Official Olympics Day 1 Friday Evening Session Thread: Men's 10,000m Final, Women's 800, 5000 More

Grant MF Fisher, AMAZING!

Gave shades of 2017 WC in London — questions about the favorite's abilities to win in a quick race, quieted by a victory in a 26:40s race. In that 2017 race, Mo Farah took gold over, ironically, Joshua Cheptegei. The apprentice has become the master. Titles in both slow races and fast.

Kejelcha is a talented pacer. Should think about trying to race in a big final someday.

most of the cdc coverage was very good but they definitely got confused when cheptegi moved up (they thought he was being lapped) and did not really get it till <400 to go at which point they admitted they were no longer sure

Got emotional watching Grant! Wow! Can’t help but wonder if he wouldn’t have had that trip moment and got off of his rhythm and work his way back up, he probably wouldn’t have got caught at the end by Aregawi.

But (almost) as equally proud of Nico! He always impresses, but I didn’t expect him to be with the pack at the last lap, especially at such a hot pace. I mean even he got under the previous Olympic record! He didn’t seem too enthused at the finish but I hope he’s proud of himself. He will be an absolute BEAST in 4 years with more professional development and no NCAA schedule messing with his peaking.

Also disappointed by my people. At first I thought they had a plan. That they were gonna keep alternating and push the pace. But they left it too late. Maybe I am being harsh. 26:43 is still very fast and Olympic record by more than 15 sec.

And lest we forget that hindsight is always 20/20 — there have been so many past posts on LetsRun about how dumb the Ethiopians are for not pushing the pace to take the kick out of kickers. And here, they do just that, and posters on here are saying it was so dumb to do such a thing.

At the end of the day, the best man usually wins. I don't think the podium changes today no matter how that race was run.

One of the biggest reasons I love this sport. You get to truly follow an athlete through the journey, from Grant Fisher being some kid on the radar in high school, to winning Footlocker, to winning it again, then going sub 4, then NCAA champ at Stanford, then duels with Morgan McDonald where he just can't quite break the Aussie, to Bowerman, to being so close in Tokyo, then Eugene the following year, then injury, then switching back to his high school coach. Now he gets his medal. Wow! Also, he and Molly both share the distinction of being the only Footlocker champs to medal! One bronze each for boys and girls, pretty cool!

There's no rule that says you have to move to the outside lanes when getting lapped, but it's a dick move if you don't, especially towards the end of the race when the leaders are scrambling for position. I think with about 250m left the leaders had to move between slow runners on the left and avoid running into the table with water to their right.

That was Mark Lee - has has done stupid things before - can't they get someone better? It even confused Moorcroft (the other announcer who did most of the talking). But DM should have known better.

What a first day of Track and field of Paris Olympics

This race played out perfectly for him. If the Ethiopians were more patient the first half I don’t think he medals

I would feel more comfortable if they had done this in the final. They better return and run just as well or better.

The Brown on anchor needs to stop running the first 200 so hard. That strategy is why she did not make the team for the individual 400.

Little's split was faster than hers, but who knows...

Norwood: 44.47

Little: 49.32

Deadmon: 44.17

Brown: 49.45

OH STFU, you idiotic incel

The last Olympic LONG distance race where Americans were screaming at their TV, might have been all the way back to Munich 1972 with Pre. We had the Centro win in 2016 in middle distance but that was more of a sustained sleepwalk from the front. Nothing this exciting for the generic American fan since 1972.

And incels get bent out of shape when Sha'Carri walks off from stupid questions.

Interviewer may not be aware that only 1 can be replaced for the final. Given they have just broken the WR, what would be the point of replacing any of them?