Olympics Thread

TeWaio

Boom Jacko Gill throws 20.96 last round, that should get him into final.

Currently 9th= with 4 to throw (top 12 qualify).

Yep definitely through now, awesome

Bovidae

@tewaio said in Olympics Thread:

@bovidae said in Olympics Thread:

Lot's of foul throws to start in the women's hammer throw, including all 3 Poles. Ratcliffe was in 3rd after the 1st round.

9th now after 3 rounds so just misses the cut for 3 more throws, gutted.

I was flicking between the hammer and shot put so didn't see her last throw. 9th is a good effort but so close to making the last 8.

Bovidae

Two finalists in both the womens and mens shot put. :thumbs_up:

gt12

Seeing the 200m women runners come out, my only thought was that it’s crazy that we saw many of these records set when we were kids and the drugs were good.

antipodean

This Swede is making pole vault look easy.

gt12

I liked the athleticism of the US girl who got third in the 200m.

Bovidae

@gt12 said in Olympics Thread:

I liked the athleticism of the US girl who got third in the 200m.

She's got some smarts too, a Harvard grad.

ACT Crusader

@tewaio said in Olympics Thread:

@nta 19.19, no way....

I never thought Michael Johnson’s 19.32 would ever have been topped. Then along came Bolt. I’ll never forget watching that Beijing performance by Bolt to just clip Johnson when he ran 19.30. Fast forward 12 months and at the World Champs he blew it out the water with 19.19 - basically running two world record pace 100m back to back - that is insane.

gt12

Swedish pole vaulter put it up to 6.19 and fucking near did it.

Stargazer

Holy moly, the Swedish pole vaulter is going for the WR.

Misses. Can he try again?

ACT Crusader

Oh mannnnnnnnn.

He cleared it and then hit it with his chest on the way down.

Stargazer

So Walsh qualifies as 2nd and Gill as 9th.

gt12

Didn’t get close on his second attempt. I’d say he’s all done.

ACT Crusader

@gt12 said in Olympics Thread:

Didn’t get close on his second attempt. I’d say he’s all done.

Didn’t have nearly the speed on the run that he did on the 1st attempt.

voodoo

@stargazer said in Olympics Thread:

Holy moly, the Swedish pole vaulter is going for the WR.

Misses. Can he try again?

I think I'm about 10mins behind your feed!!!

Edit, sorted, the Foxtel app is behind, the 7app is good

gt12

Missed it again on his third - got close again but, nope.

TeWaio

@stargazer said in Olympics Thread:

Holy moly, the Swedish pole vaulter is going for the WR.

Misses. Can he try again?

He set the WR already last year 6.18m at 20 years old, he's amazing

Stargazer

The Swede with French name is only 21, so he'll get that WR in the near future.

Stargazer

@tewaio It's his own WR? Wow. Indeed, so young!

antipodean

@stargazer said in Olympics Thread:

The Swede with French name is only 21, so he'll get that WR in the near future.

Agreed. I wouldn't be surprised to see him do 6.30

He cleared it by a good margin on his first attempt if he had a little more horizontal separation.

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