Olympics Thread
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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....
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@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....
@canefan said in Olympics Thread:
@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?
No, she didn't even swim the 100 m breaststroke in Rio.
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@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.
@bovidae did you see this dude
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@mikedogz he's cringey on a world feed (pretty sure he was commentating kayak, canoe etc at the Olympics)
@kiwimurph said in Olympics Thread:
@mikedogz he's cringey on a world feed (pretty sure he was commentating kayak, canoe etc at the Olympics)
I thought he was really good on the whitewater stuff. Had done his homework and managed to explain the sport easily to us part time watchers. One of my biggest gripes about the Olympics was the standard of the broadcast with fuck all graphics and 'experts' that waffled endlessly but told you nothing. I thought he was noticeably better than most.
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@taniwharugby said in Olympics Thread:
@bovidae did you see this dude
Yup. Amazing. Him and the table tennis player with no arms who held the bat in his mouth
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@canefan Just to reiterate what I was saying.
"I'm extremely ecstatic," says Pascoe. "Originally, I wasn't coming into this meeting doing 100 breaststroke, but was a last-minute entry. "The reason behind it was to get myself into race mode and blow the cobwebs out before my four favoured events, coming up in three days. "I came in ranked third, breaststroke is not my favoured event, but it's Ellen's favoured. All power to her, she got me in the last 10 metres and that's when it really hurt - I gave it absolutely everything. "It was an unexpected race and an unexpected result. I will stand on the podium with pride that I gave it absolutely everything."
