Athletics - Running and Jumping and Throwing and stuff!

[Lord Camomile]

"Guam, I know where that is"

I would love it if a tiny country like Guam or whatever somehow managed to produce a truly world class athlete. In fact, it must have happened, surely, and in my ignorant Western-centric nammer I've just negelected it.

Kim Collins of St. Kitts & Nevis? Any advances on Kim?*



*easy, you know what I mean...

 

[Lord Camomile]

Safe to say that was not a particularly good round for GBR in the decathlon.

 

[Sirena]

"Guam, I know where that is"

I would love it if a tiny country like Guam or whatever somehow managed to produce a truly world class athlete. In fact, it must have happened, surely, and in my ignorant Western-centric nammer I've just negelected it.

Kim Collins of St. Kitts & Nevis? Any advances on Kim?*



*easy, you know what I mean...

The gold medallist in the men's 400m is from Grenada (pop 105,000). That's a tiny country by any standards.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Oh yeah, momentarily forgot about him Good call.

 

[moonsi til]

Allyson Felix looking ludicrously fast in the 200m.

(edited to correct spelling)

Was she in the red suit?..if so totally agree.

 

[1927]

Safe to say that was not a particularly good round for GBR in the decathlon.

4 years to prepare and he cant even hit the board properly!

 

[Lord Camomile]

Bloody hell, she must be baking! Though I suppose Saudi Arabia isn't exactly a chilly country.

 

[Lord Camomile]

4 years to prepare and he cant even hit the board properly!

A little disappointing, certainly. Some suggestion that, because he was so far over the board, he was just a bit too pumped by the occasion or whatever and so overcooked it.

 

[mrs quoad]

First Saudi woman trackthlete!

 

[mattie]

Quite a printer-fest there. And a notably phallic mantelpiece.

 

[QueenOfGoths]

A little disappointing, certainly. Some suggestion that, because he was so far over the board, he was just a bit too pumped by the occasion or whatever and so overcooked it.

It sweemed like over excitement to me as well

 

[mrs quoad]

Quite a printer-fest there. And a notably phallic mantelpiece.

The printers are f&£)ing ridiculous. I've got another one upstairs, too.

I got an AirPlay printer when I bought my iPad. So I could print without sending myself emails. Artichoke started printing from it, but felt guilty. Then I got an iMac, which came with an offer of an identical printer for £5. So I got it, intending to sell it on (couldn't really lose on eBay), only for Artichoke to ask if she could buy it off me so she didn't have to use "mine."

 

[1927]

A little disappointing, certainly. Some suggestion that, because he was so far over the board, he was just a bit too pumped by the occasion or whatever and so overcooked it.

So waht was his excuse the second time? Surely hitting the board is a fundamental of long jumping, if he hasnt learnt that yet why is he there?

 

[Lord Camomile]

He was really pumped?

 

[QueenOfGoths]

So waht was his excuse the second time? Surely hitting the board is a fundamental of long jumping, if he hasnt learnt that yet why is he there?

Even 'full time' long jumpers can get their run up wrong. He's a young chap trying to learn and master 10 disciplines. Hopefully he'll learn from this

 

[belboid]

What a great morning. There are still about 78,000 people in the stadium waiting to watch decathlon shot putting

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Even 'full time' long jumpers can get their run up wrong. He's a young chap trying to learn and master 10 disciplines. Hopefully he'll learn from this

Yep. Even experienced bowlers no-ball sometimes. It's not easy to fully commit and get it right every time.

 

[belboid]

So waht was his excuse the second time? Surely hitting the board is a fundamental of long jumping, if he hasnt learnt that yet why is he there?

You really don't seem to know much about sport, do you?

 

[butchersapron]

So waht was his excuse the second time? Surely hitting the board is a fundamental of long jumping, if he hasnt learnt that yet why is he there?

Excuse? Really?

 

[Lord Camomile]

Awde, our decathlete, has had to pull out of the event

 

[QueenOfGoths]

Awde, our decathlete, has had to pull out of the event

Just heard this. Poor thing

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Awde, our decathlete, has had to pull out of the event

Real shame for him. It's a great event to be able to complete and take your collective bow at the end.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Yeah, as I've said before, I really like the hept- and decathlons, not only for the skills required by the athletes but also the seeming spirit amongst the different competitors.

 

[belboid]

He

Awde, our decathlete, has had to pull out of the event

looked like he landed badly in the long jump. Real shame for him

 

[QueenOfGoths]

Yohan Blake slowed down a bit much there

 

[felixthecat]

Usain didn't start like a wardrobe that time

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Awde, our decathlete, has had to pull out of the event

huh? what happened?

 

[QueenOfGoths]

huh? what happened?

Had a bit of a mare in the long jump and either aggrivated an existing injury or sustained a new one

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Had a bit of a mare in the long jump and either aggrivated an existing injury or sustained a new one

Just found this:

Daniel Awde was forced to withdraw from the decathlon with a knee injury after the second event, the long jump.

Awde had set a personal best of 10.71s in the 100m to lie seventh overall, but then committed two fouls in the long jump and already looked to be struggling before managing 6.83m with his final attempt.

"I've had a flare up of patella tendinitis and if I continued it would probably rupture," Awde said. "It's been a real rollercoaster ride. We try to find solutions to it. It works for about a week, find another solution and that works for about a week.

"If you spoke to me at the start of the year I wouldn't have expected to be here in the first place, it's been a real bane of my life for the last two years.

"I'm in the best shape of my life. I was so ready for this to put on a good show, entertain the crowd. I was ready but my knee wasn't. Without being too arrogant, if the pain is enough to make me stop and pull out of my home Olympics, then it's too painful."
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[Lord Camomile]

Why are they holding them so long?!

See, and that's what happens when you do!