8/8 PM Official Olympic Track and Field Live Discussion Thread - Grant, Sydney and Noah go for gold(Live reaction show at 7pmET)

TDW back to the lead with a 7.05. US in gold-silver positions right now

seriously though. he does not look too well

US Men 200m Olympic Medalists:

2024 - Bednarek 🥈 Lyles 🥉
2020 - Bednarek 🥈 Lyles 🥉
2016 -
2012 -
2008 - Crawford 🥈 Dix 🥉
2004 - Crawford🥇Williams🥈Gatlin🥉
2000 -
1996 - Johnson 🥇
1992 - Marsh 🥇 Bates 🥉
1988 - DeLoach 🥇 Lewis 🥈
1984 - Lewis🥇Baptiste🥈Jefferson 🥉
1980 - (Boycott)
1976 - Hampton 🥈 Evans 🥉
1872 - Black 🥈
1968 - Smith 🥇 Carlos 🥉
1964 - Carr 🥇 Drayton 🥈
1960 - Carney 🥈
1956 - Morrow🥇Stanfield🥈Baker🥉
1952 - Stanfield🥇Baker🥈Gathers🥉
1948 - Patton 🥇 Ewell 🥈
1936 - Owens 🥇 Robinson 🥈
1932 - Tolan🥇Simpson🥈Metcalfe🥉
1928 -
1924 - Scholz 🥇 Paddock 🥈
1920 - Woodring 🥇 Paddock 🥈
1912 - Craig 🥇 Lippincott 🥈
1908 - Cloughen 🥈 Cartmell 🥉
1904 - Hahn🥇Cartmell🥈Hogenson🥉
1900 - Tewksbury 🥇

17 golds in 28 games.

Thus continues the US’s longest ever streak without a gold in the men’s 200m.

Knighton 4th in 19.99. That's quite a climbdown from what we might have expected 3 years ago

Haha, Lyles really leaning in to his mysterious sickness.

I'm just happy Lyles won the 100m, because Rojo's head might explode on the Podcast if he didn't win a Gold medal.

You could tell from the backstage video before he came out of the tunnel Lyles did not look right.

Even if Lyles was 100% Teboho clearly had too much. Running 19:45 while celebrating 50m out? He should have run 19:20 or lower - no way Lyles was matching that.

He probably has covid

Wouldn't be surprised if Lyles has covid. He's definitely sick. Hope we see him run the 4x1 but I wouldn't count on it

I absolutely believe Lyles is sick don’t get me wrong, but he’s probably playing it up a little post-race.

Excited to see Tebogo run 19.46. I want the 21 year old to make good on the Bolt comparisons of a couple years ago. I think he’s a 200/400 guy though.

That’s the rumor going around but unverified

If there was a coverup so that he could still compete and they hid the positive test, that’s an issue

This. Tebogo was the clear winner. Even healthy, Lyles wasn't going to get gold in the 200m. Was a great race.

Raise your hand if you would have predicted only one Caribbean runner in the 200m final, but TWO Caribbean throwers sitting atop the javelin standings.

Javelin has been really interesting the past few years with Kenya, and India, and Caribbean nations entering the fray

I think Tobogo could've potentially beaten a healthy Lyles. That was a hell of a run.

He's off the sauce now

Little disappointed in Knighton. Though he would be way more of a factor.

Yeah man and Bolt would’ve ran 8.50 if he didn’t ease up in Beijing

yeah all that hopping around before getting in the blocks didn’t really seem so sick to me. sucks that people are already watering down tebogo’s win with the lyles sickness thing