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Re: Olympics
« Reply #45 on: July 31, 2021, 11:21:29 PM »
Quote from: Hamilton Samuels on July 30, 2021, 10:38:06 PM
Quote from: Yankguy1 on July 30, 2021, 10:01:28 PM
Katie Ledecky: remarkable.

Amazing athlete.

Yep

But not nearly the story for US womens swim team
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Re: Olympics
« Reply #46 on: July 31, 2021, 11:37:14 PM »
I don't think any sport burns out its athletes more than swimming does. Given that, winning gold in three different Olympics like Ledecky is incredible. Phelps winning golds in 4 (and participating in 5) is incomprehensible.
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Re: Olympics
« Reply #47 on: August 01, 2021, 02:09:44 AM »
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Re: Olympics
« Reply #48 on: August 02, 2021, 08:50:07 AM »
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Re: Olympics
« Reply #49 on: August 02, 2021, 09:51:15 AM »
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Re: Olympics
« Reply #50 on: August 02, 2021, 02:09:51 PM »
Simone Biles likely quit because she saw she was going to lose to her teammate.
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Re: Olympics
« Reply #51 on: August 02, 2021, 03:26:05 PM »
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Simone Biles likely quit because she saw she was going to lose to her teammate.
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Re: Olympics
« Reply #52 on: August 02, 2021, 04:33:28 PM »
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Re: Olympics
« Reply #53 on: August 02, 2021, 05:12:37 PM »
Biles to compete in the beam finals, 430 am tomorrow

I am sure Ham will be up for it.  Yes, Lee is competing.
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« Reply #54 on: August 03, 2021, 12:06:11 PM »
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Re: Olympics
« Reply #55 on: August 03, 2021, 12:57:22 PM »
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Biles to compete in the beam finals, 430 am tomorrow

I am sure Ham will be up for it.  Yes, Lee is competing.

Got the Bronze. Lee finished 5th.

Well done, Simone Biles.
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« Reply #56 on: August 03, 2021, 01:18:28 PM »
One advantage of being three hours behind EDT is that the late night olympic events you sleep through are on prime time here. Sprint canoe is excellent stuff. And dangerous. The women pairs (unlike the men, who kneel) are pretty much strapped in. One boat capsized right at the finish line and it took so long for them to surface I started to worry.

Also that 400 hurdles was an amazing race.
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« Reply #57 on: August 03, 2021, 01:22:10 PM »
Also, who was it that decided the steeplechase should be raced on a track? "I know! Let's have people run 8 laps with random jumps and a pond!"

I have roughly the same question about the butterfly. Seems a pretty inefficient way of swimming to have arise  organically.
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Re: Olympics
« Reply #58 on: August 03, 2021, 01:59:50 PM »
Now THIS was absolutely insane

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/karsten-warholm-400m-hurdles-tokyo-olumpics_n_6108fdc4e4b038cedb3761d0

American shatters world record, settles for silver

Nice job by NBC building up the prerace story line.  That is one flying Norwegian.
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« Reply #59 on: August 03, 2021, 02:02:37 PM »
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Now THIS was absolutely insane

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/karsten-warholm-400m-hurdles-tokyo-olumpics_n_6108fdc4e4b038cedb3761d0

American shatters world record, settles for silver

Nice job by NBC building up the prerace story line.  That is one flying Norwegian.
It is what can happen when two elite greats push each other.
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