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« Reply #600 on: August 07, 2012, 01:23:41 PM » |
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Alot less comradery between the contestants then I would have imagined.
Hardly any hugs or handshakes at the end.
Must be a cut throat business.
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« Reply #601 on: August 07, 2012, 01:25:36 PM » |
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Haha I knew u would post that as soon as they hugged each other and not the Spainard instantly. Give them a break!
I hate the sportsmen side of things anyway, utter nonsense.
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« Reply #602 on: August 07, 2012, 01:30:34 PM » |
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Haha I knew u would post that as soon as they hugged each other and not the Spainard instantly. Give them a break!
I hate the sportsmen side of things anyway, utter nonsense.
Didn't even spot them hug each other! Thought walking over the line was a bit of a pisstake too. A new sportsman to funk against!  |
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« Reply #603 on: August 07, 2012, 01:31:06 PM » |
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Should have taken the 5/4. You'd love him then |
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« Reply #604 on: August 07, 2012, 01:43:12 PM » |
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Think the slow down was to checl if his brother came flying round the corner past gomez so they could share gold.
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« Reply #605 on: August 07, 2012, 01:48:41 PM » |
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I have no problem with team orders. All part of the sport. As long as the overall objective is to win (which distinguishes it from the badminton), it's an added dimension.
You get pacemakers in the 5/10k events.
One athlete per team is the nut worst solution; not only do you end up with not having the best 10 people in the event, you still run the risk of nations supporting each other. It could be another Eurovision!
I think there should be the best X ranked competitors and then one/two/three (depending on the event) per country after that.
I remember this being suggested a few years ago. Would probably have meant about 7 Americans in the 100m final! You see I don't have a problem with that. Every nation should be allowed to compete for the qualifying standard and you can still have 20stone Fijian shot putters in the 100m heats but there needs to be enough room for the best athletes in the world to compete in the Olympics. The USSR dominated chess for 75 years and there were plenty of World Championship qualifiers where 6 out of 8 were from the Soviet Union. This is a system that only discriminates on ability, which is why I think it's fairest. If 6 Jamaicans and 2 Americans contest the 100m final, so be it, but 8th will be closer to 1st, and how can that be a bad thing? |
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« Reply #606 on: August 07, 2012, 01:51:08 PM » |
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I was in the same school year as Nick Dempsey who just won a silver in windsurfing.
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« Reply #607 on: August 07, 2012, 01:57:59 PM » |
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Alot less comradery between the contestants then I would have imagined.
Hardly any hugs or handshakes at the end.
Must be a cut throat business.
I gather swimming googles get ripped off in swims?! That's more the open water swims - but that's more to do with competitiveness rather than antagonism. I gather tri has got less of friendly family vibe than sports like the swimming, but their certainly not the only ones |
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« Reply #608 on: August 07, 2012, 02:01:13 PM » |
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Think the slow down was to checl if his brother came flying round the corner past gomez so they could share gold.
I think they only do that in smaller competitions like the Blenheim tri - they might live and train together but they still have sibling rivalry - and it is the olympics |
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« Reply #609 on: August 07, 2012, 02:12:52 PM » |
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Haha I knew u would post that as soon as they hugged each other and not the Spainard instantly. Give them a break!
I hate the sportsmen side of things anyway, utter nonsense.
Didn't even spot them hug each other! Thought walking over the line was a bit of a pisstake too. A new sportsman to funk against! Really Keith? Johnny Brownlee raced so hard he has collapsed afterwards. Surely given how far ahead he was you can forgive him for slowing down to a walk given how much it takes out of them? seems a bit harsh to funk against them just on the basis that there are team orders in the sport and he walked across the line. Would you also be funking against Bradley Wiggins? |
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« Reply #610 on: August 07, 2012, 02:16:47 PM » |
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Haha I knew u would post that as soon as they hugged each other and not the Spainard instantly. Give them a break!
I hate the sportsmen side of things anyway, utter nonsense.
Didn't even spot them hug each other! Thought walking over the line was a bit of a pisstake too. A new sportsman to funk against! Really Keith? Johnny Brownlee raced so hard he has collapsed afterwards. Surely given how far ahead he was you can forgive him for slowing down to a walk given how much it takes out of them? seems a bit harsh to funk against them just on the basis that there are team orders in the sport and he walked across the line. Would you also be funking against Bradley Wiggins? He walks over the line virtually every race...a) coz he can b) he is leading by so much c) he is fuked d) he normally laps up the crowd cheers Cant wait to see the GOLD postbox its 5mins from me in Bramhope. |
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« Reply #611 on: August 07, 2012, 02:38:18 PM » |
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« Reply #612 on: August 07, 2012, 02:47:12 PM » |
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Are you from Yorkshire Acid?
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« Reply #613 on: August 07, 2012, 02:48:45 PM » |
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Are you from Yorkshire Acid?
lol it's not often we get to cheer about Yorkshire..i will pipe down in a day or two. |
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« Reply #614 on: August 07, 2012, 02:54:28 PM » |
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