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  1. Just now, OlympicsFan said:

    Disgusting result in men's hammer throw. Another medal for a (confirmed) doper. I feel sorry for the french people that they are represented by someone like him.

    Also nice by Fajdek to set himself up for another monster choke at the olympics next year.

    Expected gold for DAS in the absence of SMU, SAFP, Ta Lou and Thompson. I don't see her winning more than a bronze medal next year, so this probably was a once in a lifetime chance for her. Looking at the other girls in the final i would say that she is the only one with a realistic chance to make the final in Tokyo next year. Absolutely ridiculous to see that 22.51 is enough for bronze, very hard to imagine this not being the worst medal winning performance here. Schippers will probably cry herself to sleep tonight, considering that she probably could have run 22.51 on one leg.

     

    Nope. She'd have won gold in 2001 with that time (after Marion Jones DQ). Debbie Ferguson's time was 22.52 ;)

  2. Just now, heywoodu said:

    She's got 17 meters more in the forecast :lol:  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.

  3. 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!

  4. 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 :p 

     

    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.

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