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  • canefanC Online
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    NZ women's four come second in their heat. Another final beckons, apparently we didn't even have a boat in the class in Tokyo

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    Somewhat off topic but 2028 Olympics

    Source wiki: โ€œAfter debuting in 2020 as optional events, skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing have been promoted to the Summer Olympics' "core" event program. Boxing, modern pentathlon, and weightlifting had been provisionally removed due to governance issues; modern pentathlon and weightlifting were later reinstated following reform efforts, with the former expected to employ a new format replacing show jumping with obstacle course racing, while the decision on boxing was postponed. The 2028 Games will feature the debut of flag football and squash as optional sports, joined by the return of baseball/softball, cricket (for the first time since 1900) and lacrosse (for the first time since 1908).โ€

    Cricket!

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    Theyโ€™re really trying their best to fuck it all up

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    @sparky said in Olympics Thread:

    Athletes told to vacate their rooms 48 hours after their events finish. Cardboard beds to discourage sex. It's a real shame the Olympics Village isn't what it used to be.

    The cardboard bed frames were used last Olympics too are more about sustainability than extracurricular activitiesโ€ฆ.

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    Antonie Dupont found a way to enjoy himself in the City of Light.

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    Skateboarding is a joke of an Olympic sport. All the medal hopes are about 14, all keep falling off their skateboards. But fun to watch.

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    Womenโ€™s Team Archery was superb

    S Korea narrowly pipped China to record the countryโ€™s 10th straight gold

    40 years of domination

    Mental

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    @Billy-Tell said in Olympics Thread:

    Skateboarding is a joke of an Olympic sport. All the medal hopes are about 14, all keep falling off their skateboards. But fun to watch.

    Sucked balls

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    Murray and Evans just won the gold medal in the first round.

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    @Bones said in Olympics Thread:

    Murray and Evans just won the gold medal in the first round.

    ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

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    Marchand dominates

    Almost 6 secs ahead of the pack

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    The kiss of death from the NZ media for Clareburt. He would been hoping to make the podium.

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    @Billy-Tell said in Olympics Thread:

    Skateboarding is a joke of an Olympic sport. All the medal hopes are about 14, all keep falling off their skateboards. But fun to watch.

    Another attempt at a ratings grab by the Olympics. Let's sell our souls for a couple more X Games events

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    @Billy-Tell said in Olympics Thread:

    Skateboarding is a joke of an Olympic sport. All the medal hopes are about 14, all keep falling off their skateboards. But fun to watch.

    My son is an avid skateboarder and he had zero interest in watching it.

    If you think that's bad wait for the breakdancing. I shit you not, that is an event.

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    @Rancid-Schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:

    @Billy-Tell said in Olympics Thread:

    Skateboarding is a joke of an Olympic sport. All the medal hopes are about 14, all keep falling off their skateboards. But fun to watch.

    My son is an avid skateboarder and he had zero interest in watching it.

    If you think that's bad wait for the breakdancing. I shit you not, that is an event.

    As an ex Sailor it really sucks to see the Finn class get dropped for shit like this.

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    If the Olympics got rid of the dogshit x-game events I could be motivated to let swimmers dog paddle their way to gold medals.

    Emphasis on could be. But probably not.

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    The New York Times has turned the Olympics 400m Medley Swimming Final into an animation.

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    @Rancid-Schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:

    @Billy-Tell said in Olympics Thread:

    Skateboarding is a joke of an Olympic sport. All the medal hopes are about 14, all keep falling off their skateboards. But fun to watch.

    My son is an avid skateboarder and he had zero interest in watching it.

    If you think that's bad wait for the breakdancing. I shit you not, that is an event.

    My kids are 13 and 10, and they don't give a fuck about the Olympics. Maybe one day it will go the way of Telethon. Wait until the Olympic sanctioned E sports begins ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿคท

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    NZ media trying to put the jinx on another medal hopeful

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/350359355/new-zealands-first-paris-olympic-games-medal-tipped-tuesday

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