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That pole vaulter would have succeeded there.Also, that 2/3/4 battle, there was probably about a 6" total difference between them crossing the finish line
That pole vaulter would have succeeded there.Also, that 2/3/4 battle, there was probably about a 6" total difference between them crossing the finish line
Could you imagine in one of the track events if THAT was the difference maker? "The American ducked his head to cross the line fir...WAIT, no, the Kenyan runner's "head" was just inches in front!"That pole vaulter would have succeeded there.
It was a perfect example of “group 2 syndrome” where everyone doesn’t want to be the one to put in majority of the work to pull back a breakaway rider. Theoretically, they should have been able to but it’s happened with groups much larger than 3.And she didn't just squeak out a win, she was damn near a full minute ahead of the next bikers. Also, that 2/3/4 battle, there was probably about a 6" total difference between them crossing the finish line
I don’t pretend to understand gymnastics or its rules. The 2nd Romanian that went after Biles looked better than Chiles and the Romanian who lost her medalNice to see Jordan Chiles get a bronze, but did that Romanian gymnast get hosed? They accepted the U.S. appeal to review her start score, which bumped Chiles up a tenth and into third. But they penalized the Romanian a tenth for stepping out, which replays seem to show she didn't. But they apparently wouldn't accept her appeal to review the penalty, which if taken away would have put her above Chiles adjusted score. ruh?
I don’t pretend to understand gymnastics or its rules. The 2nd Romanian that went after Biles looked better than Chiles and the Romanian who lost her medal
Barbados Slim, the only man to ever gold medal in both limbo and sexCould you imagine in one of the track events if THAT was the difference maker? "The American ducked his head to cross the line fir...WAIT, no, the Kenyan runner's "head" was just inches in front!"
Holy shit that 1500 meter finals was incredible. Cole Hocker upsetting the two shit-talking Olympic and World Champions.
Holy shit that 1500 meter finals was incredible. Cole Hocker upsetting the two shit-talking Olympic and World Champions.
Gabby Thomas just won the 200m gold medal
Bachelors in Neurobiology from Harvard
Masters in Public Health from the University of Texas Health Science Center
From a USA Today article:
"After training three-to-six hours a day, Thomas volunteers at a clinic in Austin, Texas, for people who don't have health insurance. She leads a hypertension program there and told NBC News she ultimately dreams of running a hospital or a nonprofit to expand access to healthcare."
WOOF!
Holy shit that 1500 meter finals was incredible. Cole Hocker upsetting the two shit-talking Olympic and World Champions.
Unbeaten in five years. Pretty amazing run:
Unbeaten in five years. Pretty amazing run:
Her dominance is quite hilarious, actually. She's not even close to her physical peak (only 20) and gave up just 2 points the entire Olympics.
I'm sure *that* decision was popular with the high seeds she drew in the early rounds.AND she dropped 8 lbs to compete in a lower weight class because the Olympics doesn't use her normal one. (Same, I think, for the woman she beat for gold.) And because she dropped in class she had to go into the tournament as an unseeded competitor with no ranking.
Unbeaten in five years. Pretty amazing run: