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Randomuser

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Maikeru said:
Footballers banned for life for match fixing:

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It was this sort of thing that ruined the once stellar reputation of Italian football.
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We should always support our sports in China.

Except football. It just needs to be torn down. Everything about it is rotten. They are still doing this kinda crap when everyone knows how important it is to get a semi competent national team. Remember a lot of this is on taxpayers money.
 
manqiangrexue

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So I opened the news today and almost had a heart attack. I saw that during the aquatics world cup in Shanghai a few days ago, Italian Thomas Ceccon defeated Pan Zhanle in the 100m freestyle and took his world record, clocking in at 46.32s to Pan's 46.35s, both beating Pan's world record of 46.40s just set at the Olympics.

Except it wasn't on the news. I knew that Western media would be blowing that shit up if any of them beat Pan. Then I looked up the current world record for the men's 100m free and it's still Pan. So I started researching and found this article:
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MEN’S 100 FREE FINAL​

  • World Record: 44.84 – Kyle Chalmers (AUS), 2021
  • World Cup Record: 44.84 – Kyle Chalmers (AUS), 2021
  • World Junior Record: 45.64 – David Popovici (ROU), 2022
GOLD –
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(ITA) – 46.32
SILVER –
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(CHN) – 46.35
BRONZE –
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(RSA) – 46.59

So what the hell is the deal with this? This is the 100m freestyle and it seems to exist in a parallel universe from the Olympic 100m freestyle. World record for here is 44.84s, junior swimming 45.64s. Way way way faster than at the Olympics.

Can anyone explain this discrepency? @azn_cyniq ?
 
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manqiangrexue said:
So I opened the news today and almost had a heart attack. I saw that during the aquatics world cup in Shanghai a few days ago, Italian Thomas Ceccon defeated Pan Zhanle in the 100m freestyle and took his world record, clocking in at 46.32s to Pan's 46.35s, both beating Pan's world record of 46.40s just set at the Olympics.

Except it wasn't on the news. I knew that Western media would be blowing that shit up if any of them beat Pan. Then I looked up the current world record for the men's 100m free and it's still Pan. So I started researching and found this article:
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MEN’S 100 FREE FINAL​

  • World Record: 44.84 – Kyle Chalmers (AUS), 2021
  • World Cup Record: 44.84 – Kyle Chalmers (AUS), 2021
  • World Junior Record: 45.64 – David Popovici (ROU), 2022
GOLD –
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(ITA) – 46.32
SILVER –
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(CHN) – 46.35
BRONZE –
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(RSA) – 46.59

So what the hell is the deal with this? This is the 100m freestyle and it seems to exist in a parallel universe from the Olympic 100m freestyle. World record for here is 44.84s, junior swimming 45.64s. Way way way faster than at the Olympics.

Can anyone explain this discrepency? @azn_cyniq ?
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The difference is the 25m swimming pool vs the Olympics 50m swimming pool.
 
manqiangrexue

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broadsword said:
And Pan Zhanle Tonya Hardinged himself.
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What do you mean?
henrik said:
The difference is the 25m swimming pool vs the Olympics 50m swimming pool.
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Ahhhh... ok. So what the hell, why would the World Cup use a standard different from the normal world record used at world champs, regional champs, and Olympics? It means that all World Cup records are not serious then, eh? Seems stupid.
 
Quickie

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manqiangrexue said:
What do you mean?

Ahhhh... ok. So what the hell, why would the World Cup use a standard different from the normal world record used at world champs, regional champs, and Olympics? It means that all World Cup records are not serious then, eh? Seems stupid.
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I think the difference is in the turning and kicking: three times for the 25m pool as opposed to one time for the 50m pool. So the former relies more on the turning/kicking (against the wall) ability than the actual freestyle swimming.
 
manqiangrexue

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Quickie said:
I think the difference is in the turning and kicking: three times for the 25m pool as opposed to one time for the 50m pool. So the former relies more on the turning/kicking (against the wall) ability than the actual freestyle swimming.
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Right, I figured that as soon as I got the 25m vs 50m pool but how did Pan Tonya Harding himself?
 
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