Athletics at the Summer Olympic Games 2020

[JonPhi 246]

6 hours ago, heywoodu said:

Yeah that's odd, no idea why  

She rested her legs for the relay, had some injury problems. Also Germans Haase rested for the relay. 

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Track session starts with a double-bill of the  national anthem.

[dcro 10,182]

Dafne in the inner lane. She has an excuse!

[heywoodu 13,561]

Just now, dcro said:

Dafne in the inner lane. She has an excuse!

She did use that in the heats, so we'll definitely hear it again  

[heywoodu 13,561]

Schippers almost made that super special RACE ALERT promo video on NOS worth it! I mean, Van der Poel had it, Schippers had it (that's all, I think). Nailed it!

[Monzanator 3,599]

SAFP wins SF1. The second 2nd. Schippers 6th.

[Federer91 2,140]

NCAA icon Prandini fizzles again outside the borders. 

[Federer91 2,140]

2 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Schippers almost made that super special RACE ALERT promo video on NOS worth it! I mean, Van der Poel had it, Schippers had it (that's all, I think). Nailed it!

Has she mentioned, if she'd consider returning to the heptathlon now that her main event career is over? I mean she'd probably have better results, but will her pride accept it? 

[heywoodu 13,561]

Just now, Federer91 said:

Has she mentioned, if she'd consider returning to the heptathlon now that her main event career is over? I mean she'd probably have better results, but will her pride accept it? 

I very highly doubt she will  

 

Mostly because of a double hernia and such which will make a heptathlon even worse. Meanwhile in the Dutch TV studio (they left immediately because why show anything other than Queen Dafne?), former hurdler Gregory Sedoc was asked if he thought this was surprising: "Hmm, yeah a little bit actually."

 

Right, we know who hasn't been watching athletics for a good while  

[heywoodu 13,561]

Going for 21.50 for Mboma and her flailing arms