Olympics Thread
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The Olympics were a slow burner for me. Wasn't excited leading up, didn't watch the opening ceremony. But as always, when the games started I was drawn in. So many amazing stories, so many amazing performances, triumph, the agony of defeat, grace in defeat. The Olympics really are the ultimate reality show. I can't wait for 2028
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@KiwiMurph said in Olympics Thread:
@canefan winter olympics is good fun too
Yeah it doesn't quite do it for me. But I'll watch anyway
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Squash is for 80s stockbrokers
Losing wrestling and boxing is disgraceful. The nation directly behind us on the medal table will be furious.
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Just had a drone shot of the final women's marathon contestant from Bhutan still a few kms back. Echos of The Distance by Cake, with the crowd on that part of the circuit having gone home.
The fans get up and they get out of town
The arena is empty except for one man
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@mariner4life said in Olympics Thread:
Squash is for 80s stockbrokers
Losing wrestling and boxing is disgraceful. The nation directly behind us on the medal table will be furious.
Totally agree. Boxing and wrestling are among the most basic of sports. Just you vs your competitor, no tech or tricks
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I think the problem with boxing is that it is not the best athletes in the sport competing. The boxers at the Olympics are so far below the best that it is not all that interesting.
They could change that with eliminating the amateur status. Get the absolute top pros boxing it out for a gold medal and it would be worth keeping.
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Weightlifter doesn't realise she's won Olympic gold
Norwegian weightlifter Solfrid Koanda walked off stage unaware she had won Olympic gold before her team informed her. © International Olympic Committee
This was a very cool story. Watch the video of the Norwegian weightlifter who was the last to realise she had just won Gold. Great telly
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@Rapido said in Olympics Thread:
The pentathlon is army biased. I suggest a naval pentathlon as well.
- Fencing. Your ship has been boarded and it's a cutlass fight.
- Platform Diving. Abandon ship.
- Swimming. obviously
- Boxing. You've landed on a tropical island and need to fight the local tribe in order to steal a canoe.
- Kayaking (if you win your Boxing bout)
Better than swimming I think (unless there are hungry sharks) would be standing under a monstrous grove of coconut trees and trying to avoid the coconuts thrown at you by capuchins.
