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2016 Olympics Thread
2016 Olympics Thread
Why is this in politics and religion? We got a culture and media section where sports related stuff is
What is considered news-worthy? LOL
I really like the design of the mascots this time around...
https://www.rio2016.com/mascots/
...lol they were designed by Birdo Produções, an animation firm associated with Cartoon Network Latin America. ^^;;
So much better than those one-eyed aliens from the London games... 9_-;; (Or those super-sentai-teletubbies from Beijing...) :p
I really like the design of the mascots this time around...
https://www.rio2016.com/mascots/
...lol they were designed by Birdo Produções, an animation firm associated with Cartoon Network Latin America. ^^;;
So much better than those one-eyed aliens from the London games... 9_-;; (Or those super-sentai-teletubbies from Beijing...) :p
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Here is a news worthy spin on Judo,
2 days ago a female Saudi Judoka refused to compete against a female Israeli Judoka for... reasons
http://m.townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2016/08/09/why-a-saudi-judo-athlete-opted-not-to-compete-against-an-israeli-n2203122
Politics and Sports should never mix but it always seems to happen at the Olympics.
2 days ago a female Saudi Judoka refused to compete against a female Israeli Judoka for... reasons
http://m.townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2016/08/09/why-a-saudi-judo-athlete-opted-not-to-compete-against-an-israeli-n2203122
Politics and Sports should never mix but it always seems to happen at the Olympics.
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Siren.Lordgrim said: »
Why is this in politics and religion?
Because the IOC is as corrupt as any politician or church hierarchy.
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Also for those you not familiar with International level Judo, Kosovo was not recognized as nation by members of IJF until recently. Which as you can guess impacted a players ability to train and compete at that level.
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NBC is doing a terrible job once again. Their commentators are awful, barely knowledgeable, they are only televising the events that Americans are competitive in, I just want Usain Bolt to get out there and kick *** one last time and shut Bob Costas up.
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The 77kg weightlifting class world record in clean & jerk yesterday was epic as frack.
Shiva.Viciousss said: »
NBC is doing a terrible job once again. Their commentators are awful, barely knowledgeable, they are only televising the events that Americans are competitive in, I just want Usain Bolt to get out there and kick *** one last time and shut Bob Costas up.
The weird, quasi-narrated, poor-camera-angle, occasionally-just-shoots-of-the-crowd-out-of-context live stream of fencing yesterday was interesting.
Bismarck.Josiahfk said: »
Ramyrez said: »
Shiva.Viciousss said: »
NBC is doing a terrible job once again. Their commentators are awful, barely knowledgeable, they are only televising the events that Americans are competitive in, I just want Usain Bolt to get out there and kick *** one last time and shut Bob Costas up.
The weird, quasi-narrated, poor-camera-angle, occasionally-just-shoots-of-the-crowd-out-of-context live stream of fencing yesterday was interesting.
hard for a network to really pull ahead at the olympics so I can picture them trying weird ***.
NBC is just ***. I don't like their Olympic coverage, I don't like their hockey coverage, but they've got the contracts in the US, so I'm stuck with 'em.
I guess tonight, amongst the myriad of commercials, there will be a new Star Wars trailer. So look forward to that.
Shiva.Viciousss said: »
I guess tonight, amongst the myriad of commercials, there will be a new Star Wars trailer. So look forward to that.
Well when it feels like 55% of what you get to watch is commercials anyhow, may as well look forward to the good ones.
Moved this to Chatterbox, as it was entirely too civil for a P+R thread
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Rooks said: »
Moved this to Chatterbox, as it was entirely too civil for a P+R thread
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I mean, you could have given me a chance, Rooks.
I was just getting warmed up.
WHATEVER ROOKS. YOU'RE NOT MY REAL DAD.
YOU NEVER BELIEVED IN ME.
I was just getting warmed up.
WHATEVER ROOKS. YOU'RE NOT MY REAL DAD.
YOU NEVER BELIEVED IN ME.
Ramyrez said: »
I mean, you could have given me a chance, Rooks.
I was just getting warmed up.
WHATEVER ROOKS. YOU'RE NOT MY REAL DAD.
YOU NEVER BELIEVED IN ME.
I was just getting warmed up.
WHATEVER ROOKS. YOU'RE NOT MY REAL DAD.
YOU NEVER BELIEVED IN ME.
You already rotated Geralt out, no more benefit of the doubt for you
On topic: Katie Ledecky is an actual mermaid or something.
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Idiot Boy said: »
Ramyrez said: »
I mean, you could have given me a chance, Rooks.
I was just getting warmed up.
WHATEVER ROOKS. YOU'RE NOT MY REAL DAD.
YOU NEVER BELIEVED IN ME.
I was just getting warmed up.
WHATEVER ROOKS. YOU'RE NOT MY REAL DAD.
YOU NEVER BELIEVED IN ME.
You already rotated Geralt out, no more benefit of the doubt for you
He'll be making a comeback, that picture quality was not doing it for me. I like the shot a lot and the actual artwork makes him look like it could be Geralt or it could be my XI character, which was rad, but I need a better quality version of it. Need to figure out how to get Steam to take higher quality screenshots. I followed the instructions to have it keep an uncompressed copy, but it doesn't seem to have worked...
Edit: At least I can edit here.
a lot has been going on about Michael Phelps about this scene...
I saw it on Tv as it happened... yet no one has said anything, as to why..
why is this guy dressed up as a... ninja turtle?
<cant find full outfit pic>
I saw it on Tv as it happened... yet no one has said anything, as to why..
why is this guy dressed up as a... ninja turtle?
<cant find full outfit pic>
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Idiot Boy said: »
On topic: Katie Ledecky is an actual mermaid or something.
Yeah, and she is the world record holder for the 1500m, but the IOC, in all of its corruption, doesn't include that event in the Olympics, because there are already too many swimming events, according to them.
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Bismarck.Misao said: »
a lot has been going on about Michael Phelps about this scene...
I saw it on Tv as it happened... yet no one has said anything, as to why..
why is this guy dressed up as a... ninja turtle?
<cant find full outfit pic>
I saw it on Tv as it happened... yet no one has said anything, as to why..
why is this guy dressed up as a... ninja turtle?
<cant find full outfit pic>
He is from South Africa and those are their colors? But rly, they are rivals, much moreso than Phelps/Lochte. The South African beat Phelps in London, but Phelps got him back this year.
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All I know is I had things to do last weekend, so I couldn't stay home and veg on Olympics.
This weekend is couch and Olympic coverage, only to be broken by my own daily athletic outings.
In fact, I volunteer to be this person.
This weekend is couch and Olympic coverage, only to be broken by my own daily athletic outings.
In fact, I volunteer to be this person.
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Shiva.Viciousss said: »
there are already too many swimming events, according to them.
I'd say there are too many swimming events at the olympics, everyone uses the exact same swimming style in free style because it's the fastest, so I'd be for having them all use whatever style they want in multiple distances and give place to more sports.
Rugby was a nice addition.
Shiva.Viciousss said: »
He is from South Africa and those are their colors? But rly, they are rivals, much moreso than Phelps/Lochte. The South African beat Phelps in London, but Phelps got him back this year.
oh I know they are rivals and that he was fuming or something. also know these are the team colors... but the way they are layed out, he looks like a GD Ninja Turtle!.
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Up till now, priceless was the US football keeper Hope Solo making a howler, while the entire stadium yelled Ziiiiiiiiiiikaaaaaaaa!
She is pretty much the best goalkeeper of all time so she can say whatever she wants, and in this case, be correct about it.
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Lakshmi.Zerowone said: »
Politics and Sports should never mix
And speaking of Kosovo, first medal in history(and Serbia told its people to boycott)
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