| Paris 2024 on 06:46 - Jul 22 with 2303 views | Dr_Winston |
Can't wait. Love the Olympics and will be watching as much of it as I can.
Be a hell of an achievement for Team GB to beat Tokyo's medal tally, but I said that about Rio too. |  |
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| Paris 2024 on 07:04 - Jul 22 with 2309 views | Whiterockin |
| Paris 2024 on 06:46 - Jul 22 by Dr_Winston |
Can't wait. Love the Olympics and will be watching as much of it as I can.
Be a hell of an achievement for Team GB to beat Tokyo's medal tally, but I said that about Rio too. |
Team GB have some excellent medal prospects. |  | | |
| Paris 2024 on 09:41 - Jul 22 with 2194 views | controversial_jack |
After the boring Euros i'm looking forward to the Olympics |  | | |
| Paris 2024 on 10:02 - Jul 22 with 2245 views | onehunglow |
| Paris 2024 on 07:04 - Jul 22 by Whiterockin |
Team GB have some excellent medal prospects. |
Looking forward to seeing Peaty again.An animal in water
Tom Daley …another Olympics too | |
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| Paris 2024 on 12:13 - Jul 22 with 2208 views | Whiterockin |
| Paris 2024 on 10:02 - Jul 22 by onehunglow |
Looking forward to seeing Peaty again.An animal in water
Tom Daley …another Olympics too |
I remember Peaty coming through the young British age groups, he has always been quality. This year watch out for Matt Richards in the pool, Welsh through his father, he will win the most British medals in the pool IMO, sticking my neck out a bit there. | | | |
| Paris 2024 on 13:12 - Jul 22 with 2174 views | onehunglow |
| Paris 2024 on 12:13 - Jul 22 by Whiterockin |
I remember Peaty coming through the young British age groups, he has always been quality. This year watch out for Matt Richards in the pool, Welsh through his father, he will win the most British medals in the pool IMO, sticking my neck out a bit there. |
Yeah,I read about Richards
These guys don’t “swim” as we know it | |
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| Paris 2024 on 15:35 - Jul 22 with 2062 views | controversial_jack |
| Paris 2024 on 13:12 - Jul 22 by onehunglow |
Yeah,I read about Richards
These guys don’t “swim” as we know it |
Most don't know how to swim correctly. Swimming is a very technical sport indeed. These top swimmers have mastered techniques from years of beating up and down a pool. Having the correct physique also enables great buoyancy too. A 6 ft 3 male with long legs will be more buoyant than someone at 5 ft 6 and short legs. | | | |
| Paris 2024 on 16:34 - Jul 22 with 2085 views | Whiterockin |
| Paris 2024 on 15:35 - Jul 22 by controversial_jack |
Most don't know how to swim correctly. Swimming is a very technical sport indeed. These top swimmers have mastered techniques from years of beating up and down a pool. Having the correct physique also enables great buoyancy too. A 6 ft 3 male with long legs will be more buoyant than someone at 5 ft 6 and short legs. |
Although technique is important the size of your feet plays a massive advantage.Thorpe has size 17 and I think Phelps was about a 14. Anyone who swims competitively knows the benefits of training with flippers. | | | |
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| Paris 2024 on 16:54 - Jul 22 with 2009 views | controversial_jack |
| Paris 2024 on 16:34 - Jul 22 by Whiterockin |
Although technique is important the size of your feet plays a massive advantage.Thorpe has size 17 and I think Phelps was about a 14. Anyone who swims competitively knows the benefits of training with flippers. |
Technique is extremely important, that's why the average person can't do it very well. There are many good club swimmers who don't have massive feet and females too. Short legs are a disadvantage as the upper leg is shorter than the lower one, so you get short levers acting on longer ones, which really should be the opposite. it's not so important however with the breaststroke frog kick, which is the main driving force of this stroke rather than the arms
Yes, training with fins help, but it's more for the buoyancy it gives you rather than the power, but you have a point about large feet | | | |
| Paris 2024 on 18:14 - Jul 22 with 2043 views | Whiterockin |
| Paris 2024 on 16:54 - Jul 22 by controversial_jack |
Technique is extremely important, that's why the average person can't do it very well. There are many good club swimmers who don't have massive feet and females too. Short legs are a disadvantage as the upper leg is shorter than the lower one, so you get short levers acting on longer ones, which really should be the opposite. it's not so important however with the breaststroke frog kick, which is the main driving force of this stroke rather than the arms
Yes, training with fins help, but it's more for the buoyancy it gives you rather than the power, but you have a point about large feet |
I'm not getting into a discussion with you on swimming training and technique. I really do know what I am talking about. I'm out. | | | |
| Paris 2024 on 21:25 - Jul 22 with 1936 views | controversial_jack |
| Paris 2024 on 18:14 - Jul 22 by Whiterockin |
I'm not getting into a discussion with you on swimming training and technique. I really do know what I am talking about. I'm out. |
I do too, that's why i posted | | | |
| Paris 2024 on 16:27 - Jul 23 with 1933 views | ReslovenSwan1 |
The Bejing Winter Olympics ended on 22 February 2022.
The tanks invaded Ukraine on the following Monday 5 am on 24 February 2022. The IOC and Mr Putin came to an agreement. Well over 1 million dead so far including thousands of children. On the other hand the ice skating was great and Princes Anne had a marvellous time.
Enjoy the bullsh1t "doves of peace" ( symbolising the crass hypocrisy of this dodgy wastefest) each Team GB medal costs £12m which is the losses of Rhoose airport for three years.
Vomit bag at the ready here in my wooden camp above Resolven. [Post edited 23 Jul 16:44]
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| Paris 2024 on 16:58 - Jul 23 with 1889 views | Whiterockin |
| Paris 2024 on 16:27 - Jul 23 by ReslovenSwan1 |
The Bejing Winter Olympics ended on 22 February 2022.
The tanks invaded Ukraine on the following Monday 5 am on 24 February 2022. The IOC and Mr Putin came to an agreement. Well over 1 million dead so far including thousands of children. On the other hand the ice skating was great and Princes Anne had a marvellous time.
Enjoy the bullsh1t "doves of peace" ( symbolising the crass hypocrisy of this dodgy wastefest) each Team GB medal costs £12m which is the losses of Rhoose airport for three years.
Vomit bag at the ready here in my wooden camp above Resolven. [Post edited 23 Jul 16:44]
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You could always go to Rhoose and watch the planes take off instead of the Olympics like the rest of us. That's if you ever venture out of the back of beyond. | | | |
| Paris 2024 on 17:49 - Jul 23 with 1867 views | ReslovenSwan1 |
| Paris 2024 on 16:58 - Jul 23 by Whiterockin |
You could always go to Rhoose and watch the planes take off instead of the Olympics like the rest of us. That's if you ever venture out of the back of beyond. |
I quite like the cycling and male boxing. The rest is about as interesting to me as seeing planes taking off actually.
IOC is not a charity. It is a business that wants taxpayer cash support. Governments must guarantee the event is profitable. Thank god there is no Team GB football team men for women [Post edited 23 Jul 17:53]
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| Paris 2024 on 18:08 - Jul 23 with 1844 views | Boundy |
Now thats an interesting concept.Just what makes you the expert on this but not other subjects of which you plainly know little about other than copying and pasting . | |
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| Paris 2024 on 18:22 - Jul 23 with 1842 views | ReslovenSwan1 |
Every Team GB medal takes up £12m. Charlotte Durjardin was in the individual and team events so that is lost
https://news.sky.com/story/charlotte-dujardin-pulls-out-of-paris-olympics-over-v
Who ever outed her for a 4 year old video timed their hatchet job perfectly to waste all the investments put into her and her team. I wonder who they were?
The video was sent to the equestrian controlling body to cause maximum damage. An animals rights group presumably.. | |
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| Paris 2024 on 09:00 - Jul 24 with 1775 views | onehunglow |
A British football team should already ,by now,be a spaple event for us
Madness it isn’t | |
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| Paris 2024 on 13:11 - Jul 24 with 1738 views | Gwyn737 |
| Paris 2024 on 09:00 - Jul 24 by onehunglow |
A British football team should already ,by now,be a spaple event for us
Madness it isn’t |
I don’t want to see a GB football team at the Olympics.
Not specifically football, but I don’t think any event where the Games isn’t the pinnacle should be there.
See also golf, tennis etc. | | | |
| Paris 2024 on 13:21 - Jul 24 with 1711 views | Dr_Winston |
| Paris 2024 on 13:11 - Jul 24 by Gwyn737 |
I don’t want to see a GB football team at the Olympics.
Not specifically football, but I don’t think any event where the Games isn’t the pinnacle should be there.
See also golf, tennis etc. |
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| Paris 2024 on 14:24 - Jul 24 with 1711 views | Joesus_Of_Narbereth |
| Paris 2024 on 15:35 - Jul 22 by controversial_jack |
Most don't know how to swim correctly. Swimming is a very technical sport indeed. These top swimmers have mastered techniques from years of beating up and down a pool. Having the correct physique also enables great buoyancy too. A 6 ft 3 male with long legs will be more buoyant than someone at 5 ft 6 and short legs. |
More buoyant? No you’re barking up the wrong tree there. The bigger male will be able to displace more water as he has more power and can create more torque. But that’s nothing to do with buoyancy. A newborn baby or a fat person would be far more buoyant than any professional swimmer. The only advantage the bigger guy would have in terms of buoyancy is he’s likely to have bigger lungs. |  |
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| Paris 2024 on 14:30 - Jul 24 with 1708 views | Joesus_Of_Narbereth |
Traditionally of course the competitors in the olympics competed in the nude which would probably increase viewing figures for certain events as long as they don’t make sumo wrestling an Olympic sport. | |
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| Paris 2024 on 14:38 - Jul 24 with 1638 views | trampie |
Should Dujardin be banned ? |  |
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| Paris 2024 on 17:09 - Jul 24 with 1640 views | Whiterockin |
It seems strange, although it has been the practice for a number of years, to have events taking place before the opening ceremony. | | | |
| Paris 2024 on 17:17 - Jul 24 with 1554 views | trampie |
Why don't they just say it starts today. | |
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| Paris 2024 on 17:40 - Jul 24 with 1530 views | controversial_jack |
| Paris 2024 on 14:24 - Jul 24 by Joesus_Of_Narbereth |
More buoyant? No you’re barking up the wrong tree there. The bigger male will be able to displace more water as he has more power and can create more torque. But that’s nothing to do with buoyancy. A newborn baby or a fat person would be far more buoyant than any professional swimmer. The only advantage the bigger guy would have in terms of buoyancy is he’s likely to have bigger lungs. |
A taller person will be able to adopt a better position in the water than will a short one.A long surfboard will be more effective than a short bodyboard. It's about the position in the water. It's not just about bobbing around as a fat person would it's streamlining , which a taller person will be better at.. Ships, aircraft, subs are all long streamlined vehicles. they aren't short fat things | | | |
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