Athletics at the Summer Olympic Games 2020

[heywoodu 13,618]

54,60 for Oosterwegel!

 

Based on 2:13 for her and 2:09 for Vidts, they are as good as tied and it'll be about who breaks their PB with the biggest margin  

[thiago_simoes 1,359]

39 minutes ago, vinipereira said:

Pity for Darlan Romani in 4th, but the top 3 was unbeatable.

A healthy Romani could have beaten Walsh. Romani achieved 22.61 in 2019.

[heywoodu 13,618]

Vetter doesn't improve, 51 is a little disappointing to say the least. Still, silver should be very much within reach, whereas gold is for Thiam if she doesn't get injured or - heavens forbid - pulled out due to her coach's positive test.

[JoshMartini007 2,285]

Warner got 4.90m, looking good so far.

[heywoodu 13,618]

2 minutes ago, JoshMartini007 said:

Warner got 4.90m, looking good so far.

Mayer needs to get close to 6 meters to have any remote chance left with a normal javelin and 1500m from Warner  

[orangeman 1,419]

Not taking anything for granted with Warner, but I'm more concerned about Lepage holding onto a medal now.

[JoshMartini007 2,285]

7 minutes ago, orangeman said:

Not taking anything for granted with Warner, but I'm more concerned about Lepage holding onto a medal now.

I think Maloney has it and Lepage will finish fourth

[heywoodu 13,618]

 

[heywoodu 13,618]

Athlete	Current points	800m difference	800m PB
Thiam	5912		2:15,24
Vetter	5848	+4,3	2:17,71
Williams	5642	+18,7	2:15,31
Oosterwegel	5641	+18,7	2:12,68
Vidts	5592	+22,1	2:09,34
Kunz	5540	+25,3	2:14,90
Schäfer	5524	+26,3	2:14,10

 

Plus or minus 2-3 tenths here and there because the exact differences also depend on simply how fast the times are instead of the differences in seconds. Also keeping in mind Williams doesn't seem to be in great shape, Oosterwegel is excellent and especially Vidts has been improving left and right and seems to be in fantastic running shape. Definitely my main pick for bronze.

[orangeman 1,419]

47 minutes ago, JoshMartini007 said:

I think Maloney has it and Lepage will finish fourth

Lepage's PBs on javelin and 1500 are better than Maloney and would cover the gap, but we'll see what happens.  Obviously Mayer's PBs are much better than both of them, but he's not performing at his peak.  He's still so close it'd be a surprise if he doesn't pass both of them.  

 

Edit: Forgot about Scantling.  He's got a much better javelin PB, but it's from 5 years ago.  If he got up there it'd put him in the conversation, but his 1500 is slower, too.