Olympics Track & Field

Yeah, NBC's coverage was a abysmal. I heard the BBC's was great. Rupp was a great. I mean the last 200 was wait we all have been waiting for. Ever since 2008, I knew eventually he would grow into this. Farah was magnificent. That last lap was just vintage great.

1. Bolt is a non-human. Unreal.

2. Not one US man in the 400m final. Beyond stunning even with Merritt pulling up in qualifying. It's doubtful they'll win the relay now which is even more stunning.

3. I think Rupp, as awesome as the silver is, bows a little too much to Farrah. I think it prevents him from challenging him. IMO.

4. Didn't see the marathon. I don't know what happened to Flannigan.

Alex Kubacki wrote:1. Bolt is a non-human. Unreal.

2. Not one US man in the 400m final. Beyond stunning even with Merritt pulling up in qualifying. It's doubtful they'll win the relay now which is even more stunning.

3. I think Rupp, as awesome as the silver is, bows a little too much to Farrah. I think it prevents him from challenging him. IMO.

4. Didn't see the marathon. I don't know what happened to Flannigan.

She ran well, but just doesn't have the wheels of the others quite yet.

Marathon looked particularly painful. Wonder if the Kenyan who grabbed both bottles at mile 24 knew she wasn't going to hold pace? That looked more like a cycling move than a running move, to me.

I do wonder if that will be a harbinger of things to come August 12...?

Look who is over in London making Olympic Twitter feeds:



https://twitter.com/karagoucher/status/232469037702062080/photo/1

Martin VW wrote:Amazing how different people's perspectives can be. Local sports talk hosts called the 10K excruciatingly boring to watch and said they couldn't stand watching guys run 25 laps on a track.

In contrast, I was disappointed they went away to commercial three times in thirty minutes.

I agree with on that I was a little bummed at the commercial breaks. What a great race to watch!

Diego wrote:

Alex Kubacki wrote:1. Bolt is a non-human. Unreal.

2. Not one US man in the 400m final. Beyond stunning even with Merritt pulling up in qualifying. It's doubtful they'll win the relay now which is even more stunning.

3. I think Rupp, as awesome as the silver is, bows a little too much to Farrah. I think it prevents him from challenging him. IMO.

4. Didn't see the marathon. I don't know what happened to Flannigan.

She ran well, but just doesn't have the wheels of the others quite yet.

The world is catching up with the US in the sprints, US sprints I think need to start putting their ego in check and start training a little harder and focusing in because the like I said the rest of the world is starting to develop so awesome runners in the sprints.

Yes Bolt is un real.

Rupp ran an awesome race with such an awesome finishing kick!


I agree with Diego she ran well, I think the course layout got to her and some other runners as the race went on. She started to make a nice move around mile 20 to 24 to catch back up to lead pack to grab a medal but looked just ran out of gas towards the end. I don't know the exact numbers but she was only a little off her marathon PR so all in all a good day. I would have to say she didn't just go out and run a safe race like others did. It was also amazing watching the move the Russian made late in the race to catch the lead pack, I really thought she was going to win it. And how about the world champion Kenya who just completely fell apart!

Sad to see that Desi was injured and didn't get to race it.

All in all I felt that the women's marathon was ok nothing that made me jump out of seat while my Kristina and watched it lived. Nothing like what the last few Boston finishes for the women. I hoping that the mens race provides some better fireworks this coming Suday.

Mike MacLellan wrote:Marathon looked particularly painful. Wonder if the Kenyan who grabbed both bottles at mile 24 knew she wasn't going to hold pace? That looked more like a cycling move than a running move, to me.

I think the course they are running on and having to run that loop is really changing the strategy of how the race will be run. Really interesting layout if you ask me. Heck the way the aid stations are laid out I wonder if we will see any man fall like the Ethiopian runner.

1. RUPP! RUPP! RUPP! First American medal in the 10k since 1964. One of the most exciting races I've ever watched. I had a few non-running friends over and even they were glued to the TV.

2. I was bummed Ritzenhein let the lead pack gap him around lap 15. He caught up and moved to 6th at one point, but worked so hard to do so, had no kick left.

3. I think Bolt just proved that he does, in fact, have an "on/off" button.

4. Gay runs the fifth fastest 100m in Olympic history and doesn't medal. Brutal.

5. Glad Sonya Richards-Ross got an individual gold.

6. Not a bad showing by Goucher and Flanagan, but it shows they still aren't on that level yet. Flanagan is still new to the event, but I do fear Kara's best days are behind her.

Schuey wrote:

Diego wrote:

Alex Kubacki wrote:1. Bolt is a non-human. Unreal.

2. Not one US man in the 400m final. Beyond stunning even with Merritt pulling up in qualifying. It's doubtful they'll win the relay now which is even more stunning.

3. I think Rupp, as awesome as the silver is, bows a little too much to Farrah. I think it prevents him from challenging him. IMO.

4. Didn't see the marathon. I don't know what happened to Flannigan.

She ran well, but just doesn't have the wheels of the others quite yet.

The world is catching up with the US in the sprints, US sprints I think need to start putting their ego in check and start training a little harder and focusing in because the like I said the rest of the world is starting to develop so awesome runners in the sprints.

Yes Bolt is un real.

Rupp ran an awesome race with such an awesome finishing kick!


I agree with Diego she ran well, I think the course layout got to her and some other runners as the race went on. She started to make a nice move around mile 20 to 24 to catch back up to lead pack to grab a medal but looked just ran out of gas towards the end. I don't know the exact numbers but she was only a little off her marathon PR so all in all a good day. I would have to say she didn't just go out and run a safe race like others did. It was also amazing watching the move the Russian made late in the race to catch the lead pack, I really thought she was going to win it. And how about the world champion Kenya who just completely fell apart!

Sad to see that Desi was injured and didn't get to race it.

All in all I felt that the women's marathon was ok nothing that made me jump out of seat while my Kristina and watched it lived. Nothing like what the last few Boston finishes for the women. I hoping that the mens race provides some better fireworks this coming Suday.

Well said, Martin.

Dave I do believe that Rupp is only the 3rd of 4th in 100 years to medal in the 10k for men?

I agree I think Kara's days are behind her in the marathon. I feel she ran a good race but more so because she ran safe the whole day. I really didn't she her take any chances or make any moves to try to medal. But with that being said I still felt that her 11th place finish was good and that she gave 100% just that I have never been sold on her as a marathoner.

Farah and Rupp.....



http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/track-and-field/highlights-mens-10-000m-medal-ceremony.html

http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/track-and-field/highlights-mo-farah-wins-10-000m-galen-rupp-takes-silver.html



What a race...what a race!!!

I have no idea what happened to Tony McQuay in the 400m, but it sucks to see several runners in the 400 final that couldn't touch McQuay on most days. I don't know if he is hurt or just stunk it up. He's young and he'll be back, but he let a huge opportunity slip away.

Holy cow, Manzano takes Silver and Centro just missed Bronze in the 1500m. Amazing. So no US runners even make the 400m final, an event the US has owned in the modern olympics, and yet has two in the top 4 for the 1500m. Just amazing.

Who would have thought the US would have as many distance medals as Kenya right now? I wouldn't be surprised if the US picked up one more in the 1500 with a drug bust, but maybe because I'm a little cynical of some performances. Great showing by the American guys so far.

Alex Kubacki wrote:Holy cow, Manzano takes Silver and Centro just missed Bronze in the 1500m. Amazing. So no US runners even make the 400m final, an event the US has owned in the modern olympics, and yet has two in the top 4 for the 1500m. Just amazing.

And let's just wait until that Algerian has to piss in a cup later today. I'd be willing to bet that Manzano will be donning the gold and Centro the bronze soon enough....

Matt W wrote:
Who would have thought the US would have as many distance medals as Kenya right now? I wouldn't be surprised if the US picked up one more in the 1500 with a drug bust, but maybe because I'm a little cynical of some performances. Great showing by the American guys so far.

Great minds....

Its also not far fetched to think the US can medal in the 5k as well, with Lagat, Lomong, and even Rupp legitimate contenders.

If any Hall can pop a legendary performance on Sunday, we can leave London with medals in the 1500, 5k, 10k, and marathon?

Anything is possible.

Dave-O wrote:

Alex Kubacki wrote:Holy cow, Manzano takes Silver and Centro just missed Bronze in the 1500m. Amazing. So no US runners even make the 400m final, an event the US has owned in the modern olympics, and yet has two in the top 4 for the 1500m. Just amazing.

And let's just wait until that Algerian has to piss in a cup later today. I'd be willing to bet that Manzano will be donning the gold and Centro the bronze soon enough....

Spoiler...

Isn't Hall dealing with PF or something?

Amazing showing by the Americans in the distance events. 2 medals by Americans who were born here (no knock on Lagat or Meb or others, but it's doesn't same much about the state of American distance running if we simply get athletes from other countries) and another who was 4th in the same event that we took the silver. Nobody would be shocked if we medaled in the 5000 or the marathon (though I'm not anticipating either). Just a great olympics, one of the highlights for me so far.

The 1500 was odd. I don't follow it like I used to, but it seemed like a relatively conservative race, yet guys were falling apart at the end. What happened to Willis?

Let me go ahead and say that I know Meb is a different situation than Lagat. I should have lumped him more in with Manzano and Rupp. But that was 8 years ago.

healdgator wrote:Let me go ahead and say that I know Meb is a different situation than Lagat. I should have lumped him more in with Manzano and Rupp. But that was 8 years ago.

Manazano was born in Mexico. Not sure when he came to the US.