Too many events at the Olympics?
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@nzzp said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
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Actually one sport that shouldn’t be there is men’s soccer. It’s the Olympics not a youth tournament. If the best players can’t be there then don’t have it.
There's a good argument that professionals shouldn't attend. If your sport has a professional league, bad luck.
Just to clarify. Is this for all sports or just soccer? If it’s all sports then I’m not sure that there is a single sport that would qualify as non-professional any more.
Amateurism is all but dead, definitely at the top flight level in all sports these days
Not so sure. High profile, absolutely - but archery, shooting, trampoline - there's a bunch there that won't be well funded at all. Semi pro is probably the descriptor (and I'd love to be proved wrong, but even Dame Val struggles to get funds)
I guess it depends on the definition of amateur. Jesse Owens was immediately banned when he accepted endorsements. I know nothing of archery but I think it’s pretty huge in Korea and the best performers probably cash in.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
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Yeah you’ve mentioned the Phelps thing before and it doesn’t help your argument. Another ridiculously stupid statement.
As I said last year: Phelps has won a single Olympic gold medal where he alone was the fastest over a distance: 200m freestyle. Paavo Nurmi and Carl Lewis are better Olympians.
If I recall correctly you also said that Bradbury’s achievement was greater than anything Phelps ever did. That’s easily the stupidest thing I’ve ever seen on TSF, although the argument that butterfly is equivalent to jogging comes close.
Having seen Bradbury do an after dinner speaking thing I have huge respect for him.
He survived an accident where he lost 4L of blood and having all 4 quadriceps sliced by a skate, and a broken neck, and "trained 5 hours a day 6 days week for 12 years to get that lucky".
Multiple Olympic and World Championship medallist who played the best game. It wasn't all about speed. It was about being first across the line. The others were idiots.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
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Yeah you’ve mentioned the Phelps thing before and it doesn’t help your argument. Another ridiculously stupid statement.
As I said last year: Phelps has won a single Olympic gold medal where he alone was the fastest over a distance: 200m freestyle. Paavo Nurmi and Carl Lewis are better Olympians.
If I recall correctly you also said that Bradbury’s achievement was greater than anything Phelps ever did. That’s easily the stupidest thing I’ve ever seen on TSF, although the argument that butterfly is equivalent to jogging comes close.
You didn't lose your lollies as much as I expected to that bait. Which surprised me. Butterfly is slower than freestyle over the same distance. So is jogging, Any other analogies I can assist you with?
This has to be a windup. You cant be that stupid.
Great rebuttal.
We're done here.Ok I’ll bite. Bear crawls, hopping on one leg and skipping are slower than running. Ergo they must be jogging right? What awesome logic.
You should probably stop posting if that's your grasp of the topic.
To make this easier for you: Jogging is slower than sprinting. So too is walking. That doesn't mean walking and jogging are the same thing.
At the end of the day, I totally get the annoyance at the number of swimming events. The mixed thing today was a pisstake. What annoys me though is ignorant and stupid comments about the different disciplines. You also can’t compare swimming to running.
Probably opening up yesterday's arguments but what is the point of Butterfly? Nobody is going to choose to swim butterfly in any situation other than a swimming carnival.
At least breaststroke and backstroke have a purpose, even though it's not to go fast.
A race in the slowest way to get from one end of the pool to the other isn't logical, especially when you have to apply strict requirements on technique.
WRT athletics, I'd apply the same logic to "walking", but not to hurdles or steeplechase.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
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Yeah you’ve mentioned the Phelps thing before and it doesn’t help your argument. Another ridiculously stupid statement.
As I said last year: Phelps has won a single Olympic gold medal where he alone was the fastest over a distance: 200m freestyle. Paavo Nurmi and Carl Lewis are better Olympians.
If I recall correctly you also said that Bradbury’s achievement was greater than anything Phelps ever did. That’s easily the stupidest thing I’ve ever seen on TSF, although the argument that butterfly is equivalent to jogging comes close.
You didn't lose your lollies as much as I expected to that bait. Which surprised me. Butterfly is slower than freestyle over the same distance. So is jogging, Any other analogies I can assist you with?
This has to be a windup. You cant be that stupid.
Great rebuttal.
We're done here.Ok I’ll bite. Bear crawls, hopping on one leg and skipping are slower than running. Ergo they must be jogging right? What awesome logic.
You should probably stop posting if that's your grasp of the topic.
To make this easier for you: Jogging is slower than sprinting. So too is walking. That doesn't mean walking and jogging are the same thing.
That’s exactly what I’m saying. Now apply that to swimming. It’s really not so hard. You can do it.
I’ll make it even easier for you. Butterfly is slower than freestyle. Why? Because it’s a completely different farking stroke. Not because it’s just a slower freestyle. Comparing it to jogging is absolutely absurd.
You're either deliberately missing the point or really fucking stupid.
Delightful. See above. Seriously man. How hard is it to understand? Butterfly and freestyle are not the equivalent to running and jogging. If you are still arguing that then you need your head examined.
More akin to running and race-walking.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
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Yeah you’ve mentioned the Phelps thing before and it doesn’t help your argument. Another ridiculously stupid statement.
As I said last year: Phelps has won a single Olympic gold medal where he alone was the fastest over a distance: 200m freestyle. Paavo Nurmi and Carl Lewis are better Olympians.
If I recall correctly you also said that Bradbury’s achievement was greater than anything Phelps ever did. That’s easily the stupidest thing I’ve ever seen on TSF, although the argument that butterfly is equivalent to jogging comes close.
You didn't lose your lollies as much as I expected to that bait. Which surprised me. Butterfly is slower than freestyle over the same distance. So is jogging, Any other analogies I can assist you with?
This has to be a windup. You cant be that stupid.
Great rebuttal.
We're done here.Ok I’ll bite. Bear crawls, hopping on one leg and skipping are slower than running. Ergo they must be jogging right? What awesome logic.
You should probably stop posting if that's your grasp of the topic.
To make this easier for you: Jogging is slower than sprinting. So too is walking. That doesn't mean walking and jogging are the same thing.
That’s exactly what I’m saying. Now apply that to swimming. It’s really not so hard. You can do it.
I’ll make it even easier for you. Butterfly is slower than freestyle. Why? Because it’s a completely different farking stroke. Not because it’s just a slower freestyle. Comparing it to jogging is absolutely absurd.
You're either deliberately missing the point or really fucking stupid.
Delightful.
And accurate.
See above. Seriously man. How hard is it to understand? Butterfly and freestyle are not the equivalent to running and jogging. If you are still arguing that then you need your head examined.
Once again rancid demonstrates his complete ignorance of analogy and ignores the point.
Once again you lead with your face and instead of getting out while you can you double down on the stupid. Again a discussion with Antipodean has taken a turn for the surreal.
Reading this back am not sure youre winning this argument.
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@booboo said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:
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@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:
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Yeah you’ve mentioned the Phelps thing before and it doesn’t help your argument. Another ridiculously stupid statement.
As I said last year: Phelps has won a single Olympic gold medal where he alone was the fastest over a distance: 200m freestyle. Paavo Nurmi and Carl Lewis are better Olympians.
If I recall correctly you also said that Bradbury’s achievement was greater than anything Phelps ever did. That’s easily the stupidest thing I’ve ever seen on TSF, although the argument that butterfly is equivalent to jogging comes close.
You didn't lose your lollies as much as I expected to that bait. Which surprised me. Butterfly is slower than freestyle over the same distance. So is jogging, Any other analogies I can assist you with?
This has to be a windup. You cant be that stupid.
Great rebuttal.
We're done here.Ok I’ll bite. Bear crawls, hopping on one leg and skipping are slower than running. Ergo they must be jogging right? What awesome logic.
You should probably stop posting if that's your grasp of the topic.
To make this easier for you: Jogging is slower than sprinting. So too is walking. That doesn't mean walking and jogging are the same thing.
At the end of the day, I totally get the annoyance at the number of swimming events. The mixed thing today was a pisstake. What annoys me though is ignorant and stupid comments about the different disciplines. You also can’t compare swimming to running.
Probably opening up yesterday's arguments but what is the point of Butterfly? Nobody is going to choose to swim butterfly in any situation other than a swimming carnival.
At least breaststroke and backstroke have a purpose, even though it's not to go fast.
A race in the slowest way to get from one end of the pool to the other isn't logical, especially when you have to apply strict requirements on technique.
WRT athletics, I'd apply the same logic to "walking", but not to hurdles or steeplechase.
I love butterfly but I totally agree. Butterfly is beautiful to watch and insanely difficult but it’s absolutely ridiculous. I say this all the time to my swimming coach. If a boat sinks, survivors (depending on their swimming ability and level of fitness) will use one of freestyle, backstroke or breaststroke to get away. No way is anyone swimming away from a sinking ship doing bloody butterfly.
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@booboo said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
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Yeah you’ve mentioned the Phelps thing before and it doesn’t help your argument. Another ridiculously stupid statement.
As I said last year: Phelps has won a single Olympic gold medal where he alone was the fastest over a distance: 200m freestyle. Paavo Nurmi and Carl Lewis are better Olympians.
If I recall correctly you also said that Bradbury’s achievement was greater than anything Phelps ever did. That’s easily the stupidest thing I’ve ever seen on TSF, although the argument that butterfly is equivalent to jogging comes close.
You didn't lose your lollies as much as I expected to that bait. Which surprised me. Butterfly is slower than freestyle over the same distance. So is jogging, Any other analogies I can assist you with?
This has to be a windup. You cant be that stupid.
Great rebuttal.
We're done here.Ok I’ll bite. Bear crawls, hopping on one leg and skipping are slower than running. Ergo they must be jogging right? What awesome logic.
You should probably stop posting if that's your grasp of the topic.
To make this easier for you: Jogging is slower than sprinting. So too is walking. That doesn't mean walking and jogging are the same thing.
That’s exactly what I’m saying. Now apply that to swimming. It’s really not so hard. You can do it.
I’ll make it even easier for you. Butterfly is slower than freestyle. Why? Because it’s a completely different farking stroke. Not because it’s just a slower freestyle. Comparing it to jogging is absolutely absurd.
You're either deliberately missing the point or really fucking stupid.
Delightful.
And accurate.
See above. Seriously man. How hard is it to understand? Butterfly and freestyle are not the equivalent to running and jogging. If you are still arguing that then you need your head examined.
Once again rancid demonstrates his complete ignorance of analogy and ignores the point.
Once again you lead with your face and instead of getting out while you can you double down on the stupid. Again a discussion with Antipodean has taken a turn for the surreal.
Reading this back am not sure youre winning this argument.
Welcome to 18 hours ago.
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@booboo said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:
Yeah you’ve mentioned the Phelps thing before and it doesn’t help your argument. Another ridiculously stupid statement.
As I said last year: Phelps has won a single Olympic gold medal where he alone was the fastest over a distance: 200m freestyle. Paavo Nurmi and Carl Lewis are better Olympians.
If I recall correctly you also said that Bradbury’s achievement was greater than anything Phelps ever did. That’s easily the stupidest thing I’ve ever seen on TSF, although the argument that butterfly is equivalent to jogging comes close.
Having seen Bradbury do an after dinner speaking thing I have huge respect for him.
He survived an accident where he lost 4L of blood and having all 4 quadriceps sliced by a skate, and a broken neck, and "trained 5 hours a day 6 days week for 12 years to get that lucky".
Multiple Olympic and World Championship medallist who played the best game. It wasn't all about speed. It was about being first across the line. The others were idiots.
I’m not going to question Bradburys dedication or background but that win was more arse than grass. The same thing happened in the semis as well. Only one guy fell and took the others with him. Do you want a race where they all just hang back and wait for someone to fall? Saying the others were “idiots” is utterly absurd.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@booboo said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:
@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:
@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:
@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:
Yeah you’ve mentioned the Phelps thing before and it doesn’t help your argument. Another ridiculously stupid statement.
As I said last year: Phelps has won a single Olympic gold medal where he alone was the fastest over a distance: 200m freestyle. Paavo Nurmi and Carl Lewis are better Olympians.
If I recall correctly you also said that Bradbury’s achievement was greater than anything Phelps ever did. That’s easily the stupidest thing I’ve ever seen on TSF, although the argument that butterfly is equivalent to jogging comes close.
You didn't lose your lollies as much as I expected to that bait. Which surprised me. Butterfly is slower than freestyle over the same distance. So is jogging, Any other analogies I can assist you with?
This has to be a windup. You cant be that stupid.
Great rebuttal.
We're done here.Ok I’ll bite. Bear crawls, hopping on one leg and skipping are slower than running. Ergo they must be jogging right? What awesome logic.
You should probably stop posting if that's your grasp of the topic.
To make this easier for you: Jogging is slower than sprinting. So too is walking. That doesn't mean walking and jogging are the same thing.
At the end of the day, I totally get the annoyance at the number of swimming events. The mixed thing today was a pisstake. What annoys me though is ignorant and stupid comments about the different disciplines. You also can’t compare swimming to running.
Probably opening up yesterday's arguments but what is the point of Butterfly? Nobody is going to choose to swim butterfly in any situation other than a swimming carnival.
At least breaststroke and backstroke have a purpose, even though it's not to go fast.
A race in the slowest way to get from one end of the pool to the other isn't logical, especially when you have to apply strict requirements on technique.
WRT athletics, I'd apply the same logic to "walking", but not to hurdles or steeplechase.
I love butterfly but I totally agree. Butterfly is beautiful to watch and insanely difficult but it’s absolutely ridiculous. I say this all the time to my swimming coach. If a boat sinks, survivors (depending on their swimming ability and level of fitness) will use one of freestyle, backstroke or breaststroke to get away. No way is anyone swimming away from a sinking ship doing bloody butterfly.
Just as if you were jumping across a ditch to escape an enemy/wild animal, you wouldn't probably use a triple jump
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@canefan said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@booboo said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:
@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:
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Yeah you’ve mentioned the Phelps thing before and it doesn’t help your argument. Another ridiculously stupid statement.
As I said last year: Phelps has won a single Olympic gold medal where he alone was the fastest over a distance: 200m freestyle. Paavo Nurmi and Carl Lewis are better Olympians.
If I recall correctly you also said that Bradbury’s achievement was greater than anything Phelps ever did. That’s easily the stupidest thing I’ve ever seen on TSF, although the argument that butterfly is equivalent to jogging comes close.
You didn't lose your lollies as much as I expected to that bait. Which surprised me. Butterfly is slower than freestyle over the same distance. So is jogging, Any other analogies I can assist you with?
This has to be a windup. You cant be that stupid.
Great rebuttal.
We're done here.Ok I’ll bite. Bear crawls, hopping on one leg and skipping are slower than running. Ergo they must be jogging right? What awesome logic.
You should probably stop posting if that's your grasp of the topic.
To make this easier for you: Jogging is slower than sprinting. So too is walking. That doesn't mean walking and jogging are the same thing.
At the end of the day, I totally get the annoyance at the number of swimming events. The mixed thing today was a pisstake. What annoys me though is ignorant and stupid comments about the different disciplines. You also can’t compare swimming to running.
Probably opening up yesterday's arguments but what is the point of Butterfly? Nobody is going to choose to swim butterfly in any situation other than a swimming carnival.
At least breaststroke and backstroke have a purpose, even though it's not to go fast.
A race in the slowest way to get from one end of the pool to the other isn't logical, especially when you have to apply strict requirements on technique.
WRT athletics, I'd apply the same logic to "walking", but not to hurdles or steeplechase.
I love butterfly but I totally agree. Butterfly is beautiful to watch and insanely difficult but it’s absolutely ridiculous. I say this all the time to my swimming coach. If a boat sinks, survivors (depending on their swimming ability and level of fitness) will use one of freestyle, backstroke or breaststroke to get away. No way is anyone swimming away from a sinking ship doing bloody butterfly.
Just as if you were jumping across a ditch to escape an enemy/wild animal, you wouldn't probably use a triple jump
But for a fast-moving river with 2 stones..
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@mariner4life I’d prefer the Gladiator (movie) approach “100 days of games” 😀
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@act-crusader angry lions and tigers are harder and harder to come by.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@booboo said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:
Yeah you’ve mentioned the Phelps thing before and it doesn’t help your argument. Another ridiculously stupid statement.
As I said last year: Phelps has won a single Olympic gold medal where he alone was the fastest over a distance: 200m freestyle. Paavo Nurmi and Carl Lewis are better Olympians.
If I recall correctly you also said that Bradbury’s achievement was greater than anything Phelps ever did. That’s easily the stupidest thing I’ve ever seen on TSF, although the argument that butterfly is equivalent to jogging comes close.
Having seen Bradbury do an after dinner speaking thing I have huge respect for him.
He survived an accident where he lost 4L of blood and having all 4 quadriceps sliced by a skate, and a broken neck, and "trained 5 hours a day 6 days week for 12 years to get that lucky".
Multiple Olympic and World Championship medallist who played the best game. It wasn't all about speed. It was about being first across the line. The others were idiots.
I’m not going to question Bradburys dedication or background but that win was more arse than grass. The same thing happened in the semis as well. Only one guy fell and took the others with him. Do you want a race where they all just hang back and wait for someone to fall? Saying the others were “idiots” is utterly absurd.
Not at all. They were always going to be clambering over each other. He out thought them. Raced the better race.
Akin to a soccer team putting 10 men behind the ball and scoring on the break in the 93rd minute.
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@booboo said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@booboo said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:
Yeah you’ve mentioned the Phelps thing before and it doesn’t help your argument. Another ridiculously stupid statement.
As I said last year: Phelps has won a single Olympic gold medal where he alone was the fastest over a distance: 200m freestyle. Paavo Nurmi and Carl Lewis are better Olympians.
If I recall correctly you also said that Bradbury’s achievement was greater than anything Phelps ever did. That’s easily the stupidest thing I’ve ever seen on TSF, although the argument that butterfly is equivalent to jogging comes close.
Having seen Bradbury do an after dinner speaking thing I have huge respect for him.
He survived an accident where he lost 4L of blood and having all 4 quadriceps sliced by a skate, and a broken neck, and "trained 5 hours a day 6 days week for 12 years to get that lucky".
Multiple Olympic and World Championship medallist who played the best game. It wasn't all about speed. It was about being first across the line. The others were idiots.
I’m not going to question Bradburys dedication or background but that win was more arse than grass. The same thing happened in the semis as well. Only one guy fell and took the others with him. Do you want a race where they all just hang back and wait for someone to fall? Saying the others were “idiots” is utterly absurd.
Not at all. They were always going to be clambering over each other. He out thought them. Raced the better race.
That's rewriting history. In his semi and final he was not in the race until an accident he couldn't have foreseen gifted him a result.
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@booboo said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@booboo said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:
Yeah you’ve mentioned the Phelps thing before and it doesn’t help your argument. Another ridiculously stupid statement.
As I said last year: Phelps has won a single Olympic gold medal where he alone was the fastest over a distance: 200m freestyle. Paavo Nurmi and Carl Lewis are better Olympians.
If I recall correctly you also said that Bradbury’s achievement was greater than anything Phelps ever did. That’s easily the stupidest thing I’ve ever seen on TSF, although the argument that butterfly is equivalent to jogging comes close.
Having seen Bradbury do an after dinner speaking thing I have huge respect for him.
He survived an accident where he lost 4L of blood and having all 4 quadriceps sliced by a skate, and a broken neck, and "trained 5 hours a day 6 days week for 12 years to get that lucky".
Multiple Olympic and World Championship medallist who played the best game. It wasn't all about speed. It was about being first across the line. The others were idiots.
I’m not going to question Bradburys dedication or background but that win was more arse than grass. The same thing happened in the semis as well. Only one guy fell and took the others with him. Do you want a race where they all just hang back and wait for someone to fall? Saying the others were “idiots” is utterly absurd.
Not at all. They were always going to be clambering over each other. He out thought them. Raced the better race.
Akin to a soccer team putting 10 men behind the ball and scoring on the break in the 93rd minute.
It’s akin to defending the entire game and hoping for 2 own goals.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@booboo said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@booboo said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:
Yeah you’ve mentioned the Phelps thing before and it doesn’t help your argument. Another ridiculously stupid statement.
As I said last year: Phelps has won a single Olympic gold medal where he alone was the fastest over a distance: 200m freestyle. Paavo Nurmi and Carl Lewis are better Olympians.
If I recall correctly you also said that Bradbury’s achievement was greater than anything Phelps ever did. That’s easily the stupidest thing I’ve ever seen on TSF, although the argument that butterfly is equivalent to jogging comes close.
Having seen Bradbury do an after dinner speaking thing I have huge respect for him.
He survived an accident where he lost 4L of blood and having all 4 quadriceps sliced by a skate, and a broken neck, and "trained 5 hours a day 6 days week for 12 years to get that lucky".
Multiple Olympic and World Championship medallist who played the best game. It wasn't all about speed. It was about being first across the line. The others were idiots.
I’m not going to question Bradburys dedication or background but that win was more arse than grass. The same thing happened in the semis as well. Only one guy fell and took the others with him. Do you want a race where they all just hang back and wait for someone to fall? Saying the others were “idiots” is utterly absurd.
Not at all. They were always going to be clambering over each other. He out thought them. Raced the better race.
Akin to a soccer team putting 10 men behind the ball and scoring on the break in the 93rd minute.
It’s akin to defending the entire game and hoping for 2 own goals.
It's probably actually worse even than that, because it's not like he chose a race plan of sitting back and waiting. He had no more choice in it than I would have!
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@voodoo said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
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@booboo said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@booboo said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:
Yeah you’ve mentioned the Phelps thing before and it doesn’t help your argument. Another ridiculously stupid statement.
As I said last year: Phelps has won a single Olympic gold medal where he alone was the fastest over a distance: 200m freestyle. Paavo Nurmi and Carl Lewis are better Olympians.
If I recall correctly you also said that Bradbury’s achievement was greater than anything Phelps ever did. That’s easily the stupidest thing I’ve ever seen on TSF, although the argument that butterfly is equivalent to jogging comes close.
Having seen Bradbury do an after dinner speaking thing I have huge respect for him.
He survived an accident where he lost 4L of blood and having all 4 quadriceps sliced by a skate, and a broken neck, and "trained 5 hours a day 6 days week for 12 years to get that lucky".
Multiple Olympic and World Championship medallist who played the best game. It wasn't all about speed. It was about being first across the line. The others were idiots.
I’m not going to question Bradburys dedication or background but that win was more arse than grass. The same thing happened in the semis as well. Only one guy fell and took the others with him. Do you want a race where they all just hang back and wait for someone to fall? Saying the others were “idiots” is utterly absurd.
Not at all. They were always going to be clambering over each other. He out thought them. Raced the better race.
Akin to a soccer team putting 10 men behind the ball and scoring on the break in the 93rd minute.
It’s akin to defending the entire game and hoping for 2 own goals.
It's probably actually worse even than that, because it's not like he chose a race plan of sitting back and waiting. He had no more choice in it than I would have!
Matter of fact he did.
Coach told him he could not outskate the others so hang back and let them go at each other.
It's a great narrative that it was pure luck, but he out thought his opponents and was tactically better.
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@booboo said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@booboo said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
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Yeah you’ve mentioned the Phelps thing before and it doesn’t help your argument. Another ridiculously stupid statement.
As I said last year: Phelps has won a single Olympic gold medal where he alone was the fastest over a distance: 200m freestyle. Paavo Nurmi and Carl Lewis are better Olympians.
If I recall correctly you also said that Bradbury’s achievement was greater than anything Phelps ever did. That’s easily the stupidest thing I’ve ever seen on TSF, although the argument that butterfly is equivalent to jogging comes close.
Having seen Bradbury do an after dinner speaking thing I have huge respect for him.
He survived an accident where he lost 4L of blood and having all 4 quadriceps sliced by a skate, and a broken neck, and "trained 5 hours a day 6 days week for 12 years to get that lucky".
Multiple Olympic and World Championship medallist who played the best game. It wasn't all about speed. It was about being first across the line. The others were idiots.
I’m not going to question Bradburys dedication or background but that win was more arse than grass. The same thing happened in the semis as well. Only one guy fell and took the others with him. Do you want a race where they all just hang back and wait for someone to fall? Saying the others were “idiots” is utterly absurd.
Not at all. They were always going to be clambering over each other. He out thought them. Raced the better race.
Akin to a soccer team putting 10 men behind the ball and scoring on the break in the 93rd minute.
It’s akin to defending the entire game and hoping for 2 own goals.
It's probably actually worse even than that, because it's not like he chose a race plan of sitting back and waiting. He had no more choice in it than I would have!
Matter of fact he did.
Coach told him he could not outskate the others so hang back and let them go at each other.
It's a great narrative that it was pure luck, but he out thought his opponents and was tactically better.
Hoping a skater would take out the entire field so he could come from last is better tactics? Come on man! If that were the case, why don't more top skaters employ this genius?!
I wouldn't belittle his efforts over years and years to get into that position, but to not say he was insanely lucky in that race seems a strange line of thought
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@voodoo said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@booboo said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@booboo said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Too many events at the Olympics?:
@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:
Yeah you’ve mentioned the Phelps thing before and it doesn’t help your argument. Another ridiculously stupid statement.
As I said last year: Phelps has won a single Olympic gold medal where he alone was the fastest over a distance: 200m freestyle. Paavo Nurmi and Carl Lewis are better Olympians.
If I recall correctly you also said that Bradbury’s achievement was greater than anything Phelps ever did. That’s easily the stupidest thing I’ve ever seen on TSF, although the argument that butterfly is equivalent to jogging comes close.
Having seen Bradbury do an after dinner speaking thing I have huge respect for him.
He survived an accident where he lost 4L of blood and having all 4 quadriceps sliced by a skate, and a broken neck, and "trained 5 hours a day 6 days week for 12 years to get that lucky".
Multiple Olympic and World Championship medallist who played the best game. It wasn't all about speed. It was about being first across the line. The others were idiots.
I’m not going to question Bradburys dedication or background but that win was more arse than grass. The same thing happened in the semis as well. Only one guy fell and took the others with him. Do you want a race where they all just hang back and wait for someone to fall? Saying the others were “idiots” is utterly absurd.
Not at all. They were always going to be clambering over each other. He out thought them. Raced the better race.
Akin to a soccer team putting 10 men behind the ball and scoring on the break in the 93rd minute.
It’s akin to defending the entire game and hoping for 2 own goals.
It's probably actually worse even than that, because it's not like he chose a race plan of sitting back and waiting. He had no more choice in it than I would have!
Matter of fact he did.
Coach told him he could not outskate the others so hang back and let them go at each other.
It's a great narrative that it was pure luck, but he out thought his opponents and was tactically better.
Hoping a skater would take out the entire field so he could come from last is better tactics? Come on man! If that were the case, why don't more top skaters employ this genius?!
I wouldn't belittle his efforts over years and years to get into that position, but to not say he was insanely lucky in that race seems a strange line of thought
Who won?
