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08-12-2016, 08:01 AM
Being a ca**eist is very hard, as these Olympian's faces clearly demonstrate
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The Olympics aren’t always as glamorous as they seem — especially when it comes to ca**eing.*
On Thursday, New Zealand's Luuka Jones (http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/310770/luuka-jones-wins-silver-in-ca**e-slalom) slipped into second place in the K1 ca**e slalom. Photos of the event reveal how physically taxing professional sport is on the individual *— in case you've been fooled by #fitspo advertising (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMOjFHU9UfY).
SEE ALSO: #ThrowbackThursday: Olympian edition (http://mashable.com/2016/08/11/2016-olympic-tbt/)
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'The River Wild' IRL
Image: AFP/Getty Images
Sport isn't ***y. It's gruelling, exhausting and as far from a Victoria's Secret commercial as you can get. The K1 ca**e slalom is a sterling example of this. In this event, athletes must navigate a 250m (83 yard) course covered in poles they must **t hit with any part of their body, paddle or ca**e. The sport is modelled on the ski slalom but replaces s**w with manufactured white water rapids.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/11/nz-slalem-rio-photos/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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The Olympics aren’t always as glamorous as they seem — especially when it comes to ca**eing.*
On Thursday, New Zealand's Luuka Jones (http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/310770/luuka-jones-wins-silver-in-ca**e-slalom) slipped into second place in the K1 ca**e slalom. Photos of the event reveal how physically taxing professional sport is on the individual *— in case you've been fooled by #fitspo advertising (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMOjFHU9UfY).
SEE ALSO: #ThrowbackThursday: Olympian edition (http://mashable.com/2016/08/11/2016-olympic-tbt/)
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'The River Wild' IRL
Image: AFP/Getty Images
Sport isn't ***y. It's gruelling, exhausting and as far from a Victoria's Secret commercial as you can get. The K1 ca**e slalom is a sterling example of this. In this event, athletes must navigate a 250m (83 yard) course covered in poles they must **t hit with any part of their body, paddle or ca**e. The sport is modelled on the ski slalom but replaces s**w with manufactured white water rapids.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/11/nz-slalem-rio-photos/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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