OT: 2016 Summer Olympics - Rio de Janeiro

[TRG]

Didn't see a thread yet.

Go Canada!


Also, that poor guy that broke his tibia.

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[OnTheRun]

Oh damn, I missed the women's 10m air rifle.

Summer games.

 

[groovejuice]

Oh damn, I missed the women's 10m air rifle.

Summer games.

Don't knock it. Linda Thom won a shooting gold for Canada in LA 1984.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

I read two rowers fell into that dirty, disgusting water which measured at 248-million adenoviruses per litre.

RIP

 

[peate]

Well Genie is off to a good start with a 6-3 6-3 win over Sloan Stevens. Let's see how long she lasts.

Just heard she's up against Kerber next, good luck with that.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Greece won their first Water Polo match against Japan today.

I don't follow much until the events in the stadium take place.

Will probably catch a few events here and there in the meantime.

 

[ThaDevilGirl]

I enjoyed the Rugby 7 matches. Rugby is still weird though.

 

[SquiddFX]

I read two rowers fell into that dirty, disgusting water which measured at 248-million adenoviruses per litre.

RIP

Someone needs to make shirts that say "I went to the Rio games and came back disease free" or something. Wouldn't be surprised if someone came back with like Hep A through Z.

 

[SquiddFX]

I enjoyed the Rugby 7 matches. Rugby is still weird though.

I watched most of them too and really enjoyed them. Tried watching the Canada ve China basketball game and gave up.

 

[TRG]

Well Genie is off to a good start with a 6-3 6-3 win over Sloan Stevens. Let's see how long she lasts.

Just heard she's up against Kerber next, good luck with that.

Genie is 3-1 vs Kerber. Gonna be hard but she's shown to be able to beat her. Her last victory vs Kerber was at the Rome Masters this year.

I enjoyed the Rugby 7 matches. Rugby is still weird though.

Rugby is ****ing awesome. And so is field hockey.

 

[Cole Caulifield]

I like watching ping pong, I have fond memories of playing in high school.

I watched Canada's Zhang win her match earlier this morning and now she's tied 1-1 against some Hungarian. Go Zhang !

Always find it funny that there are so many players of chinese origins in this sport.

 

[mariolemieux66]

The weight those 48kg women can lift is very impressive. They can lift double their weight on certain lifts, 116 kg. I'm 104 kg and there is not way I lift 200kg with Olympic lifts without breaking my back.

 

[Runner77]

So who are you guys cheering for, the Urine Nation winners or those who finish out of the medals today but who will be vindicated 8 years from now when new tests catch up with existing doping technology?

These are the first olympics that I am not directly following. I'm putting my money on the athletes who have been supplied by Russian labcoats. Their pharmaceuticals are better than our pharmaceuticals.

 

[LaP]

Someone needs to make shirts that say "I went to the Rio games and came back disease free" or something. Wouldn't be surprised if someone came back with like Hep A through Z.

Another shirt someone could make is "I'm a PGA player and I proudly avoided drugs testing by saying i was afraid of the Zika virus".

 

[LaP]

Their pharmaceuticals are better than our pharmaceuticals.

Our yes. USA probably not.

 

[Whitesnake]

Good job girls! What a race!

 

[Belial]

So who are you guys cheering for, the Urine Nation winners or those who finish out of the medals today but who will be vindicated 8 years from now when new tests catch up with existing doping technology?

These are the first olympics that I am not directly following. I'm putting my money on the athletes who have been supplied by Russian labcoats. Their pharmaceuticals are better than our pharmaceuticals.

Yeah, i guess that's why the whole country got caught...

 

[Belial]

Good job girls! What a race!

Wohoo first medal! Well done ladies!

 

[ProspectsFanatic]

Wohoo first medal! Well done ladies!

two 16 years old on that team

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Genie played really well today, shes in the zone

 

[SquiddFX]

Hopefully the first of many medals for Canada

 

[SquiddFX]

Another shirt someone could make is "I'm a PGA player and I proudly avoided drugs testing by saying i was afraid of the Zika virus".

Someone call Roots we've got a new clothing line

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

USA vs Puerto Rico was a great game tonight. Also nice to see Genie win her game.

I read two rowers fell into that dirty, disgusting water which measured at 248-million adenoviruses per litre.

RIP

Yeee-uck.

And folks are going to be swimming in that for some of the events. Totally crazy.

 

[Habs]

the older I get, the more I wish they would use all that money on fixing these third world dumps, instead of flooding them with tourists and long term problems.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

the older I get, the more I wish they would use all that money on fixing these third world dumps, instead of flooding them with tourists and long term problems.

Read on article on that very topic yesterday. There's a lot of anger in Brazil over the Olympics.

 

[Habs]

Read on article on that very topic yesterday. There's a lot of anger in Brazil over the Olympics.

2 weeks of hype, then nobody can tell you who won what... and it's all for nothing. We get calls all year from Olympic athletes trying to sell their services, come into the company and charge money to hear them speak. It makes no sense to me. Pay an athlete money to talk to our construction managers about what it takes to succeed? An athlete that has never set foot on a construction site, hasn't dealt with unions.. but he wants 10k for a 1hour pep talk? Yeah, no thanks.

I'll take a glance at this year's Olympics, and then I'll remember none of it makes a real difference in my day to day life and move on.

Rio needs healthcare, infrastructure ... clean water... housing.. and money. These games? Not so much.