2012 Olympics, 100m final!

[dj]

This is one very busy day of track. They're running this race while two Americans, maybe three, have won medals and are still posing for photos on the infield.

And that's got to be hectic on the infield. They have it laid out for a shot, javelins on both directions, and either a hammer or discus from both ends of the field. The schedule must be so tight the grounds crew won't have time to pull up the sector markers after one event and reset them for the next.

[Stephen]

edited as I realised...

here is the real result:

QF from Athens 04

Pos Lane Athlete Country Mark React
1 4 Obikwelu Francis POR 9.93 Q (NR) 0.165
2 3 Thomas Dwight JAM 10.12 Q (=PB) 0.149
2 5 Lewis-Francis Mark GBR 10.12 Q (SB) 0.162
4 6 Pognon Ronald FRA 10.15 q 0.166
5 8 Suetsugu Shingo JPN 10.19 0.150
6 2 Browne Pierre CAN 10.21 0.150
7 7 Martina Churandy AHO 10.24 0.152
8 1 da Silva André BRA 10.34 0.136

[Jon]

It's a mixture of that race, plus others.

Lane one is definitely an American, and it looks like Gatlin.
Lane two is definitely Jason Gardener.
Lane three is either a Trinidadian or Canadian.
Lane four looks like Tim Benjamin (!). Definitely a British kit.
Lane five is Jamaican. Could be Dwight Thomas or Asafa Powell.
Lane six is Obikwelu.
Seven is MLF.
Eight is Pognon.

[Stephen]

It's a mixture of that race, plus others.

Lane one is definitely an American, and it looks like Gatlin.
Lane two is definitely Jason Gardener.
Lane three is either a Trinidadian or Canadian.
Lane four looks like Tim Benjamin (!). Definitely a British kit.
Lane five is Jamaican. Could be Dwight Thomas or Asafa Powell.
Lane six is Obikwelu.
Seven is MLF.
Eight is Pognon.

Well it could be ht 3 of the QF's where Gatlin beat Gardiner.

The first 4 at least from the 1st QF are definately in the pic.

[Mennisco]

Yes, I know the feeling.

This conversation is soooo beneath me. :roll:

[tandfman]

And that's got to be hectic on the infield. They have it laid out for a shot, javelins on both directions, and either a hammer or discus from both ends of the field.

What struck me was the double horizontal runways on the home straight side. Paris had that, and IIRC, there were sight line problems in certain seats. But from what I could tell of that London design, the seats seem quite a bit recessed from the track So the sight lines should be ok for the horizontals, but the seats will perhaps be farther from the track and most stadiums.

[JRM]

Re: 2012 Olympics, 100m final!

no americans made the final judging by the uniforms.

Gatlin is in lane one. I suppose his ban will be up by then.

I guess he changed his name in hopes no one will recognize him. The stadium scoreboard certainly doesn't say "J. Gatlin".

JRM, you should have abetter feel for global warming than that.

Of course, I was kidding. We all know there's no such thing as global warming.

[dj]

And that's got to be hectic on the infield. They have it laid out for a shot, javelins on both directions, and either a hammer or discus from both ends of the field.

What struck me was the double horizontal runways on the home straight side. Paris had that, and IIRC, there were sight line problems in certain seats. But from what I could tell of that London design, the seats seem quite a bit recessed from the track So the sight lines should be ok for the horizontals, but the seats will perhaps be farther from the track and most stadiums.

I'm not certain having the one jump pit right at the finish line is a great idea, either.

[Matt]

The original picture is hugely inaccurate - where is the grey sky and teaming rain?(!)