2016 Rio Summer Olympics

[BoxsterCy]

why would you want to be a 10km runner?

Not me because 5K is WAY cooler!

 

[BBHMagic]

I know this is old news with how fast these olympics move, but I found some of this amazing.

http://www.foxsports.com/olympics/story/this-is-what-a-katie-ledecky-victory-looks-like-081216

 

[cyclone101]

that doesn't answer why I would want to train to run 30 minutes in a row without stopping though.

Because you wouldn't sniff a 30 min 10k?

 

[drlove]

Why would you want to be a 1500m swimmer?

Nobody wants to swim the 1500. But sometimes your coach explains to you that "if you can't swim fast, you have to swim far". Thanks for nothing coach. ;-)

 

[Cy$]

Because you wouldn't sniff a 30 min 10k?

Because I don't like torturing myself probably.

 

[NWICY]

That Mo Farah fellow could outsprint me (letting me start with 200 meters to go) around that last corner even after running the other 10,000 meters, what a kick at the end of a long ass run.

 

[cyrocksmypants]

pfffffffffffffft if I know, haha. Could be the play they plan to run or zone they want to hit to or something. ISU does that too and I think it usually indicates the play the want to run.

******* amateur.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

This is (I think) my first attempt on the new platform. I give you Paullina Huntinova...



It's actually a pretty impressive performance, even though it's played for laughs.

 

[cmjh10]

This is (I think) my first attempt on the new platform. I give you Paullina Huntinova...



It's actually a pretty impressive performance, even though it's played for laughs.

That hurt me just watching it

 

[ImJustKCClone]

That hurt me just watching it

He has a bars routine and a floor ex as well, but I thought this was the funniest. He was a Big 10 champ in the late 70s...coaching when the first routine was filmed in 83.

PS - it hurt ME too - and beam was my thing!

 

[BoxsterCy]

Flashback to 1977.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

That popped up on my FB today. The cigarette just caps it!

 

[Cyclones_R_GR8]

The weirdest thing I've seen so far is on NBCSN right now. It's indoor cycling with 8 laps. For the first 6 laps there's some dude on a moped driving real slow and nobody's allowed to pass him. Then then he leaves and there's like 30 seconds of actual racing.

I love the olympics.

I've never seen the moped, but I suppose that is to make them actually run the race in a reasonable amount of time. They used to just try to hold their bicycle in one place waiting for someone to eventually make a move and then start the final sprint.

 

[NWICY]

Yo CG, if I heard the announcers right your target time is 5min 30 sec. miles to be Olympic marathon winner. Thought I'd let you know just so you know what you're shooting for.

USA vs. China not a good wbb game 48-19 in the 2nd quarter.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Yo CG, if I heard the announcers right your target time is 5min 30 sec. miles to be Olympic marathon winner. Thought I'd let you know just so you know what you're shooting for.

USA vs. China not a good wbb game 48-19 in the 2nd quarter.

102-55 with under 2 left. I think USA has this one in the bag...

 

[CloniesForLife]

Not a huge fan of synchro but it is pretty impressive that they can time all that up

 

[Mtowncyclone13]

Ryan lochte robbed at gunpoint.

 

[stormchaser2014]

Lol at the guy on Twitter complaining about Walsh-Jennings side boob.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Lol at the guy on Twitter complaining about Walsh-Jennings side boob.

A GUY is complaining about side boob?

 

[Cyclones_R_GR8]

A GUY is complaining about side boob?

Johnny Weir?