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If Tom and Rob were betting men, they’d go all-in on choosing the winners of these next two events. Good thing we aren’t because Tom was about to bet the house on Allyson Felix taking the 400-meter crown (good thing Rob talked him out of that one). Even though we are very very confident in […]
Olympics Men’s Basketball: Group Stage Recap and Knockout Stage Preview
Group Stage Recap Group A: The United States may not have looked very convincing, but they survived Group A undefeated. On the other hand, Australia looked impressive in their games, and only lost to the U.S. team. France and Serbia also advanced, but that was expected since hapless Venezuela and China were the other two […]
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And on the seventh day, Tom and Rob took a day of rest…and it’s a good thing we did because we’re still catching our breath after what we witnessed during the first three days of track & field competition! The first weekend of athletics had the entire world on edge. We saw the Mobot after the Brit […]
Significant Digits: 8
If you haven’t seen the hateful 8 yet, well, prepare yourself for some carnage. This R-rated film literally has nothing to do with this blog post, but it does have the number 8 in it, which is the number of 100 meters reps the men we are about to profile have to run consecutively to […]
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You bring the thunder, he’ll bring the lightning! Okay, all cheesiness aside, USAIN BOLT IS BACK and as ready as ever to defend his title as fastest man in the world. The man requires no introduction, but here’s the resumé in case you’ve been living under a rock for the past eight years: Just kidding, […]
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Elite distance runners operate at a cadence of 170 to 190 strides per minute. Doing some rough math allows one to conclude that, on average, the women competing in the Olympic 10k final on August 12th will take approximately 5700 steps during their event. At last year’s World Championships in Beijing, Molly Huddle of […]
Men’s Olympic Preview: Basketball
Basketball: Date: August 6th-21st Format: 2 groups of 6, top 4 in each group advance to single elimination bracket Group A: France, USA, Venezuela, Serbia, China, Australia France: Experienced team with Tony Parker, Nicolas Batum, Rudy Gobert. Great balance in a team, and everyone has their own rolls. USA: They may not have some of […]
Men’s Olympic Preview: Tennis
Tennis Singles: Date: August 6th-14th Format: 64 player bracket, single elimination. All matches are best out of 3 sets, except the Gold Medal Match which is best out of 5 sets. Notable dropouts: Roger Federer, Stan Wawrinka, Milos Raonic, Tomas Berdych, Richard Gasquet With the 2 Swiss players dropping out, it is even more likely […]
Men’s Olympic Preview: Golf
GOLF! Date: August 11th-14th Format: 4 days, 72 holes Qualification: Top 60 players according to Official World Golf Rankings Countries can have up to 4 golfers if they are all in the top 15 of the rankings. (United States was only country that had 4 within top 15) Otherwise, only 2 golfers per country Golf is back! […]