Braff Zacklin

Odd if true. I don't believe Putin would be martyred. I also don't believe Russia would stay committed to the "special operation" if Vlad suddenly stopped existing. His death is the only thing that would bring an end to this conflict without tens of thousands (if not hundreds of thousands) more lives lost. Only negative I could see is, Ukraine takes a swing at him, misses, so Putin responds with (nuclear?) escalation. And that's a pretty huge negative. Interested in how @InkaUtexas and @956 Worldwide interpret the above news.

That move didn't work out so well for Chet. Good luck.

The US didn't offer him $50K to set world records, so I understand the financial incentive, but athletes are free to choose their own coaches, so that middle part seems like pure spin.

Yeah, and she's pure distance (10K, etc.), not a 1500-meter runner, so shows how much I know.

That damned Cajun makes the vault look easy.

Note to Tsegay and Hassan--don't leave it down to a kick against 1500m runners.

Allman throwing discus is finely choreographed art.

Americans' only hope in this women's 5K final is that the race is tactical. If the East Africans have the courage to run their race, no one else has a chance.

Great Britain's Darryl Neita goes from attractive when she's not smiling to, "Holy shit, be still my beating heart!" when she smiles.

He did not for these Olympics. And she just cruised into the finals. Tip to her competitors: if she's even (coming off the bend), she's leavin'. And that first throw all but locked up the gold for her. But ya never know ...

And 100m sprinters are barely upright at the 40-meter mark. Their focus is to build speed from 0-40/50 yards, then maintain that speed as best as possible the rest of the way. It's night and day from the 40-yard-dash the combine runs. Speed maintenance is key. It's why Lyles excels as he's generally a poor-to-average starter but every bit as good as Bolt at staving off the inevitable decay.

All three American men breezed through their 200m heats. Barring injury or some semi mishap, they have a legit chance of going 1-2-3 in the final. In the women's 200m semis, Longhorn Julien Alfred of St. Lucia just cruised to a sub-22-second time.

I said got-tardi!

Teaching a chimp capoeira seems like a bad idea. Haven't we learned anything from King Kung Fu?

I didn't see the play. Just saw Fastbreak's post and wanted to whinge some more cuz I'm still salty over Friday's match.

He's a Louisianan who wins medals and sets Olympic records for Sweden. I low-key despise him.

Bullshit penalties are Morocco's specialty.

The three-fastest men's 400m hurdlers easily advanced to the semis. All three are in top form--each has broken 47 seconds this season--after struggling with injuries during the post-Olympic years. The reigning Olympic champ and world record holder, Karsten Warholm, is looking like his former self. If you've never seen him run, he's nuts. He goes all out at the gun and finds a way to hold on. He's got the slowest flat 400 speed but he runs with so much strength that it doesn't matter. Case in point: his best 400mH time is only a second slower than his open 400m time. Brazil's Alison dos Santos runs a more measured race. The slender, 6-foot-7 strider was the best in the world in 2022 but missed much of last season due to injury. American Rai Benjamin was bridesmaid to Warholm at the 2019 and 2023 world championships and the 2020(21) Olympics, and he finished behind dos Santos at the 2022 World Championships. I think he's done being second fiddle. He bounced back from a mid-season injury last year to win Diamond League with 2023's fastest time and he's beaten Warholm and dos Santos multiple times this season, again posting a world-leading time. He has the fastest flat 400 time (44.2) and will feature in the men's 4x4 relay, as well. Also representing the Red, White and Blue are CJ Allen and Trevor Bassitt. Dr. Allen easily advanced out of his heat but Bassitt ran a terrible prelim and will have to rely on a good showing in the repechage to reach the semis. TLDR summary: this event promises to be one of the best finals of the Games. We could very likely see another world record. And if you can't crack 47 seconds, you likely have no chance of reaching the podium.

Definitely And he's telling anyone watching that they're in the danger zone cuz those are girls, not wimmenz.

Another video NBC won't allow to embed. Basically, a break down of Noah's 100 meters from legendary TnT sprinter and sportscaster, Ato Boldon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39XAHiPwiFs Here's a screenshot in lieu of a video thumbnail.

LoL that's hilarious. EDIT: Ref was not objective or competent, but even so, those US defenders need to learn to not ball/clock watch and play to the whistle. All of them deserve shame for their marking effort in the box. Just lazy, lazy defending.

Knee to knee and a full second late. But not a yellow? Okay.

That humble public servant was just lucky to survive and get back to his family.

Unbelievable. But ... you've gotta play until the ref calls time. Awful marking once again. Well taken header.