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

The splits on the olympics site are so messed up. A lot of sub 1 second splits, lol

I wonder when they will have those fixed

Yeah, Deadmon had the fastest split in the heat....just a casual .2 second 400m for Bryce

Hand timed - Norwood 43.9 -> Little 49.8 -> Deadmon 44.1 -> Brown 49.5

No Femke in the heat. How will they qualify?

Official splits are very messed up, waiting to see if they release the race analysis for it(didn't for heat 8 of the 100). I doubt they would hesitate to replace Little with Thomas or Mclaughlin if they deside to run but I need to see what Brown split on anchor. 49.5 is solid but not exceptional as far as splits go for the USA.

Schmidt just ran and was in last :(

It was probably Finnish triple jumper Senni Salminen. At least she was taken out on a stretcher due to hamstring injury.

Good to see dutch team qualifying easily without Bol.

yeah seems out of place in PARIS

Why not? They can compete in every other event and sport. Why not this event?

Cathelijn Peeters is no joke.

Ireland could have won that heat if they’d run Adeleke instead of Sophie Becker, who split 51.7. They could be in contention for a medal but they don’t make the final. I really don’t like the decision; Adeleke would have had time to recover from an additional, 90% 49.xx effort.

7x 400m in a week is a bit of an ask

What a stupid interview with the record setting relay team. Did he really have to remind them that they might be replaced for the final?

There's been some heated debate on other channels about Rhasidat Adeleke punting the mixed 4x400m for the women's open race. Ireland lost three seconds with Becker replacing Adeleke on the 2nd leg and probably would have won the heat. Instead, they go home "devastated" and the debate about fielding the best teams to qualify continues.

The WR talk is a little overblown imo. The event is brand new -- of course the record will be improved upon. US got it without running their A Team.

I'm catching up on this thread so I'm sure it's been said but I thought Cranny was tactically horrible. She was full of run & has a good kick. Boxed in at the bell when she wanted to move and then she stayed there the rest of the race, unable to move. She got through because the Japanese athlete fell off & ended up getting Schweizer. But if that was for medals it would've been disappointing.

Tru but i think that is mostly the awkwardness of the heats. Everyone is trying to juggle being a lock for the final vs not going all out. Cranny knows she will need a lot left in the tank to place well in that final vs all those megafast ladies. She will improve tactically in the final running more free.

Not gonna lie, I wasn’t thinking about the women’s 4x400. But unless I’m mistaken, they would have had a medal chance in the mixed 4x4 and no chance in the women’s, so maybe scratch the latter event and take your medal opportunities where you find them?