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  1. 17-08-2008, 06:08 AM #91
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    Quote Originally Posted by PhoenixFire View Post
    Dire, bagging Radcliffe is the most uncool thing ever. She is arguably our best track & field athlete for the last 10 years or so, can't knock her for that.
    Nah, serial choker who's got the ability but not the mentality. Hopefully she's befouled her last pavement.
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    Quote Originally Posted by PhoenixFire View Post
    So we should be pleased she finished 23rd (or whatever) then? She cannot handle the pressure of the big one. No medal of any colour from 4 Olympics.
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    Why does athletics have qualifying and finals on the same night yet swimming has everything on different days?
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    Swimming is more physically draining than some athletics?

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    Swimming 100m is a lot harder on your body than running 100m imo.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BoyBrumby View Post
    So we should be pleased she finished 23rd (or whatever) then? She cannot handle the pressure of the big one. No medal of any colour from 4 Olympics.
    It's a miracle she actually managed to be able to be fit enough to manage to start the race, and even better that she managed to finish it. She had a broken femur at some point in the last 6 months, not sure when, but that would put most people out for a year.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BoyBrumby View Post
    When did we get so bad at athletics? We could seriously end up with no medals at all in the worst case scenario.
    Nah. Idowu will claim our lone medal.
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    IIRC it happened about when you all got lazy and started cycling.
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    Quote Originally Posted by PhoenixFire View Post
    It's a miracle she actually managed to be able to be fit enough to manage to start the race, and even better that she managed to finish it. She had a broken femur at some point in the last 6 months, not sure when, but that would put most people out for a year.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Perm View Post
    Swimming is more physically draining than some athletics?

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    Yeah, recovery time is shorter from the sprints. Plenty of space between the qualifying for any distance above 400 metrs. Also the method of qualifying - in athletics you go through with top three in the heats (as they seed the heats), in swimming you're encouraged to swim the fastest time possible as only time qualifies you for the next stage. This drains you.
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    Rowing seems to be the most physically demanding TBH.
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    Quote Originally Posted by PhoenixFire View Post
    She's still gun thought, how many marathons has she won? Must be a few.
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    So we should be pleased she finished 23rd (or whatever) then? She cannot handle the pressure of the big one. No medal of any colour from 4 Olympics.
    TBF, you can put it down to injury in some ways this time out, and she was only 19 in 96 when she finished 4th.
    I'm just saying
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