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0 pointsbregma1y ago0 comments

> There's Olympic gold medals on the line. People are going absolutely as hard as they can.

They don't have to outswim the bear. They just have to outswim the silver medalist.

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duggan1y ago

As much as it's about winning the medals, this is about setting personal and world records, too.

kergonath1y ago

Regardless, they have to make do with what they have. Nobody is moaning that the weather affects triathlon timings.

macintux1y ago

If the organizers controlled the weather and made it rain, people would absolutely be complaining.

wizzwizz41y ago

People are complaining that the local g varies, though. https://www.xkcd.com/852/

a_c_s1y ago

Right, if you are swimming in multiple events then it doesn't necessarily make sense to swim as hard as you can in the early events if that is going to tire you out for the latter events.

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