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  • StargazerS Offline
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    Of the ten Olympic Games where hockey has been played, 9 were won by the Netherlands! Dominance.

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    • StargazerS Offline
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      We're reaching the stage that there are only finals in athletics. Lots of medals to be won in the next two hours!

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      • NTAN Offline
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        Japan win Kata gold in the men's. Okinawa FTW!

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        • boobooB booboo

          Don't get how Mrs Boo doesn't immediately dial into random sport just to see who wins...

          Could be the random Polish wall climber or the Netherlands hockey chicks

          Have decided Mrs Boo doesn't get sport.

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          @booboo said in Olympics Thread:

          Don't get how Mrs Boo doesn't immediately dial into random sport just to see who wins...

          Could be the random Polish wall climber or the Netherlands hockey chicks

          Have decided Mrs Boo doesn't get sport.

          Don't try and reconcile it. Chicks are weird. We'll never get them

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            If you are in the market for a more comfortable companion, the Polish Javelin thrower has to be up there for her athleticism.

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            • gt12G gt12

              If you are in the market for a more comfortable companion, the Polish Javelin thrower has to be up there for her athleticism.

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              @gt12

              Google tells me her name is Maria Andrejczyk and I’m a fan.

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              • nostrildamusN nostrildamus

                @rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:

                @nostrildamus said in Olympics Thread:

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

                Where and when was that? I live in the western suburbs and there are dedicated bike paths all the way to the city. Would be perfect for running but nope we’re banned. Cyclists are well looked after here.

                Ipswich! Quite a few years ago..

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                @nostrildamus said in Olympics Thread:

                @rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:

                @nostrildamus said in Olympics Thread:

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

                Where and when was that? I live in the western suburbs and there are dedicated bike paths all the way to the city. Would be perfect for running but nope we’re banned. Cyclists are well looked after here.

                Ipswich! Quite a few years ago..

                That explains everything. Ipswich is bogan central. But it isn’t Brisbane. It’s a completely different city.

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                • Rancid SchnitzelR Rancid Schnitzel

                  @nostrildamus said in Olympics Thread:

                  @rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:

                  @nostrildamus said in Olympics Thread:

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

                  Where and when was that? I live in the western suburbs and there are dedicated bike paths all the way to the city. Would be perfect for running but nope we’re banned. Cyclists are well looked after here.

                  Ipswich! Quite a few years ago..

                  That explains everything. Ipswich is bogan central. But it isn’t Brisbane. It’s a completely different city.

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                  @rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:

                  @nostrildamus said in Olympics Thread:

                  @rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:

                  @nostrildamus said in Olympics Thread:

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

                  Where and when was that? I live in the western suburbs and there are dedicated bike paths all the way to the city. Would be perfect for running but nope we’re banned. Cyclists are well looked after here.

                  Ipswich! Quite a few years ago..

                  That explains everything. Ipswich is bogan central. But it isn’t Brisbane. It’s a completely different city.

                  Oh I lived in Brissie burbs too but that was some time ago.

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                  • StargazerS Offline
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                    1500m women's final coming up. Will Sifan Hassan be able to win her 2nd gold?

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                      I'm happy that Allyson Felix got herself a bronze in the 400 m final but Shaunae Miller-Uibo was in a class of her own. It helps to be so tall.

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                      • BovidaeB Bovidae

                        I'm happy that Allyson Felix got herself a bronze in the 400 m final but Shaunae Miller-Uibo was in a class of her own. It helps to be so tall.

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                        @bovidae said in Olympics Thread:

                        I'm happy that Allyson Felix got herself a bronze in the 400 m final but Shaunae Miller-Uibo was in a class of her own. It helps to be so tall.

                        She’s really impressive to watch.

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                          Ha ha, Hassan is clearly not into the intros.

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                            Smashed by the girl from Kenya!

                            Olympic Record too.

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                              1500m women:

                              Gold - Kipyegon (Kenya)
                              Silver - Muir (GB)
                              Bronze - Hassan (Netherlands)

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                                If I was a betting man, I would have put my money on Kipyegon.

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                                • BovidaeB Bovidae

                                  If I was a betting man, I would have put my money on Kipyegon.

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                                  @bovidae Yeah, I wonder whether 1500 is too short for Hassan.

                                  Her 10,000m final is tomorrow, by the way.

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                                    Hold on! Lithuanian Javelin thrower.

                                    Fuck the Polish, I’m on a new train:

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                                    • TeWaioT TeWaio

                                      @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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                                      @tewaio said in Olympics Thread:

                                      @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.

                                      Displays tremendous horseman/womanship.

                                      Fantastic result for French GB

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                                      • NTAN NTA

                                        Japan win Kata gold in the men's. Okinawa FTW!

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                                        @nta said in Olympics Thread:

                                        Japan win Kata gold in the men's. Okinawa FTW!

                                        I just don’t get it

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                                        • gt12G gt12

                                          Hold on! Lithuanian Javelin thrower.

                                          Fuck the Polish, I’m on a new train:

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                                          @gt12 Latvia. I never saw her throw though.

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