I feel a hell of a lot more for the team that finished 4th and missed their chance of getting the medal at the games and standing on the podium...
Summer Tokyo 2021 - Track & Field
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Stacked field for next weekend. Jacobs was originally scheduled to run but has decided his not gonna run again until 2022..
Thompson 10.54 at Eugene diamond league overnight
Peter Bol, 4th in the 800 in Paris.
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Nicola McDermott wins gold on the high jump at the Paris DL
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I think she'll crack Flo Jo's 10.49s world record eventually, even though that record has a giant f*cking asterisk anyway.
If any track diehards have a spare 19minutes, watch this video from Cravon Gillespie, member of USA 4x100 team. Does one of them “reaction” videos from their race in Tokyo, where they failed to make the final. Basically throws his coaches and his 3 teammates under the bus
Gives plenty of excuses …even though he got destroyed on anchor. Worth a watch !
Aussies 1 & 2 in the 1500m overnight in the Diamond League
I had no idea Jacques Rogge passed away. RIP
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yep I completely missed it. I listened to SEN most of the day after he died and didn't hear anything.
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I doubt it. A lot of these people don't train together for large periods of the year. It's not really like football where they're a team all year and best mates. Many of them would be rivals and mates, but not necessarily especially close outside of the relays if they were in different squads
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CJ Ujah: British Olympic 4x100m relay silver medallist's 'B' sample positive - BBC Sport
B-Sample positive now, he's gone. And the relay will be stripped of their medal.
Would mean Canada elevated to Silver, China to Bronze.
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Olympic star found stabbed to death at her home in Kenya aged 25
Kenyan Olympic athlete Agnes Tirop, 25, was found dead with stab wounds to her abdomen at her house in Iten, Elgeyo Marakwet County on Wednesday.
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Further confirmation 2021 was a good year for Oz athletes not just at the Olympics but also on the international events that accumulate points. Final year rankings from Track and Field News magazine, the bible of the sport. They release their women's top 10 list of every event in a couple of days time.
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6 Aussie Women made Track and Field News' top 10 list.
Overall best year by Aussie athletes since 1970.
Overall best year by Aussie athletes since 1970.
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RussellEbertHandball
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Nothing wrong with an American magazine having a slight bias to the yanks, but thats all it is, slight.
Not much point recording the worlds best time, or jump or throw in the semi final and losing the gold medal or even a medal in the final. That world's best time, jump or throw, doesnt mean you should be automatically ranked #1 in that event over the people who beat you in the final. And neither should winning a gold medal at Tokyo automatically give you the #1 ranking for an event this year. You got to look at performances over the whole 12 months.
They have developed their methodology over 70 odd years for their end of year rankings. And its not just yanks who do the end of year rankings. They have a team of contributors from around the world who contribute and join in with the editors, so that their list has international credibility.
