2016 Rio Olympics & Paralympics
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The horse. Big case of doped horses a few years back.
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So Michael Phelps then, he has now won the 200m medley in the last four Olympics, someone has won the same event in four consecutive games and that was Leonidas of Rhodes back in 152BC, so Phelps has broken a record that was 2,168 years old!
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The irony being that the artistic events were scrapped after London 1948 due to amateurism; the musicians, architects, poets and town planners were professionals and this went against the spirit of the games whereas the runners, jumpers and swimmers were strictly amateur.
Now the needle has swung so far the other way the Olympics is now a meticulous, professional showcase of impossible exertion, in some events by teenagers not allowed to grow up.
But I imagine that even with the 99% professional Olympics we have now there would be ridicule if artistic events were brought back.
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Fantasy Olympic Event To Make A Return: Tug-Of-War
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Barbados Slim has the record on that.
We can't do parallel parking. 10 countries would total the car and 3 would be banned for other reasons.
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I'm serious.
I think the tug-of-war is a fantastic event which has much merit being in the Olympics. It's a great test of strength and endurance.
I think the tug-of-war is a fantastic event which has much merit being in the Olympics. It's a great test of strength and endurance.
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Fabulous race that.
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That Men's team pursuit final was a brilliant race! GB got off to a bit of a shaky start but it was the edge of the seat stuff watching them claw the time back, a world record time and Australia were under the WR time at one point too.
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I went to some of the preliminary athletics rounds for the Sydney Games, and the stands were similarly (though perhaps not as extensively) empty. There may have been the odd gold medal awarded, like the womens' 10,000 metres, but they're not the same as the marquee events like the mens' 100 metres. It's easy to take it out of context to make a point.
It's like the complaints about the lack of spectators during Friday practice for the German Grand Prix. It's easy to look at that and bemoan the future of the sport, but Friday is a working day and is not as important as qualifying or the race, so of course it's not going to be as popular.
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The heptathlon is shaping up nicely, KJT did a national record in the high jump but was very poor in the shot put where Thian went big. Ennis-Hill leads overall at the end of the day after being beaten by KJT in the 200m.
I'm looking forward to the mens 400 as well, Van Neikerk and Merritt were deliberately slowing down at the end to not post a fast time.
I'm looking forward to the mens 400 as well, Van Neikerk and Merritt were deliberately slowing down at the end to not post a fast time.
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What a game! Brazil and Australia couldn't find the back of the net for 90 minutes or two extra 15 minute halves in Women's Soccer. So this one needed penalty kicks. First four kicks were cashed in, but then the fifth kicks were both blocked. Brazil won the Penalty Session 7-6 in a thriller. I bet both teams couldn't wait to go to sleep after such a long night! The intensity in this game was almost as if it was the FIFA Women's World Cup Final or something. Just nuts!
