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    Zeidler looks like a WW2 poster for the Herrenvolk.

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    • DamoD Damo

      @canefan said in Olympics Thread:

      Where did the independent rower come from? Ridiculous final 300m

      Left his run a bit late by the looks of it.

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      @Damo said in Olympics Thread:

      @canefan said in Olympics Thread:

      Where did the independent rower come from? Ridiculous final 300m

      Left his run a bit late by the looks of it.

      I'd love to see a bird's eye view to see how he did it. Was near the back at the half way and 1500m marks

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      • DonsteppaD Offline
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        #5089

        Herald with a slightly rose tinted take on the final 200m.

        The Kiwi is denied at the death!

        Did look like a race where everyone gave it the kitchen sink tho.

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          Once again the BBC coverage is garbage

          2 channels on iplayer

          Swimming heats and 248km to go in the cycling

          FFS

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          • canefanC canefan

            Where did the independent rower come from? Ridiculous final 300m to take 3rd

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            @canefan said in Olympics Thread:

            Where did the independent rower come from? Ridiculous final 300m to take 3rd

            He was the rower who caused the delay in the start time.

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              Time for the 8s medal presentation. Do the winners still throw their cox in the water?

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              • BovidaeB Bovidae

                @canefan said in Olympics Thread:

                Where did the independent rower come from? Ridiculous final 300m to take 3rd

                He was the rower who caused the delay in the start time.

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                @Bovidae said in Olympics Thread:

                @canefan said in Olympics Thread:

                Where did the independent rower come from? Ridiculous final 300m to take 3rd

                He was the rower who caused the delay in the start time.

                Infusing a bag of blood takes time

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                • canefanC Offline
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                  Just flicked onto the men's road race. There is a lead group out ahead. NZ have a couple of riders well placed in the main peleton about 8 minutes back. A long way to go

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                    #5095

                    Josh Armit finishes 4th overall in the Men's Windsurfing. Windsurfing is a bit stupid in my view. Instead of having one medal race to decide the medalists like all other fleets, they have a quarter, a semi and then a final based on seedings from the round-robin. Josh went straight through to the semi final because he placed third in the round-robin but a third placing in the semi means he misses out on the top three final.

                    Super guttering for him. Kind of makes the round-robin somewhat meaningless which is just bizzare if you're familiar with sailing comp structures.

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                    • BovidaeB Bovidae

                      @Rancid-Schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:

                      Again not defending her and hate this absurd pantamime surrounding her, but whatever she was taking (whether deliberate or not) was not in the same league as this fella.

                      Pan wasn't amongst the 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive, and the article I read says he was tested 21 times in July.

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                      @Bovidae said in Olympics Thread:

                      @Rancid-Schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:

                      Again not defending her and hate this absurd pantamime surrounding her, but whatever she was taking (whether deliberate or not) was not in the same league as this fella.

                      Pan wasn't amongst the 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive, and the article I read says he was tested 21 times in July.

                      Well that settles it then. Nobody has ever evaded doping tests.

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                      • Billy TellB Billy Tell

                        Is there any evidence against the Chinese swimmer…or is just that he’s Chinese?

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                        @Billy-Tell said in Olympics Thread:

                        Is there any evidence against the Chinese swimmer…or is just that he’s Chinese?

                        And the tiny fact that he won by that margin with that time. That raises red flags regardless of his nationality.

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                          Great comeback win for the Ausies in the M Doubles Tennis

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                          • MiketheSnowM MiketheSnow

                            Great comeback win for the Ausies in the M Doubles Tennis

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                            @MiketheSnow said in Olympics Thread:

                            Great comeback win for the Ausies in the M Doubles Tennis

                            They looked gone. But the beauty of the scoring system saw them somehow get to the second set tie breaker, win that and took momentum into the deciding super tie breaker. The yanks almost saved 4 gold medal points but failed on the last. The 40 year old Ram was gutted beyond belief. They should have won but couldn't serve it out when they had the chance. They just couldn't get some first serves in

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                              Shock in the decathlon as the second and third positioned competitors failed to make a successful height in the pole vault, so they get no points from the event. One of them is the defending champion from Tokyo, the Canadian Warner

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                                76km to go in the men's road cycle race, there is a Kiwi rider near the head of the peleton, which is only seconds behind a small lead group. There were two, but I can't see the second rider

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                                  #5102

                                  Shit what a ride from the Belgian in the Mens Road race. Finished strongly with Team France hot on his heels

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                                    New contender for venue/shot of the games

                                    4D663EB9-E646-494E-BDC4-92FCEFE1F9B9.jpeg

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                                      Milak wins 100m Butterfly in the most ridiculous trunks in Olympics history

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                                      • MiketheSnowM MiketheSnow

                                        Milak wins 100m Butterfly in the most ridiculous trunks in Olympics history

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                                        @MiketheSnow said in Olympics Thread:

                                        Milak wins 100m Butterfly in the most ridiculous trunks in Olympics history

                                        Was he wearing trunks? Not sure tbh…

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                                        • Billy TellB Billy Tell

                                          @MiketheSnow said in Olympics Thread:

                                          Milak wins 100m Butterfly in the most ridiculous trunks in Olympics history

                                          Was he wearing trunks? Not sure tbh…

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                                          @Billy-Tell said in Olympics Thread:

                                          @MiketheSnow said in Olympics Thread:

                                          Milak wins 100m Butterfly in the most ridiculous trunks in Olympics history

                                          Was he wearing trunks? Not sure tbh…

                                          Looked like he should have been doing Swan Lake

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