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I Greyhound
Apr 22, 2008

MusicKrew Dawn Patrol
Dog on the course!

goatface posted:

Imagine being a race-walk judge.

Easiest job on earth. Warn 2-3 people per lap randomly, any video review will show you're right, because the sport is dumb and every single person is running and breaking the rules while trying to hide it.

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Virigoth
Apr 28, 2009

Corona rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M. get the virus
In the ICU y'all......



magnificent7 posted:

Prep for race walking: Greasy waffles, three cups of coffee, bacon. Then just start walking.

He probably just accidentally drank some rio water while showering.

Humphreys
Jan 26, 2013

We conceived a way to use my mother as a porn mule


The walkers are seriously hilarious.

Here is a scientific explanation of what they are doing:

Kurtofan
Feb 16, 2011

hon hon hon
French tv is telling the shat pants aren't a big deal, he also did it when he broke the world record in Zurich

kindermord
Jun 5, 2003
ducks is chickens with swimmy toes

chitoryu12 posted:

Jimmy Feigen has reached a deal to "donate" $10,800 to an unnamed "institute" to be allowed to go home.

It'll be interesting to hear what they have to say when they're finally out of the reach of butthurt authorities fuming over the grave indignities committed against the glorious nation of Brazil. If they have negative things to say they'll probably keep it to themselves until the games are over, but i'm curious whether they'll mea culpa or pitch a grief storm.

Hopefully it's the latter and they do it as soon as they land :munch:

Virigoth
Apr 28, 2009

Corona rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M. get the virus
In the ICU y'all......



Kurtofan posted:

French tv is telling the shat pants aren't a big deal, he also did it when he broke the world record in Zurich

It's just athletes and their traditions and voodoo they have to keep going.

Humphreys
Jan 26, 2013

We conceived a way to use my mother as a porn mule


Virigoth posted:

It's just athletes and their traditions and voodoo they have to keep going.

The Aussie commentators were giving the high jumpers thinly veiled insults for all those stupid bits of tape and magnetic wrist bands the other day. Now with nothing to talk about in the walking they are essentialyl doxxing the aussie walkers brother and his history of trying to get on TV. He failed getting on Wipeout and ended up on Beauty and the Geek....and won. Choice quote was "Let me guess...he was the geek?"

Redgrendel2001
Sep 1, 2006

you literally think a person saying their NBA team of choice being better than the fucking 76ers is a 'schtick'

a literal thing you think.

Virigoth posted:

It's just athletes and their traditions and voodoo they have to keep going.

In Germany it's an age old sport called "scheisser walking".

Kurtofan
Feb 16, 2011

hon hon hon

Virigoth posted:

It's just athletes and their traditions and voodoo they have to keep going.

i just love the euphemisms the commentators are using "gastric problems", "small trouble"

Humphreys
Jan 26, 2013

We conceived a way to use my mother as a porn mule


Kurtofan posted:

i just love the euphemisms the commentators are using "gastric problems", "small trouble"

Everything's Fine™

Smugworth
Apr 18, 2003


NBC commentator: "what is the difference between walking and running? One foot remains in contact with the ground" *slow motion closeup of runners feet literally shows them shittily jogging 10 seconds previously*

What an embarrassing sport to train for.

skeevy achievements
Feb 25, 2008

by merry exmarx
why wouldn't you just pop an immodium before a race like that jfc

vyst
Aug 25, 2009



Walking. We're talking about walking.

CrazyLoon
Aug 10, 2015

"..."

nerdz posted:

yeah, men have a whole lot more upper body muscle mass than women and this is a factor in almost every single sport. and even in sports that shouldn't have a difference (like chess lol), having women tournaments helps them start out at the same level of everyone else in sports that were previously only allowed to be played by men

apart from crazy people I don't see anyone complaining about male and female tournaments as some sort of "biologic inequality" which is totally not the point. people fight for equal rights, not biological equality, it would be the same as gay people fighting for the right of procreation from same sex and minorities to change their skin color.

the whole transgender thing might complicate things though

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFBOQzSk14c

Humphreys
Jan 26, 2013

We conceived a way to use my mother as a porn mule


vyst posted:

Walking. We're talking about walking.

Because it's a trainwreck of a 'sport' plus first evidence of the riohazard virus causing pant making GBS threads.

Smugworth
Apr 18, 2003


hungarian walker down. walked too hard

steinrokkan
Apr 2, 2011



Soiled Meat
afaik pants making GBS threads is pretty common in racewalking competitions. i suppose it has something to do with their retarded little movements putting more stress on the wrong area than running

it just makes racewalking and its participants even worse than they would be otherwise

CrazyLoon
Aug 10, 2015

"..."
I really should go compete in walking at the Olympics. I walk real good. Don't poo poo myself or nothin'

CrazyLoon fucked around with this message at 14:21 on Aug 19, 2016

Humphreys
Jan 26, 2013

We conceived a way to use my mother as a porn mule


Smugworth posted:

hungarian walker down. walked too hard

He'll just have to walk it off.

tote up a bags
Jun 8, 2006

die stoats die

Racewalking still more legit than the dumb horse events.

Also it's less weird when the horses poop

steinrokkan
Apr 2, 2011



Soiled Meat
Horses are good, gently caress the haters.

Smugworth
Apr 18, 2003


can we legalize doping for racewalking

i want to see some jacked athletes taking walking to the limit

Kurtofan
Feb 16, 2011

hon hon hon
yoan diniz just lost his lead because of another wave of poo poo :(

Humphreys
Jan 26, 2013

We conceived a way to use my mother as a porn mule


Kurtofan posted:

yoan diniz just lost his lead because of another wave of poo poo :(

And I had to scramble to get a screen cap of this:



That is a poo poo sponge he pulled out of his pants. It had blood on it too.

timp
Sep 19, 2007

Everything is in my control
Lipstick Apathy

vyst posted:

Walking. We're talking about walking.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2PiDtHbLOY&t=52s

Smugworth
Apr 18, 2003


Why is that guy so interested in the bloody poo poo sponge

Potrzebie
Apr 6, 2010

I may not know what I'm talking about, but I sure love cops! ^^ Boy, but that boot is just yummy!
Lipstick Apathy

steinrokkan posted:

Horses are good, gently caress the haters.

They are delicious.

vyst
Aug 25, 2009



Smugworth posted:

Why is that guy so interested in the bloody poo poo sponge

who wouldn't be. I mean only fat people usually have to wipe themselves down with sponges

Nonsense
Jan 26, 2007

Humphreys posted:

Bonus - one of them was held up and forced to withdraw $1000 from an ATM by a robber:


Actually it didn't happen, none of the robberies happened officially. Those arrested for crimes were false-flags. Brazil is safe. Cum

spud
Aug 27, 2003

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN
I've never won an Olympic medal but I've never shat myself as an adult either.

Illuyankas
Oct 22, 2010

Looking forward to learning when this guy got exposed to the water and infected

goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer

Smugworth posted:

Why is that guy so interested in the bloody poo poo sponge

I'd be pretty interested if I was making GBS threads blood. Colorectal cancer is serious business.

hemale in pain
Jun 5, 2010




a walker died :rip:

HungryMedusa
Apr 28, 2003


Seriously, is he dead?

E: Just inside

Kurtofan
Feb 16, 2011

hon hon hon
it's yoann diniz, he fell down and got back up, the commentators are saying he should stop

hemale in pain
Jun 5, 2010




HungryMedusa posted:

Seriously, is he dead?

E: Just inside

naw, just collapsed for a bit. he got back up.

wa27
Jan 15, 2007

No Diniz! Don't stop!

HungryMedusa
Apr 28, 2003


I can't wait until they get to the end and walk really fast.

wa27
Jan 15, 2007

"Rome runners walkers have trouble at the water stations. We saw one took a tumble"

Who has trouble grabbing a water bottle while you're walking?

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goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer
Some of them are so obviously jogging it's just silly

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