MOMozart
Captain49,914 posts
MOMozartCaptain49,914 posts
25 Jan 2017, 19:40#1
The men weigh in at 31, the ladies at 33....rounded to the nearest integer. It's obvious in tennis, boxing, athletics.....the top performers are getting older. Playing in a team only 6th in the League Ibrahimovic is the leading goal scorer at age 35.
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In sports which require strength, endurance and even speed as Bolt demonstrated at the Olympics, older athletes are showing little decline....in some cases they are even getting better, Wawrinka being a good example.
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We have had the propensity to call for replacing Boks before age 30.....in 2016 losing that experience was a big part of our problem.
RORooinek
Captain18,117 posts
RORooinekCaptain18,117 posts
25 Jan 2017, 23:00#2
There is an "Other Sports" section for tennis discussions.
MOMozart
Captain49,914 posts
MOMozartCaptain49,914 posts
26 Jan 2017, 01:02#3
Well Cloudy Nadal owns Fed on outside hardcourts 8 wins to 2. It's one of those match up things, Roger just seems to play poorly against Rafa. And watching Nadal agaist Raonic he is in good form. I would love to see Fed grind out one more Major, but I can't see either Dimitrov or Fed stopping Nadal now.
MOMozart
Captain49,914 posts
MOMozartCaptain49,914 posts
26 Jan 2017, 02:00#4
Both nice guys. I love the Aussie Open....it's a kind of mid winter marker up north, and given the time difference you can watch at night and record the ending for breakfast watching.
I'm not sure of the Poem though. I enjoy poetry but after a few days fatigue sets in.