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Olympic non football thread

Discussion in 'Southampton' started by lamby, Jul 27, 2012.

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  1. fran-MLs little camera

    fran-MLs little camera Well-Known Member

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    Always feel a bit ambivalent about swimming. Why don't they just do all the distances in the fastest swimming style rather than backstroke, breaststroke etc. After all you don't have the 100 m run forwards, backwards, and hopping. Be a short tournament I suppose.
     
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  2. TheSecondStain

    TheSecondStain Needs an early night

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    I know what you mean Fran. The stroke I mentioned in The Hardest Sport thread, the butterfly, is a purely invented stroke for competition. Although I can't do it, I understand it takes the living daylights out of the performer, and it isn't as fast as front crawl either. It certainly leaves me gasping. The other strokes do have their practical uses - backstroke has kind of evolved from a lifesaving stroke it started out to be. Front crawl evolved from a simple doggy paddle style, I believe, and breast stroking is just nice to do - I mean swim, because it's so natural and easy..! ;)

    Have various distances, relays and medleys for the various strokes and before you know it, you've got the ability to win loads of Gold medals at one Olympics.

    Perhaps hopping at various distances could become an Olympic sport for the track..?
     
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  3. (Conor)

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    Backwards running would look hilarious.
     
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  4. lamby

    lamby Needs a cold shower

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    Walking forwards always amuses me:laugh:
     
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  5. fran-MLs little camera

    fran-MLs little camera Well-Known Member

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    Your life must be a blast<laugh>
     
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  6. lamby

    lamby Needs a cold shower

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    Potential four more golds today. 2 in cycling. rowing and then Adlington in the pool tonight.
     
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  7. TheSecondStain

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    This morning, Jessica Ennis ran the fastest 100m hurdles any British woman has ever run before, and the fastest heptathlon time from any nation. She went like a little rocket.
     
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  8. lamby

    lamby Needs a cold shower

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    Morning TSS! Yes a great start let's hope for more in the high jump!
     
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    Morning Lamb'. Yep, another good event for Ennis, I believe.
     
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  10. lamby

    lamby Needs a cold shower

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    going for gold now in womens rowing
     
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  11. fran-MLs little camera

    fran-MLs little camera Well-Known Member

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    Another gold for the girls..great race.
     
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  12. lamby

    lamby Needs a cold shower

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    Yep brilliant stuff! with more to come today hopefully. Team GB on a roll now!
     
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    Damn..! Missed it. And I notice the BBC Sport website is getting a wee bit slower today. I can't imagine the millions who have been hitting it recently and today. Will it crash..? It can't do. It's the BBC..! :)
     
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  14. fran-MLs little camera

    fran-MLs little camera Well-Known Member

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    Apparently the GPS system for the cycling road race failed because of so many spectators twittering.
     
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    And now a bronze. <ok>
     
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  16. fran-MLs little camera

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    Ennis doing well in high jump. Watching steeplechase...find the waterjump puzzling...trying to pretend it is cross country.
     
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  17. lamby

    lamby Needs a cold shower

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    Never seen the point of the water jump.
     
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    After Day 5, we are now a silver and a bronze ahead of our Beijing tally after the same time <ok>
     
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    And more importantly, Australia only have 1 gold! ;)
     
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  20. fran-MLs little camera

    fran-MLs little camera Well-Known Member

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    Australia used to do well in the swimming...that has pulled their medal tally back.
     
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