Paris Olympics 2024 (non-cycling) thread

[Dazed and Confused]

Very happy winner. Magnificent. OR.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Is there any overlap with the 1500m/5000m in fields normally?

Cause it's literally the day after the 1500m final

I'm not sure I understand, they just ran the 3000m steeplechase.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Almost a perfect series by the Greek man, Tentoglou in long jump.

 

[rallybanana]

Is there any overlap with the 1500m/5000m in fields normally?

Cause it's literally the day after the 1500m final

Didn't 1500m and 5000m finals used to take place on the same day at one time?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

And they did the closest distance the day before.

So I presume it's just specialized there is no overlap in the competititors

Isn't the SC mostly for runners who aren't fast enough to make their national teams in the other events?

 

[Dazed and Confused]

200m, women. Can Alfred do it again?

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Dominant by Thomas.

 

[RedheadDane]

G. Thomas wins!
Alfred 2nd.


BTW, I really want to see the footage when Alfred returns to Saint Lucia!

 

[Mayomaniac]

G. Thomas wins!
Alfred 2nd.


BTW, I really want to see the footage when Alfred returns to Saint Lucia!

She seems genuinly nice and i like her stoic behaviour before the race.

 

[RedheadDane]

BTW, with the Javelin throw having started, I feel it's time to make more people aware of this unorthodox - and banned - technique!

 

[Tricycle Rider]

G. Thomas wins!
Alfred 2nd.


BTW, I really want to see the footage when Alfred returns to Saint Lucia!

I'm watching the replay now because while they were racing I was taking a shower and had promptly put my hair in a ponytail afterward so I can pretend I'm Cole Hocker who had just won the gold...

Beautiful run by Gabby Thomas and congrats to Alfred on the silver also!

 

[RedheadDane]

Isn't the SC mostly for runners who aren't fast enough to make their national teams in the other events?

It's for runners who thinks running on even surfaces is boring.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

It's for runners who thinks running on even surfaces is boring.

I always liked the water pit they have to jump into, if the organizers put flowers around the pit it looks a bit like a pond. Of course, if they jump or land the wrong way they could twist an ankle. :/

 

[Sciatic]

Fun fact. Hitler congratulated Jesse Owens and shook his hand in private, while the US president Roosevelt completely ignored him. Owens said he was treated better in the Third Reich than in the US

You have to remember that Germany was “playing nice” in how it acted and what it let the world see during the Olympics, with the idea of keeping England, France, and U.S. ambivalent (or with heads in sand) as they planned their coming invasions.

 

[OJRvE]

As a swede I have a great time watch the Olympics after the Duplantis show yesterday I turned my attention towards world no1 Henrik von Eckermann in horse riding today

https://twitter.com/x/status/1820753380152639943

View: https://x.com/gyro6/status/1820753380152639943?s=46

 

[Sciatic]

Isn't the SC mostly for runners who aren't fast enough to make their national teams in the other events?

I’m not sure that’s it. There is a big gap between the 1500 and then the 5,000, the gap that separates “middle distance” and “long distance.” There are bound to be some runners whose performance sweet spot is roughly in between the two. Consider how few athletes we see do both 800 and 1500 even though the difference is only 700 meters.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

I’m not sure that’s it. There is a big gap between the 1500 and then the 5,000, the gap that separates “middle distance” and “long distance.” There are bound to be some runners whose performance sweet spot is roughly in between the two. Consider how few athletes we see do both 800 and 1500 even though the difference is only 700 meters.

Times have changed quite a bit on that front. We used to see athletes splitting distance most typically being 100-200, 200-400, 800-1500, and 5000-10000. The steeplechase was a bit of an anomaly as a result. It's less the case now as we are seeing a larger number of 400-800 athletes and 1500-5000 consequently seems to be following from that (also there have been a lot of flat 3000s run on the DL and Continental Gold circuit this last year or two).

At the moment I think on the men's side there's a bit of a fad for the steeplechase in North Africa inspired by Soufiane El Bakkali, much as there was a spate of North African middle distance runners that came about in the wake of Hicham el Guerrouj a couple of decades ago.

 

[BullsFan22]

Times have changed quite a bit on that front. We used to see athletes splitting distance most typically being 100-200, 200-400, 800-1500, and 5000-10000. The steeplechase was a bit of an anomaly as a result. It's less the case now as we are seeing a larger number of 400-800 athletes and 1500-5000 consequently seems to be following from that (also there have been a lot of flat 3000s run on the DL and Continental Gold circuit this last year or two).

At the moment I think on the men's side there's a bit of a fad for the steeplechase in North Africa inspired by Soufiane El Bakkali, much as there was a spate of North African middle distance runners that came about in the wake of Hicham el Guerrouj a couple of decades ago.

Also Noureddine Morceli and Said Aouita.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

As a swede I have a great time watch the Olympics after the Duplantis show yesterday I turned my attention towards world no1 Henrik von Eckermann in horse riding today

https://twitter.com/x/status/1820753380152639943

View: https://x.com/gyro6/status/1820753380152639943?s=46

Wow, not that I follow horse stuff closely but I haven't seen anything like this, certainly not in Olympic competition. Looks like the horse might have gotten spooked or he was just saying piss off to the rider in his own way...

Is Eckermann okay?

 

[search]

Tomorrow morning at 7:30, Miguel Angel Lopez will line up for the Marathon Walk Mixed Relay

https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/results/athletics/marathon-race-walk-relay-mixed/fnl-000100--

 

[OJRvE]

Wow, not that I follow horse stuff closely but I haven't seen anything like this, certainly not in Olympic competition. Looks like the horse might have gotten spooked or he was just saying piss off to the rider in his own way...

Is Eckermann okay?

He is ok.

I think he just came wrong into the first fences, the horse took an extra leap and then Eckermann almost lost balance and the horse thought he was supposed to jump the start gate instead of going around on the stretch.

As I understood a silly misstake certainly not expected from the World Champion that looked set to win the Olympics.

People in Sweden in general seems to think it’s really funny. Horse riding is not the most popular sport by the masses here.

 

[Nick2413]

Cheptegei not defending his 5k gold or going for the double, citing recovery.

 

[Rob5091]

People in Sweden in general seems to think it’s really funny. Horse riding is not the most popular sport by the masses here.

Horse riding is known as the sport of kings because you have to be as rich as a king to do it.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Men's 5000m qualifiers right now, a bunch of runners tripped and fell in one of the heats with only about 200m left to go because it was just too crowded. The heat running now which includes Ingebrigtsen isn't much smaller.

Also on tap is men's high jumping - fun to see Tamberi and Barshim competing against each other in the Olympics again!

Edit: and just as I posted this Barshim looks like he might have injured his leg, he's getting medics to look at him at any rate.

 

[rallybanana]

Just one faller in the second heat of the 5000m. Big improvement on the first heat.