Olympics Thread

[Stargazer]

Great start Carrington, even greater finish! GOLD!!!

[voodoo]

Yeeeesssssss!!!!

[booboo]

That looked DAMN HARD!

[nzzp]

that is some dominance. Wow.

[taniwharugby]

Fark that woman is an outstanding athlete!

Big smile that time too!

[Crucial]

Her stroke rate for the first 50 was about 15% higher than anyone else

[WillieTheWaiter]

absolute spanking.

no idea how she gets moving that quickly!

[nzzp]

@crucial said in Olympics Thread:

Her stroke rate for the first 50 was about 15% higher than anyone else

only three years to the next olympics...

[mariner4life]

lol hosed them. what an athlete

[Bovidae]

Too good - again!

[Cyclops]

@nzzp said in Olympics Thread:

@crucial said in Olympics Thread:

Her stroke rate for the first 50 was about 15% higher than anyone else

only three years to the next olympics...

K1-200 is not on the Paris schedule sadly. It's such a fun event, watching them just go all out for about 40 seconds is amazing.

[Crucial]

Has to squeeze a medal ceremony in before the next race in about an hour

[Windows97]

Superb work Lisa!! It's a pity she'll get beaten out for sportswoman of the year by Laurel Hubbard...

[Crucial]

Nyika match is scheduled to start 20 minutes before Carringtons next medal race.

[mikedogz]

tvnz will probably show boxing after kayak.

[nzzp]

this sport C2 1000 looks harder than rowing. Way more awkward, and good lord just sustained suffering

[Bovidae]

[Frye]

Watching the men's canoe sprints.

The Kiwi commentator obviously doesn't know that STP stands for Sao Tome and Principe. Looooong pause before just referring to them as STP again

Eastern bloc really loves this sport huh

[canefan]

@bovidae said in Olympics Thread:

Too good - again!

Aura

[Rapido]

@cyclops said in Olympics Thread:

@nzzp said in Olympics Thread:

@crucial said in Olympics Thread:

Her stroke rate for the first 50 was about 15% higher than anyone else

only three years to the next olympics...

K1-200 is not on the Paris schedule sadly. It's such a fun event, watching them just go all out for about 40 seconds is amazing.

What is on the 2024 schedule?

Back in 1984, when we won the huge bag of kayaking golds. There were no 200m events.

The two distances were 500 and 1000 (for men).

The women only competed over 1 distance (500m).

It meant there were crossover athletes between the 500 and 1000 and Mac and Ferg got a swag.

Having the 200 and the 1000 seems to mean no crossover, hence the more sensible choice.

So, currently for men. Two very different types of athletes.

Currently , for women, closer - with the distances being 200 and 500.