NickyJ Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 (edited) Just watched Germany get gold and USA got bronze in the indoor bicycling thing. Gotta say, it's absolutely fascinating to watch such a simple action of people going in circles and still have no idea what the **** they're doing. The 2 groups race in 3's, but there's a 4th dude from each team just out there going for a pleasure ride on a Tuesday afternoon. Or is it like Mariokart and he's dropping oil on the track? Edited August 3, 2021 by NickyJ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrFan Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 Mboma was not allowed to race the 400m due to a high level of testoterone but was allowed to compete in the 200 where she captured silver. Go figure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tshile Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 Please stop saying twisties 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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abdcskins Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 McLaughlin and Muhammad! 🥇🥈 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Commando Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 That is a cringey tweet from Penny Oleksiak. Some of these Olympic athletes are the chippiest douchebags I've ever heard speak. They make Draymond Green seem humble and a good sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickyJ Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 30 minutes ago, stevemcqueen1 said: That is a cringey tweet from Penny Oleksiak. Some of these Olympic athletes are the chippiest douchebags I've ever heard speak. They make Draymond Green seem humble and a good sport. Some athletes are powered by sunshine and flowers, 10 times distilled, and the love of everyone and everything around them, even the disgusting insects. Others are powered by 100% pure spite towards the people that doubted them in 2nd grade. If I were an Olympic champion with the hardware to back it up, I'd take my once in a lifetime God given right to say "I told you so" too. Actually, I still do that in certain threads despite the lack of Olympic medals. They're probably still in the mail though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdcskins Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 I like watching the US women play basketball. They clearly have great chemistry and can play the game very well. Breanna Stewart can shoot. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 1 hour ago, abdcskins said: I like watching the US women play basketball. They clearly have great chemistry and can play the game very well. Breanna Stewart can shoot. They are smothering Australia. Up 30. They got the Aussies chucking shots on any open look because the rim is locked down tight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Corcaigh Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 21 hours ago, stevemcqueen1 said: That is a cringey tweet from Penny Oleksiak. Some of these Olympic athletes are the chippiest douchebags I've ever heard speak. They make Draymond Green seem humble and a good sport. She seems too stupid to understand the purpose of high school. It’s not to develop Olympians. It’s to prepare you for college and with that in mind spending so much time on swimming won’t help her meet the goal of being successful in completing a college education. 😀 The vast majority of high-school jocks would have been better served by studying harder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhead36 Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 Klinemann/Ross should win Gold. They're in top form now. 2 minutes ago, Corcaigh said: She seems too stupid to understand the purpose of high school. It’s not to develop Olympians. It’s to prepare you for college and with that in mind spending so much time on swimming won’t help her meet the goal of being successful in completing a college education. 😀 The vast majority of high-school jocks would have been better served by studying harder. Yeah for every one of these, there are 10000 teachers who are exactly right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 They just said the distance swimmer won with a time of ~2hours. I can’t imagine what life might be like if I could swim for two hours straight. I can’t even paddle a kayak for that long without pausing, and the boat is doing most of the work. How are these people the same species as me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corcaigh Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 2 minutes ago, Destino said: I can’t imagine what life might be like if I could swim for two hours straight. You would believe the whole world smells of chlorine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purbeast Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 7 minutes ago, Destino said: They just said the distance swimmer won with a time of ~2hours. I can’t imagine what life might be like if I could swim for two hours straight. I can’t even paddle a kayak for that long without pausing, and the boat is doing most of the work. How are these people the same species as me? I nearly ****ing died when I had to tread water for 10 minutes for my SCUBA certification, and I was cheating a bit too by kicking off the side of the pool every now and then. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tshile Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Destino said: I can’t imagine what life might be like if I could swim for two hours straight It’s not that bad if you understand how to swim right. I mean don’t get me wrong it’s exhausting. And I’ve never done it in a race format. But pure distance swimming it’s not as bad as it sounds. kind of go in auto pilot after a while. It’s like running. (and I always did mine in open water. Not a pool) Edited August 5, 2021 by tshile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purbeast Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 5 minutes ago, tshile said: It’s not that bad if you understand how to swim right. I mean don’t get me wrong it’s exhausting. And I’ve never done it in a race format. But pure distance swimming it’s not as bad as it sounds. kind of go in auto pilot after a while. It’s like running. (and I always did mine in open water. Not a pool) I also almost ****ing died swimming 200m straight right before treading water for 10 minutes during my SCUBA certification. I was also pushing off the wall and floor in the shallow end after about 2 laps lol. The pool was 25m. I am pretty damn fit but holy ****, I was like out of breath and exhausted for hours after that. I remember it finished up around 9:30 at night at at like 11:30pm I was still breathing faster than normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tshile Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 Yeah but… what’s your actual training in swimming? I ask because there’s a way to do distance. There are strokes designed to keep you covering ground but basically taking a break i mean im fit. I do ok. Nothing special. I run a 7:30 mile. I’m a smoker. I’d say swimming a mile straight felt like running 7 miles or so none of that applies to racing in the Olympics. That’s obvious world class athlete stuff. I’m just talking about going out and swimming a mile 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tshile Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 Missing finals by 2 hundredths of a second is unfortunate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry.Randolphe Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 Australia is kicking Team USA's ass right now...same horrible shooting as last game. 0/10 from 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry.Randolphe Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 Thankfully Team USA went on a run to cut the lead....now down 3 at the half. 1/11 from 3 is horrible....can't imagine that continues into the 2nd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 Good close to the half for the US. The world hasn’t caught up with the US offensively, but the days where American basketball stars could just score at will against other nations, like the dream teams could, are dead and gone. There are a lot of teams playing pro level team defense. What saves the US is those final moments of the half and the game, where everything slows down and individual players have to just go and get buckets. We still have the best, and the most, big time scoring options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry.Randolphe Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 I don't know if it is the ball or what, but the past couple of Olympics, our shooting has been off. I'm used to these guys draining open shots in the NBA and they're just not doing it. If they hit half of the open looks they're getting, the game isn't even close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 11 minutes ago, Barry.Randolphe said: I don't know if it is the ball or what, but the past couple of Olympics, our shooting has been off. I'm used to these guys draining open shots in the NBA and they're just not doing it. If they hit half of the open looks they're getting, the game isn't even close. Whatever it is, it’s not bothering Durant. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooked Crack Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 KD going to will this team to a medal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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