Olympics Thread
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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.
@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.
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Maia Ramsden put on the afterburners in the last 100 m to get 6th and advance to the SF of the 1500 m.
@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.
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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
@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.
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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
@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.
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So climbing is a thing now?Just saw a bit of BBC coverage, cant believe this is an olympic sport.
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So climbing is a thing now?Just saw a bit of BBC coverage, cant believe this is an olympic sport.
@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.
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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
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@1kiwi said in Olympics Thread:
@sparky said in Olympics Thread:
GB get the Gold. NZ the Silver.
Silver medal a huge result for the ladies. It's NZ's first women's team sprint medal in Olympic history so pretty big deal.
From Stuff:
Overlooked as a contender in the team sprint by many pundits, who instead were tipping world champions Germany, China and the Netherlands to challenge Great Britain, the Kiwis were electric.yep was hoping to read here this morning everyone made heaps of money at the TAB after reading my hot tip from CNZ coaches.. they were great odds for a medal as such outsiders.
just wish i had more than 2 bucks in my account when i put my bet on and couldn't be arsed getting out of bed to find a card to top up as one in my account had expired.. ha.
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!@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
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@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
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”
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Keeping up with Kelley
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@sparky said in Olympics Thread:
@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…
@Billy-Tell said in Olympics Thread:
@sparky said in Olympics Thread:
@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..
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Wonderful ride by the NZ Women's Team Pursuit in qualifying. They beat the GB team, who are World Champions, by two seconds.
@sparky Saw that, excellent stuff!
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Long jump final. OR dates from Mexico 1968!
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Long jump final. OR dates from Mexico 1968!
@Billy-Tell said in Olympics Thread:
Long jump final. OR dates from Mexico 1968!
Bob flying in the thin Mexico air
