Tokyo Olympics 2020 - Athletics - Day 2 (Sat)

[marra]

He's still only 20. He's bound to have some up and down days.

Besides, as a Cumbrian, red hair or not, I can attest that we're not used to that kind of temperature. Give us a rainy, windy day in Gateshead any time...

[trickstat]

I suppose the drug testing cock-up was not ideal prep for Dustin.

[LuckySpikes]

Better by Rowden!

[RunUnlimited]

Dan Rowden through well enough.

[DomBres]

Decent comfortable run from Rowden - always in control and calm. Spot on. Nice Heat management.

[trickstat]

Rowden looked composed there.

[DomBres]

Men's 800m and 1500m will be a battle of tactics - no standout winner but a lot of contenders in each.

[LuckySpikes]

Agreed about the 800 but Cheruiyot is a pretty warm favourite for the 1500.

[Christy93]

Smart running from Rowden, exactly what you want to see in a heat - I think he'd have been a big danger coming here fully fit, but it'll be very tough off disrupted preparation. Murphy a real standout so far.

[DomBres]

Smart running from Rowden, exactly what you want to see in a heat - I think he'd have been a big danger coming here fully fit, but it'll be very tough off disrupted preparation. Murphy a real standout so far.

A standout? Won well but nothing too dramatic. More impressed by Cheruiyot Rotich - so so easy and lightning fast. (2 secs faster than Murphy)

[Christy93]

*A* standout, not *the* standout. I don't see where the disagreement lies, unless you don't think Murphy was one of the most impressive men in those heats (and at US trials)?

[marra]

Well, my thoughts that everyone would run tactically and slowly, and that Bosse might sneak through despite being off form to the final, has been proven terrifically inaccurate. 🤣

[trickstat]

Looks like he's sneaked into the semis.

[LuckySpikes]

What a messy heat with Lopez! Dobek through as well but didn't look too good in the last 50.

[trickstat]

Lopez did look good although he should do at that pace I suppose.

[trickstat]

Harry Coppell has a clean card through 5.65.

[LuckySpikes]

Clutch 3rd attempt at 5.50 by Lavillenie. Or, as the Aussie woman on the world feed called him, Lavillenelle. Watching too much Killing Eve, perhaps?

[trickstat]

Does he have the killer instinct?

[RunUnlimited]

Currently, 7 pole vaulters are over 5.65, Coppell included... That height could be the cutoff point for qualifiying

[philipo]

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

USA whines and World Athletics bends over.

Surely you are not surprised