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Five-ring circus: The Thread of the XXXIII Olympiad

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by dixiehack, Apr 12, 2024.

  1. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    At my first newspaper job I took call-ins on pigeon racing, which was popular with the oldtimers. If someone had shot another's, I coulda pitched that for 1A.
     
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  2. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    Good job on not costing pigeons a scholarship.
     
  3. UPChip

    UPChip Well-Known Member

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  4. UPChip

    UPChip Well-Known Member

    They were showing some trampoline on Gold Zone. American got a "That actually wasn't bad at all" from the commentator, but the competition just isn't the same after the retirement of four-time Chinese medalist Dong Dong.

     
  5. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    It was actually a 4-0 final.
     
  6. Starman

    Starman Well-Known Member

    4-0 in soccer is about equivalent to 80-0 in football.
     
  7. franticscribe

    franticscribe Well-Known Member

    Watched the mixed 4 x 400 meters prelims in track a little bit ago. I didn't even know that event existed, but man was that fun.
     
  8. HanSenSE

    HanSenSE Well-Known Member

    IIRC, "Hell's Bells" was his walk up music.
     
  9. UPChip

    UPChip Well-Known Member

    Tokyo was the first time. The IOC is really, really excited about these mixed team and mixed relay events. Some of them are more interesting than others, but setting a world record in the heats was pretty fun.
     
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  10. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Marchand -- again!

    This Bob Bowman guy sure knows what he's doing.
     
  11. nickp

    nickp Active Member

    Marchand is a machine
     
  12. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    Another win for the SEC!
     
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