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Defending Olympic gold medalist diver finishes last in semifinal after magnificent belly flop
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| 8/16/2016
Posted on 08/16/2016 2:35:18 PM PDT by dirtboy
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To: Gamecock
What is worse?
Newman doing a cannonball!! (don’t have the image)
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posted on
08/16/2016 4:04:54 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
To: NorthMountain
“For whatever reason...”
A forensic analysis leads to the observation that he began his stay in Rio with a full box of (free) condoms - now nearly empty...
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posted on
08/16/2016 4:06:49 PM PDT
by
jonno
(Having an opinion is not the same as having the answer...)
To: LouieFisk
Some one must have lowered the diving board, or raised the water level in the pool.
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posted on
08/16/2016 4:08:37 PM PDT
by
Ed Condon
(subliminal messages here in invisible ink)
To: dfwgator
The Triple Lindy? It’s too dangerous. Nobody can do that dive.
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posted on
08/16/2016 4:10:20 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
To: NorthMountain
I was watching it live. They had 45 mph winds hitting them directly in the face. It was an open air competition. Most of the Americans train in open air situations so they did very well. Anyone else not use to it would get their mechanics screwed up. Illy was lucky he didn’t get hurt seriously from that dive.
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posted on
08/16/2016 4:12:59 PM PDT
by
mware
To: dirtboy
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posted on
08/16/2016 4:15:59 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: dirtboy
He should have just used the opportunity to pull a “triple Lindy” like Rodney Dangerfield....
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posted on
08/16/2016 4:16:09 PM PDT
by
Psalm 73
("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
To: dirtboy
Just saw it and have to believe that Zakharov is on drugs as evidenced by his skin and bones physique...totally uncharacteristic of all fellow present and past divers.
That was indeed the worst olympic dive ever, especially coming from a Russian.
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posted on
08/16/2016 4:23:25 PM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(If only Hillary had married OJ instead......)
To: NorthMountain
I can manage to bounce off a springboard, curl up, and hit the water.I can manage to bounce off and curl up. Hitting the water is a hopeful outcome.
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posted on
08/16/2016 4:27:38 PM PDT
by
USMCPOP
(Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
To: Hot Tabasco
Either that or the Russian mafia has it’s claws in Zakharov and he had no choice but to blow the dive..........
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posted on
08/16/2016 4:29:53 PM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(If only Hillary had married OJ instead......)
To: Hot Tabasco
Wow I hadn’t seen his dives from today. I don’t think they had a problem with wind today. I have to agree with you. He is either under the influence of some sort of drug or he was ordered to lose for some reason
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posted on
08/16/2016 4:30:37 PM PDT
by
mware
To: TomGuy
I would love to see militant hijabi fencer babe do that same dive in full burqini.
“SPLAT!” “(glub) ALLAHU (glub, glub) AKBAR!!!”
“The evil Joooz ruined my dive!!!”
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posted on
08/16/2016 5:00:10 PM PDT
by
elcid1970
("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
To: jimmygrace
To: USMCPOP
Failing to hit the water would be a career limiting move.
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posted on
08/16/2016 6:17:33 PM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(Hillary Clinton: corrupt unreliable negligent traitor)
To: dirtboy
I saw this live earlier, crazy stuff. This Russian won gold in diving in 2012 and he’s been all over the place this Olympics.
CGato
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