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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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        • MiketheSnowM Offline
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          #5098

          Great comeback win for the Ausies in the M Doubles Tennis

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            Great comeback win for the Ausies in the M Doubles Tennis

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            #5099

            @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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              #5100

              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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                  • MiketheSnowM Offline
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                    #5103

                    New contender for venue/shot of the games

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

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                    • MiketheSnowM Offline
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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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                            The Dutch anchor in the mixed 4 x 100 is arguably the best run I’ve ever seen.

                            Incredible.

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                            • MajorPomM MajorPom

                              The Dutch anchor in the mixed 4 x 100 is arguably the best run I’ve ever seen.

                              Incredible.

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                              @MajorRage said in Olympics Thread:

                              The Dutch anchor in the mixed 4 x 100 is arguably the best run I’ve ever seen.

                              Incredible.

                              Timed to perfection by Bol

                              Must be liberating for her running flat

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                                The Italian triple jumper is easy on the eye.

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                                • MajorPomM MajorPom

                                  The Dutch anchor in the mixed 4 x 100 is arguably the best run I’ve ever seen.

                                  Incredible.

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                                  @MajorRage said in Olympics Thread:

                                  The Dutch anchor in the mixed 4 x 100 is arguably the best run I’ve ever seen.

                                  Incredible.

                                  She ran like it was 100 m even though it was actually 400 m!

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                                    I love this.

                                    https://twitter.com/declanleepr/status/1819819536968774093

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                                      Ukraine won their first Gold of the Paris Games tonight in the women's Fencing Team Sabre .

                                      https://twitter.com/ua_parliament/status/1819826528558911557

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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?

                                        Nothing. Absolutely nothing.

                                        But if you google him now it’s all about the speculation of being a drugs cheat.

                                        Absolutely shameful.

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                                        • sparkyS sparky

                                          I love this.

                                          https://twitter.com/declanleepr/status/1819819536968774093

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                                          #5114

                                          @sparky said in Olympics Thread:

                                          I love this.

                                          https://twitter.com/declanleepr/status/1819819536968774093

                                          Awesome result.

                                          Even if St Lucia and the Dominican triple jumper fuck up our Per Capita standing ...

                                          But imagine if she was a Chinese swimmer ...

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