Rio Olympics: Athletes warming up

[MickeyD]

Thread to follow some of our top athletes as they compete in events leading up tot he Olympic Games.

 

[MickeyD]

Akani Simbine running the 100m in 9.89s and beating Asafa Powell.

[video=youtube;CDAczIU8Ue0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDAczIU8Ue0[/video]

 

[MickeyD]

And that is also a new SA record for the 100m...

 

[Dan C]

Is this still happening ?

 

[HavocXphere]

I hear the swimmers are all getting medals for bravery.

 

[pinball wizard]

And that is also a new SA record for the 100m...

I've never understood this piffle that you can set a national record for one country whilst competing in a diffferent country.

 

[Sinbad]

Akani Simbine running the 100m in 9.89s and beating Asafa Powell.

[video=youtube;CDAczIU8Ue0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDAczIU8Ue0[/video]

He's not going though?

 

[Polish]

Suppose the Russians wont be collecting many medals in the track n field events this year.

 

[Ninja'd]

Akani Simbine running the 100m in 9.89s and beating Asafa Powell.

Wow

 

[Azbubu]

I've never understood this piffle that you can set a national record for one country whilst competing in a diffferent country.

So South African athletes can only set records in their own country?!

 

[Ho3n3r]

He's not going though?

Who told you that?

 

[Ho3n3r]

I've never understood this piffle that you can set a national record for one country whilst competing in a diffferent country.

Lol. You must be kidding.

 

[Sinbad]

Lol. You must be kidding.

Oops was wrong, sorry

 

[Ho3n3r]

Oops was wrong, sorry

You quoted the wrong one. I didn't tell you you must be kidding.

 

[pinball wizard]

So South African athletes can only set records in their own country?!

Yeah. That makes sense to me.

 

[pinball wizard]

Lol. You must be kidding.

Not even a little bit. It makes no sense that you can set a national record in totally different conditions and track surfaces than those that exist in the country that now suddenly you hold the record for. Retarded in my opinion.

 

[Sinbad]

You quoted the wrong one. I didn't tell you you must be kidding.

don't get technical, or I will rep you.