We break it down for you here:
http://www.letsrun.com/news/2015/07/five-things-to-watch-for-at-the-2015-pan-american-games/
1. The Andre De Grasse Show
2. A Hot Men's 5,000 (Levins vs. Heath and Torrence)
3. Three 1:57 Women Including Alysia Montaño in the 800
4. Olympians Andrew Wheating & Nate Brannen vs. Kyle Merber
5. Major star power (PPP, Caterine Ibarguen, etc).
Give us your thoughts on the meet and we'll turn this into the Official Discussion Thread.
For those who don't know what PPP is and don't want to bother with the article, you are welcome:Men’s triple jump (Friday, 11:35 a.m. ET), which features world leader (and #3 jumper of all-time) Pedro Pablo Pichardo of Cuba.
LetsRun.com wrote:
5. Major star power (PPP, Caterine Ibarguen, etc).
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rip van winkleer wrote:
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You are SO cool. I am sure you are the life of every party.
It may not be the same caliber as the Worlds, but a real fan would still appreciate it.
I haven't seen this anywhere else on LRC, so I will post it here. Lindsay Flanagan from the US got bronze in the women's marathon in 2:36. 17 women started the race, with only 11 finishing.
Rojo, thanks for the \"five things to watch\" piece. I\'d just like to make an observation as one who has been a fan since the 1968 Olys: year in and year out, the Cubans have produced superb world class athletes in our sport. I just checked and learned their population is less than 12 million. Despite this, they regularly come to major international competitions with top athletes in sprints, hurdles, throws, and above all, jumps. Looking back over the decades, it seems like the only place they haven\'t produced world class athletes is in running events over 800 meters, and maybe more technical events like the pole vault and the multis. It\'s really impressive for a nation that size.
John ODonnell wrote:
Looking back over the decades, it seems like the only place they haven't produced world class athletes is in running events over 800 meters, and maybe more technical events like the pole vault and the multis. It's really impressive for a nation that size.
Oddly enough, Cuba swept the most recent Pan Am Games PV golds - Borges (also a 2011 WC Silver medalist...weird that he was only good for 2 years '11 and '12) and Silva (who ended up being a much more consistent performer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yarisley_Silva). They also have some good recent history in the Decathlon
http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/cuba/leonel-suarez-220525#honoursI wonder if the trade embargo has limited PV development. The USA makes the best vaulting poles in the world, and aside from one European manufacturer of poles I'm aware of (who I believe is far behind in numbers behind the big 2 of Gill and UCS), I'm not sure if there would be anywhere else to buy implements from. I recall reading something about Borges from the 2011 WC that he had a very, very limited pole selection and didn't even have a proper pole bag, or something like that.
The action is not darn good, nor has it ever been darn good. The Pan Am Games has always been a third tier competition, especially in Athletics.
Live stream(in Spanish) at: http://telearagua.com/en-vivo/telearagua-hd.htm
Thanks for correcting me re: cuban pole vaulters. The question you raise about the effects of the embargo is an interesting one. I would think their Russian benefactors could have adequately supplied them over the years, but I don't know. Of course, the dearth of distance runners is obviously the result of the climate.
I know nothing about their training/development program. Do their athletes all train in Cuba? I would think there would be concerns about defections if they sent them elsewhere to train.
Mens 100m heat 2. The worst uncalled false start of all time. Many athletes stopped in the middle of the race.
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they didn't DQ Smellie? that is bollocks
It's going to be a re-run for that heat.
Men's pole vault still in 5.80
Heat 1
Andre de Grasse 10.06 (+1.9)
Heat 2
Beejay Lee 9.99 (+3.3)
Heat 3
Bledman 9.95 (+2.8)
McLain 9.99
10.24 made the cut for 16 semifinalists.
Due to a small field m1500 has no semifinals it is now a 15 person final on Friday
wineturtle wrote:
Due to a small field m1500 has no semifinals it is now a 15 person final on Friday
That's going to be one crowded final.
I saw many of these events have 10 to 15 athletes in them (exception being the 100m sprints with 20+). What small fields!
Mens 3000 steeplechase in warm up area.
live action on youtube channel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zttZWKHQQCw
After the steeplechase, Men's 10000m final featuring Mo Ahmed, Shadrack Kipchirchir, Aaron Rono, Byron Piedra, Juan Luis Barrios, Jim Rosa, etc.
3000m Steeple:
1. Hughes 8:32.1 (2:40 final km)
2. Genest 8:33.8
3. Leslie 8:36.8
http://results.toronto2015.org/IRS/en/athletics/results-men-s-3000m-steeplechase-1-01.htm
8:31 for Matt Hughes. Genest 2nd, Cory Leslie 3rd (faded badly in last barrier)