09-15-2006, 03:33 PM
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| ESPN tries to get someone into the Olympics (Beijing 2008)
I was browsing around the ESPN site and found this article: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/etick...=olympianpart1
It is the start of a series that they'll be following over the next couple of years. The first sport they had the girl try was pentathlon. A quote from the fencing portion: "Within five minutes of bouncing about in the on-guard position, my quads are burning, my entire polyestered body is soaked in sweat, and my right arm feels like it's about to fall off. Fencing is much more physically difficult than I ever imagined."
It is a decent read, and I'm rather interested to see what becomes of this story.
-w
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09-15-2006, 04:14 PM
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| Ya know, that quote is actually very, very true. Reading that made me go "Wait a minute, what the f*** is so fun about fencing, it is a major pain!"
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09-15-2006, 04:38 PM
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| Interesting that she's bouncing for 5 minutes in an one-minute bout.
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09-15-2006, 04:40 PM
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| I saw her roaming around the OTC when she came through.
The jump from Ironman triathleton to pentathlon is pretty significant. I'm not sure if she can make it. It would be interesting, though. | |
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09-15-2006, 04:48 PM
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Originally Posted by edew Interesting that she's bouncing for 5 minutes in an one-minute bout. | Considering that footwork practice often lasts longer than a bout, it is very interesting... | |
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09-15-2006, 04:53 PM
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| Halt.
Both fencers, please pull up your socks.
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Disclaimer: Not that the bout woudl've been allowed to get to that point in the first place....... Right?
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09-15-2006, 04:59 PM
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D**n, that's some c****y fencing.
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09-15-2006, 05:10 PM
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| Maybe poker is invading the OTC as well as ESPN. | |
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09-16-2006, 10:48 AM
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| it's always fun to hear beginner talk about fencing, quote again
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09-16-2006, 11:37 AM
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| Interesting read. I'm curious to see what comes out of it. Either way, that's quite the chance she's given! 
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09-16-2006, 03:06 PM
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| I think they should have offered that chance to ZZ instead! Been on horseback lately, Z?
That is an interesting story, and I hope to keep following it. Am I the only one here who had Olympic fantasies as a kid?
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09-16-2006, 11:23 PM
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Originally Posted by BrianH I think they should have offered that chance to ZZ instead! Been on horseback lately, Z?
That is an interesting story, and I hope to keep following it. Am I the only one here who had Olympic fantasies as a kid? | I'm afraid ZZ would find it much harder to make the USMP team than even the article author would.  | |
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09-18-2006, 09:25 AM
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| Probably because she would know what she's getting herself into. Modern Pentathlon is no joke...
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09-18-2006, 11:36 AM
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Originally Posted by veeco Probably because she would know what she's getting herself into. Modern Pentathlon is no joke... | Also because she is not a US citizen (AFAIK)... and I think that was what KD5 was really digging at... making the Swedish Modern Pentathlon team... a totally different story...
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09-18-2006, 01:14 PM
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| Eh, that's true, but there are some very good pentathletes in the States too, I think.
I was mostly talking about the fact that the article author doesn't seem to have done any research at all on the topic before writing her article, since it is full of assumptions that would have been cleared up in just a few minutes of time on the internet.
I don't think that this article has something to offer that someone who actually is a bit involved with sport doesn't already know.
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09-18-2006, 01:45 PM
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| It makes me want to try Modern Pentathlon. I would be terrible with the shooting and horseback riding though.
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09-18-2006, 06:02 PM
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Originally Posted by BrianH I think they should have offered that chance to ZZ instead! Been on horseback lately, Z?
That is an interesting story, and I hope to keep following it. Am I the only one here who had Olympic fantasies as a kid? | Whaddya mean "Had"?
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09-19-2006, 04:36 AM
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Originally Posted by veeco the article author doesn't seem to have done any research at all on the topic before writing her article, since it is full of assumptions that would have been cleared up in just a few minutes of time on the internet.
| Unfortunately, that sort of thing has become very common among journalists today. It ought to give us all pause when we read the daily news or watch the evening news. Almost every story likely contains at least 2 or 3 minor errors, and sometimes substantive ones. 
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