seasoned ranker wrote:
I don’t understand the Ajee hate for this race. She looked better today than she did in the trials finals to be frank. No way anyone should’ve expected a medal after that
Hate?
Get a grip
Objectively speaking, Wilson didn't have a great race and looks vulnerable heading into semis.
No hate, soft guy.
Throw away the tissues and thicken your skin.
Facts shouldn't be taken so emotioally
No one hates someone who originated the tainted meat doping excuse.
Seriously, there's just been a changing of the guard in the US women's 800m, but we're not all used to it yet.
That's crazy that Estonia hasn't had an Olympic medal in 125 years? There is an honorable story that NBC should be talking about! But instead we have to hear about the mother who has a daughter.
seasoned ranker wrote:
I don’t understand the Ajee hate for this race. She looked better today than she did in the trials finals to be frank. No way anyone should’ve expected a medal after that
It's not hate. Many are just pointing out the fact that she was poorly positioned in a non-qualifying position late in the race. She had enough to move herself back into a qualifying position which is good. But, that doesn't erase the fact that she allowed things to be much harder for her than she should have.
She did not look bad compared to the US final. That’s the point you are missing. You shouldn’t have expected a medal from her after that - she looked better tonight, which is why all of the alleged shock on her form is dumb.
seasoned ranker wrote:
kmaclam wrote:
Hate?? You don't understand it, because it's imaginary.
Fine, pick “pessimism” if you want to be a typical LRC pedant.
LOL, you can't make this stuff up.
Dutch Sprinter wrote:
That's crazy that Estonia hasn't had an Olympic medal in 125 years? There is an honorable story that NBC should be talking about! But instead we have to hear about the mother who has a daughter.
Estonia have had a number of medals.
Erki Nool? Gert Kanter?
alskdjfhg wrote:
is there a live results link other than the Olympics website? I don't see any splits or reaction times there
I used VPN connection to Tokyo server to obtain IP in Japan so I could checkout the live streams and highlights from the following website. I noticed the website has splits. See below for 3000sc. I also noticed women's 100m heat 1 results were on the website before the race finished on my USA stream from my Roku.
https://en.sports.nhk.or.jp/olympic/sports/athletics/event/men-3000m-steeplechase/phase/atm033900/doc/results/Beavis. wrote:
seasoned ranker wrote:
I don’t understand the Ajee hate for this race. She looked better today than she did in the trials finals to be frank. No way anyone should’ve expected a medal after that
It's not hate. Many are just pointing out the fact that she was poorly positioned in a non-qualifying position late in the race. She had enough to move herself back into a qualifying position which is good. But, that doesn't erase the fact that she allowed things to be much harder for her than she should have.
She could have stayed in 4th and had no risk of not moving on. You’re making it sound like the move to 2nd was necessary.
Dutch Sprinter wrote:
That's crazy that Estonia hasn't had an Olympic medal in 125 years? There is an honorable story that NBC should be talking about! But instead we have to hear about the mother who has a daughter.
What are they talking about? Erki Nool won the decathlon in Sydney.
I actually thought Ajee looked fine. Strong at the end, did just as much as she needed to.
Oh my! Elaine Thompson just blitzed her 100!
Did I mishear them? Could have.
kmaclam wrote:
seasoned ranker wrote:
Fine, pick “pessimism” if you want to be a typical LRC pedant.
LOL, you can't make this stuff up.
Do you feel cute now? Why the pessimism only after this race when it was clear in her trials final, which was worse. Hence “for this race”.
Very easy 10.82 from Thompson.
10.82 in a prelim by Thompson Herah? That's mental.
Pablo Nurmi wrote:
10.82 in a prelim by Thompson Herah? That's mental.
See how the rest of the heats go.
The following NHK gives one non-interrupted feed from the stadium. The stadium announcer is hard to hear/understand. But I assume there are no commercial breaks or breaking away to highlight field events in the middle of a running event. Results are also posted quickly. There is no color commentary. They 100m heat results are up before the heat begins on my USA stream from my Roku. After the first heat of the 3000sc thing evening the USA stream was one minute behind the CBC.ca stream. VPN required for access. They spent a lot of camera time on the woman before their heat begins so you get more of a feel of what it must be like waiting.
https://en.sports.nhk.or.jp/olympic/highlights/content/059d0361-5e4a-486c-964a-8b8a48adff35/
10.78 for Ta Lou! She says "African Record" after the heat ends. Some blazing times in these prelims
OMG TA LOU