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3 years ago 06/28/2021 12:26am EDT

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this ^ wrote:
Hocker does NOT NEED THE STANDARD BECAUSE HE HAS A HIGH ENOUGH WORLD RANKING HE IS GOING TO THE OLYMPICS 100%. It's actually mind-boggling that people are still asking this question. It has been discussed on the boards for weeks now, even this thread has the information in it.

Agree it's mind boggling, but blame NBC for that somewhat. They never really acknowledged that you could get in by world rankings and were endlessly talking about the standards. I honestly think it was dumb for Abbey Cooper to do what she did. Then you have the girl who got 5th in Disc but has standard making a huge deal like her Olympic dreams were taken from her. Well how did you or your agent not know the actual process.

3 years ago 06/28/2021 12:30am EDT

re: serious question person

serious question person wrote:
If Hocker doesn't get the standard, Engels goes, right?

It all depends on what you mean by "get the standard." If you mean "run under 3:35" then "this^" is right, and you handle should be "idiotic question idiot." But if you meant "make the WAQA list" then you are not an idiot.

Your call.

3 years ago 06/28/2021 12:33am EDT

re: rojo

Great meet in a great new stadium! Lots of great performances but Ryan Crouser and Sydney McGloughlin are my athletes of the meet.

3 years ago 06/28/2021 12:45am EDT

re: ding a linga

ding a linga wrote:
track watcher wrote:
Who is the women doing the color commentary during with women’s hep 800? Track commentators are generally bad, but she is atrocious.
Only the best female athlete of all time…can’t be good at everything.

Right answer. Great athlete, cool person, not at all good at commentary. But the whole production has had abysmal commentary, its not like it was just her.

Speaking of NBC doing a terrible job, would it kill them to add some replay to the field events? They only have replay in the main feed.

3 years ago 06/28/2021 3:32am EDT

re: habs

habs wrote:
Also I don't really think the 800 is affected positively by the heat like the sprints are, so it proves that all these fast times aren't just due to the heat. (super shoes on the other hand...)

I once asked a doctor who specializes in runners about how heat affects the 800, and he said that heat neither hurts nor helps in an 800, as long as it's under 100 degrees . (He said over 100 he's not sure, because he's not aware of studies done on running in heat that high.)

3 years ago 06/28/2021 9:14am EDT

re: bhuhgg

bhuhgg wrote:
Im gunna say it. The women’s hurdles are too short. They are a joke now.

I agree!

They are the same height used for middle school.

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