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AUinHsv

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  1. Worked with a guy who lost an eye to garage spring. Not something to be messed with
  2. Valid premise. Seems to be different/better today. Maybe it was just a distant microphone for the relay. Wonder if it will show up for the 4x400
  3. Is there some actual rule on how many runners are in the final? Saw this yesterday in womens 10K. 20 plus runners in the final is a huge recipe for multiple collisions and falls
  4. For some reason it seems that the sound of the gun and the actual start are not in sync. Yesterday it absolutely looked like the 4x100 men and women were out of the blocks before you heard the gun. For some reason I think the false start is set up electronically and done visually. It has a preset value for a reaction time and is wired to the gun. If it registers you leaving before the specified reaction time it sounds the alarm
  5. Just wow... Another photo finish
  6. Whats the back story on the 3 ex Cubans that now jump for Spain or Portuagal. Didn't think Cuba allowed athletes to leave.
  7. If I am the Italian coach I would consider a protest. That was a marginal block. I don't think it changes the result but the winner moved way outside lane 1 there
  8. What just happened there. The lead group comes out of the turn and they have a stretcher and stuff picking someone up in lane 3
  9. Were there no prelims for the womens 10K? That is a huge number of runners. Otherwise they just decided that the finals should have 25 or so.
  10. Just tossing this out. Say whatever you want about Lewis but he knew how to win in relays. World record here
  11. To be clear - she stopped short of the line after an huge throw. While staring at it she deiced to do a bunny hop which went over the line.
  12. No kidding. Total brain cramp. Almost like a swimming relay person jumping into the pool after swimming with the race still going on. Situational awareness
  13. I saw someone add that you can say what you want on the stream feed. No FCC looking over shoulder. This opens more possibilities in future
  14. And US men follow them. Crap... That was some really bad handoffs
  15. About 30 years ago a diver (maybe Russian?) was killed after hitting head on platform. That platform is insanely high. Before all sorts of legal restrictions we would go to Point Mallard which was nearby and they had a platform. No way you didn;t go off it after climbing up there in front of your friends. For no apparent reason none of us ruptured a spleen or liver hitting the water. You also quickly learned to grab your crotch.
  16. Everything about relays makes me nervous. Our track record (pun intended) is a hot mess. Just really glad the official in the mixed medley told the runner to get in the handoff zone since they were just walking around everywhere.
  17. Is this the first event with a repechage? I don't remember it before and it's pretty cool. Gives a second chance if you mess up
  18. and based on the mixed 4x400 relay it will be really nice if we don't try to wander out of the exchange zone either
  19. Saw somewhere that NBC said all medals awarded 24 hours later. Not sure why. Guessing they don't do that for the last day
  20. No kidding. What in the world was she thinking? It was like she heard the starter call it off except he didn't. And yeah - the hold times before the gun seen really long.
  21. Not to go old school but that was not close to what we ran. I ran distance and every Tuesday was 25 ( yep twenty five) quarter miles at race pace with a 220 jog (not a walk) between them. We had the number one high school miler in the USA and the number 1 or 2 two miler so those were run at just over 60 seconds. Our workouts for the quarter milers were equally intense.
  22. No kidding. That almost never happens
  23. I think it's probably the 1600. Makes it a lot easier to set up then subtracting 100 meters.
  24. Not just swimming for Rowdy. here is a video of him at home during the Kick Six from Auburn/ Alabama ten years ago. I think I remember posting it on the old website and commenting that sprinters live on their nerves for life. As an fyi he went to Auburn which explains his reaction.
  25. And subtract reaction time from NFL combine times. At combine the clock starts when the runner does
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