2024 Athletics Thread - Road to Paris

[ilovepaydays]

Of course! Save the drama for the final! ???

BOOOOO!!!!!!!!! ?

 

[ilovepaydays]

Kung Fu Kenny 19.96. Jogged the last five meters. ?

 

[ilovepaydays]

Noah Lyles 19.60
Christian Coleman 19.89
? for tomorrow’s final!

Men’s 110m hurdles final time! ?

 

[HeatherC]

Hurdles always makes me SUPER nervous because anything can happen there but I'm happy for those three guys who made the team.

 

[ilovepaydays]

12.86. Grant Holloway is this close to breaking the world record.

Also like Crittenden and Roberts making this team.

 

[allezfred]

This is so weird….

https://twitter.com/x/status/1806851752169480224

 

[ilovepaydays]

This is so weird….

https://twitter.com/x/status/1806851752169480224

I think at Olympic Trials, they make the athletes compete the exact event that they would be doing at the Olympics. So, because an event like the 100m hurdles will have rounds-semifinals-final, then they run it like that.

Sidebar: IMHO, the Citius, LetsRun.com, and FloTrack “journalists” are ridiculous. They are mostly fanboys who are too much of a “pick-mes” to objectively cover the sport. I feel the same about GymCastic with gymnastics. ?

 

[Karen-W]

Sidebar: IMHO, the Citius, LetsRun.com, and FloTrack “journalists” are ridiculous. They are mostly fanboys who are too much of a “pick-mes” to objectively cover the sport. I feel the same about GymCastic with gymnastics. ?

I haven't followed any of the athletics "journalists"/bloggers you mentioned and I've only recently discovered GymCastic. My issue with GymCastic is that she infuses her political views into some of her commentary and discussions - it's subtle but it's off-putting enough that I won't subscribe to her platform for additional content. I don't know enough about the sport to be able to recognize whether she's fair or neutral in her actual analysis - I think she tries to be, but you're right that there is an element of giddiness and, yeah, "pick me, let me be a part of your club!" to her presentation style.

 

[allezfred]

I think at Olympic Trials, they make the athletes compete the exact event that they would be doing at the Olympics. So, because an event like the 100m hurdles will have rounds-semifinals-final, then they run it like that.

It just seems pointless if you are not going to be eliminating anyone…

 

[Rukia]

It just seems pointless if you are not going to be eliminating anyone…

if there's anything the us thrives on it's pointless things that we started ages ago and just do out of habit now regardless if it makes sense or not

 

[ilovepaydays]

Back in Eugene! Among other things, we’re getting both 200m finals!

Women’s 100m hurdles semifinals.

Clemons, with her Doritos sponsored kit, and Keni Harrison are Q in Semifinal 1. I think Nia Ali will likely get a q into the final.

 

[ilovepaydays]

Alaysha Johnson and Tonea Marshall both went 12.35 in Semifinal 2. Good Lord.

 

[ilovepaydays]

Women’s long jump: God, I can’t describe enough how much I hate the phrase “power couple” (Tara Davis-Woodhall and Hunter Woodhall). ?

 

[canbelto]

Tara Davis-Woodhall is gorgeous

 

[ilovepaydays]

Masai Russell won Semifinal 3 in 12.36. I bet it’ll take 12.20s to make this team. ?????

 

[ilovepaydays]

Women’s 200m final coming up! Sha’Carri has a yellow card for stepping on the line in the semifinal.

 

[canbelto]

Gabby Thomas is my girl-crush. Wow.

 

[Karen-W]

Wow - Sha'Carri just misses the team!

But kudos to Gabby Thomas, Brittany Brown and McKenzie Long for making it to Paris!

 

[ilovepaydays]

Wow - Sha'Carri just misses the team!

But kudos to Gabby Thomas, Brittany Brown and McKenzie Long for making it to Paris!

Thomas, Brown, Long. I like it. ?

Silver lining: Sha’Carri can focus on the 100m and the 4x400m relay with (at least) two of her training mates.

 

[ilovepaydays]

Women’s 400m hurdles semifinal. ALL three of these look like murder. And only top 2 + next three fastest make it to the final. ?

 

[ilovepaydays]

WAIT. Davis-Woodhall has two fouls and has only one more chance to make a legal jump and in the top eight to advance?! ?

 

[ilovepaydays]

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone jogged the last five meters in Semifinal 1. Still ran 52.48 and took the world lead from Femke Bol ??.

 

[Karen-W]

WAIT. Davis-Woodhall has two fouls and has only one more chance to make a legal jump and in the top eight to advance?! ?

And she's made a qualifying jump! Into the Final!

 

[Tesla]

And she's made a qualifying jump! Into the Final!

That wasn’t really a textbook jump. She was too far back but it was good enough to get into the final and that’s all that matters.

 

[Jammers]

I really think Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone made a mistake not trying to make the 400m team here also. There were 4 days between the 400m final and the start of the 400m hurdles giving her time to rest up for the hurdles. If she's ever going to do it now would have been the time when she's in her absolute prime but it doesn't seem like she wants to push herself beyond the hurdles even though she ran something like 48.75 in the 400m which was a world leading time. To be truly historically great sometimes you need to get out of your comfort zone. Yes she's already the greatest 400m female hurdler of all time but imagine winning a gold medal in both hurdles and sprints at the same Olympics.

 

[canbelto]

I really think Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone made a mistake not trying to make the 400m team here also. There were 4 days between the 400m final and the start of the 400m hurdles giving her time to rest up for the hurdles. If she's ever going to do it now would have been the time when she's in her absolute prime but it doesn't seem like she wants to push herself beyond the hurdles even though she ran something like 48.75 in the 400m which was a world leading time. To be truly historically great sometimes you need to get out of your comfort zone. Yes she's already the greatest 400m female hurdler of all time but imagine winning a gold medal in both hurdles and sprints at the same Olympics.

Her coach is Bob Kersee who is fairly conservative about his runners running different races.

 

[Karen-W]

Huge jump for Tara Davis-Woodhall on the 5th round - into the lead with 7.00!!

 

[canbelto]

What a finish in the women's 10k! That race looks like pure torture.

 

[Karen-W]

What a finish in the women's 10k! That race looks like pure torture.

That was a fantastic finish! Amazing!!!!!!

 

[Jammers]

Her coach is Bob Kersee who is fairly conservative about his runners running different races.

If she keeps going to LA in 2028 and i don't see why not that would be the time to go for the 400m title she really has nothing to prove in the 400m hurdles anymore especially if she wins again in Paris.