Olympics Thread
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@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.
@majorrage said in Olympics Thread:
@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.
In throws training back in the day we used to mess around with the women's implements for fun, and weirdly it was so easy to injure yourself trying to absolutely send it, as all your timing goes to sh1t.
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@kiwimurph said in Olympics Thread:
Georgian weightlifter breaks his own world record. Not a bad day's work.
Superb
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ROC Artistic Swimming routine was magnificent and absolutely worthy of the Gold
@mikethesnow said in Olympics Thread:
ROC Artistic Swimming routine was magnificent and absolutely worthy of the Gold
Nice try Russian bot
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@mikethesnow said in Olympics Thread:
ROC Artistic Swimming routine was magnificent and absolutely worthy of the Gold
Nice try Russian bot
@tewaio said in Olympics Thread:
@mikethesnow said in Olympics Thread:
ROC Artistic Swimming routine was magnificent and absolutely worthy of the Gold
Nice try Russian bot
@mikethesnowski?
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@stargazer said in Olympics Thread:
De Grasse wins the 200m final!
Jeez what happened to the American kid? He jogged the last 40m of his heat and still hit 20.02. Thought he could have easily done it.
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and Liti got 5th which is bloody good. A very strong field!
ahem.
@paekakboyz said in Olympics Thread:
and Liti got 5th which is bloody good. A very strong field!
ahem.
He said in a news article that getting top 5, with the amount of doping that goes on, was his goal. He reckons if there was no doping he’d be top.
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@paekakboyz said in Olympics Thread:
and Liti got 5th which is bloody good. A very strong field!
ahem.
He said in a news article that getting top 5, with the amount of doping that goes on, was his goal. He reckons if there was no doping he’d be top.
@machpants shots fired! poor leadership, corruption, and shitty systems by the Int weightlifting association has already cost them spots at this Olympics with fewer weight classes. I think it's under genuine threat of being cut in the future if they can't sort their shit out.
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@jk said in Olympics Thread:
Ladies golf starts this morning
Lydia is off at 11.41 NZ time and playing with Inbee Park, so a couple of good medal chances there.
My fav Gaby Lopez is off just after 1pm
Can you help her out? She needs something to hang off, apparently...
@nostrildamus Gaby on the tee 11.03am NZ time
Lydia Ko and co off just after 1.30pm
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German dude wins 10km swim. He also won bronze in the pool (1500m). I think that’s the first time someone has done that at the same games.
Good effort by the Australian Bol in the 800m. Poor Aus steeplechase woman was running final on her birthday and blew out her Achilles. Fond memories of that one.
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German dude wins 10km swim. He also won bronze in the pool (1500m). I think that’s the first time someone has done that at the same games.
Good effort by the Australian Bol in the 800m. Poor Aus steeplechase woman was running final on her birthday and blew out her Achilles. Fond memories of that one.
@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:
German dude wins 10km swim.
I would only finish that race if there was a current in the right direction.
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@machpants shots fired! poor leadership, corruption, and shitty systems by the Int weightlifting association has already cost them spots at this Olympics with fewer weight classes. I think it's under genuine threat of being cut in the future if they can't sort their shit out.
@paekakboyz said in Olympics Thread:
@machpants shots fired! poor leadership, corruption, and shitty systems by the Int weightlifting association has already cost them spots at this Olympics with fewer weight classes. I think it's under genuine threat of being cut in the future if they can't sort their shit out.
This article highlights the issues pretty well: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/aug/04/lasha-talakhadze-dominates-but-could-this-be-weighliftings-last-heave
It would be such a shame to see it removed, it's genuinely one of my favourite sports to watch. It's such a pure test of strength, no bells or whistles or tricks or gimmicks. Just who can lift heaviest.
Lasha Talakadze is such a beast, and it was amazing to watch him do his thing last night. Is he doping? Probably. But it's still great to watch and I'd be so sad to see it go.
