She was second place from getting a medal though!!! Bas is right that is inspirational.
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Why have the Olympics lost their appeal, or have they?
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A little context; being the fifth best in the entire frickin' world is actually quite a noteworthy achievement.
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Exactly its the Olympics ffs not little aths on a Saturday morning
Who came 5th in the 2012 100m butterfly without googling it? Does that prove a point?
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I wouldnt know who came 1st either
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Who came second? Or third? Still noteworthy achievements. Making the Olympics is a great effort. Making a final is phenomenal. But of course, all but the winner will be disappointed in the moment.
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Nah, plenty of athletes are excited if they just make the podium. I think the Aussie divers yesterday were genuinely surprised.
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I think the disappointment can also come from external sources. We are currently seeing a disappointment through Forced Marketing. That is the required purchase of extra platforms to see Premium Content. I wasn't awake for it but the reaction of the Rio Basketball Thread and General Rio thread was the continued vision of another sport when a Premium Sport in Australia v Serbia was on. The only solution was/is to purchase an app at up to $50 to watch what you want.
I can see the day when Swimming and Athletics will only be viewable on a Purchased App separate to the TV station
I can see the day when Swimming and Athletics will only be viewable on a Purchased App separate to the TV station
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yes this shit about watching the games through an app is not exciting me one bit.
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Butterbean wasn't an Olympian. He did however get to WrestleMania
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x396wpz
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I still have not see the gold medal relay race.
I should youtube I guess..
And perhaps put on channel 7 once in a while.
I should youtube I guess..
And perhaps put on channel 7 once in a while.
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I've only seen a few of the highlights, but would really like to see it in full also.
It was good. US put their fast swimmers in early. The Campbell sisters powered away. Was happy with the Canadian bronze too.
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Fast swimmers at the start???
That how you meant to do a relay??
That how you meant to do a relay??
No. They wanted to try get an early lead for a psychological edge. Was never going to work.
It's not winning, it's taking part. That's what the founder believed anyway.
I went down to our lunch room to watch it. They did well. They have a crazy record. 34-3 or something over the past couple of years. The men are on tomorrow. Hopefully that win inspires them.
The are the only centralised fully professional side there and started this 4 years ago. So from a fitness/strength perspective they shouldnt loose too often to ammos. The men are the opposite players not good enough or sometimes lighter/smaller players that wont make super rugby. Thats why amongst other reason fiji is so good.
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And being naked. What happened to the nekkedness?
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