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Post by shaokahnage on Aug 14, 2012 10:07:47 GMT -5
Very PROUD of Team GB (fuck you Moz)
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Post by Ross on Feb 11, 2016 9:06:51 GMT -5
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Post by Ross on Mar 28, 2016 13:39:27 GMT -5
the test event for the cycling has been cancelled due to the lack of a cycling track.
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Post by Ross on Jun 1, 2016 7:20:48 GMT -5
Pro boxers in the Olympics is daft.
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Post by sgtpeppr on Jun 1, 2016 7:50:41 GMT -5
Pro boxers in the Olympics is daft. hadnt heard this, but everyone else is pro these days, so why not boxers? itll be the most accurate way of ranking fighters that boxing has ever had... |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2016 8:15:29 GMT -5
I have never been less interested in the Olympics than this year. It's weird.
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Post by MG on Jun 4, 2016 16:39:23 GMT -5
Pro boxers in the Olympics is daft. hadnt heard this, but everyone else is pro these days, so why not boxers? itll be the most accurate way of ranking fighters that boxing has ever had... Pro Boxing and amateur boxing are two different things. It's not like an amateur tennis player coming up against a pro one. |
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Post by oasisserbia on Jul 23, 2021 6:19:13 GMT -5
I miss 2012 opening ceremony with Beatles, Clash, Arctic Monkeys, Bowie, Pistols, Kinks... One of the best days of my life.
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Post by oasisserbia on Jul 24, 2021 7:22:04 GMT -5
First day - 3 medals, let's gooo.
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Post by Elie De Beaufour 🐴 on Aug 1, 2021 6:52:27 GMT -5
Someone who watches handball more than I do, question: How are 7 metre shots given?
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Post by tomlivesforever on Aug 1, 2021 16:53:23 GMT -5
Good to see Novak embarrassing himself again.
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Post by girllikeabomb on Aug 1, 2021 17:25:19 GMT -5
Good to see Novak embarrassing himself again. More importantly, what a week for Pablo Carreno Busta ... beating both the #1 and #2 in the world and getting an Olympic medal at a time when he'd fallen pretty much off the radar. Cool story. |
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Post by andymorris on Aug 2, 2021 1:17:01 GMT -5
I miss 2012 opening ceremony with Beatles, Clash, Arctic Monkeys, Bowie, Pistols, Kinks... One of the best days of my life. Yeah, what a night that was. And the closing ceremony, The biggest gig Beady Eye ever did. That high jump gold medal moment was historic, though, yesterday. Track and field is so great, i fuckin love it. |
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Post by girllikeabomb on Aug 2, 2021 3:16:44 GMT -5
That high jump gold medal moment was historic, though, yesterday. Track and field is so great, i fuckin love it. Really was a magical moment. |
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Post by oasisserbia on Aug 2, 2021 6:32:51 GMT -5
Good to see Novak embarrassing himself again. No4e |
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Post by andymorris on Aug 2, 2021 8:44:09 GMT -5
That high jump gold medal moment was historic, though, yesterday. Track and field is so great, i fuckin love it. Really was a magical moment. Yep, i've followed athletics competitions since Tokyo 91 and I must say, this was pretty special. No race, no color, no religion, just mutual respect. Still missing the Bolt days or the early 2000s 100 meters with the huge rivalry, but this one was something. |
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Post by funhouse on Aug 2, 2021 8:49:35 GMT -5
That high jump gold medal moment was historic, though, yesterday. Track and field is so great, i fuckin love it. Really was a magical moment. Going out on a limb here by saying that while it was sympathetic, it was completely wrong. It's a competition, and you keep going until one wins gold, and the other wins silver. What if England-Italy in the Euros ended with both teams saying no thanks to the penalties, deciding to share the gold instead? It devalues the entire concept of competing. I don't blame the athletes, but there should be no loopholes in the rules for this to ever be able to happen. |
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Post by defmaybe00 on Aug 2, 2021 9:12:52 GMT -5
Really was a magical moment. Going out on a limb here by saying that while it was sympathetic, it was completely wrong. It's a competition, and you keep going until one wins gold, and the other wins silver. What if England-Italy in the Euros ended with both teams saying no thanks to the penalties, deciding to share the gold instead? It devalues the entire concept of competing. I don't blame the athletes, but there should be no loopholes in the rules for this to ever be able to happen. It's happened before, actually I think there's a difference between a 1 vs 1 competition like football and a 12 men final where two of them just beat all the others and have the exact same run They both deserved it, I'm glad they both got it A crazy story too, I'm happy for Tamberi as an italian but also because it got taken away from him just before Rio when he set his personal best and he would've fought for gold, so it's amazing he got the chance to be in that position after 5 years And Brashim is one of the GOATs and after a bronze and silver he was just missing gold Coolest thing of them all, they've both gone through the same injury and are very close friends |
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Post by funhouse on Aug 2, 2021 9:51:04 GMT -5
Going out on a limb here by saying that while it was sympathetic, it was completely wrong. It's a competition, and you keep going until one wins gold, and the other wins silver. What if England-Italy in the Euros ended with both teams saying no thanks to the penalties, deciding to share the gold instead? It devalues the entire concept of competing. I don't blame the athletes, but there should be no loopholes in the rules for this to ever be able to happen. It's happened before, actually I think there's a difference between a 1 vs 1 competition like football and a 12 men final where two of them just beat all the others and have the exact same run They both deserved it, I'm glad they both got it A crazy story too, I'm happy for Tamberi as an italian but also because it got taken away from him just before Rio when he set his personal best and he would've fought for gold, so it's amazing he got the chance to be in that position after 5 years And Brashim is one of the GOATs and after a bronze and silver he was just missing gold Coolest thing of them all, they've both gone through the same injury and are very close friends I don't really think it having happened before makes it any better. And there are so many times when two athletes truly deserve gold, but part of what makes sport what it is, is that there can only be one winner. Yes they both morally deserve to win, but not in the same competition. What also makes it a bit worse to me is that now their gold medals will have a * next to them. Because one of them would have lost if the competition proceeded, but we can't know who. Instead of having one unequivocal winner, there are now two winners* instead. It just annoys me. It's a great story, they were friends who won together, I get it, but guess what would also have been amazing? You winning gold and your friend silver, or vice versa. Anyway, quite a crazy year for Italy. Enjoy it while it lasts  |
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Post by defmaybe00 on Aug 2, 2021 9:59:08 GMT -5
It's happened before, actually I think there's a difference between a 1 vs 1 competition like football and a 12 men final where two of them just beat all the others and have the exact same run They both deserved it, I'm glad they both got it A crazy story too, I'm happy for Tamberi as an italian but also because it got taken away from him just before Rio when he set his personal best and he would've fought for gold, so it's amazing he got the chance to be in that position after 5 years And Brashim is one of the GOATs and after a bronze and silver he was just missing gold Coolest thing of them all, they've both gone through the same injury and are very close friends I don't really think it having happened before makes it any better. And there are so many times when two athletes truly deserve gold, but part of what makes sport what it is, is that there can only be one winner. Yes they both morally deserve to win, but not in the same competition. What also makes it a bit worse to me is that now their gold medals will have a * next to them. Because one of them would have lost if the competition proceeded, but we can't know who. Instead of having one unequivocal winner, there are now two winners* instead. It just annoys me. It's a great story, they were friends who won together, I get it, but guess what would also have been amazing? You winning gold and your friend silver, or vice versa. Anyway, quite a crazy year for Italy. Enjoy it while it lasts Point is it's not just moral, they both deserve it for the run they had Both jumped 2.37m, both did it with no errors, they were equal in any possible way and got eliminated at the same It's an extraordinary situation, just as it was in Sidney when two swimmers got gold What do you do, make them swim 50 more metres? |
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Post by funhouse on Aug 2, 2021 10:11:20 GMT -5
I don't really think it having happened before makes it any better. And there are so many times when two athletes truly deserve gold, but part of what makes sport what it is, is that there can only be one winner. Yes they both morally deserve to win, but not in the same competition. What also makes it a bit worse to me is that now their gold medals will have a * next to them. Because one of them would have lost if the competition proceeded, but we can't know who. Instead of having one unequivocal winner, there are now two winners* instead. It just annoys me. It's a great story, they were friends who won together, I get it, but guess what would also have been amazing? You winning gold and your friend silver, or vice versa. Anyway, quite a crazy year for Italy. Enjoy it while it lasts Point is it's not just moral, they both deserve it for the run they had Both jumped 2.37m, both did it with no errors, they were equal in any possible way and got eliminated at the same It's an extraordinary situation, just as it was in Sidney when two swimmers got gold What do you do, make them swim 50 more metres? I don't know what rules swimming has, but in high jump there are rules for what to do in that situation. If I'm being generous I could say that given their flawless performances, if it should ever happen, then that would be the one moment it should happen. But that's just not what sports is to me. |
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Post by RocketMan on Aug 2, 2021 10:59:29 GMT -5
Toxic masculinity is a beautiful thing to watch
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Post by girllikeabomb on Aug 2, 2021 15:10:42 GMT -5
Really was a magical moment. Going out on a limb here by saying that while it was sympathetic, it was completely wrong. It's a competition, and you keep going until one wins gold, and the other wins silver. What if England-Italy in the Euros ended with both teams saying no thanks to the penalties, deciding to share the gold instead? It devalues the entire concept of competing. I don't blame the athletes, but there should be no loopholes in the rules for this to ever be able to happen. I get what you're saying but a couple of things. One is that sport is about rules, and this option to not have a jump-off was right there in the rulebook. Not often used, but it's there, so it wasn't an exception made. Just a choice that is allowed in the Olympics high jump. The other is that sport is absolutely about competition, and these guys were both pushed to their best by that competition, but it's also about great moments of sportsmanship and this surely is one. I don't think it devalues much for the future. Very few people will ever be in the position of these two men and high jumpers will continue to compete even hoping to be in that position. If it starts happening all the time, maybe the rule needs to be changed. But in a moment in of stark global division and anger, that two men from disparate countries agreed they were equally worthy of the gold looked like a win for for the world. |
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Post by andymorris on Aug 3, 2021 0:11:46 GMT -5
Really was a magical moment. Going out on a limb here by saying that while it was sympathetic, it was completely wrong. It's a competition, and you keep going until one wins gold, and the other wins silver. What if England-Italy in the Euros ended with both teams saying no thanks to the penalties, deciding to share the gold instead? It devalues the entire concept of competing. I don't blame the athletes, but there should be no loopholes in the rules for this to ever be able to happen. Except Olympics are not the Euro, or the World Cup. It's something else, it's a celebration of the Humanity as a whole, based on respect and sports. + atheltics is not football, it's a totally different sports, athletes don't fight against each other, they fight next to each other because it is a very demanding sport(s). Few make money off of it and that changes everything. I love both football and atheltics, but to me, this made a lot of sense. I wouldn't imagine the same in football though, football needs a winner and a loser. But two gold medalist in high jump ? That's ok too... |
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Post by funhouse on Aug 3, 2021 1:25:15 GMT -5
Going out on a limb here by saying that while it was sympathetic, it was completely wrong. It's a competition, and you keep going until one wins gold, and the other wins silver. What if England-Italy in the Euros ended with both teams saying no thanks to the penalties, deciding to share the gold instead? It devalues the entire concept of competing. I don't blame the athletes, but there should be no loopholes in the rules for this to ever be able to happen. I get what you're saying but a couple of things. One is that sport is about rules, and this option to not have a jump-off was right there in the rulebook. Not often used, but it's there, so it wasn't an exception made. Just a choice that is allowed in the Olympics high jump. The other is that sport is absolutely about competition, and these guys were both pushed to their best by that competition, but it's also about great moments of sportsmanship and this surely is one. I don't think it devalues much for the future. Very few people will ever be in the position of these two men and high jumpers will continue to compete even hoping to be in that position. If it starts happening all the time, maybe the rule needs to be changed. But in a moment in of stark global division and anger, that two men from disparate countries agreed they were equally worthy of the gold looked like a win for for the world. Well I'm simply disagreeing with those rules. And you can have great moments of sportsmanship without (imo)changing the fundamentals of competetive sport. If one had won gold and the other silver, that would have still been two friends on the same podium, after an incredible competition. And I get that this scenario is unlikely to happen again, but I just don't like that it can happen at all. |
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