Shebeen Posted July 30 Author Posted July 30 olympic triathlon delayed due to e.Coli levels. hopefully they can still do their swim can't imagine all our local mayors doing this
Vetplant Posted July 30 Posted July 30 1 hour ago, Shebeen said: olympic triathlon delayed due to e.Coli levels. hopefully they can still do their swim can't imagine all our local mayors doing this Saw reports that they will have to consider dropping the SWIM portion if the levels don't subside... Making it a duathlon.
Shebeen Posted July 30 Author Posted July 30 35 minutes ago, Vetplant said: Saw reports that they will have to consider dropping the SWIM portion if the levels don't subside... Making it a duathlon. It was always going to be a tall order, another big issue is all the canal boats didn't have blackwater tanks, and would just dump in the river. I wonder if they considered a plan B swim venue? London did it in hyde park, and according to the Gov, it is fine to swim there, (except when the birds poop too much). Vetplant 1
SwissVan Posted July 30 Posted July 30 5 hours ago, Vetplant said: Saw reports that they will have to consider dropping the SWIM portion if the levels don't subside... Making it a duathlon. Considering they already trialed a duathlon at the test event in 2023 it means they expected it, it’s fBarking ridiculous….instead of choosing a more suitable swim venue. Imagine all the swim training athletes put in and it could amount to nothing and potentially change the podium due to favoring the better runners with a 5/40/10 format Vetplant 1
IceCreamMan Posted July 30 Posted July 30 On 7/29/2024 at 8:41 AM, Shebeen said: Tatjana is the hot favourite for gold tonight, swimming straight after pieter coetzee @ 9:10pm the official website is a hack, but here are summaries for local athletes today https://www.thesouthafrican.com/sport/paris-olympics-when-team-sa-tatjana-smith-in-action-monday/ Secondly, this is of course the events that Penny Heyns did the double in 1996. The winning time from then wouldn't even make the semifinals in Paris. There was an excerpt with her reflecting back on those days. Even though she was at a top US university they had loads still to learn (ie. nutrition = lots and lots of pasta) Suddenly feel old. I remember watching that race and josiahs marathon.
Vetplant Posted July 31 Posted July 31 11 hours ago, SwissVan said: Considering they already trialed a duathlon at the test event in 2023 it means they expected it, it’s fBarking ridiculous….instead of choosing a more suitable swim venue. Imagine all the swim training athletes put in and it could amount to nothing and potentially change the podium due to favoring the better runners with a 5/40/10 format Agree 10 000%. Seems the French went "all-in" on magnifying and celebrating the Seine river for some reason, Opening ceremony and all. I understand they have 2 August as the backup date, and there is a backup swim location. Let's hope sanity prevails and it remains a Triathlon.
ycowley Posted July 31 Posted July 31 Triathlon is on. Swim was challenging to say the least. Current was really strong which led to a 3 minute swim with the current and 9 minute return (this for the top swimmers). Wet cobbles are taking their toll, but main contenders are all together. Vetplant 1
Vetplant Posted July 31 Posted July 31 Men Triathlon is on the Run Leg with a big bunch of guys together and in with a chance of winning it. Tune in if you can.
Vetplant Posted July 31 Posted July 31 1 minute ago, Vetplant said: Men Triathlon is on the Run Leg with a big bunch of guys together and in with a chance of winning it. Tune in if you can. Correction, two athletes have broken away from the field and is battling it out for the win. Unfortunately neither one is South African.
Shebeen Posted July 31 Author Posted July 31 2 hours ago, Vetplant said: Correction, two athletes have broken away from the field and is battling it out for the win. Unfortunately neither one is South African. that was a race of note.. imagine running 3:07/km pace for the final 2.5km lap, but your buddy behind is doing 2:57 to take you on the final bend. YES DJR and Vetplant 2
Vetplant Posted August 3 Posted August 3 Strong chase group 3rd on the road with MvdP, WvA and Alaphilipe in it. Might be explosive from here onwards. 39km to go
Frosty Posted August 3 Posted August 3 That was a fantastic finale (the route) that would be a fitting stage on the Tour. Vetplant 1
IceCreamMan Posted August 6 Posted August 6 Given the size of the Australian population they really are over represented in the medals table. Well done to Australia
Frosty Posted August 6 Posted August 6 5 hours ago, IceCreamMan said: Given the size of the Australian population they really are over represented in the medals table. Well done to Australia Look at the gender split, and you’ll see 22 of their medals are in the female category. The men have only won 9 of the 33. IceCreamMan 1
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