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I worry that they’ll be mentally and physically exhausted from the group stage.
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Warner choked on the pole vault and is out of medal contention.
Pole vault, where decathlons die.
Pole vault, where decathlons die.
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Looks like Degrasse is in tough tomorrow but that's not unusual for the 100 meter run. Such intense competition separated by 1/10 of a second.
Jimmi McJenkins
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34 isn't old in real life, but in sports, it's some kind of "old" in these kinds of competition.
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Injury to LePage and tough pole vault for Warner and Canada goes from two likely medals in decathlon to none. Ugh...
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At least we won another silver
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They are Canadian girls. I have 3 in my family. I can attest they are as tough as nails.
They got this.
Going to my fave sports bar here in Phoenix at 10 am and will be begging that they find the feed.
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Not sure if its choked. Pole Vault is extremely difficult and one of those things as you mention that can be the death of Decathlons. I have attended some Track and Field meets here with highest level competitors. Also University competitions at Foote Field. The one striking thing is how many times in practice that a jumper doesn't make a jump. Something, anything goes wrong with the approach, the angle, the pole placement, the bend, the..... Its like an activity where those so much potential fail baked right in. The kind of sport that would cause a lot of people to snap that pole into little bits. For sure I wouldn't have the patience for the discipline.
Are you melting in Phoenix? OT but how can you handle the heat there? Weren't you frying in Sask?
So glad the temp here has gone down to very enjoyable levels. 28C is fine. 40? I'm tapping out.
What the heck happened to our rowing team? Only two boats qualified and no men. I'm surprised this isn't a story. We used to be so good.
Nice to the women's 8 repeat a medal.
Nice to the women's 8 repeat a medal.
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SGA being interviewed by NBC in prime time. They keep asking him about USA and he's like, I'm here playing for Canada.
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Knock off the LGBT political discussion. Discuss the games. Period.
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Yep, we definitely aren't putting any effort into training for it these days. Good olympics otherwise, but it still feels like Canada has more to give.
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What an emotional victory for her. She was in tears after.
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Twenty plus minutes in and they look exactly how you feared they would. Good news is they haven’t conceded a goal yet and hopefully they can pull out of it. They’re giving up a boatload of chances though so they need to snap out of it soon.
Yep, this team was the hi-lite of many Olympics for Canada.
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Frank the Tank
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With no chance remaining for a medal Warner drops out of the decathlon. Devastating end to a Canadian legend trying to defend his gold medal.
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No, he did not record a successful pole vault, so he received no points. Basically that result eliminated him from contention.
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Germany with the run of play but horrible last touches, no finish. Canada look dangerous on the counter.
Terrible crowd in Marseille for a classic knockout game. This one would have over 50K crowd if played at Commonwealth Stadium.
Game has been enjoyable.
An honest question but why wouldn’t he finish the event? I know he’s probably devastated but if everyone dropped out who wasn’t in contention wouldn’t there only be like 4-5 people competing at the end?
ManofSteel55
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With the scoring and how close it is in Decathlon not getting a score in any single event fairly eliminates you from competition. For instance Warner dropped from 2nd to 18th place due to the DNF on Polevault.
Its the thing about the Decathlon you have to place and have scores in all events or you're done. Warner had no hope in the competition after the Polevault.
rboomercat90
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I think the question was why not finish the event trying to do your best, like a champ, instead of just quitting.
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Because the decathlon is physically and mentally grueling and he's probably devastated after missing a relatively low height in pole vault.
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