Athletics 2016 Discussion Thread

[OlympicIRL 5,532]

4th place, so close

But great run for Fionnuala who will run the marathon in Rio.

[dcro 10,210]

Medal for Norway! Like in old days when Norway used to be great in women's distance events.

[DaniSRB 899]

how was original name of Can Yasemin?

[bestmen 2,822]

it's the first and the last medal for Turkey

[Gianlu33 4,586]

It's sad.. No podium but PB for Veronica. 

[heywoodu 15,166]

@Euphoria Have you seen something like interviews with Yasemin Can in Turkish media? (TV/radio mostly) She's already competing in Turkey for many years and since quite a young age, competing at university championships and so on, so I'm curious if she speaks a bit decent Turkish

[dcro 10,210]

Lol, what about our team then. Defending medalist Šimić didn't even make the final.

[heywoodu 15,166]

Just now, DaniSRB said:

how was original name of Can Yasemin?

Vivian Jemutai. Well, Vivian Cheruiyot if you ask hckosice, but I'm fairly sure Cheruiyot still runs for Kenya 

[heywoodu 15,166]

1 minute ago, bestmen said:

it's the first and the last medal for Turkey

Forgetting about Ali Kaya?  

[DaniSRB 899]

1 minute ago, heywoodu said:

Vivian Jemutai. Well, Vivian Cheruiyot if you ask hckosice, but I'm fairly sure Cheruiyot still runs for Kenya 

thanks