Tokyo Olympics 2020 - Athletics - Day 2 (Sat)

[Christy93 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Christy93]

Very good racing from Giles, looked strong & doing no more than enough. Impressed with the Aussie.

[RunUnlimited Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close RunUnlimited]

Track side temp gauge reading at 34 Celsius...

[alfie Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close alfie]

Okagbare out - failed a drug test !

[Grassmarket Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Grassmarket]

Elliot looked very easy at 1:44, but it's going to be murder in the next couple of rounds if everyone else is going to run like this.

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With only first 3 auto qing and some decent times already for fastest losers I expect some more quickish heats.

[DomBres Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close DomBres]

So money talks ... Team USA reinstated to the Mixed 400m Relay.

USA whines and World Athletics bends over.

[alfie Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close alfie]

Area record for Bol ... Fast first heat ! Giles looked comfortable.

[RunUnlimited Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close RunUnlimited]

Okagbare out - failed a drug test !

How freaking ironic! Okagbare, who benefitted from the disqualification of a Ukrainian multi-eventer back in Beijing that allowed her to make the long jump final, where she ultimately won a bronze medal

There was a bunch of documentaries on Eurosport before these games began talking about previous Games, and it contained an interview from Okagbare where she *criticized* Ludmila Blonksa for cheating as she did.... Oh how the times have changed huh?

[trickstat]

Could be a Blessing in disguise for someone else.....................

[RunUnlimited Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close RunUnlimited]

Dustin out

[LuckySpikes Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close LuckySpikes]

Dustin ... Dustbin ... Rubbish.

[Grassmarket Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Grassmarket]

Awful race from Oliver Dustin.

[Christy93 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Christy93]

Very bad from Dustin, but I feared as much. At least Lawton got a few clicks out of him.

[DomBres Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close DomBres]

Dustin .. pathetic.

A waste of flight cost and everything else.

[trickstat Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close trickstat]

Dustin out of sorts there. Tempting to make some stereotypical comment about his hair colour and the weather conditions not being suited.

At least he just avoided being beaten by a Cook Islander!

[LuckySpikes Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close LuckySpikes]

NR's for the Cook Islands and Central African Republic in that heat! 1:47 and 1:48.

[alfie Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close alfie]

Dustin looked to be struggling very early in that. Very disappointing - after earlier results I'd expected good things from him but obviously he wasn't right at all...wasn't even a fast heat.