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Started by mongers, June 18, 2012, 02:47:00 PM

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mongers

Amusing that the Australians are doing so badly and the Kiwis are winning so much more than them.  :cool:

What is it with New Zealand performing so well, what with only have 3-4 million people.
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CountDeMoney

That Bulgarian runner chick with the 7 surgeries on her leg is pretty cute.

Valmy

Quote from: Josephus on August 03, 2012, 04:13:08 PM
If we do , it will be the first Canadian team medal since the 30s or somethign, not counting the 84 Olympics that weren't.

Why weren't the 84 Olympics?  Do you mean the 44 Olympics or something? :hmm:
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Well, all the good teams, other than the USA, boyotted them. Which is why Canada did reasonably well that time.
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MadBurgerMaker

Quote from: mongers on August 03, 2012, 01:02:09 PM
Seriously the Keirin must be the silliest event in the Olympics.



:blink:

Hahaha I just watched the women's <distance I guess> Keirin just now.  I don't understand the purpose of the motorized thingy.  Why can't they just get up to speed on their own and go 7 laps by themselves?

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Quote from: mongers on August 03, 2012, 01:02:09 PM
Seriously the Keirin must be the silliest event in the Olympics.

All the team bicycling-in-a-circle events are pretty silly. :contract:
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Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on August 04, 2012, 12:05:41 AM
Hahaha I just watched the women's <distance I guess> Keirin just now.  I don't understand the purpose of the motorized thingy.  Why can't they just get up to speed on their own and go 7 laps by themselves?

My thought exactly.  What a fucking retard sport.

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Did you guys see the 15 year old swimmer chick blubbering away during the national anthem?  That was awesome.

MadBurgerMaker

Quote from: Admiral Yi on August 04, 2012, 01:17:21 AM
Did you guys see the 15 year old swimmer chick blubbering away during the national anthem?  That was awesome.

Yeah.

She looks older than 15.

katmai

Speaking of swimmers knocking off big chunks off their personal best.
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MadBurgerMaker

Meh, she dominated the competition in quals too (her qualifying time would have gotten her a bronze, I believe).   It's a long distance event.  Bigger time gaps aren't really weird, especially when they're relatively new and have only swum the event a couple of times against world class competition.

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Quote from: Admiral Yi on August 04, 2012, 01:07:55 AM
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on August 04, 2012, 12:05:41 AM
Hahaha I just watched the women's <distance I guess> Keirin just now.  I don't understand the purpose of the motorized thingy.  Why can't they just get up to speed on their own and go 7 laps by themselves?

My thought exactly.  What a fucking retard sport.
The wind resistant at 50km/h is a big factor, so whoever had to lead would be at a disadvantage. If you've ever seen a sprint event they battle about not going first in the beginning, I've seen riders stand absolutely still on their bikes trying to avoid it.
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Josephus

Quote from: katmai on August 04, 2012, 01:22:21 AM
Speaking of swimmers knocking off big chunks off their personal best.

But the chinese ones are doping. :glare:
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CountDeMoney

Quote from: katmai on August 04, 2012, 01:22:21 AM
Speaking of swimmers knocking off big chunks off their personal best.

I was actually surprised Phelps recovered from early in the Olympics with his silvers and started snatching golds;  after all, since Beijing it's been all bongs and Vegas cocktail waitress necksnappers.

Didn't think he had taken his training seriously for these games.