Athletics at the Summer Olympic Games 2016

[OlympicsFan 860]

  On 8/19/2016 at 3:36 PM, Gianlu33 said:

Tallent "run" in evey race but it's his race walk. I think that it's legal 

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His feet have been parallel for the last couple of km, thats not legal and he should have been disqualified or at least got a warning (i dont know how many warning he had at that time). Correct result would have been Toth ahead of Arai and Dunfee or Toth ahead of Tallent and Arai. The japanese guy got robbed, lets see how "lucky" Canada will be at 2020 olympics.

[hckošice 15,110]

  On 8/19/2016 at 4:58 PM, lapaj said:

Congratulations! Is it your first?

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Thanks

 

Third medal in Rio overall, second gold. but first ever medal in athletics (since independance ofc..there were few under Czechoslovakia, including another gold in Race walk but in 20km thanks Jozef Pribilinec in 1988)

[Federer91 2,895]

Isinbayeva officially retires from active competition.  F U politics for robbing us of a showcase in Rio.  Our national broadcaster even stopped the Olympic feed to show her press-conferense.

[heywoodu 15,339]

  On 8/19/2016 at 4:18 PM, De_Gambassi said:

 

It sounds to me like the Aurélie Muller's case (10 km swimming). Athletes might be faulty, but the answer seems so out of reach. You're either cleaned or DSQ with no possible cases for a middle ground. It seems specially unhuman when we are talking about such demanding events.

 

I think there should be a case  for minor sanctions like in road cycling (time penalty, etc.)

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True, there should be something like half a minute time penalty. Though I doubt that would matter much for Arai, since that would still put him out of the medals.. 

[heywoodu 15,339]

  On 8/19/2016 at 5:54 PM, Federer91 said:

Isinbayeva officially retires from active competition.  F U politics for robbing us of a showcase in Rio.  Our national broadcaster even stopped the Olympic feed to show her press-conferense.

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Now that's some news  

 

Though I'm sure we'll hear more of her in the media forever, I doubt she can live without attention 

 

Edited August 19, 2016 by heywoodu

[NikolaB 432]

Congratulation Slovakia and hckošice 

[intoronto 5,872]

Japan gets the medal back!

[dcro 10,210]

This sport really becomes joke in tight finishes. You really expect that people will walk if it is tight

[mrv86 3,179]

Silver for Maria Guadalupe Gonzalez   

 

First ever medal by a Mexican walker in the Olympics

 

She's a true (THE true) champion 

Edited August 19, 2016 by mrv86

[dcro 10,210]

Well done