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On 8/11/2024 at 12:15 PM, Ender said:

Hilly brutal course is one factor, but other factors add on, like his recurring hip injury as seen in some footage, and all this time during training, the safety of his family and him weighs in heavily since he received death threats after the death of Kelvin Kiptum.

He didn't do well in Boston.

The terrain quite close

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US won the men basketball gold. With Chef Curry sealed it again in the last 2 minutes with 4 consecutive 3 pointers putting the French out of the games.

Other countries like Serbia, France, German etc are catching up with the margin getting closer. In the 90s when NBA players start to play in Olympic games with the like of Michael Jordan the margin is ~30-50 points lead.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRa-8b-dfG8

 

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On 8/10/2024 at 8:35 PM, mersaylee said:

French crushed Polska in men volleyball final in 3 straight sets...no way to get past the French wall of arms and palms...Leon the only exception...saved a couple of match points with his signature forte ace serve...from 4 points down at 20-24 to 23-24 but gifted the gold when his third serve gone beyond the line...😂

In the past Olympics usually is country like Brazil, Italy, US in the finals for volleyball.

French play extremely well and consistent and score multiple aces in serving. 

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On 8/11/2024 at 3:01 PM, Ender said:

What event is this? Looks like I might be good at it

 

Lust time me and 2 classmates beat competitors from other classes to occupy the entire podium...ironically, me been the tallest got bronze, shorter one got silver and the shortest of the trio jumped the highest to get gold...limpeh long legs good see no good eat one 😅

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On 8/11/2024 at 3:11 PM, mersaylee said:

Lust time me and 2 classmates beat competitors from other classes to occupy the entire podium...ironically, me been the tallest got bronze, shorter one got silver and the shortest of the trio jumped the highest to get gold...limpeh long legs good see no good eat one 😅

Long legs I think is good for long jump.

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On 8/11/2024 at 3:22 PM, Ender said:

Long legs I think is good for long jump.

Got try...not my kind of discipline...😅

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On 8/11/2024 at 12:22 PM, Giordanogavin said:

 

US won the men basketball gold. With Chef Curry sealed it again in the last 2 minutes with 4 consecutive 3 pointers putting the French out of the games.

Other countries like Serbia, France, German etc are catching up with the margin getting closer. In the 90s when NBA players start to play in Olympic games with the like of Michael Jordan the margin is ~30-50 points lead.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRa-8b-dfG8

 

The dream team...no more...really lucky to beat Serbia... 

Just watched the rerun...Durant and Curry killed the French...their NBA rookie of the year could only do that much...

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On 8/11/2024 at 12:22 PM, Giordanogavin said:

 

US won the men basketball gold. With Chef Curry sealed it again in the last 2 minutes with 4 consecutive 3 pointers putting the French out of the games.

Other countries like Serbia, France, German etc are catching up with the margin getting closer. In the 90s when NBA players start to play in Olympic games with the like of Michael Jordan the margin is ~30-50 points lead.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRa-8b-dfG8

 

The dream team...no more...really lucky to beat Serbia... 

Just watched the rerun...Durant and Curry killed the French...their NBA rookie of the year could only do that much...

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On 8/11/2024 at 4:10 PM, Kopites said:

Go go suzuki! Close the gap!

Not bad...only a second behind the fifth...

The lust 500m was phenomenal with Hassan sprint...

 

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Watched the women marathon. Exciting finish. The last few hundred metre, Hassan kicked in her turbo and got gold.

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On 8/11/2024 at 4:28 PM, mersaylee said:

Not bad...only a second behind the fifth...

The lust 500m was phenomenal with Hassan sprint...

 

Marathoner we call such runner as kicker. 😀 for one not african. I was the 10k as well. Hassan was right at the back of the front group. Last 200,100 she kick in and charge forward. Didn't watch her 5k though. 

Happy for the jap gal. Is she the first asian marathoner in the Olympic top 10? 

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On 8/11/2024 at 5:16 PM, Kopites said:

Marathoner we call such runner as kicker. 😀 for one not african. I was the 10k as well. Hassan was right at the back of the front group. Last 200,100 she kick in and charge forward. Didn't watch her 5k though. 

Happy for the jap gal. Is she the first asian marathoner in the Olympic top 10? 

Not sure...but she's the only Asian in top 30 if not 20 today...

Actually, Hassan also not natively netherland born...😁

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On 8/10/2024 at 2:31 PM, Jellandross said:

Other than money the social life is also abnormal. Our company invited Michael Phelps to one of our annual conference for a talk. He said that he basically lead a lonely life before retirement even with families and friends around him. He had a regime of "no off days" 365 a year and were not there even during Thanksgiving and Christmas which are super important to Americans. He "only began a normal life" after he retired.

Life is just a series of trade-offs. For those who aspires fame, power, top money, etc they already know that the trade-off is their personal freedom among many other things.

It is the same even for the ordinary man.   For work and income, they trade-off their health and relationship. 

The right question everyone should ask then is are they happy? If they are, then all those trade-offs are worthy.  If not, then they should just quit what they are doing and do something else.

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Hungerian Gulyas came from 2nd place to clinch gold in the final round of shoot/run from local favourite for women modern pentathlon...superb endurance...i shag just by watching...😅

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Jippunese petite climber...just one more move to get full points in leap...slipped on it but still leading in women boulder/leap race...just a few more climbers to go...can still clinch the gold IF americano scores below 60...😁

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