2016 Rio Olympics: Official Day 6 Live Discussion Thread

Good lord, these 800m prelims are FAST

Wilson just set a SB in the heats..Bishop just ran 1:58.

These 800 heats are flying. I wonder if the women are stepping it up in the face of adversity.

Eaton needs 8.10 to get back on WR pace

Women's 800 m heats have been very fast. Highly suspicious. Luckily the future winner is one of the least-likely-to-be-doping people in the games.

What happened to the Kenyan Kenyans in that 5000m qualifying? That is unheard of. Koech has run 12:49, I think, or close to that at "18" and then Paul Chelimo, a new American citizen from Kenya, runs what might be a pr or season best to win his heat in 13:19? Great job from Chelimo. I hope he has plenty left for the final, same with Lagat.

Coach wrote:

No Kenyans in the 5000 final, no USA medallists in the 110 hurdles. What can happen next no Jamaican relay medals?

Or the US mens 4 x 1 get the baton around the track and not get DQ'd

asdfdgjdfgrg wrote:

Women's 800 m heats have been very fast. Highly suspicious. Luckily the future winner is one of the least-likely-to-be-doping people in the games.

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Bishop is so so so so so pretty.

the letter why wrote:

These 800 heats are flying. I wonder if the women are stepping it up in the face of adversity.

What do you mean "the face of adversity?" What adversity are these athletes facing other than routine qualifying rounds? Are you making this more melodramatic than necessary?

You get what you get wrote:

Eaton needs 8.10 to get back on WR pace

Do we know if he's attempting a WR or is that just assumed? Honestly don't know.

minong wrote:

You get what you get wrote:

Eaton needs 8.10 to get back on WR pace

Do we know if he's attempting a WR or is that just assumed? Honestly don't know.

Would like to know too.

I agree with the comment about no Kenyans making the 5k final. It is inexplicable to me. Without risk of exaggeration, Kenya likely has 20 men eminently capable of making the Olympic final. One must question their selection processes, even if there is a rational explanation for the performances today.

Sum's coach is in jail?? Not as fast, so maybe Kate Grace is out.

Grace ran sub 2 minutes, yet only 7th fastest time qualifier. 8 will advance and still three heats to go.

Long Jump Results:

Pos Rank Bib Group Athlete Results Points

1 1 3065 A Ashton Eaton USA 7.94

+1.7 m/s 1045

2 1 2505 B Kai Kazmirek GER 7.69

-1.0 m/s 982

3 2 2210 B Damian Warner CAN 7.67

+0.5 m/s 977

4 2 2097 A Thomas van der Plaetsen BEL 7.66

+0.7 m/s 975

5 3 2429 A Kevin Mayer FRA 7.60

+0.1 m/s 960

6 4 2781 A Pieter Braun NED 7.55

+0.4 m/s 947

7 3 3028 B Oleksiy Kasyanov UKR 7.54

-0.1 m/s 945

8 5 2004 A Larbi Bourrada ALG 7.52

+0.4 m/s 940

9 6 3106 A Zach Ziemek USA 7.49

+0.2 m/s 932

10 7 2135 A Luiz Alberto de Araújo BRA 7.48

-0.2 m/s 930

11 8 2036 A Cedric Dubler AUS 7.47

0.0 m/s 927

12 4 3099 B Jeremy Taiwo USA 7.45

+0.2 m/s 922

13 5 2538 B Kurt Felix GRN 7.42

-0.6 m/s 915

14 9 2300 A Adam Sebastian Helcelet CZE 7.35

0.0 m/s 898

15 10 2370 A Pau Tonnesen ESP 7.33

-0.7 m/s 893

16 11 2057 A Dominik Distelberger AUT 7.33

+0.1 m/s 893

17 6 2936 B Mihail Dudaš SRB 7.29

0.0 m/s 883

18 12 2495 A Rico Freimuth GER 7.17

0.0 m/s 854

19 13 2386 A Maicel Uibo EST 7.14

-0.4 m/s 847

20 7 2289 B Leonel Suárez CUB 7.14

+0.1 m/s 847

21 14 2651 A Akihiko Nakamura JPN 7.13

+0.4 m/s 845

22 15 2541 A Lindon Victor GRN 7.11

0.0 m/s 840

23 8 2412 B Bastien Auzeil FRA 7.07

-0.4 m/s 830

24 9 2385 B Karl Robert Saluri EST 7.02

-0.4 m/s 818

25 10 2308 B Jirí Sýkora CZE 7.00

+0.2 m/s 814

26 11 2895 B Willem Coertzen RSA 6.98

+0.1 m/s 809

27 12 2488 B Arthur Abele GER 6.97

-0.1 m/s 807

28 13 2662 B Keisuke Ushiro JPN 6.83

+0.3 m/s 774

29 16 2272 A Yordani García CUB 6.83

-0.2 m/s 774

30 14 2856 B Pawel Wiesiolek POL 6.73

+0.7 m/s 750

31 15 3109 B Leonid Andreev UZB 6.60

-0.2 m/s 720

2788 B Eelco Sintnicolaas NED DNS

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Standings after 2 events:

Pos Bib Athlete Points

1 3065 Ashton Eaton USA 2030

2 2210 Damian Warner CAN 2000

3 2505 Kai Kazmirek GER 1892

4 2429 Kevin Mayer FRA 1863

5 2004 Larbi Bourrada ALG 1857

6 3028 Oleksiy Kasyanov UKR 1855

7 2135 Luiz Alberto de Araújo BRA 1842

8 3106 Zach Ziemek USA 1829

9 2036 Cedric Dubler AUS 1819

10 2781 Pieter Braun NED 1801

11 2538 Kurt Felix GRN 1791

12 2057 Dominik Distelberger AUT 1790

13 2097 Thomas van der Plaetsen BEL 1783

14 2936 Mihail Dudaš SRB 1782

15 3099 Jeremy Taiwo USA 1780

16 2495 Rico Freimuth GER 1776

17 2300 Adam Sebastian Helcelet CZE 1745

18 2541 Lindon Victor GRN 1739

19 2385 Karl Robert Saluri EST 1719

20 2488 Arthur Abele GER 1697

21 2651 Akihiko Nakamura JPN 1697

22 2370 Pau Tonnesen ESP 1684

23 2386 Maicel Uibo EST 1672

24 2289 Leonel Suárez CUB 1661

25 2412 Bastien Auzeil FRA 1653

26 2895 Willem Coertzen RSA 1643

27 2308 Jirí Sýkora CZE 1641

28 2856 Pawel Wiesiolek POL 1638

29 2272 Yordani García CUB 1603

30 2662 Keisuke Ushiro JPN 1569

31 3109 Leonid Andreev UZB 1517

2788 Eelco Sintnicolaas NED DNF

Watcher. wrote:

Sum's coach is in jail?? Not as fast, so maybe Kate Grace is out.

Grace faces an uphill climb. She is 7th fastest as of now.

kate grace six fastest loser 1.59.96 at time time....three more heats

Paula Raddy fan wrote:

the letter why wrote:

These 800 heats are flying. I wonder if the women are stepping it up in the face of adversity.

What do you mean "the face of adversity?" What adversity are these athletes facing other than routine qualifying rounds? Are you making this more melodramatic than necessary?

Um, you know that big controversy about competing against women with high and now unregulated levels of testosterone? The issue that has completely dominated discussion of the 800 this year? The topic that turns letsrunners into angry, bigoted slimeballs (well, slightly more than usual) at a moment's notice.

That adversity.

Why/how does he specifically need to attempt a WR? What difference would it make in the first day?