Olympics Thread
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@barbarian said in Olympics Thread:
@nta said in Olympics Thread:
@act-crusader said in Olympics Thread:
@tewaio said in Olympics Thread:
@nta 19.19, no way....
I never thought Michael Johnson’s 19.32 would ever have been topped. Then along came Bolt. I’ll never forget watching that Beijing performance by Bolt to just clip Johnson when he ran 19.30. Fast forward 12 months and at the World Champs he blew it out the water with 19.19 - basically running two world record pace 100m back to back - that is insane.
Records are there to be broken, right? Once upon a time the 4-minute mile was a thing. The 10s barrier for 100m was only broken in 1968 with hand timers often rounded to 1 decimal place. Electronic timing changed it again.
On the flipside, the lack of progress in some of the jumps events is really interesting.
The long jump winner in Sydney would have won gold quite easily at the last four Olympics. The high jump numbers have been static at about 2.35-7 since Atlanta.
Given the progress in other areas I'm surprised we haven't seen any advances there. Maybe it's drugs (or the lack of them), maybe it's just the nature of jumping?
Lack of interest maybe? They aren’t exactly “sexy” sports. Doesn’t appear as if sprinters cross over into long jump any more either. Marion Jones was maybe the last to give it a crack?
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@jk said in Olympics Thread:
Ladies golf starts this morning
Lydia is off at 11.41 NZ time and playing with Inbee Park, so a couple of good medal chances there.
My fav Gaby Lopez is off just after 1pm and grouped with Jessica Korda so should also get a fair bit of TV time.
Another good grouping is the one just before Lydia with Lexi Thompson and Brook Henderson.
Just realised that Lydia's group are the 3 medal winners from Rio
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@jk said in Olympics Thread:
Ladies golf starts this morning
Lydia is off at 11.41 NZ time and playing with Inbee Park, so a couple of good medal chances there.
My fav Gaby Lopez is off just after 1pm
Can you help her out? She needs something to hang off, apparently...
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Regal straight through to K1 500m quarter, although a fast finishing opponent almost got her after the front 3 eased up when they were well clear (first 3 qualified)
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:
@barbarian said in Olympics Thread:
@nta said in Olympics Thread:
@act-crusader said in Olympics Thread:
@tewaio said in Olympics Thread:
@nta 19.19, no way....
I never thought Michael Johnson’s 19.32 would ever have been topped. Then along came Bolt. I’ll never forget watching that Beijing performance by Bolt to just clip Johnson when he ran 19.30. Fast forward 12 months and at the World Champs he blew it out the water with 19.19 - basically running two world record pace 100m back to back - that is insane.
Records are there to be broken, right? Once upon a time the 4-minute mile was a thing. The 10s barrier for 100m was only broken in 1968 with hand timers often rounded to 1 decimal place. Electronic timing changed it again.
On the flipside, the lack of progress in some of the jumps events is really interesting.
The long jump winner in Sydney would have won gold quite easily at the last four Olympics. The high jump numbers have been static at about 2.35-7 since Atlanta.
Given the progress in other areas I'm surprised we haven't seen any advances there. Maybe it's drugs (or the lack of them), maybe it's just the nature of jumping?
Lack of interest maybe? They aren’t exactly “sexy” sports. Doesn’t appear as if sprinters cross over into long jump any more either. Marion Jones was maybe the last to give it a crack?
The young guy from the USA in the high jump was doing long jump final the next day. That's related somewhat I guess but up versus across might be difficult.
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@canefan said in Olympics Thread:
@bovidae said in Olympics Thread:
Lisa has a training run and finishes first in her heat. All about conserving energy.
Plenty of powder left then....
Isn’t it your bed time…..
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@act-crusader said in Olympics Thread:
@canefan said in Olympics Thread:
@bovidae said in Olympics Thread:
Lisa has a training run and finishes first in her heat. All about conserving energy.
Plenty of powder left then....
Isn’t it your bed time…..
Unlike the boys in 2019, we know Lisa will be bringing the big guns
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The Olyroos and the rugby Seven’s mens Olympic teams are under a series of immediate investigations following a written complaint sent from Japan Airlines to the Australian Olympic Committee about obnoxious and unsafe behaviour on a flight home.
Both teams were involved in hours of rowdy and drunken antics on the 10-hour flight from Tokyo to Sydney which arrived on Friday morning.
Passengers on the flight have told News Corp that the men were “loud, singing, refusing to sit down when requested, rowdy and obnoxious’’.
“Obviously they weren’t wearing their masks as they were drinking all the time,’’ said a passenger.
Around halfway through the flight some of the players were terribly drunk and more than one began vomiting and one toilet nearby was “wasted”.
Airline staff on board were frustrated because the athletes refused to heed instructions to sit down, and they kept raiding alcohol from the galley at the rear of the Boeing 787, despite pleas from the airline staff not to do so.
It is unusual for an airline to acknowledge any issues and highly rare for them to file a written complaint.
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@antipodean STRAYA!
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@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:
It is unusual for an airline to acknowledge any issues and highly rare for them to file a written complaint.
Against teams maybe. Against Pax not so much.
And yes STRAYA where most of my unruly passengers were from. As much as I loved going to the HK sevens, I hated being the pilot getting the fans there.
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