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FoxxyBrown1111

FoxxyBrown1111

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FoxxyBrown1111 said:
why not? 48.19 isn´t bad... i bet he makes the cut

Edit/Actualization: Still in after 2nd heat
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gooner said:
He is still the second fastest loser. He probably might in the end. Lucky if he does.
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bet won... but for what? couldn´t wagger any money on it. guess it would be a nice 1 - 10 payoff :mad:
 
jens_attacks

jens_attacks

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what a day for the brits huh?
epic ride by farah
fraser beating carmelita :(

sun yang demolishing his own WR, peformance of the day i guess...crazy fast
 
Dekker_Tifosi

Dekker_Tifosi

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Kromowidjojo winning 2nd gold on 50m freestyle. And Veldhuis 3rd. Good day for the Dutch

Granted, we don't get so many medals as the past 3 olympics. But that was a golden generation. We have to be happy with anything really :)
 
Parrot23

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Who says coaches aren't important?

Men's 10,000m track. Gold and silver medalists, Farah and Rupp, training for 52 sec last lap all year long. Smart coach, very smart coach, Alberto Salazaar. (Have seen him win the NYC marathon. Great athlete in his time.)

For an American, Rupp, to beat the Kenyans and Ethiopians is an absolutely "Olympian" feat.

In the back of my mind I say this with reference to all the coaching, exercise physiology support, that Wiggo etc. gets at Sky. Kerrison is mocked and it's all put down to dope, but one smart guy can make a hell of a difference.

Farah and Rupp absolutely nailed what they had to do, and their coach was right this whole last year about what it would take very specifically.

http://espn.go.com/olympics/summer/.../8229153/how-fast-galen-rupp-go-espn-magazine
 
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Carlo Algatrensig

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Parrot23 said:
Men's 10,000m track. Gold and silver medalists, Farah and Rupp, training for 52 sec last lap all year long. Smart coach, very smart coach, Alberto Salazaar. (Have seen him win the NYC marathon. Great athlete in his time.)

For an American, Rupp, to beat the Kenyans and Ethiopians is an absolutely "Olympian" feat.

In the back of my mind I say this with reference to all the coaching, exercise physiology support, that Wiggo etc. gets at Sky. Kerrison is mocked and it's all put down to dope, but one smart guy can make a hell of a difference.

Farah and Rupp absolutely nailed what they had to do, and their coach was right this whole last year about what it would take very specifically.

http://espn.go.com/olympics/summer/.../8229153/how-fast-galen-rupp-go-espn-magazine
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I don't follow athletics as much as I used to but it appears to me that Farah and Rupp are trained to race where as the Africans train to run fast times behind pacemakers at the diamond league events. As soon as there isn't anyone out there setting a ridiculously fast pace for them the Africans look lost and arent sure what to do.
 
Magnus

Magnus

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Zam_Olyas said:
Is badminton one of the bigger sports in Denmark?
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It doesn't get a lot of media attention outside the Olympics. But it's one of the bigger sports on a non-elite level I guess (6th biggest based on members of the official organization (95.000 members), the five biggest being Football (350.000), Golf (160.000 wtf? didn't know there are so many old farts on the golf courses), swimming (137.000), gymnastics (125.000), handball (115.000) ). Most people will have played it in gym-class in school and stuff like that.
 
Zam_Olyas

Zam_Olyas

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Magnus said:
It doesn't get a lot of media attention outside the Olympics. But it's one of the bigger sports on a non-elite level I guess (6th biggest based on members of the official organization (95.000 members), the five biggest being Football (350.000), Golf (160.000 wtf? didn't know there are so many old farts on the golf courses), swimming (137.000), gymnastics (125.000), handball (115.000) ). Most people will have played it in gym-class in school and stuff like that.
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Denmark always does well in Badminton and peter gade used to be a special player.
 
Magnus

Magnus

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Zam_Olyas said:
Denmark always does well in Badminton and peter gade used to be a special player.
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Trine Baun was kind of disappointing I think but I suppose that two medals is as good as could be expected. And now the dilemma: should I watch Boe/Mogensen in the badminton final, Jonas Høgh defending his lead in the final Finn class race or the Federer/Murray Wimbledon rematch?
 
The Hitch

The Hitch

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Carlo Algatrensig said:
I don't follow athletics as much as I used to but it appears to me that Farah and Rupp are trained to race where as the Africans train to run fast times behind pacemakers at the diamond league events. As soon as there isn't anyone out there setting a ridiculously fast pace for them the Africans look lost and arent sure what to do.
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Im sorry but that is a incredibly ignorant comment that totally ignores the reality of 10 000 m racing (the idea that the guys best at 22km/h races will be totally "lost " when the pace falls to 21.5km/h), the recent history of the competition ( where etheopians have won.very slow races on the last lap just as easily as the fast ones), as well as projects some new baseless stereotype on African athletes (that they want to break records not win)
 
jens_attacks

jens_attacks

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weightlifting monster women was alsso fun today

7 olympic and world records going down in 6 minutes or something.
 
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