Athletics

[baldrick]

Ohhhhh Ingebrigtsen at the front. I think that's a mistake.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Certainly not how Kelly Holmes would have done it...

 

[baldrick]

Nope. God, Kelly was brilliant tactically.

 

[baldrick]

Shit!

 

[Lord Camomile]

Jesus, he really is dragging them apart!

Best of luck to ye, lad. We'll see how it pans out...

 

[Sue]

OMG!

 

[baldrick]

I wasn't expecting that!

 

[Elpenor]

Wow, Kerr destroyed Ingebritsen but then got ran out in the last 50m!

 

[May Kasahara]

Strangely hilarious that after all that trash talk, neither of them got the gold but at least Kerr got a medal

 

[Aaronf]

I think they destroyed each other in a way

 

[Steel Icarus]

Well. Wow.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Dayum! Fair play to the American(s?)!

Usually they're the ones who are to be underdogged.

Lol at Ingebritsen not even getting a medal. Although, fuck it, he took a bold strategy, and they're bold because they're risky.

 

[Steel Icarus]

At least Ingebritsen looks pissed off and Josh doesn't. The Norwegian is a bit of a bellend

 

[baldrick]

What a race that was. All the drama in the last 50m!

That Hocker has got some sprint finish in him hasn't he. Well deserved.

 

[Idris2002]

Can you explain? It seems very bizarre. I don’t think they do it on the discovery channel coverage, just the BBC.

I was being facetious.

How about that Men's 1500? Really tense at the end. "Race of the decade", according to RTE

 

[JimW]

Came up like a hillbilly train

 

[QueenOfGoths]

Wow!! But Josh Kerr got a national record as well as a silver

 

[Lord Camomile]

We really could have done with that gold to overtake the Australians in the medal table, though

 

[Elpenor]

National record for Kerr, beating Mo Farah’s one.

Cant ask much more than that!

 

[JimW]

We really could have done with that gold to overtake the Australians in the medal table, though

Just count the American way:

 

[Lord Camomile]

National record for Kerr, beating Mo Farah’s one.

Cant ask much more than that!

Well, can ask for a bit more...

 

[planetgeli]

I was being facetious.

How about that Men's 1500? Really tense at the end. "Race of the decade", according to RTE

Er...it was great but have we already forgotten the 100m men's final?

 

[Elpenor]

Ohhhhh Ingebrigtsen at the front. I think that's a mistake.

Very often you can be the fastest runner but not the best racer. He tried a Kenyan style surge around 800-900m I think but didn’t drop anyone.

 

[JimW]

Very often you can be the fastest runner but not the best racer. He tried a Kenyan style surge around 800-900m I think but didn’t drop anyone.

Felt like you could see Kerr watching him and pausing before going fuck I'll have to follow. Be interesting to watch it back and pay attention to Hocker.

 

[Steel Icarus]

Didn't realise it was an Olympic Record!

 

[JimW]

Didn't realise it was an Olympic Record!

Was Kerr faster than the old one too?

 

[Lord Camomile]

What a race that was. All the drama in the last 50m!

Know what you mean, but feels like the drama started right from the beginning, when Ingebritsen went blazing from the start.

From that point on everyone was all "wtf??! Can he do this for the whole race?? Will the others keep up?11?". Drama the whole way through

 

[Boo Radley75]

Awesome final. Ingabritson, as great as he is, is a terrible tactician and paid for it, there.

 

[baldrick]

Very often you can be the fastest runner but not the best racer. He tried a Kenyan style surge around 800-900m I think but didn’t drop anyone.

I was saying at the time all Kerr has to do is stay on his shoulder and keep him guessing about when he's going to move.

Didn't account for anyone else thinking they wanted a go at a gold medal . Nuguse nearly had Kerr as well.

 

[Sue]

Er...it was great but have we already forgotten the 100m men's final?

That was much better than the 100m. (I find the focus on the 100m a bit weird tbh. I mean I get the 'fastest man on the planet thing but )

That interviewer is a bit mean asking Ingebrigtsen if that was his plan.