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  • BonesB Bones

    @nostrildamus looked pretty sweet in Moree last time I was there.

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    @bones said in Olympics Thread:

    @nostrildamus looked pretty sweet in Moree last time I was there.

    Too many pecans..

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    • nostrildamusN nostrildamus

      @bones said in Olympics Thread:

      @nostrildamus lots of roads and not many cars!

      you mean Australia? Cycling in most places outside maybe of Canberra is a masochistic deathwish.

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      @nostrildamus said in Olympics Thread:

      @bones said in Olympics Thread:

      @nostrildamus lots of roads and not many cars!

      you mean Australia? Cycling in most places outside maybe of Canberra is a masochistic deathwish.

      It's the same in most of NZ, unless you're lucky enough to find a cycleway. :magnifying_glass_tilted_right: 🗺

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        A single gold would almost certainly put us in the top 10 - looking unlikely but still possible.

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        • nostrildamusN nostrildamus

          @bones said in Olympics Thread:

          @nostrildamus lots of roads and not many cars!

          you mean Australia? Cycling in most places outside maybe of Canberra is a masochistic deathwish.

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          @nostrildamus said in Olympics Thread:

          @bones said in Olympics Thread:

          @nostrildamus lots of roads and not many cars!

          you mean Australia? Cycling in most places outside maybe of Canberra is a masochistic deathwish.

          You refer to the capitals.

          That's why Anna Meares was from Rocky.

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            Bugger, Andrews close, but loses her heat. To the repechage in the women's sprint.

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            • StargazerS Stargazer

              Bugger, Andrews close, but loses her heat. To the repechage in the women's sprint.

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              @stargazer centimetres in it!

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                Did anyone watch the Heavyweight boxing final? The Russian Gadzhimagomedov got beaten 5-0 by the Cuban la Cruz.

                I will have to find a replay.

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                  Andrews will ride in repechage heat 3 at 9.59pm.

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                  • BovidaeB Bovidae

                    Did anyone watch the Heavyweight boxing final? The Russian Gadzhimagomedov got beaten 5-0 by the Cuban la Cruz.

                    I will have to find a replay.

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                    @bovidae Yeah, the Cuban had some nice reflexes and had his arms low the whole time, ducking and weaving away from every punch, basically. Landed just a few himself, but was enough.

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                      The two Dutchmen have to go to a decider on the sprint. Wow.

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                      • nostrildamusN nostrildamus

                        @bones said in Olympics Thread:

                        @nostrildamus lots of roads and not many cars!

                        you mean Australia? Cycling in most places outside maybe of Canberra is a masochistic deathwish.

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                        @nostrildamus said in Olympics Thread:

                        @bones said in Olympics Thread:

                        @nostrildamus lots of roads and not many cars!

                        you mean Australia? Cycling in most places outside maybe of Canberra is a masochistic deathwish.

                        Not in Brisbane. Heaps of those bloody cycle paths. Still doesn’t stop the Lycra clad piston wristed gibbons from using suburban roads.

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                          Man, modern pentathlon looks brutal mind fuck.

                          All that swimming, running, fencing training etc for 4 years. yet can all be for nothing if your nag from the olympic car pool is spooked .

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                            Andrews through to the last 8 of the sprint. She is having an outstanding first O games

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                              Modern Pentathlon is weird, I like the combination of running, swimming, shooting and fencing, but why would you have riding there, when the athletes are randomly allotted the horses - way too much luck involved. The German leading athlete has just lost her almost guaranteed medal because she couldn't get the horse to work, and she was crying her heart out before and during the attempt.

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                              • canefanC canefan

                                Andrews through to the last 8 of the sprint. She is having an outstanding first O games

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                                @canefan said in Olympics Thread:

                                Andrews through to the last 8 of the sprint. She is having an outstanding first O games

                                She looked good there.

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                                • TordahT Tordah

                                  Modern Pentathlon is weird, I like the combination of running, swimming, shooting and fencing, but why would you have riding there, when the athletes are randomly allotted the horses - way too much luck involved. The German leading athlete has just lost her almost guaranteed medal because she couldn't get the horse to work, and she was crying her heart out before and during the attempt.

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                                  @tordah said in Olympics Thread:

                                  Modern Pentathlon is weird, I like the combination of running, swimming, shooting and fencing, but why would you have riding there, when the athletes are randomly allotted the horses - way too much luck involved. The German leading athlete has just lost her almost guaranteed medal because she couldn't get the horse to work, and she was crying her heart out before and out during the attempt.

                                  The chance that your horse has already been taken for an earlier round by a worse rider who has barrelled through several fences.

                                  Although the event is based on an officer escaping from behind enemy lines and stealing a random horse.

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                                  • Rancid SchnitzelR Rancid Schnitzel

                                    @nostrildamus said in Olympics Thread:

                                    @bones said in Olympics Thread:

                                    @nostrildamus lots of roads and not many cars!

                                    you mean Australia? Cycling in most places outside maybe of Canberra is a masochistic deathwish.

                                    Not in Brisbane. Heaps of those bloody cycle paths. Still doesn’t stop the Lycra clad piston wristed gibbons from using suburban roads.

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                                    @rancid-schnitzel where I lived in Brissie, cycling on bike paths earned an immediate ute-chase from unemployed bogans. In 100% humidity. Great times.

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                                    • nostrildamusN nostrildamus

                                      @rancid-schnitzel where I lived in Brissie, cycling on bike paths earned an immediate ute-chase from unemployed bogans. In 100% humidity. Great times.

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                                      @nostrildamus I miss my ute.

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                                      • RapidoR Rapido

                                        @tordah said in Olympics Thread:

                                        Modern Pentathlon is weird, I like the combination of running, swimming, shooting and fencing, but why would you have riding there, when the athletes are randomly allotted the horses - way too much luck involved. The German leading athlete has just lost her almost guaranteed medal because she couldn't get the horse to work, and she was crying her heart out before and out during the attempt.

                                        The chance that your horse has already been taken for an earlier round by a worse rider who has barrelled through several fences.

                                        Although the event is based on an officer escaping from behind enemy lines and stealing a random horse.

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                                        @rapido said in Olympics Thread:

                                        @tordah said in Olympics Thread:

                                        Modern Pentathlon is weird, I like the combination of running, swimming, shooting and fencing, but why would you have riding there, when the athletes are randomly allotted the horses - way too much luck involved. The German leading athlete has just lost her almost guaranteed medal because she couldn't get the horse to work, and she was crying her heart out before and out during the attempt.

                                        The chance that your horse has already been taken for an earlier round by a worse rider who has barrelled through several fences.

                                        Although the event is based on an officer escaping from behind enemy lines and stealing a random horse.

                                        I got roped into the uni MP team after one guy broke his leg falling off a horse, as I could ride well. Ended up doing two MP competitions having hastily learned basic fencing technique. It is a bit mad, but awesome awesome fun. @Rapido the horse draw is an absolute mind fk alright, you only get to sit on it for 20mins and have a couple of warm up jumps before you're up.

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                                        • BovidaeB Bovidae

                                          Did anyone watch the Heavyweight boxing final? The Russian Gadzhimagomedov got beaten 5-0 by the Cuban la Cruz.

                                          I will have to find a replay.

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                                          @bovidae said in Olympics Thread:

                                          Did anyone watch the Heavyweight boxing final? The Russian Gadzhimagomedov got beaten 5-0 by the Cuban la Cruz.

                                          I will have to find a replay.

                                          Nah, don't bother with the replay. I just want to hear you say that bloke's name again! :confused_face: That was a dead set cracker!!!

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