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CableZL
08/01/21 8:09:55 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjSCT97GSsA

This is my favorite moment of the Tokyo Olympics so far. They were both perfect through 2.37 meters. When they had to do 2.39 meters, they both failed 3 times and decided to have two gold medal winners instead of doing a jump off.

"History, my friend."

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IdiotMachine
08/01/21 8:13:21 PM
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Why would you not agree to share this? Its guaranteed gold or chance at gold

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Naysaspace
08/01/21 8:16:52 PM
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CADE FOSTER
08/01/21 8:18:46 PM
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thats kinda lame they gonna cut the medal in half or what
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Kloe_Rinz
08/01/21 8:20:16 PM
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Whoever uploaded the video is stupid and evil for geoblocking it

competitions dont count if there arent losers. There needs to be losers
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CableZL
08/01/21 8:20:50 PM
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Kloe_Rinz posted...
Whoever uploaded the video is stupid and evil for geoblocking it

competitions dont count if there arent losers. There needs to be losers

There were plenty of losers. The people who didn't get any medals.

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hockeybub89
08/01/21 8:21:55 PM
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Kloe_Rinz posted...
Whoever uploaded the video is stupid and evil for geoblocking it

competitions dont count if there arent losers. There needs to be losers
There were more than 2 competitors

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Naysaspace
08/01/21 8:22:39 PM
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Kloe_Rinz posted...
Whoever uploaded the video is stupid and evil for geoblocking it

competitions dont count if there arent losers. There needs to be losers
tbf it's because of regional carry contracts between broadcasters and the IOC. The IOC is effectively the "whoever" in this.

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Unsugarized_Foo
08/01/21 8:23:14 PM
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Cut it or cut silver as well and have two half silver and half gold medals

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CableZL
08/01/21 8:30:05 PM
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cuh posted...
Did the next person get silver or bronze?
Olympics.com has the results as "1, 1, 3," so I'm assuming the next person got bronze.

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KILBOTz
08/01/21 8:31:40 PM
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thronedfire2
08/01/21 8:31:58 PM
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The guy who ended up with the bronze medal must be pretty pumped

edit: oh, or I guess not really since no one got silver

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SauI_Goodman
08/01/21 8:32:15 PM
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Asterisk gold. Real men would have decided to compete.

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kirbymuncher
08/01/21 8:35:35 PM
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I wonder how many spare medals of each type they make in advance for this sort of thing

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CableZL
08/01/21 8:45:45 PM
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kirbymuncher posted...
I wonder how many spare medals of each type they make in advance for this sort of thing
Apparently they do prepare to have extra medals on hand for ties. At the Sochi Olympics, they had 46 extra medals made.

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g0ldie
08/01/21 8:57:57 PM
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spikethedevil
08/01/21 9:00:02 PM
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Naysaspace posted...
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spikethedevil
08/01/21 9:01:03 PM
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g0ldie posted...
https://streamable.com/a7y8va

Thank you ^5

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spikethedevil
08/01/21 9:01:42 PM
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thronedfire2 posted...
The guy who ended up with the bronze medal must be pretty pumped

edit: oh, or I guess not really since no one got silver

Yes someone would have gotten silver.


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spikethedevil
08/01/21 9:03:04 PM
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thronedfire2 posted...
The guy who ended up with the bronze medal must be pretty pumped

edit: oh, or I guess not really since no one got silver

Yeah thats the dumb part. Just bump bronze to silver and 4th to bronze.

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CableZL
08/01/21 9:03:52 PM
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SpiritSephiroth
08/01/21 9:04:02 PM
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CableZL
08/01/21 9:06:29 PM
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g0ldie
08/01/21 9:06:53 PM
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spikethedevil posted...
Thank you ^5

CableZL posted...
Added this to to the OP, thanks
anytime

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Wetterdew
08/01/21 10:03:19 PM
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spikethedevil posted...
Yeah thats the dumb part. Just bump bronze to silver and 4th to bronze.
They award the top three athletes. First place gets gold. Second place gets silver. Third gets bronze.

Nobody is in second place here since the bronze winner is behind two others who were tied for first. So no silver medal is awarded here.

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spikethedevil
08/02/21 5:26:47 AM
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Wetterdew posted...
They award the top three athletes. First place gets gold. Second place gets silver. Third gets bronze.

Nobody is in second place here since the bronze winner is behind two others who were tied for first. So no silver medal is awarded here.

No reason to not do what I said.


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Wetterdew
08/02/21 10:42:51 AM
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spikethedevil posted...
No reason to not do what I said.
The reason is in my reply

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CableZL
08/02/21 10:44:26 AM
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Yeah, the gold medal competition decides silver and gold, and then there is a second competition for the people in 3rd and 4th place to compete for bronze.

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spikethedevil
08/02/21 10:44:29 AM
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Its a really dumb reason. Joint first then second then third makes sense.

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uwnim
08/02/21 10:47:12 AM
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If two people are in 1st, then the next best person is obviously in third since there are two folks ahead of them.

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spikethedevil
08/02/21 10:50:00 AM
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uwnim posted...
If two people are in 1st, then the next best person is obviously in third since there are two folks ahead of them.


With the same score so joint first then second then first.

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spikethedevil
08/02/21 10:50:32 AM
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With the same score so joint first then second then third.

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CableZL
08/02/21 10:51:07 AM
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spikethedevil posted...
With the same score so joint first then second then first.

Only the top 3 ranks get medals, though

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theAteam
08/02/21 10:55:08 AM
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I would definitely do this if I were them. No one's going to remember that gold medal was shared anyway.

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spikethedevil
08/02/21 10:55:49 AM
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CableZL posted...
Only the top 3 ranks get medals, though

But the top three ranks would still get medals.

The two who got joint first, then second then third.

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CableZL
08/02/21 11:09:12 AM
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spikethedevil posted...
But the top three ranks would still get medals.

The two who got joint first, then second then third.

That would be the top 4 ranks, not the top 3.

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spikethedevil
08/02/21 11:13:11 AM
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CableZL posted...
That would be the top 4 ranks, not the top 3.

No top 3.

1st 2nd 3rd.

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brestugo
08/02/21 11:16:14 AM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/400-current-events/79594707#6

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CableZL
08/02/21 11:18:32 AM
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spikethedevil posted...
No top 3.

1st 2nd 3rd.

No, your suggestion would be the top 4 ranks.

The ranks in this regard:

1 - Mutaz Essa Barshim
1 - Gianmarco Tamberi
3 - Maksim Nedasekau
  • These are the top 3 ranks
4 - Sanghyeok Woo

The tie for first means two gold medals, and there is only 3rd place left, which means the bronze goes to Nedasekau. Your suggestion would mean the top 4 ranks get medals.

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uwnim
08/02/21 11:21:31 AM
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2nd place means there was 1person who did better than you. 3rd means there were 2. And so on.

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CableZL
08/02/21 11:22:29 AM
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EndOfDiscOne posted...
So they have to create an extra gold medal? Are they using taxpayer money for this?

The IOC normally has a bunch of extra medals ready in case ties happen. I read that for the Sochi Olympics, they had 46 extra medals ready.

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DDirtyDastard
08/02/21 11:24:58 AM
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The Olympics have become a joke. You got people sharing gold medals, athletes dishonoring the countries they represent, and of course the quitters being made out as heroes.
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Xavier_On_High
08/02/21 11:26:28 AM
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What next, participation trophies for everyone who competes? When did Olympians become such snowflakes.

Kidding, but some absolute dickless psychos actually think like this.

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spikethedevil
08/02/21 11:29:40 AM
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Xavier_On_High posted...
What next, participation trophies for everyone who competes? When did Olympians become such snowflakes.

Kidding, but some absolute dickless psychos actually think like this.


See post 46.


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CableZL
08/02/21 11:29:41 AM
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DDirtyDastard posted...
The Olympics have become a joke. You got people sharing gold medals, athletes dishonoring the countries they represent, and of course the quitters being made out as heroes.

This is a bad take.
  • There is a long history of gold medal ties in the Olympics. It happened in 1900, 1904, 1936, 1948, 1956, 1960, 1968, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 2000, and 2016.
  • Who is dishonoring the country they represent?
  • Quitters aren't being made out as heroes.

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Xavier_On_High
08/02/21 11:54:47 AM
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spikethedevil posted...
See post 46.

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