Olympics Thread

MiketheSnow

I assume for most, the swim is considered the harder discipline, most taxing on the body, while cycling likely the 'easiest'?

Swimming last would suck most in my hypothetical make the triathlon harder....

And have loads of lifesaving

At least at the amateur level

And so many DNF that the sport would die

MiketheSnow

@No-Quarter said in Olympics Thread:

I can't believe the Olympics allows soccer to use them as a development ground. It should be either the real deal or nothing at all, or it undermines the importance of a gold medal.

That said, I think they should do a sniff test across all sports and if it's not the pinnacle, or at least on par with the pinnacle, of the sport then it should be axed. Soccer shouldn't be there, I don't think cricket should be added either as it'd be just another tournament in an already full calendar, and we already have World Cups that are the pinnacle of the sport.

One of the best aspects of watching the Olympics is seeing sports you don’t ordinarily get to watch (tv scheduling) or have even known existed (curling)

We don’t need to see more football, golf, tennis, cricket

MiketheSnow

Bovidae

@No-Quarter said in Olympics Thread:

I can't believe the Olympics allows soccer to use them as a development ground. It should be either the real deal or nothing at all, or it undermines the importance of a gold medal.

While I don't think football and other pro sports like basketball should be at the Olympics it is even more strange that the men's and women's competition have different selection criteria. The mens is U23 with three over-age players while the women's has no age restriction. Add to that because the Olympics falls outside the FIFA window, clubs don't have to release players, and many didn't.

Dodge

Have long thought that triathlon just massively favours the best runner given the ability to draft in the cycling, never really been clear why you wouldn’t reverse it, cycle first, then run, then swim

Bovidae

Maia Ramsden put on the afterburners in the last 100 m to get 6th and advance to the SF of the 1500 m.

Damo

The K2 was a little embarrassing. Kiwis about a minute behind the pace.

I think the commentators were saying something like we had to enter a team to qualify for other races. That is a bit silly.

Rapido

@Bovidae said in Olympics Thread:

Maia Ramsden put on the afterburners in the last 100 m to get 6th and advance to the SF of the 1500 m.

She had her momentum checked on the final bend, as 2 of them tried to overtake a slow coach at the same time. so good recovery from that.

canefan

Down at the water, the sun's out and Dame Lisa has the guns out. Carrington and Hoskin win their K2 500m heat with relative ease

Donsteppa

@Dodge said in Olympics Thread:

Have long thought that triathlon just massively favours the best runner given the ability to draft in the cycling, never really been clear why you wouldn’t reverse it, cycle first, then run, then swim

My guess has been the safety element of swimming at the start while least fatigued.

booboo

@canefan said in Olympics Thread:

Down at the water, the sun's out and Dame Lisa has the guns out. Carrington and Hoskin win their K2 500m heat with relative ease

Easing up.

Would be some sort of record if she can notch a 6th gold gong in 5 Olympics.

Jailbreak7

So climbing is a thing now?Just saw a bit of BBC coverage, cant believe this is an olympic sport.

booboo

@Jailbreak7 said in Olympics Thread:

So climbing is a thing now?Just saw a bit of BBC coverage, cant believe this is an olympic sport.

Haven't seen it this time but saw a bit in Tokyo and didn't mind it.

MiketheSnow

If you look across the board is it any different from athletics, swimming or cycling?

There are pure speed events along with very technical events

canefan

@WillieTheWaiter said in Olympics Thread:

@1kiwi said in Olympics Thread:

just to put this in further perspective - NZ are literally riding museum pieces in terms of bike tech. We're on a bike made in 2015 for Rio... all other teams are rolling around on bikes that are worth between 100k - 200k.. each!
we don't even have a bike sponsor.. only place you can get one of our bikes is second hand market and it's about $4k. Was actually having an amusing thought that we might be in breach of the rules - all bikes are supposed to be commercially available to buy!

Just watched the cycling highlights and I see what you mean. The GB girls bikes looked decidedly more lightweight. The gap in bike tech seemed to go unspoken by the comms. I'd like to see the race rerun on identical bikes

voodoo

@canefan @WillieTheWaiter

There was piece in the Oz papers a couple weeks back about their bike - years of dev went into it, they were very happy. They put it on the market as they had to per Olympic rules , 12 months from the games, with a price tag of $100k per bike. If someone purchased, they would have been obliged to deliver - but they stipulated a 2 month delivery time on top of that crazy cost

Surprise surprise, nobody purchased the bike so nobody got to see the tech or try it out It’ll be on the market post-games for $13k

Really does seem odd that there aren’t more rules around tech other than “put it on the market”

MiketheSnow

Keeping up with Kelley

nostrildamus

@Billy-Tell said in Olympics Thread:

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@Billy-Tell said in Olympics Thread:

Duplantis girlfriend…

Desiré Inglander.

https://www.voguescandinavia.com/articles/desire-inglander-mondo-duplantis-swedish-girlfriend#

So much room for double entendres. Pole. Desiré…

Du is you in Swedish as well..

sparky

Wonderful ride by the NZ Women's Team Pursuit in qualifying. They beat the GB team, who are World Champions, by two seconds.

sparky

NZ the fastest qualifier in the women's team pursuit and will race Italy in the semi final. USA and the UK will compete in the other semi.

The Silver Fern

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