Athletics

[Surlympics 730]

Should Canada focus their strongest  athletes on the mixed or the men’s 400 tomorrow ?

[NearPup 3,044]

3/5 relays qualified on day 1, which I think is a great day in the office. The two relays that were expected to qualify day 1 (men's 4x100m and women's 4x400m) made it, and we had a somewhat unexpected day 1 qualification from the women's 4x100m.

 

Hoping at least one of the men's or mixed 4x400m can qualify tomorow.

[Josh 10,489]

6th for our men’s 4x400m relay. HORRID 1st leg by White, and it pretty much botched our chances. Arop and Morales-Williams had great 2nd and 3rd legs to try and bring us into contention, but too much of a gap to make up. Our 4th leg Misner-Daley had a good opening 250m or so, but faded badly near the end. 

[NearPup 3,044]

Just now, Surlympics said:

Should Canada focus their strongest  athletes on the mixed or the men’s 400 tomorrow ?

IMO the mixed is the more realistic medal chance.

[Josh 10,489]

3 minutes ago, Surlympics said:

Should Canada focus their strongest  athletes on the mixed or the men’s 400 tomorrow ?

Men’s. Mixed has a much stronger chance of qualifying through the Road To Paris Rankings. 

Edited May 5 by Josh

[Surlympics 730]

Where are we sitting in the rankings for mixed?

[intoronto 5,635]

9 minutes ago, Josh said:

6th for our men’s 4x400m relay. HORRID 1st leg by White, and it pretty much botched our chances. Arop and Morales-Williams had great 2nd and 3rd legs to try and bring us into contention, but too much of a gap to make up. Our 4th leg Misner-Daley had a good opening 250m or so, but faded badly near the end. 

It looked like MMD may have stopped running fast after knowing he'd not be in the top 2. But I wish he did, since the US was disqualified

[Josh 10,489]

2 minutes ago, Surlympics said:

Where are we sitting in the rankings for mixed?

Not very high actually. But with Constantine, Gale/Sutherland, Arop, Morales-Williams we’d have a good shot at it, assuming all of the top teams qualify through this event. 

[JoshMartini007 2,536]

Canada will unlikely qualify through the rankings for either event.

 

I think we have a better chance in the mixed, but let's see what the heat looks like.

[Surlympics 730]

2 minutes ago, intoronto said:

It looked like MMD may have stopped running fast after knowing he'd not be in the top 2. But I wish he did, since the US was disqualified

Do you think he could have caught Germany though?