Athletics at the Summer Olympic Games 2020

[hckošice 14,838]

Women's High Jump
Final Results

 

Mariya LASITSKENE
2.04 SB

 

Nicola McDERMOTT
2.02 AR

 

Yaroslava MAHUCHIKH
2.00

 

Final Results Here

Qualifiers Results Here

[intoronto 5,645]

Canada had two athletes it did not use in any event. WA really needs to implement a rule that all athletes must compete (like swimming)

[dcro 10,210]

Say hello to the scumbag of Tokyo 2020.

 

https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1408926-zarco-alvarez-ivan.htm

 

Barcelona-born marathon runner representing Honduras. Who got selected for a universality spot after paying another athlete to run under his name to achieve a respectable time - and getting away with it.

[Fly_like_a_don 1,090]

3 hours ago, OlympicIRL said:

Wow, congrats India!! So happy for all the Indian users on here! Enjoy it 

Thanks a lot. We were having a dissapointing games until then. Cold War between the shooters and the coaches, another terrible performance from archers, boxers and wrestlers not able to perform to their expectations never expected gold here in athletics , maybe outside chance of medal i thought. 

 

Btw Neeraj Chopra was around 80kgs at the age of 13 and was forced by his parents to run  daily to lose weight when he saw some people throwing the javelin on the ground which he apparently liked and started the sport.  Had he not been fat we wouldn't have got a gold in Olympics at Tokyo  

[heywoodu 15,152]

23 minutes ago, dcro said:

Say hello to the scumbag of Tokyo 2020.

 

https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1408926-zarco-alvarez-ivan.htm

 

Barcelona-born marathon runner representing Honduras. Who got selected for a universality spot after paying another athlete to run under his name to achieve a respectable time - and getting away with it.

This somehow sounds vaguely familiar, but I can't find anything about it anymore...

[dcro 10,210]

29 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

This somehow sounds vaguely familiar, but I can't find anything about it anymore...

It was shared in the qualification thread.

[intoronto 5,645]

33 minutes ago, dcro said:

It was shared in the qualification thread.

And beyond this it appears he lucked himself into the games because another athlete from Honduras couldn't get citizenship

[heywoodu 15,152]

Can we cheer for the 'Honduran' athlete having one of those pesky little 'rocks' in his shoe?  

[heywoodu 15,152]

4x400m medalist Terrence Agard had quite the road in his career, especially with a bad neck injury in 2015.  Didn't know it would partially be on his profile, so that makes things easier.

https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1476195-agard-terrence.htm

[heywoodu 15,152]

Injury for Kitata. Or a pre-signed contract with a major marathon