Hahahahaha!!!Dill said:What happened?
Which team won?![]()
kwun said:it looks like the US men mastered the difficult part, ie. running fast. but they screwed up on the easier part, ie. passing the baton.
Jonno said:Hahahahaha!!!![]()
Let's not forget its the team who gets the baton round the track fastest that wins, not the team who has the most individual sprinting medals!
If I am not mistaken, it is the chest which is used as the marker for crossing the line. Can somebody confirm or correct me on this?Loh said:Sure, but in this case, the GB runner has a longer neck and a bigger head to assist him pierce the tape faster!![]()
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Cheung said:If I am not mistaken, it is the chest which is used as the marker for crossing the line. Can somebody confirm or correct me on this?
Why I find it so amazing is that the US team has only twice before not won the 100m relay in the Olympics in open competition.
timeless said:The U.S. team obviously didn't practise/train for the relay very much. Goes for both the men and women. At their caliber of competition, their relay passing should be absolutely flawless. It seems they figured it wasn't important to practise passing the baton as long as they had all the fastest runners. Such ignorance and arrogance was their downfall. The other countries had seamless passes while the U.S. really looked like they only had a few practice trials at it. When I ran track, we practised passing the baton over and over, until we were sick of it. At such short distances as 100m and less (on the curves), at Olympic caliber you can't expect to beat even a slower runner if he's already accelerated to near full speed when he has the baton while you're just "jogging" when you get your baton! The U.S. had the potential to blow everyone away but as some of you have pointed out, the relay is more than just running fast.
Cheung said:If I am not mistaken, it is the chest which is used as the marker for crossing the line. Can somebody confirm or correct me on this?
Why I find it so amazing is that the US team has only twice before not won the 100m relay in the Olympics in open competition.
I heard somewhere that all US sprinters, male or female, had to attend some sort of 'relay training camp' in order to be eligible for selection? Is this true? Their baton changes are usually slick, they were in the semi-finals anyway.timeless said:The U.S. team obviously didn't practise/train for the relay very much. Goes for both the men and women. At their caliber of competition, their relay passing should be absolutely flawless. It seems they figured it wasn't important to practise passing the baton as long as they had all the fastest runners. Such ignorance and arrogance was their downfall. The other countries had seamless passes while the U.S. really looked like they only had a few practice trials at it. When I ran track, we practised passing the baton over and over, until we were sick of it. At such short distances as 100m and less (on the curves), at Olympic caliber you can't expect to beat even a slower runner if he's already accelerated to near full speed when he has the baton while you're just "jogging" when you get your baton! The U.S. had the potential to blow everyone away but as some of you have pointed out, the relay is more than just running fast.
Dill said:Yes it is the chest, in the mens race it clearly shows the line on the computer photo enhancement tool moving backwards and forwards so it is level with the both chests and the GB athlete does come first, if it were the first part of the body to cross the line it would have gone the way of the Americans because the americans foot crossed the line first ahead of the GB athlete.