Track & Field (men and women)

[Nicole44 21987]

Congrats on Whittni Morgan making the finals for 5000 meter. 
 

T&F is hopping today! 
 

 

Edited August 2 by Nicole44

[WBT 20337]

Heats for the 4x400 mixed relay starting up

[Nicole44 21987]

Damn we are flying in 4x4

holy shit WR

Edited August 2 by Nicole44

[Sgt Hulk 13542]

Noice. WR

[UTexasFight 9311]

WR mixed 4x400

 

man this is gonna be a helluva week on this track 

Edited August 2 by UTexasFight

[WBT 20337]

USA with the WR to win their heat by about 30 meters.   

France and Belgium for 2nd and 3rd I think.  Belgium has been tough in the past in the men's 4x400 where 3 of the 4 runners were brothers.

[Nicole44 21987]

Just now, WBT said:

USA with the WR to win their heat by about 30 meters.   

France and Belgium for 2nd and 3rd I think.  Belgium has been tough in the past in the men's 4x400 where 3 of the 4 runners were brothers.

We were in a different zip code in that heat. 
 

Ryan Crowser should be up in a bit…

[WBT 20337]

Wow, there's a 45 year old Frenchwoman throwing discus in her 7th Olympics

[UTexasFight 9311]

Neugebauer clears 2.05 in the decathlon high jump on his 2nd attempt.

defending olympic champ Warner just missed on his 2nd

Edited August 2 by UTexasFight

[UTexasFight 9311]

2 minutes ago, Nicole44 said:

We were in a different zip code in that heat. 
 

Ryan Crowser should be up in a bit…

Starts at 1:10 central, no?

[WBT 20337]

Netherlands in the 2nd heat of the mixed 4x400 but my girl Femke Bol is sitting this one out

Edited August 2 by WBT

[BamaATL 16592]

It's just hard to believe 4 humans just ran a mile in 3 minutes.  

[WBT 20337]

GB, Netherlands, Italy take top 3

[Nicole44 21987]

Italy not giving up 

[Sgt Hulk 13542]

3 minutes ago, BamaATL said:

It's just hard to believe 4 humans just ran a mile in 3 minutes.  

Pfff I can do that on my bicycle 

[BamaATL 16592]

2 minutes ago, Sgt Hulk said:

Pfff I can do that on my bicycle 

Maybe you can, and I know you jest, but there is a good percentage of people that couldn't do that.  It's amazing.  

[UTexasFight 9311]

Baldwin is flying in decathlon high jump 

[WBT 20337]

Women's 800 heats up next.  Mmm, Keely Hodgkinson

[mdmost 42611]

The track and field multi-view on Peacock is great

 

[UTexasFight 9311]

3 minutes ago, mdmost said:

The track and field multi-view on Peacock is great

 

Is that in the mobile app? Guessing no because of the screen size?

Not seeing it on my iPhone. 

[WBT 20337]

5 minutes ago, mdmost said:

The track and field multi-view on Peacock is great

 

I'm watching the T&F international feed on Peacock.  So much better than the American tv broadcast.  It also has John Anderson who I think is a great announcer for track.

Edited August 2 by WBT

[UTexasFight 9311]

18 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

Baldwin is flying in decathlon high jump 

Damn

just cleared 2.17M

[Nicole44 21987]

I know I’ve mentioned this before but my mom’s across the street neighbor and friend for the past decade is Tonja Buford-Bailey and she is coaching Gabby at this Olympics and a few others. She is an amazing friend and person and it’s cool my mom is friends with an Olympian. Tonja and her hubby Victor (former NFL WR) are always helping my mom with stuff bc my mom is 76 and a widow. 
 

That's my humble brag for the day. 

[Nicole44 21987]

Look at the high schooler

[WBT 20337]

The 17 year old Brit Phoebe Gill takes 3rd in her heat to advance.

[WBT 20337]

2 minutes ago, Nicole44 said:

Look at the high schooler

*GCSE taker.  Whatever that is.

[Wally Pryor 5217]

Nice.

 

[UTexasFight 9311]

Crouser time. Goes late in his group (13th)

Neugebauer leads the decathlon after 4 events by 95 points. 400M left for today 

Edited August 2 by UTexasFight

[Braff Zacklin 13328]

14 minutes ago, Nicole44 said:

I know I’ve mentioned this before but my mom’s across the street neighbor and friend for the past decade is Tonja Buford-Bailey and she is coaching Gabby at this Olympics and a few others. She is an amazing friend and person and it’s cool my mom is friends with an Olympian. Tonja and her hubby Victor (former NFL WR) are always helping my mom with stuff bc my mom is 76 and a widow. 
 

That's my humble brag for the day. 

Nonsense. You've got at least one more Olympic humble brag left in ya. Hint: Sydney 2000.

[WBT 20337]

Hodgkinson wins her heat.  Too bad Mu had the aggy moment at trials and there won't be the rematch from Tokyo.

[TonyTexas 10456]

28 minutes ago, mdmost said:

The track and field multi-view on Peacock is great

 

We bitch a lot about sports coverage but Peacock’s has done a great job. . Watching the Olympics in the streaming world is the only way to go.

[WBT 20337]

17 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

Crouser time. Goes late in his group (13th)

 

short day's work

[Nicole44 21987]

Let’s go Allie! Hope she can advance! 

[tokamak 6330]

400 and 800 are fucking murder. Just watching them makes me feel like dying.

Edited August 2 by tokamak

[tokamak 6330]

44 minutes ago, WBT said:

I'm watching the T&F international feed on Peacock.  So much better than the American tv broadcast.  It also has John Anderson who I think is a great announcer for track.

Is that the one that's just called "Main" or whatever? I don't see one that says International

[Braff Zacklin 13328]

58 minutes ago, WBT said:

It also has John Anderson who I think is a great announcer for track.

He's alright. I prefer the Diffey, Boldon and Richards-Ross trio that NBC usually trots out. Diffey is decent at play by play, Ato and Sanya have a nice rapport, and Sanya is a Texas-Ex who is very easy on the eyes. Only knock is they're out of their depth beyond the 400m.

[WBT 20337]

22 minutes ago, tokamak said:

Is that the one that's just called "Main" or whatever? I don't see one that says International

Yeah, that's probably it.  It's put out by the Olympics for distribution to any country that wants it.  Most of the events on Peacock are from this unless it specifically says it's a NBC, USA, E!, etc feed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Broadcasting_Services

[mdmost 42611]

10,000M race....probably going to bet on the Kenyan winning it. 

[Braff Zacklin 13328]

Loaded field for the men's 10K: Barega, Cheptegui, Kiplimo, Barega ... even Grant Fisher of the U.S. is top 10 on time.

if you miss the start, no worries--it'll still be going more than 25 minutes later.

Just now, mdmost said:

10,000M race....probably going to bet on the Kenyan winning it. 

Ugandan (Cheptegei) or Ethiopian (Barega) are the odds-on favorites.

But if they run a tactical race, they might FAFO and give Grant Fisher a chance to win. He's got a devastating kick.

Edited August 2 by Braff Zacklin

[UTexasFight 9311]

[Braff Zacklin 13328]

Looks like the Ethiopians are trying to burn out the field. All three are in front and are cranking out 65-second laps.

[mdmost 42611]

The 10,000M always makes me think back to a good Tommy Davidson bit about the person who comes in last in that race and how much they lamented all they had to give up for 4 years just to come in dead last. 

[Braff Zacklin 13328]

2 minutes ago, mdmost said:

The 10,000M always makes me think back to a good Tommy Davidson bit about the person who comes in last in that race and how much they lamented all they had to give up for 4 years just to come in dead last. 

Ekwensu Ocha!

[GopherRock 1765]

13:23 for the first 5K. These guys are going to be 7 minutes+ faster for 10K than the fastest I've ever drug my ass through 5K.

Pace slowing down here on lap 21, but don't expect that to keep up.

[Braff Zacklin 13328]

Watch them wind up these last two laps. Gonna see some sub 55s, I reckon.

[mdmost 42611]

Wow. The Ethiopian almost came up and won the whole thing. 

[Braff Zacklin 13328]

Wow, best Olympic 10K ever. All the top finishers would've broken the Olympic record.

Brilliant run from Fisher. He got caught in traffic a bit on the final backstretch, else I think he nabs silver. But still a brilliant run from Grant. He stayed on the rail, never led, and just hung near the front. 

[Sgt Hulk 13542]

Holy shit that 10K

[Nicole44 21987]

Holy fucking shit is right. OR too. Hot damn. 

[InkaUtexas 25169]

Damn good race.