Braff Zacklin

The pain of hearing Femke is offset by the pleasure of seeing Lieke.

This has been like having a debate with a flat earther, so I wouldn't say it was for no reason. But, yeah, you're the victim. How tragic. I'll try to do better.

So cue the Red October clip, only this time, he says, "You've lost the SAME submarine?"

I truly don't know what to say. Yes, I'm being condescending, but only because you're being deliberately dense. Can a fit, 240-pound guy with low body fat run a sub 5-minute mile? Yes. We just saw it happen (extrapolating 1500m to 1609m). But that is by no means common; and it is not something that _most_ NFL linebackers and receivers of similar size and weight are going to be able to achieve, especially after two days of intense competition. However, If you have personal experience of 240-pounders cranking out 4:30 miles, please post it on YouTube as it would be quite the achievement.

My bad, I thought you were a pilot from other threads. I ran the same distances; I also paid attention in physics. If you were cranking out sub 5-minute miles in junior high, then you should've stuck with it. Regardless, I can guarantee you weren't anywhere near 240 pounds when you ran those times. As for your comments about the decathletes not having much body fat and therefore not at much of a disadvantage, I'll reiterate that you are ignoring some very basic physics. The amount of work that Leo has to do to move his 240 pounds around the track for nearly four laps is vastly more than a 1500-meter specialist who is 100 pounds lighter. Honestly, I'm not trying to be a jerk, but your argument is staggeringly ignorant. As for the "front guys being competitive," uh, yeah, there's a reason for that. Niklas Kaul, who won the 1500m decathlon event, weighs 198 pounds. Those ~42 pounds make a massive difference, regardless if they are muscle or fat. Then, you have to factor that this is the final event out of 10 after two grueling days. That is also going to have an impact on their times, although not to the degree that their weights will. (Btw, sprinters tend to have lower body fat % than milers. Total mass is less of an issue in a sprint because it's an inefficient energy dump, but once you get to the middle distances, the need to be efficient over time becomes paramount.)

Circling back to the Sonya Massey murder, here are a couple of articles that give background on the murderer as well as the industry's penchant for recycling flunkies who are unfit for the job. https://www.yahoo.com/news/deputy-fatal-shooting-sonya-massey-184346585.html https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/27/us/sean-grayson-misconduct-sonya-massey-death/index.html?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_yahoo

Sorry to say this, but for a pilot, you don't have a very good grasp of physics. You're also overestimating the endurance of NFL athletes who double platoon and, even then, rarely play all the snaps that their unit is on the field. The commentators were merely joking at the difference in speed between the specialists--most of whom weigh 140 pounds or less--and the decathletes, many of whom are well over 200 pounds. They spent all morning watching the 1500m repechage and then to see the decathletes a few hours later on the same track ... it's definitely jarring. If you want a genuine laugh, take those same distance runners and roll them out for the shot put and discus. Relatively speaking, the decathletes are much closer to the distance runners in the 1500m than the distance runners would be to the decathletes in those field events.

I would argue that many are surprisingly fast given their size. For example, Leo is 6-foot-6, 240 pounds. He's massive. Yet a 4:42 PB in the 1500m--which would translate to just under 5 minutes for the mile, is more than respectable.

Yeah, that's the mystery cuz they were so far ahead, my maths aren't good enough to keep track.

I think Leo's good for silver!

Lmao ... haven't seen that in ages. Revenge of the Nerds, right?

C'mon, Leo--the Eyes of Texas are upon you!

Move over, St. Lucia--here's Dominica with its first-ever Olympic medal thanks to Thea Lafond--a gold in the triple jump. US nabs an unexpected bronze thanks to Jasmine Moore.

I did some research earlier. Got you covered. Check the IBIHB subfourm.

Hook 'em, Julien. First-ever medal for St. Lucia. Sha'Carri just awful out of the blocks again. It's her Achilles heel. Still, US finishes second and third ... so for us here on this site, it's like a sweep!

I swear, Julien always voguing.

Given the wet track, the times will probably be underwhelming. Just win, baby.

Bol is a beast. She's made up a lot of ground on McLaughlin-Levrone but I still think Syd has the edge--in either 400m event (open or hurdles). It's just a shame she can't run both ... as well as both relays (Syd will almost certainly feature in the women's 4x400 final).

Russian's obviously using their weather machine to disrupt the Olympics.

Wrong. Norwood took the lead, Shamier extended it, Deadmon all but lost it.

I mean, if the US had rolled out its top female 400m runner--Sydney--Bol would've finished second by 20m. Holland put everything they had into the mixed relay.

LoL NED went HAM with their lineup by swapping out Bol while Deadmon and Brown let the team down. Deadmon especially. I'd like to see his split but he got ran the fuck down. Fucking aggy.

Man, Deadmon really sucked on his leg.

I get so nervous watching these relays ... US is not the best at handing it off.

That the US can bring in excellent 400m "backups" like Norwood, Deadmon and Shamier Little and set world records while most of the rest of the world rolls out their best quarter-milers just speaks to our depth in the 400m.