Olympic Track and Field thread

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Was he? I did not know that.

 

[Smudge]

Was he? I did not know that.

He was indeed. Very useful in his day, and dishy as all **** too... http://www.decathlon2000.ee/eng/athletes.php?art=609

 

[andruid]

Wilfred Bungei YOU BEAUTY!!!!

 

[andruid]

1258: Kenya's Nancy Langat hunts down Bahrain's Maryam Jamal down the back straight to take the gold in the women's 1500m. Jamal fades down the stretch and allows Ukraine to take silver and bronze. But that was a poor tactical race from Lisa Dobriskey, who allowed the medallists to open up too much of a lead - she still had plenty of petrol in the tank at the finish.

-quoted from the BBC

Halleluyah!

 

[andruid]

Anyone staying up tonight for the men's marathon and if so who do yu all reckon will win?

 

[roseboy64]

Marathon? Will watch the run into the stadium.

 

[andruid]

Just discovered that one of the contenders, Samuel Wanjiru, is from my home town of Nyahururu.

 

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Marathon? Will watch the run into the stadium.

Yeah, find it a bit hard to watch up to that point. Not as bad as the walking race though of course.

 

[andruid]

I suspect my mum knows Mr Wanjiru's mum through a children's home they sponsor

Here he comes now

 

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Well done to him.

Feel sorry for the bloke who came into the stadium in 3rd place but got passed in that final lap. That must suck.

 

[Somerset]

Well done to him.

Feel sorry for the bloke who came into the stadium in 3rd place but got passed in that final lap. That must suck.

Only saw the final 10 minutes of the race but was equally as gutted for that runner. Was surprised the runner who eventually took bronze had so much acceleration in the final 400m after running 40 kilometres though.