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    @voodoo yeah was reading Yee had similar things to say about one of his team mates.

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    @taniwharugby said in Olympics Thread:

    @voodoo yeah was reading Yee had similar things to say about one of his team mates.

    yeah the bloke that pulled the bike group along was cooked after that, lasted about 200m of the run, sent Yee on his way and effectively pulled up. Wonder where he finished?

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    @mariner4life said in Olympics Thread:

    @taniwharugby said in Olympics Thread:

    @voodoo yeah was reading Yee had similar things to say about one of his team mates.

    yeah the bloke that pulled the bike group along was cooked after that, lasted about 200m of the run, sent Yee on his way and effectively pulled up. Wonder where he finished?

    I don't think he finished did he? Sam someone?

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    I read that he was focusing on the team tri and said he was always going to help Yee.

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    @Bovidae said in Olympics Thread:

    I read that he was focusing on the team tri and said he was always going to help Yee.

    Oh yes, that's what the comms said. He just pulled over to the side and waved Yee on

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    @booboo said in Olympics Thread:

    Coverage of that Triathlon was shit.

    Why were we getting saturation coverage of the Frogs with no coverage of the leader showing split to second changing.

    Absolute rubbish commentary- went to get a beer out of fridge as commentators said it was basically race won and came back and he had been overtaken. No disappointment in being second best in the world at what you do so still managed to raise a glass to his efforts.

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    I'm calling suss on the Chinese guy who won the 100m free too. In a slow pool he smokes everyone and sets a new WR? yeah, absolutely nothing to see here.

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    @mariner4life said in Olympics Thread:

    I'm calling suss on the Chinese guy who won the 100m free too. In a slow pool he smokes everyone and sets a new WR? yeah, absolutely nothing to see here.

    Totally. It was his own WR too that he set in Feb. 0.4 of a second is a lot in the 100m too

    He was crap the other night in the heats - presumably hadn’t had his bag of blood yet…

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    @mariner4life said in Olympics Thread:

    I'm calling suss on the Chinese guy who won the 100m free too. In a slow pool he smokes everyone and sets a new WR? yeah, absolutely nothing to see here.

    Yep, that was ridiculous. Dodgy as hell.

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    @barbarian said in Olympics Thread:

    Which brings me to one of my ideas to bring a bit of life to the Olympics: instead of being the same five events, the Modern Pentathlon should consist of five Olympic events randomly drawn at the opening ceremony.

    In Paris it could be tennis, judo, equestrian, BMX and diving. In LA it might be artistic swimming, archery, taekwondo, weight lifting and surfing.

    Reward the ultimate all-rounder. Don't tell me you wouldn't watch some 100kg romanian martial arts guru try and ride a barrel in Tahiti...

    That would be as exciting as watching the teenage girls falling off their skateboards

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    @MiketheSnow said in Olympics Thread:

    @barbarian said in Olympics Thread:

    Which brings me to one of my ideas to bring a bit of life to the Olympics: instead of being the same five events, the Modern Pentathlon should consist of five Olympic events randomly drawn at the opening ceremony.

    In Paris it could be tennis, judo, equestrian, BMX and diving. In LA it might be artistic swimming, archery, taekwondo, weight lifting and surfing.

    Reward the ultimate all-rounder. Don't tell me you wouldn't watch some 100kg romanian martial arts guru try and ride a barrel in Tahiti...

    That would be as exciting as watching the teenage girls falling off their skateboards

    As opposed to the current Modern Pentathlon, which is just edge of your seat stuff from start to finish.

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    @MiketheSnow said in Olympics Thread:

    @barbarian said in Olympics Thread:

    Which brings me to one of my ideas to bring a bit of life to the Olympics: instead of being the same five events, the Modern Pentathlon should consist of five Olympic events randomly drawn at the opening ceremony.

    In Paris it could be tennis, judo, equestrian, BMX and diving. In LA it might be artistic swimming, archery, taekwondo, weight lifting and surfing.

    Reward the ultimate all-rounder. Don't tell me you wouldn't watch some 100kg romanian martial arts guru try and ride a barrel in Tahiti...

    That would be as exciting as watching the teenage girls falling off their skateboards

    boo Mike, boo!!

    I would totally watch Simone Biles in the High Jump and Noah Lyle in the 10m Platform Diving and KD + LeBron in the Synchronised Diving

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    Tell you what, there are a fuckload of things I'd rather watch than Olympic race walking. How the fuck this ever become a "sport", I'll never know

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    @barbarian said in Olympics Thread:

    @MiketheSnow said in Olympics Thread:

    @barbarian said in Olympics Thread:

    Which brings me to one of my ideas to bring a bit of life to the Olympics: instead of being the same five events, the Modern Pentathlon should consist of five Olympic events randomly drawn at the opening ceremony.

    In Paris it could be tennis, judo, equestrian, BMX and diving. In LA it might be artistic swimming, archery, taekwondo, weight lifting and surfing.

    Reward the ultimate all-rounder. Don't tell me you wouldn't watch some 100kg romanian martial arts guru try and ride a barrel in Tahiti...

    That would be as exciting as watching the teenage girls falling off their skateboards

    As opposed to the current Modern Pentathlon, which is just edge of your seat stuff from start to finish.

    It can and often has been

    The equestrian event is mental for starters

    Horse drawn at random

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    @voodoo said in Olympics Thread:

    @MiketheSnow said in Olympics Thread:

    @barbarian said in Olympics Thread:

    Which brings me to one of my ideas to bring a bit of life to the Olympics: instead of being the same five events, the Modern Pentathlon should consist of five Olympic events randomly drawn at the opening ceremony.

    In Paris it could be tennis, judo, equestrian, BMX and diving. In LA it might be artistic swimming, archery, taekwondo, weight lifting and surfing.

    Reward the ultimate all-rounder. Don't tell me you wouldn't watch some 100kg romanian martial arts guru try and ride a barrel in Tahiti...

    That would be as exciting as watching the teenage girls falling off their skateboards

    boo Mike, boo!!

    I would totally watch Simone Biles in the High Jump and Noah Lyle in the 10m Platform Diving and KD + LeBron in the Synchronised Diving

    It’s called ‘Superstars’ and it was great

    Should bring it back

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  • sparkyS Offline
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    The Walk is a strange event, although Paris is looking beautiful in the sunshine.

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    @sparky said in Olympics Thread:

    The Walk is a strange event, although Paris is looking beautiful in the sunshine.

    It is a great walking city...

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  • MiketheSnowM Offline
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    They’re actually shifting and would beat most recreational park run runners

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    @MiketheSnow said in Olympics Thread:

    They’re actually shifting and would beat most recreational park run runners

    Welcome to the Recreational Park Games.

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