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2021 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games

Started by Oriole85 , Feb 12 2013 12:45 PM

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#121 DuffMan

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Posted 05 August 2021 - 09:15 AM

I thought the same thing last night. Just comparing to the announcers for swimming. The swimming guys seemed way more into those races than the track announcers seemed to be into the track and field races. I'd prefer to see more energy on the calls. Also wouldn't at all hate a "down the stretch they come" shout out at the end of some of these distance races

Perfect example last night, American Ryan Crouser, throws an Olympic Record toss in the Shot on his first throw and the analyst's remark was "I don't know about that his hat fell off" Track and Field has a lot of nit picky rules, but you aren't getting DQ'd for that.

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#122 BSLWillieSeanCoughlan

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Posted 05 August 2021 - 10:41 AM

I thought the same thing last night. Just comparing to the announcers for swimming. The swimming guys seemed way more into those races than the track announcers seemed to be into the track and field races. I'd prefer to see more energy on the calls. Also wouldn't at all hate a "down the stretch they come" shout out at the end of some of these distance races

Agreed! More energy is needed. Much more. Sounds like he has a background in audio books. Boring audio books.

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#123 mweb08

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Posted 05 August 2021 - 08:19 PM

Quan Hongchan of China, just 14 years old, with about as dominant of a performance imaginable in diving! Two perfect dives in a row, with just one of seven judges keeping that from being three. She easily beat the all-time record for overall score. The crazy thing is she wouldn't have even been eligible if the games occurred last summer due to age.

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#124 Mackus

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Posted 05 August 2021 - 09:25 PM

Yeah that was wild. Amazing when one of these athletes can separate themselves so far from the rest of the world. Shaun White snowboarding is one that stands out in my mind. I don't think I can tell the difference between a 96 dive and an 85 dive unless they really slow it down and the announcer tells me exactly what to look for, but the scores speak for themselves. I don't think any other diver got any 10s from any judges on any dives and she had something like 24 perfects of the 35 total scores.

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#125 mweb08

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Posted 05 August 2021 - 09:37 PM

Yeah that was wild. Amazing when one of these athletes can separate themselves so far from the rest of the world. Shaun White snowboarding is one that stands out in my mind. I don't think I can tell the difference between a 96 dive and an 85 dive unless they really slow it down and the announcer tells me exactly what to look for, but the scores speak for themselves. I don't think any other diver got any 10s from any judges on any dives and she had something like 24 perfects of the 35 total scores.

Yeah, I think the announcer mentioned part of that crazy stat about the 10s. I think the other Chinese diver got at least 1 10 on her last dive, though. Could be wrong.