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Re:Embarrassed by your Olympic javelin: did cavemen do it be... by bryanrasmussen on Monday August 09, 2021 @02:43AM (#28113380)
>Sports are about fun and competition and sometimes exercise.

part of the competition part would be breaking records.

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Re:Embarrassed by your Olympic javelin: did cavemen do it be... by happymellon on Monday August 09, 2021 @02:48AM (#28113411)
Competition is about beating other people, not necessarily records.
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Re:Embarrassed by your Olympic javelin: did cavemen do it be... by eecc on Monday August 09, 2021 @02:56AM (#28113439)
A record is a person that did very well in the past.
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Re:Embarrassed by your Olympic javelin: did cavemen do it be... by bryanrasmussen on Monday August 09, 2021 @03:16AM (#28113523)
that's why I said part of - part of it is beating the people you are competing with right now but another part is beating the people who were there before you.
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