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  • voodooV Offline
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    #2983

    Did I tell youse about my hurdling career?

    I entered the 300m (yes 300m) hurdles at school as a 14yr old. I had a clash with the triple jump (which I was fucking useless at) so missed my age group heat .

    They sorted it so I could do a timed run with the senior kids. Great!

    300m to run. 7 or 8 hurdles to clear.

    I came last by about 230m. Probably the most embarrassing sporting thing I've been involved in.

    Not sure what my time was, but I also didn't get a call up for my age group final.

    Good times

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    #2984

    Starc doing a passable impression of me trying to clear 2.39m

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  • ACT CrusaderA Offline
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    #2985

    Hyde was in the lead and looking strong and then clips the hurdle and falls. Brutal.

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    #2986

    @rapido said in Olympics Thread:

    @stargazer said in Olympics Thread:

    The Aussie jumps a season best (or pb?)!

    They said his PB is 2.36. 1 cm higher than this

    looks up at lounge room ceiling

    Fark...

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    #2987

    @voodoo said in Olympics Thread:

    Brandon Starcs Roomate.

    So good.

    That guy missed a bronze in the discus by 5cm

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  • antipodeanA Offline
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    replied to gt12 on last edited by
    #2988

    @gt12 said in Olympics Thread:

    Spanish triple jumper is my kind of angry.

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  • NTAN Offline
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    wrote on last edited by NTA
    #2989

    Starc bows out. 1cm short of his PB. Finishes equal 5th?

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    #2990

    Rojas smashes the WR

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  • TeWaioT Offline
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    replied to gt12 on last edited by
    #2991

    @gt12 said in Olympics Thread:

    Rojas smashes the WR

    Old WR was Ukrainian from 1995 so potentially dodgy anyway

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    #2992

    @gt12 said in Olympics Thread:

    Rojas smashes the WR

    15.67m Astonishing

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  • StargazerS Offline
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    #2993

    All jumpers now for the last attempt at 2.39m.

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    replied to Stargazer on last edited by
    #2994

    @stargazer said in Olympics Thread:

    All jumpers now for the last attempt at 2.39m.

    Medals are decided. Now just the order.

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  • gt12G Offline
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    #2995

    @antipodean said in Olympics Thread:

    @gt12 said in Olympics Thread:

    Rojas smashes the WR

    15.67m Astonishing

    I hope that is the word we’ll continue to use to describe it, she looks like she is in a different competition to the others.

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  • StargazerS Offline
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    #2996

    Come on Tamberi! Do it!

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  • StargazerS Offline
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    wrote on last edited by
    #2997

    Nope, Tamberi and Barshim share the gold medal.

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  • NTAN Offline
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    wrote on last edited by
    #2998

    They share the gold. Awesome scenes.

    Belorussia bronze.

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    #2999

    What is this shit? Why dont we go to 2.38 and see if they can make that?

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  • antipodeanA Offline
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    #3000

    Pleased I watch tonight's events. Great pity they couldn't do this in a full stadium.

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  • ACT CrusaderA Offline
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    #3001

    They could’ve had a jump off but they chose to share the gold. Brilliant.

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  • NTAN Offline
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    replied to gt12 on last edited by
    #3002

    @gt12 said in Olympics Thread:

    What is this shit? Why dont we go to 2.38 and see if they can make that?

    Miserable bastard 😉

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