Track & Field (men and women)

[UTexasFight 9,313]

8 minutes ago, Braff Zacklin said:

 

In the women's 200m semis, Longhorn Julien Alfred of St. Lucia just cruised to a sub-22-second time.

And it was an eeeassssy sub 22

although Gaby’s 21.86 just now looked even easier 

[Braff Zacklin 13,330]

4 minutes ago, nycHorn said:

Sorry if already posted, but does Kishane Thompson also run the 200M?

He did not for these Olympics.

5 minutes ago, tokamak said:

Gabby Thomas is an attractive young woman

And she just cruised into the finals. Tip to her competitors: if she's even (coming off the bend), she's leavin'.

4 minutes ago, Buzzrock said:

Valarie Allman is mesmerizing in slow-mo

And that first throw all but locked up the gold for her. But ya never know ...

Edited August 5 by Braff Zacklin

[kingkoopa6 8,282]

3 minutes ago, nycHorn said:

Sorry if already posted, but does Kishane Thompson also run the 200M?

He needs a 99M race 

[WBT 20,338]

In the first heat of the steeplechase qualifying, one of the Kenyans got shoulderchecked off the track just before the waterjump and had to doubleback to get it.  He caught up to the pack but just got nudged out for 5th, the last qualifying spot.  Seems like they should still let him in the final.

[nycHorn 2,950]

He needs a 99M race 

[Braff Zacklin 13,330]

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

Edited August 5 by Braff Zacklin

[BurntEyes 5,739]

5 minutes ago, WBT said:

In the first heat of the steeplechase qualifying, one of the Kenyans got shoulderchecked off the track just before the waterjump and had to doubleback to get it.  He caught up to the pack but just got nudged out for 5th, the last qualifying spot.  Seems like they should still let him in the final.

I THINK they decided to do just that, but had to take a call while they were discussing it.

[mdmost 42,611]

Kendricks gets 5.95!

[WBT 20,338]

5 minutes ago, BurntEyes said:

I THINK they decided to do just that, but had to take a call while they were discussing it.

Yeah I just started the world feed so I'm behind.  Hopefully so.  It was a shoulder check derka would be proud to receive.

[Braff Zacklin 13,330]

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.

[dcar00 13,968]

32 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

Just came to post this.

A 4.75 40 meter = 4.34 40 yard dash.

uh I was told "no maths"

[AUinHsv 573]

44 minutes ago, aggie08 said:

40 meters in 4.72 seconds does roughly translate to 4.3 seconds over the first 40 yards.

And subtract reaction time from NFL combine times. At combine the clock starts when the runner does

[mdmost 42,611]

Allman is having a great series. 

[Braff Zacklin 13,330]

Allman throwing discus is finely choreographed art.

[tokamak 6,331]

Our gals faded pretty badly in the 5k. Kenya went 1-2.

[Braff Zacklin 13,330]

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

[dcar00 13,968]

3 minutes ago, AUinHsv said:

And subtract reaction time from NFL combine times. At combine the clock starts when the runner does

found this on Bolt's 2009 WC 100m

 

Usain Bolt 100 meter Splits

Table 1: Usain Bolt estimated 100 meter splits at 2009 World Championships.

Above are the 100m splits of Usain Bolt from Berlin at the 2009 World Championships. At 30m he is about 3.78 and at 40 he was estimated to be 4.64. The fastest 40m ever run is by Usain Bolt, so while at 30m Michael Green may have had a step (actually a toe) on Usain, 6.6 meters later he was caught and passed slightly. No to get too complicated with the mathematics, each step the athlete is accelerating faster and faster, but not perfectly, so we can only estimate what Usain bolt was doing based on calculations. The most logical approach is to use the data from Berlin and create a model that has a line similar to one of best fit. Even the most advanced calculations are only going to be an estimate, and we will be only rounding to the nearest hundredth. Based on the data, it’s estimated that Bolt ran a 3.63 for his 30m minus the reaction time. Now the real question is what was he at 40 yards exactly. Splits every ten meters appear linear, but even the small segment of ten meters still has a curve. Even if one calculates the time at 36.6 meters it’s still an estimate, and most conclude 0.556 to 0.582 is realistic based on the time segment from 30m to 40m.

Adding 0.571 to the 3.63 time segment to get a 40 yard dash running time is about 4.20, and that includes no reaction time subtraction of the timer from the combine. While it hard to know what the true reaction time of the timer is, conservative estimate is about 4.10 by removing 0.1 or a tenth. If the timing was completely hand time, meaning a stop watch, removing the accepted 0.24 from 4.20 would equate to about 3.96, or a sub 4, a level no football player would match. 

 

[Braff Zacklin 13,330]

That damned Cajun makes the vault look easy.

[mdmost 42,611]

Come Kendricks. He has one shot to keep his gold hopes alive. 

[TonyTexas 10,458]

Duplantis is insanely good at this. 

[tokamak 6,331]

53 minutes ago, WBT said:

 

The Cajun Swede.  His brother played baseball at LSU

I just read the guy's Wikipedia and it sounds like he barely even speaks Swedish. That's some bullshit.

[MirrOlure 14,540]

Valarie Allman, very much a beast, and very much not beastly!

[mdmost 42,611]

Gold for Allman. More slo-mos. 

She reminds me of a lady down the street from me who would mow her lawn in a sports bra. That was always enjoyable. 

Kendricks gets the silver

Edited August 5 by mdmost

[tokamak 6,331]

OK Allman just won discus with 69.xx, no one else within 2 meters. The world records is 76 (!!!), set in 1988 by an East German. How is that not obviously 'roids? Going back through the last several Olympics, no one is even close to that. Is the T&F world really just going to let these bullshit Eastern Bloc records stand forever?

[UTexasFight 9,313]

Keely time .

mmmm

[Jive Turkey 12,495]

17 minutes ago, Braff Zacklin said:

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

Chebet just dropped the hammer.  that was great.

[UTexasFight 9,313]

2 minutes ago, tokamak said:

OK Allman just won discus with 69.xx, no one else within 2 meters. The world records is 76 (!!!), set in 1988 by an East German. How is that not obviously 'roids? Going back through the last several Olympics, no one is even close to that. Is the T&F world really just going to let these bullshit Eastern Bloc records stand forever?

No.

https://www.wsj.com/sports/olympics/steroid-era-records-track-and-field-70da2902?st=tktncf12vha7m3z&reflink=article_copyURL_share

 

[Not a cat 5,600]

So both Gabby and Allman live in Austin. 

Surely at least one of them must be into portly balding middle age guys.  

[UTexasFight 9,313]

This is gonna be a helluva finish 

 

 

Keely says, bye!!!!!

Edited August 5 by UTexasFight

[tokamak 6,331]

Hodgkinson just dropped 'em like a bad habit

[WBT 20,338]

Holy shit, great run by Keely!  I thought she waited too long and might get outkicked but she pulled away down the homestretch.

[LonghornSean 3,931]

Duplantis is putting on a show

[Underdog 28,362]

Swede!

Swede!

Swede! 

[HenryJames 65,790]

The best pole vaulter in the world is a Wes Anderson character.

[Buzzrock 14,790]

6 minutes ago, Not a cat said:

So both Gabby and Allman live in Austin. 

Surely at least one of them must be into portly balding middle age guys.  

Well, Val’s coach coaches at Texas and left his wife for Val, and he’s bald. So maybe you’re in luck. 

[Jive Turkey 12,495]

Kipyegon was DQed from the 5k.  She is not getting a silver medal.  Officials claim she pushed Tsegay.  But the video clearly shows Tsegay cut off Kipyegon and initiated contact.  This is BS.  Diffey and Goucher were all over this, calling out Tsegay for forcing her way into Kipyegon’s line.

 

[BillyGoatHill 4,276]

15 minutes ago, MirrOlure said:

Valarie Allman, very much a beast, and very much not beastly!

 

15 minutes ago, mdmost said:

Gold for Allman. More slo-mos. 

She reminds me of a lady down the street from me who would mow her lawn in a sports bra. That was always enjoyable. 

Kendricks gets the silver

She' s a smoke show. 

Back to Back Golds 🥇🥇

Stanford grad but lives and trains in Austin and UT  ( and also a UT volunteer assistant) 🤘

[Firemans4Horn 17,672]

Duplantis is a beast. 

[tokamak 6,331]

He was over it but hit it with his legs on the way down

[mdmost 42,611]

Uh, go back to that chick please. 

[tokamak 6,331]

Just now, mdmost said:

Uh, go back to that chick please. 

Even the announcer was thirsting

[Hugo Stiglitz 23,355]

LSU but Sweden 

[BillyGoatHill 4,276]

Hodgkinson wins the 800! Great kick

Edited August 5 by BillyGoatHill

[BurntEyes 5,739]

37 minutes ago, tokamak said:

Our gals faded pretty badly in the 5k. Kenya went 1-2.

Thought we were gonna get a cat fight there for a minute. It's pretty clear Nigeria and Ethopia aren't good friends. Some bows were thrown and words were said, not that I'd have a clue what any of them meant.

[BurntEyes 5,739]

8 minutes ago, mdmost said:

Uh, go back to that chick please. 

Gonna need a name yo! It's inpolite to not feed the thirst.

[UTexasFight 9,313]

13 minutes ago, HenryJames said:

The best pole vaulter in the world is a Wes Anderson character.

I was going to say Timothee Chalamet, but that works too 

[mdmost 42,611]

[Underdog 28,362]

Swede!

Swede!

Swede!

[UTexasFight 9,313]

That was badass 

[smoothlonghorn 83]

That was pretty f***ing cool to see--no matter what country it was for!