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Originally Posted by Hondaracer

That mens 100m was insane

Fuck it’s incredible when athletes are cocky or confident and they actually step up and perform. Lyles what an incredible race.

Was saying to my wife that like the Olympics in a lot of ways show how crazy F1 is. So of course like a swimmer, or a track athlete, etc. they compete quite a bit outside of the Olympics but a gold medal is the ultimate prize. It might be only one time in those 4 years you even get a shot and if the stars don’t align perfectly you miss your chance. Could be anything, jet lag, didn’t eat right, didn’t sleep, just didn’t have it

F1 drivers have to literally be at their peak performance 1000% concentration once a week in a different time zone, potentially across the globe, for up to 2 hours or more, 24 times a year.

If you’ve ever ridden a motor cycle I find that is the only thing I can think of that is basically requiring your full attention 99% of the time.

I found this interesting - if they still used a gun to start races, he might have lost due to the speed of sound being too slow to make up the time between first and second!