Olympics Thread
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@barbarian said in Olympics Thread:
I do enjoy it when the home town produces a few big wins. Marchand in the 400 IM was insane, and the bloke in the men's K1 was also awesome.
Pool is living up to the usual expectations, some incredible races. Catch the men's 200m free if you can, top three separated by .07 of a second.
The K1 is another excellent event to watch. The French guy was impeccable and destroyed the field with the last run of the day. I’m a bit surprised NZ doesn’t have more top class paddlers.
@Billy-Tell said in Olympics Thread:
@barbarian said in Olympics Thread:
I do enjoy it when the home town produces a few big wins. Marchand in the 400 IM was insane, and the bloke in the men's K1 was also awesome.
Pool is living up to the usual expectations, some incredible races. Catch the men's 200m free if you can, top three separated by .07 of a second.
The K1 is another excellent event to watch. The French guy was impeccable and destroyed the field with the last run of the day. I’m a bit surprised NZ doesn’t have more top class paddlers.
It's so easy to follow too, and the momentum builds as the run goes on. When it became clear the Frenchie was tracking for gold you could feel the energy ratchet up tenfold.
The women's was great as well. I love Jess Fox and she had a similarly outstanding run after qualifying 8th, then had to death ride the seven others who came to try and knock off her time.
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@barbarian Leon Marchand is from Toulouse and is currently based in the US so Paris is not his home town.
His parents were Olympic swimmers.
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@sparky I think that's getting pedantic to the point of stupidity. He's French. His parents are French. He represents France at the French Olympics.
Ergo home town.
@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:
@sparky I think that's getting pedantic to the point of stupidity. He's French. His parents are French. He represents France at the French Olympics.
Ergo home town.
Home Country and home town are different.
Christchurch isn't Auckland.
Glasgow isn't London.
Perth isn't Sydney.
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@sparky give it a rest already. Jess Ennis, Jonnie Peacock were still hometown heroes in 2012. You're being silly.
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@Bones Yeah, because people from Yorkshire just love being described as Londoners.
Sarcasm alert.
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@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:
@sparky I think that's getting pedantic to the point of stupidity. He's French. His parents are French. He represents France at the French Olympics.
Ergo home town.
You beat me to it. Some posters pedant meters were running hot. Home town hero sounds much catchier than home country hero. Perhaps we can all agree for the purposes of the Olympics, the terms are interchangeable?
@canefan said in Olympics Thread:
@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:
@sparky I think that's getting pedantic to the point of stupidity. He's French. His parents are French. He represents France at the French Olympics.
Ergo home town.
Home town hero sounds much catchier than home country hero.
Yeah, but it's not correct.
You can describe it as a home Olympics for any French person. But it's only a "Hometown" Olympics for Parisians.
Facts will always matter to me more than "what feels good." And it's a great hill to die on.
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@canefan said in Olympics Thread:
@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:
@sparky I think that's getting pedantic to the point of stupidity. He's French. His parents are French. He represents France at the French Olympics.
Ergo home town.
Home town hero sounds much catchier than home country hero.
Yeah, but it's not correct.
You can describe it as a home Olympics for any French person. But it's only a "Hometown" Olympics for Parisians.
Facts will always matter to me more than "what feels good." And it's a great hill to die on.
@sparky said in Olympics Thread:
@canefan said in Olympics Thread:
@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:
@sparky I think that's getting pedantic to the point of stupidity. He's French. His parents are French. He represents France at the French Olympics.
Ergo home town.
Home town hero sounds much catchier than home country hero.
Yeah, but it's not correct.
You can describe it as a home Olympics for any French person. But it's only a "Hometown" Olympics for Parisians.
Facts will always matter to me more than "what feels good." And it's a great hill to die on.
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@canefan said in Olympics Thread:
@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:
@sparky I think that's getting pedantic to the point of stupidity. He's French. His parents are French. He represents France at the French Olympics.
Ergo home town.
Home town hero sounds much catchier than home country hero.
Yeah, but it's not correct.
You can describe it as a home Olympics for any French person. But it's only a "Hometown" Olympics for Parisians.
Facts will always matter to me more than "what feels good." And it's a great hill to die on.
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Thanks. Your name is apt because man has this discussion sparked my Olympic spirit into fkn OVERDRIVE.
Just can't wait for tonight's action! Citius, Altius, Fortius MOTHERFUCKER!!!!!
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Ok. Since Paris is a city it’s home city and not home town. Can’t be having errors now.
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Bizarre scenes in Emma Twigg's women’s single sculls QF where the Spanish women overtook the Serbian for the third and last qualifying place in the last 500 m. The Serbian women basically did a lay-down Sally after being passed.
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Bizarre scenes in Emma Twigg's women’s single sculls QF where the Spanish women overtook the Serbian for the third and last qualifying place in the last 500 m. The Serbian women basically did a lay-down Sally after being passed.
@Bovidae said in Olympics Thread:
Bizarre scenes in Emma Twigg's women’s single sculls QF where the Spanish women overtook the Serbian for the third and last qualifying place in the last 500 m. The Serbian women basically did a lay-down Sally after being passed.
Yeah odd. Was she saving energy for a repecharge, or is she out?
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Bizarre scenes in Emma Twigg's women’s single sculls QF where the Spanish women overtook the Serbian for the third and last qualifying place in the last 500 m. The Serbian women basically did a lay-down Sally after being passed.
@Bovidae said in Olympics Thread:
Bizarre scenes in Emma Twigg's women’s single sculls QF where the Spanish women overtook the Serbian for the third and last qualifying place in the last 500 m. The Serbian women basically did a lay-down Sally after being passed.
It was odd but I can sort of understand it. She was caught and knew she had no energy left to catchup so she gave up. Not a great advertisement for giving it your all and fighting to the end.
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Pairs girls looked good. Quickest time too
But those fucking Romanians look strong.
