Athletics at the Summer Olympic Games Paris 2024

[Dennis 686]

56 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Can't wait for the interview on Dutch NOS, where the guy asks her 1 question and then she rattles on non-stop for 5 minutes  No idea what she'll be saying but I'll love it  

Once again, an iconic interview. She indeed was yapping for 5 minutes straight and I understood a total of 6 words, but she looked happy. 

[heywoodu 14,791]

11 minutes ago, IUBryan said:

 just passed the 38km marker. Lhamo Kinzang is looking good!

2km to go now, let's go!

 

No ground cameras by the way, they clearly didn't count on this anymore. But air shots are still there  

[heywoodu 14,791]

1 minute ago, Dennis said:

Once again, an iconic interview. She indeed was yapping for 5 minutes straight and I understood a total of 6 words, but she looked happy. 

This time I understood almost everything actually  

 

And to be clear: it's not meant as bashing, I can only imagine how incredibly hard it must be to learn Dutch from Amharic or a language like that. She definitely knows the language well given how 'fluently' she speaks in terms of pace, it's just the pronunciation that's difficult.

[heywoodu 14,791]

By the way, an athlete like Kinzang might not fight for the medals here, she is rather well trained and has massive endurance, judging by things like this:

 

"In 2022, she finished second in the Snowman Race, a five-day event covering 203 kilometers, with the highest point reaching 5,470 meters."

 

It is just a totally different sport than these ultraraces.

[Dennis 686]

3 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

This time I understood almost everything actually  

 

And to be clear: it's not meant as bashing, I can only imagine how incredibly hard it must be to learn Dutch from Amharic or a language like that. She definitely knows the language well given how 'fluently' she speaks in terms of pace, it's just the pronunciation that's difficult.

Oh no, it’s definitely not meant as bashing. It’s the fact that her mind goes in 20 different directions within a minute. The first sentence of an answer is her answer to the question and then she starts yapping. 

[Gianlu33 4,448]

Lhamo ends her marathon

[heywoodu 14,791]

Lhamo finished!  

 

Be proud, young lady.

[hckošice 14,713]

Watched the end of the race on Max with french commentators and they were speaking about rumors about Hassan possible DSQ. No idea how much is it true though, I see her still 1st in the official results

[hckošice 14,713]

Women's Marathon
Final Results

 

Sifan HASSAN
2:22:55OR

 

Tigst ASSEFA
2:22.58

 

Hellen OBIRI
2:23.10

 

Full Final Results HERE

[Griff88 1,947]

 

Great crowd support to Lhamo