Will the US Men win a single Gold Medal?

The men have made a lot of finals and done well. Crouser shot gold.

it's not like the times the athletes ran from other countries weren't gold medal times, this may not be the US's strongest team but other countries are alot stronger. Only one of the us runners could have been considered the best in the world at there event that's Holloway and he didn't to horrible he just didn't execute his rac the best. The 4x100m was a failure though.

Harold #1 wrote:

The men have made a lot of finals and done well. Crouser shot gold.

are you listening to what I said?

this is easily the worst mens team of all time (since 1896), unless hocker, grant fisher, and rupp all win gold in the next few days

we didnt even get a single medal in the 400.......

Shot put isnt even a running or jumping event - if winning one gold in a throwing event is your idea of "doing well" then I really cant reason with you

paris2024hawk wrote:

it's not like the times the athletes ran from other countries weren't gold medal times, this may not be the US's strongest team but other countries are alot stronger. Only one of the us runners could have been considered the best in the world at there event that's Holloway and he didn't to horrible he just didn't execute his rac the best. The 4x100m was a failure though.

other countries are alot stronger = US team being not strong = worst US team since 1896

Do I have this right?

US men have not won a Gold in any running event yet?

100m

110m HH

200m

400m

400m IH

800m

10,000m

4X100m

Events left:

1500m

5000m

4X400m

Your trial system is brutal and too close to the Olympics. Duplantis et al chose wisely. Hold the trials two months before so athletes can recover and prepare for another peak.

Star wrote:

Do I have this right?

US men have not won a Gold in any running event yet?

100m

110m HH

200m

400m

400m IH

800m

10,000m

4X100m

Events left:

1500m

5000m

4X400m

correct, and the jumps as well (also events US should win)

our lead pole vaulter also got COVID and couldnt compete.

1500 and 5k gold isnt happening

4x400 is 50/50 for me based on how poorly the us men ran in the open 4.

Well NYDCRunner1 pretty much nailed this while the sarcasm on the reply ended up becoming reality!

BZ wrote:

Your trial system is brutal and too close to the Olympics. Duplantis et al chose wisely. Hold the trials two months before so athletes can recover and prepare for another peak.

The US Trials system is fine.

For the most part, the best runner won.

Brommell was totally off and the Italian guy ran pretty fast. Kerley set a PR.

Lyles also is off this year. Degrasse earned it.

The NCAA season may have been a drain on Ross but Gardner ran a great 400.

Holloway lost focus over the last 2 hurdles. That was the worst loss.

400 IH. The American beat the world record and lost. The Trials didn't mess him up.

This is more about how competition from around the world is getting better.

These other countries aren't putting someone in every single final and getting a medal in most events like the US, though.

Hocker is a tactical god with a lethal kick who can time trial a 3:27 in Monaco. He is the clear favorite for gold.

Very good points. The USA Team has been great as always. Many men competing in every final and getting medals. The US Trials are fair - win and you are in (if you have the standard). Fairness and transparency in selection to the US Team is a hallmark of the US system. Very proud of this Team as always.

We hold it the same time other countries do (GB, Kenya, Netherlands, Jamaica). The difference is we do 3 rounds instead of 2 rounds per event. Which is nonsense. It's so NBC can make more money by have 10 days if trials. People on here foolishly defend 3 rounds, but hopefully they see how devastating it is. So many underperformers. Yes, some people ran well, basically just the 400 hurdles on both sides.

US Rowing also had a memorably awful OG. Worst ever.

If I have time i'll look into swimming.

Could be that the vast new wealth around the world and how the internet allows passing of information easily has equalized the world.

Or just a flukey weird covid thing.

Or the massive rise of China in the OG has squeezed out the US in some sports. Not track obvi.

TOKYO — Going in to the eight days of competition, the 37-member U.S. rowing team had high hopes for medal moments. But the podium reality for all of the athletes would have them leaving the host city with their podium outfits still in the bags — marking the first time since 1908 that the United States has not brought home an Olympic medal in rowing.

Cole Hocker.

agip wrote:

Could be that the vast new wealth around the world and how the internet allows passing of information easily has equalized the world.

truly a liberals dream world then

tacticalracingisstupid wrote:

agip wrote:

Could be that the vast new wealth around the world and how the internet allows passing of information easily has equalized the world.

truly a liberals dream world then

you'd rather have the far higher global poverty levels of the past and much less information available....so the US can win more medals at a sporting event?

This is what a clean(er) US Olympic team looks like. The Coleman ban followed by the Houlihan bust and Sha'Carri Richardson bust has almost everyone scared clean from the US. We've let dirty coaches and athletes dominate US Track and Field at the highest level for decades, especially in the sprints and hurdles where we've won the majority of medals. We don't know how to win clean (if that's even possible, see the threads about Warholm) and any aspiring clean coaches and athletes have been pushed out of the sport. We asked for this and now we got it. You can't simultaneously accuse everyone that runs fast times of doping and then complain that we aren't winning enough gold medals.

"The U.S. Men’s Track Team Is Having a Nightmare Olympic" WSJ

Well the US just took gold and silver in the shot so I don’t know if it’s the worst ever…