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2024 Olympic Games, Paris - Athletics thread

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  • #362
    rovers_runner
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122484799#Comment_122484799

    Some Irish athletes haven't been picked for being overseas and not showing locally for nationals. While some are given an exemption due to talent(don't mean college athletes btw).

    Also national finals performances are overlooked in order to fit people into teams.

    We've had some great marathon runners male and female who've hit standards and won nationals not selected too in years gone by.



  • #363
    drury..
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122484848#Comment_122484848

    I'll be interested to hear MJ and the beebs view on the women's 400 , he's knowledgeable

    I don't believe for a minute he was clean. All except him of his 4*400 team was busted

    Don't believe in this random calling out of athletes based on times



  • #364
    drury..
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    I'll call it 4th anyhow here

    A medal will be fantastic



  • #365
    orangerhyme
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122484951#Comment_122484951

    Bronze hopefully.

    Nobody's talking about Wiliams.



  • #366
    rovers_runner
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    Retrospective bronze incoming after Naser gets tested.



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  • #367
    yerwanthere123
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    We always said she'd need to go sub 49 to medal, and that's how it played out. A bit disappointing but she still ran a good race, beaten by two superior athletes and unfortunately a doper.



  • #368
    EagererBeaver
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    All things considered, a very good run. With maybe 80m to go it looked, for just a second, as if the bronze might be on but it would have needed a big PB, which would have been a big ask in those conditions. She'll be devastated with 4th again I'm sure, but very commendable after the poor semi final.

    Paulino is terrific. What a runner.



  • #369
    secman
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    As a former Tallaght AC member, very proud of Rhasidat , she did the club and country proud, she will get stronger and faster, still a relatively novice athlete at the 400m.

    Hopefully she goes in the 4X 400m tomorrow and they get on the podium. Well done Rhasidat 👏



  • #370
    Expunge
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    Brendan O Dowda's granddaughter representing GB in the Heptathlon?



  • #371
    migemo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 100 ✭✭migemo


    Anyone else think that if Rhasidat cut that damn beautiful head of hair down a bit, she might run a fraction faster. Must be a kilo or 2 in weight, let alone the drag. The first 2 past the post were short haired, and third wasn't sporting a lot. This is not a criticism, just a meandering thought of someone who knows nothing about it.



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  • #372
    orangerhyme
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122485036#Comment_122485036

    Paulino ran 4th fastest time ever which is basically a world record time since the 3 fastest times were by drugs cheats.



  • #373
    drury..
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122485021#Comment_122485021

    Ah you're back



  • #374
    rovers_runner
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122485202#Comment_122485202

    She has history, look it up. I believe once banned like that olympics should be out of their reach.



  • #375
    drury..
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    Wouldn't surprise me if Hassan wins this



  • #376
    EagererBeaver
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122485180#Comment_122485180

    Would you give over with such nonsense. The record books are what they are. Ask Shericka Jackson if she feels like she's the 200m world record holder.



  • #377
    gipi
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122485141#Comment_122485141

    Yep, Callum O'Dowda's sister (he's an Irish international footballer)



  • #378
    yerwanthere123
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,504 Mod ✭✭✭✭yerwanthere123


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122485266#Comment_122485266

    I'd be very surprised if she can beat Chebet in her current form. I do think she can medal though.



  • #379
    yerwanthere123
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,504 Mod ✭✭✭✭yerwanthere123


    Nick Griggs with some thoughts on Adeleke's race

    https://x.com/nickgriggs4321/status/1821976660511748252?t=FraBYCBs2KnX5v8PozjoBw&s=19



  • #380
    yerwanthere123
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,504 Mod ✭✭✭✭yerwanthere123


    Batocletti! Wow!! Thrilled for her after missing a medal in the 5k.

    Another medal for Hassan, just the marathon to go now. I wonder what's going on with Tsegay.



  • #381
    Hamachi
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122484697#Comment_122484697

    Healy is consistently faster than Cadden. Her time will come, but she’s too inexperienced right now to throw into an Olympic final. Healy will reliably deliver a low 51 leg.



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  • #382
    Hamachi
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122485180#Comment_122485180

    Paulino is amazing. Adeleke ran really well. Unfortunately, she was just beaten by three better athletes on the night. She’ll bounce back in future WCs and Olympia. The relay gives her something to focus on tomorrow. It would be quite something if she could run a leg for the ages.



  • #383
    orangerhyme
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122485553#Comment_122485553

    She would've won gold in every Olympics from 04 to 16 and medalled in every Olympics except 96, so it was a ridiculously fast race.

    I'm still hopeful of the girls tomorrow.

    I think they're so positive and on such a high they'll run the race of their life.

    They've nothing to lose really so should just go for it.

    I hope Adeleke can lift herself. She looks so disappointed.



  • #384
    hawkwing
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    Had a few euro on Battocletti to medal at 7/2, of course never enough when you win. Class act.Woeful stuff putting her in bronze for the 5k and then changing their minds again. Decent show by Valby.



  • #385
    Fr D Maugire
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    Heartbreaking for Rhasidat, especially with Naser coming out of nowhere to be in this form. She ran 49.66 less than a month ago which was her best time this season and improved on that by over a second in Paris, dodgy as anything.

    I will say that I don't think Rhasidat has progressed enough this year, Paulino, Kaczmarek, Anning, Holmes and Jaeger all improved on their PBs this year by between .50 up to a second. Rhasidat only improved by .13 and ran faster to win her NCAA title last year than tonight. She barely raced the 400m before the Olympics and I wonder would it have been better to develop her endurance more by running more actual 400m races.

    She is young though and is ahead of the likes of Paulino and Kaczmarek in her development at the same age. However it is an event that is getting stronger, but hopefully her time will come.



  • #386
    yerwanthere123
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,504 Mod ✭✭✭✭yerwanthere123


    Will be interesting to see how Hassan does in the marathon on Sunday, assuming she runs. It's a very tough course, but Olympic marathons are never particularly fast anyway so I think she'd be in with a chance of winning it, and I hope she does. If she could walk away from Paris with a marathon gold and two track bronze medals then that would be a phenemonal achievement.



  • #387
    Strazdas
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122485599#Comment_122485599

    You would have to fancy them to be in with a strong shout of a medal. Becker, Adeleke, Healy and Mawdsley all seem to be in great shape this week and there is no weak link in this chain.



  • #388
    Hamachi
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122485617#Comment_122485617

    Some great points in there. Great call out on Jaeger too. She’s actually a year younger than Rhasidat and was a multi-eventer until 18 months ago! If she continues progressing at this rate she could be a thorn in all their sides for years to come.



  • #389
    orangerhyme
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122485638#Comment_122485638

    Hope they're not fatigued.

    They've done lots of running in the past week. Maybe they're just warming up!

    It would be the cherry on the cake if they medal as they're quite high profile and most people know them a few years.



  • #390
    theoneeyedman
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122485617#Comment_122485617

    Yes, this.

    Hadn't the times to hand, but it did seem to me that she hadn't managed to improve over the last while, while others have. Olympics are all about peaking at the correct time....

    Anning has been very impressive during this meet, I hadn't figured into her at all.

    Adaleke is a huge talent at 21,but she does need proper handling and coaching to advance to world medals. I hope she does it, and is handled properly. I dunno of she can raise herself again for tomorrow, hopefully she can.

    The raw material is there, but the higher up the tree you reach, the harder it is to pick the fruit....



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  • #391
    orangerhyme
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122485617#Comment_122485617

    She seems to finish much stronger in that NCAA race although the times are very similar.

    NCAA : 49:20

    Olympics: 49:28



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