Olympics Day 14 (8/8): It's Sydney vs. Femke vs. The Field in the 400 Hurdles
And can Noah Lyles do it again?!?
Just when you think things cannot be as dramatic as they were the day before, I present to you:
Quincy Hall looked RUINED after the first 200 meters, and yet somehow, SOMEHOW, he gutted out a comeback, caught Matthew Hudson-Smith, and then surpassed him at the finish for gold. Hudson-Smith seemed astonished, as if he didn’t even quite register that Hall had closed the gap; I saw him crying on the shoulder of a relative after, and I hope it was with joy, because you are still a ROCK STAR, SIR.
Speaking of a higher gear: