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Swimming seems to be the Summer equivalent the short track, with all those different length races, team sprints and such seems there's always another race.








I'd like to see the top 8 swimmers of each sex square off in a dog paddle race. Have to have some rules, hands can't break the surface for instance...but I'd like to see it.
 
Hillary Caldwell and Dominique Bouchard both qualify for the semi-finals of the women's 200m backstroke later tonight with the seventh and second fastest times respectively.
 
JaysCyYoung said:
Hillary Caldwell and Dominique Bouchard both qualify for the semi-finals of the women's 200m backstroke later tonight with the seventh and second fastest times respectively.
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nice

I want a men's medal though, Condorelli will have nightmares about 3/100ths for the rest of his life
 
JaysCyYoung said:
No, I think that the CBC swimming analyst was saying that he has to decide if he wants to do both events tonight (50m freestyle and 100m breaststroke) or decide if he wants to prioritize one over the other.

He's fast as hell out of the block so I'm wondering if he can actually win the 50m gold medal. He would have last night.
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I assume people do the race different if it is only 50m but ya it seems like he would have a shot

I was mostly judging from his interview last night when he said something like "I still have the next Olympics"
 
worm said:
when does track start?

isn't the 100m final normally Saturday?
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tomorrow I believe, final is often on a Saturday yes

brutal tie break by Nestor/Pospisil

Down one set to Nadal/Lopez in SF.

They were up a break at one point but gave it back to Nadal
 
Men's discus throw
Qualifications

Fri, Aug 12
8:30 AM

Women's heptathlon
100m hurdles

Fri, Aug 12
8:35 AM

Women's shot put
Qualifications

Fri, Aug 12
9:05 AM

Men's 800m
Round 1

Fri, Aug 12
9:10 AM

Women's heptathlon
High jump

Fri, Aug 12
9:50 AM

Women's 10,000m
Final

Fri, Aug 12
10:10 AM

Women's 100m
Preliminaries

Fri, Aug 12
10:55 AM

Men's 20km walk
Final

Fri, Aug 12
1:30 PM

Women's 1500m
Round 1

Fri, Aug 12
7:30 PM

Women's heptathlon
Shot put

Fri, Aug 12
7:35 PM

Women's hammer throw
Qualifications

Fri, Aug 12
7:40 PM

Men's 400m
Round 1

Fri, Aug 12
8:05 PM

Men's long jump
Qualifications

Fri, Aug 12
8:20 PM

Women's shot put
Final

Fri, Aug 12
9:00 PM

Women's heptathlon
200m

Fri, Aug 12
9:05 PM

Women's 100m
Round 1

Fri, Aug 12
9:40 PM
 
Olympic related but new Star Wars trailer to be revealed during Olympics coverage today.
[video]https://youtu.be/2BDyeARyIkw[/video]
 
I never understood why people make fun of the race-walkers. They're walking faster than at least 90 percent of the population can run. It's a legitimate discipline.
 
There's probably alot of people who can skip faster than 90% of the population can run as well. Is that a legitimate discipline?

Have you seen those guys walk on their hands in the crossfit games? They can really fly. 100m hand sprint!

It's dumb.
 
worm said:
Nice. I am assuming that this isn't his best event?
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No.

And while he was fastest in his heat, he was only 14th fastest overall (and this was a personal best time for him); if it comes down to one or the other he should go 50m free IMO.
 
JaysCyYoung said:
I never understood why people make fun of the race-walkers. They're walking faster than at least 90 percent of the population can run. It's a legitimate discipline.
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Because I find it boring. And for 20k? Zzzzzzz

Just like the target shooting.
 
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