Olympics 2024
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That was fast work. I edited Germany to NZ after about a minute!
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Police according to your OP :)
- Genesis Croix de Fer
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Men’s pole vault final is strong.
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Ha, have seen a total of about two minutes of the Olympics via Twitter, so speed-reading bits of this thread with no context is quite surreal and funny.
Given the sense of humour of CS posters, I think you lot could run an excellent spoof 2025 Olympics thread, complete with build-up and imagined games, complete with the posts about commentators, events (I don't think the spoof version could add much to the real version in terms of range of 'sports') and analysis of results.
Anyway, as you were... carry on.
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I bet you speed read the rowing stuff. Expeditiously.
#tldr.
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Hassan takes a bronze in the 5000m ‘sprint’ section of her treble bid. Just a 10000m and marathon to complete over the next 5.5 days. Crazy!
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Keely a couple of seconds quicker than the contenders on current form 🥇🤞
Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי0 -
So good to see a British hot favourite achieve expectations. Not sure I agree with Steve Cram that it was a bit tougher than expected, she just had it totally under control and did what was needed. Never left 3rd gear for me.
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Does speed reading require a constant pace?
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No it's tactical.
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Duplantis is ridiculous, he must have had 20cm to spare on the new OR jump.
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I did, all out from the gun, pacing myself carefully so I could trounce the opposition in the closing few metres.
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She made it tougher than it might have been by not pushing too hard on the first lap. I would have loved to see her use those extra gears.
"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Oh, 13 seconds of my Olympics viewing was the pole vaulter and his pole that caused the other pole to fall. Bet he felt a bit of a dick.
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Duplantis puts the icing on tonight’s Olympic cake.
Unbelievable.
"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Duplantis takes a casual WR just because. They don’t usually do that outside of commercial events where there’s money at stake. Bubka used to increase it in the smallest possible increments.
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I think you are taking too reductive an approach to watching sport.
Some chunky women rode in a circle today, at approximately the same speed as some others. None of them went anywhere.
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How do you know his contract doesn't have a bonus for the Olympics? That clip.of him wearing those shoes will be played millions of times over the next few years.
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Yeah I guess times have changed. Most events will have a substantial payout for a WR but he looks like he can increase it at will anyway.
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The bar made a clackerknacker noise.
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So far has set a world record at 6.17, 6.18, 6.19, 6.20, 6.21, 6.22, 6.23, 6.24 and 6.25.
Bubka took the record from 5.91 to 6.14 in 14 steps although the last 10 steps were 1cm at a time.
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She ran her fastest final 200m apparently. Looked "easy" by elite standards, opening up a 3-4 metre gap down the home straight.
I think Cram's comment about "tougher than expected" was about the impact of nerves, running rounds etc. so that Keely "only" ran 1:56 vs 1:54 in the Diamond League, but these factors affect everyone.
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Felt a bit sorry for him tbh. As the crowd stayed chanting his name after he'd won, he had no choice but to go for the WR, even if he'd sooner have headed straight out "on the lash"!
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Again, I can heartily recommend the Eurosport/Discovery feeds that don't cut back to the sofas. Their coverage of the pole vault was particularly good, especially when nothing else was happening in the stadium.
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One thing the TV producers seem obsessed with is the replay where they stop the action then use their fancy technology to move the view point by 90 degrees and then let it continue. Have seen it in the gymnastics, BMX, even for the finish of the 100m. They've obviously invested a lot in it, and it always adds nothing and looks a bit shonky.
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Glad to see that Kipyegon got her silver medal reinstated - was DQ'd for not letting Tsegay push her off the track.
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She did nothing wrong, bit silly to DQ her in the first place and get the 4th place up to bronze excited only to disappoint her later.
Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי1 -
Feel a bit sorry for Dina Asher-Smith, a class athlete but hasn’t been the same since her injuries last season. Had had an injury free run this year but seems to lack the speed endurance of old. Looked perplexed after qualifying for the final, knowing she is well below medal form.
Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי1
