Olympics Thread
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@crucial Tanner will be disappointed with that. Trapped near the back for most of the race and never got a run until it was too late.
Unless you've got an absolute cannonball finish, you can't afford to hit the final straight 10 metres back.
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@chris-b said in Olympics Thread:
@crucial Tanner will be disappointed with that. Trapped near the back for most of the race and never got a run until it was too late.
Unless you've got an absolute cannonball finish, you can't afford to hit the final straight 10 metres back.
I never get that. You work for years for this shot then sit back. Have a fucking crack if no one else is going to.
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@nzzp said in Olympics Thread:
@cyclops said in Olympics Thread:
Although they do the same at every other sport too so I guess you can't really call it 'moneyball'. Not sure what the rest of the schedule is like but they're holding onto their lead at the top of the leaderboard pretty handily at the moment.
Say what you like about communism, but by god it turns into medals.
Just ask the Germans. East Germany won 35 gold in 1988. Germany currently has 6 I think. They’ve gone from about 12 gold in the pool to 1 bronze.
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@crucial said in Olympics Thread:
@crucial said in Olympics Thread:
Switched to Lisa.
She won
Just an Olympic record, even with easing off at the end
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@crucial said in Olympics Thread:
Willis might squeeze into next round
didn't show much in the straight. He's either confident of time, or he doesn't have it
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@crucial said in Olympics Thread:
@chris-b said in Olympics Thread:
@crucial Tanner will be disappointed with that. Trapped near the back for most of the race and never got a run until it was too late.
Unless you've got an absolute cannonball finish, you can't afford to hit the final straight 10 metres back.
I never get that. You work for years for this shot then sit back. Have a fucking crack if no one else is going to.
Yeah - it's madness. I bet Tanner's PB will be 5+ seconds faster than he ran in that race.
Nick ran a much smarter race and it looked like a fast heat.
Edit: Tanner's PB is nearly 9 seconds quicker - so he could have been 75 metres further up the track.
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@mariner4life said in Olympics Thread:
@crucial said in Olympics Thread:
Willis might squeeze into next round
didn't show much in the straight. He's either confident of time, or he doesn't have it
Considering he just needed to step it out to ensure he was top six.
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@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:
@mariner4life said in Olympics Thread:
@crucial said in Olympics Thread:
Willis might squeeze into next round
didn't show much in the straight. He's either confident of time, or he doesn't have it
Considering he just needed to step it out to ensure he was top six.
Was a season best time, so that may well be it
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@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:
@mariner4life said in Olympics Thread:
@crucial said in Olympics Thread:
Willis might squeeze into next round
didn't show much in the straight. He's either confident of time, or he doesn't have it
Considering he just needed to step it out to ensure he was top six.
took a big risk, but it was a quick heat, so i reckon he was comfortable.
the women's javelin is on and my shoulder popped out just watching it.
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@mariner4life said in Olympics Thread:
@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:
@mariner4life said in Olympics Thread:
@crucial said in Olympics Thread:
Willis might squeeze into next round
didn't show much in the straight. He's either confident of time, or he doesn't have it
Considering he just needed to step it out to ensure he was top six.
took a big risk, but it was a quick heat, so i reckon he was comfortable.
Didn’t look that comfortable from the end on going by facial expressions.
Mind you the Polish dude gets promoted after falling over. How does that work? Tough shit
