orangeman 1,979 Posted August 18, 2016 #1071 Share Posted August 18, 2016 8 minutes ago, dcro said: This will probably be the first race in Olympic history with only one participant at the start. I say probably because we can't know all the crazy situations that happened in early Olympics Don't know about athletics, but don't forget about Eddie the Eel in 2000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicIRL 5,525 Posted August 18, 2016 Author #1072 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Imagine if they dropped the baton now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 14,889 Posted August 18, 2016 #1073 Share Posted August 18, 2016 (edited) Just saw the replays of the 4x100m heats, I'm turning around on the USA decision being unfair and think it's more and more fair, but f*ck it, our athletics union was still asleep The exchange from Jamile Samuel to Dafne Schippers was screwed because one of the Ghanese athletes nearly pushed Samuel out of her lane (and stepped way inside the Dutch lane) Seeing as USA's protest was awarded, a Dutch protest would certainly have been awarded as well, but no, our union didn't pay attention and didn't see it Edited August 18, 2016 by heywoodu If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicIRL 5,525 Posted August 18, 2016 Author #1074 Share Posted August 18, 2016 And they're through! Hard luck China Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangeman 1,979 Posted August 18, 2016 #1075 Share Posted August 18, 2016 6 minutes ago, heywoodu said: Just saw the replays of the 4x100m heats, I'm turning around on the USA decision being unfair and think it's more and more fair, but f*ck it, our athletics union was still asleep The exchange from Jamile Samuel to Dafne Schippers was screwed because one of the Ghanese athletes nearly pushed Samuel out of her lane (and stepped way inside the Dutch lane) Seeing as USA's protest was awarded, a Dutch protest would certainly have been awarded as well, but no, our union didn't pay attention and didn't see it As I said earlier, I think it was the least worst decision. But there's no way the same thing would have been granted to any other country (except maybe, maaaaaaybe Jamaica). I'm just glad Canada beat the Chinese by a thousandth of a second, otherwise I'd be up in arms right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,210 Posted August 18, 2016 #1076 Share Posted August 18, 2016 31 minutes ago, heywoodu said: The exchange from Jamile Samuel to Dafne Schippers was screwed because one of the Ghanese athletes nearly pushed Samuel out of her lane (and stepped way inside the Dutch lane) Well, Dafne didn't get disqualified in 200m, so you still get to keep one silver instead of one final... #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agger 1,653 Posted August 18, 2016 #1077 Share Posted August 18, 2016 40 minutes ago, orangeman said: Don't know about athletics, but don't forget about Eddie the Eel in 2000. But Eddie was on his own because the others were dq'ed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 14,889 Posted August 18, 2016 #1078 Share Posted August 18, 2016 (edited) 4 minutes ago, dcro said: Well, Dafne didn't get disqualified in 200m, so you still get to keep one silver instead of one final... I know Another one there who was asleep...Ivory Coast's federation. Although on moving images it looked like that screenshot was made when her foot was still in the air, and when her foot actually stepped down, it was not touching the line. Edited August 18, 2016 by heywoodu If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
De_Gambassi 1,222 Posted August 18, 2016 #1079 Share Posted August 18, 2016 That sounds so unfrench to nail everything like Mayer did today. Must be his patronym Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicIRL 5,525 Posted August 18, 2016 Author #1080 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Elemba starts with a national record... excellent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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