Athletics
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@barbarian said in Athletics:
We've legit never had a good male sprinter before.
You had a guy get a silver medal in the 200m. Then your Olympic Committee blackballed him for wearing a human rights badge.
Edit: He had held that 200m record that Gout Gout broke since 1968.
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Catching up on the events from earlier/yesterday - it is absurd how Sydney McLaughlin runs a US record time in the 400 and it looks like she is just jogging the last 50 meters.
It seems like she has it within her to break the WR.
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Big time effort from Maddi Wesche to do an equal PB and win the bronze in the shot put. She only got the PB a couple of months ago in the US, and now did it on the big stage.
2 golds and 1 bronze is awesome for us.
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Congrats to our Samoan usos who take home the bronze in the Mens Discus
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NZ finishes joint 5th on the medal table which is pretty impressive for such a tiny squad of athletes. Only USA, Kenya, Canada and the Netherlands were above them and NZ was level with Botswana, Spain and Sweden.
Ahead of Jamaica, Germany, Italy, Australia, France, GB, China, Japan, South Africa etc etc
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NZ finishes joint 5th on the medal table which is pretty impressive for such a tiny squad of athletes. Only USA, Kenya, Canada and the Netherlands were above them and NZ was level with Botswana, Spain and Sweden.
Ahead of Jamaica, Germany, Italy, Australia, France, GB, China, Japan, South Africa etc etc
Very credible effort. Once again NZ punches bigger than it's weight.
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Congrats to our Samoan usos who take home the bronze in the Mens Discus
Very disruptive final. Stop / start with all the rain. Athletes were slipping over and they had to adjust the format during it.
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Poor games for GB
Excellent watch with some brilliant performances
Crazy weather
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@MiketheSnow said in Athletics:
Poor games for GB
Excellent watch with some brilliant performances
That final 100 from Beamish is burned into my retina, as was Hamish Kerrs third and successful jump when he was facing ending up with the bronze.
Two clutch moments where you see a champ grit it out and show their championship bona fides. Never gave up.
Alex Rose (athlete) - Wikipedia
