EPTJust looks like a bunch of fish bobbing up and down in the water, quite fun to watch
2012 Olympics Event Discussion Thread - Page 121
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51490 Posts
Just looks like a bunch of fish bobbing up and down in the water, quite fun to watch | ||
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Miyoshino
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51490 Posts
Oh wow, first 50m very fast in this heat by the GB guy Woop GB winner of the heat! Was a great race that one. Japan seem to be good breast strokers xD Woop relay time :D My favorite events are the ones that are relay. | ||
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radiatoren
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Hier
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Mr Leonard also called for an investigation into the Chinese, saying they could be using genetic manipulation. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2181121/Ye-Shiwen-US-attacks-China-drugs-row-supergirl-swimmer.html#ixzz22BJc84Ug What a bunch of crap. If that's so then Chinese genetic research is about half a century ahead of everyone else's. Yes, Shiwen's swim was amazing, but not necessarily suspicious. It is entirely possible for young swimmers to drop a large amount of time off of their events. If, on the other hand, she was 26, instead of 16, and has improved by that much, I would understand the suspicion. Every once in a while great athletes come along, perhaps she is one of them. Also, 400 IM is a very complex event that relies on winning distance with a swimmer's best stroke, and keeping up with the rest on all other strokes; almost everyone knew Phelps wasn't going to beat Lochte after the first 100m fly in the 400 IM. Shiwen held out until the last 100m; free was her ace. In 2011, Shanghai, Lochte went 4:07 (his last 50 was not slower than Shiwen's that time); now he dropped 2 seconds - those 2 seconds dropped exclusively from his 100 breast portion of the race. Out of his 7 competitors 4 had a faster 100 free at the end; he was ahead of the WR at 300m, yet was behind it by the end of the race. Lochte never planned on banking on the last 100m, merely to survive it. Do I even need to mention Lochte's tendency to not save anything until the end? That's why he has one of the slowest last 50m sprints relative to the rest of his race. | ||
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Aerisky
United States12129 Posts
They somehow manage to swim pretty dang quickly even doing breast stroke though haha | ||
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51490 Posts
Haha indeed, breast stroke is crazy! My backstroke was the fastest for me when i was swimming regularly :S that stroke is sick Oh wow this heat xD Aussies Americans Canadians & Chinese xD this will be good Russia leading the way early on xD | ||
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Asha
United Kingdom38256 Posts
Second 4x200m heat looks super stacked though | ||
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Benjef
United Kingdom6921 Posts
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Dawg_Snow
France425 Posts
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LaNague
Germany9118 Posts
On July 31 2012 18:54 Miyoshino wrote: In the west it used to be the only stroke. What's wrong with it? It is also the way easiest way to swim. breaststroke is the hardest regarding technique. Common misconception. | ||
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Asha
United Kingdom38256 Posts
Kinda sad since almost all of them will be swapped out for the finals, but I guess when you know that you can give it your absolute all energy wise at least. Strength in depth etc | ||
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51490 Posts
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Aerisky
United States12129 Posts
On July 31 2012 19:25 LaNague wrote: breaststroke is the hardest regarding technique. Common misconception. Oh hey, I actually reading about that somewhere. Personally I don't understand how butterfly works at all...no idea how people manage to swim that, but yeah breast stroke apparently has very specific technique because it's really easy to slow yourself down and whatnot. | ||
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whiteLotus
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Miyoshino
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Today in the pool everyone was using breaststroke. Breaststroke is what you are taught first and what non-competitive swimmers almost exclusively use. | ||
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Aerisky
United States12129 Posts
On July 31 2012 19:52 whiteLotus wrote: So i just downloaded(can i say that here lol) HD womans gymnastics qualification and the first thing i see is like 16-17y old girl with black very tight costume that shows more than half of her ass, and i was just wondering why arent they changing rules that those girls should wear proper uniforms this is just crazy ;o Maybe it draws a bigger viewership or something @_@ Seriously though some of those outfits are a bit...much... gogo China, hope we take both of the team comps | ||
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51490 Posts
On July 31 2012 19:52 whiteLotus wrote: So i just downloaded(can i say that here lol) HD womans gymnastics qualification and the first thing i see is like 16-17y old girl with black very tight costume that shows more than half of her ass, and i was just wondering why arent they changing rules that those girls should wear proper uniforms this is just crazy ;o Yeah i noticed this too, the GB team have some like 12 year old in there team (might of been who your talking about) and the whole outfits for everyone is very revealing, i guess it's just the nature of the sport and it has been like it for years and years, however you would of thought if they changed the rules on beach volleyball outfits they would of done the same for Gymnastics :S very strange, but still makes me watch :3 On July 31 2012 19:52 Miyoshino wrote: Butterfly is hardest. What is hardest to execute properly at elite level is something different. Today in the pool everyone was using breaststroke. Breaststroke is what you are taught first and what non-competitive swimmers almost exclusively use. Plus your not taught to do breast stroke like they do professionaly, your taught to keep your head above the water when your learning (pretty sure i was) and not how the athletes were doing it earlier, most of the race was underwater, pushing yourself along then up for a breath and back down. Butterfly is always imo the most grueling as it takes a hell of a lot of muscles to keep coming that far out of the water. | ||
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Dust14
Belgium490 Posts
On July 31 2012 20:02 Pandemona wrote: Yeah i noticed this too, the GB team have some like 12 year old in there team (might of been who your talking about) and the whole outfits for everyone is very revealing, i guess it's just the nature of the sport and it has been like it for years and years, however you would of thought if they changed the rules on beach volleyball outfits they would of done the same for Gymnastics :S very strange, but still makes me watch :3 Just so you know: In gymastics you need to be 16 or older to be able to participate, so you'll never see something like a 12-year old. | ||
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