That is the ultimate piece by Stuart Weir on the 2024 Paris Olympics. Stuart Weir wrote 26 tales for RunBlogRun and penned 16,000 phrases on your studying pleasure. He additionally climbed a number of thousand steps into the Stade de France and handed by an estimated 20 safety stops to get to his seats there. We thank him for his third Olympic protection for RunBlogRun.
I need to admit, that is at all times my favourite piece from Stuart Weir, every main championship. I’ll solely typically agree, however he’s thought-provoking.
The Good, The Dangerous, The Unhappy, and the Relaxation at Paris
The Good
The Stade de France is an impressive stadium that showcases an exquisite athletics program.
Spectators—after the Tokyo empty stadium and Rio’s disappointing crowds, it was good to have crowds and an ambiance.
Nice duels—Ingebrigtsen and Kerr—it’s only a disgrace nobody instructed Cole Hocker he was not imagined to win!
Seeing Hamish Kerr win the excessive leap and run 50 meters up the infield!
Two Zimbabweans within the last of the lads’s 200m.
Spectacular, not simply good – Sifan Hassan gained the marathon 3 days after taking a medal at 10,000
When you don’t at first, succeed… Canada with bronze in males’s 4 by 100 in Rio, silver in Tokyo, and gold in Paris
The Dangerous
Noah Lyles selfishly determined to run within the 200 meters and hugged different athletes earlier than asserting that he had examined constructive for COVID-19.
Flawed winners: On the end of a race, the large stadium scoreboard places up a outcome – typically with the phrase PHOTO subsequent to it. Most of the time, it’s the WRONG title. For the ladies’s 100h, for instance, Jasmine Comacho-Quinn was chosen because the winner. Then, to native cheers, Cyrena Samba-Mayela was awarded the win, and ultimately, third time fortunate, the scoreboard put Masai Russell first. Fred Kerley gained the 100m, in line with the scoreboard. Utter farce – why not wait till you already know.
The award of silver to Religion Kipyegon, her disqualification and reinstatement. Test the proof, take your time, and make the proper choice fairly than altering it twice.
Repechage is a unfavourable change from the individuals who need to deliver you a protracted leap with out a board.
Having to go up 30 steps to enter the Stade de France each session – a nightmare for the aged and disabled. Apparently, the Paralympics is coming.
The Unhappy
The unnoticed finish of a stellar 5 Olympic profession of Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce when she was introduced as a non-starter within the semi-final of the 100 meters.
I noticed an uncompetitive Jamaican ladies’s dash relay workforce with Fraser-Pryce, Thompson-Herah, and Jackson lacking.
Seeing an sick and uncompetitive Gimbo Tamberi within the excessive leap.
