Olympics Paris 2024

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Nellers
Nellers
31 Jul
9:36pm, 31 Jul 2024
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Nellers
The cheer from the French crowd whenever Marchand’s head comes up is fantastic!
GimmeMedals
GimmeMedals
31 Jul
9:39pm, 31 Jul 2024
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GimmeMedals
What a race!
Surrey Phil
Surrey Phil
1 Aug
8:12am, 1 Aug 2024
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Surrey Phil
20k walk is on. Mrs SP is convinced that most of the walkers are not as that they going faster than I can run!
Ocelot Spleens
Ocelot Spleens
1 Aug
9:19am, 1 Aug 2024
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Ocelot Spleens
The world record for 5k race walk is 18.21. That's quite quick. Whenever I watch race walking I find it very suspicious that they are touching the ground 100% of the time.

I think tech in the shoes would answer it.
chunkywizard
chunkywizard
1 Aug
9:30am, 1 Aug 2024
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if you had tech in the shoes they would have to slow down. I believe at the moment they have to appear as if they are not lifting to the naked eye but slow-mo cameras show they are lifting all the time.
macca 53
macca 53
1 Aug
9:37am, 1 Aug 2024
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macca 53
Their gait looks incredibly uncomfortable - do they suffer from bad hips later I wonder?
jda
jda
1 Aug
9:42am, 1 Aug 2024
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jda
"Running in an awkward style that looks like walking to the naked eye"
jda
jda
1 Aug
9:45am, 1 Aug 2024
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jda
Mind you it's no sillier than breaststroke really. "Swim, but use a technique that isn't very fast".
GordonG
GordonG
1 Aug
9:46am, 1 Aug 2024
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GordonG
jda wrote:"Running in an awkward style that looks like walking to the naked eye"

lol

I don't know much about the sport, but isn't there a rule about them having to have at least one foot down only at certain points and not all the time? might have dreamt that!
Surrey Phil
Surrey Phil
1 Aug
9:51am, 1 Aug 2024
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Surrey Phil
I've seen a few slo-mo shots over the years and it proves that they are not in contact with the ground all the time. So it seems that anyone who gets carded or disqualified can consider themselves unfortunate to have been caught when others have got away with it.

About This Thread

Maintained by Curly45
Couldn't find a thread so thought I would start one.

Who else is off to watch or who is watching at home?

We're doing Lille and Paris and a mix of sports. Currently trying to find travel insurance that includes ticket cancellation as some of the trains in the UK might be difficult and we have some internal French trains to do as well.

Also need to work out the new Paris metro ticket/app combo (Navigo I think).

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