Molly Seidel: 3rd in the US Olympic Trials but leading part of the Olympic Marathon, GUTS!!
Molly Seidel: 3rd in the US Olympic Trials but leading part of the Olympic Marathon, GUTS!!
cheyriot, 4th in the Kenyan Olympic Trials but still got silver.
Belgian marathon runner Mieke Gorissen, a 38 year old teacher from Belgium who finished 28th in only her 3rd marathon. Watch her interview and try not to cry with her. https://youtu.be/M1j042Zu1j0
I'll go with Zane Robertson. He was well back in the marathon and totally done in by the heat. He needed medical attention at the finish and can't even remember running the last six miles. It would have been so much easier to drop out, maybe "save himself" for a lucrative fall marathon rather than suffer to the end in a race that's not gone anything close to what you'd expected.
Sifan Hassan attempted the triple and winning 2 gold, 1 bronze
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Uhhh ... ever heard of Malindi Elmore? (9th place, two kids, in her third marathon, got eliminated in the heats of the 1500m in Athens 2004.)
tearsofjoy wrote:
Belgian marathon runner Mieke Gorissen, a 38 year old teacher from Belgium who finished 28th in only her 3rd marathon. Watch her interview and try not to cry with her.
https://youtu.be/M1j042Zu1j0
ATHING MU! At 19 y/o she left no doubt that she isn't intimidated by the pros. Very impressive.
ck3237 wrote:
Molly Seidel: 3rd in the US Olympic Trials but leading part of the Olympic Marathon, GUTS!!
Seidel was 2nd in the Trial. Just like Kastor was in 2004.
Shelby Hooligan. She showed me that burritos are magic and letsrun only cares about doping when non-white people do it (birthday bash emoji!)
Molly Seidel was the most surprising medalist, in my opinion. I watched her in Atlanta and was impressed, but never, ever thought she would have a chance to medal in the Olympics. And she gave gold and silver a run for their money, too.
Just Another Hobby Jogger wrote:
She is not a "runner" but Mariya Lasitskene was the most inspiring athlete in track and field.
She was denied her chance in 2016 when she was unbeatable. Then Ukrainians caught up. One year delay worked against her given their age difference. Then she had a shaky start early in this season.
What should have been certainty five years ago looked in serious doubt. And then she missed two attempts at 1.96 and her back was against the wall. But that was just one more obstacle she had to overcome. Her reaction to clearing 2.02 and 2.04 was priceless. And after clinching the gold medal, she showed more emotion than she did in the previous six years combined.
She should have been a two time Olympic champion, but I am glad at least she finally got one.
Great call. Lasitskene's victory was one of the absolute highlights of the Games, for all the reasons you detailed, and more. Definitely a better story than the men's high jump, although I appreciate Barshim as well.
Lasitskene is quality and class. This was her only Olympic chance, and it came beyond her absolute prime. It would have been a lifetime of what-ifs, knowing she was the best in the world for so long yet never got the opportunity on the biggest stage. Her form was so poor early this year I thought she would be a sad shell of herself in Tokyo. And it looked that way early.
Then suddenly it was 2016-2019 again. Unbelievable. I knew she would be more emotional than anyone, given what she had experienced and after so many years of holding everything inside.
Otherwise, on the track the answers have to be Molly Seidel and Courtney Frerichs and the silver and bronze medal winners in the men's marathon. I remember watching the women's marathon in early 2020. It was obvious that the chubby girl from Notre Dame was easily the most interesting of the lot, with the greatest upside. But I assumed it would equate to maybe an 8th or 10th place finish. Then once the Tokyo race began I was startled at her conditioning. Now she looks like she belongs. Maybe this will lead somewhere.
I thought I would start with some options. Which one do you guys think was the most inspirational of the whole olympics?
- Sifan Hassan attempted the triple and winning 2 gold, 1 bronze
- Allison Felix in her 5th olympics winning a gold and a bronze.I am very thankful to share this<a href="
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So many amazing performances but watching Molly run a very brave and tactical marathon was the best.
Faulknerism wrote:
Shelby Hooligan. She showed me that burritos are magic and letsrun only cares about doping when non-white people do it (birthday bash emoji!)
^^^^ Found the racist ^^^^
tearsofjoy wrote:
Belgian marathon runner Mieke Gorissen, a 38 year old teacher from Belgium who finished 28th in only her 3rd marathon. Watch her interview and try not to cry with her.
https://youtu.be/M1j042Zu1j0
All due respect but a bit over the top. How is it possible to be in good enough shape to make the Olympics, run top 30, and apparently have no clue they are in any kind of shape? It is like she expected to have run 3:34 and 128th place. Is she running like 30 miles/week or something? Now if she had been in the sport for 20 years like Malindi I could see the weight of that causing the emotion.......
OozmaKappa wrote:
Someone already said but screw it, I second it
Simone Biles is the stinningest, bravest, most inspirational athlete to ever grace this earth for turning her back on her team and throwing in the towel on the worlds biggest stage.
Henceforth, upon spectating any incredible performance, in retrospect we will only be able to say "it would have been even better if they had quit" because Simone Biles just set the bar so high.
Disgusting opinion. Can you even do a jumping jack in front of a crowd? Obviously you've never even tried gymnastics!
ck3237 wrote:
Molly Seidel: 3rd in the US Olympic Trials but leading part of the Olympic Marathon, GUTS!!
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Eliud Kipchoge
Blumenfeld. He knew he couldn't outkick Yee, but instead of racing conservatively for the silver, Blumenfeld went all-in from way out... about 1,500 meters... to the take the kick out of Yee for gold in the men's triathlon. Then, he threw up at the finish. That was epic! Talk about giving it your all.
That's who I want to draw strength from in the last minutes of my race!
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