McLaughlin storms to Olympic hurdles gold and world record

Great come from behind victory.

Congrats to both US members-silver and Gold.

Yep, and trouncing them in overall medals.

BAM! U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! Good job lasses!

And the US men's 110 m hurdles are looking promising, too.

trouncing them in overall medals.

No one uses "overall medals" as a tally. Except for the USA, that is! LOL

No one uses "overall medals" as a tally. Except for the USA, that is! LOL

China wins more golds than US: “overall medals have always been the key metric at the Olympics! Yeehaw! Whoooooooooooo!”

US wins more golds than China: “It’s all about the golds, baby! Yeehaw! Whoooooooooo!”

China wins more golds and more overall medals: “It don’t matter none how many tainted medals y’all win if you don’t have FREEDOM! Yeehaw! Whooooooooooo!”

Bbc, cbc, abc -australia all have a medals total.

I can't help but laugh every time I hear "new world record".

Today's Athletes are competing with, super engineered everything.

Super engineered shoes, super engineered Bicycles, super engineered bows, super engineered larger lighter tennis rackets, super engineered guns, even the swimsuits are super engineered.

How many of these records were broken because advances in specialised equipment?

This also give the rich countries and well sponsored athlete a very big advantage over the others and why 3/4 of all medals will as usual go to the 20 top powerful and rich countries.

I can't help but laugh every time I hear "new world record".

Today's Athletes are competing with, super engineered everything.

Super engineered shoes, super engineered Bicycles, super engineered bows, super engineered larger lighter tennis rackets, super engineered guns, even the swimsuits are super engineered.

How many of these records were broken because advances in specialised equipment?

This also give the rich countries and well sponsored athlete a very big advantage over the others and why 3/4 of all medals will as usual go to the 20 top powerful and rich countries.

Not just that. Now it's possible to be a six foot five guy with muscles out to here and back, say you identify as a nineteen year old girl, and break the world record in the teenage girls' weightlifting category. That helps too.

She’s good from behind!

Kevin Young's 1992 400m Hurdle record was only broken this year by Warlholm and high-engineered track equipment has been around for decades.

Incorrect.

Rio was first Olympics where the new super shoe were used and the ones using them (prototypes) won gold medals.

Do a little checking before saying they have been around for decades

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9857017/amp/Rise-athletics-super-shoe-Carbon-fibre-plates-air-pods-boost-speed.html

https://amp.france24.com/en/live-news/20210728-record-setting-super-shoes-are-here-to-stay-say-experts

Yet another amazing race where the Top 2 both broke the world record