Olympics Thread
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Or, why not have a huge take-off area, with your jumo/throw measured from wherever you took off/threw from? We don't care where a high jumper takes off from, why do care where a jumper takes off from, or a thrower throws from?
Get back to measuring the jumping/throwing and not how good people are at measuring a run-up?Before all you picks lay into me, this is a half-baked suggestion made after a bottle of wine (fuck you dry August)
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@voodoo said in Olympics Thread:
Or, why not have a huge take-off area, with your jumo/throw measured from wherever you took off/threw from? We don't care where a high jumper takes off from, why do care where a jumper takes off from, or a thrower throws from?
Get back to measuring the jumping/throwing and not how good people are at measuring a run-up?Before all you picks lay into me, this is a half-baked suggestion made after a bottle of wine (fuck you dry August)
The reason they don't do this is it only works at an elite level comp where there are a million cameras to accurately mark take off points. At local athletics/club level with 1 official and no cameras it wouldn't work. And having some artificial barrier between lower and upper levels of the sport in terms of performances, i.e. one has the added benefit of "take off where you like" isn't good for athletes progression.
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@rancid-schnitzel given that was 9 years ago and her body would’ve strengthened and matured considerably, I think there would be significant gains on that youtube clip.
I had a female x-fit trainer who was 32yo that could bust out 20 straight weighted (20kg plate) chin-ups. And they weren’t those butterfly or kipping ones either. She wasn’t a pro athlete, but trained a fair amount.
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@voodoo said in Olympics Thread:
Or, why not have a huge take-off area, with your jumo/throw measured from wherever you took off/threw from? We don't care where a high jumper takes off from, why do care where a jumper takes off from, or a thrower throws from?
Get back to measuring the jumping/throwing and not how good people are at measuring a run-up?Before all you picks lay into me, this is a half-baked suggestion made after a bottle of wine (fuck you dry August)
Your spelling / typing after a bottle of wine is admirable... far better than mine ...
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@act-crusader said in Olympics Thread:
@rancid-schnitzel given that was 9 years ago and her body would’ve strengthened and matured considerably, I think there would be significant gains on that youtube clip.
I had a female x-fit trainer who was 32yo that could bust out 20 straight weighted (20kg plate) chin-ups. And they weren’t those butterfly or kipping ones either. She wasn’t a pro athlete, but trained a fair amount.
Maybe instead of 5 she can now do 8. No way she’s doing 30. Chin-ups are also significantly easier than pull-ups, which is what she was doing in that clip. Seems like Chinese Whispers.
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19.72 from the Canadian and he slowed up and was looking over to his left…
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@act-crusader said in Olympics Thread:
19.72 from the Canadian and he slowed up and was looking over to his left…
WR going to fall in the final methinks
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@tewaio said in Olympics Thread:
@bovidae said in Olympics Thread:
Lot's of foul throws to start in the women's hammer throw, including all 3 Poles. Ratcliffe was in 3rd after the 1st round.
9th now after 3 rounds so just misses the cut for 3 more throws, gutted.
I was flicking between the hammer and shot put so didn't see her last throw. 9th is a good effort but so close to making the last 8.
