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OT: Paris 2024 Summer Olympics: Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
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That Dupont run was insane right after they called him the "closer". He captains the 15 team and they brought him to 7s just to play the second half and he returns it for a try immediately to start the half. Incredible.
6 min halves is also insane
That guy is a stud. And he scores again at the end. I know that rugby is huge in France, they will be crazy over this.
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Dude just literally dominated that game against a team that never lost in the Olympics. That's just ludicrous. Singlehandedly won the game. Fiji hardly had the ball in the second half
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So the FIFA docked the Canadian team 6 points, meaning they'll have to win out to have any shot at defending their gold medal
Coach was also banned for a year
Coach was also banned for a year
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It is actually one of the things I look forward to in the Olympics. Working from home Thurs and Fri, I had it on most of the day. Amazed that rugby is big in France, since it so un-French. There were a few great tackles today. As for Dupont, i wonder if an NFL team or 2 would call him asking if he would like to be a RB? He could be the next Jihn Riggins or Mark Alstot.
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China being disappointing in the pool so far makes me very happy.
Systematic doping is horrific and guess part of why they are all swimming below their best is they are not on the good stuff right now because of the international scrutiny aha.
Systematic doping is horrific and guess part of why they are all swimming below their best is they are not on the good stuff right now because of the international scrutiny aha.
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That Ukraine match earlier was fantastic. Their keeper Haseked it.
Watched some women's Judo. I forgot how brutal it is. My joints were failing just watching it
Watched some women's Judo. I forgot how brutal it is. My joints were failing just watching it
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Watching some of these non-US/Aussie/Brazilian/Saffers surf at Teahupo'o... even on a mediocre day...
yeh, they are struggling and some seem even a bit scared...
everyone there are great surfers, but only ~10 of the top 20 in the world are here.
yeh, they are struggling and some seem even a bit scared...
everyone there are great surfers, but only ~10 of the top 20 in the world are here.
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Like, respect to Tim Elter.
But no idea how he got here. Not even one of the best 100 surfers in the world. There are tonnes of other Europeans far better who are not here.
The ISA World Surfing Games are kind of a joke given how much higher quality WSL is...
and the fact it was ran on a tiny wave in Puerto Rico.
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Found out just know we (me and GF) are friends of friends of Ramzi Boukhiam, the Moroccan surfer who is top 15 in the World this year and has an outside chance at a medal...
small world.
small world.
That was spot on. Remco won most recent worlds, olympics and TDF time trial and he's just 24.
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Yeh, ended up the closest top 4 ever... if Pogi was here he would have probably came 4th-5th and also have been within ~40 seconds or so too.
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Did Womens Volleyball change the rule? They wear leggins now? What about team brazil?
Anyway, I've been watching non stop all day. Caught some of the early morning at 3am/4am...sons having a tough time right now sleeping so side benefit of being up
Anyway, I've been watching non stop all day. Caught some of the early morning at 3am/4am...sons having a tough time right now sleeping so side benefit of being up
I got hooked with the World Cup last year, All Blacks
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When was the last Olympic event where someone died? I believe it is Knut Jensen in 1960?
Because the womens surfing could be the next...
outside of the women who are on the WSL most are unequipped to surf such a big, powerful wave. And given that they are ~50kg instead of ~85kg that force is far more dangerous. Even the women who are in the Challenger Series (Euros and others not in WSL)... I mean... they might have surfed a comp with waves this big ONCE in their life, many never... and the ones BELOW challenger level... hell, this aint Hossegor or Ericeira, may as well be a different sport.
Made more stark by the fact that the best womens surfers are even more concentrated nation wise... ~9 from USA, ~6 from Aus and ~3 from Brazil. (then Hennessy for Costa Rica and Defay for France)
Only 9 of the best ~25 surfers in the world are here... 5 of the top 10 are not... and quite a few of them are not top 100. Some are not top ~200!
* same applies to a lesser extent in mens too... some of the guys in their heats just looked overawed by the volume.
Because the womens surfing could be the next...
outside of the women who are on the WSL most are unequipped to surf such a big, powerful wave. And given that they are ~50kg instead of ~85kg that force is far more dangerous. Even the women who are in the Challenger Series (Euros and others not in WSL)... I mean... they might have surfed a comp with waves this big ONCE in their life, many never... and the ones BELOW challenger level... hell, this aint Hossegor or Ericeira, may as well be a different sport.
Made more stark by the fact that the best womens surfers are even more concentrated nation wise... ~9 from USA, ~6 from Aus and ~3 from Brazil. (then Hennessy for Costa Rica and Defay for France)
Only 9 of the best ~25 surfers in the world are here... 5 of the top 10 are not... and quite a few of them are not top 100. Some are not top ~200!
* same applies to a lesser extent in mens too... some of the guys in their heats just looked overawed by the volume.
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The flat course suits Remco. I don't think anyone in the world could have beat him today.
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Tarling would have got Silver most likely if did not need a bike change...
but Remco eased up in last few km and Tarling lost a maximum of ~20 seconds... and was 27 seconds behind Remco. If he had kept pushing (which he would have if Tarling did not lose time) then he would have eked out another ~5 seconds or so at least too.
Would have made it more interesting in last km or so but unless you got Chris Boardman back on modern gear? Yeh... no-one is beating him on such parcours.
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Wait wtf I just watched men's 4x100 and how did a backstroker blow away the field like that? Hunter Armstrong's split was ridiculous
