Robinson OUT
Symmonds IN
Soloman IN
Startlist for semis
Qualification is gonna be tough. Only first 2 automatic and Symmonds has Rudisha in his heat.
Soloman has Aman and Kitum.
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An extra guy in my semifinal AND world record holder Rudisha. Well, nobody said this ish would be easy
7:55pm London time tomorrow night.
Kaki won't make the final.
what happened to Khadevis Robinson? He didn't get in on time, but the guy behind him did?
http://www.nbcolympics.com/track-and-field/event/men-800m/phase=atm008900/index.html
Didn't see the race but I'm guessing he must have been tripped and won an appeal.
He was allegedly cut.... but that's BS , he didn't have the speed......
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Didn't see the race but I'm guessing he must have been tripped and won an appeal.
There was a DQ in that heat, so he probably was tripped.
according to twitter:
Dq'd al-asemi for pushing Lewandowski and causing him to "lose his pace" rule 163.2
My predictions to make the final:
Rudisha
Symmonds
Aman
Solomon
Kaki (q)
Amos
Kzsczot
Kitum (q)
Way too many DQs and reinstated athletes in this meet.
Not a bad list, but I think Lopez (Spain) is fast enough and has enough championship round-running experience to make it through.
Olivier of South Africa has the speed and looked great in his heat, but I'm not sure he'll hold up to the rounds.
Symmonds unfortunately had to run hard in that brutal fourth heat, but I expect he'll find a way in.
Rudisha goes without saying.
Kszczot is incredibly talented but never seems to hold up well in multiple rounds. I expect him to disappoint, even though next year, he'll go 1:42.
Solomon is freaking me out. He's never been remotely this good. He's been transformed (by something). Should make it through the semis, but not necessarily the labs.
Aman and Kitum are very likely.
Kaki hasn't looked good at all this year, but suddenly looks great--another potential lab casualty.
Did anyone notice that Canadian, Harris? I had to look him up. He's absolutely terrible--to call him a career journeyman would be high praise. And yet he's through to the semis. It will end there.
Man... Lewandowski seems to always only get into the next rounds by appeal! Didn't he do the same thing at worlds last year to get into the final?
How good does Solomon look? Will he do better than Symmonds?
http://c0179261.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/754293_BlGeUdeZdW6kB2Oqnwdu_xl.JPG
The US kit would be much nicer with navy shorts though.
When was the last time 2 Americans were in an 800m final?
It's happening.
I heard Solomon ran 10.5 from standing start doing 100m sprints in training. TOTAL BOSS
Harris ran very well to qualify. He deserves credit for executing a perfect qualifying race. I hope he continues to improve.
They just showed everyone warming up and Borza is just lying on the ground chilling out. Dude is cool as fook.
Anyone have a link??
Thank you.
First semifinal on now.
