Tokyo Olympics 2020 - Cycling

[geomark]

1 hour ago, Shebeen said:

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If I've learnt one thing this week, it's probably Hanlon's razor at play here

 

I've always thought the SA version of Hanlon's law should be incompetence rather than stupidity ????

[Frosty]

1 hour ago, Patchelicious said:

Good, we need to work on improving.

As a point of interest and calibration, what comments were considered inappropriate?

Did you read any comments about "joining the queue"?
I haven't gone back to check if those were deleted or not, but that's the only comments I think it could be.
 

[Patchelicious]

31 minutes ago, Frosty said:

Did you read any comments about "joining the queue"?
I haven't gone back to check if those were deleted or not, but that's the only comments I think it could be.
 

No, I have not, hence me asking.

[Frosty]

12 minutes ago, Patchelicious said:

No, I have not, hence me asking.

I'll explain offline, if you're really interested. 

[TheoG]

50 minutes ago, Frosty said:

Did you read any comments about "joining the queue"?
I haven't gone back to check if those were deleted or not, but that's the only comments I think it could be.
 

If it is this, it was really innocent imho, "join a que to hug a pretty lady", really!  Unless there were posts after this that digressed into something unacceptable, I didn't see those, probably deleted before I could ....

[TNT1]

8 minutes ago, TheoG said:

If it is this, it was really innocent imho, "join a que to hug a pretty lady", really!  Unless there were posts after this that digressed into something unacceptable, I didn't see those, probably deleted before I could ....

Yeah, I didn't think I was crossing a line when I started that one.

 

The other remark I made on the non-cycling Olympic thread, I knew was way off the mark, and I got a note from the headmaster about that one.

[Frosty]

8 minutes ago, TheoG said:

If it is this, it was really innocent imho, "join a que to hug a pretty lady", really!  Unless there were posts after this that digressed into something unacceptable, I didn't see those, probably deleted before I could ....

That's what I saw, thought nothing of it, read a bit more and nothing thereafter.
Next time was about an hour ago, and saw Matt's post.

[Patchelicious]

18 minutes ago, Frosty said:

I'll explain offline, if you're really interested. 

Sure I'll ping you. But I am not the person who needs to see what the parameters of acceptable are, as I didn't make the comments.

There are obviously other user here who need to see what is acceptable or not on this forum and who need to understand the rules by which the new hub are governed by.

[SwissVan]

14 minutes ago, TheoG said:

If it is this, it was really innocent imho, "join a que to hug a pretty lady", really!  Unless there were posts after this that digressed into something unacceptable, I didn't see those, probably deleted before I could ....

There are some very sensitive individuals around who have a talent for reading between the lines, even when the line spacing and font size is set to the minimum

I wonder if Pauline managed to jump the drop on any of the other laps, i would expect that a rider of her level would be able to, if correct then maybe she purposefully tried to block JN....? I watched the race but honestly did not notice if she did manage to jump it.

[DieselnDust]

2 hours ago, Underachiever said:

Who's doing the funding for the Olympics?  SASCOC or the individual federations? Or a bit of both?

I believe it comes from SASCOC. The federations usually give them a budget a year prior or by the time they know how many slots they have to fill. Then the planning starts. 

SASCOC gets it money from Dept Sports and Recreation + sponsors. Not sure if national Lotto is still a funder.

[TheoG]

6 minutes ago, SwissVan said:

There are some very sensitive individuals around who have a talent for reading between the lines, even when the line spacing and font size is set to the minimum

I wonder if Pauline managed to jump the drop on any of the other laps, i would expect that a rider of her level would be able to, if correct then maybe she purposefully tried to block JN....? I watched the race but honestly did not notice if she did manage to jump it.

They didn't focus much on her after she made the mistake up the rocky climb, so I cant recall if she did in fact jump that drop in the following laps.

Edited July 29, 2021 by TheoG

[DieselnDust]

3 hours ago, SwissVan said:

There are some very sensitive individuals around who have a talent for reading between the lines, even when the line spacing and font size is set to the minimum

I wonder if Pauline managed to jump the drop on any of the other laps, i would expect that a rider of her level would be able to, if correct then maybe she purposefully tried to block JN....? I watched the race but honestly did not notice if she did manage to jump it.

 

on some laps she Pauliune did but mostly (she) rode the ramp. She Pauline looked tense like she wasn't sure of the grip. Julien posted on his social media that the French team made a bad tyre choice for the conditions which would explain the lack of grip on some of the off-camber single track. also if you review the footage ,Pauline is quite focused on the drop with eyes darting up and down ( the benefit of an HD tv) as if she's not sure whether to roll or jump. At no stage does she Pauline provide any clue that she's aware of Jolanda sticking her wheel up the inside. How would that overtake actually have worked?

Edited July 29, 2021 by DieselnDust
replaced Gender assumption with first name to avoid offence

[Patchelicious]

So basically Pauline stopped into Jolanda... ????

 

[Eugene Oppelt]

16 hours ago, Slowbee said:

"Dale, what are your thoughts on these demons that have suddenly popped up in pro sport?

*will take this to the other Olympic thread*

@Slowbee

Working in high-performance, there are a variety of reasons; here's a few (excluding the luxury prison living that comes with Covid19 biosecure ‘bubbles’):

- public scrutiny are at its highest point ever, especially through social media and its scathing commentary, trolling and toxicity

- depression and suicide rates for athletes were underreported; less so now

- the sports science, the margins between 1st and 2nd are as narrow as I've seen, therefore pressure to win and/or fear of failure is exorbitant. 

- high performers are mostly in their 20s and they have different levels of emotional maturation. Imagine being on the global platform at the age of 22.

 

Edited July 29, 2021 by 'Dale

[Mountain Bru]

27 minutes ago, 'Dale said:

@Slowbee

Working in high-performance, there are a variety of reasons; here's a few (excluding the madness that is Covid19 bubbles)

- public scrutiny are at its highest point ever, especially through social media, scathing commentary and trolling

- depression and suicide rates for athletes were underreported; less so now

- the sports science, the margins between 1st and 2nd are as narrow as I've seen, therefore pressure to win and/or fear of failure is exorbitant. 

- high performers are mostly in their 20s and they have different levels of emotional maturation. Imagine being on the global platform at the age of 22.

 

Is this referring to the "injury" Simone Biles had? 

[Underachiever]

51 minutes ago, DieselnDust said:

I believe it comes from SASCOC. The federations usually give them a budget a year prior or by the time they know how many slots they have to fill. Then the planning starts. 

SASCOC gets it money from Dept Sports and Recreation + sponsors. Not sure if national Lotto is still a funder.

Ah. I thought as much

So the quality and type of clothing, technical support, etc, etc, etc, should the be specified and costed by the Federation, and then funded by SACOC.

Should be pretty simple to ensure excellence across the board, but then.....