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Just now, heywoodu said:

She's got 17 meters more in the forecast   Plus Thiam is in great long jump shape, so even if she loses a bit on the javelin, she can definitely make it up there.

Yeah, if she matches KJT in the LJ and beats her by ca. 250 pts in JV, she'll have to finish within ca. 10-12 secs of KJT in the 800m. More than manageable.

Just now, heywoodu said:

Meaning Thiam is still the virtual leader.

Yeah, 10 meters in javelin is basically 200 points and it feels like Thiam will gain more than 10 meters on KJT there.

Fajdek 80,16m

Cienfuegos only 11th but he's spinning in slo-motion compared to Fajdek.

Just now, bestmen said:

I told you 

So, who is your favorite here? I guess it's not the Egyptian masquarading under flag?

Fajdek 79.34m

gold & silver coming up! You have been warned

McLaughlin looked more impressive than Muhammad in the semis tbh.

Just now, heywoodu said:

Which is surprising in itself, since she's without much doubt the world's second best heptathlete of the past few years.

The Russians & Ukrainians are non-existent competition anymore while the US girls are also a little second tier tbh. However you can't have two bad events and count for winning a ton of medals on the global stage. Ennis struggled in SP & JV too but her PBs are significantly better anyway. KJT is just another Kelly Sotherton but even Sotherton's PB in shot is 14,66 (Ennis level) Meanwhile Denise Lewis' worst event was 200m & JV but her SP record was over 16 meters!

Just now, heywoodu said:

I wonder if BBC commentators - like the Dutch - are noobs that only look at the current standings and stuff like "she's xx points behind!" or if they actually use the forecasts like pretty much every avid multi-event follower ever  

Forecast is bad for the hype. They tout her as gold medal winner even though she's never won ANY medal at WCh & OG in the heptathlon.

Just now, dcro said:

 

I wonder if and when BBC will start to call her the "Silver medal girl"...

She's a silver medal girl in the pentahlon. Not so much in the heptathlon.

PB in shot put means the hype will continue until the end

WTF Norman? Dead last.

Just now, dcro said:

Gold for KJT this time?

Not with this weak-ass shot put & the looming javelin disaster on Day 2

Unless she improves on her final throw in the put, she's giving away ca. 180 pts to Thiam already.

hype goes up in smoke too Takayama clipped more hurdles than I can count without the replay.

Horrible TV directing. They didn't show Levy impeding Brathwaite.

Pozzi 5th. BBC hype backfires again?

Uh-oh! DQ incoming!

  Rekkie completely died on the home straight... sheesh... no BBC hype for you!

Paulina Guba with some explicit language after that last put

Kendell Williams 12,59 in the hurdles!

PB for KJT in the hurdles.

Ivana Dadic pulled a hamstring and DNF.

Tim Duckworth DNS. BBC site reports it's a thigh injury.

Just now, dcro said:

It's really sad how decathlon/heptathlon are now limited to only 24 athletes...

It's another stepchild event for IAAF. Likewise for the heptathlon if only the Brits didn't have their crazy KTJ hype. I mean N.Thiam is nowhere near as popular as maybe Carolina Kluft used to be as well.

Polish ES is talking decathlon in the on-site studio and Robert Korzeniowski revealed he did some banter decathlon during his career and his high-jump PB is 1.38m

He's 1.68m (5'6") tall, mind you

No medal for Gemili. BBC in ruins?

Just now, OlympicsFan said:

And no medal for Italy ...

Will Germany win another medal other than Mihambo? Maybe Roleder but that's on the final day IIRC?