Athletics at the Summer Olympic Games Paris 2024

[heywoodu 16,434]

12 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

You can’t do that anymore. Out of one, out of all is the rule, unless you can show some exceptional medical reason.

And rightfully so. If you're not going to run an event, let someone else take that spot.

[Federer91 3,372]

Lot's of people having problems in the Long Jump Q. Sadly amongst them is  Saraboyukov who is with 2 X  Nothing goes our way.

[AsensioWillemsen 176]

13 hours 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 

Lack of quality? The level in decathlon is crazy high these days. Needing over 8700 to medal has only happened once before. That time 4th best did score just over 8400.

 

Yeah, it could have been even better if Skotheim or Warner did not fail their pole vault, if Lepage was not injured, if Mayer was not injured (but even then I didn't expect him to do well), if Ehammer might have participated in decathlon over long jump, if Owens or the Americans actually delivered once in an international tournament, if Scantling did not have a suspension, if Kyle Garland did not injure at USA trials, if Moloney didn't have another injury. If the Estonians would be stronger here. 

 

And even then there are other guys stepping up, like Rooth and Roosen. But the level of competition is crazy high these days. Yeah, the winning score is not crazy high. But that's decathlon for you, they can't deliver every time, there are injuries sometimes, there are moments where even favourites can drop out. There are mistakes to be made. You can't have a perfect run every time.

 

I think we are in a crazy competitive era of decathlon. Maybe that lead to a bit too high expectations to you, but I did not feel there was lack of quality whatsoever.

Edited August 4, 2024 by AsensioWillemsen

[heywoodu 16,434]

4 minutes ago, AsensioWillemsen said:

Lack of quality? The level in decathlon is crazy high these days. Needing over 8700 to medal has only happened once before. That time 4th best did score just over 8400.

 

Yeah, it could have been even better if Skotheim or Warner did not fail their pole vault, if Lepage was not injured, if Mayer was not injured (but even then I didn't expect him to do well), if Ehammer might have participated in decathlon over long jump, if Owens or the Americans actually delivered once in an international tournament, if Scantling did not have a suspension, if Kyle Garland did not injure at USA trials, if Moloney didn't have another injury. If the Estonians would be stronger here. 

 

And even then there are other guys stepping up, like Rooth and Roosen. But the level of competition is crazy high these days. Yeah, the winning score is not crazy high. But that's decathlon for you, they can't deliver every time, there are injuries sometimes, there are moments where even favourites can drop out. There are mistakes to be made. You can't have a perfect run every time.

 

I think we are in a crazy competitive era of decathlon. Maybe that lead to a bit too high expectations to you, but I did not feel there was lack of quality whatsoever.

Now that you write this all down, it is quite insane to think that with some less bad luck (injuries and no marks) we could well have had a situation where 8500 points might not even have been enough for the top-10.

[Monzanator 5,073]

Horrendous run from Szymański in the first 110H heat. Clipped the hurdle half way through and it was over.

 

Our athletics is truly heading for the also-run status soon.

[heywoodu 16,434]

Lawson

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20 minutes ago, Federer91 said:

Lot's of people having problems in the Long Jump Q. Sadly amongst them is  Saraboyukov who is with 2 X  Nothing goes our way.

 

And it probably gets worse since he jumped 7.87 in the last attempt which ties Lasa for 12th but will lose on countback.

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Crittenden looks injured and didn't even try to race here. Can't believe he did that on purpose.

[Federer91 3,372]

Crittenden what was he doing  

[Olympicsnell 333]

WTF was that from crittenden