Series Thread: 2024 Olympics thread

[forty_three]

Good lord, she is a powerhouse.

 

[dash]

Good lord, she is a powerhouse.

Still only 17 (turns 18 next month), she could still do two more Olympics if she wants.

 

[dash]

Man, that 200m men's freestyle final was a race that went right to the wire.

Romania - Gold
GBR - Silver
States - Bronze

 

[forty_three]

My local community center pool is 25 meters and I can swim a 50m lap in around 36 - 40 seconds.

These guys cover that same distance in 24 seconds.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

did I ever tell you who my favourite He-Man sidekick was...


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[mattola]

Still only 17 (turns 18 next month), she could still do two more Olympics if she wants.

is that correct. she beat 2nd by over 6 seconds? jesus

 

[dash]

North American sweep by the way in that women's 400m IM as States took silver and bronze.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

My local community center pool is 25 meters and I can swim a 50m lap in around 36 - 40 seconds.

These guys cover that same distance in 24 seconds.

My son finished up his national lifeguard course last week and one swimming requirement for a pass was a 400m any stroke in 10 minutes. Half the class couldn’t do it. My son did it in 8:07. A swim team kid blew everyone away with a 5:02. World record for a mens freestyle 400m is 3:40

 

[dash]

We might have two Canadians in the women's 100m backstroke final.

 

[forty_three]

My son finished up his national lifeguard course last week and one swimming requirement for a pass was a 400m any stroke in 10 minutes. Half the class couldn’t do it. My son did it in 8:07. A swim team kid blew everyone away with a 5:02. World record for a mens freestyle 400m is 3:40

It's pretty humbling. Every year you see people say that the Olympics should feature one "ordinary" person in every event so you can see how freakishly good these people are.

Like just now, the women 100m backstroke was under a minute. I couldn't cover 100m freestyle in under a minute. And I'm a decent swimmer. Mind boggling.

 

[Judge Fudge]

We might have two Canadians in the women's 100m backstroke final.

Summer?

 

[dash]

Summer?

No, she's beaming with that gold medal around her neck. Kylie Masse and Ingrid Wilm.

 

[dash]

Now confirmed that both Kylie and Ingrid are in the women's 100m backstroke final. Tough to see a medal, but you never know.

 

[Judge Fudge]

No, she's beaming with that gold medal around her neck. Kylie Masse and Ingrid Wilm.

 

[Judge Fudge]

Now confirmed that both Kylie and Ingrid are in the women's 100m backstroke final. Tough to see a medal, but you never know.

Maybe 2................................

 

[dash]

Maybe 2................................

I don't know, the States and a couple of Aussies are the likely medal contenders, maybe Kylie could sneak in for bronze. As for Ingrid, this is her first Olympics, to make the final is incredible.

 

[Judge Fudge]

I don't know, the States and a couple of Aussies are the likely medal contenders, maybe Kylie could sneak in for bronze. As for Ingrid, this is her first Olympics, to make the final is incredible.

A Guy can dream

 

[jstewismybastardson]

It's pretty humbling. Every year you see people say that the Olympics should feature one "ordinary" person in every event so you can see how freakishly good these people are.

Like just now, the women 100m backstroke was under a minute. I couldn't cover 100m freestyle in under a minute. And I'm a decent swimmer. Mind boggling.

Sometimes its hard to imagine how much time and work goes into getting where they are until you know someones personal story and then its mindblowing.

My daughter went to preschool with 2 twins (boy and girl) that are a year younger and the 3 of them would keep whoever was picking them up after school there for an hour because they wouldnt get off the monkey bars. The girls ended up both going into gymnastics at the same club. The boy went into trampoline.

Our daughter does “only” 12 hours a week gymnastics training. I dont even know the number of hours the girl Carlaya does. She is going into grade seven and was leaving elementary school for training at noon daily. She finished 6th at the cdn junior nationals in May. Just a crazy amount of hours and sacrifice to get to the olympics. I have no doubt she will be on the cdn olympic team one day.

 

[dash]

The last couple of years when my daughter was doing gymnastics, she was doing 16 hours per week of training. To even think about making the national team you would be looking to doing at least double that amount of training. As jstew said above, it's a full commitment.

 

[mattola]

Sometimes its hard to imagine how much time and work goes into getting where they are until you know someones personal story and then its mindblowing.

My daughter went to preschool with 2 twins (boy and girl) that are a year younger and the 3 of them would keep whoever was picking them up after school there for an hour because they wouldnt get off the monkey bars. The girls ended up both going into gymnastics at the same club. The boy went into trampoline.

Our daughter does “only” 12 hours a week gymnastics training. I dont even know the number of hours the girl Carlaya does. She is going into grade seven and was leaving elementary school for training at noon daily. She finished 6th at the cdn junior nationals in May. Just a crazy amount of hours and sacrifice to get to the olympics. I have no doubt she will be on the cdn olympic team one day.

We had a guy in Junior High who was tremendous on the Trampoline. He was certainly Olympic bound until he broke his fibula... Not sure what became of him after.