Sine_Qua_Non wrote:alfadriver wrote: Man, that Bolt kid is fast.Kid? He'll be 30 in 7 days.
Considering that they covered us with accolades and telling us that this would be his third in a row, yea, I know... 
Will he retire? He's slowing down due to injury more. If he can get the same doctors Gatlin has, who has aged not so gracefully (or naturally), Bolt can keep running.
bastomatic wrote: Great moments in these Olympics. I really have enjoyed watching Katie Ledecky crush it, along with the other women on the US swim team.(9yo Ledecky meets Phelps) Gotta agree with Mapper - Mo Farah was very impressive.
I love that photo. Ledecky is a machine! In case anyone missed it, here's that video of the team fooling around in Atlanta during training: Car "pool" Karoke
Streetwiseguy wrote: Bronze medal in the women's heptathalon for a Saskatchewan girl. I'm always intrigued by the multi-discipline events. There has to be a real art to training for so many different things, and there is bound to be something that improves one event, but compromises another- I can't imagine the same things that make you great at the shot put would help you in the 800 meter race...other than a fabulous fitness level.
Bruce Jenner won the 1976 Olympic decathlon by NOT training with multi-disciplinarians, but rather with specialists.
Watching the Olympics has refreshed my dislike of hyphenated last names. These people really need to pick one and just use it. It's ok, it doesn't even matter if you use hers when you get married (if your name is Schmuck and hers is Johnson, just go with that. Your future kids will thank you). But just use ONE, sportscasters getting all tongue tied trying to get out an extra three syllables during rapid play is stupid and distracting.
tldr: git off ma lawn!
Anyone catch the finish of the women's 400m? My wife thinks that the dive over the line was a kind of shady way to win the race, but I disagree. While I wish Felix would have won another gold for Team USA, Miller clearly wanted it more and gave it all she had.
We did. Tiger Mom thought that the dive was shady too.
I was surprised at how weak the finishes were in the women's 400 hurdles. The runners just looked sloppy and gassed more than in other events.
No more shady than leaning in. Rules are the torso is the time... They all know that.
I wanted Felix to win, too, but she let Miller get too far ahead for the kick she had left. Felix could have dived, too.
It was interesting to see the apparent weaknesses in the 400m hurdle finish. Tough race. But it ended up having the US teenager qualify for the next round, even with a cold, and apparent jitters on such a big stage.
KyAllroad wrote: We did. Tiger Mom thought that the dive was shady too. I was surprised at how weak the finishes were in the women's 400 hurdles. The runners just looked sloppy and gassed more than in other events.
SWMBO and I thought the same as well. While it clearly was within the rules, it seemed to us to be poor Olympic spirit. She didn't prove that she was the fastest at the race, just that she was willing to risk injuring herself to get across the finish line first.
I mean it's a gold metal at the highest stage in sports with money and notoriety on the line. You better believe I'm going to do anything possible within the rules to cross that line first. That's exactly what Miller did. She wanted the Gold.
I actually thought that Felix didn't lean enough to try and win.
Overall I don't think there was anything wrong with what miller did and I would have probably done the same thing if in her shoes.
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