Yeah we need to replace the leadership there and in women's football. Worst USA track and field Olympics for us I can remember.
Michael Johnson made some good points on BBC. Was saying the collegiate funding has decreased and T&F not bringing in the revenue that football and basketball does, they’re the first to feel the pinch. He also said there’s no actual real excuse for how poor the experienced athletes have performed.
You’ll know this better then me, but Big10 colleges for example make the money through American Football and Basketball, be that tickets or sponsors, and the crumbs drop down, suspect Lacrosse and Football are now above Track and Field in that chasing the crumbs
4 seconds off a 1500 distance is ridiculous. So much distrust in athletics now
I just assume in every event some if not most of them are either bending or breaking the rules. Then if someone else is significantly better I am almost certain they are.
The "cleanest games in history" actually turned out to be the dirtiest.
4 seconds off a 1500 distance is ridiculous. So much distrust in athletics now
if you eliminate illegal medication, modern running shoes and track technology has and will continue to make life better for runners .. allied with more intense scientific based coaching to improve running methods, posture and stride patterns etc.. expect to see times get faster and faster until the (as yet unknown) absolute optimum performance is reached ..
EDIT .. and don't forget strictly controlled diet and exercise/training regimes
Yeah we need to replace the leadership there and in women's football. Worst USA track and field Olympics for us I can remember.
Michael Johnson made some good points on BBC. Was saying the collegiate funding has decreased and T&F not bringing in the revenue that football and basketball does, they’re the first to feel the pinch. He also said there’s no actual real excuse for how poor the experienced athletes have performed.
You’ll know this better then me, but Big10 colleges for example make the money through American Football and Basketball, be that tickets or sponsors, and the crumbs drop down, suspect Lacrosse and Football are now above Track and Field in that chasing the crumbs
Yeah, a lot of colleges also rely on donations from alumni. Some crazy figures in donations from rich ex-students.
Cruel watching the Modern Pentathlon. German rider who was in first place just lost any chance of a medal as her horse refused to jump the fences. Seems a bit unfair that they get assigned random horses. The German might be in a bit of trouble too, she didn't take too kindly to the horse doing her over!
Cruel watching the Modern Pentathlon. German rider who was in first place just lost any chance of a medal as her horse refused to jump the fences. Seems a bit unfair that they get assigned random horses. The German might be in a bit of trouble too, she didn't take too kindly to the horse doing her over!
GB are top of the cycling medal table so although we haven't won as many Gold's as previous Olympic's I wouldn't say it's been as bad as some are making out.
Cruel watching the Modern Pentathlon. German rider who was in first place just lost any chance of a medal as her horse refused to jump the fences. Seems a bit unfair that they get assigned random horses. The German might be in a bit of trouble too, she didn't take too kindly to the horse doing her over!
Just saw that, that was heartbreaking. That horse had destroyed the chances of a Russian competitor earlier, so she was probably fearing the worst
53 medals overall, a couple of days to go and two boxers guaranteed at least silver which aren't in the total yet. This is a very, very good Olympics and we shouldn't let the fact that the last two were better disguise that.
Cruel watching the Modern Pentathlon. German rider who was in first place just lost any chance of a medal as her horse refused to jump the fences. Seems a bit unfair that they get assigned random horses. The German might be in a bit of trouble too, she didn't take too kindly to the horse doing her over!
Yeah, she looked to be giving the poor horse a bit of a hiding.
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The "cleanest games in history" actually turned out to be the dirtiest.
EDIT .. and don't forget strictly controlled diet and exercise/training regimes
But that track in Tokyo looks like at the edges of the rules on speed, and its a warmer Olympics then London and Rio
Archibald & Kenny absolutely smashed that.
Brilliant 🤩⭐️⭐️🤩
He wasn't, at the time, the current Mr Trott. To be honest I have no idea if there was a current partner.