US 4 x 100 making it to the final but 4 x 400 not making it, is right on theme with the chaos of the championships
We’ve changed the thread title many times. At one point, it was called: Tokyo 2025 World Athletics Championships Day 8 Live Discussion Thread - US men bomb out of 4 x 400, Jamaica men bomb out of 4 x 100
US 4 x 100 making it to the final but 4 x 400 not making it, is right on theme with the chaos of the championships
NBC/Peacock—Ugh.
All week ads at the beginning. Today? No word feed and ads sprinkled throughout I can’t avoid.
To be fair, paid for ad-free Peacock for the Olympics. Worth it. Don’t have the ad free at the moment. Sigh.
Also. US Relays. Sigh. Maybe the shakeup after the Olympics will work out long term, if not short term?
GB HAS GONE TO 💩
Lol at the last english runner.
He started to sprint way too early.
South africa was impeded.
South Africa will get reinstated.
Amo-Dadzie messed it up for GB, went way too early.
Deacon wrote:
Thompson stuck his hand out and immediately tried to snatch the baton without waiting for it to be placed in his hand
Also 3rd leg was not on the inside of the lane like he should have been. Makes the exchange VERY tight and tough. Curve runners run on the inside of the lanes and straight runners on the outside. Hands go right-left-right-left.
Deacon wrote:
Thompson stuck his hand out and immediately tried to snatch the baton without waiting for it to be placed in his hand
Jamaica also had a bad second exchange, which is probably why they were a bit behind.
Wow!!!! All of the medal contenders flubbing in these relays. I guess it’s not just the USA this time. Curious to see what happens with South Africa as they were a definite medal threat.
whattheclose wrote:
US 4 x 100 making it to the final but 4 x 400 not making it, is right on theme with the chaos of the championships
Sets it up perfectly for a US disaster in the final.
Don't they need to finish the race to file a protest?
Amo-Dadzie is the guy who started running like 3 years ago. Inexperience cost him.
3 DQs!
Jacobs was right on the edge with the South African lane, and as he started he swung his arm out which clipped the other runner.
Chase Jackson\'s XXXXXXXL Shorts wrote:
3 DQs!
Just need another 5 for the US to make the final.
Shows it wasnt just the changeovers, the pacing of the last 2 legs was brainless.
Deacon wrote:
Thompson stuck his hand out and immediately tried to snatch the baton without waiting for it to be placed in his hand
Bad coaching. Some coaches really try to coach it that way. The guy who can see what’s going on needs to be controlling more of the handoff. You practice to get the steps right, incoming runner signals, hand back and high and steady target, smack them in the hand, grab. Not that hard. It really isn’t. It just takes practice and a very small amount of discipline. I never found it that much harder than a handoff to a running back honestly. They just don’t rep it enough.
Deacon wrote:
Thompson stuck his hand out and immediately tried to snatch the baton without waiting for it to be placed in his hand
He's been pretty bad each time I've seen him receiving the baton in a relay. Maybe they need to lead him off.
When you think about it relay DQ's are actually mad. Take Amo-Dadze who is exclusively here for GB's 4x100, all the years training, strict nutrition every day, flights to Tokyo, pre camp, training leading up. All to run about 20 meters and stop because he messed it all up. Crazy really
Chase crapping down her pants...again...after being a consistent 20m putter all year. She needs a sports psychologist.
The noise in the stadium may be affecting them. Can't practice that.
EliteComms wrote:
South Africa will get reinstated.
Amo-Dadzie messed it up for GB, went way too early.
There's going to be a massive inquiry over the failure of the men's 4x100 and women's 4x400. UKA puts tons of funding into the relay, at the cost of a lot of individual events, particularly the field events. That's been about delivering medals. If they're not even getting to the final, that should put funding at risk.