Olympics Thread
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@canefan said in Olympics Thread:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:
@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.
It did fuck the country doing it. All those resources put to work, but no bread for the people
Actually East Germany had enough food and was the “best” communist country by some way. East Germans I know always said they had plenty of cash but nothing to buy. But obviously in comparison to the West it was a complete joke. Just look at cars. The West had Mercedes, BMW, Audi, VW etc. The East had…the Trabant… And of course there was the small matter of being spied on all the time and machine gunned if they tried to leave.
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@canefan mate no time to walk away and make a cuppa!
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i am now a Ukranian long jump supporter
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@taniwharugby said in Olympics Thread:
@canefan mate no time to walk away and make a cuppa!
Did I miss Carrington in the doubles quali?
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@nta said in Olympics Thread:
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@mariner4life said in Olympics Thread:
lol, don't judge books by covers
the very african looking aussie steps up to the mic after her 400m. And you expect her to sound one way...
and she is aussie as fuck! classic
There was a huge influx of Sudanese migrants about 15-20 years ago. Seeing the influence of that on national teams now. Just look at the Olyroos captain.
Peter Bol in the 800m tomorrow as well.
A lot of them live near me in Blacktown - given the height of some of them, I'm tempted to ask if they'd like to play rugby, but know that basketball is very attractive to a lot of their guys.
They’re very tall but also very thin. Would need to be fattened up a bit for rugby but the potential is there. Reckon we’ll see one in the second row for the Wallabies one day.
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@taniwharugby said in Olympics Thread:
@canefan yes
Bloody hell. Must have blinked and missed it. Far to good I see so that is excellent
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2.37pm: Lisa Carrington (women's K1 200m final)
3.46pm: Lisa Carrington & Caitlin Regal (women's K2 500m final)
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@taniwharugby said in Olympics Thread:
2.37pm: Lisa Carrington (women's K1 200m final)
3.46pm: Lisa Carrington & Caitlin Regal (women's K2 500m final)
Got it on record 👍. Back to the women's beach volleyball 👁👁
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it's reeeaaaal fucking hard to get work done when the running just keeps coming
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@mariner4life said in Olympics Thread:
it's reeeaaaal fucking hard to get work done when the running just keeps coming
I've started liking long jump again.
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@canefan said in Olympics Thread:
@taniwharugby said in Olympics Thread:
2.37pm: Lisa Carrington (women's K1 200m final)
3.46pm: Lisa Carrington & Caitlin Regal (women's K2 500m final)
Got it on record 👍. Back to the women's beach volleyball 👁👁
One of those Brazilians would have trouble spiking. Looks like she was beached.
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@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:
@canefan said in Olympics Thread:
@taniwharugby said in Olympics Thread:
2.37pm: Lisa Carrington (women's K1 200m final)
3.46pm: Lisa Carrington & Caitlin Regal (women's K2 500m final)
Got it on record 👍. Back to the women's beach volleyball 👁👁
One of those Brazilians would have trouble spiking. Looks like she was beached.
The Swiss girls win the game
But as a result we're all winners really
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they barely have an ass between them
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also, lol at male sprinters.
first guys i have seen who have just blatantly ignored the instructions of where to go after the race. just do what they want and ignore the poor japanese officials trying to speak to them through a mask
