Summer Tokyo 2021 - Track & Field

[MJG14]

Thought she had gone over then!

Fine effort!

 

[catstorm]

It probably wouldn’t have mattered, I doubt she clears 2.06 to go into gold.

 

[JackNah_8]

Great effort, silver

 

[Chism]

What an effort and so proud of our girl.

Unauthorized athlete wins due to doping bans and who would of thought that was gunna happen?

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Macca Silver, Paddo 5th once again another great result for the Aussie team.

Beaten by a 3 time world champ is no disgrace who has cleared 2.06 as her PB

 

[catstorm]

I’m surprised the Russian didn’t asked them to put the bar at 2.07 for a crack at the OR.

 

[Chism]

Macca Silver, Paddo 5th once again another great result for the Aussie team.

Beaten by a 3 time world champ is no disgrace who has cleared 2.06 as her PB

Yeah while doped up….. Russians are crooks and banned for a reason.

 

[Allezjuel]

I look forward to Nicola getting a retroactive gold in 5 years after this medal is stripped due to doping

 

[juice t]

If the rapture had come I think McDermott would've been on for a Gold

Fantastic result and no disgrace losing to a multiple World Champ

 

[Brad Goodman]

****ing amazing effort

 

[2 eazy]

Man so close, one of the only Russians to be able to compete stops us from our 18th gold, we had so many close Silvers hard to take

 

[Cmarsh]

Friggin BS that russia can run a state sponsored doping program and just change its name it can compete under and then everything is apparently ok.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

An Indian won the Men's Javelin. That's their first athletics medal. Previous best 2 4ths.

Best Placings:
Women P. T. Usha 400mH: 1984-4
Men Milkha Singh 400m: 1960-4

 

[RookiePick]

Imagine setting a pb and national. Record in an Olympic final? You couldn't ask any more of yourself.

 

[Wallaby]

How high off the couch did you get in that split-second where you thought she'd made it?

 

[Alfonz]

The Russian was pretty close to knocking off the bar on her third attempt at 1.96.

 

[juice t]

An Indian won the Men's Javelin. That's their first athletics medal. Previous best 2 4ths.

Best Placings:
Women P. T. Usha 400mH: 1984-4
Men Milkha Singh 400m: 1960-4

It's only the second Gold for India at an Olympics since their last win in the Men's hockey at Moscow 1980

 

[Chism]

An Indian won the Men's Javelin. That's their first athletics medal. Previous best 2 4ths.

Best Placings:
Women P. T. Usha 400mH: 1984-4
Men Milkha Singh 400m: 1960-4

Really? Gee they have a population of 1.4 billion and that is their first?

 

[Donakebab]

What an effort and so proud of our girl.

Unauthorized athlete wins due to doping bans and who would of thought that was gunna happen?

Give it a rest champ. Lastiskene went harder at Russian officials than anyone else.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Yeah while doped up….. Russians are crooks and banned for a reason.

Seb Coe tried his best. Pity 1 of the 10 was Lasitskene

Russian Olympic Committee athletes at the 2020 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

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On 19 February 2021, it was announced that Russia would compete under the acronym "ROC", after the name of the Russian Olympic Committee. Before this decision, World Athletics has annouced that no more than 10 Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) places was to be granted by World Athletics to the Russian Olympic Committee. On aftermatch, the IOC annouced that Russian national flag would be substituted by the flag of the Russian Olympic Committee. It would also be allowed to use team uniforms bearing the words "Russian Olympic Committee" or the acronym "ROC" would be added.[6]

 

[Chism]

Give it a rest champ. Lastiskene went harder at Russian officials than anyone else.

Mud sticks my friend and they are proven cheats champ.

 

[Richard Cranium]

Is it sexist to state that the high jump podium will be almost too attractive?

Gosh

 

[catstorm]

Give it a rest champ. Lastiskene went harder at Russian officials than anyone else.

Yeah I’m honestly surprised she wasn’t whacked with how hard she went at them.

 

[gutsroy]

What an effort from McDermott.
No idea if the Russian athlete had any involvement in doping, but honestly, that Russian athletes are competing feels like a farce.
Systemic doping deserved a systemic response.

 

[scoman]

An Indian won the Men's Javelin. That's their first athletics medal. Previous best 2 4ths.

Best Placings:
Women P. T. Usha 400mH: 1984-4
Men Milkha Singh 400m: 1960-4

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