Olympics Thread
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@voodoo said in Olympics Thread:
This steeplechase is good!
Conditions look brutal.
Heaps of Aussies trained up here before departure. Should have come in summer
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@kiwimurph said in Olympics Thread:
Georgian weightlifter breaks his own world record. Not a bad day's work.
Everyone else is playing for second.
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lasha_Talakhadze
This fucking unit. 197cm and 176kg
First lift at snatch was 208kg was a WR.
Went on to lift 215 and 223. Without even trying.Fuck a duck.
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and Liti got 5th which is bloody good. A very strong field!
ahem.
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@nta absolute unit, and has mint technique. The bar speed is fucking mental on his jerk in particular.
6/6 and records all over the show. Well done that man.@paekakboyz said in Olympics Thread:
@nta absolute unit, and has mint technique. The bar speed is fucking mental on his jerk in particular.
6/6 and records all over the show. Well done that man.Could lose a bit of the gut tho. Get down to, say, a lazy buck fifty...
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@gt12 said in Olympics Thread:
Why don’t they get the men and women to throw the same hammer weight?
Because the women's distances would be tiny (not even making it out of the throws cage at lower levels), and injury risk very high.
Men's shot and hammer are both 7.26kg vs women's 4kg.
Men's discus 2kg vs women's 1kg, but crucially men's is much wider diameter as well. Most women's hands couldn't spin a discus at all.
Javelin is closer, 800g men's and women's 600g.
BTW who is that in your avatar?!
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@gt12 said in Olympics Thread:
Why don’t they get the men and women to throw the same hammer weight?
Because the women's distances would be tiny (not even making it out of the throws cage at lower levels), and injury risk very high.
Men's shot and hammer are both 7.26kg vs women's 4kg.
Men's discus 2kg vs women's 1kg, but crucially men's is much wider diameter as well. Most women's hands couldn't spin a discus at all.
Javelin is closer, 800g men's and women's 600g.
BTW who is that in your avatar?!
@tewaio said in Olympics Thread:
@gt12 said in Olympics Thread:
Why don’t they get the men and women to throw the same hammer weight?
Because the women's distances would be tiny (not even making it out of the throws cage at lower levels), and injury risk very high.
Men's shot and hammer are both 7.26kg vs women's 4kg.
Men's discus 2kg vs women's 1kg, but crucially men's is much wider diameter as well. Most women's hands couldn't spin a discus at all.
Javelin is closer, 800g men's and women's 600g.
BTW who is that in your avatar?!
It's me.
Long story.
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@gt12 said in Olympics Thread:
Why don’t they get the men and women to throw the same hammer weight?
Because the women's distances would be tiny (not even making it out of the throws cage at lower levels), and injury risk very high.
Men's shot and hammer are both 7.26kg vs women's 4kg.
Men's discus 2kg vs women's 1kg, but crucially men's is much wider diameter as well. Most women's hands couldn't spin a discus at all.
Javelin is closer, 800g men's and women's 600g.
BTW who is that in your avatar?!
Thanks!
The distances in what is being thrown are so close that I assume at some point that women will surpass men then yada yada yada…
Avatar: No idea. My wife made me change as the old GF gt12 kindly allowed me to use her as my avatar here. Current Mrs gt12 wasn’t too keen on that so I chose the first women from an image search who looked like an AB supporter. Not sure what the search terms were….
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@stargazer always the bridesmaid. Until now!
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@kiwimurph And a PB, too!
@stargazer said in Olympics Thread:
@kiwimurph And a PB, too!
A new national record too I think. Pleased to see De Grasse win that elusive Olympic/World champs gold.
Pretty exciting race. Well done to the yanks that came 2nd and 3rd, and the 17yo kid who came 4th
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@gt12 said in Olympics Thread:
Why don’t they get the men and women to throw the same hammer weight?
Because the women's distances would be tiny (not even making it out of the throws cage at lower levels), and injury risk very high.
Men's shot and hammer are both 7.26kg vs women's 4kg.
Men's discus 2kg vs women's 1kg, but crucially men's is much wider diameter as well. Most women's hands couldn't spin a discus at all.
Javelin is closer, 800g men's and women's 600g.
BTW who is that in your avatar?!
@tewaio said in Olympics Thread:
@gt12 said in Olympics Thread:
Why don’t they get the men and women to throw the same hammer weight?
Because the women's distances would be tiny (not even making it out of the throws cage at lower levels), and injury risk very high.
Men's shot and hammer are both 7.26kg vs women's 4kg.
Men's discus 2kg vs women's 1kg, but crucially men's is much wider diameter as well. Most women's hands couldn't spin a discus at all.
Javelin is closer, 800g men's and women's 600g.
BTW who is that in your avatar?!
Time for a transition.
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Bit of a boil over in the women’s basketball with France beating Spain in the QFs in a close game. Spain with a costly turnover near the end.
Japan to play France. Japan are fun to watch. Their guards are small, quick and highly skilled.
Opals got smashed by the US and so the Americans will take on Slovenia. Slovenia surprised China today who have played very well these Olympics. .
