Athletics at the Summer Olympic Games 2016

[OlympicsFan 860]

Gold for Thiam, silver for Ennis, bronze for Theisen.

Quite surprising that neither Ennis-Hill nor Theisen-Eaton could end their olympic career with a gold.

[dcro 10,210]

For the first time since Atlanta 1996 Belgium won two golds.

[OlympicIRL 5,532]

Naughty by the orgnaisers playing Coldplay "Viva la Vida" in this moment in the stadium as Jess Ennis loses her title

(if you don't know what I mean, I am referring to the lyrics )

 

 

Edited August 14, 2016 by OlympicIRL

[heywoodu 15,253]

2 minutes ago, dcro said:

For the first time since Atlanta 1996 Belgium won two golds.

The sound coming from their commentators sounded like they broke their table by hitting on it 

[OlympicIRL 5,532]

Belgium having a fantastic Olympics. They had chances but weren't the favourites particularly for any event. I am pleasantly surprised

 

[dcro 10,210]

Akela Jones dropped to 20th place after disasterous 800m. So disappointing ending

[OlympicsFan 860]

Thiam improved her PB by 300 points in one competition? Yeah ... lol

I guess if you look at what Belgium did in taekwondo european qualification event, then nothing they do can surprise you anymore.

[intoronto 5,771]

2 minutes ago, OlympicsFan said:

Thiam improved her PB by 300 points in one competition? Yeah ... lol

I guess if you look at what Belgium did in taekwondo european qualification event, then nothing they do can surprise you anymore.

 

Calm down. Her high jump was amazing, and that is likely the last event someone would dope at. 

[orangeman 2,007]

Thiam's 6810 from Rio is 2 points better than Theisen-Eaton's PB.  That's incredible.  

[OlympicIRL 5,532]

Jess Ennis-Hill is suggesting that this might be the last event of her career