Who is the best sporting nation
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@Snowy said in Who is the best sporting nation:
Swimming (butterfly for example) is the like having an athletics 100m skipping event.
More like the sack race.
And it was always the most athletic who won. Always.
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@Snowy said in Who is the best sporting nation:
Swimming (butterfly for example) is the like having an athletics 100m skipping event.
I'd be all for that.
Running, skipping, backwards running and legs together jumping are all vastly underrated athletic endeavours. They're at least as virtuous as the variety of swimming strokes.
You could then add the 400m medley to the athletic events too.
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@Chris-B said in Who is the best sporting nation:
@antipodean Swimming is an absolute pot-hunting sport. I really dislike these "Quest for X number of gold medals" that individuals at the pool indulge in at every Olympics".
But Iām sure you were cheering as loud as I was for young Danyon
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@ACT-Crusader said in Who is the best sporting nation:
@Chris-B said in Who is the best sporting nation:
@antipodean Swimming is an absolute pot-hunting sport. I really dislike these "Quest for X number of gold medals" that individuals at the pool indulge in at every Olympics".
But Iām sure you were cheering as loud as I was for young Danyon
How big was Danyon's quest?
Double Olympic gold isn't obnoxious - going for 6/7/8 I'm cheering for the opposition! Well, not if they're a NZer....
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@dogmeat said in Who is the best sporting nation:
I don't know who the best sporting nation is as there are so many variables and influencers but I'd confidently suggest India is the worst notwithstanding their cricket
And knocked out of the CWC by the plucky NZers!
As hard as I'm trying to forget that WC, that really was a performance to savour. All of the former Indian players, commentators and fans saying the result was a foregone conclusion before it started, oh man that was so fucking delicious. Boult setting up Kohli was one of the best NZ sporting moments of all time.
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@No-Quarter it was a superb win. It's got a wee asterisk next to it though as a one dayer over 2 days. I thought we were toast if it played out on one day.
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