Olympics Thread
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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.
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Sophie Pascoe wins SILVER. :2nd_place_medal:
The swimmer from Ireland, who beat her earlier in heat 2, won gold.
The difference 0.39s.@stargazer said in Olympics Thread:
Sophie Pascoe wins SILVER. :2nd_place_medal:
The swimmer from Ireland, who beat her earlier in heat 2, won gold.
The difference 0.39s.I assume Pascoe has a few more medal chances
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@stargazer said in Olympics Thread:
Sophie Pascoe wins SILVER. :2nd_place_medal:
The swimmer from Ireland, who beat her earlier in heat 2, won gold.
The difference 0.39s.I assume Pascoe has a few more medal chances
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@canefan said in Olympics Thread:
I assume Pascoe has a few more medal chances
IM, butterfly and backstroke are her main events.
@bovidae said in Olympics Thread:
@canefan said in Olympics Thread:
I assume Pascoe has a few more medal chances
IM, butterfly and backstroke are her main events.
So that race wasn't her main event?
We are getting pumped by England. Our defence isn't great....
