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Tokyo COVympics: July 23 to August 8

World Record in the 400m hurdles, but in the Men's this time. Karsten Warholm runs under 46s.
 
state of hockey said:
Tries twice to hulk out, fails.

Crazy fast lap though. Looked like Benjamin was going to catch him, but Warholm found another gear after the final hurdle.
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The interview with Benjamin was heartbreaking, dude was so broken up about winning silver, thinks he let everyone down. It's like "dude it took an ungodly time to beat you, you didn't let anyone down". I just want to give him a hug.
 
Anyone else watching track & field? Especially the track part.

The other track athletes don't seem to be. Kind of a chronic observation is one of the bigger star runners letting up at the end of a heat, only to be passed at the end. More than one favorite has not made it out of the heats because of that. And it's STILL happening- the leading US 200m runner almost didn't qualify just today. Thankfully, he was in a fast heat, but he was passed by two runners at the end, when two auto qualified.
 
Happy to see Simone medal on her final Olympic event. The only thing she changed was her dismount, to make it less super dangerous.
 
Another man offering his opinion. Truly disgusted this guy will pass real men like roger and Rafa.

“#DoubleStandard:
THURSDAY: When asked about Simone Biles, Novak Djokovic replied, speaking about himself, not Biles, "Pressure is a privilege. If you are aiming to be at the top of the game, you better start learning how to deal with pressure and how to cope with those moments...."
SATURDAY: Novak Djokovic loses his cool, throws a racket over five rows of seats, breaks a second racket and throws it into the photographers' pit, and then withdraws in a snit from his bronze medal mixed doubles match, leaving his partner unable to compete for a medal she had absolutely earned.”
 
He will pass them because he beats them. He is a dbag but he wins on every surface and beats everyone.

That said he needs an Agassi serve to the seeds ;^)
 
Another World Record in the 400m hurdles as Sydney McLaughlin lowers her WR from the Trials by nearly half a second to 51.46. Dalilah Muhammad ran the second fastest time ever at 51.58.

At the rate they're lowering times, if Sydney and Dalilah keep competing against each other that record might be under 50 in a few years.

Edit: The Bronze Medalist Femke Bol from the Netherlands ran 52.03, under the Olympic Record, and had a look of "what the fuck do I gotta do?" on her face.
 
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Jimjamesak said:
Another World Record in the 400m hurdles as Sydney McLaughlin lowers her WR from the Trials by nearly half a second to 51.46. Dalilah Muhammad ran the second fastest time ever at 51.58.

At the rate they're lowering times, if Sydney and Dalilah keep competing against each other that record might be under 50 in a few years.

Edit: The Bronze Medalist Femke Bol from the Netherlands ran 52.03, under the Olympic Record, and had a look of "what the fuck do I gotta do?" on her face.
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Amazing to see. I always wonder when watching events like this - at what point will someone reach the limit of human perfection and a record will never fall again?
 
ericredaxe said:
Amazing to see. I always wonder when watching events like this - at what point will someone reach the limit of human perfection and a record will never fall again?
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It's kind of amazing with some of these, the hurdles records are already times that would've been semifinal times in the 400m flat.

The Long Jump seems to at that point right now, both Men's and Women's records are over 30 years old and nobody has gotten close in the last decade.
 
ericredaxe said:
Amazing to see. I always wonder when watching events like this - at what point will someone reach the limit of human perfection and a record will never fall again?
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I think a lot of people thought we were pretty close to that in the men's 400M hurdles. Then Warholm and Benjamin came along these last few years and tore it all down.
 
state of hockey said:
I think a lot of people thought we were pretty close to that in the men's 400M hurdles. Then Warholm and Benjamin came along these last few years and tore it all down.
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The Women's record (52.34) was 16 years old when the Muhammad-McLaughlin rivalry started taking it down.

What Muhammad and McLaughlin have been doing since 2019 is fucking amazing, every championship race they've faced each other in has lowered the World Record.

2019 US Nationals: Muhammad 52.20
2019 World Championships: Muhammad 52.16
2021 Olympic Trials: McLaughlin 51.90
2021 Olympics: McLaughlin 51.46
 
In 2019 both Muhammad and McLaughlin ran in the 4x400 relay (the US won) and with Athing Mu (the 800m champion) able to run a sub 49s 400, does the US run a 4x400 team with no actual 400m runners on it?
 
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