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Post by Kimbo on Aug 8, 2016 7:14:21 GMT
Is anyone following this ? I want to but I don't really have the time :( Anyways, Djokovic was eliminated in round 1  And Denmark won a silver medal in the mens road race  |
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Post by lordcatfish on Aug 8, 2016 10:46:23 GMT
Djoko is likely off the juice due to the testing at the Olympics. Williams sisters out of the doubles too. Will be interesting to see how Nadal does.
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Post by ford71V8 on Aug 8, 2016 11:44:02 GMT
I become interested in the Olympics mainly due to the family discussing it. So far I've seen us get a gold in swimming, offend China, and had 2 coaching staff robbed at knifepoint  |
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Post by Alan-P on Aug 8, 2016 12:21:46 GMT
It seems like a shit show to me
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Post by Bartman on Aug 8, 2016 13:43:21 GMT
peter sagan saying "idgaf" to a road race he likely had not much chance in and entering the x-country mountain biking instead is all i really care about now.
seemingly annamiek van vlauden has two "small fractures" in her back but should recover. that was a horrible horrible looking accident (that, ofc, the tabloids and guardian and sbnation et al had no problem sharing video/pictures/headlines about when we didn't actually know what her condition was...).
i like the javelin too. all of the throwing things events are cool.
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Post by Bartman on Aug 8, 2016 13:46:42 GMT
And Denmark won a silver medal in the mens road race haven't been able to find out which riders astana have entered but fugslang's vuelta chances improved significantly in the vuelta, should he be picked, after that road race... |
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Post by SicJes on Aug 8, 2016 14:16:37 GMT
Winter Olympics are way better, but this years summer games have already had quite a few injuries so its looking good.
Go Canada!
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Post by Alan-P on Aug 8, 2016 14:20:21 GMT
Yeah Winter Olympics is where it's at.
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Post by Bartman on Aug 8, 2016 14:23:50 GMT
i am always in favour of downhill skiing, ski jump, short track speed skating and ice hockey being on my television so i am in agreement here.
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Post by theglassprisoner on Aug 9, 2016 3:49:05 GMT
I become interested in the Olympics mainly due to the family discussing it. So far I've seen us get a gold in swimming, offend China, and had 2 coaching staff robbed at knifepoint Go on Mack Hortons Facebook page, it has the population of China attacking him. Good on him for calling Sun Yang out and not backing down. |
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Post by ford71V8 on Aug 9, 2016 5:10:16 GMT
I become interested in the Olympics mainly due to the family discussing it. So far I've seen us get a gold in swimming, offend China, and had 2 coaching staff robbed at knifepoint Go on Mack Hortons Facebook page, it has the population of China attacking him. Good on him for calling Sun Yang out and not backing down.  haha, wow, this people have no idea how to insult and sledge. Even the posts written in "English" are hard to decipher what the hell they are saying. And the rest written in Chinese symbols... .... good luck getting your point across haha 75000 comments on that celebratory photo, thats a lot of asian butthurt |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2016 5:15:24 GMT
What happened?
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Post by ford71V8 on Aug 9, 2016 5:36:49 GMT
Our young swimmer Mack Horton won gold, the Chinese fella that took silver was previously found guilty of doping. So when Mack was interviewed after his win and questioned about the rivalry between them, he replied along the lines of him only having a rivalry with competitors not found out to be cheating. China are now planning an attack of our shores.... |
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Post by theglassprisoner on Aug 9, 2016 5:53:43 GMT
Most of them are complaining that he spoke up about it. The Chinese obviously do not have the same freedom of speech that Australia enjoys (sometimes).
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Post by Kimbo on Aug 9, 2016 6:52:49 GMT
Djoko is likely off the juice due to the testing at the Olympics. Williams sisters out of the doubles too. Will be interesting to see how Nadal does. Nadal was convincing, but complained a lot during the game. Something about the arena I think And Denmark won a silver medal in the mens road race haven't been able to find out which riders astana have entered but fugslang's vuelta chances improved significantly in the vuelta, should he be picked, after that road race... I hope he gets picked, he deserves it. I think he would do fine too |
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Post by Kimbo on Aug 9, 2016 6:54:50 GMT
Go on Mack Hortons Facebook page, it has the population of China attacking him. Good on him for calling Sun Yang out and not backing down. haha, wow, this people have no idea how to insult and sledge. Even the posts written in "English" are hard to decipher what the hell they are saying. And the rest written in Chinese symbols... .... good luck getting your point across haha 75000 comments on that celebratory photo, thats a lot of asian butthurt Haha I just visited his facebook page, it's hilarious |
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Post by jorn on Aug 9, 2016 6:59:21 GMT
I love the summer olympic games but due to the time difference between Brazil and Turkey, it becomes really hard to follow.
And we are not really competitive in any of the categories lately.
On top of that, nobody seems to care sports any more in the country. Our daily agenda is filled with politics.
Having said that, I love watching the competitions whenever I catch one and I2m following the mens basketball.
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Post by Kimbo on Aug 9, 2016 7:39:43 GMT
I love the summer olympic games but due to the time difference between Brazil and Turkey, it becomes really hard to follow. And we are not really competitive in any of the categories lately. On top of that, nobody seems to care sports any more in the country. Our daily agenda is filled with politics. Having said that, I love watching the competitions whenever I catch one and I2m following the mens basketball. Yeah the timezone is not doing me any favors either. We do have a dedicated channel for the Olympics so I just watch it randomly when I have the time, even if it's just reruns. |
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Post by jorn on Aug 9, 2016 7:49:59 GMT
I love the summer olympic games but due to the time difference between Brazil and Turkey, it becomes really hard to follow. And we are not really competitive in any of the categories lately. On top of that, nobody seems to care sports any more in the country. Our daily agenda is filled with politics. Having said that, I love watching the competitions whenever I catch one and I2m following the mens basketball. Yeah the timezone is not doing me any favors either. We do have a dedicated channel for the Olympics so I just watch it randomly when I have the time, even if it's just reruns. Same here. I sometimes watch it online at work, and if I'm at home, I just open that channel without thinking which competition is on. |
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Post by Bartman on Aug 9, 2016 8:14:58 GMT
I become interested in the Olympics mainly due to the family discussing it. So far I've seen us get a gold in swimming, offend China, and had 2 coaching staff robbed at knifepoint Go on Mack Hortons Facebook page, it has the population of China attacking him. Good on him for calling Sun Yang out and not backing down. it's hardly gracious to do so after winning gold, however [not that i'd normally care about being gracious but you lot were all immanuel after last year's rugby world cup quarter final so w/e *plus* for whatever reason this one sits uncomfortably] |
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Post by Bartman on Aug 9, 2016 8:16:49 GMT
Djoko is likely off the juice due to the testing at the Olympics. Williams sisters out of the doubles too. Will be interesting to see how Nadal does. Nadal was convincing, but complained a lot during the game. Something about the arena I think haven't been able to find out which riders astana have entered but fugslang's vuelta chances improved significantly in the vuelta, should he be picked, after that road race... I hope he gets picked, he deserves it. I think he would do fine too yeah, i imagine fabi aru will be the team leader but even if so, with nibali out of the picture, definitely more of a chance for him in the GC. |
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Post by ford71V8 on Aug 9, 2016 10:28:20 GMT
Go on Mack Hortons Facebook page, it has the population of China attacking him. Good on him for calling Sun Yang out and not backing down. it's hardly gracious to do so after winning gold, however [not that i'd normally care about being gracious but you lot were all immanuel after last year's rugby world cup quarter final so w/e *plus* for whatever reason this one sits uncomfortably] Nah, call it how you see it. Drug cheats in sports has been a very hot topic for a lot of people here the last few years. Would he have said anything if he had not been asked about the guy, I'm not sure. |
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Post by ford71V8 on Aug 9, 2016 12:33:32 GMT
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Post by Bartman on Aug 9, 2016 13:22:46 GMT
Nah, call it how you see it. Drug cheats in sports has been a very hot topic for a lot of people here the last few years. Would he have said anything if he had not been asked about the guy, I'm not sure. tbf the chinese dude *did* serve a ban for the incident a couple of years ago and if he's been clean since, well...idk. apparently the australian man refused to shake his hand after the race/on the podium and shouted the "drug cheat" remark at him at some point post-his winning the medalbut i didn't watch the thing happen 'cause, with all respect to the athletes, idgaf about swimming. had it been the other way around and the australian fella was just bitter about finishing second, of course, i'd probs find it beyond funny even i, admirer of heels and bitterness across sport, cannot help but think mack was just a wee bitty unfair here. side note: i demand praise for my alan-p's cockney slang level of euphemism for my avoiding dropping a c-bomb. cracking work for someone who had woken up 5 minutes prior, imo. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2016 17:51:08 GMT
I can't even watch the Olympics because NBC has 2 hour time delays and shit and when I am able to catch something, it's like 2 minutes of heavily edited Olympics and 20 minutes of commercials. It's unreal how horribly they're handling them. But nothing will beat those Beijing Olympics and that opening ceremony....the way those thousands of people were so synchronized.....it was.......unnerving  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2016 19:30:15 GMT
 It's cool to see things like this. Hopefully she doesn't "disappear" when she gets home. |
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Post by Kimbo on Aug 10, 2016 6:28:11 GMT
She was buried 5 min after that pic went online
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Post by LeeClaire on Aug 10, 2016 6:46:31 GMT
They should probably break-up the female U.S. gymnastics team, it's just not fair. Then again, in your face, China.
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Post by SicJes on Aug 12, 2016 19:15:38 GMT
That weightlifting guy's arm snapping in half! Lol lol lol!!
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Post by Alan-P on Aug 15, 2016 6:27:20 GMT
That weightlifting guy's arm snapping in half! Lol lol lol!! Ouch, missed that, thank god... UK in second place. Russia seems a bit limp when they aren't on the old narcotics |
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