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Well, with those swimsuits records were falling like cake, you could see three swimmers breaking the record in the same race. Records still fall because I think the new pools are faster, they build them in a way so swimmers can go faster.
Lets not forget that women (by virtue of lovely jubblies) get to have almost a full swimsuit by default. They may not be neoprene, but there's still a fair bit they can do with them (the new non banned generation of polyurethane suits are supposed to be pretty good).

I fully support them wearing the same outfits at the men though. EQUALITY NOW!
 
Oh, don't know why anyone expected us to do well in the judo at all.

In other news, time to watch the sailing!

as much as I like that we might win something in the Sailing it's DULL. it happens over like 15 hours and I have no idea what's going on

I'm waiting for the canoeing
 
People complain when they just say they were happy to take part and people complain when a guy is distraught/pissed off he didn't do well.
 
What the fuck is wrong with you?

the equestrian is boring as fuck, but we're good at it so I watched it

and judo has always been something that competitors always said UK Sport underfunded, but we provided shitloads of funding and nothing changed. Atheletes too often use underfunding as a scapegoat and that happened in the past with Judo. We put the money in and nothing changed.

I'm not upset that the guy is angry at himself, it shows he actually cares and that will likely motivate him to improve.

there's anger which will improve him, and then there's the anger of "I have no chance at Rio, my olympic career is over, there are no positives"
 
Lets not forget that women (by virtue of lovely jubblies) get to have almost a full swimsuit by default. They may not be neoprene, but there's still a fair bit they can do with them (the new non banned generation of polyurethane suits are supposed to be pretty good).

I fully support them wearing the same outfits at the men though. EQUALITY NOW!

Yeah it's true, there's a lot of technology involved in swimming, even if they banned those swimsuits, they are still developing new ones, so you never know. It's not like the athletics where it's rare to see a record breaking.
 
man i'd love to see some badminton and some of the other less known/popular sports - too bad they are never aired here (australia).
 
What are the penalties in canoeing?

2s for hitting a gate
50s for missing a gate

also I'm thinking about taking up handball. I want to go to the 2016 olympics as an athlete and I think it's my best chance. Salford have a handball club I think so maybe I'm good enough to play for that and qualify.
 
2s for hitting a gate
50s for missing a gate

also I'm thinking about taking up handball. I want to go to the 2016 olympics as an athlete and I think it's my best chance. Salford have a handball club I think so maybe I'm good enough to play for that and qualify.

LONDON 2012 INSPIRES A GENERATION OF HANDBALL PLAYERS
 
damn that french canoeist is rocking it

looks like strong competition for Florence

LONDON 2012 INSPIRES A GENERATION OF HANDBALL PLAYERS

I think handball is a bit shit but I figure that just having thought of playing handball and watching 5 minutes of a match puts me in the top 15 GB players
 
2s for hitting a gate
50s for missing a gate

also I'm thinking about taking up handball. I want to go to the 2016 olympics as an athlete and I think it's my best chance. Salford have a handball club I think so maybe I'm good enough to play for that and qualify.

I wish you the best of luck!
 
GB already qualified for 7 rowing finals, with 6 left possible to get. We have a very, very good chance at 5+ golds.
I wonder how much that is to do with the historically British interest in university rowing rivalries.

Would love to see a little bit of that US-style popularity of high school/college sports rub off on us in the UK - rather than just idolising these guys every 4 years or so.
 
damn that french canoeist is rocking it

looks like strong competition for Florence



I think handball is a bit shit but I figure that just having thought of playing handball and watching 5 minutes of a match puts me in the top 15 GB players

Good luck buddy, though I'm not sure if thats the right attitude for someone who'll have to train for 4 years.

Also British Girl is playing what looks to be a competitive badminton match right now.
 
2s for hitting a gate
50s for missing a gate

also I'm thinking about taking up handball. I want to go to the 2016 olympics as an athlete and I think it's my best chance. Salford have a handball club I think so maybe I'm good enough to play for that and qualify.

I'm not sure GB is going to qualify for Rio
 
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