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Mónica Puig of Puerto Rico with the crazy big upset over Angelique Kerber of Germany in the women's gold medal singles tennis match. Wow. That was a great match to watch.
 
MindzEye said:
Johnson's claim comes on the back of him being the best in the world at the 400m at the time as well.

With that said, Bolt has 3 season best times that match or beat Johnson's old WR time in the 200...it's not close there and though the 400 is tough technically, it's not the 100m and Bolt is the GOAT at the 100m.
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The man jogged to a 10.07 this morning and decides to stare his closest competition down in the process of passing him.

Gatlin and DeGrasse can talk shit all the want but if he decides to turn on the jets tomorrow they are ****ed

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DeGrasse knows he won't win but I prefer him saying he is there to win than saying well I won't win and want to watch Bolt win.
 
I know that she is pretty disappointed with her performance, having been a gold medal favourite coming in, but that was one gutsy performance by Brianne Thiesen-Eaton to come back from being in sixth place after four events and managing to grab a bronze in the women's heptathlon. One of the best athletic performances by a female athlete in this country's history for sure.
 
TheCountofMonteCristo said:
DeGrasse knows he won't win but I prefer him saying he is there to win than saying well I won't win and want to watch Bolt win.
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De Grasse will be one of the gold medal favourites in Tokyo. He's only 21 years old, which is an absolute baby in the sprinting world. He has the chance to steal a bronze in Rio tomorrow evening though.
 
JaysCyYoung said:
De Grasse will be one of the gold medal favourites in Tokyo. He's only 21 years old, which is an absolute baby in the sprinting world. He has the chance to steal a bronze in Rio tomorrow evening though.
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Oh for sure but nothing wrong going for it now even though he knows he likely won't win.
 
I don't understand how people can get excited watching sprinters when they are obviously juiced. It's not althletisim but scientific cover up. I lost interest when Ben got caught.
 
JaysCyYoung said:
I'm kind of the same way generally-speaking because the male athletes represent pure "best in the world" as opposed to "best amongst your sex" aspect that you alluded to.
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In that same vein, should there really be different weight classes in boxing, wrestling, weightlifting etc.?
 
angelfish said:
I don't understand how people can get excited watching sprinters when they are obviously juiced. It's not althletisim but scientific cover up. I lost interest when Ben got caught.
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What exactly makes you think they are obviously juiced besides the ones who have been busted?

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Artnes said:
What exactly makes you think they are obviously juiced besides the ones who have been busted?

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Yeah, under that logic, what's the point in watching sports at all? If you're going to work under the assumption that anyone who is really, really good is juicing regardless of the existence of a positive test, then why watch sports?
 
vernonfiddler said:
In that same vein, should there really be different weight classes in boxing, wrestling, weightlifting etc.?
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Would be a really short olympics otherwise. Should the most impressive overall results be considered the highest achievement? Yeah probably.
 
angelfish said:
I don't understand how people can get excited watching sprinters when they are obviously juiced. It's not althletisim but scientific cover up. I lost interest when Ben got caught.
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De Grasse is like 150 pounds soaking wet. I'd love to see what type of steroids you can take where you're that ridiculously skinny.
 
vernonfiddler said:
In that same vein, should there really be different weight classes in boxing, wrestling, weightlifting etc.?
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No, because there are obviously major differences in technique and style for each of the weight classes. Connor McGregor and other fighters in UFC, along with countless boxers in the past, have demonstrated the difficulty in moving up or down a weight class.

But in the spirit of your point, the heavyweight champion (or sometimes super heavyweight in the Olympics case) is always the premiere winner in the boxing world.

Muhammad Ali (as Cassius Clay), Joe Frazier, Leon Spinks, George Foreman, Evander Holyfield, Lennox Lewis, and Wladimir Klitschko are just some of the famous former champions that were Olympic gold medalists in the heavyweight or super heavyweight categories.
 
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