¶2012 OG: wLJ–Brittney Reese (US) 23-4½ (7.12)

[dj]

T&FN formchart advancers to final

1. Brittney Reese (USA)
2. Nastassia Ivanova (Belarus)
3. Shara Proctor (Great Britain)
4. Janay DeLoach (USA)
5. Yelena Sokolova (Russia)
6. Blessing Okagbare (Nigeria)
7. Anna Nazarova (Russia)
8. Viktoriya Rybalko (Ukraine)
9. Chelsea Hayes (USA)
10. Lyudmila Kolchanova (Russia)

[GDAWG]

While I believe that Reese wins gold, I do hope she's not the first American to win gold.

[j-a-m]

mLJ and wTJ were mostly into a headwind, guess we can expect the same here.

[j-a-m]

Four automatic qualifiers so far, including DeLoach. Reese seems to have two fouls, though.

[j-a-m]

Okagbare and Hayes are out.

[t_monk]

Four automatic qualifiers so far, including DeLoach. Reese seems to have two fouls, though.

Her first two jumps were both huge.... She just needs to be conservative on her third jump and she should easily be in

[j-a-m]

Her first two jumps were both huge.... She just needs to be conservative on her third jump and she should easily be in

Reese seems to be just in with a conservative third jump.

[Barto]

6.40m to make the finals? Conditions must be deplorable. Stat geeks, is this the weakest final ever?

[j-a-m]

6.57 were enough for Reese, tied for 8th

[j-a-m]

6.40m to make the finals? Conditions must be deplorable. Stat geeks, is this the weakest final ever?

Don't know, but LJ and TJ competitions have been weak all week long; seems the stadium isn't build for horizontal jumpers.

[uakari]

havent' seen the video yet but these olympics are not blessed for blessing...

[errolM]

Don't know, but LJ and TJ competitions have been weak all week long; seems the stadium isn't build for horizontal jumpers.

You keep saying this and I'm not sure why.

14.98 wTJ is class in any conditions. 8.31 into a headwind for Rutherford - 4cm down on his PB - is not be sniffed at either. mTJ qualifying was a bit meh true, but that was probably the coldest session all games.

Don't blame the stadium, blame the athletes.

[GDAWG]

Okagbare and Hayes are out.

Hasn't been a good Olympics for Okagbare.

[nevetsllim]

6.40m to make the finals? Conditions must be deplorable. Stat geeks, is this the weakest final ever?

Don't know, but LJ and TJ competitions have been weak all week long; seems the stadium isn't build for horizontal jumpers.

Week all long? They've been weak all season! The men's long jump isn't going through a vintage period and we haven't seen a 15m-plus triple jump for a few years outdoors although Rypakova said she had a narrow foul which was in the 15.10-15.20m range.

[j-a-m]

Reese 7.12 in her second attempt, following a foul in her first.

[mump boy]

Imagine what she'll do when she learns how to jump

[j-a-m]

Sokolova 7.07 in 2nd attempt

[EPelle]

Sokolova out to 7.07.

[Gabriella]

Erm, did anyone see Deloach's 2nd round foul? I swear it wasn't a foul, and it looked huge around 7.30 but she accepted the judge's ruling

[shivfan]

So sad for proctor....

[j-a-m]

Bronze for DeLoach

[j-a-m]

Gold for Reese ahead of Sokolova.

[CookyMonzta]

One jump. Only one needed to get it done. Which has exemplified the career of Brittney Reese right up to this point.

[highjumpfan]

One jump. Only one needed to get it done. Which has exemplified the career of Brittney Reese right up to this point.

Actually the career of Brittney Reese has shown a steady improvement both technically and results wise. While she will never be accused of being Carl Lewis technically, she has come a long way from the woman who practically landed vertical in the pit. As a result she has dramatically improved her PR and is now threatening to move into territory not seen since the late 80's early 90's.

Also she happens to be the victor of the last five world titles indoors and out. Not too shabby.

Congrats Brittney, now if only you would pick up the shot put we can talk Rio!

[Daisy]

She has come a long way from the woman who practically landed vertical in the pit.

Very true, her consistency is much better.

[tm71]

One jump. Only one needed to get it done. Which has exemplified the career of Brittney Reese right up to this point.

Regardless of her consistency and fouling problems she has won all of the big competitions available to her since the last olympics

[Gabriella]

What I found interesting was both Sokolova and Nazarova didn't like the crowd clapping and wanted them to be quiet. I guess it's an individual preference, but funny how they were both Russian - I wonder if they're in Moscow 2013 will their own crowd be happy clappy or more sombre?

Once again, Kolchanova disapponints. The Russian selectors missed a trick not sending Kucherenko who I'm sure would have done much better.

I'm going to look at my replay on the BBC for Deloach's 2nd rd fould to check whether my eyes were deceiving me that it was a huge jump.

[croflash]

What I found interesting was both Sokolova and Nazarova didn't like the crowd clapping and wanted them to be quiet. I guess it's an individual preference, but funny how they were both Russian - I wonder if they're in Moscow 2013 will their own crowd be happy clappy or more sombre?

Once again, Kolchanova disapponints. The Russian selectors missed a trick not sending Kucherenko who I'm sure would have done much better.

I'm going to look at my replay on the BBC for Deloach's 2nd rd fould to check whether my eyes were deceiving me that it was a huge jump.

It was a huge foul, probably more than 7.12m. I'm pretty sure I have seen such close attempts being counted before.

Here is a pic of that attempt: http://s14.directupload.net/images/120809/juqjkpan.png

[Gabriella]

To my eyes that's a valid jump. And it was huge. She should have protested and insisted they measure it but she didn't even challenge the decision. That was a gold medal winning jump!

[pakillo]

I thought Sokolova's 7.07 was a foul.

[CookyMonzta]

If they called DeLoach's jump a foul, it was most likely because she left a mark on the orange strip. Did the officials take a closer look?

[Alan Shank]

To my eyes that's a valid jump. And it was huge. She should have protested and insisted they measure it but she didn't even challenge the decision. That was a gold medal winning jump!

It's the plasticine, not your eyes. There was one jump where the athlete went over to the judge and he showed him/her the mark; it was very close, but foul. I can't even remember whether it was a female long jumper or a male triple jumper. (Was it Reese?)

Nice comethrough jump for DeLoach, in any case, for the bronze.
Cheers,
Alan Shank

[lonewolf]

To my eyes that's a valid jump. And it was huge. She should have protested and insisted they measure it but she didn't even challenge the decision. That was a gold medal winning jump!

I had not seen that foot placement. If there was no mark in the plasticine, in accordance with the unwritten "ties go to the jumper" rule, I would have called the jump fair.

[Alan Shank]

To my eyes that's a valid jump. And it was huge. She should have protested and insisted they measure it but she didn't even challenge the decision. That was a gold medal winning jump!

I had not seen that foot placement. If there was no mark in the plasticine, in accordance with the unwritten "ties go to the jumper" rule, I would have called the jump fair.

Not sure about DeLoach's long foul, but on the one I was referring to they showed a closeup, and there was definitely a mark in the plasticine, albeit very, very close to the front.
Cheers,
Alan Shank

[dj]

To my eyes that's a valid jump. And it was huge. She should have protested and insisted they measure it but she didn't even challenge the decision. That was a gold medal winning jump!

It's the plasticine, not your eyes. There was one jump where the athlete went over to the judge and he showed him/her the mark; it was very close, but foul. I can't even remember whether it was a female long jumper or a male triple jumper. (Was it Reese?)

Nice comethrough jump for DeLoach, in any case, for the bronze.
Cheers,
Alan Shank

It was Claye's first round TJ foul on which he asked to see the mark.