Rhasidat Adeleke.

[Belker]

The approx betting on the Betfair market fer tonights Women's 4 x 400M relay.

1/6 USA.
10/1 Netherlands.
33/1 Ireland.
50/1 Jamaica.
50/1 GB.

200/1 bar...

https://www.betfair.com/exchange/plus/en/athletics/women-s-olympics-2024/womens-4-x-400m-relay-betting-33414163

The Yanks haven't done too well in the relays at these Olympics losing in 2 relay Finals when they were 1/100 !

[John m]

33s you are getting well rewarded .Its always about getting the stick around but more likely mistakes in the 100 and 200 .

[silverbullet]

Adeleke's run had a degree of naivete, particularly in the last 200 metres.

[Belker]

I think she will shine tonight, the pressure of the individual event is off her back and most likely she spent her day today with the Irish team of girls her own age, which is prob what she as a 21 year old needed all week.

[Belker]

Adeleke's run had a degree of naivete, particularly in the last 200 metres.

Defo looked a different girl in the semi's and the final to the girl in her walkaway first round heat ?

[watty]

At this level, there's often less than a second between 1st and last in the finals.  That's more mental than physical in the winning. 

Don't write her off just yet.  She's only 21 now, 25 at the next Olympics.  There's been a few UK females who went off and had babies before coming back and winning medals.  Look at 34-yr old Kellie Harrington.

The Irish Times carried a story setting out how we've improved in our medal haul over the past 10-20 years.  We randomly produce semi-decent athletes just like any country but, for the past decade or so, the Govt has given them a few quid so they could go full time, got semi-decent facilities so they could train and also decent coaches from abroad.  Rhasidat has gone to America on a scholarship which she's just finished I believe.  She has the right coaches over there and but now the financial pressure will come on her as a professional, non-college athlete.  She can certainly walk the talk and I think she can talk the talk now that she's seen what it's like at the top.

It was the same with the French swimmer, Leon Marchand, who was a 'talent' but after going to a specific coach in America, he ended up winning 4 individual golds at the Olympics.

[John m]

Adeleke's run had a degree of naivete, particularly in the last 200 metres.

Defo looked a different girl in the semi's and the final to the girl in her walkaway first round heat ?

First round is seeded to avoid the best eight meeting in a heat .In horsey terms she won a Nass Maiden stepped up to listed finished second stepped up again to Group ! was found wanting .Common enough every year in horseracing Trainer thinks he has a good one but only one will win a classic the rest dont .

[John m]

At this level, there's often less than a second between 1st and last in the finals.  That's more mental than physical in the winning. 

Don't write her off just yet.  She's only 21 now, 25 at the next Olympics.  There's been a few UK females who went off and had babies before coming back and winning medals.  Look at 34-yr old Kellie Harrington.

The Irish Times carried a story setting out how we've improved in our medal haul over the past 10-20 years.  We randomly produce semi-decent athletes just like any country but, for the past decade or so, the Govt has given them a few quid so they could go full time, got semi-decent facilities so they could train and also decent coaches from abroad.  Rhasidat has gone to America on a scholarship which she's just finished I believe.  She has the right coaches over there and but now the financial pressure will come on her as a professional, non-college athlete.  She can certainly walk the talk and I think she can talk the talk now that she's seen what it's like at the top.

It was the same with the French swimmer, Leon Marchand, who was a 'talent' but after going to a specific coach in America, he ended up winning 4 individual golds at the Olympics.

She could be a Champion but the way she runs to fast early and fades later .If you run slower earlier you are further behind so now you need  be able to both stay and speed up .That is hard to learn its a strange distance not a sprint but not a stamina test .That is the big advantage USA and Holland have they run relays all the time .If one runner messes up you could lose half a second or more .Its not just about speed technique in relays .Pass the baton within the transfewr zone without messing up .

[watty]

She could be a Champion but the way she runs to fast early and fades later .If you run slower earlier you are further behind so now you need  be able to both stay and speed up .That is hard to learn its a strange distance not a sprint but not a stamina test .That is the big advantage USA and Holland have they run relays all the time .If one runner messes up you could lose half a second or more .Its not just about speed technique in relays .Pass the baton within the transfewr zone without messing up .

I think you're kinda agreeing with me    She's out on her own in America now that her college time is up.  A good coach could teach her to re-adjust her running style for the 400m. 

Yet look at the American women's and men's relay teams.  The men are full of egos and they've consistently fukked up the baton pass over the years.  The woman work together and win the relay most of the time.  If she isolates herself a little bit and ignores all the Ole Ole shite from Ireland, she and a good coach could turn her into a better athlete over many distances. 

The harder she works, the more money she'll earn.  That'll motivate a working class Tallaght girl, I reckon!  She's 6ft and looks like a model already.  She could retire at 30 as a millionaire and do TV work for the rest of her life?  "All" she has to do is win a few medals.  That'll motivate her to get up her up & running in the morning!

[Keith]

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[Belker]

Adeleke's run had a degree of naivete, particularly in the last 200 metres.

Defo looked a different girl in the semi's and the final to the girl in her walkaway first round heat ?

First round is seeded to avoid the best eight meeting in a heat .In horsey terms she won a Nass Maiden stepped up to listed finished second stepped up again to Group ! was found wanting .Common enough every year in horseracing Trainer thinks he has a good one but only one will win a classic the rest dont .

When I stated above "Defo looked a different girl", as a watcher of human behaviour (just the same as us all) fer the past nearly Sixty years, when she walked out on to the track in the 1st round heat, she had her shoulders up and her chest out with a 'Kick-ass' look in her eye, all that was missing in the semi and the final.

I think there might be problems at home, after one of her Rome Euro wins this summer she thanked her mother so much and boasted how her mum came to all her events, it was in the news this week that her mother was watching the Olympics at home in Tallaght ??

And then this, which I did not know about;
https://extra.ie/2024/06/16/news/irish-news/rhasidat-adelekes-abuse
    

[Belker]

The SLIGHTLY UPDATED approx betting on the Betfair market fer tonights Women's 4 x 400M relay.

1/6 USA...... Now 1/8.
10/1 Netherlands.
33/1 Ireland.....  Now 40/1.
50/1 Jamaica..... Now 150/1.
50/1 GB..... Now 100/1.

200/1 bar...

https://www.betfair.com/exchange/plus/en/athletics/women-s-olympics-2024/womens-4-x-400m-relay-betting-33414163

[Belker]

WTF !! 
Femke Bol was not listed in the Netherlands original 6 fer this event.

[Cool Boola]

Rhasidat has changer her name to Lazarus  cos she keeps coming forth!

[John m]

Looked at the race and wondered Adaleky was not that impressive good but not Great .49 dead .Did the Jamaican pulling off the track effect her ?She was coming to pass her and then she just stepped off that must of effected Adalekis run even if it was only fraction of a second .Having said that that was the best performance by any Irish team in a long time probably only the Rugby Team have been better .Never gave them a chance but they were best of the rest .Will we ever be that good again ?