Slick Mongoose Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 1 minute ago, BigFatCoward said: are you casting aspersions on the honesty of our cyclists? No. Edit: In all seriousness, i'm generally of the opinion that clean athletes at the olympics are in a small minority, so that's not why the British are so good at peaking at the right time. It's more a combination of money, science & treating any other event as a testing ground when other countries care more about those results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 40 minutes ago, Slick Mongoose said: No. fair enough, i get sick of the nutters on certain cycling websites being incredibly anti GB. and the womens team pursuit have put in an excellent start, much faster than australia and NZ so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick Mongoose Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 A world record, hopefully the first of many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 4 minutes ago, Slick Mongoose said: A world record, hopefully the first of many. the mens sprint team and the womens pursuit were ridiculous odds 45 mins ago, i really regret not getting involved. i'm fully expecting the mens team pursuit to break the record as well since they allegedly have done so 3 times in training. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramsay B. Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 This men's beach volleyball match between Italy and USA was great. Just ended with the USA taking it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick Mongoose Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 Oh man, track cycling is so good at the olympics. First gold to GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyoshi Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 At least we're getting the bronze. At this point I'm just glad Japan didn't cause another upset. Happy for the Blitz Bokke. Also, watching Simone Biles is just so moving. Sheer brilliance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick Mongoose Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 This is just 1-sided. Still, I don't really mind losing to Fiji, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swordfish Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 Sorry if this has been discussed already, but am i the only one who is sick and tired of the 'Michael Phelps redemption' stories? I'm supposed to feel sorry for this kid now? Uh... No. Shut up and swim, dudebro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Which Tyler Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 Don't mind at all loosing to Fiji. They're a class apart from everyone else, and the only team actually playing 7s, rather than mini-15s. I'd have liked to make it challenging, but hey. Congrats Fiji on your first ever Olympic medal, and in your national sport no less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Criston of House Shapper Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 Yes, congratulations to Fiji. They dominated every game I watched, which means since the quarter finals, so it's well deserved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonCon's Red Beard Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 I love the Opening. It was a celebration of Brazilian culture. I'm sorry it wasn't up for their expectations but we aren't exactly a rich region, you know? A little bit of love (and respect?) for a culture that is trying. Except... they used all the ideas I thought we could use for the next Panamerican Games (here in Lima) except that we should mention Spain instead of Portugal... T_____T Also, we all here below Mexico drink and swim in contaminated water and survived Zika, Dengue and Cholera, it's all right: the athletes will survive. Or no, I don't know... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Criston of House Shapper Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 3 minutes ago, JCRB's Honeypot said: I love the Opening. It was a celebration of Brazilian culture. I'm sorry it wasn't up for their expectations but we aren't exactly a rich region, you know? A little bit of love (and respect?) for a culture that is trying. Except... they used all the ideas I thought we could use for the next Panamerican Games (here in Lima) except that we should mention Spain instead of Portugal... T_____T Also, we all here below Mexico drink and swim in contaminated water and survived Zika, Dengue and Cholera, it's all right: the athletes will survive. Or no, I don't know... Well, so far, they all have. I don't understand the complaints either, I thought telling the story of how Brazil was settled was pretty brutal and dark, and I like that they went there instead of just celebrating all of the stupid clichées. I thought the jumping around on buildings part was incredibly stylish and cool. After that there was a lot of singing and stuff, and I don't particularly care for that, but that's like every opening ever, so who cares. My country seems to be doing a lot better than four years ago, so I like Rio so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyoshi Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 Very big disclaimer here: I'm not anti GBR. But...it was fairly satisfying to watch them get thrashed so thoroughly. Well done to Fiji. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Anti-Targ Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 Congratulations to Fiji on their first ever medal, and making it gold is even better. I hope 7's becomes a permanent fixture in the Olympics. As a team field sport it is highly suited to the Olympics since it can, if they wanted to , be all over and done in a weekend. And it would mean Fiji is all but guaranteed to win at least one medal in all future Olympics. Women's 7's seemed to get a bit of celebrity attention, which will hopefully help the profile of the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonCon's Red Beard Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 9 minutes ago, Criston of House Shapper said: My country seems to be doing a lot better than four years ago, so I like Rio so far. Mine too. Kinda. We sent our biggest group of athletes ever (30, LOL) and Gymnastics and Horse Riding for the first time. So, so far we're happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Pesci Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 Michael Phelps, still putting it down. 22 gold medals, damn impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kairparavel Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 24 years since Canada's last swimming gold, and the drought is broken by a 16 year old who ties with American swimmer Simone Manuel, sets a Canadian record, Olympic record and a World Junior record all in one swim. So proud of our swimmers. So proud of our women competing thus far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baxus Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 My country (Serbia) is having a bad Olympics so far. We still have our shots at medals, with quite a few of our athletes yet to start their competitions and our teams still participating in team sports (women's volleyball, men's water polo and both men's and women's basketball) but some of our athletes have performed below expectations which may have been unreasonably high for some/most but definitely not for Djokovic. 12 hours ago, Which Tyler said: Pressure does funny things; and this tourney sure as hell matters! It depends on who you ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The BlackBear Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 12 hours ago, Horse of Kent said: Is there a reason why Skinner, the last rider for Team GB, had a black helmet, when the others had white ones? It made me think of these guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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