2016 Rio Olympics: Official Day 5 Live Discussion Thread

You get what you get wrote:

New spanish NR for Hortelano in heat 2 of the 200m.

Can we get a splash page, Rojo?

FI appealed. Thanks goodness, it was overruled.

Vivalarepublica wrote:

Why the f is there 10 heats of the 200? So the 25 second 200m runner from Kiribati can run in the Olympics?

Yes. Better in their own lanes than in the 5000m getting lapped and taking out our girl;s MCL.

Sara Palin wrote:

Vivalarepublica wrote:

Why the f is there 10 heats of the 200? So the 25 second 200m runner from Kiribati can run in the Olympics?

Yes. Better in their own lanes than in the 5000m getting lapped and taking out our girl;s MCL.

Good point.

Uppdate wrote:

New update, German team leader going around giving the middle finger to Filip Ingebrigtsen. What a show.

As noted, Filip had little choice but to take the chance of being DQed. I dont blame him at that point but I also don't disagree with the DQ.

I don't think Grice needed to be advanced.

I'd be upset too if I were the Germans (seeing Grice advanced) but then again isn't their guy the one that was alleged to be another guy who fell off the map or something? There was a thread about it.

Agreed. The German should probably be advanced instead.

Walkabout guy wrote:

Uppdate wrote:

New update, German team leader going around giving the middle finger to Filip Ingebrigtsen. What a show.

As noted, Filip had little choice but to take the chance of being DQed. I dont blame him at that point but I also don't disagree with the DQ.

I don't think Grice needed to be advanced.

I'd be upset too if I were the Germans (seeing Grice advanced) but then again isn't their guy the one that was alleged to be another guy who fell off the map or something? There was a thread about it.

The position that Filip found himself in just before the shoving was entirely his own making. He ran poor tactically and found himself boxed in. Then he tried to shove his way out. We don't need to refrain from criticizing the shoving because he ran stupidity earlier. Actually, he deserves even more of our scorn.

Maybe so, I'm not endorsing or excusing. I'm just saying his options were:

1. Do nothing, not advance.

2. Bully his way through, maybe advance, maybe DQ.

Yeah, but that's not far from saying that one of the also-rans in the 800 meter final should have taken out Rudisha halfway through the race because there was no way they were going to beat him otherwise. And, hey, maybe they wouldn't get DQed for some reason. Who knows?!

Predictions today:

M High jump: Bondarenko 2.40 OR

W 1500m: Dibaba 4:01.2

M 110M Hurdles: McLeod 12.89 OR

Ortega takes the first semi in 13.32

McLeod takes the second semi in 13.16

Current standings in the high jump

You get what you get wrote:

Current standings in the high jump

Final

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16/08/2016 13:30 (14:30 Local time)

Order Pos Bib Athlete Mark Detail 2.20 2.25 2.29 2.33 2.36 2.38 2.40 2.42

1 7 2182 Tikhomir Ivanov BUL 2.20 O X

2 15 2052 Brandon Starc AUS 2.20 XO X

3 1 3026 Bohdan Bondarenko UKR 2.25 - O

4 6 2293 Dimitrios Chondrokoukis CYP 2.25 XO O

5 1 2961 Majd Eddin Ghazal SYR 2.25 O O

6 7 3084 Erik Kynard USA 2.20 O X

7 1 2197 Derek Drouin CAN 2.25 O O

8 7 2456 Robert Grabarz GBR 2.20 O X

9 1 2878 Mutaz Essa Barshim QAT 2.25 O O

10 1 2062 Trevor Barry BAH 2.25 O O

11 7 2871 Luis Joel Castro PUR 2.20 O

12 7 2294 Kyriakos Ioannou CYP 2.20 O

13 7 2076 Donald Thomas BAH 2.20 O

14 7 2297 Jaroslav Bába CZE 2.20 O

15 7 3032 Andriy Protsenko UKR 2.20

13.26 for Bascou wins the thirds semi.

Do you feel lonely here all by yourself?

Pos Rank Bib Heat Athlete Results

1 1 2624 2 Omar McLeod JAM 13.15 Q

-0.1 m/s

2 2 2428 2 Pascal Martinot-Lagarde FRA 13.25 Q

-0.1 m/s

3 1 2368 1 Orlando Ortega ESP 13.32 Q

+0.5 m/s

4 3 3045 2 Devon Allen USA 13.36

-0.1 m/s

4 2 3047 1 Ronnie Ash USA 13.36 Q

+0.5 m/s

6 4 2194 2 Johnathan Cabral CAN 13.41

-0.1 m/s

7 5 2520 2 Gregor Traber GER 13.43

-0.1 m/s

8 6 2445 2 Lawrence Clarke GBR 13.46

-0.1 m/s

9 3 2832 1 Damian Czykier POL 13.50

+0.5 m/s

10 4 2552 1 Balázs Baji HUN 13.52

+0.5 m/s

11 7 2891 2 Antonio Alkana RSA 13.55

-0.1 m/s

12 8 2307 2 Petr Svoboda CZE 13.67

-0.1 m/s

13 5 2614 1 Deuce Carter JAM 13.69

+0.5 m/s

14 6 2279 1 Yordan L. O'Farrill CUB 13.70

+0.5 m/s

15 9 2138 2 João Vitor de Oliveira BRA 13.85

-0.1 m/s

16 7 2548 1 Jeffrey Julmis HAI 25.56

+0.5 m/s

2469 1 Andrew Pozzi GBR DQ

+0.5 m/s

Pos Rank Bib Heat Athlete Results

1 1 2624 2 Omar McLeod JAM 13.15 Q

-0.1 m/s

2 1 2413 3 Dimitri Bascou FRA 13.23 Q

+0.3 m/s

3 2 2428 2 Pascal Martinot-Lagarde FRA 13.25 Q

-0.1 m/s

4 2 2296 3 Milan Trajkovic CYP 13.31 Q

+0.3 m/s

5 1 2368 1 Orlando Ortega ESP 13.32 Q

+0.5 m/s

6 3 3045 2 Devon Allen USA 13.36 q

-0.1 m/s

6 2 3047 1 Ronnie Ash USA 13.36 Q

+0.5 m/s

8 4 2194 2 Johnathan Cabral CAN 13.41 q

-0.1 m/s

9 5 2520 2 Gregor Traber GER 13.43

-0.1 m/s

10 3 3092 3 Jeff Porter USA 13.45

+0.3 m/s

11 6 2445 2 Lawrence Clarke GBR 13.46

-0.1 m/s

11 4 2629 3 Andrew Riley JAM 13.46

+0.3 m/s

13 5 2531 3 Konstadínos Douvalídis GRE 13.47

+0.3 m/s

14 3 2832 1 Damian Czykier POL 13.50

+0.5 m/s

15 4 2552 1 Balázs Baji HUN 13.52

+0.5 m/s

16 6 2354 3 Yidiel Contreras ESP 13.54

+0.3 m/s

17 7 2891 2 Antonio Alkana RSA 13.55

-0.1 m/s

18 8 2307 2 Petr Svoboda CZE 13.67

-0.1 m/s

19 5 2614 1 Deuce Carter JAM 13.69

+0.5 m/s

20 6 2279 1 Yordan L. O'Farrill CUB 13.70

+0.5 m/s

21 9 2138 2 João Vitor de Oliveira BRA 13.85

-0.1 m/s

22 7 2154 3 Éder Antonio Souza BRA 14.13

+0.3 m/s

23 8 2793 3 Antwon Hicks NGR 14.26

+0.3 m/s

24 7 2548 1 Jeffrey Julmis HAI 25.56

+0.5 m/s

2469 1 Andrew Pozzi GBR DQ

+0.5 m/s

Holy crap that fall was hilarious.