How do you think the decathlon and heptathlon are scored? Take a moment. OK, do you have your answer? It’s probably wrong. It also probably makes at least as much sense as — and possibly a good deal more than — the method used by modern track and field. Decathlon, which at the Olympics is […]
How do you think the decathlon and heptathlon are scored? Take a moment. OK, do you have your answer? It’s probably wrong. It also probably makes at least as much sense as — and possibly a good deal more than — the method used by modern track and field. Decathlon, which at the Olympics is […]
We’re on the ground in Rio covering the 2016 Summer Olympics. Check out all our coverage here. Welcome to the latest episode of Hot Takedown, FiveThirtyEight’s sports podcast. On this week’s show (Aug. 16, 2016), FiveThirtyEight editor-in-chief Nate Silver joins us to talk about his Olympics viewing schedule and what would happen if the medal […]
We’re on the ground in Rio covering the 2016 Summer Olympics. Check out all our coverage here. Welcome to the latest episode of Hot Takedown, FiveThirtyEight’s sports podcast. On this week’s show (Aug. 16, 2016), FiveThirtyEight editor-in-chief Nate Silver joins us to talk about his Olympics viewing schedule and what would happen if the medal […]
Almaz Ayana won the gold medal in the women’s 10,000 meters at the Summer Olympics on Friday with a blistering pace that obliterated the previous world best to set a new world record — 29:17.45. When Mo Farah took home the gold in the men’s 10,000 meters the next day in Rio de Janeiro, his […]
