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Post by cobhamstokey on Jul 28, 2024 19:59:26 GMT
Silver. Great attempt at least the Italian won rather than the yank and Chinaman. Width of a fag paper that one!. Heartbreaking but he did great. Is he in any other events?
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Post by mrrine on Jul 28, 2024 20:00:38 GMT
Peaty is a total fucking legend.
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Post by andystokey on Jul 28, 2024 20:00:52 GMT
Width of a fag paper that one!. Heartbreaking but he did great. Is he in any other events? Relays
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Post by Mr_DaftBurger on Jul 28, 2024 20:01:25 GMT
He's a lot nicer bloke! 😊
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Post by cobhamstokey on Jul 28, 2024 20:01:43 GMT
Brilliant interview. Absolute credit.
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Jul 28, 2024 20:02:37 GMT
Brilliant interview. Absolute credit. Just about to post the same 👍
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Post by chuffedstokie on Jul 28, 2024 20:13:00 GMT
His efforts have got to be a real fillip for the rest of the team.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Jul 28, 2024 20:44:08 GMT
Great effort from Peaty, something told me he wasn’t going to win but he was so close. Well done Adam
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Post by chuffedstokie on Jul 28, 2024 21:06:31 GMT
2-2 GB hockey against South Africa in the men 2nd game. Playing top seeds Netherlands next, a draw would be a miracle.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Jul 29, 2024 7:14:20 GMT
2-2 GB hockey against South Africa in the men 2nd game. Playing top seeds Netherlands next, a draw would be a miracle. Were we expected to beat South Africa?
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Post by Clem Fandango on Jul 29, 2024 7:37:25 GMT
Fingers crossed for Pidcock in the MTB today. Reining champion and the course looks to play to his strengths with the amount of climbing involved.
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Post by duckling on Jul 29, 2024 7:49:13 GMT
Freestyle isn't a stroke its a category, most people swim front crawl because it's the fastest stroke. That’s why I’m asking what the point of it is. Nobody is going to do anything else. So why does it exist is the question I’m asking I suppose Of all the strokes, freestyle is the one that makes the most sense to exist. It's a test of how fast humans can swim. The other three make less sense because there is a faster way to swim. Requiring them to do backstroke, breaststroke, or freestyle means imposing a handicap.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Jul 29, 2024 7:56:32 GMT
That’s why I’m asking what the point of it is. Nobody is going to do anything else. So why does it exist is the question I’m asking I suppose Of all the strokes, freestyle is the one that makes the most sense to exist. It's a test of how fast humans can swim. The other three make less sense because there is a faster way to swim. Requiring them to do backstroke, breaststroke, or freestyle means imposing a handicap. I get all that, I’m asking why both freestyle and front crawl exist and why it is t one or the other
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Post by duckling on Jul 29, 2024 7:57:13 GMT
was watching it before i popped out did they win? Yep. 🇰🇷 The South Korean women in archery are one of the most dominant teams in any sport in history. They have won every single team Olympic gold medal since the event started in 1988. Ten in a row. They have also won the individual gold in all but one Olympics since 1984.
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Post by chuffedstokie on Jul 29, 2024 7:58:32 GMT
2-2 GB hockey against South Africa in the men 2nd game. Playing top seeds Netherlands next, a draw would be a miracle. Were we expected to beat South Africa? Usually yes, one way traffic second half but couldn't put their chances away. Equaliser with 90 seconds left. Lesson number 1 in the game is don't give away penalty corners, anything can happen.
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Post by salopstick on Jul 29, 2024 8:22:51 GMT
A veteran sports commentator has been sacked from his Olympics role after making a sexist remark about Australian female swimmers following their gold medal win. As the 4x100m freestyle relay team were making their way off the pool deck in Paris, Bob Ballard said they were "finishing up", adding "you know what women are like... hanging around, doing their make up". The clip quickly went viral and broadcaster Eurosport later said he had been removed from the commentary line-up. there is far worse discrimination and inequality to get mad at
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Jul 29, 2024 9:43:47 GMT
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Post by chuffedstokie on Jul 29, 2024 10:03:19 GMT
Silver for Daley and his mate, Chinese absolutely nailed it though.
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Post by thebasfordhedgehog on Jul 29, 2024 10:08:16 GMT
Tonia Couch on the couch. Looks very nice indeed. Couch on the couch again 😍
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Post by riverman on Jul 29, 2024 10:44:17 GMT
A veteran sports commentator has been sacked from his Olympics role after making a sexist remark about Australian female swimmers following their gold medal win. As the 4x100m freestyle relay team were making their way off the pool deck in Paris, Bob Ballard said they were "finishing up", adding "you know what women are like... hanging around, doing their make up". The clip quickly went viral and broadcaster Eurosport later said he had been removed from the commentary line-up. there is far worse discrimination and inequality to get mad at There's no place in this world for humour and a bit of light hearted ribbing any more I'm afraid.
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Post by Gods on Jul 29, 2024 10:48:10 GMT
That’s why I’m asking what the point of it is. Nobody is going to do anything else. So why does it exist is the question I’m asking I suppose Of all the strokes, freestyle is the one that makes the most sense to exist. It's a test of how fast humans can swim. The other three make less sense because there is a faster way to swim. Requiring them to do backstroke, breaststroke, or freestyle means imposing a handicap. I know, it's weird isn't it? The other strokes are like 'the 100 meter sprint with your left arm tied behind your back'! Mind you that's what all the sports try to do, get in to the Olympics and then start inventing new categories so they can print more medals.
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Post by dirtygary69 on Jul 29, 2024 11:08:20 GMT
A veteran sports commentator has been sacked from his Olympics role after making a sexist remark about Australian female swimmers following their gold medal win. As the 4x100m freestyle relay team were making their way off the pool deck in Paris, Bob Ballard said they were "finishing up", adding "you know what women are like... hanging around, doing their make up". The clip quickly went viral and broadcaster Eurosport later said he had been removed from the commentary line-up. there is far worse discrimination and inequality to get mad at That is pathetic. I haven't heard it, but I imagine it's the most tongue in cheek, non-event remark ever, probably just trying to fill a bit of air time.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Jul 29, 2024 11:15:02 GMT
A veteran sports commentator has been sacked from his Olympics role after making a sexist remark about Australian female swimmers following their gold medal win. As the 4x100m freestyle relay team were making their way off the pool deck in Paris, Bob Ballard said they were "finishing up", adding "you know what women are like... hanging around, doing their make up". The clip quickly went viral and broadcaster Eurosport later said he had been removed from the commentary line-up. there is far worse discrimination and inequality to get mad at That is pathetic. I haven't heard it, but I imagine it's the most tongue in cheek, non-event remark ever, probably just trying to fill a bit of air time. Branded “outrageous” by pundit on Aussie tv, ex British female swimmer Lizzy Simmons. What a Karen!
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Post by noustie on Jul 29, 2024 11:29:44 GMT
That’s why I’m asking what the point of it is. Nobody is going to do anything else. So why does it exist is the question I’m asking I suppose Of all the strokes, freestyle is the one that makes the most sense to exist. It's a test of how fast humans can swim. The other three make less sense because there is a faster way to swim. Requiring them to do backstroke, breaststroke, or freestyle means imposing a handicap. Just out of interest had a look at the Olympic records for 100m: Freestyle - 46.92 Butterfly - 49.45 Backstroke - 51.85 Breast stroke - 57.13 I hadn't realised quite how much of a difference it makes - I knew breaststroke was slow but over 10 seconds slower is wild! Back in the day I was orate at swimming and tried to do butterfly because the school record was pretty shit given nobody could really do it - it was absolutely horrendous though and gave up trying within a month. No idea how you could be arsed getting good at it because it's bloody hard work!
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Post by noustie on Jul 29, 2024 11:34:19 GMT
That is pathetic. I haven't heard it, but I imagine it's the most tongue in cheek, non-event remark ever, probably just trying to fill a bit of air time. Branded “outrageous” by pundit on Aussie tv, ex British female swimmer Lizzy Simmons. What a Karen! Wonder if they're equally or more outraged by biological blokes being in the women's boxing or if they don't consider that an outrage at all. World has gone fucking bonkers.
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Post by rotweiss79 on Jul 29, 2024 11:41:10 GMT
Well done Peaty. With that silver medal,Staffordshire have a better medal tally than Spain(1 bronze )
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Post by Paul Spencer on Jul 29, 2024 11:50:12 GMT
all i'm interested in is, the 100m breakdancing waterpolo canoe sprint fencing skate boarding squash the other stuff gets. a bit 'samey' after a while Sadly no squash in this Olympics, its the next one. I could definitely handle a bit of this! 😃
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Jul 29, 2024 11:52:14 GMT
Of all the strokes, freestyle is the one that makes the most sense to exist. It's a test of how fast humans can swim. The other three make less sense because there is a faster way to swim. Requiring them to do backstroke, breaststroke, or freestyle means imposing a handicap. Just out of interest had a look at the Olympic records for 100m: Freestyle - 46.92 Butterfly - 49.45 Backstroke - 51.85 Breast stroke - 57.13 I hadn't realised quite how much of a difference it makes - I knew breaststroke was slow but over 10 seconds slower is wild! Back in the day I was orate at swimming and tried to do butterfly because the school record was pretty shit given nobody could really do it - it was absolutely horrendous though and gave up trying within a month. No idea how you could be arsed getting good at it because it's bloody hard work! I finally get it, freestyle is front crawl. Feel a bit daft now🤦🏻♂️
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Post by chuffedstokie on Jul 29, 2024 11:56:21 GMT
Sadly no squash in this Olympics, its the next one. I could definitely handle a bit of this! 😃 I'd take time off work to watch that, if only to watch them lean into corners!. Before you know it they'd me made out of carbon fibre with competitors wearing all the streamlined gear, wonderful stuff.
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Post by noustie on Jul 29, 2024 12:00:03 GMT
Well done Peaty. With that silver medal,Staffordshire have a better medal tally than Spain(1 bronze ) It's interesting seeing how countries that you think are decent at sport are surprisingly crap historically at the Olympics. Uruguay regularly do well in football but barely think they register much at the Olympics - Brazil's total is pretty crap too. Looking at Spain not sure what I'd expected really but 48 golds out of 24 appearances seems quite low: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-time_Olympic_Games_medal_tableThink there was a mad stat from Beijing where an Indian fella won their first individual gold medal in 2008 - up until then they'd only ever won the hockey. There is an element though of how do you ever find out you're really talented at some of the more niche events.
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