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    Mondo Magic

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      And Duplantis gets a new World Record of 6.25 on the third attempt. Awesome!!!!!!

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        His 9th World record!

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        • Billy TellB Offline
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          The pole vault is the best field event imo. Any medal for nz would be great.

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          • sparkyS sparky

            His 9th World record!

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            @sparky said in Olympics Thread:

            His 9th World record!

            Epic

            Got a bit of work to catch Bubka

            35 times

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              Yeah he only breaks it by a cm each time though. Smart guy with his sponsor incentives.

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              • Billy TellB Billy Tell

                Duplantis girlfriend…

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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#

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                  Yeah he only breaks it by a cm each time though. Smart guy with his sponsor incentives.

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                  @scribe said in Olympics Thread:

                  Yeah he only breaks it by a cm each time though. Smart guy with his sponsor incentives.

                  Looks like the Ukrainian was the same though. At the limit of your capacities you can’t just add 5 cm. I mean it took him 3 goes there after strolling past the other heights.

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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#

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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…

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                    • Billy TellB Billy Tell

                      @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…

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                      @Billy-Tell He was so confident of the win that he got his girlfriend a front row seat right by the pole vault mat so the world's press could get the shot of them embarrassing to celebrate his win.

                      https://twitter.com/olympics/status/1820552101761540277

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                        Didn't even know who Finn Butcher was before this but a fantastic victory in tbh what seems to be a bit of a lottery of a sport but he dominated that race from start to finish (which given the mash-up that can occur when you try and circle the upstream bouys seems like a wise tactic).

                        So a completely unexpected gold medal - which is just awesome 🙂

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                          Watching the W 3 on 3 basketball final

                          German Mevius’ dives would win Gold in the pool

                          Shameful

                          Spanish pissed off because of the cultural appropriation

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                          • RapidoR Rapido

                            I had noticed Ireland doing well. Popping up on gymnastics and rowing I have watched.

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                            @Rapido said in Olympics Thread:

                            I had noticed Ireland doing well.

                            The young 400 m runner (Rhasidat Adeleke) looks to be a good chance of a medal. She started jogging with 50 m to go in the heats such was her lead.

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                              So Wilde had E coli before the team event after swimming in the river Seine. So they were literally swimming in shit. How was that allowed lol, poor atheletes.

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                                GB get the Gold. NZ the Silver.

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                                @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.

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                                • No QuarterN No Quarter

                                  So Wilde had E coli before the team event after swimming in the river Seine. So they were literally swimming in shit. How was that allowed lol, poor atheletes.

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                                  @No-Quarter said in Olympics Thread:

                                  So Wilde had E coli before the team event after swimming in the river Seine. So they were literally swimming in shit. How was that allowed lol, poor atheletes.

                                  I imagine the traditional "best Olympic Games ever" will be tried at the end of it all, but things like making athletes swim in an open sewer should stop it from being taken too seriously...

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                                    @No-Quarter said in Olympics Thread:

                                    So Wilde had E coli before the team event after swimming in the river Seine. So they were literally swimming in shit. How was that allowed lol, poor atheletes.

                                    I imagine the traditional "best Olympic Games ever" will be tried at the end of it all, but things like making athletes swim in an open sewer should stop it from being taken too seriously...

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                                    @Donsteppa said in Olympics Thread:

                                    @No-Quarter said in Olympics Thread:

                                    So Wilde had E coli before the team event after swimming in the river Seine. So they were literally swimming in shit. How was that allowed lol, poor atheletes.

                                    I imagine the traditional "best Olympic Games ever" will be tried at the end of it all, but things like making athletes swim in an open sewer should stop it from being taken too seriously...

                                    At least the IOC knocked that on the head after Samaranch danced around "greatest vs best" at Barcelona and Sydney.

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                                      @No-Quarter said in Olympics Thread:

                                      So Wilde had E coli before the team event after swimming in the river Seine. So they were literally swimming in shit. How was that allowed lol, poor atheletes.

                                      I imagine the traditional "best Olympic Games ever" will be tried at the end of it all, but things like making athletes swim in an open sewer should stop it from being taken too seriously...

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                                      @Donsteppa said in Olympics Thread:

                                      @No-Quarter said in Olympics Thread:

                                      So Wilde had E coli before the team event after swimming in the river Seine. So they were literally swimming in shit. How was that allowed lol, poor atheletes.

                                      I imagine the traditional "best Olympic Games ever" will be tried at the end of it all, but things like making athletes swim in an open sewer should stop it from being taken too seriously...

                                      Lets hope lessons are learned from this for future Olympic Games because this should not happen again.

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                                        Wouldn't be the Olympics without finding a sport you never knew existed and it quickly becoming an obsession.

                                        How good is Kayak Cross. Just enough luck for it to be fun, but not a complete lottery. Amazing paddles in the finals by our girl (whose sister won the other two women's kayaking events), and the Kiwi bloke.

                                        Will be heading down to my local slalom course to have a crack. Assuming there is such a thing, which I frankly doubt.

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                                          It's in Penrith bro.

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