Posts by Hadyn Green
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WWWOoooooo!!! yeah!!!!
Fuck you Germany*!!!!!
* Actually Germany, you're cool, I'm just kidding around
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It depends where in China you're talking
I think Stephen was talking more about the normative distribution curve of a population (also known as a bell curve).
For example with height you have a few really short people, a few really tall people and most of the population bunched together at some median height.
The bell shape doesn't really change much, so in NZ we may have, say, a dozen people who are 7ft tall. In China though, with their large population, that number would be much much higher.
It's another reason why they have been able to find athletes to compete (and effectively compete) in almost every event. For the last eight or so years they have been seeking out the members of the population who just happen to be good (gentically or whatever) at kayaking, or gymnastics, archery and so on.
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16 is the lower age limit for the Olympics in gymnastics. However, i just heard the commentators talk about a 14yr old Romanian gymnast, so now I'm not sure...
There are 14yr old synchronised divers though, boys and girls.
I've just watched (LIVE via the internets!) the men's individual pursuit qualifiers. A Frenchman was leading an Aussie over the first eight laps and then the Aussie came back and was clearly ahead when the commentators said: "looks like the Australian might just be making a slight comeback..."
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I thought we were talking about swimming (it was the Phelps discussion) and the fact they seem to place a lot of emphasis these days on who stays under the longest after they jump in... although 30m did seem pretty extreme. My question still stands if anyone knows the answer :)
Heh, sorry that was a pretty random insert.
It is all about the waves on the surface (gonna post about that more tomorrow after some reading). When you turn effectively you are turning into the water that you were pushing in the same direction as you.
Remember when you were a kid doing that "whirlpool" thing in the school pool? Same thing. Except that for swimmers the effect is only on the surface. Under the surface the water is traveling in the opposite direction, so it helps to be there.
I'm fighting the urge to draw diagrams
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After reading my last comment I would like to point out that we really are good owners.
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Here are my pics of Amy's cat Hermes. Hermes is currently missing, we know he's somewhere in Houghton Bay (Wellington). If you live out that way, please keep an eye out.
And here is Jedi. Jedi just came back from the vet (like 10mins ago) where he was told he was overweight and has a heart murmur. So he is going on a diet, now!
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And to jack it back: just watched Asafa Powell in his first heat and not only is he fast, he's totally smooth.
His head didn't come up until 30m in. Too cool.
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I don't mean to threadjack myself, but I think Northland politicians have more important things to worry about than rugby.
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Obviously I"m with you guys on the indoor volleyball teams:
And for the guys? I recommend the indoor volleyball or the pole vault, while Deadspin and Yahoo, suggest watching the Paraguayan javelin thrower.
Not only are they...bootylicious? (Is that the term nowadays?) But there are also more of them.
But the Cubans, although they are very pretty, are put to shame by the Italians.
ah, dammit. i meant the fifth
That was hilarious.
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Well, if everyone else (Richard) is sharing their cat photos: here's Jedi.