebration that formed at the finish for last-placer Kinzang Lhamo. Respect for seeing it through to the finish.
Why not? Suzuki ran a brave race. Announcers barely acknowledged her even though she was still with the leaders with 2 miles to go
Also, Suzuki was a few seconds behind the lead pack for most of the race. So the rear side camera was obviously going to hang back and therefore have her in the shot.
Why not? Suzuki ran a brave race. Announcers barely acknowledged her even though she was still with the leaders with 2 miles to go
Also, Suzuki was a few seconds behind the lead pack for most of the race. So the rear side camera was obviously going to hang back and therefore have her in the shot.
I believe that NHK's outlay for TV rights was second only to NBC's so it wouldn't be shocking if there was a bit of pressure to show a competitive Nihon-gen athlete. Plus, Toyota, Panasonic and Bridgestone are among the Olympics largest sponsors.
The race started at 15:00 JST during a major holiday where families are together and likely watching TV similar to what happens during New Years for the men's corporate ekiden race and subsequent Hakone ekiden which pulls eye popping TV ratings.
Also, she was the first PED free athlete to finish the women's marathon so she deserved some screen time.
I don't think she's a terrible racer, she's actually good as shown by her world indoor medals. The hard fact is the ESP, and the other American women, are a level below the global elite. Back in Tokyo everyone was talking up ESP after she ran 3:58, but the very best women were running 3:51-3:54. Yeah, she's better this year, but she's still 3 seconds behind the very best in the world.
Her tactics in Paris were probably right, maybe a a fraction too fast on the first lap. But cast your mind back to Eugene 2022 when four women gapped the entire field within 200m and the race was done. It was embarrassing for everyone else in that field and they were trying to make sure that didn't happen again. At least it was a good race this time and the Americans can at least say they were factors in it, unlike the last three champs.