Olympics Thread
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@stargazer said in Olympics Thread:
Wheelchair rugby
We lost 35 - 63 to the USA! :astonished_face:We've not been at the Olympics for this for 12 years, USA have silver, bronze, gold in that time period. It's not rugby in any shape or form, they just needed a more PC name than murder ball and football would'nt have gone down well. Oh and these guys are a million times tougher than soccer wimps
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Anyone see the doco on Dame Valerie Adams' sister? She has Cerebral Palsy and has become a shotputter late in life under the stewardship of her reasonably talented
sister.It's a great watch. Massive family. I didn't realise that were that big
@hooroo said in Olympics Thread:
Anyone see the doco on Dame Valerie Adams' sister? She has Cerebral Palsy and has become a shotputter late in life under the stewardship of her reasonably talented
sister.It's a great watch. Massive family. I didn't realise that were that big
The dad got around a lot, but he has great genes
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@hooroo said in Olympics Thread:
Anyone see the doco on Dame Valerie Adams' sister? She has Cerebral Palsy and has become a shotputter late in life under the stewardship of her reasonably talented
sister.It's a great watch. Massive family. I didn't realise that were that big
The dad got around a lot, but he has great genes
@canefan said in Olympics Thread:
@hooroo said in Olympics Thread:
Anyone see the doco on Dame Valerie Adams' sister? She has Cerebral Palsy and has become a shotputter late in life under the stewardship of her reasonably talented
sister.It's a great watch. Massive family. I didn't realise that were that big
The dad got around a lot, but he has great genes
Fully!!!
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Sophie Pascoe finished second in her heat.
The Women's 100m Breaststroke SB8 Final is at 10.40pm tonight.
New Zealand's second game of wheelchair rugby is against Great Britain at 11.00pm.
GB narrowly beat Canada yesterday, 50 - 47.
@stargazer said in Olympics Thread:
Sophie Pascoe finished second in her heat.
The Women's 100m Breaststroke SB8 Final is at 10.40pm tonight.
I was reading that the tactic was to just qualify for the final and not expend too much energy trying to win her heat.
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@stargazer said in Olympics Thread:
Sophie Pascoe finished second in her heat.
The Women's 100m Breaststroke SB8 Final is at 10.40pm tonight.
I was reading that the tactic was to just qualify for the final and not expend too much energy trying to win her heat.
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Great swim by the Irish lady to beat Sophie.
Those two were miles ahead of the competition.
@kiwimurph Yeah, the bronze medallist didn't even come close. Finished at 4.84s from the winner. Number 4 took a second longer.
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I'd love to know how they classify these athletes. In some swimming events having two functional legs would be an advantage, and the same for having two arms in other events.
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@kiwimurph His voice sounds familiar, but I don't know.
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@bovidae It's in this pdf. Swimming starts at page 27.
https://gtimg.tokyo2020.org/image/upload/production/n4fd9qx81mgkd9hjllgd.pdf
@stargazer It's more about how the classification can change when the athlete's disability hasn't. I know that matching the athlete's ability to swim won't be an exact science.
Pascoe used to be an SB9 in the breaststroke but is now an SB8.
