Olympics Thread
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@machpants said in Olympics Thread:
Actually there is some cool hostory around events, poles were left next to streams etc in Nth Europe, so that's where pole vault came from. Originally included distance, which is still competed in Holland - looks well cool!
It's a traditional sport in the province of Friesland in the Netherlands (not Holland!). It's called fierljeppen.
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@donsteppa said in Olympics Thread:
Is that Mark Watson obsessing on and on and on about the Australian result in the canoe slalom in commentary?
He did a bloody good job until then. Was a big difference having a commentator that had done their homework and was able to think on their feet.
The general feed commentary has been rubbish (that includes TJ) -
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@cyclops said in Olympics Thread:
Likewise all the swimming events mandate a style.
Freestyle?
I had thought that they had rules around permitted strokes in freestyle, but it's only in the medley, and then only 'must not be backstroke, breaststroke or butterfly' so fair cop on that one.
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@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:
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@mikethesnow said in Olympics Thread:
Great morning for GB
Silver in Men's Triathlon
Gold in swimming; diving; mtn bikingSilver or Gold on the way in Women's Taekwando
I thought Tom Daly had retired. That’s terrific that he finally won gold. Remember him as a 14 year old at the 2008 Olympics.
Another shit medal.
What’s shit about it?
Synchronised. Even more pathetic than normal subjective crap.
Not everyone’s cup of tea perhaps but pathetic seems rather harsh.
It may be harsh given they no doubt put in a tremendous amount of effort, but I'm still wedded to the Olympic motto whereas these days the Olympics appear to be trending towards the "participation medal" end of the spectrum.
Thankfully we’re still a long way from medals being awarded for participation. The best on the day wins. I get some of the criticism against judged sports but I tend to give diving some slack. I guess because they’re great athletes (not some greasy dude in a suit with a rabbit in his mit) performing insanely hard athletic feats.
I don't. They're not even gymnasts, who I don't think should be in the Olympics either.
Not even gymnasts? Who ever made that claim?
What claim, that they're not gymnasts? Clearly the person you quoted.
What does that even mean? What is the relevance? They’re not even gymnasts? Are divers try hard gymnasts? Failed gymnasts that traded in the parallel bars for a 10m platform?
At least gymnasts have to fight gravity to do somersaults and twists.
Umm
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@antipodean saw a post on social media from TR Jnrs old Tae Kwon do instructor pretty much pointing and laughing at what they are showing as TKD in the Olympics
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@crucial said in Olympics Thread:
@donsteppa said in Olympics Thread:
Is that Mark Watson obsessing on and on and on about the Australian result in the canoe slalom in commentary?
He did a bloody good job until then. Was a big difference having a commentator that had done their homework and was able to think on their feet.
The general feed commentary has been rubbish (that includes TJ)It's rare that someone winning a bronze medal can be made to sound like they'd abjectly failed - and for it to be repeated ad nauseum. We changed the channel in the end...
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2800 cases reported in Tokyo today according to the WSJ (Japan Times said 3000 earlier).
It's not clear how many of those are related to the Olympics, but I imagine we are going to have a long lockdown coming - I wonder whether the government will have the balls to make things stricter in Tokyo. during the Olympics...
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@williethewaiter said in Olympics Thread:
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@williethewaiter said in Olympics Thread:
luka jones qualifies in 5th for final in an hour in the kayak slalom
not bad as she made some errors.
all racing for 2nd the Aussie who qualified in 1st looks to be on a different level
It is not unheard of for an Australia craft crack up and sink when under big pressure.
she looks like a stone cold killer.
As predicted by some on this thread, the Aussie girl choked big time in the final. Unfortunately our girl wasn't in a position to be able to profit from it
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@taniwharugby said in Olympics Thread:
@antipodean saw a post on social media from TR Jnrs old Tae Kwon do instructor pretty much pointing and laughing at what they are showing as TKD in the Olympics
Ah hah so it's not usually otherwise know as "Angry Hug Ballet"?
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@donsteppa said in Olympics Thread:
@crucial said in Olympics Thread:
@donsteppa said in Olympics Thread:
Is that Mark Watson obsessing on and on and on about the Australian result in the canoe slalom in commentary?
He did a bloody good job until then. Was a big difference having a commentator that had done their homework and was able to think on their feet.
The general feed commentary has been rubbish (that includes TJ)It's rare that someone winning a bronze medal can be made to sound like they'd abjectly failed - and for it to be repeated ad nauseum. We changed the channel in the end...
Not to defend the commentary, but between her and her parents, they've won 28 world championship titles - to go with 1 silver and 2 bronzes at the Olympics....
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Belgium playing the house down in the basketball and their two very good WNBA players Julie Allemand and Emma Messeman have been killing it. Aussie Opals get a loss first up.
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@machpants said in Olympics Thread:
Ozzie ladies ball kicky team in upset draw Vs yanks
Which team is the upset?
