Olympics Thread
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People complain about too many swimming events, but what about all these ridiculous cycling events. Hey lets follow an electric bike around for a couple of laps and then race for 10 seconds. What horseshit.
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Rancid Schnitzel" data-cid="605984" data-time="1471404869">
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<p>People complain about too many swimming events, but what about all these ridiculous cycling events. Hey lets follow an electric bike around for a couple of laps and then race for 10 seconds. What horseshit.</p>
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<p>There are 5 medals given out in track cycling for each gender. The nature of the track is that you can only have so many different events and they already had a big cut down before 2012. Brazil built a $62 million velodrome and there is only six days of competition.</p> -
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<p>What is your point? enlighten me</p>
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<p>From the above I deduced it was you find the swimming coverage tedious?</p>
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<p>So I suggest you change the channel to another sport if this is the case</p>
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<p>Confirmed. You missed my point.</p>
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<p>As I was saying, I don't think people hate swimming at the Olympics</p> -
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<p>They didn't win medals in disciplines they aren't traditionally strong in though right. Traditionally strong means national interest, means funding. NZ Rugby is the beacon of this point! National funding per capita is probably the highest on the planet. Look at the medals gained by each of these countries:</p>
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<p>Georgia - Weighlifting, Judo, Wrestling</p>
<p>Kosovo - Judo</p>
<p>Vietnam - shooting (hmmm....)</p>
<p>Uzbekistan - Weighlifting, Boxing, Judo, Wrestling</p>
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<p>It is true that you would think they would at least have a shot at something, though. Although outside cricket and squash, I can't think of a sport where India has a really good track record.</p>
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<p>Culturally India has a strong tradition in bodybuilding. It's surprising that few of their bodybuilders have made the leap from there into serious weightlifting.</p>
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<p>Surely with a population that large you'd expect a few genetic freaks to appear who could be more than competitive on the world stage.</p> -
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<p>Confirmed. You missed my point.</p>
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<p>Well that's obvious considering I asked you this</p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="SammyC" data-cid="605974" data-time="1471402947">
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<p>What is your point? enlighten me</p>
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<p>Why not just tell me what it is instead of being a Willis about it :)</p> -
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Culturally India has a strong tradition in bodybuilding. It's surprising that few of their bodybuilders have made the leap from there into serious weightlifting.<br><br>
Surely with a population that large you'd expect a few genetic freaks to appear who could be more than competitive on the world stage.</p></blockquote>
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Well that's obvious considering I asked you this<br><br><br><br>
Why not just tell me what it is instead of being a Willis about it :)</p></blockquote>
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<p>I am not sure he can spell it out any simpler than he already has. Hell, I even got the point.</p>
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<p>He said people don't hate swimming but find it tedious yet now he is saying that that isn't his point?</p> -
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<p>I am not sure he can spell it out any simpler than he already has. Hell, I even got the point.</p>
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<p>He said people don't hate swimming but find it tedious yet now he is saying that that isn't his point?</p>
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<p>You're obviously as thick as me Hydro, that's how I read it too.</p> -
I thought his point was he thought there were too many similar events leading to people being able to collect medals.
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<p>I thought his point was he thought there were too many similar events leading to people being able to collect medals.</p>
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<p>All he has said is this:</p>
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<p>Dunno if it is hate. I think most enjoy it but the sheer repetition of similar events gets tedious.</p>
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<p>I don't think your conclusion of what he said follows from what he said.</p> -
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<p>There are 5 medals given out in track cycling for each gender. The nature of the track is that you can only have so many different events and they already had a big cut down before 2012. Brazil built a $62 million velodrome and there is only six days of competition.</p>
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<p>That's still a lot of medals for riding a bike vertically around in a cylinder while wearing something from the set of Star Wars. 62 million is ridiculous. They should fark that velodrome shit right off and send them outside. Time trials, road races, farking hill climbs would be much better than this space-aged wanky shit.</p> -
Oh well Mrs Crazy Horse is right. I am not as smart as I think I am. Although 'share repetition of events' is pretty similar to 'too many similar events' don't you think? I deserve a 50% pass at least I reckon.
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<p>There are 5 medals given out in track cycling for each gender. The nature of the track is that you can only have so many different events and they already had a big cut down before 2012. Brazil built a $62 million velodrome and there is only six days of competition.</p>
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<p>What a waste of money and Brazil will be in debt in perpetuity. Just wondering when different events will be farmed out to different countries every 4 years to limit the cost of hosting these money pits.</p> -
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<p>What a waste of money and Brazil will be in debt in perpetuity. Just wondering when different events will be farmed out to different countries every 4 years to limit the cost of hosting these money pits.</p>
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<p>They were in a shitload of trouble financially after FIFA WC. </p>
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<p>Here's Greece, 12 years on: <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='https://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2014/aug/13/abandoned-athens-olympic-2004-venues-10-years-on-in-pictures'>https://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2014/aug/13/abandoned-athens-olympic-2004-venues-10-years-on-in-pictures</a></p>
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<p>Softball anyone?</p>
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<p><img src="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/8/13/1407945050442/4a454e6a-7537-4f44-b45d-9a8d40af7be7-2060x1361.jpeg?w=1010&q=55&auto=format&usm=12&fit=max&s=60c8eaf1231c0c462092f0e7bad13622" alt="4a454e6a-7537-4f44-b45d-9a8d40af7be7-206"></p>
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<p>Admittedly, the hockey field has held up well - might show this to Mrs TA as proof we should astroturf the backyard :think:</p>
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<p><img src="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/8/13/1407944936403/56bca6d4-3df7-4827-a2f2-c589e148b811-2060x1371.jpeg?w=1010&q=55&auto=format&usm=12&fit=max&s=23043b31672e13e8dd819bcfef8fbe56" alt="56bca6d4-3df7-4827-a2f2-c589e148b811-206"></p> -
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<p>slow start, but those front two fucked off sharpish for the last lap. Not sure what your coverage was, but mine cut to the pom being overtaken in 3rd and missed the Kenyan's decisive move.</p>
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<p>I love the 1500</p>
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<p>I listened to it on the radio and the commentary asked the question about the cameras doing that.</p>
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<p>Seems a lot of angst about the limited coverage TVNZ and TV3 are allowed to play in the news segments due to the coverage Sky has.</p> -
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<p>I think I watched almost all the swimming coverage, it's a huge passion of mine</p>
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<p>Phelps is one of the greatest athletes of all time (in my opinion). </p>
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<p>He's been at the top of one of the most physically demanding sports for 16 years.</p>
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<p>Watching his training videos etc made me realise that he can do things in the water that no other swimmer can do..... If they didn't limit the amount of underwater swimming after the turn then he'd be the greatest freestyler of all time (in addition to being the greatest butterflyer and probably medley swimmer already)</p>
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<p>You're welcome to have him as the greatest swimmer of all time. Athletics can have Bolt as the probably the greatest sprinter of all time.</p>
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<p>But to say Phelps is a greater Olympian than Bolt, because he's won more medals? I think that is just wrong.</p>
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<p>Actually, for me, there are two medals that are fundamentally better than all the rest - the athletics 100 metres and the marathon. Fastest and best endurance.</p> -
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<p>looks at photos. Inserts dirty pole joke</p>
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<p>In the "things that make you go hmmmm" department, both the 10,000m races appeared to be a bit dodgy.</p>
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<p>Womens - well a new world record by someone running the distance for the second time - can't get much dodgier than that.</p>
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<p>Mens - the Farah/Rupp combo was really weird. Farah was taking the piss waving to the crowd early on, Rupp was running up and down the field like he was on a training run, trips Farah up, then drops back to pace him for a while. After all of that and a blisteringly fast race, neither of them seemed fatigued. Rupp had no problem sticking with the leaders but didn't have the pace at the end. Farah won as usual with his final kick. No problem with him winning but they both just seemed to know that they could cope with any pace and there were plenty of other top runners left by the wayside when the pace came on.</p>
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<p>Now Salazar the coach and the Oregon Project (sounds sinister just in the name) have had allegations about doping with Mary Decker-Slaney and Rupp but managed to shrug them off. So is something dodgy going on?</p>
