Athletics at the Summer Olympic Games Paris 2024

[heywoodu 16,434]

1 minute ago, Roamingrover86 said:

He normally has a very strong 2nd Day

Yep. Which almost every time (this time not so much since he didn't climb that much) leads to commentators talking about how he had an incredible comeback even though him being far outside the top positions after day one is perfectly normal.

 

It's like if there's a running event where we combine 200m and the marathon, and the commentators say it's disappointing when Eliud Kipchoge is far behind Noah Lyles after the 200m  I mean, duh.

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2 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Not just a matter of checking their points. He has had an incredibly full college season and we have so often seen college athletes just be kind of burned out after that, when it's time for the international events. Of course it's not like he was bad, otherwise he wouldn't get silver, but it really isn't weird that after two full heptathlons and two full decathlons on top level this year the third one isn't exactly on his peak performance anymore (don't get me wrong, definitely still had him as the biggest favourite, like most people I think).

I selected Leo for 🥇 in athletics predication contest & even made him captain to get extra points  I never thought a Norwegian kid with limited experience will keep making PBs & take the Gold. I will follow his career closely, either he will completely disappear from the circuit or if he keeps improving like he has then he will be next big thing in Decathlon.

[Josh 13,425]

23 minutes ago, Roamingrover86 said:

Very mediocre Decathlon competition considering it is in a full stadium in Olympics. I was expecting above 9000 pts . 
Leo the german need to work on his JT. Below 8800 pts for Gold You have go all the way back to 2008 Olympics to get Gold in Decathlon below 8800 Pts. 
 

A poor first day hit Kaul hard  After Tokyo another disaster in Paris. 

 

Lack of quality in the field was another reason. Warner couldn’t finish , No Meyer No LePage . Very poor quality. I didn’t enjoy my favourite event of the athletics programme 

Decathlon was also my pre-Olympic favourite (like a week before it started), and now not so much… 

 

Props to  Rooth though, no one thought he had any chance of gold, much less a medal and he did both.  

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3 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Yep. Which almost every time (this time not so much since he didn't climb that much) leads to commentators talking about how he had an incredible comeback even though him being far outside the top positions after day one is perfectly normal.

 

It's like if there's a running event where we combine 200m and the marathon, and the commentators say it's disappointing when Eliud Kipchoge is far behind Noah Lyles after the 200m  I mean, duh.

Yes he will normally be in similar Rank 16-18th after Day 1 ( he was 20th here) but then breeze past everyone wih a fabulous Day 2 only this time although similar rank but his points total was too much make up. Very few commentators are able to identify Kaul’s strong Day 2. Most are Track specialists with very little input on other events. 

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3 minutes ago, Roamingrover86 said:

I selected Leo for 🥇 in athletics predication contest & even made him captain to get extra points  I never thought a Norwegian kid with limited experience will keep making PBs & take the Gold. I will follow his career closely, either he will completely disappear from the circuit or if he keeps improving like he has then he will be next big thing in Decathlon.

Rooth is the reigning Euro U23 champ and was sitting 3rd at this year's Euros before getting injured in the pole vault. This was a surprise gold but not a crazy shock, especially after Warner and Skotheim's PV problems and with Leo's long season.

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They dont have stadium in st lucia 

[Roamingrover86 957]

1 minute ago, Josh said:

Decathlon was also my pre-Olympic favourite (like a week before it started), and now not so much… 

 

Props to  Rooth though, no one thought he had any chance of gold, much less a medal and he did both.  

I am not satisfied with this Decathlon competition I am already counting down to Tokyo 2025 world championships. Hope we have full field with Mayer, Warner, LePage , Leo & Kaul 

[Josh 13,425]

11 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Not just a matter of checking their points. He has had an incredibly full college season and we have so often seen college athletes just be kind of burned out after that, when it's time for the international events. Of course it's not like he was bad, otherwise he wouldn't get silver, but it really isn't weird that after two full heptathlons and two full decathlons on top level this year the third one isn't exactly on his peak performance anymore (don't get me wrong, definitely still had him as the biggest favourite, like most people I think).

I had him as a marginal favourite over Warner pre-Olympics. To see neither of them win gold is really surprising to me. 

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3 minutes ago, Epic Failure said:

Rooth is the reigning Euro U23 champ and was sitting 3rd at this year's Euros before getting injured in the pole vault. This was a surprise gold but not a crazy shock, especially after Warner and Skotheim's PV problems and with Leo's long season.

He had 5 PBs & 3SBs in 2 days. That is some improvement. I am shocked, but I didn’t follow the European U23 championships so maybe it was expected. But to perform at that level in 8/10 events is superb.

[heywoodu 16,434]

12 minutes ago, Roamingrover86 said:

I selected Leo for 🥇 in athletics predication contest

Oh me too, no doubt  

 

Still stand behind that choice though  

 

I do think he is here to stay. College days will end and then he won't need to compete with the traditional insane college schedule anymore..

Edited August 3, 2024 by heywoodu