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Post by cubby on Aug 9, 2024 11:11:42 GMT
My arms are aching just watching this climbing. Is it *that* exciting?! |
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Post by damagedinc on Aug 9, 2024 11:14:52 GMT
Yeah I have been feeling sceptical about both China and USA performances, particularly USA track and China in the pool, more so than usual. Something feels very off to me with USA athletics results. Feels to me like they've found some advantage others don't have but that advantage could be completely legal. It's not normal for them to be this far ahead of the rest across the track events. Though I'm not sure it applies to the throws, hence me speculating about the shoes. Equally it could be a sports science breakthrough that they aren't sharing. Though you'd think that'd be hard given how many overseas athletes train in the US. Don't alot of the coaches/agents manage multiple nationalities |
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Post by loto on Aug 9, 2024 11:26:22 GMT
Fantastic to watch the climbing. Wish there was more coverage of these sports over football rugby et al
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Post by Duffking on Aug 9, 2024 11:27:49 GMT
Gold!
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Post by muddyfunster on Aug 9, 2024 11:30:52 GMT
Brilliant. Really didn't see that coming and had assumed the Japanese guy would win easily.
Whole competition was an absolute pleasure to watch.
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Post by gamecat on Aug 9, 2024 11:31:37 GMT
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Post by muddyfunster on Aug 9, 2024 11:32:37 GMT
Feels to me like they've found some advantage others don't have but that advantage could be completely legal. It's not normal for them to be this far ahead of the rest across the track events. Though I'm not sure it applies to the throws, hence me speculating about the shoes. Equally it could be a sports science breakthrough that they aren't sharing. Though you'd think that'd be hard given how many overseas athletes train in the US. Don't alot of the coaches/agents manage multiple nationalities Yeah they do hence it doesn't seem likely they'd be able to keep new training methods/diets/supplements a secret. Plenty of overseas athletes join US university based training groups including our own 100m sprinter who broke through this year. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2024 11:54:43 GMT
For the avoidance of doubt lol, I was actually referring to her performance, but yes she is far from unpleasant to behold. |
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Post by Whizzo on Aug 9, 2024 14:07:57 GMT
I'm not sure how China somehow alters physics for their diving team but they're ridiculous. 6 golds FFS, no-one beat them, GB second in diving with 4 total medals.
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Post by muddyfunster on Aug 9, 2024 15:01:16 GMT
It's super impressive because I can't fathom how you could cheat at diving. I think they get slightly more generous scoring from their reputation but their winning margins are far greater than any dodgy mark inflation would permit. Just seems entirely deserved.
Weight lifting has to be the least interesting spectator sport at the Olympics, why are we being shown that and not Breaking, BBC? Literally just picking stuff up (or failing to pick stuff up).
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Post by hicksy on Aug 9, 2024 15:07:47 GMT
Well for all those sports you watch at the Olympics and go “I should really give that a go” breakdancing… is definitely not one of them! 😝
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Post by mothercruncher on Aug 9, 2024 15:36:20 GMT
The rumour is Lugworm blood is the new EPO, in that it gives a huge oxygen uptake boost. For endurance sports the benefits are obvious but even other sports that are more power based can train harder leading up events so still beneficial.
It’s incredibly expensive but there’s no test for it so the wealthiest nations could absolutely be on it.
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Post by cubby on Aug 9, 2024 16:39:00 GMT
If there's no way to test for it they absolutely are using it then. Most doping happens out of season to increase training and reduce recovery.
I'm still convinced that's how Bolt achieved his huge improvements within a year, by training harder with drugs and then stopping when near any events. At the time all the other Jamaican runners got caught doping to the point of it being described as rampant in the camp, and yet the guy breaking records by ridiculous margins (that will never be beaten) was clean?
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Post by muddyfunster on Aug 9, 2024 16:44:35 GMT
That's why you have out of comp randomised and compulsory drug testing. I'd be fairly confident Bolt was clean in so far as he'd be tested for all known drugs on the regular. His samples will be kept for retesting as new tests are developed so he may yet be caught if he was using something new. Doping is an area I've been fascinated by since reading Charlie Francis's book 'Speed Trap' as a teenager for a school project. Properly opened my eyes. amzn.eu/d/4PcJKvjTLDR through the 80s and 90s all successful sprinters were doping. |
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Post by SpiralScratch on Aug 9, 2024 17:24:11 GMT
Well for all those sports you watch at the Olympics and go “I should really give that a go” breakdancing… is definitely not one of them! 😝 Not managed to catch any yet but the Women's (B-Girl, sorry) Breaking final is at 1850 on Discovery. |
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Post by X201 on Aug 9, 2024 17:27:45 GMT
Chucking it down in Paris
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Post by X201 on Aug 9, 2024 17:34:33 GMT
U.K. buggered up two baton changes
Will be amazed if both of those were legal
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Post by cubby on Aug 9, 2024 17:34:36 GMT
US win again.
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Post by Resident Knievel on Aug 9, 2024 17:35:57 GMT
4x100m is a hard event to watch, if we had good exchanges we would have won it easy :c
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Post by Whizzo on Aug 9, 2024 17:36:14 GMT
Those changes were not great, fingers crossed they were okay but just what it could have been...
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Post by X201 on Aug 9, 2024 17:45:49 GMT
If you say each one cost just a quarter of a second, U.K. win it easily
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Post by Trowel 🏴 on Aug 9, 2024 17:51:50 GMT
Well for all those sports you watch at the Olympics and go “I should really give that a go” breakdancing… is definitely not one of them! 😝 Not managed to catch any yet but the Women's (B-Girl, sorry) Breaking final is at 1850 on Discovery. This was Australia's best breakdancer - she apparently has a PhD in breakdancing. |
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Post by Whizzo on Aug 9, 2024 17:51:59 GMT
Blimey USA, what a fuck up!
Bronze is a good result for Britain.
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Post by sport✅ on Aug 9, 2024 17:54:15 GMT
Silver for my brothers!!
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Post by Trowel 🏴 on Aug 9, 2024 17:54:55 GMT
USA's final change was awful too, jogging off slowly till he felt the baton, the sort of thing you used to see at school.
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Post by Trowel 🏴 on Aug 9, 2024 17:55:53 GMT
Penalty for France to make it 3-3 in the 93rd minute!
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Post by cubby on Aug 9, 2024 17:58:00 GMT
Ooof, it's crazy how bad the US are at the relay.
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Post by loto on Aug 9, 2024 17:58:48 GMT
I don’t know how Carling wasn’t DQ’d there. Already on a yellow and rode right in front of the Dutch rider, if that was on the street, he’d be wearing his nose.
Sorry, but that’s shit
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Post by rajin on Aug 9, 2024 18:04:36 GMT
And now he has bronze.... really really undeserved. Completely interrupted Hooglands flow.
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Post by peekconfusion on Aug 9, 2024 18:15:35 GMT
Jeez, that last changeover in the women's 4x100 was a disaster for Team GB.
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