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  • rina
    rina Posts: 2,334
    soapboxsam said:
    First time I have seen Asher-Smith not reach a final and she is confused why she ran poorly 🤷🏿‍♀️
    Dina is a world class athlete but maybe her best days are behind her ?
    she's only ever made 1 olympic final though

    I'd expect her to final the 200, a much stronger event for her than the 100
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,975
    DAS blew it at the start, you can’t start that poorly and expect to make up the ground 
  • SporadicAddick
    SporadicAddick Posts: 6,847
    swordfish said:
    I think Danny Mills Boy George is about to go in the 1500 rep h2
    Impressive - Dad plays in World Cup Finals, son runs in Olympics...
  • Hal1x
    Hal1x Posts: 4,265
    When did Rebecca Adlington become Amish?

  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,763
    Bronze in the mixed 4x400m relay. What a turn of pace by the Dutch girl on the last leg to end up winning.
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,051
    Femke Bol is different class
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    edited August 2024
    rina said:
    soapboxsam said:
    First time I have seen Asher-Smith not reach a final and she is confused why she ran poorly 🤷🏿‍♀️
    Dina is a world class athlete but maybe her best days are behind her ?
    she's only ever made 1 olympic final though

    I'd expect her to final the 200, a much stronger event for her than the 100

    Olympics don't come round too often so I was thinking mainly  Euros, Commonwealth and World champs.
    Gold in the 200m in World Champs and Gold in Euros at 200 and 100.
    DAS is only 28 but her best times seem to be a few years ago.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,842
    Callumcafc said:
    Bronze in the mixed 4x400m relay. What a turn of pace by the Dutch girl on the last leg to end up winning.
    Good fun to watch, but there's something flawed about a relay race early on in the athletics programme, meaning that many of the best 400m runners choose to skip it.
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    edited August 2024
    Femke Bol( Netherlands) is a fantastic athlete who was different class to the other Girls in the mixed 400m relay (4th to 1st) but pleased they went to the swimming and didn't interview her as her voice is so high I had to hit the mute button at the World champs.

    Superb hurdler and flat runner over 400 metres.
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,763
    Women’s 100m final coming up…
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  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,763
    edited August 2024
    Callumcafc said:
    Women’s 100m final coming up…
    Gold for Saint Lucia! Amazing - their first ever Olympic medal of any kind
  • philcafc
    philcafc Posts: 3,883
    Great performance by Alfred. Good to see the Americans not having it all their own way. I don't think they will win the men's 100m either. The Jamaican Thompson looks the man to beat there.
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    Alfred wins for St Lucia in the 100 metres.
    Clayton the Jamaican won her Semi final heat only came 7th.
    Neita came 4th and like Asher-Smith has another chance for a medal in the 200m and the relay.
  • ME14addick
    ME14addick Posts: 9,761
    Best place for a British 100m runner since 1960  well done Daryl Neita
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,845
    SporadicAddick said:
    swordfish said:
    I think Danny Mills Boy George is about to go in the 1500 rep h2
    Impressive - Dad plays in World Cup Finals, son runs in Olympics...
    And both love a Christmas dinner
  • Gisappointed
    Gisappointed Posts: 987
    edited August 2024
    Anyone know what Femka Bol's time was on the last leg? I think we could have had a bloke running that 400 and she'd have overtaken him.
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,845
    Gisappointed said:
    Anyone know what Femka Bol's time was on the last leg? I think we could have had a bloke running that 400 and she'd have overtaken him.
    I think the blokes are generally 3-4 seconds faster than the women, so that's probably unlikely. 

    Great run though. I love a 4x400 relay.
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,975
    Gisappointed said:
    Anyone know what Femka Bol's time was on the last leg? I think we could have had a bloke running that 400 and she'd have overtaken him.
    She ran a 47.93.

    Our second male runner ran a 44.40.
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    Gisappointed said:
    Anyone know what Femka Bol's time was on the last leg? I think we could have had a bloke running that 400 and she'd have overtaken him.

    47.93 was Bol's time.
    She ran a storming last leg in the World Champs to win Gold for the Dutch from way back.
    Her main event is the 400m hurdles.
  • rina
    rina Posts: 2,334
    Gisappointed said:
    Anyone know what Femka Bol's time was on the last leg? I think we could have had a bloke running that 400 and she'd have overtaken him.

    47.93
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  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,842
    Was it someone with a pocket calculator working out the Decathlon scores FFS  :D
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,845
    edited August 2024
    killerandflash said:
    Was it someone with a pocket calculator working out the Decathlon scores FFS  :D
    Brilliant isn't it - utter chaos! Its always the way though as there are so many permutations in that last race.
  • Raith_C_Chattonell
    Raith_C_Chattonell Posts: 5,677
    soapboxsam said:
    Alfred wins for St Lucia in the 100 metres.
    Clayton the Jamaican won her Semi final heat only came 7th.
    Neita came 4th and like Asher-Smith has another chance for a medal in the 200m and the relay.
    I doubt you'll be able to move in St Lucia without going down Alfred St, Alfred Avenue and Alfred Road to Alfred Towers - after calling in at the Alfred Mall.
  • suzisausage
    suzisausage Posts: 11,502
    In the wrap up section on euro sport the rowers were interview by Tom Daley and one said ‘massive effort and I was then teabagged by Harry’  (the cox) 
    Laura just had to issue an apology for anyone offended. 


  • suzisausage
    suzisausage Posts: 11,502
    Also Abbie Wood the Brit was in a swimming final today. Made me chuckle. 
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,847
    suzisausage said:
    Also Abbie Wood the Brit was in a swimming final today. Made me chuckle. 
    Finished just behind the French bird Belle Vadeere 
  • MrWalker
    MrWalker Posts: 4,106

  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,842
    edited August 2024
    suzisausage said:
    Also Abbie Wood the Brit was in a swimming final today. Made me chuckle. 
    Born in Buxton, so either her parents haven't heard of the London suburb and station, or have a bad sense of humour!
  • aliwibble
    aliwibble Posts: 26,277
    Maybe they were inspired by the naming of Brooklyn Beckham, and that was where she was conceived.
  • stoneroses19
    stoneroses19 Posts: 7,219
    Superb from Alfred. Big surprise. Thought that was easily going to be Richardson's gold, considering the top three Jamaican's were all missing in the final. 

    200m will be exciting, hard to guess the gold medal from Thomas, Jackson, and Ta Lou Smith. Didn't realise until now Alfred is also running the 200m, so is going for double gold.

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