The biggest disappointment?
The LRC message boards, as usual.
The biggest disappointment?
The LRC message boards, as usual.
Lack of a serious hotness thread at least 20 pages deep!
Korir and Amos were huge disappointments
American men (specifically murphy, brazier and berian) not being in the final. Yes injuries were a big factor, but I was still disappointed that the "A" team wasn't there.
Rowburry in the 5k. Thought she was ready to medal.
Agree - USA mid-distance men. The team that won a gold and bronze one year ago only managed 1 finalist. Centro DFL in the prelim, Andrews coming up lame in the semis, and no Americans in the 800 final.
Cheptegei not in the 5000. Would have changed up that race for sure and not let the Ethiopians take him again (after Luasanne).
The biggest disappointment were the US men's relays. Why put burned out college students on the anchor legs?
Hounddogharrier wrote:
Rowburry in the 5k. Thought she was ready to medal.
What on Earth gave you that idea?
Phantasy Star wrote:
As usual, the amount of dopers. Most obvious with Ethiopia these days. Shameful.
Pfft! Not enough doping is what you mean.
I've had a live long disgust at American middle distance runners who somehow think it's brilliant to drop to the rear of the pack. The trend continues so that's the disappointment along with reason to relentlessly mock them. At least the women are starting to figure it out. Credit to Ajee Wilson.
I fully believe closers should be excluded from the American trials, just like the race walkers who are shown the red card.
Sorry, you're not worthy. Stop wasting our time.
Otherwise I was very disappointed in Ayana's strategy in the 5000 today. Fortunately I did not have money on her, unlike last year in the Olympics.
Seemingly it shouldn't be complicated at all. Ayana is easily the best in the world at clicking off one 69 or 70 second lap after another and then lowering it slightly if needed. That's the pace she finds in the midsection of the 10,000 and holds to the finish. But somehow she over thinks the 5000 and winds up with a considerably worse final time that her second half of the 10,000. Makes zero sense.
IMO, Ayana should ignore the rest of the field and get in that 69-70 second comfort zone from the outset of the 5000. You'll ruin virtually everyone in the field plus it doesn't require much thought. Subjectivity is a killer.
Today Obiri undoubtedly would have gone with her but that's fine. Make Obiri prove it, especially if you drop later to 67 and 68 range over let's say the final half of the race. That would equate to a time Ayana has run but Obiri has not. Instead, Ayana today similar to the Olympics allowed a ridiculously slow pace and then started inserting 65 type laps.
When that race began with 82 and 78 second laps it favored the runner with a 1500 background like Obiri.
That a 35-year-old twice-convicted doper wins track & field's showcase event.
Y Chromosome Hermaphrodites (Men) being allowed to run against beautiful women and take medals away from them.
The men who medaled in the women's 800... and the US men's 4x400. Shameful.
we're not allowed to be upset by that though.
rojo wrote:
Uuuuuuuggc wrote:Kemwoi and the Kenyans as a whole. Shows what happens when they crack down on doping
Yeah, they had a terrible meet. A country with 48 million people finished 2nd on the medal table with 11 medals.
Kenya had a population of 48 million in 2016. The US has a population that is 6.7 times as big and we won 30.
The US may have 300 million people, but 299 million of them are too fat to run fast. So Kenya actually has a 48 to 1 advantage.
moeybot wrote:
I say Emma Coburns post race interview. What the heck was she searching for and why didn't any reporter ask her if she found it.
No she saw me and wanted to know my name.
People who found the discus finals disappointing!
Men's 800. Weakest it has been for many a long year! From a Brit point of view, Coe or Ovett from 1980 would have walked this one!
Muchamed wrote:
Mohammed Farrah not getting popped for doping
Agreed.
I'm totally against dopers, but if he tests clean NOW, then he deserves his victory. Brits booed him but cheered Mo. Double standard.