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High-Jump ‘Best Friends’ Convince Olympic Officials to Let Them Share Gold
New York Post ^
| August 1, 2021
| David Meyer
Posted on 08/01/2021 3:59:16 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
So if the Stuporbowl ends in a tie we just declare both champs??
This is so lame on so many levels.
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posted on
08/01/2021 4:01:05 PM PDT
by
ealgeone
To: nickcarraway
Medals for everyone. Trophies for everyone.
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posted on
08/01/2021 4:01:47 PM PDT
by
AlaskaErik
(In time of peace, prepare for war.)
To: nickcarraway
Kind of surprised the Officials don’t have a further countback rule to break the tie, i.e. see who was successful in fewer attempts at the height prior to that, etc, etc.
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posted on
08/01/2021 4:02:50 PM PDT
by
simpson96
To: nickcarraway
The correct solution would have been to let them share silver.
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posted on
08/01/2021 4:03:39 PM PDT
by
eclectic
(Liberalism is a mental disorder)
To: nickcarraway
Did they get a room afterwards ?
To: nickcarraway
I think this is a cool thing! They both competed and basically had a tie…I believe it shows true sportsmanship.
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posted on
08/01/2021 4:04:16 PM PDT
by
angelrod
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
08/01/2021 4:04:42 PM PDT
by
SamAdams76
(Give me a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer)
To: eclectic
Yeah, if that’s their choice they should have to split the cost of a second gold medal for that event - they are very expensive to produce.
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posted on
08/01/2021 4:04:59 PM PDT
by
simpson96
To: nickcarraway
We are witnessing the end of the Olympics. Not witnessing in the watching sense but in the knowing.
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posted on
08/01/2021 4:13:09 PM PDT
by
samadams2000
(Get your houses in order.)
To: nickcarraway
Dead heats happen all the time in horseracing. They each tried 3 times to beat each other and could not. Not a bad ending. They both tried their best and decided to chop it up. Ties do in fact happen in some sports.
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posted on
08/01/2021 4:13:36 PM PDT
by
frogjerk
(I will not do business with fascists)
To: frogjerk
shouldnt they both get silver?
To: nickcarraway
You can both share the sliver, but there can only be one gold
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posted on
08/01/2021 4:19:56 PM PDT
by
teeman8r
(Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something)
To: angelrod
In competition, there are no ties. There is a winner and a loser, period. We can all come up with different examples, but bottom line, neither one of them wanted to be the loser. So brave/s.
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posted on
08/01/2021 4:20:42 PM PDT
by
GMThrust
To: AlaskaErik
The whole idea of 1st, 2nd and 3rd place is soooooo last millennia!
Just like high school Valedictorian and Top 10 Academics.
EVERY Olympian should get a Gold Participation Medal!
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posted on
08/01/2021 4:26:22 PM PDT
by
polymuser
(BLA socialist is a communist without the power to take everything from their citizens...yet.p)
To: orionrising
No, they were both first. In a dead heat in horseracing for first it would be two winners and a third place finisher in the money.
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posted on
08/01/2021 4:28:32 PM PDT
by
frogjerk
(I will not do business with fascists)
To: nickcarraway
You get a gold, and you get a gold, and you get a gold, everyone here gets a gold... Way to cheapen an already cheapened olympics gold metal.. can we give them both a putzler peace prize too while were just giving away sht? Bow about a gold for the prettiest leotard too??
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posted on
08/01/2021 4:30:02 PM PDT
by
Ikeon
(before you get depressed,. take a minute and make sure you arent just surrounded by assholes)
To: nickcarraway
I wonder how Draft Kings handled this on the payouts....
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posted on
08/01/2021 4:30:22 PM PDT
by
capydick
(“Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.)
To: orionrising
Yes 2 silvers since no one wanted to compete for a gold.
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posted on
08/01/2021 4:31:28 PM PDT
by
Ikeon
(before you get depressed,. take a minute and make sure you arent just surrounded by assholes)
To: GMThrust
In competition, there are no ties
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posted on
08/01/2021 4:32:51 PM PDT
by
frogjerk
(I will not do business with fascists)
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