Official Sunday Olympic Discussion Thread - Men's 800 and 400h Semis and 100 Final + 100 H Semis

Looks like they must have, or they were really shaken by the false start (one that happened I had a good feeling about Kerley and De Grasse). Though all sub 10, fantastic final

God awful performances all around from the Americans today in athletics.

Poor display in the 800m semis with a bit of luck from Murphy. Only one going to final.

Only one qualified for the 400m hurdles final

No medal for Bromell in the 100m

No medal in high jump

Only 1 through to the 400m final

Thank god there was the W3000m steeple

Are BURRITO'S Italy's national food now ahead of Pizza?

tolotolo wrote:

A victory for doping. Sad.

That is every major sprint race for the last two decades at least.

How is Amos in and Jewett out? It looked peretty clear from my angle that Amos ran into Jewett, causing both to go down.

Pablo Nurmi wrote:

Ok...it figures...Kerley gets silver!! Coup de grasse always comes through in a final. Always.

Always come through for bronze - yes. Good for him.

Great men's 100M. Very exciting. Glad that it was wide open and not a forgone conclusion as years past.

nathancat wrote:

How is Amos in and Jewett out? It looked peretty clear from my angle that Amos ran into Jewett, causing both to go down.

Unfortunately (for you) most people including the judges, think the opposite from you. Do you have a video you can provide to substantiate your claims? I watched different videos half a dozen times and I saw Jewett falling over himself and taking Amos down. Am I missing something?

I feel bad for Jewett, and he’s a great kid but I don’t think there’s anything to support a pass to the final and it’s all said and done now , and will be a 9 man final including the guy from Botswana, Amos.

Jewett is still young and hopefully he will bounce back in seasons to come. Great kid and very unfortunate.

NYDCRunner1 wrote:

Pablo Nurmi wrote:

Ok...it figures...Kerley gets silver!! Coup de grasse always comes through in a final. Always.

Always come through for bronze - yes. Good for him.

He's never favored but always gets a medal.

Colin Montgomerie put his penis in an exhaust pipe wrote:

Great by the Italian. Italy really stepping it up in sport this year with the Euros too.

Not bad by that Curly guy too. Although can't hear his name without thinking of Father Ted

Don’t forget Italy 🇮🇹 won Eurovision too. Super thrilled for the Italians for reasons I won’t get into here. Also, the entire world 🌎 owes the Italians a debt of gratitude for sparing us the unfathomable pain of an England victory at the Euros.

FORZA ITALIA! 🇮🇹 Viva il Jacobs! Viva il Tamberi! 🥇

doingthistopost wrote:

rhojo wrote:

Van Niekerk was 2nd in his semi and 6th in time at RIO so didn't get his preference.

van niekirk was on outside in rio running blind not lane 1

The opening made that correction immediately.

Uncle Fuzzy's Wrinkled Sack wrote:

doingthistopost wrote:

van niekirk was on outside in rio running blind not lane 1

The opening made that correction immediately.

op

2 moved on in 400. You must be able to foresee the results of the semis.

no doubt that was one of the best evenings/mornings of track and field I've ever seen.

surprises, upsets, thrills, spills, shared gold, emotional moments, world record.

It's looking like this will be the worst OG for the US in a long time tho...what...how many running golds can we win? two? three? rough. But great track meet so far. Good job, Japan in putting this thing on.

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dadoffourcs wrote:

What's the DQ rule for false starts? Doesn't the field get one anymore?

I hope this is a troll post...it hasn't been that way in many years

Since you couldn't just state the rule, and had to be snarky, I looked it up - they switched the rule in 2010, or 11 years ago, which for an old fart like me isn't that long ago.

I work with HS kids, which have always had (in my lifetime) a "DQ on the first false start, no second chances" rule. Distance runners usually don't have that problem, and I don't pay that close attention to the sprints.

Jackington wrote:

God awful performances all around from the Americans today in athletics.

Poor display in the 800m semis with a bit of luck from Murphy. Only one going to final.

Only one qualified for the 400m hurdles final

No medal for Bromell in the 100m

No medal in high jump

Only 1 through to the 400m final

Thank god there was the W3000m steeple

Hey sourpuss, you missed Kerley, dropping down from his normal 400m, losing only to a guy with a VERY suspicious progression. We'll see if he doesn't eventually get upgraded.

That said, a gold in the 100m, men or women, should count as a doping positive OR at least two whereabouts violations, lol.

Anyone who doesn't respect JaVaughn's double here has no credibility to comment anyway.