OT: The Other Sports Thread Part 13

[Adam Michaels]

While we're at it:

Tentoglou won the gold medal in the long jump. And he won it on his final jump.

And here he is not believing he won it. He was asking his coaches if it was true.

 

[SB164]

Jennifer Abel’s partner is boxer David Lemieux, this is sweet.

 

[dinodebino]

Watching the Women's Kayak competition. Da fook. They are MASSIVE. They's break me in two in no type. Aaaanold would be proud.

 

[Adam Michaels]

I was watching the women's 10K swimming marathon. I had to change the channel because I was in absolute pain watching them.

Those are incredible athletes. They were swimming for 45 minutes and they were still in Lap 3 of 7.

I would have drowned 3 minutes into that race.

 

[Redux91]

I was watching the women's 10K swimming marathon. I had to change the channel because I was in absolute pain watching them.

Those are incredible athletes. They were swimming for 45 minutes and they were still in Lap 3 of 7.

I would have drowned 3 minutes into that race.

I could not believe people can swim for 2 hours straight like that lol, everytime I tuned back in I'm like HOW are they doing this lol
That was nuts

 

[Adam Michaels]

I could not believe people can swim for 2 hours straight like that lol, everytime I tuned back in I'm like HOW are they doing this lol
That was nuts

Yea. It's crazy how long they go for.

And then they have the bottles lowered to them from the long poles. And they grab them and swim backwards so they can drink, then turn around and keep swimming.

It's crazy to think about the marathon runners and how long they go for. But I can't imagine swimming for that long.

 

[peate]

Yea. It's crazy how long they go for.

And then they have the bottles lowered to them from the long poles. And they grab them and swim backwards so they can drink, then turn around and keep swimming.

It's crazy to think about the marathon runners and how long they go for. But I can't imagine swimming for that long.

Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean

 

[Adam Michaels]

Greece is off to the Semi-Final in Men's Water Polo. They beat Montenegro 10-4 in the Quarter-Final.

They will play the winner of Hungary vs. Croatia.

 

[Belial]

Greece is off to the Semi-Final in Men's Water Polo. They beat Montenegro 10-4 in the Quarter-Final.

They will play the winner of Hungary vs. Croatia.

It's kinda crazy how the elite of this discipline is condensed into one region of the planet.

 

[Adam Michaels]

It's kinda crazy how the elite of this discipline is condensed into one region of the planet.

Yea.

Here are the four Quarter-Final match-ups at the Olympics for the men:

Greece vs. Montenegro
Hungary vs. Croatia
Italy vs. Serbia
Spain vs. USA

Only the States are not from Europe. And they were eliminated by Spain. So the Final Four will be all European.

Spain vs. Winner of Italy/Serbia
Greece vs. Winner of Hungary/Croatia

The Women's Water Polo was a little more diverse. Their Quarter-Finals were:

Spain vs. China
Hungary vs. Netherlands
ROC vs. Australia
USA vs. Canada

The semi-finals will be:
Spain vs. Hungary
ROC vs. USA

So the Women's semis are also 3/4 European teams. But at least their Quarter-Finals had countries from various parts of the world.

 

[Belial]

Yea.

Here are the four Quarter-Final match-ups at the Olympics for the men:

Greece vs. Montenegro
Hungary vs. Croatia
Italy vs. Serbia
Spain vs. USA

Only the States are not from Europe. And they were eliminated by Spain. So the Final Four will be all European.

Spain vs. Winner of Italy/Serbia
Greece vs. Winner of Hungary/Croatia

The Women's Water Polo was a little more diverse. Their Quarter-Finals were:

Spain vs. China
Hungary vs. Netherlands
ROC vs. Australia
USA vs. Canada

The semi-finals will be:
Spain vs. Hungary
ROC vs. USA

So the Women's semis are also 3/4 European teams. But at least their Quarter-Finals had countries from various parts of the world.

I adore WaterPolo it's such a grueling/tough sport that requires elite physical shape and abilities! It's sad that it doesn't get enough global recognition...

 

[peate]

Canada's Georgia Ellenwood..

 

[Guiness time]

When is men's 200M final?

 

[Emanresu Wen]

When is men's 200M final?

8h55

in 50 mins from this post

 

[ArtPeur]

He did it!

 

[tazsub3]

Man andre was magical! what a way to wake up.

2 things i wanted most in these olympics.

A gold for Degrasse
and a gold for women soccer team...

Hope we complete he 2nd!!

 

[Redux91]

That was amazing. Wow

Congrats Andre!! You have that forever! Like donovan , man that's special

 

[peate]

He really poured it on in the last 25 meters. What a run.

 

[angusyoung]

He really poured it on in the last 25 meters. What a run.

You should see me in central america when Montezuma's revenge kicks in

 

[angusyoung]

While we're at it:

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Tentoglou won the gold medal in the long jump. And he won it on his final jump.

And here he is not believing he won it. He was asking his coaches if it was true.

I could swear I heard him say ''sopa reh''

Glad for him, my Greek friends have had little to cheer about these Olympics,unlike my Kiwi buddy pointing at the medal count.

 

[angusyoung]

I was watching the women's 10K swimming marathon. I had to change the channel because I was in absolute pain watching them.

Those are incredible athletes. They were swimming for 45 minutes and they were still in Lap 3 of 7.

I would have drowned 3 minutes into that race.

Hope this doesn't sound too Pierre Mcguire-ish and gets misconstrued. Gonna try to make a comparison that is more relatable to most. Young healthy individuals that habitually walk a round of golf on a flat course and use a pull cart, after the round you're still fine and can keep going. Same as a person that skates at their leisurely pace,you can do the Rideau canal both ways and it's nothing. Yes it takes time to evolve to that level of endurance and stamina,but with endless hours of swimming,you find your natural pace and can swim forever and not really get exhausted. You can even give spurts during and return to your''normal'' pace and recover and get ready to spurt again. When you sprint in swimming,you're giving all you got in that moment with nothing left when you finish. I still swim almost everyday whether it's in the pool or the sea and if in the pool and just doing laps,can go on forever and not even feel tired.

 

[angusyoung]

I adore WaterPolo it's such a grueling/tough sport that requires elite physical shape and abilities! It's sad that it doesn't get enough global recognition...

Yes it's a very tough sport to play,very taxing, and it should be more popular as should underwater hockey,very demanding but both great fun to play. imo

 

[Adam Michaels]

I could swear I heard him say ''sopa reh''

Glad for him, my Greek friends have had little to cheer about these Olympics,unlike my Kiwi buddy pointing at the medal count.

When his coach and the whole group was telling him he won and he wasn't sure, you hear him ask a few times "αλήθεια;"

Listen to the 50 second mark:



Which for the non-Greeks, he was asking "is it true?"

 

[angusyoung]

When his coach and the whole group was telling him he won and he wasn't sure, you hear him ask a few times "αλήθεια;"

Listen to the 50 second mark:



Which for the non-Greeks, he was asking "is it true?"

Can barely hear him. At the 28 second is when I thought I heard him with the sopa

 

[peate]

I was watching the platform diving and that young Chinese girl, looks like she's 10, well that was her score for 2 dives. all judges gave her 10's. Never saw that before. She was flawless, her entry barely made a splash, impressive.,