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#2296148 - 04/18/24 09:24 PM Re: He Dead. Norman Paperman
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Saw that.....sad deal. RIP Dickey.
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#2296151 - 04/19/24 01:14 AM Re: He Dead. Norman Paperman
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#2296215 - 04/19/24 10:09 PM Re: He Dead. Norman Paperman
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#2296235 - 04/22/24 12:29 PM Re: He Dead. Norman Paperman
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#2296763 - 05/02/24 08:25 PM Re: He Dead. Norman Paperman
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#2296836 - 05/06/24 12:05 PM Re: He Dead. Norman Paperman
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#2296844 - 05/06/24 03:44 PM Re: He Dead. RVFlyboy
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#2297625 - 05/28/24 03:51 PM Re: He Dead. Norman Paperman
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#2298203 - 06/12/24 02:16 PM Re: He Dead. Norman Paperman
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#2298272 - 06/13/24 12:31 PM Re: He Dead. Norman Paperman
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#2298497 - 06/20/24 12:39 PM Re: He Dead. Norman Paperman
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#2298538 - 06/20/24 06:13 PM Re: He Dead. Norman Paperman
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#2299120 - 07/09/24 08:46 PM Re: He Dead. Norman Paperman
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#2299307 - 07/12/24 08:55 PM Re: He Dead. Norman Paperman
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#2299319 - 07/13/24 11:04 PM Re: He Dead. Norman Paperman
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#2299343 - 07/15/24 02:45 PM Re: He Dead. Norman Paperman
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#2299495 - 07/18/24 08:08 PM Re: He Dead. Norman Paperman
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#2300330 - 08/09/24 12:20 PM Re: He Dead. Norman Paperman
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#2300331 - 08/09/24 12:20 PM Re: He Dead. Norman Paperman
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#2300341 - 08/09/24 01:34 PM Re: He Dead. Norman Paperman
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Sad to hear about Chi Chi....great showman.

On the Noah Lyles situation....i'm a huge track fan, and i've been loving the Olympics...but...i watched the 200 meter final last night....Noah came out and did his same pre-race show....jumping around like crazy.....then he runs 3rd and suddenly, he can't breathe and needs a wheelchair. Call me a cynic i guess and if this were FB, i would probably get jumped on (heck, i might get jumped on here about it)...but i found it odd.
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#2300346 - 08/09/24 02:22 PM Re: He Dead. Norman Paperman
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I should clarify....i don't doubt that Lyles was under the weather....i've seen him race enough in the 200 (his best event) to believe that he normally wins that race. I just found the whole wheelchair thing odd.
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#2300377 - 08/09/24 06:39 PM Re: He Dead. Norman Paperman
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i saw today that he was displaying covid symptoms for the 2 days before the race and post-race tested positive...the fact that he could still capture bronze shows his athletic prowess. i had covid and a mild case, never needed a wheelchair, but also didn't participate in the olympics while sick.

i'll take him at his word that he is sick and was exhausted following the race...he is a tremendous athlete, i'd hate to see how cocky i would be if i had that level of talent...
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#2300378 - 08/09/24 06:51 PM Re: He Dead. Norman Paperman
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If i was that sick, i think i would have maybe held off on the pre-race jumping and gyrations. Just saying.

As for the cockiness....2 great examples on the women's side of women who are extremely talented (and in Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone's case, inarguably the greatest female 400 hurdler of all time and one of the greatest female athletes of all time, period) ....Sydney, and Gabby Thomas....both of whom aren't cocky in the least, but instead--super-gracious and nice. I don't have a problem with Noah Lyles in general...he's cocky...ok.....but again, i thought the 200 meter finals from start (when he looked like his same old self in the pre-race shenanigans) to end (uh oh, i finished third....bring out the wheelchair) .....wasn't a great moment for him.
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#2300380 - 08/09/24 06:59 PM Re: He Dead. HappyGilmore
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#2300382 - 08/09/24 07:01 PM Re: He Dead. Norman Paperman
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I'm just gonna ask this sincere question:

If Lyles had won, would the wheelchair still have been necessary? Is that what we would have seen? He ran 19.70.....that's extremely fast...within a few tenths of his best time ever. Again, i guess i'm a cynic, but i'd have an easier time believing that he was struggling that badly if he had run 20.4.
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