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Guest Speedy
1 hour ago, Steve5380 said:

 

A minute is close to 59 seconds.  Schooling's time was 49.84 sec,  0.59 sec behind the winner who made it in 49.25 seconds, or a sixth of one second faster. 

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Throw you into the lion's cage,  1 sec or 59 seconds to get out of there makes a lot of difference between life and death.  Same for competition or those carrying out risky activities.  You need to speed up your neuron to fully understand what we meant.

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1 hour ago, Guest Speedy said:

Throw you into the lion's cage,  1 sec or 59 seconds to get out of there makes a lot of difference between life and death.  Same for competition or those carrying out risky activities.  You need to speed up your neuron to fully understand what we meant.

 

Maybe the lion is asleep and won't wake up before 1 hour.  Here my observation was that 0.59 seconds is very different from one minute. 

 

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20 minutes ago, Steve5380 said:

 

Maybe the lion is asleep and won't wake up before 1 hour.  Here my observation was that 0.59 seconds is very different from one minute. 

 

He is 0.59 seconds late for earning that 1 million SGD dollars.   So close and yet so far. 

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Guest Unridiculous Equivocations
6 hours ago, Steve5380 said:

Maybe the lion is asleep and won't wake up before 1 hour.  Here my observation was that 0.59 seconds is very different from one minute. 

 

The problem is that you are wasting your time ... and ours ... arguing with a mental midget who knows nothing about sports ... and even less about mathematics ... but continues to dedicate a ridiculous amount of his time to baselessly attacking Singapore's greatest Olympic athlete.

 

The troll clearly does not know the difference between 0.59 seconds and 59.0 seconds, which is why he very incorrectly tried to claim that Schooling was almost a minute behind the winner, when he was really just over half-a-second behind the winner in what is his secondary event.

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Bye bye swimming medal.

Joseph Schooling was one of the last for 100m butterfly heats, 3 seconds slower than 2016, didnt even qualify for finals. :wacko:

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23 minutes ago, Guest Haiz said:

Bye bye swimming medal.

Joseph Schooling was one of the last for 100m butterfly heats, 3 seconds slower than 2016, didnt even qualify for finals. :wacko:

 

1 is better 0.

 

No pun intended. 

鍾意就好,理佢男定女

 

never argue with the guests. let them bark all they want.

 

结缘不结

不解缘

 

After I have said what I wanna say, I don't care what you say.

 

看穿不说穿

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37 minutes ago, Guest Haiz said:

Bye bye swimming medal.

Joseph Schooling was one of the last for 100m butterfly heats, 3 seconds slower than 2016, didnt even qualify for finals. :wacko:

 

Didn’t even make it to semi finals, eat too fat.

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Didn't expect him to win any medal as since 2016, he have not been able to clock that kind of timing while competitors goes under the 50 sec mark easily. But also never expect he would not be able to make it to the semi-final or final. 

 

Anyway he have achieve what many couldn't and will go down in history as winning the first Olympic gold medal for SG. 

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3 hours ago, Guest Haiz said:

Bye bye swimming medal.

Joseph Schooling was one of the last for 100m butterfly heats, 3 seconds slower than 2016, didnt even qualify for finals. :wacko:

What happen to him now? Performance and result so bad?

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On 7/28/2021 at 1:26 PM, Dreamz80 said:

Anyone noticed Loh Kean Yew from the badminton team? Quite an eye candy!! 

welson sim is stil my favourite

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Say ~ what happened to the 1 piece swimsuit last time designed by speedo during this Olympic?  NOBODY WAS SEEN WEARING IT HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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25 minutes ago, Kimochi said:

Say ~ what happened to the 1 piece swimsuit last time designed by speedo during this Olympic?  NOBODY WAS SEEN WEARING IT HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

 

banned for awhile already

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2 hours ago, lonelyglobe said:

Didn't expect him to win any medal as since 2016, he have not been able to clock that kind of timing while competitors goes under the 50 sec mark easily. But also never expect he would not be able to make it to the semi-final or final. 

 

Anyway he have achieve what many couldn't and will go down in history as winning the first Olympic gold medal for SG. 

 

so far only 1 person manage to go below 50s, which is also the fastest guy in today's heats.

actually the fastest in today's heats clocked 50.39s which is the same as Joseph Schooling's timing in 2016.

so if JS still maintain his form, high chance can go podium already. oh well.

 

by the way, the 2nd in Rio 2016 - Chad le Clos also didnt manage to qualify for 100m semi finals.

he was gold for 200m butterfly in Rio, but got 16th for his heats in Tokyo.

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Nobody can stay on top forever as witnessed by the fact that gymnastics superstar Simone Biles is suffering through an unprecedented nervous breakdown and is too freaked out to even try to compete right now, defending champions China lost their first three women's volleyball matches and are in serious danger of not even qualifying for the quarterfinals, the top two women's tennis players Ashleigh Barty and Naomi Osaka lost in the early women's singles rounds, the mighty USA men's basketball team lost to France, and the veteran-filled USA women's football squad were thrashed by Sweden.

 

I don't understand why any supposed Singaporeans would go out of their way to incessantly attack Joseph Schooling on the internet, but you are disgustingly twisted individuals, and you will never in the entirity of your miserable lives accomplish even 1% of what our nation's greatest swimmer has already accomplished in his young life. Despite not coming anywhere near the heights he reached five years ago, I remain proud of our country's first-ever Olympic gold medalist, and look forward to seeing his future contributions in developing the next generation of athletes who will proudly wear red and white.

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9 hours ago, Guest Guest said:

 

so far only 1 person manage to go below 50s, which is also the fastest guy in today's heats.

actually the fastest in today's heats clocked 50.39s which is the same as Joseph Schooling's timing in 2016.

so if JS still maintain his form, high chance can go podium already. oh well.

Swimmers will conserve their energy for the final,  have to see if the Olympic record will be broken in the final. 

 

Actually it is more exciting to see the medal tally,  one of the most competitive Olympic as of now, is just one gold medal separate the three of them. 

 

1
15 7 10 32
2
15 4 6 25
14 14 10 38
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7 hours ago, Guest Unridiculous Equivocations said:

 

I don't understand why any supposed Singaporeans would go out of their way to incessantly attack Joseph Schooling on the internet, but you are disgustingly twisted individuals, and you will never in the entirity of your miserable lives accomplish even 1% of what our nation's greatest swimmer has already accomplished in his young life. Despite not coming anywhere near the heights he reached five years ago, I remain proud of our country's first-ever Olympic gold medalist, and look forward to seeing his future contributions in developing the next generation of athletes who will proudly wear red and white.


Actually the positive and encouraging comments are way more than the negative comments.

 

Then some comments are saying its time for him to serve NS already lol

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34 minutes ago, lonelyglobe said:
Today·Final
COMPLETED
#Standing
Athletes Time
Gold
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C. Dressel
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United States
49.45
WR
Silver
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K. Milák
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Hungary
49.68
Bronze
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Switzerland
50.74

 

JS timing of 50.39 in 2016 would give him a bronze medal in Tokyo.

With your logic of looking back in time, Caleb Dressel's time beat all 3 of Michael Phelps Olympics winning times.  

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10 hours ago, SunshineQQ said:

Chinese swimmer Wang Shun is handsome.. 😍

 

Hope he will not become the next Sun Yang ~ 

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1 hour ago, lonelyglobe said:
Today·Final
COMPLETED
#Standing
Athletes Time
Gold
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C. Dressel
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United States
49.45
WR
Silver
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K. Milák
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Hungary
49.68
Bronze
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N. Ponti
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Switzerland
50.74

 

JS timing of 50.39 in 2016 would give him a bronze medal in Tokyo.

 

interesting that all the 2016 podium winners are not present this time. michael phelps retired, laszlo cesh did not take part in this event this olympics and joseph schooling & chad le clos did not qualify.

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https://www.outsports.com/olympics/2021/7/12/22565574/tokyo-summer-olympics-lgbtq-gay-athletes-list

 

Tokyo Summer Games Out LGBTQ Athletes

3x3 Basketball

Stefanie Dolson (USA)

Archery

Lucilla Boari (Italy)#

Basketball

Julie Allemand (Belgium)
Sue Bird (USA)
Marjorie Carpréaux (Belgium)#
Chelsea Gray (USA)
Brittney Griner (USA)
Sabrina Lozada-Cabbage (Puerto Rico)
Kim Mestdagh (Belgium)
Leilani Mitchell (Australia)
Shaina Pellington (Canada)
Dayshalee Salamán (Puerto Rico)
Breanna Stewart (USA)
Diana Taurasi (USA)
Ann Wauters (Belgium)

BMX Freestyle

Perris Benegas (USA)
Hannah Roberts (USA)
Chelsea Wolfe (USA, reserve)

BMX racing

Elke Vanhoof (Belgium)#

Boxing

Rashida Ellis (USA)
Kellie Harrington (Ireland)#
Irish Magno (Philippines)#
Nesthy Petecio (Philippines)#
Michaela Walsh (Ireland)#

Canoe Slalom

Evy Leibfarth (USA)
Florence Maheu (Canada)

Cycling

Valerie Demey (Belgium)#
Georgia Simmerling (Canada)

Diving

Tom Daley (Britain)
Anton Down-Jenkins (New Zealand)

Equestrian

Cathrine Dufour (Denmark)
Edward Gal (Netherlands)
Carl Hester (Britain)
Domien Michiels (Belgium)
Hans Peter Minderhoud (Netherlands)
Nick Wagman (USA, reserve)

Fencing

Astrid Guyart (France)

Field Hockey

Sarah Jones (Britain)#
Grace O’Hanlon (New Zealand)
Susannah Townsend (Britain)
Anne Veenendaal (Netherlands)#
Leah Wilkinson (Britain)#

Golf

Mel Reid (Britain)
Alena Sharp (Canada)

Gymnastics

Caitlin Rooskrantz (South Africa)#

Handball

Babi Arenhart (Brazil)#
Nathalie Hagman (Sweden)
Alexandra Lacrabère (France)
Amandine Leynaud (France)

Judo

Alice Bellandi (Italy)#
Amandine Buchard (France)
Nina Cutro-Kelly (USA)#
Jasmin Grabowski (Germany)#
Raz Hershko (Israel)#
Natalie Powell (Britain)#
Tessie Savelkouls (Netherlands)
Guusje Steenhuis (Netherlands)#
Sanne van Dijke (Netherlands)#

Rhythmic Gymnastics

Rut Castillo (Mexico)#

Rowing

Saskia Budgett (Britain, reserve)
Kendall Chase (USA)
Gia Doonan (USA)
Maarten Hurkmans (Netherlands)
Meghan O’Leary (USA)
Jessica Thoennes (USA)#
Ellen Tomek (USA)
Emma Twigg (New Zealand)
Julian Venonsky (USA)
Katarzyna Zillmann (Poland)#

Rugby

Elissa Alarie (Canada)#
Britt Benn (Canada)#
Kelly Brazier (New Zealand)
Gayle Broughton (New Zealand)#
Isadora Cerullo (Brazil)
Megan Jones (Britain)
Alev Kelter (USA)
Ghislaine Landry (Canada)#
Kaili Lukan (Canada)#
Celia Quansah (Britain)
Kristen Thomas (USA)
Ruby Tui (New Zealand)#
Sharni Williams (Australia)
Portia Woodman (New Zealand)

Sailing

Jolanta Ogar (Poland)
Cecilia Carranza Saroli (Argentina)

Shooting

Jolyn Beer (Germany)#
Andri Eleftheriou (Cyprus)
Aleksandra Jarmolińska (Poland)#

Skateboarding

Margielyn Didal (Philippines)
Annie Guglia (Canada)#
Poppy Starr Olsen (Australia)
Alexis Sablone (USA)
Alana Smith (USA)

Soccer

Yenny Acuña Berrios (Chile)#
Andressa Alves (Brazil, reserve)
Bárbara Barbosa (Brazil)
Kadeisha Buchanan (Canada)
Marta da Silva (Brazil)
Rachel Daly (Britain)
Tierna Davidson (USA)
Anouk Dekker (Netherlands, reserve)
Christiane Endler (Chile)#
Abby Erceg (New Zealand)
Magda Eriksson (Sweden)
Sisca Folkertsma (Netherlands)#
Formiga (Brazil)#
Adrianna Franch (USA)
Emily Gielnik (Australia)#
Lina Hurtig (Sweden)
Letícia Izidoro (Brazil)#
Sam Kerr (Australia)
Fran Kirby (Britain)
Stephanie Labbé (Canada)
Hedvig Lindahl (Sweden)
Chloe Logarzo (Australia)
Erin McLeod (Canada, reserve)
Teagan Micah (Australia)
Vivianne Miedema (Netherlands)
Kelly O’Hara (USA)
Fernanda Pinilla (Chile)
Quinn (Canada)
Megan Rapinoe (USA)
Aline Reis (Brazil)#
Jill Scott (Britain)
Caroline Seger (Sweden)
Kailen Sheridan (Canada)
Sherida Spitse (Netherlands)
Demi Stokes (Britain)
Carly Telford (Britain)
Daniëlle van de Donk (Netherlands)
Shanice van de Sanden (Netherlands)
Stefanie Van Der Gragt (Netherlands)#
Merel van Dongen (Netherlands)
Hannah Wilkinson (New Zealand)
Tameka Yallop (Australia)

Softball

Ally Carda (USA)
Amanda Chidester (USA)
Taylor Edwards (USA, reserve)
Larissa Franklin (Canada)
Joey Lye (Canada)#
Haylie McCleney (USA)
Kaia Parnaby (Australia)
Anissa Urtez (Mexico)

Surfing

Silvana Lima (Brazil)#
Sofia Mulanovich (Peru)#

Swimming

Rachele Bruni (Italy)
Ana Marcela Cunha (Brazil)
Amini Fonua (Tonga)
Mélanie Henique (France)
Ari-Pekka Liukkonen (Finland)
Erica Sullivan (USA)
Markus Thormeyer (Canada)

Taekwondo

Jack Woolley (Ireland)

Tennis

Demi Schuurs (Netherlands)
Sam Stosur (Australia)
Carla Suarez (Spain)#
Alison van Uytvanck (Belgium)

Track and field

Michelle-Lee Ahye (Trinidad, sprints)#
Ramsey Angela (Netherlands, relays)#
Geisa Arcanjo (Brazil, shot put)#
Tom Bosworth (Britain, race walk)
Erica Bougard (USA, heptathlon)
Dutee Chand (India, sprints)
Aoife Cooke (Ireland, marathon)
Izabela da Silva (Brazil, discus)#
Gabriela DeBues-Stafford (Canada, 1500-meter)#
Yulimar Rojas (Venezuela, triple jump)
Raven Saunders (USA, shot put)
Senni Salminen (Finland, triple jump)#

Trampoline

Dominic Clarke (Australia)#

Volleyball

Ana Carolina (Brazil)#
Paola Egonu (Italy)#
Carol Gattaz (Brazil)#
Douglas Souza (Brazil)

Water Polo

Rowie Webster (Australia)#

Weightlifting

Laurel Hubbard (New Zealand)

Wrestling

Kayla Miracle (USA)

# Denotes the athlete was added after our initial list was published on July 12.

Note: Paula Ginzo (Spain) was previously included on the list. However, she was left off the final Spanish roster.

 

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1 hour ago, GKS said:

https://www.outsports.com/olympics/2021/7/12/22565574/tokyo-summer-olympics-lgbtq-gay-athletes-list

 

Tokyo Summer Games Out LGBTQ Athletes

3x3 Basketball

Stefanie Dolson (USA)

Archery

Lucilla Boari (Italy)#

Basketball

Julie Allemand (Belgium)
Sue Bird (USA)
Marjorie Carpréaux (Belgium)#
Chelsea Gray (USA)
Brittney Griner (USA)
Sabrina Lozada-Cabbage (Puerto Rico)
Kim Mestdagh (Belgium)
Leilani Mitchell (Australia)
Shaina Pellington (Canada)
Dayshalee Salamán (Puerto Rico)
Breanna Stewart (USA)
Diana Taurasi (USA)
Ann Wauters (Belgium)

BMX Freestyle

Perris Benegas (USA)
Hannah Roberts (USA)
Chelsea Wolfe (USA, reserve)

BMX racing

Elke Vanhoof (Belgium)#

Boxing

Rashida Ellis (USA)
Kellie Harrington (Ireland)#
Irish Magno (Philippines)#
Nesthy Petecio (Philippines)#
Michaela Walsh (Ireland)#

Canoe Slalom

Evy Leibfarth (USA)
Florence Maheu (Canada)

Cycling

Valerie Demey (Belgium)#
Georgia Simmerling (Canada)

Diving

Tom Daley (Britain)
Anton Down-Jenkins (New Zealand)

Equestrian

Cathrine Dufour (Denmark)
Edward Gal (Netherlands)
Carl Hester (Britain)
Domien Michiels (Belgium)
Hans Peter Minderhoud (Netherlands)
Nick Wagman (USA, reserve)

Fencing

Astrid Guyart (France)

Field Hockey

Sarah Jones (Britain)#
Grace O’Hanlon (New Zealand)
Susannah Townsend (Britain)
Anne Veenendaal (Netherlands)#
Leah Wilkinson (Britain)#

Golf

Mel Reid (Britain)
Alena Sharp (Canada)

Gymnastics

Caitlin Rooskrantz (South Africa)#

Handball

Babi Arenhart (Brazil)#
Nathalie Hagman (Sweden)
Alexandra Lacrabère (France)
Amandine Leynaud (France)

Judo

Alice Bellandi (Italy)#
Amandine Buchard (France)
Nina Cutro-Kelly (USA)#
Jasmin Grabowski (Germany)#
Raz Hershko (Israel)#
Natalie Powell (Britain)#
Tessie Savelkouls (Netherlands)
Guusje Steenhuis (Netherlands)#
Sanne van Dijke (Netherlands)#

Rhythmic Gymnastics

Rut Castillo (Mexico)#

Rowing

Saskia Budgett (Britain, reserve)
Kendall Chase (USA)
Gia Doonan (USA)
Maarten Hurkmans (Netherlands)
Meghan O’Leary (USA)
Jessica Thoennes (USA)#
Ellen Tomek (USA)
Emma Twigg (New Zealand)
Julian Venonsky (USA)
Katarzyna Zillmann (Poland)#

Rugby

Elissa Alarie (Canada)#
Britt Benn (Canada)#
Kelly Brazier (New Zealand)
Gayle Broughton (New Zealand)#
Isadora Cerullo (Brazil)
Megan Jones (Britain)
Alev Kelter (USA)
Ghislaine Landry (Canada)#
Kaili Lukan (Canada)#
Celia Quansah (Britain)
Kristen Thomas (USA)
Ruby Tui (New Zealand)#
Sharni Williams (Australia)
Portia Woodman (New Zealand)

Sailing

Jolanta Ogar (Poland)
Cecilia Carranza Saroli (Argentina)

Shooting

Jolyn Beer (Germany)#
Andri Eleftheriou (Cyprus)
Aleksandra Jarmolińska (Poland)#

Skateboarding

Margielyn Didal (Philippines)
Annie Guglia (Canada)#
Poppy Starr Olsen (Australia)
Alexis Sablone (USA)
Alana Smith (USA)

Soccer

Yenny Acuña Berrios (Chile)#
Andressa Alves (Brazil, reserve)
Bárbara Barbosa (Brazil)
Kadeisha Buchanan (Canada)
Marta da Silva (Brazil)
Rachel Daly (Britain)
Tierna Davidson (USA)
Anouk Dekker (Netherlands, reserve)
Christiane Endler (Chile)#
Abby Erceg (New Zealand)
Magda Eriksson (Sweden)
Sisca Folkertsma (Netherlands)#
Formiga (Brazil)#
Adrianna Franch (USA)
Emily Gielnik (Australia)#
Lina Hurtig (Sweden)
Letícia Izidoro (Brazil)#
Sam Kerr (Australia)
Fran Kirby (Britain)
Stephanie Labbé (Canada)
Hedvig Lindahl (Sweden)
Chloe Logarzo (Australia)
Erin McLeod (Canada, reserve)
Teagan Micah (Australia)
Vivianne Miedema (Netherlands)
Kelly O’Hara (USA)
Fernanda Pinilla (Chile)
Quinn (Canada)
Megan Rapinoe (USA)
Aline Reis (Brazil)#
Jill Scott (Britain)
Caroline Seger (Sweden)
Kailen Sheridan (Canada)
Sherida Spitse (Netherlands)
Demi Stokes (Britain)
Carly Telford (Britain)
Daniëlle van de Donk (Netherlands)
Shanice van de Sanden (Netherlands)
Stefanie Van Der Gragt (Netherlands)#
Merel van Dongen (Netherlands)
Hannah Wilkinson (New Zealand)
Tameka Yallop (Australia)

Softball

Ally Carda (USA)
Amanda Chidester (USA)
Taylor Edwards (USA, reserve)
Larissa Franklin (Canada)
Joey Lye (Canada)#
Haylie McCleney (USA)
Kaia Parnaby (Australia)
Anissa Urtez (Mexico)

Surfing

Silvana Lima (Brazil)#
Sofia Mulanovich (Peru)#

Swimming

Rachele Bruni (Italy)
Ana Marcela Cunha (Brazil)
Amini Fonua (Tonga)
Mélanie Henique (France)
Ari-Pekka Liukkonen (Finland)
Erica Sullivan (USA)
Markus Thormeyer (Canada)

Taekwondo

Jack Woolley (Ireland)

Tennis

Demi Schuurs (Netherlands)
Sam Stosur (Australia)
Carla Suarez (Spain)#
Alison van Uytvanck (Belgium)

Track and field

Michelle-Lee Ahye (Trinidad, sprints)#
Ramsey Angela (Netherlands, relays)#
Geisa Arcanjo (Brazil, shot put)#
Tom Bosworth (Britain, race walk)
Erica Bougard (USA, heptathlon)
Dutee Chand (India, sprints)
Aoife Cooke (Ireland, marathon)
Izabela da Silva (Brazil, discus)#
Gabriela DeBues-Stafford (Canada, 1500-meter)#
Yulimar Rojas (Venezuela, triple jump)
Raven Saunders (USA, shot put)
Senni Salminen (Finland, triple jump)#

Trampoline

Dominic Clarke (Australia)#

Volleyball

Ana Carolina (Brazil)#
Paola Egonu (Italy)#
Carol Gattaz (Brazil)#
Douglas Souza (Brazil)

Water Polo

Rowie Webster (Australia)#

Weightlifting

Laurel Hubbard (New Zealand)

Wrestling

Kayla Miracle (USA)

# Denotes the athlete was added after our initial list was published on July 12.

Note: Paula Ginzo (Spain) was previously included on the list. However, she was left off the final Spanish roster.

 

Good list although too much 'noise' from the L.  Navigating the list is like flying through the asteroid belt.  (Why would gay men care about them anyway)  Would be better of it's only G or B and male.

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On 7/29/2021 at 2:40 PM, Guest Unridiculous Equivocations said:

Nobody can stay on top forever as witnessed by the fact that gymnastics superstar Simone Biles is suffering through an unprecedented nervous breakdown and is too freaked out to even try to compete right now, defending champions China lost their first three women's volleyball matches and are in serious danger of not even qualifying for the quarterfinals, the top two women's tennis players Ashleigh Barty and Naomi Osaka lost in the early women's singles rounds, the mighty USA men's basketball team lost to France, and the veteran-filled USA women's football squad were thrashed by Sweden.

 

I keep seeing terms like "mental health" and nervous breakdown" written to describe what has happened to Simone Biles but they are not really the most accurate phrases for her condition. She is suffering from what gymnasts refer to as "twisties" - which is when their minds and bodies suddenly get out of sync so they can't perform their maneuvers properly - and gymnastics is one of the worst sports in which that can happen.

 

For the sake of comparison, what is happening to Biles is somewhat similar to when golfers suddenly lose the ability to sink easy putts, football players suddenly begin sending penalty kicks high above the crossbar or far wide of the goalposts, baseball players suddenly lose the ability to make simple catches or throw the ball properly, and so on. Such situations can be embarrassing in most sports but potentially fatal in gymnastics.

 

If a swimmer's mind and body get out of sync before or during a race, the worst thing that can happen is finishing last, see Joseph Schooling for example (there should be enough certified individuals present at competitions to save swimmers from drowning in such situations). But if a gymnast's mind and body get out of sync, performing maneuvers incorrectly, and not landing properly can lead to injuries, paralysis, or death.

 

Simone Biles posted a video on Instagram of herself repeatedly botching her routines in training, and says she has suffered from "twisties" before, but she has never seemed to have it happen during a major event like the World Championships or Summer Olympics. I give her credit for pulling out of her events after realizing she coud hurt the team or seriously injure and potentially paralyze or kill herself if she was not 100% in sync.

 

Biles is also 24 and most female gymnasts retire before that age, but she stuck around because she was three months under the minimum age cutoff to be on the team for London 2012, and wanted one more chance at the Olympics. She also wanted to ensure that USA Gymnastics make changes to prevent future gymnasts from being sexually assualted as she and some of her past teammates were by the disgusting rapist Dr. Nasser.

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German official sent home for racist slur at Olympics
ASSOCIATED PRESS | JULY 29, 2021 8:32 AM PT

 

TOKYO — A German cycling official has been suspended and will be sent home from the Tokyo Olympics after using a racist slur during the men’s time trial.

 

German cycling federation sports director Patrick Moster had been overseeing the cycling squad at the Tokyo Games. He used the slur while urging German rider Nikias Arndt to catch up to riders from the African nations of Algeria and Eritrea during Wednesday’s time trial. It was heard on TV broadcasts and widely condemned in Germany.

 

Moster later apologized and the German team initially indicated he would stay in Tokyo, but said Thursday he would be sent home.

 

German Olympic committee president Alfons Hörmann said he considers Moster’s apology to be “sincere” but that he “breached the Olympic values.”

 

[Read the rest of the article at the website of the San Diego Union-Tribune.]

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2 hours ago, FattChoy said:

Japan fielded a 40 yo diver.  

Horrible.  Have to wash my eyes after watching that ....

You mean you are fitter and better than the diver? 

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3 hours ago, FattChoy said:

Japan fielded a 40 yo diver.  

Horrible.  Have to wash my eyes after watching that ....

 

40 yo is still very young. 

 

Elvin Ng is 41 n zoe tay is 53.

鍾意就好,理佢男定女

 

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