Afaik. The Olympics have gone downhill since Kim Gevaert retired.
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Why have the Olympics lost their appeal, or have they?
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From what the commentators have been saying during the tour this years olympics road race is actually one for the climbers over the sprinters, Its meant to be a pretty hard course.
Sagan had/has a massive lead in the green (over 100).
Thanks. That makes sense I guess, Rio isn't known for being the flattest city on the planet.
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Agree with others in the thread, if an Olympic gold medal isn't the highest possible achievement for a sport, it shouldn't be at the Games.
I like the Olympics when they're on. For two weeks you get to become an expert in a sport you've never heard of. Love the classic track and field and swimming events for how they put absolute raw human physical ability on show.
That said, give me the winter games over summer any day.
I like the Olympics when they're on. For two weeks you get to become an expert in a sport you've never heard of. Love the classic track and field and swimming events for how they put absolute raw human physical ability on show.
That said, give me the winter games over summer any day.
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Ah yes, Jon Sieben, how could I forget. Don't think they even mentioned his name until the last seconds of that race, watching that again
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There was about 40 students at our primary school who all went into the library and watch dean lukin win gold in the LA Olympics. Aparantly the eastern blok boycotted the american olympics, lukin stood no chance if their weight lifters competed.
Some racist idiot will probably come in say the Russians were all on steroids. Well Lukin was known drug producer on the Eyre peninsular.
Some racist idiot will probably come in say the Russians were all on steroids. Well Lukin was known drug producer on the Eyre peninsular.
They probably were, and how would it be racist to say so?
Apparently he's only 5 ft 9, that's a midget especially compared to current day swimmers.
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For me the Track and Field is the real Olympics. I was watching this weekend's athletics from the Olympic Stadium in London and it got me in the mood for Rio.
The hush of the crowd as the 100m athletes are about to start.
A full house hand-clapping a triple jumper down the runway.
The drama of the relay races.
Usain Bolt powering round a bend.
Amazingly Kendra Harrison broke the women's 100 metres hurdles final that stood for 28 years but she didn't make the US team.
The hush of the crowd as the 100m athletes are about to start.
A full house hand-clapping a triple jumper down the runway.
The drama of the relay races.
Usain Bolt powering round a bend.
Amazingly Kendra Harrison broke the women's 100 metres hurdles final that stood for 28 years but she didn't make the US team.
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That was awesome. Remember he won but couldn't remember the race or how young he was
The after race interview was gold. Kid couldn't believe what he'd just done and there was a sort of purity to it that you don't see now
To be fair it wasn't until the last seconds that he was in the frame for a medal even let alone win it. Flew home on that final lap
http://www.theage.com.au/entertainm...io-olympic-medal-chances-20160727-gqepjt.html
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Ironically i'll only be watching the basketball and soccer at the Olympics, couldn't give a stuff about the swimming or track and field crap anymore
Why is that ironic?
The basketball should be ok. Missing a bunch of stars overall but Australia has a shot at a medal. Swimming is a bit boring but I'll watch some of it. I don't mind the track cycling. Does the Aussie track team have many to watch out for? Canada has some strong sprinters, particularly De Grasse. They got disqualified from 3rd place in London so I'm hoping the 4x100 can do well.
The basketball should be ok. Missing a bunch of stars overall but Australia has a shot at a medal. Swimming is a bit boring but I'll watch some of it. I don't mind the track cycling. Does the Aussie track team have many to watch out for? Canada has some strong sprinters, particularly De Grasse. They got disqualified from 3rd place in London so I'm hoping the 4x100 can do well.
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i think its ironic cause basketball and soccer/football feature paid athletes, and for these sports the Os arent the pinnacle of their pursuits.
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Can anyone tell me if the Americans have finally found a sprinter, who wins medals at Olympics, that has never failed a drug test?
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Because suggesting that one group of white Slavic people use drugs and suggesting a different white person of Slavic descent doesn't is racist.
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Did lol at America, apparently wanted their team to come out near to last to improve ratings.
Yeah they will be coming out alphabetically as to the host country's native language.
Yeah they will be coming out alphabetically as to the host country's native language.
Apart from Greece and Brazil. Looked it up. Australia are 15th out.
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Do you remember the movie rocky 4 where they portrayed the Russians as drug cheats?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/mar/13/australia.usa
Only someone pretty fukked in the head would make movies criticizing other cultures for drug use when you were in fact a drug trafficker.
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NBC not America.
A chunk of stuff is scheduled to happen in their prime time as they pay comfortably the most for TV rights.
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This annoys me the most. Everyone is up in arms about those Bad Russians yet no-one sees the irony that the American sprint team is full of athletes who have failed tests
I don't lol much but lolza
Don't call me 2 time drug cheat snarff
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