Olympics: Athletics/track & field

[nickp91]

Leigh Diffey & Ato Boldon are usually very good at this but this was definitely not their best moment

 

[Jussi]

Molly Caudery fails to qualify for the women's pole vault final due to not getting a result. 11 women jumped over 455, 12 tied so 20 women in the final.

 

[John Price]

Leigh Diffey & Ato Boldon are usually very good at this but this was definitely not their best moment

NBC's Diffey on botched Lyles call: 'Got it wrong'

NBC announcer Leigh Diffey said "I got it wrong" on his botched Paris Olympics call that incorrectly identified Kishane Thompson of Jamaica as the winner of the 100 meters.

www.espn.com

 

[NyQuil]

Wait, Canada has two mulletmen with a moustache in the hammer throw final?

 

[Jussi]

Thomas running reminds me little of Allyson Felix. Such graceful running.

Off topic, but mods, something wrong with the site? Main page show the latest post from this board being from Saturday in the Tennis thread.

 

[Jussi]

Valarie Allman wins women's discuss. If the ancient Greeks had made statues of female athletes, then hers would've been the template.

 

[Jack Straw]

Mondo clears 6.1 m and sets the Olympic record. How shocking.

 

[Jack Straw]

Looks like he’s going to go for the WR.

 

[NyQuil]

Looks like he’s going to go for the WR.

He almost had it with his first attempt.

 

[Jack Straw]

He almost had it with his first attempt.

Again on the second. Looks like he has plenty of height but he got the bar with his arm both times.

Actually, 2nd time looks like he grazed it with his legs.

 

[Jack Straw]

He does it!

 

[John Price]

Congrats to Mondo on his world record.

 

[DuklaNation]

All the advancements in this sport, the 100m finals best time was still the same time as 1988. Ben Johnson probably smokes these guys.

 

[NyQuil]

All the advancements in this sport, the 100m finals best time was still the same time as 1988. Ben Johnson probably smokes these guys.

Imagine if they’d juiced Usain Bolt to the gills too.

 

[Romang67]

He beat the old Olympic Record by 22cm. Gonna be a while before we see someone else set an Olympic Record.

 

[DuklaNation]

Imagine if they’d juiced Usain Bolt to the gills too.

Who knows how much PEDs any of these athletes are using. Its quite sophisticated these days. Even air humdity can impact times.

 

[OKR]

Who knows how much PEDs any of these athletes are using. Its quite sophisticated these days. Even air humdity can impact times.

I honestly think it’s extremely unlikely for someone to obliterate a world record that was seen as unbreakable set by a genetic freak who was juiced to the gills, and do it entirely naturally.

I’d assume doping is much more common than we actually think, especially because testing for it is such a reactive science.

 

[Vasilevskiy]

I honestly think it’s extremely unlikely for someone to obliterate a world record that was seen as unbreakable set by a genetic freak who was juiced to the gills, and do it entirely naturally.

I’d assume doping is much more common than we actually think, especially because testing for it is such a reactive science.

Of course it is.

Fantastic by Mondo again, legendary athlete

 

[OKR]

Of course it is.

Most people don’t seem to share that opinion tho.

 

[Janvonpobben]

I am seeing a lot of salty americans everytime Mondo wins.

Suck it USA, glad he choose Sweden.

Sam kendericks should stop being a simp.

 

[NyQuil]

I am seeing a lot of salty americans everytime Mondo wins.

Suck it USA, glad he choose Sweden.

Sam kendericks should stop being a simp.

Yeah, I haven’t seen that at all.

I just see a lot of happy people seeing an impressive athletic achievement.

It’s not always about that giant chip on your shoulder.

 

[Janvonpobben]

Yeah, I haven’t seen that at all.

I just see a lot of happy people seeing an impressive athletic achievement.

It’s not always about that giant chip on your shoulder.

I Obviously dont mean this forum. Because there are much bigger forums out there discusing track and field.

 

[NyQuil]

I Obviously dont mean this forum. Because there are much bigger forums out there discusing track and field.

I was referring more to Twitter and general social media.

 

[TaLoN]

I am seeing a lot of salty americans everytime Mondo wins.

Suck it USA, glad he choose Sweden.

Sam kendericks should stop being a simp.

Who's Mondo?

 

[NyQuil]

Who's Mondo?

Swedish pole-vaulter with a Cajun name:

Armand Duplantis