(Un)Official Olympic Trials Day 8 Discussion Thread

alphas only wrote:

wannabepro25 wrote:

Hocker and Centrowitz smiling at each other was a top 5 moment of these trials.

Gotta love the sportsmanship and good will they have for eachother!

Are you kidding? Centro immediately transitioned into a celebration jog as he crossed the line, while Hocker immediately turned the other way and jogged out the exit.

Gabby Thomas - 21.94, wind +1.8

Jenna Prandini - 21.99, wind -0.3

It is going to be a helluva final on Sunday. Barring a false start, an injury, or Uber Eats delivering the wrong burrito, they are going 1/2. I'm picking Prandini by a VERY small margin.

That's a good point wrote:

bridgetown wrote:

Can't believe Green got in over Hurta. Watching that race Hurta was in lane 1 and stayed in her spot while Green cut in on her when she didn't have room to move in and Hurta went down.

Hurta and Green were BOTH running on the line between lane 1 and lane 2, with Green in front of Hurta.

Then Hurta cut inside and tried to pass Green on the inside. Green had no idea Hurta was doing that. The person in the back has the responsibility to watch where they are going.

Ironic, because based on what I saw, it appears Green moved to the rail to try to pass Kate Grace on the inside. She had no other reason to make that move. Had Green just tried to stay on Grace's shoulder, she would have had a clear path to the finish, and most likely would have been one of the two time qualifiers (even with the trip, she was just .10 off the 8th qualifier).

Rastus wrote:

D-Run wrote:

Gabby Thomas looking good too. Prandini, Thomas and who else for the team?

I hope Bryant.

That's what I'm thinking. After Prandini, she was the fastest athlete to have run in that heat with the headwind.

Trollminator wrote:

Yoyoyoyoyoyoyoyoyo wrote:

Safest bets.

I bet one of those won't make it

+1

It seems like there is almost always an unexpected person making the team in most events. That's what makes it so interesting!

bridgetown wrote:

Watch the video it is up on youtube now, Hurta had moved into lane 1 and established herself. Green cut in on her when she didn't have a stride advantage and Hurta ate track. Don't think it was intentional but think that if anyone is moving on it should be Hurta

You have to finish the race to win a protest appeal. Not that Hurta is going to be able to run in the final anyway as I think she’s pretty decently hurt. Green should not have won her appeal. You cannot cut another runner off and impede their line.

losmateo2 wrote:

Pretty sure Centro just said Your Move to Hocker

Also bad race for Kessler, was all over the place, just didn’t know what to do

Doubtful, would be amusing it so, I think that's the kind of comment one would leave for after the final.

You need to watch the race . Green was ahead . Hurta was careless

JBaller33 wrote:

bridgetown wrote:

Watch the video it is up on youtube now, Hurta had moved into lane 1 and established herself. Green cut in on her when she didn't have a stride advantage and Hurta ate track. Don't think it was intentional but think that if anyone is moving on it should be Hurta

You have to finish the race to win a protest appeal. Not that Hurta is going to be able to run in the final anyway as I think she’s pretty decently hurt. Green should not have won her appeal. You cannot cut another runner off and impede their line.

Green was ahead . Hurta Martinez'd her.

definitely wrote:

alphas only wrote:

Well with Craig’s questionable positioning today…

Yeah, someone remind Engels he isn’t in high school anymore.

If Engels races with the same tactics in the final like he did today, he will not make the team. Centro, Hocker, Nuguse, Engels. One isn’t making the team, and it may come down to tactics. A little concerned about Nuguse running super wide too. He effectively ran the whole race in lane 2.

No Shortcuts wrote:

That's a good point wrote:

Hurta and Green were BOTH running on the line between lane 1 and lane 2, with Green in front of Hurta.

Then Hurta cut inside and tried to pass Green on the inside. Green had no idea Hurta was doing that. The person in the back has the responsibility to watch where they are going.

Ironic, because based on what I saw, it appears Green moved to the rail to try to pass Kate Grace on the inside. She had no other reason to make that move. Had Green just tried to stay on Grace's shoulder, she would have had a clear path to the finish, and most likely would have been one of the two time qualifiers (even with the trip, she was just .10 off the 8th qualifier).

Green WAS moving to the inside, but Green WASN'T trying to pass Kate Grace. Kate Grace was far enough ahead of her so that Green's feet wouldn't hit Grace's feet.

All Green was trying to do was to run less distance by being next to the rail. When Green started to move inside there was still about 30 meters left on the turn, so maybe she saved a foot or two in less distance. (I realize that's not a lot, but it's something.)

In retrospect, yes, if Green had stayed where she was, most likely her time would have been at least .10 faster, and Green would have qualified on time. But with 130 meters to go, Green had no way of predicting her finishing time down to the 10th of a second.

Rastus wrote:

xchamp516 wrote:

Hobbs Kessler is DONE - career is OVER

Devastated material?

On second thought, maybe Central did say your move.

But I suspect as both Ducks, they might have introduced in souls to each other and had some friendly words about it, cuz it seemed like they both ran under control through the line saving it for the final.

juvie wrote:

hham2 wrote:

They didn't even interview the heat winner...

Ya. Felix’s daughter got more airtime than Prandini

Which could equal less pressure.

Check it all work out to her favor.

Big Juicy Steak wrote:

Part of the deal is that Green takes massive strides.

Green has a huge back kick. Similar to Eilish McColgan. Gotta stay far away from that. If Green had a "normal" stride the contact wouldn't have happened.

how do we watch the women's 10k finals if we don't have the olympic channel? it's ridiculous that they're not on NBC or even NBCSN

Polymaths Fan wrote:

Rastus wrote:

Devastated material?

On second thought, maybe Central did say your move.

But I suspect as both Ducks, they might have introduced in souls to each other and had some friendly words about it, cuz it seemed like they both ran under control through the line saving it for the final.

someone needs to copy that bit where he says something and then we come up with bad lip reading phrases

I believe it’s on the Olympic channel

Yeah, if you are someone with no television/are a cord cutter then no live action possible. Stinks.

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