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Really interesting split in endurance sports. GB and the Netherlands super strong while New Zealand and Germany fell off. Germany should up their doping program or cut their funding for endurance sports and focus on more technical sports. Trying to compete in endurance sports without doping is like going to a war with nothing but slingshots.

Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached.
 

 

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Germany’s pretty succesfull in endurance swimming events. Perhaps the German doping authorities have overlooked those athletes?

 

There is of course an alternative explanation to the one you keep hinting at. Possibly the German Rowing Federation is just not very good.

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34 minutes ago, Roamingrover86 said:

Not such a disaster world championships for the :GER rowing team .  @EselTheDonkey
They qualified 6/14 boat , can add to that at the Final regatta.
Got a world champion in olympic class boat as well. 

 

Yes, it was less bad than feared, particularly because many of these crews were young athletes. Of course it's far from what German Rowing aspires to be, but miracles weren't to be expected. Hopefully, they will improve in the upcoming years.

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So Finn Florijn (M4x) and Karolien Florijn (W1x) are both world champions. Imagine if they repeat this incredible achievement in Paris, has there ever been a family where father (Ronald Florijn, gold in Seoul 1988 and Atlanta 1996), son and sister are all Olympic champions?

 

Very historic world championship for :NED all around. It is starting to feel normal how dominant the Dutch rowers are, but after so many silvers and bronzes I have to keep reminding myself that a gold medal in rowing is still not an easy feat at all.

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2 hours ago, phelps said:

Olympic Events Medal Table

 

:NED 5 / 3 / 0
:GBR 4 / 1 / 1
:ROU 2 / 1 / 2
:SUI 1 / 1 / 0
:IRL 1 / 0 / 2
:GER 1 / 0 / 0
:USA 0 / 3 / 1
:AUS 0 / 1 / 3
:NZL 0 / 1 / 2
:ITA 0 / 1 / 1
:CRO 0 / 1 / 0
:LTU 0 / 1 / 0
:CHN 0 / 0 / 1
:POL 0 / 0 / 1

 

have to repeat myself...this domination by :NED:GBR and :ROU doesn't look good (once again, sorry my friends :p)

 

however, the :ITA disaster does look even worse :facepalm: :hairpull:

 

To paraphrase JC, Vinerunt, viderunt, non vicerunt...

 

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1 hour ago, Noorderling29 said:

Last year we won 9 medals in Olympic events so slightly disappointing😀

Yes, you are the alpha and omega of rowing

If the lights light up exactly at the correct moment, he was definitely first, since his light went on first. Not sure if those lights are 100% accurate though?

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27 minutes ago, zob79 said:

Yes, you are the alpha and omega of rowing

Given that this was the first time ever the Dutch team won more than 1 gold medal in Olympic events at Worlds, we nearly doubled the number of world titles won in Olympic events from 7 to 12, and for the first time a Dutch Olympic event world champion managed to retain his/her title, that conclusion is premature. It will probably all come to very little in Paris next year.

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