Pick the Winners Contest

[Marlow]

OK, my eyes are a little bleary from staring at two monitors for 3 hours, but I've got 3 at 8 and 6 more at 7 right.

8
Donley, Jeremy and me

7
T&FN, Dvorak, Nevets, Daisy, LopenU and Vaultemort

[aaronk]

I've got 6 winners so far:
Bolt, Pars, SAFP, SRR, T Dibaba, and Ennis.
Also got one winning mark (different contest!!) EXACTLY right!! (226-9 for Women's DT.)
And one ALMOST exactly right. (I predicted 9.64. Bolt beat it by 0.01.)

[donley2]

OK, my eyes are a little bleary from staring at two monitors for 3 hours, but I've got 3 at 8 and 6 more at 7 right.

8
Donley, Jeremy and me

7
T&FN, Dvorak, Nevets, Daisy, LopenU and Vaultemort

Marlow, not to jinx you, but you are kicking butt over at http://www.atletiektoto.nl/. Were you too bleary eyed to add up the three in any order score

[Marlow]

Uh oh, someone is alone in the lead at 10! (Thank you, Jenn!)

At 9 we have:

Odelltrclan
T&FN
Stooges
Nevets
Daisy
JeremyP

DD: 37-34!

[odelltrclan]

Uh oh, someone is alone in the lead at 10! (Thank you, Jenn!)

At 9 we have:

T&FN
Stooges
Nevets
Daisy
JeremyP

DD: 37-34!

Please add me as well as I have 9 so far. [Bolt, James, Farah, Kemboi, Pars, Ross, Zaripova, Suhr, Ennis]

[Marlow]

Please add me as well as I have 9 so far.

D'oh! I must have assessed you a penalty point for the weird format you submitted it in!

Fixed!

[odelltrclan]

Please add me as well as I have 9 so far.

D'oh! I must have assessed you a penalty point for the weird format you submitted it in!

Fixed!

I added some spaces to make it easier for you.

[Marlow]

Getting crowded at the top.

six at 12 right

T&FN
Stooges
Nevets
Daisy
Odelltrclan
me

[Daisy]

Can't believe that two people (DCSIGMA and ATK) did NOT pick Sally Pearson to win the women's 100H!!

She's as sure a bet as Rudisha or Eaton!!

Genius! But Dawn Harper sure made the 'sure bet' look vulnerable. Great race.

[Marlow]

Five tied at 14!

T&FN
Stooges
Nevets
Odelltrclan
me

DD, 47-46, yes?

[donley2]

Five tied at 14!

T&FN
Stooges
Nevets
Odelltrclan
me

DD, 47-46, yes?

I have not checked yours. I am reasonably sure I have 47. Just shows I am good at getting people who will medal but stink at getting the winners or others in the correct order/place.

[odelltrclan]

Five tied at 14!

T&FN
Stooges
Nevets
Odelltrclan
me

DD, 47-46, yes?

Not to be too nitpicky, but I have 15. I think some others do as well. I checked a couple against mine that were tied from yesterday and they got the same today as me.

[Marlow]

I have not checked yours. I am reasonably sure I have 47. Just shows I am good at getting people who will medal but stink at getting the winners or others in the correct order/place.

Yeah, checked mine again - I have 49.

Odell, I CAN'T do yours to save me life! Just keep posting your total.

So 15 leads, with a pack at 14.

[odelltrclan]

Ok, but you have 15 as well from my count. Maybe you are missing Ennis.

As far as I can tell it is:

15 - Odelltrclan, Marlow, Stooges, Nevetsllim
14 - T&FN, Dvorak, Daisy, Vault
13 - Jeremy, Yifter, Lopen
12 - JNA, Moura, Donley

[Marlow]

Ok, but you have 15 as well from my count. Maybe you are missing Ennis.

As far as I can tell it is:

15 - Odelltrclan, Marlow, Stooges, Nevetsllim
14 - T&FN, Dvorak, Daisy, Vault
13 - Jeremy, Yifter, Lopen
12 - JNA, Moura, Donley

My brain is mush from watching too much OG!

Please (please!) take over the scoring! (Not kidding!)

[odelltrclan]

Ok, Marlow:

My count:

20 for Odelltrclan, Stooges, Nevetsllim
19 for Marlow, T&FN, Daisy, Vault
18 for Dvorakfan, Jeremy, Yifter
17 for Lopen, Donley
16 for JNA, Moura, DC Sigma
15 for Aaronk
13 for Ely
12 for ATK

[Vault-emort]

My brain is mush from watching too much OG!

Me too - after two weeks of waking up around 4am for live finals, I was just asking myself 'what day is this? Is it Friday? Did I miss Friday?

This time tomorrow, I'll probably be wondering 'what is my name?' or 'what year is this?'

[Marlow]

Ok, Marlow:

My count:

20 for Odelltrclan, Stooges, Nevetsllim
19 for Marlow, T&FN, Daisy, Vault
18 for Dvorakfan, Jeremy, Yifter
17 for Lopen, Donley
16 for JNA, Moura, DC Sigma
15 for Aaronk
13 for Ely
12 for ATK

T'anx!

DD 60-56?

[odelltrclan]

24 - Stooges
23 - Odelltrclan, Nevetssllim
22 - T&FN
21 - Marlow, Vault, Dvorakfan, Jeremy
20 - Daisy, Lopen, Yifter
19 - Donley, JNA
18 - Moura, DC Sigma
17 - Aaronk
15 - ATK
14 - Ely

[Marlow]

24 - Stooges
23 - Odelltrclan, Nevetssllim
22 - T&FN
21 - Marlow, Vault, Dvorakfan, Jeremy
20 - Daisy, Lopen, Yifter
19 - Donley, JNA
18 - Moura, DC Sigma
17 - Aaronk
15 - ATK
14 - Ely

It's not just my math skills that are fading fast!

[odelltrclan]

I can say these contests, particularly the medalists (where you make more selections) make it more exciting by allowing you to root for your selected athletes rather than worrying about countrymen doing well.

[Stooges]

Hopefully more than me has picked Schwazer on 50km

[odelltrclan]

28 - Stooges, Nevetssllim
26 - Odelltrclan, T&FN, Jeremy
25 - Marlow, Daisy, Lopen
24 - Vault, Dvorakfan, Yifter
23 - Donley, JNA
21 - Moura
20 - Aaronk
19 - DC Sigma
18 - ATK
17 - Ely

[Vault-emort]

stupid contest..

[Daisy]

28 - Stooges, Nevetssllim

Congrats to the winners!

[odelltrclan]

28 - Stooges, Nevetssllim

Congrats to the winners!

Yes, but one more event may separate them. Good luck in the marathon tomorrow!

[Stooges]

None of us picked the last winner.

[nevetsllim]

Great! Thanks for running the contest Marlow et al. BTW I blame all of you for me not winning. I was going to choose Lashmanova over Kaniskina in the 20km walk but nobody else was so I reverted back to Kaniskina. All your fault.

[Stooges]

haha great ! Thanks Marlow

[aaronk]

Great! Thanks for running the contest Marlow et al. BTW I blame all of you for me not winning. I was going to choose Lashmanova over Kaniskina in the 20km walk but nobody else was so I reverted back to Kaniskina. All your fault.

I wasn't anywhere near winning....or medaling....in this contest.
And not to worry, nevetsttim, I made an even worse faux pas than yours in the walk.

I predicted Jamaica would win the Women's 4X100R......with USA second!!

Not only that, but I predicted the winning mark would be 41.56!!

[Wilmar]

Darn - never saw this thread during the Games. A well, wouldn't have scored - only had 25 winners. 28 awesome score, BTW, exactly the same as a handful of people in the 386 member www.atletiektoto.nl prediction contest.
BTW shout-out to a real expert: Fernando Fanin from Italy exactly had 10 out of 47 podiums exactly right! Plus another 24 medals. Pretty impressive

[jeremyp]

Now we all get to add 1 point for Adams. Big diff in final point score, right?

[Daisy]

Big diff in final point score, right?

I'll take it! Next year, when I get 17 correct, I'll be able to remember the good old days of 2012.

[odelltrclan]

Now we all get to add 1 point for Adams. Big diff in final point score, right?

Actually, virtually everyone picked Adams, so it would not make a lot of difference in the standings. Everyone just adds a point to their score.

[jeremyp]

Now we all get to add 1 point for Adams. Big diff in final point score, right?

Actually, virtually everyone picked Adams, so it would not make a lot of difference in the standings. Everyone just adds a point to their score.

Guess you missed MR. IRONY!