Olympics Thread
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@paekakboyz said in Olympics Thread:
and Liti got 5th which is bloody good. A very strong field!
ahem.
He said in a news article that getting top 5, with the amount of doping that goes on, was his goal. He reckons if there was no doping he’d be top.
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@machpants shots fired! poor leadership, corruption, and shitty systems by the Int weightlifting association has already cost them spots at this Olympics with fewer weight classes. I think it's under genuine threat of being cut in the future if they can't sort their shit out.
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@nostrildamus Gaby on the tee 11.03am NZ time
Lydia Ko and co off just after 1.30pm
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German dude wins 10km swim. He also won bronze in the pool (1500m). I think that’s the first time someone has done that at the same games.
Good effort by the Australian Bol in the 800m. Poor Aus steeplechase woman was running final on her birthday and blew out her Achilles. Fond memories of that one.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:
German dude wins 10km swim.
I would only finish that race if there was a current in the right direction.
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@paekakboyz said in Olympics Thread:
@machpants shots fired! poor leadership, corruption, and shitty systems by the Int weightlifting association has already cost them spots at this Olympics with fewer weight classes. I think it's under genuine threat of being cut in the future if they can't sort their shit out.
This article highlights the issues pretty well: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/aug/04/lasha-talakhadze-dominates-but-could-this-be-weighliftings-last-heave
It would be such a shame to see it removed, it's genuinely one of my favourite sports to watch. It's such a pure test of strength, no bells or whistles or tricks or gimmicks. Just who can lift heaviest.
Lasha Talakadze is such a beast, and it was amazing to watch him do his thing last night. Is he doping? Probably. But it's still great to watch and I'd be so sad to see it go.
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Awesome final 250 for our K2 1000m men to come from about 4th to nab 2nd and a spot in the final!
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@barbarian said in Olympics Thread:
@paekakboyz said in Olympics Thread:
@machpants shots fired! poor leadership, corruption, and shitty systems by the Int weightlifting association has already cost them spots at this Olympics with fewer weight classes. I think it's under genuine threat of being cut in the future if they can't sort their shit out.
This article highlights the issues pretty well: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/aug/04/lasha-talakhadze-dominates-but-could-this-be-weighliftings-last-heave
It would be such a shame to see it removed, it's genuinely one of my favourite sports to watch. It's such a pure test of strength, no bells or whistles or tricks or gimmicks. Just who can lift heaviest.
Lasha Talakadze is such a beast, and it was amazing to watch him do his thing last night. Is he doping? Probably. But it's still great to watch and I'd be so sad to see it go.
Yeah, two of the the podium have previous. It's just not good enough
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@machpants I was thinking that a couple of bans and Liti gets bronze. The winner has been caught before.
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@tim skills and rugby experience aside think about the team you could assemble across all the athletes at the Olympics!!
Weightlifting + field events (throwing etc) pretty much secures your front row and maybe a #8 or blindside
Rowers and maybe basketball would be first stop for second row and maybe backrow options
Then why pick actual sevens players for your backs when you can select a bunch of guys who can run sub 10sec!
Throw in a 1st 5 with a decent boot on him (football?) then it's all on.I think the actual struggle would be finding a scrum that could hold up against the pack you could select!
