OlympicsFan 782 Posted April 9, 2016 #131 Share Posted April 9, 2016 1 hour ago, heywoodu said: Wow, 500m would be a pretty big mistake Irony? The most likely thing is that something was wrong with the timing. The second most likely thing is that the course was too short. Everyone was about 2 min fast than expected. 20 km in 80 min (1:20.00) -> 500 m in 2 min, so i assume that the course was at least 500 m too short OR the timing didn't work. Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,540 Posted April 9, 2016 #132 Share Posted April 9, 2016 1 minute ago, OlympicsFan said: Irony? The most likely thing is that something was wrong with the timing. The second most likely thing is that the course was too short. Everyone was about 2 min fast than expected. 20 km in 80 min (1:20.00) -> 500 m in 2 min, so i assume that the course was at least 500 m too short OR the timing didn't work. No irony, if they indeed came up with a course that was half a kilometer too short, that would be a huge mistake obviously. I mean, 50 meters...ok, but a half kilometer? I guess indeed the timing is the most likely source of these weird times.. If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EselTheDonkey 657 Posted April 9, 2016 #133 Share Posted April 9, 2016 Linke, Pohle and Nils Brembach all fulfilled the German National Standards for Rio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicsFan 782 Posted April 9, 2016 #134 Share Posted April 9, 2016 59 minutes ago, heywoodu said: No irony, if they indeed came up with a course that was half a kilometer too short, that would be a huge mistake obviously. I mean, 50 meters...ok, but a half kilometer? I guess indeed the timing is the most likely source of these weird times.. It happens more often than one might think. There have been many marathon/race walking competitions where the course was too short. Another explanation might be that it was just a very fast course, but thats not very likely. Last year the same competition was won by Link in a time of 1:20.37. Its interesting that two pretty famous athletes, Tysse and Campion both were rather slow today. Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicsFan 782 Posted April 9, 2016 #135 Share Posted April 9, 2016 44 minutes ago, EselTheDonkey said: Linke, Pohle and Nils Brembach all fulfilled the German National Standards for Rio. In addition to that Dohmann is already qualified for the 50 km race in Rio, so our team in race walking is complete before the season even started. In womens race walking no one will qualify. Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bestmen 2,557 Posted April 10, 2016 #136 Share Posted April 10, 2016 (edited) Marathon of Roma 10/04/2016 final results women Tusa Rahma Duru Mulu Melka Dahmani Kenza top 10 time of qualification 2 h 45 min 0 s so top 5 are qualified to rio Edited April 10, 2016 by bestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrv86 2,923 Posted April 13, 2016 #137 Share Posted April 13, 2016 It seems that IAAF validated the results of Podebrady meeting, as they already published the times in the top lists section Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panda 0 Posted April 13, 2016 Author #138 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Can somebody tell me, how USA choose olympic athletes? You must be in top 3 in USA Championships or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry_Leon 1,225 Posted April 13, 2016 #139 Share Posted April 13, 2016 3 hours ago, panda said: Can somebody tell me, how USA choose olympic athletes? You must be in top 3 in USA Championships or not? Yes The event will be US Olympic 2016 team trials Track & Field at Eugene from 1st to 10th July US trials rule: Quote The top three finishers in each event will be named to the Olympic team provided that each has, by the end of their event at trials, achieved the applicable qualifying standard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianlu33 3,570 Posted April 24, 2016 #140 Share Posted April 24, 2016 Wow! Kipchoge wins the London Marathon whit 2:03:05 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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