KZNSeagull
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Lyles has Covid apparently. Jumping around like a loon before the start was clearly a help 
. I suspect he is a bit of a 
. I suspect he is a bit of a 
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[Other Sport] Paris 2024 Olympics & Paralympics ***Official Match Thread***
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Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
Indeed.
If he knew, a bit selfish to run then.
Looked fine when he came out on the track, a real jack-in-the-box.
Huge throw from the Pakistani javelin thrower - 92m 97cm, which is an Olympic record.
Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo
I believe in Joe Hendry
- Oct 4, 2003
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On the track Cavendish got a sliver in Omnium at the Rio Olympics. He also got 3 World Championship golds in the Madison (partnering Bradley Wiggins on two of those occasions).
Wiggins won 4 Olympic track golds. Individual pursuit in Athens and Beijing and Team pursuit in Beijing (another Tour de France winner Geriant Thomas was in the team as well) and Rio.
He also got a sliver and 2 bronzes at the Olympics in track events, as well as 7 golds, 4 silvers and a bronze on the track at the World Championships.
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KZNSeagull
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I remember when they used to chuck them onto the running track at the other end and they had to change the javelins centre of gravity for safety
It was a German (east?), wasn't it? Or Jan Zelezny, but that seams too recently or?
Edit: It was Uwe Hohn, had to google it. He used to throw 100m + ... glad they changed the balance!
KZNSeagull
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East German Uwe Hohn - 104m in 1984. Zelezny was after they changed it, he was around when Steve Backley was competing
104 meters, that's insane!!
Bob!
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- Jul 5, 2003
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He must have known for it to be announced within minutes of him finishing.
BBC had pictures of him in a mask in the changing rooms before the race.
KZNSeagull
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Yup and they often used to land very flat and sometimes skimmed along the ground - I remember one that went ankle height across the running track. They changed the javelin design to avoid that.
KZNSeagull
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They were because she was expecting to run faster and it is the time that counts.Was it just me thinking the pundits were playing down Katerina Johnson-Thompson‘s 200 metres, which she won?
Being first after day one will do for me
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Women's 400m hurdles final - sensational run and a WR.
As much as I love Femke Bol in the 400m flat, she was outclassed here.
As much as I love Femke Bol in the 400m flat, she was outclassed here.
Flounce
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Tough crowd!
Flounce
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- Nov 15, 2006
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Absolute thrashing of the rest of the field!
Generational performance that….she’s obliterated the rest. Wow.
She looked chocked, Bol. Thought she would win it!