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    trollism

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    3 hours ago 08/03/2024 5:00pm EDT
    re: Dfghhj

    Dfghhj wrote:

    Why is everyone so down on the US? In most previous Olympics they’ve only outpaced China in the golds by a couple, and they’re on pace to do that again with much of the athletics schedule still to come. And they’re well ahead in total medals. France clearly leader in per capita battle, however.

    I think it's because they usually get between about 11 and 18 golds in the pool and they're currently sat on 6 with a max two more tomorrow and then swimming is finished.

    China are going to dive the divies, ping the pongies and shoot the shooties all week, while the USA's medal hopes tend to sit with a couple chances per night on the track and then team events like basketball and volleyball at the end. Biles might get a couple more, mind you.

    To be fair, it's good to see the gold medal count quite evenly spread between a lot of countries.

  • Pintudo

    Member since 07/25/2024.

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    2 hours ago 08/03/2024 5:50pm EDT
    re: THOUGHTSLEADER

    THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:

    ANYONE but her please wrote:

    SML could have won that race for the USA, but I guess she's just too important to show up.

    Little destroyed Klaver, Norwood beat Doom and still we lose. Legs 3 and 4 rough when you consider who could be there.

    Idk what race you watched but Lieke split a tenth faster than Shamier and had the fastest 2nd leg of the race.

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    Anonymous Poster

    2 hours ago 08/03/2024 5:53pm EDT
    re: Big melons

    Big melons wrote:

    Served them a Bol of Whoop AZZ wrote:

    Nice to have a built in excuse. You were spewing this team was going to win anyhow. Wrong again.

    He's full of himself. Screen name says enough.

    Plus he said Little destroyed Klaver, who ran an unofficial 49.30 while Little ran 49.40. He forgot Klaver got the stick BEHIND Little.

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    Anonymous Poster

    2 hours ago 08/03/2024 6:00pm EDT
    re: LetsRun.com

    The Dutch were without their top male 400 runner, Bonifacio who has run 44.48 open. So this wasn't their best team either.

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    NYDCRunner1

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    2 hours ago 08/03/2024 6:08pm EDT
    re: Sprinter Guy2

    Sprinter Guy2 wrote:

    Runner182828 wrote:

    This might be the dumbest take on the board today, and that’s saying something.

    Alfred is a top class sprinter and anyone who has been following the sport the past few years knows it. If it weren’t for the insane timing fiasco at the world champs in Eugene, she might already be a global medalist.

    10.72 into an almost still wind is Alfred’s best ever time. Richardson ran 10.65 into a similar (but stronger) wind in worse shape than she is now.

    Very confident that Sha’Carri takes 4th if the field is all there.

    Richardson choked big time. There is no way that she could only manage 10.87. She should have won this race easily. But hats off to Alfred. She came, saw and conquered. She handled the nerves and rose to the occasion.

  • Dfghhj

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    2 hours ago 08/03/2024 6:08pm EDT
    re: JamesD2

    JamesD2 wrote:

    Dfghhj wrote:

    France clearly leader in per capita battle, however.

    Isn't St. Lucia the leader in golds per capita and total medals per capita? Seems like France would have to win 350 or so to catch them.

    Good point. Didn’t think about all the small countries. If I have time I’ll put together a per capita tally

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    NYDCRunner1

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    2 hours ago 08/03/2024 6:12pm EDT
    re: Sprinter Guy2

    Sprinter Guy2 wrote:

    Sprintgeezer wrote:

    BS. Read what I wrote.

    I did, and it’s simply not factual. 10.87 is not an amazing time (for her). Alfred and the others had no problems running within a good range of their expected times. Sha’Carri is a 10.6 on a good day. That’s just a world of difference from 10.87 in sprinting.

    Agreed. That 10.87 is a major under performance for Richardson. She just choked. She wilted under the pressure. But handling the pressure and thriving in spite of it is what makes champions.

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    track chick

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    1 hour ago 08/03/2024 6:35pm EDT
    re: JamesD2

    JamesD2 wrote:

    Dfghhj wrote:

    France clearly leader in per capita battle, however.

    Isn't St. Lucia the leader in golds per capita and total medals per capita? Seems like France would have to win 350 or so to catch them.

    St Lucia must be the winner in golds per capita but total medals per capita might go to Grenada as it's smaller! They have one medal too.

    The smallest country on the medal table is Tuvalu with about 11,000 people but they have no medals (as they're on the medals table I'm guessing they must have someone entered though).

    bbc.co.uk
    Olympic Medal Table - Paris 2024 gold, silver & bronze tally
    @BBCSport
    Find out the medal table from the Paris Olympics 2024, including overall medals, gold medals, silver medals and bronze medals for Team GB and other countries.
    Link:www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/paris-202...

    worldometers.info
    Population by Country (2024) - Worldometer
    List of countries and dependencies in the world ranked by population, from the most populated. Growth rate, median age, fertility rate, area, density, population density, urbanization, urban population, share of world populat...
    Link:www.worldometers.info/world-population...

    Amazing how few medals places as huge as India have.

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    Running UberNerd

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    1 hour ago 08/03/2024 6:36pm EDT
    re: Salvitore Stitchmo

    Salvitore Stitchmo wrote:

    high school xc coach wrote:

    right. that is 54 second 400 pace. and he also said that nuguse did same workout last year, but at a much more reasonable 1:24, which is 56 400 pace. That is still a really hard workout. 8x600 at just a bit slower than his ridiculous mile PR

    It's just a pointless workout to be doing at this stage in the season? That's not a tapering/sharpening workout - that's an "anxiety" workout - as in "need to prove to ourselves we are still fit" workout. Meh.

    They just announced SAFP not going to even start in the second semi. End of career for the GOAT.

    The idea of using a single colossal workout to “show how fit you are” is one of the most counterproductive things a coach can do. It’s not one workout that makes you fit; it’s the months and years of training that makes you fit. Making athletes go super lactic a few days before the most important race of their lives will lead to exactly what we witnessed these last couple of days.

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    Roger Biebert

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    1 hour ago 08/03/2024 6:36pm EDT
    re: NYDCRunner1

    10.87 may have been an under-performance, but I would have never expected sha'carri to run faster than 10.72 into a slight headwind in the rain. She has only broken 10.72 3 times in her career, but always in favorable conditions. Her start could have been a lot better, but I'm not surprised she wasnt in the low 10.7s

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    Freebirdorchestra

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    1 hour ago 08/03/2024 6:45pm EDT
    re: NYDCRunner1

    NYDCRunner1 wrote:

    Sprinter Guy2 wrote:

    10.72 into an almost still wind is Alfred’s best ever time. Richardson ran 10.65 into a similar (but stronger) wind in worse shape than she is now.

    Very confident that Sha’Carri takes 4th if the field is all there.

    Richardson choked big time. There is no way that she could only manage 10.87. She should have won this race easily. But hats off to Alfred. She came, saw and conquered. She handled the nerves and rose to the occasion.

    Richardson was always one bad start away from losing. It was never a sure thing. And Julien Alfred was always gonna put up a fight. It's not the first time she's beaten Sha'Carri. Julien was ready to be an Olympic medalist, and I couldn't be happier that she won gold because I'm a big fan.

    Sha'Carri had a bad race on a tough day and won silver. She'll be back.

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    track chick

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    1 hour ago 08/03/2024 6:49pm EDT
    re: Eliud Bekele

    Actually Eliud Bekele is right - it's Dominica - even more tiny...

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    Caint76

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    1 hour ago 08/03/2024 7:01pm EDT
    re: Dfghhj

    Shouldn’t it be a per number of athletes sent ratio rather than capita?

  • Gutf

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    08/03/2024 7:33pm EDT
    re: Dfghhj

    Dfghhj wrote:

    JamesD2 wrote:

    Isn't St. Lucia the leader in golds per capita and total medals per capita? Seems like France would have to win 350 or so to catch them.

    Good point. Didn’t think about all the small countries. If I have time I’ll put together a per capita tally

    Crazy—St. Lucia (pop. 180,000) held the lead in gold medals per capita for a grand total of 18 minutes after the 100m, until Dominica (pop, 73,000) took over when LaFond won the triple jump.

    They are the 101st and 102nd nations to win a global track and field medal. As Rob Walker eloquently argued during the broadcast, this proves that track and field, more than any other sport, truly is for everyone.

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