Biggest Jaw Dropper

7:05-7:10
listen carefully in the background..
"he's going at 8:36 pace"
"yaa that's too fast"

why the hell is haile not up theyre i havent seen anyone as gifted and talented as him he should definatley be up there fo sho

i think german deserved this award...he was obviosly the number 1 runner on his team..and he would have gotten 3rd if he hadnt had the achilles injury...and he won big 12 as a freshman..i think he will win a national championship veryyyy soon

Dude, Ryan Hall killed Ryan Hall's chances of medalling. Wanjiru ran his race masterfulyl, Hall didn't run his race at all. He played it safe and payed the price.

WOW! No one mentioned sammy wanijru for biggest jaw dropping moment!! What the fu#$@. dude runs a 2:06 olympic marathon in 80 plus degree weather and kills any hopes of ryan hall medaling.
also no mention of haile or kenny b. jesus crist

German Fernandez should never be referred to as a cookie whether it is a tough one or not

Wow to run a mile with each lap split practically the same, is tough. And then run a 2 mile with a negative split last mile, is tough also. This is one tough cookie!

I think bc demps did it as a sprinter. Throughout history sprinters have been able to compete with the best at a younger age then distance runners. It takes years of training and mileage to usually compete at such a high level for distance runners and Fernandez's 4:11 on friday and then the double, where he runs two amazing races within a couple hours beats demps' record. Demps is a great choice though and the panel had a hard time choosing.

Demps ran competitively against professionals. How could he possibly not win this?

Christian after the trials.

I agree that Fernandez is of the moments that made my Jaw drop this year. Also, Alcorn at Indoor NCAA's, as Quintana said it was all, "huge balls" or something like that. UW going 1-6 at Pac 10s. Price leading through 600 against pros at Pre. Andy Wheatings 3:58. And being fans of Quigley and Solinsky, Quigley at Standford in the 10k and Solinsky at Pre in the 2 mile. As David points out, the 800 at the trials, and also at NCAA's, too.

I don't know about funniest person but funniest video is when Jamo and Hooker interviewed each other.

The 800 at the trials was great, but not "Jaw Dropping". Symmonds and Wheating weren't huge surprises to make the team. Christian Smith is the one who made that race great.

For me, it was definitely Oregon x3 at the trials here in Eugene. I would imagine it might have taken the 'Jaw Dropper' selection had that video not been put in NBC's lock-box.

I'll agree Breaux definitely had one of the funniest interviews I've ever seen. The man is a character.

abdi or breaux

The Oregon boys going 1,2,3, gets the gold for dropping my jaw, and I'm Canadian. Christian Smith grabbing standard as he somehow dives passed Khadevis Robinson at the line, that blew my mind, truly legendary heroics. It feels unnatural for me to give Bolt a silver, maybe he should be sharing the gold? Shalane Flanagan gets my vote for bronze.

But for field events, let's not forget Tia Hellebaut's gold medal winning, Goliath slaying, PR jump of 2.05 in Beijing, 'twas sick and wonderful.

Its gotta be Breaux!!!

wow this is tough abdi or hooker

It's too bad there's no real footage of it here (besides the interview) but Mark's 2:36:07 marathon definitely dropped my jaw

you guys are both funny!

that was pretty bootleg, guys.

i disagree on biggest jaw dropper..it had to be the trials 800m

funniest person will be abdi

Josh McAdams

will leer for funniest!

Yeah that meet was by far the craziest thing I've ever seen in the distances

I agree that the biggest jaw dropper was in the track trials with the Oregon guys grabbing the first 3 spots in the 800.

I vote Steve Hooker for funniest person. I gotta represent for the vaulters!

a couple of negative jawdroppers
Gay missing the 100 final, Lagat missing the final in the 1500

and Ritz is the one who held the 3200 record previously

....and Teeth Falling out!!!! It was great! Thanks.

German probably had the most impressive performance of the year to be sure, but he might be forgotten by running history because he didn't break the 4 minute mile in high school.

I think that the biggest jaw dropper was three Oregon guys going 1, 2,3 in the 800 trails and Christian Smith getting third place and putting his body into it to get third place

Demps is good yes.. But Demps is a football player first and its not like he made the finals at the Trials.. He was to tired to run that many races but German did an amazing double and broke several national high school records that stood forever.. He broke a 2 mile record that guys like Alan Webb and Ritz couldn't.. That means a lot to american distance running. Demps won't run track professionaly he will go play in the NFL. So I would easily vote for German over Demps in this situation.

And German could of mixed it up with the professionals just like Demps did.. German could of made the Finals in the 5k no doubt. and if you don't think so go look at the times that made it in and you will see.. And don't forget that German also took 25th at world jr cross.. that is damn impressive running with the best jr's in the world

Fernandez dominated High Schoolers. Demps Competed with Professionals...

jeff demps never had a performance that equaled 4:00 8:34 double. You"re an idiot.

7:04 in; (announcer) "He's on 8:36 pace" (guy in the background) "ya, that's way too fast."

even tho ima distance runner jeff demps seems like the obvious choice over german fernandez. these guys r totally biased b/c they're distance runners and i'll admit what german did was incredibly amazing but unrelatable to demps.

Is there a way Flotrack can have news on Masters Track, too?

abdi

steve hooker.

will leer for funniest person!

I would say that is a good jaw dropper!

Maybe tomorrow you could actually get out of bed to do the video? Funniest person vote is Sarah Jamo in the "cribs" video where she changed clothes for each new room.

this is weird

Great Job guys but you missed this one (great job German)

but if this race doesn't make you get out of your're seat nothing will!
Scroll down to the third race on the right from the top, title Women's 1500 meters semi final
http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/olympicstrials/index,page=4.htmx