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Olympics Tokyo 2021 - sport
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Thanks for going where I feared to tread.... was thinking right from the start that for most competitors they ply their trade in fron of crowds comprising their parents, partners and reluctant children and their non playing team mates and club officials.
Though I feel so sorry for the competitors as the atmosphere of the Olympics is denied them. The one time they get to feel it. (Not that it seems to have detracted from performances)
Has plenty of authenticity, beats cheering for Hana Mandlikova. Or Dale Begg Smith. Aussies of convenience.
"I knew no-one was going to lead that race, the worst-case scenario was I was going to have to lead it," Bol said.
Shows he is a realist. Knew what he was in for, based on studying the competition who had made the final.
Peter Bol remains a man on a mission after his Tokyo fourth
The Olympic Games is full of people that come and go. They get one shot at it, but Peter Bol is not one of those. He belongs in this league, writes Tracey Holmes.
www.abc.net.au
I think, based on the unique dynamics created by the make up of the field - who was in it, what type of runners they were, their various strengths, what everyone's PBs were relative to each other etc - in hindsight, Peter squeezed the absolute best out of himself. There is probably no scenario he gets on the podium in those unique dynamics (every race is unique, depending on the matchups).
He either runs as they wanted to - slow, with a late blistering charge and gets bunt off by people with superior change of pace. Almost certainly finishes 5th to 9th in that scenario. Or he does what he did, runs from the front and just tries to hang on. And actually, hang on he did. Most often you see someone going drastically backwards down the home straight as they get swamped by the field, after running in that fashion. He didn't actually drop dramatically, just a couple a bit too strong.
Like I said earlier, a slight change in personnel in that field (which watching the semis and heats, it is such a knife edge thing, you could so easily have a sliding door moment where different blokes get through) and it changes the race dynamic entirely and you get a race playing out more similarly to Peter's heat and semi, which plays into his hands. The margins are so small between these guys actual PBs that these other tiny variables are decisive in deciding the result. It's just not comparable to laned events in the sprints or sports like swimming.
The only time you get an unbackable favourite and predictable outcome is if you have an overwhelmingly dominant force like Rudisha or Kipketer at the peak of their powers that are several seconds better than the rest and can actually run from the front and no one can get anywhere near them. The analogy you could use. Titmus and Ledecki are less than a second between each other and not that much further than that from the next few. Imagine if they didn't swim in lanes and had to start from a pontoon and swim around buoys on a triangular circuit like open water swimmers, with no lanes. So many more variables come into play then and the fastest swimmer on paper doesn't always win.
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Aussies love their brave female
like they love franking credits.
if hes gonna go for gold in Paris,
we need to grab a Kenyan with a fast 400m out of Nauru and give them if a special revokable 3- year sports Visa ASAP
US misses qualifying for the final in the men's 4x100m.
Jamaica in the women's didn't run with their two stars, finished third in their heat and auto qualify for final, but won't have a terribly good lane draw with that heat performance. Thompson and Fraser to come in.
Can't pick a winner in the men's. Jamaican team probably slight favourite, but not the team of recent years. Canada, GB both capable of beating them. And China the surprise.
In women's you'd say Jamaica should win with Fraser and Thompson coming in. But if their changes are not right. Again, GB look strong. And their women were really solid across the 100m individual.
Interesting piece of trivia. US sprinters haven't won a gold medal on the track for 17 years.
Jamaica in the women's didn't run with their two stars, finished third in their heat and auto qualify for final, but won't have a terribly good lane draw with that heat performance. Thompson and Fraser to come in.
Can't pick a winner in the men's. Jamaican team probably slight favourite, but not the team of recent years. Canada, GB both capable of beating them. And China the surprise.
In women's you'd say Jamaica should win with Fraser and Thompson coming in. But if their changes are not right. Again, GB look strong. And their women were really solid across the 100m individual.
Interesting piece of trivia. US sprinters haven't won a gold medal on the track for 17 years.
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must say I'm enjoying the Park Skating. Keegan Palmer in line for a gold here with a 94.04 on his first run.
The camaraderie shown by these kids towards each other is fantastic, both the guys today and the girls yesterday.
Kieran Woolley up into fourth after his second run, after crashing in his first.
Keegan got a 95 in his third and last run - way in front for gold
Update: Keegan Palmer got a gold, Kieran Woolley dropped down to fifth after crashing again in his third run.
Great fun
The camaraderie shown by these kids towards each other is fantastic, both the guys today and the girls yesterday.
Kieran Woolley up into fourth after his second run, after crashing in his first.
Keegan got a 95 in his third and last run - way in front for gold
Update: Keegan Palmer got a gold, Kieran Woolley dropped down to fifth after crashing again in his third run.
Great fun
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Delladova has one more international left to play. Shadow of his peak.
Cannot beat a US team with the starting 5.
Sober, Goulding etc a level below.
With Mills there is no one to take the pressure off him. He has to deliver for us to win.
But US I like the challenge of coming back ... run off scratch, opponents off 11.
Having said that we have a huge monkey to get of f the back, must take the bronze on offer THIS time. way too many Olympic and Word 4th places.
Cannot beat a US team with the starting 5.
Sober, Goulding etc a level below.
With Mills there is no one to take the pressure off him. He has to deliver for us to win.
But US I like the challenge of coming back ... run off scratch, opponents off 11.
Having said that we have a huge monkey to get of f the back, must take the bronze on offer THIS time. way too many Olympic and Word 4th places.
I make a bigger splash dipping my big toe in the bath then those ladies do in the 10m diving, bloody incredible, talent, courage and class
The combined ages of 1st and 2nd place in the womens 10m platform was 29. Gold medalist is 14.
