Swimming at the Summer Olympic Games Paris 2024

[dodge 1,027]

Tunisia distance swimmers coming out at major championships like clockwork

[heywoodu 15,335]

Apparently an Australian commentator was cancelled because he joked "you know what women are like, hanging around, doing their makeup"  

 

Oh boy. Or, I mean, oh person  

[Dkats 298]

  On 7/29/2024 at 10:40 AM, heywoodu said:

Apparently an Australian commentator was cancelled because he joked "you know what women are like, hanging around, doing their makeup"  

 

Oh boy. Or, I mean, oh person  

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It was Bob Bollard who is a British commentator on Eurosport 

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  On 7/29/2024 at 9:18 AM, Topicmaster1010 said:

Looks like  Gorbenko peaked at the Mare Nostrum competition this year. She's out of the 400m IM final. So is last years world championship bronze medallist  Forrester.

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Forrester's mother was diagnosed with cancer and I heard she missed quite a bit of training because she didn't cope well 

[Belle 985]

Sarah Sjöström to swim 100m free. It’s confirmed. 

[ChandlerMne 1,079]

  On 7/29/2024 at 10:40 AM, heywoodu said:

Apparently an Australian commentator was cancelled because he joked "you know what women are like, hanging around, doing their makeup"  

 

Oh boy. Or, I mean, oh person  

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Not that i find his comment ammusing or tasteful, but yeah, WOKE culture at its finest . You must say only what you are supposed to say, extra word could "kill" your career. 

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  On 7/29/2024 at 12:20 PM, ChandlerMne said:

Not that i find his comment ammusing or tasteful, but yeah, WOKE culture at its finest . You must say only what you are supposed to say, extra word could "kill" your career. 

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Same here, but it's not like he genuinely offended anyone. Like, why would I care if a commentator says "typical guys, leaving their trash around and never cleaning up" or something  

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Lanihei Connolly, 18, made her debut at the Olympics in the women's 100m breaststroke heats and is only one of two athletes from the Cook Islands competing in Paris. What's interesting is that the Cook Islands, which is a tiny Pacific Ocean, doesn't even have a 25m swimming pool.

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[NearPup 3,197]

  On 7/29/2024 at 12:04 PM, Belle said:

Sarah Sjöström to swim 100m free. It’s confirmed. 

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She really looked at this relatively weak field and said "oh, I can win a medal in this" didn't she? xD