Paris Olympics 2024

Just few days ago, Francis said that experience doesn’t matter. It’s all about speed.
So is leaning at the tape about experience or speed?

In reply to imusic

Seville drained his tank with PB in the Semi.. Got to have
reserve for the Final...Noah Lyles had it..he lost all his races before the Final. Big lesson.
Rounds management matters...Shacari Richardson will learn that too after her first Olympics.

In reply to hubert

I don’t think Lyle’s reserved anything in the rounds. Maybe in the first round. He got beaten in the semis and was lucky that Kishane didn’t lean and looked like he was coasting for the last ten meters

In reply to Da-Vincy

I was a bit surprised when he said that...Everyone has speed in a Final of
this kind or World's...breasting the tape is an advantage in close races.

McKenley in 1952 had a similar experience with Remingino of USA as both hit the tape..
Even today some still think that Herb won that 100m Gold; it was that close.
Herb was more a 200m-400m man but could sprint.
Some experts still rate him as the greatest sprinter ever,,,reached three Sprint
finals, 100m,200m and 400m at Olympics but never won the Gold.

The IOC/Olympic archives do have the race on tape.

In reply to Jumpstart

He did./..he probably wanted to win all those races but when he saw speed
he decelerated...he is used to doing that...was more obvious
in the SEMI with Seville.
Bolt did same all the time when on top of his game..but would cool the jets.
Some still scold him for not pushing for a faster time in the WR 200m run.

In reply to hubert

I gotta give it to Lyles. The man backs up his chat big time. There were other experienced runners in that race but he rose the highest and greatest to the occasion so I gotta give him his flowers. I had Kishane, Lyles and Simbine but I was totally wrong. This man Lyles, as loudmouthed and annoying as he is, does back up what he says and is a great finisher on the BIG STAGE. Kishane and Oblique are young and will learn.

In reply to hubert



Looks like your wish came true

In reply to DukeStreet

Bolt told him not to change...the Sports needs such a personality.
I enjoy his antics ,showmanship, whatever..Certainly makes Track and Field
a nice entertainment especially if he wins.

In reply to Acid

And that would be a wonderful thing on both counts.

In reply to hubert

Sports needs guys with charisma. I agree. Noah Lyles is not charismatic. Bolt was charismatic, Michael Johnson was charismatic, Carl Lewis was charismatic. Noah is just a runt who needlessly starts fights to get likes and views. Two weeks before the Olympics, he was questioning Quincy Hall’s place on a USA 4x400m team. Quincy hall is his teammate and possibly even a relay teammate. Last year he was questioning the legitimacy of the NBA champs calling themselves champs of the world. If seeking attention was a person. And I understand why athletics puts up with it. The sport really hasn’t been doing very well since the retirement of bolt and a few others. It’s struggling for personalities. But I don’t think Lyles is what it needs

In reply to Jumpstart



Until this NEXT QUESTION

In reply to Kay


Man pull up after 80 meters yes

Thompson should have run hard through the finish line, he had the race won, I guess the coach will remind him about that next time.

4/1000th of a second
The finish

In reply to Jumpstart

Adidas and Murcan athletics should put mouth and money on Levrone, Rai, Gracious and charming.

In reply to dayne

Thompson was decelerating faster than Lyles after the 70m mark. No way he would have won that...plus his technique was falling apart the last half of the race. Some would say "him pipe buss". He's young and inexperienced enough to learn from this so no worries.

In reply to DukeStreet

Boy right now the whole Caribbean just very sad lol. I ain’t feel a defeat like that since Brazil lost to Croatia on penalties

In reply to Jumpstart
Naah....more like when dem tek way de gold from Ben Johnson in 1988 and and gave to Carl Lewis
that remained de best 100 m I had seen until today's race

In reply to Narper

I was thinking the same thing, think it was the games in South Korea.

In reply to Narper

I wasn’t alive for that. ironically Lyles’ has a very similar character to Lewis: arrogant, whiny, disliked by his own teammates. Right now it virtually having a riot on CNC3 fb page comments section. People rell vex or just rell sad. Is not just that Kishane lost. I don’t think people would have been as disgusted if for example Kerley won. But is that other dude.

In reply to DukeStreet

100M Breakdown progression DIST and TIME.

In reply to camos

Yep that was the Olympics of glamour girl Flo Jo too

Wait no one following tennis?

The Djoka beat Carlos in the gold medal game while the Chinese Zheng won the women's gold ....

In reply to Jumpstart

Agree on the charisma part...maybe Lyles lack a bit of charm...Bolt was exceptional and classy,
but we all a bit different

In reply to hubert

What a final!

Men's 100m
Semi One
1) Oblique Seville (Jca) 9.81
2) Noah Lyles (US) 9.83

8 ) Rikkoi Brathwaite (BVI) 10.15 did not advance

Semi Two
1) Akani Simbine (SA) 9.87
2) Letsile Tebogo (Bot) 9.91
3) Lamont Jacobs (Italy) 9.92
4) Kenny Bednarek (US) 9.93
5) Ackeem Blake (Jca) 10.06 did not advance

Semi Three
1) Kishane Thompson (Jca) 9.80
2) Fred Kerley (US) 9.84

Final
1) Noah Lyles (US) 9.784 Gold
2) Kishane Thompson (Jca) 9.789 Silver
3) Fred Kerley (US) 9.81 Bronze
4) Akani Simbine (SA) 9.82
5) Lamont Jacobs (Italy) 9.85
6) Letsile Tebogo (Bot) 9.86
7) Kenny Bednarek (US) 9.88
8 ) Oblique Seville (Jca) 9.91