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    @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.

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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.

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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.

    Totalitarian, single minded, centralised "chemical performance " programme

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    1500m heats on now. This used to be our biggest event

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    Falling like ten pins!

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    Slow heat for Tanner. Doesn’t look like he’ll go through

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    Let’s hope the man that gave his name to masturbating does better

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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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    @crucial said in Olympics Thread:

    Let’s hope the man that gave his name to masturbating does better

    He has a bloke called Farken standing right beside him at the start!!! 🙂

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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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    At least Willis has gone to the front

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    Switched to Lisa.

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    @crucial said in Olympics Thread:

    Switched to Lisa.

    She won

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    Willis might squeeze into next round

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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 1 down, 3 races to go...

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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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    Lisa did that OB time with a slow start.

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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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