Centrowitz wins Olympic 1500 meter
by trout (2016-08-20 20:17:27)
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First American to win since 1908, same year the last time Cubs won series......hmm

2nd generation Duck...current coach Alberto Salazar who was
by Domerduck  (2016-08-21 01:53:23)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

his dad's teammate at U of O when they won the 1977 NCAA cross country NC. They were both big in Eugene when I went there for grad school as Bill Dellinger, the Ducks coach, coached both of them after they graduated.

This Olympic gold was an awesome strategic race by Matt. He controlled the speed of the race from the beginning and had the 400 speed to hold everyone off for the win. I was screaming when I streamed the race live on my computer out in the west coast. I like the BBC track announcers a lot better than NBC but I did watch the NBC broadcast later. I still loved that race.

Slowest winning 1500-meter Olympic win since 1932.
by G.K.Chesterton  (2016-08-21 02:15:11)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Great to see.
I know, a 3:50, the woman's WR is 3:50.17
by trout  (2016-08-21 18:35:57)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Was clearly a tactical race, but unbelievable slow. Matt got a bit luck as two of the favorites got into a scrap, but regardless it was a great win for USA T&F!
Considering he lost a medal by 4/100 seconds in London this
by Domerduck  (2016-08-24 18:53:57)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

was a great payback to that near miss.