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    Paris 2024 Summer Olympics

    Quote Originally Posted by The AD View Post
    On a completely different topic, my wife was telling me about how she read that Paris is comparatively empty right now largely due to Olympics event ticket prices being too high and/or people being scared away by assuming it would be chaos. She was showing me lots of prime AirBnB listings to be had more or less right in the heart of Paris for around $150 US per night! If I lived anywhere in Europe I'd go just for the experience.
    This…here and empty. Like zero lines for the normal touristy stuff. Went to the LV Foundation this AM at around 11ish. Zero line and zero people. Matisse painted some cool stuff along with those other dudes Click image for larger version. 

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    Quote Originally Posted by The AD View Post
    And people who don't compete at all have no concept how much better these elite athletes are than them at any sport.
    This. The "oh the horse does all the work" equestrian commentators or "I was in the military, give me that air rifle and I'll clean up" shooting guys make me laugh.
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    Pretty good summer for Remco

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    That was fucking nuts. Mixed team judo coming down to France vs Japan and the two big men!

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    TT Terry was lucky to get through to the 100m final.

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    Do the athletes warm up for the swimming events??
    Is there a pool in the back or something?

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    Quote Originally Posted by cinnepa View Post
    Do the athletes warm up for the swimming events??
    Is there a pool in the back or something?
    Yes. Always a warmup warmdown pool. Maybe the diving pool.

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    Holy fukk that neatherlands gal was flying. Mixed 4x4 relay

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    Quote Originally Posted by truckeelocal View Post
    Ah back to the good old days when the East German women showed up clean shaven.
    Heh. I member those Olympics. Beastly women. Probably on steroids. They didn’t test then.

    All you bunts that think men should compete with women should advocate for unisex sports. I wonder how that will turn out.
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    I think men competing alongside women is fun to watch. The USA 4x400M mixed relay team set a world record on the first day of track and field. Even though the get off my lawn crowd don't like it, these are great events:


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    Quote Originally Posted by 4matic View Post
    Yes. Always a warmup warmdown pool. Maybe the diving pool.
    I believe there's an entirely separate 50 meter warmup pool somewhere behind the scenes. At least there was in Indy for Trials.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dan_pdx View Post
    Pretty good summer for Remco
    Yeah, no kidding. Esp considering his injury at Basque Country. Third in TdF and first to win gold in both ITT and road race in same year is nothing to sneeze at.

    That flat at the end must have tightened his sphincter though

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    Quote Originally Posted by LegoSkier View Post
    That was fucking nuts. Mixed team judo coming down to France vs Japan and the two big men!
    That topped my list of events for the day. I don't know shit about Judo outside of do not end up on your back... but France coming back to win it in after being on the bleeding edge of losing was peak sports drama. I guess Abe from Japan is the best in the world and was dominating his match until the Frenchman Gaba gave him his first loss since 2019(!).

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    The Belgian men cyclist are definitely dudes. The camera caught them peeing at least twice, and I fast forwarded through most of the race before the last hour.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MultiVerse View Post
    I think men competing alongside women is fun to watch. The USA 4x400M mixed relay team set a world record on the first day of track and field. Even though the get off my lawn crowd don't like it, these are great events:

    How were the lap times men vs women?

    I love mixed sports. It’s cool. No need to get off my lawn unless you the dude wants to punch a woman or steal her state champ trophy

    Edit: Watched the video after shit posting. Those women are fast. And sexy. I could never keep up.
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    It's too bad the summer and winter games are staggered. It would be nice to get the women's gymnastics and figure skating over with and not have to listen to all the drivel for another 4 years. If I were lucky I'd be dead by then. Yeah, athletes get hurt and come back. Imagine if the announcers made a weep worthy tale of redemption out of some pitcher coming back after Tommy John surgery. (There's no crying in baseball.)

    And while I'm in a grumpy old man mood (ok, all the time)--when did athletes start having parents? Gordy Howe never had parents. Now they have dad road trips in the NHL. When I watched Jesse Owens on TV in 1936 embarrassing Hitler I never saw his parents. (Owens' or Hitler's)

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    That’s the spirit! Take a lap.
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    Goat brings it.
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    Kristen Faulkner!

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    Quote Originally Posted by I've seen black diamonds! View Post
    Kristen Faulkner!
    That was fucking awesome
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    I think it may have been posted already, not sure, but peacock's "gold zone" is fucking great
    "fuck off you asshat gaper shit for brains fucktard wanker." - Jesus Christ
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    "everybody's got their hooks into you, fuck em....forge on motherfuckers, drag all those bitches across the goal line with you." - (not so) ill-advised strategy

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    Quote Originally Posted by LegoSkier View Post
    That was fucking nuts. Mixed team judo coming down to France vs Japan and the two big men!
    Quote Originally Posted by ASmileyFace View Post
    That topped my list of events for the day. I don't know shit about Judo outside of do not end up on your back... but France coming back to win it in after being on the bleeding edge of losing was peak sports drama. I guess Abe from Japan is the best in the world and was dominating his match until the Frenchman Gaba gave him his first loss since 2019(!).
    I ended up watching that entire mixed match! It helped that I finally got around to reading through the rules so I wasn't completely ignorant about what was going on...

    https://www.nbcolympics.com/news/jud...ns-and-scoring

    Shoulda done that earlier on. Anyway, the competition was awesome throughout. The only weird note was the "Dial of Destiny" used to select who would fight in the deciding "Golden Score" match. Electronic (software). Hmm.
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    100m. What a race!

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    So stoked I saw that live. Amazing race.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Danno View Post
    That was fucking awesome
    IMO your description isn’t effusive enough. Beyond fucking awesome to just ride away from Vos and Kopecky like that.

    Sad though for Dygart. Shit happens

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