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    @Damo said in Olympics Thread:

    @nzzp said in Olympics Thread:

    @Damo said in Olympics Thread:

    What happened to the Serbians there at the end?

    looked like they just blew up - tough finish

    Looked extremely weird. I haven't done much rowing, I wondered if the oar got stuck in the water or he lost grip on it or something? Is that a thing?

    Looked like he just gave up at the end there with the poor other guy trying to do it all on is his own

    Starting to see a pattern with the Serb rowers....

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    wrote on last edited by MiketheSnow
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    Brazilian Gabriel Medina in the picture of the Olympic Games so far

    surf.jpg

    EDIT

    And the vid

    TNT Sports is not available in your region
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    Jesus is a surfer

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    @Machpants said in Olympics Thread:

    Jesus is a surfer

    Screenshot_20240731_060859_Chrome.jpg

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    @booboo said in Olympics Thread:

    @Machpants said in Olympics Thread:

    Jesus is a surfer

    Screenshot_20240731_060859_Chrome.jpg

    Wow, the Crsuaders even have their own colour-branded surfboards. Just this year's model looks a bit washedup.

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    Found this ranking of Olympic sports I made while watching Tokyo in COVID lockdown. I think on viewing so far I'd knock skateboarding well down. And I'd bring canoe slalom up into the top five, been loving it so far this time.

    IMG-20210806-WA0000_Original.jpg

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    Personally I'm just happy that the nervous "when or will we even win our first gold medal" wait has been cut short by our woman's 7's team.

    Gutsy effort from the captain Hirini too, playing with a mashed up face to set up the winning break from her own tryline.

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    I should investigate how I can be part of the team doing the shittest and least competitive sport so I too can use OLY as a postnominal like a bunch of 12-14 year olds that can't skateboard.

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    @Billy-Tell said in Olympics Thread:

    Triathlon postponed 😡

    Beats me why they didn’t do the triathlon down on the much healthier French Riveria

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    Jesus - it's carnage out on the wet roads in the Women's triathlon. About a dozen women have hit the deck so far, including one of the NZers.

    I hope it dries a bit for the men,because the last thing you want when you've got one of the favourites is to be riding on a skating rink and introducing randomness!

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    wrote on last edited by sparky
    #4717

    The wonderful-named Cassandre Beaugrand, a Parisan, wins the Olympic Gold in the Triathlon. A hometown win. 😉

    I doubt there is going to be an image from these games to match her hitting the tape to win Gold on the Pont Alexandre III with the golden dome of Les Invalides in the background.

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    @sparky said in Olympics Thread:

    The wonderful-named Cassandre Beaugrande, a Parisan, wins the Olympic Gold in the Triathlon. A hometown win. 😉

    I doubt there is going to be an image from these games to match her hitting the tape to win Gold on the Pont Alexandre III with the golden dome of Les Invalides in the background.

    The shot I posted yesterday is a magic shot but unfortunately it could literally be anywhere

    If I was there as a photographer the shot I would want is a volleyball player spiking the ball towards the Eiffel Tower with the ball caught in the gap in the metalwork

    If that happened to be a French athlete then all the better

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    @MiketheSnow said in Olympics Thread:

    spiking the ball towards the Eiffel Tower with the ball caught in the gap in the metalwork

    Not a euphemism?

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    @Bones said in Olympics Thread:

    @MiketheSnow said in Olympics Thread:

    spiking the ball towards the Eiffel Tower with the ball caught in the gap in the metalwork

    Not a euphemism?

    A wide angle version of this perspective and composition - but maybe the tower may look too small

    Alternatively a zoomed in shot compressing the foreground and background

    paris.png

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    @MiketheSnow said in Olympics Thread:

    @Bones said in Olympics Thread:

    @MiketheSnow said in Olympics Thread:

    spiking the ball towards the Eiffel Tower with the ball caught in the gap in the metalwork

    Not a euphemism?

    A wide angle version of this perspective and composition - but maybe the tower may look too small

    Alternatively a zoomed in shot compressing the foreground and background

    paris.png

    Looks like Oriental Bay with an Eiffel Tower photoshopped in the background

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    #4722

    The host nation are having one helluva games so far. Second in the medals table behind Japan at the moment and second in most medals won behind the USA too. Vive La France!

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/live/cd19g1n0771t#MedalTable

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    @MN5 said in Olympics Thread:

    @MiketheSnow said in Olympics Thread:

    @Bones said in Olympics Thread:

    @MiketheSnow said in Olympics Thread:

    spiking the ball towards the Eiffel Tower with the ball caught in the gap in the metalwork

    Not a euphemism?

    A wide angle version of this perspective and composition - but maybe the tower may look too small

    Alternatively a zoomed in shot compressing the foreground and background

    paris.png

    Looks like Oriental Bay with an Eiffel Tower photoshopped in the background

    and the blue.

    and the sunshine.

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    L'Equipe got the shot.

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    @nzzp said in Olympics Thread:

    @MN5 said in Olympics Thread:

    @MiketheSnow said in Olympics Thread:

    @Bones said in Olympics Thread:

    @MiketheSnow said in Olympics Thread:

    spiking the ball towards the Eiffel Tower with the ball caught in the gap in the metalwork

    Not a euphemism?

    A wide angle version of this perspective and composition - but maybe the tower may look too small

    Alternatively a zoomed in shot compressing the foreground and background

    paris.png

    Looks like Oriental Bay with an Eiffel Tower photoshopped in the background

    and the blue.

    and the sunshine.

    Crowd?

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    replied to Bones on last edited by
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    @Bones said in Olympics Thread:

    @nzzp said in Olympics Thread:

    @MN5 said in Olympics Thread:

    @MiketheSnow said in Olympics Thread:

    @Bones said in Olympics Thread:

    @MiketheSnow said in Olympics Thread:

    spiking the ball towards the Eiffel Tower with the ball caught in the gap in the metalwork

    Not a euphemism?

    A wide angle version of this perspective and composition - but maybe the tower may look too small

    Alternatively a zoomed in shot compressing the foreground and background

    paris.png

    Looks like Oriental Bay with an Eiffel Tower photoshopped in the background

    and the blue.

    and the sunshine.

    Crowd?

    yah, probably that too 😛

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