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  • Billy TellB Offline
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    I wish the tv stations would let you choose track or field. Watching the pole vault and it kept going away to sprint heats. So annoying.

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    @JK said in Olympics Thread:

    @booboo said in Olympics Thread:

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    I always find these per capita comparisons to be cringey as fuck

    Hell yeah, fun when we're in front of Aussie though 😀

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    Duplantis girlfriend


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    That jump is worth an o on the awesome scale. Just fantastic

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    Mondo Magic

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  • sparkyS Offline
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    And Duplantis gets a new World Record of 6.25 on the third attempt. Awesome!!!!!!

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    His 9th World record!

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  • Billy TellB Offline
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    The pole vault is the best field event imo. Any medal for nz would be great.

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    @sparky said in Olympics Thread:

    His 9th World record!

    Epic

    Got a bit of work to catch Bubka

    35 times

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    Yeah he only breaks it by a cm each time though. Smart guy with his sponsor incentives.

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    @Billy-Tell said in Olympics Thread:

    Duplantis girlfriend


    Desiré Inglander.

    Who is Desiré Inglander? The lowdown on Mondo Duplantis' new fiancée

    Who is Desiré Inglander? The lowdown on Mondo Duplantis' new fiancée

    Model and content creator Desiré Inglander just went from girlfriend to fiancée of pole vault star Mondo Duplantis. Here's everything you need to know about the 22-year-old Swede.

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    @scribe said in Olympics Thread:

    Yeah he only breaks it by a cm each time though. Smart guy with his sponsor incentives.

    Looks like the Ukrainian was the same though. At the limit of your capacities you can’t just add 5 cm. I mean it took him 3 goes there after strolling past the other heights.

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    @sparky said in Olympics Thread:

    @Billy-Tell said in Olympics Thread:

    Duplantis girlfriend


    Desiré Inglander.

    Who is Desiré Inglander? The lowdown on Mondo Duplantis' new fiancée

    Who is Desiré Inglander? The lowdown on Mondo Duplantis' new fiancée

    Model and content creator Desiré Inglander just went from girlfriend to fiancée of pole vault star Mondo Duplantis. Here's everything you need to know about the 22-year-old Swede.

    So much room for double entendres. Pole. Desiré 

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    @Billy-Tell He was so confident of the win that he got his girlfriend a front row seat right by the pole vault mat so the world's press could get the shot of them embarrassing to celebrate his win.

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    Didn't even know who Finn Butcher was before this but a fantastic victory in tbh what seems to be a bit of a lottery of a sport but he dominated that race from start to finish (which given the mash-up that can occur when you try and circle the upstream bouys seems like a wise tactic).

    So a completely unexpected gold medal - which is just awesome 🙂

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    Watching the W 3 on 3 basketball final

    German Mevius’ dives would win Gold in the pool

    Shameful

    Spanish pissed off because of the cultural appropriation

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    @Rapido said in Olympics Thread:

    I had noticed Ireland doing well.

    The young 400 m runner (Rhasidat Adeleke) looks to be a good chance of a medal. She started jogging with 50 m to go in the heats such was her lead.

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    So Wilde had E coli before the team event after swimming in the river Seine. So they were literally swimming in shit. How was that allowed lol, poor atheletes.

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    @sparky said in Olympics Thread:

    GB get the Gold. NZ the Silver.

    Silver medal a huge result for the ladies. It's NZ's first women's team sprint medal in Olympic history so pretty big deal.

    From Stuff:
    Overlooked as a contender in the team sprint by many pundits, who instead were tipping world champions Germany, China and the Netherlands to challenge Great Britain, the Kiwis were electric.

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    @No-Quarter said in Olympics Thread:

    So Wilde had E coli before the team event after swimming in the river Seine. So they were literally swimming in shit. How was that allowed lol, poor atheletes.

    I imagine the traditional "best Olympic Games ever" will be tried at the end of it all, but things like making athletes swim in an open sewer should stop it from being taken too seriously...

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