Olympics Thread

[BrewingFrog]

A swimmer from Tunisia? Hell, I didn't know they had water in Tunisia!

 

[Chongo94]

Is it harder to swim in lane 8? Serious question. Do the lanes make a difference?

Totally. As Phormer said you have to deal with far more choppy water. Although, newer pool designs have somewhat mitigated that these days. And you can’t see the other racers as well so you can lose track of where you are position wise and whatnot. Generally, the best swimmers with the fastest times are in the middle.

It’s not impossible to win from the outside lanes, it’s just you don’t see it that often, particularly from an 18 year old. And he barely qualified for the final, he was the last to qualify by touching the wall .14 seconds quicker than the 9th place finisher.

 

[Chongo94]

If that doesn’t exemplify NBA ball these days, I don’t know what does.

 

[HToady]

Why does NBC seem to always insist on announcers that speak with an English accent to cover the USA?

 

[Bob Sugar]

In the women’s 100m backstroke prelim heats, the Olympic record was broken in three straight heats. Pretty cool. Sucks to hold the Olympic record for only about 4 minutes though.

 

[BrewingFrog]

In the women’s 100m backstroke prelim heats, the Olympic record was broken in three straight heats. Pretty cool. Sucks to hold the Olympic record for only about 4 minutes though.

It's a fast pool...

 

[The Artist Formerly Known as PhormerPhrog]

Totally. As Phormer said you have to deal with far more choppy water. Although, newer pool designs have somewhat mitigated that these days. And you can’t see the other racers as well so you can lose track of where you are position wise and whatnot. Generally, the best swimmers with the fastest times are in the middle.

It’s not impossible to win from the outside lanes, it’s just you don’t see it that often, particularly from an 18 year old. And he barely qualified for the final, he was the last to qualify by touching the wall .14 seconds quicker than the 9th place finisher.

Might be time to have him pee in a cup.

 

[The Artist Formerly Known as PhormerPhrog]

Why does NBC seem to always insist on announcers that speak with an English accent to cover the USA?

IYKYK

 

[Pharm Frog]

you truly have to have some stones to go up for a block on some of these men's volleyball players

With the current trend in gender-bending athletics it might soon be that you’d need some serious stones to go up for a block on some of the volleyball players identifying as female.

 

[The Artist Formerly Known as PhormerPhrog]

If I had a nickel for every time Rahm tested positive for the Covids.

 

[The Artist Formerly Known as PhormerPhrog]

I turned on fencing and was disappointed to find it didn't involve the distribution of stolen goods.

 

[BrewingFrog]

I turned on fencing and was disappointed to find it didn't involve the distribution of stolen goods.

Don't give 'em any ideas...

 

[The Artist Formerly Known as PhormerPhrog]

Don't give 'em any ideas...

Well, after basketball we're now a foil country.

 

[The Artist Formerly Known as PhormerPhrog]

 

[BrewingFrog]

"That... hurt."

 

[Sweat Equity]

Exact feeling I get when I read Wyoming's posts.

 

[Hoosierfrog]

I turned on fencing and was disappointed to find it didn't involve the distribution of stolen goods.

That is the UH fencing team you are thinking about…

 

[Sweat Equity]

 

[Sweat Equity]

 

[Bob Sugar]

I turned on fencing and was disappointed to find it didn't involve the distribution of stolen goods.

I would watch that. Would also watch dudes in cowboy hats laying a few miles of barb wire. But I won’t watch dudes in pads with fake swords.