Jamaica took the entire Olympic podium

[Anonymous]

I've never seen this done before. These women from the same country all became medal winners in the same race.

They took Gold, Silver, and Bronze in the 100M.


https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2021/07/31/track-field-womens-100-meters-tokyo-olympics/5439866001/

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

yeah mon, irie!

[Anonymous]

Okay question - why is this allowed in track but not in gymastics? Seems like the U.S. would sweep the podium there.

The sixth place finisher in vault got a spot when U.S. had the top three out of four qualifiers.

Giulia Steingruber of Switzerland, the bronze medalist on vault in 2016, is in sixth place in the vault qualifications, accounting for the two-per-country rule. There are still some vault final contenders to come in the last subdivision, but she has a very good chance of making the final.

However, because of what's known as the "two per" rule, no country can have more than two gymnasts participate in each event final, including the all-around final. For example, American gymnast MyKayla Skinner posted the fourth-highest score on the vault (14.866), but scored lower than teammates Biles (15.183) and Carey (15.166), the top two finishers in the event. So, despite Skinner performing better than several other gymnasts, she didn't qualify because of the two per rule.

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/athletics/news/olympic-gymnastics-qualifications-explained/4uj564nq21c21i2td56wgm695

[Anonymous]

Great job!

[Anonymous]

Reme.ber, Usain Bolt was from Jaimaca as well

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Reme.ber, Usain Bolt was from Jaimaca as well

Kewl story

[Anonymous]

In the 2016 Olympics in Rio, American women accomplished this feat in the 100M Hurdles☺️. Congrats to the Jamaican team…totally awesome!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yZcWEobR2g

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In the 2016 Olympics in Rio, American women accomplished this feat in the 100M Hurdles☺️. Congrats to the Jamaican team…totally awesome!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yZcWEobR2g

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[Anonymous]

That race had two former 100m gold medalists in it and the woman who came in 3rd was a former 400m medalist that moved to sprints.

If you look at the headwind they were running against, the gold medal time was insanely fast in this race.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Okay question - why is this allowed in track but not in gymastics? Seems like the U.S. would sweep the podium there.

The sixth place finisher in vault got a spot when U.S. had the top three out of four qualifiers.

Giulia Steingruber of Switzerland, the bronze medalist on vault in 2016, is in sixth place in the vault qualifications, accounting for the two-per-country rule. There are still some vault final contenders to come in the last subdivision, but she has a very good chance of making the final.

However, because of what's known as the "two per" rule, no country can have more than two gymnasts participate in each event final, including the all-around final. For example, American gymnast MyKayla Skinner posted the fourth-highest score on the vault (14.866), but scored lower than teammates Biles (15.183) and Carey (15.166), the top two finishers in the event. So, despite Skinner performing better than several other gymnasts, she didn't qualify because of the two per rule.

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/athletics/news/olympic-gymnastics-qualifications-explained/4uj564nq21c21i2td56wgm695

So, the sports' governing bodies make up those rules. International gymnastics federation made that rule up.

In track, the limit is 3 per, but they get an extra slot I believe if the country is a defending world champion.