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87% humidity. And running. Doesn’t sound fun to me.

High humidity is beneficial to the short sprints. Can’t remember the science behind it but it’s definitely a thing. I don’t know if it would apply to the 400 but it is definitely favored for the 100/200.
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Women's long jump final featuring Tara Davis is starting live on CNBC.  They'll be bouncing back and forth between the jumps and heats on the track I believe.  Or you can wait and see probably two or three jumps total on NBC primetime tomorrow night. 

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NBC just tried to squeeze in a 15 second ad during a short review and completely missed the match point in the third set between SUI/Brazil in beach volleyball. Well done, guys.

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It's a shame about van Niekirk.  He tore up his knee playing rugby and didn't even make the final of the 400.  His WR run was one of the highlights of the Rio games for me.

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5 hours ago, ztejas said:

This is a really strange argument and makes me wonder if y'all understand how Olympic representation works. I'd guess at least 20% of the athletes every 4 years weren't even born in the country they are representing. Who cares. 

I care, at least somewhat.  Countries like Qatar make a mockery of the whole thing.

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Just now, WBT said:

I care, at least somewhat.  Countries like Qatar make a mockery of the whole thing.

I'd care more about that if they had more than 2 medals. 

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I really don't care for Laura Ludwig's "defensive kills" (Germany, Beach Volleyball).  Yeah, it's legal, and it's effective, but it's still shitty.  Glad they lost, & not just because they were playing the US.

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If you watch on the NBC Olympics app for Apple TV or Roku, you can watch the individual event feeds with no commentary or the main track feed with British announcers who I assume aren’t on the NBC feed. There’s no cutting away to other sports, interviews and bullshit.

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6 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

We have anything worth a shit coming on later tonight? 

US basketball v Spain quarterfinal at 11:40 pm central

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7 minutes ago, Pancho said:

If you haven’t watched Snoop and Kevin Hart do commentary, it’s actually pretty funny (take an edible first).

Where?

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4 minutes ago, Pancho said:

The crazy part is Benjamin set an American record 😮

he literally beat the former WR by more than a half second.... and still lost by more than 2/10s 

damn that Norweigan was flying. 

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That 400m hurdles was fast af.

45.94 is fucking fast without hurdles.... That would be top 20 NCAA 400m.

Norwegians have an extra tendon or something...

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We tuned in right as the 400m hurdles was about to start. What a race. Absolutely shattered the WR. 

Hope the women’s matchup between McLaughlin and Muhammad can match it. 

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10 minutes ago, Jive Turkey said:

We tuned in right as the 400m hurdles was about to start. What race. Absolutely shattered the WR. 

Hope the women’s matchup between McLaughlin and Muhammad can match it. 

 

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17 hours ago, ztejas said:

Georgia Ellenwood (CAN) >

 

she's a pent or heptathlete - can't remember which

ya, i'd definitely be willing to give her half of my assets.

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