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Official 2008 Olympics Thread - 1936, the Remix
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MIMIC said:
Did you not see how much Bolt saved for those final runs? Phelps was going for a gold over and over. Against tons of swimmers specializing in certain events, hoping to take a gold home themself. It's not like Phelps could rest, mess around, and save it all for 2 races he specializes in himself. Dominate them both and call himself the best. He did dominate in quite a few of those races, but it was a gauntlet as much as anything. Fatigue was a huge factor.
If you can't be impressed by handling that, and grabbing 7 world records in the process there's something wrong with you. Not to mention, that swimming's margins of victories are a lot slimmer. That's why they count hundreths of a second, instead of round it to tenths. We seen two races alone that ended in less than a tenth of a second margin. Being in water just tightens everything up.
Usain Bolt is incredibly impressive as well, and I've LOVED watching him. They're the two stories of Olympics. There's no blowing either of these men out of the water though. They're both world class athletes, doing things never before done in their sports. And both are going about it in their own way.
chickensoup
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Got no idea what Ocho is, but I thought the BMX quarter-finals were quite good fun to watch.AstroLad said:
cilonen said:
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mclem said:
Ceres said:
Stop creating strawmen arguments. There are different methods of throwing different objects. They REQUIRE different methods to achieve maximum efficiency. The whole point is efficiency. Swimming fly/breast/back is CHOOSING to cripple yourself. Swimming is a race and in a time trial it is ridiculous to have separate multiple events for redundant strokes. It is overrepresented.
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This is boring.
Now Bolt. Jesus fucking Christ. I think his 9.69 at a canter was the standout performance of the games. Now 19.30s into a headwind and without sufficient endurance training.
NBC dropped the doping line because they know Bolt has relegated Phelps to the second headline. Everyone knows this to be true. Bolt is the word on everyones lips.
Bolt is the star. HE BROKE BOTH SPRINTING WORLD RECORDS IN ASTONISHING FASHION. That cannot be stressed enough. The second of which, Johnson's record, was so highly regarded by the elite of the sport that they never thought it would be beaten in a several generations.
Bolt beat it in a headwind.
Jaw-dropping performances. One of those "where were you when..." performances.
Michael Johnson was AMAZED. Michael fucking Johnson. The man. The legend.
"I can not believe he shut down on people in an Olympic final. In an Olympic final"
Bolt has the personality. People can relate to running. It is the simplest sport. Most people are somewhat aware of the times in these events. ~9.7s and ~19.3s are household world record times. People with a passing interest are aware of the ballpark figures.
His performances are the most impressive of the games. He demolished both sprinting fields. He is re-writing the sprinting textbook. It is seriously impressive.
Taking nothing away from Phelps but Spitz already got 7 and the only Olympian able to match >6medals in a games is going to be a swimmer.
Media wise Bolt wins, flawlessly after that second WR.
Im just happy to have been witness to Bolt and Phelps performances. Stop comparing apples to organges. It's personal preference.
Now come on Allyson Felix in the 200m tomorrow.
I've always thought that 2 vs. 2 basketball would be a good idea for an Olympic Sport.
It'd be like what beach volleyball is compared to team indoor volleyball. There's a lot of other sports in the Olympics that have both a team version and an individual/2 person version. It could be set up tournament style with 32 teams, single elimination..with a max of 2 teams per country.
I dunno, I think it'd be pretty awesome to watch.
Edit: oh yeah, and it'd be played half court.
It'd be like what beach volleyball is compared to team indoor volleyball. There's a lot of other sports in the Olympics that have both a team version and an individual/2 person version. It could be set up tournament style with 32 teams, single elimination..with a max of 2 teams per country.
I dunno, I think it'd be pretty awesome to watch.
Edit: oh yeah, and it'd be played half court.
PjotrStroganov
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I hate it that the smaller sports don't get any airtime on TV except when there is a Dutch person participating. At least I'm glad we get to see BMX racing.
Running is quite boring btw. Never really saw the appeal. It's nice to see someone win. But it's just running.
Running is quite boring btw. Never really saw the appeal. It's nice to see someone win. But it's just running.
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Speaking of new sports to add, I've said this before and I'll say it again: horseback archery.
Boom, there it is. Thank you, thank you.
Boom, there it is. Thank you, thank you.
chickensoup
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Long legs = long strides. Unfortunately, long legs also makes it harder to be coordinated and get those legs moving quickly. It's possible that the Jamaicans have found a training regime that overcomes this hurdle. If so, I suspect we might start seeing a few more taller sprinters over the next couple of years.Monroeski said:
The Faceless Master
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how about an elevated figure 8 track so they can swim real laps!?Nolan. said:
chickensoup
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With both Phelps and Bolt having physiques that work to their advantage and are both still quite young, how do you know we're not seeing it already? ;-)linsivvi said:
The Faceless Master said:
Better yet why don't we build the worlds deepest pool and make them swim to the bottom then back to the top again. Who does it the fastest wins. It's entertaining because they might die and it's ...different.
Shadow780 said:How bout dis:
If you have that you might aswell have wet T-shirt and wet pants contest...
Ceres said:
Are you wilfully missing the entire point? In swimming there are no obstacles. Not even any waves when you start. When you choose a different stroke you intentionally cripple yourself against whoever is doing freestyle. Why is this rewarded and treated as a separate event? One time would be enough but no, you have multiple events for crippling yourself.
Maybe the FIA should have a separate motosport series for left-foot breakers and right foot-breakers.
How you choose to swim should be irrelevant. It's a time trial. Fastest is all that matters.
When there are hurdles you have to go through them as fast as possible. You can do it whichever way you like. In the end all that matters is the clock.
I did enjoy the Marathon Swimming today, that shit was intense. So I don't hate swimming.
chickensoup
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And the problem with that is... ?Nolan. said:
"And the Italian contender scores a 9.0 for clinginess"
chickensoup
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I would, but I think the site of my body in tight, clingy, wet clothes might have the opposite effectNolan. said:
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chickensoup
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I'm surprised there isn't an obstacle course / army training run event.
From the article you linked to -chickensoup said:
"So will the starting blocks at the 2012 Olympics be filled by giants? Probably not."
That entire article is about how he's an exception. Michael Johnson was an exception way back when because of his upright running style, too, but you don't see a bunch of guys these days running upright like he did. What I do remember is speculation that he was juicing because the physics told us he couldn't run that fast with that form, ie the same thing people are saying about Bolt now.
chickensoup said:
I can't believe tug of war use to be an olympic event, i'd still like something to do with mud though probably.
As for the army training event, we could just have a big gladiator like set up and let each country send out their best gladiators. Not gladiators as in greece. More like the tv show, not sure what it would be called though.
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