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[spintheblackcircle]

Gold medalist, doctor-to-be....and first ever American of any gender to win Gold in the individual foil.

Pfft.....

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[No Fun Shogun]

That Blummenfelt win and reaction in the triathlon was great. Good to see.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

That Blummenfelt win and reaction in the triathlon was great. Good to see.

That guy has the strongest core.....wow.

 

[stan the caddy]

I watched skateboarding last night. Nyjah Huston couldn't land anything and anything Yuto Horigame landed got an amazing score.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

I watched skateboarding last night. Nyjah Huston couldn't land anything and anything Yuto Horigame landed got an amazing score.

Nyjah Huston totally crashed out. Very happy for Yuto and I thought the Peruvian skateboarder got some lower scores than he should have but going switch seemed to be the way to get some really high scores. Unfortunately, the guys started to get really creative only when they had no more shot at qualifying, such as Shane O'Neill trying to lazer flip the stair set.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

Alana Smith for the US female skateboarders seems like she's just there to cruise. The Japanese girls are killing it.

 

[TaLoN]

Crazy it took skateboarding so long to become an olympic sport.

 

[Eisen]

Crazy it took skateboarding so long to become an olympic sport.

I'm not the biggest fan.

 

[Incubajerks]

Nice to wake up and see 3 more medals!

 

[Siamese Dream]

Crazy it took skateboarding so long to become an olympic sport.

A couple of decades too late, imagine how popular it would've been if they'd put it in during Tony Hawk's prime

 

[Eisen]

Angela Merkel is coaching the British 10m synchronised team?

 

[TaLoN]

A couple of decades too late, imagine how popular it would've been if they'd put it in during Tony Hawk's prime

Exactly, Tony Hawk would be an olympic legend.

Look at how well known he is even without the Olympic stage.

Think Shawn White x1000!

And that brings me back to my overall point... snowboarding is a sport very much derived from skateboarders going to the slopes. Most of the best early snowboarders were also pro skaters.

Snowboarding became an olympic sport a long time ago, yet finally skateboarding finally makes the show.

I'm not the biggest fan.

And? Since when is everyone a fan of every olympic sport?

Skateboarding has been more deserving of being in the Olympics for a long time over many of the fringe sports for quite some time.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

I'm not the biggest fan.

What's the issue?

 

[Eisen]

What's the issue?

Too much fun, not enough grind. It's more like a child's game. Yeah, I'm strange.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

Too much fun, not enough grind. It's more like a child's game. Yeah, I'm strange.

Don't get fooled by the camaraderie.

 

[TaLoN]

Flora Duffy wins gold in Women's triathalon, giving Bermuda its first ever olympic medal

Great Britain takes silver, USA bronze

 

[J T Money]

Flora Duffy wins gold in Women's triathalon, giving Bermuda its first ever olympic medal

Great Britain takes silver, USA bronze

She’s a friend of mine from high school...so awesome to see her finally reach the pinnacle

 

[Eisen]

Badminton is such an attractive sport to watch. I have no idea why it doesn't get the coverage tennis gets.

 

[Eisen]

Judo goldmedal match for the women plays the Ghost in the Shell soundtrack for the announcement. Glorious!

 

[saskriders]

Badminton is such an attractive sport to watch. I have no idea why it doesn't get the coverage tennis gets.

Probably because it is Asian dominated instead of European dominated.

 

[Eisen]

Probably because it is Asian dominated instead of European dominated.

That's likely the case. Too bad, I still like it better. It faster, and most exchanges are not over after the return.

 

[tmlms13]

A couple of decades too late, imagine how popular it would've been if they'd put it in during Tony Hawk's prime

Well there is not a Vert skateboarding event for Tony to participate in.

 

[Primary Assist]

Crazy it took skateboarding so long to become an olympic sport.

Agreed! Call me cynical, but it also has the potential to become such a cash cow. Think of how popular brands like supreme are, which has roots in skateboarding. Every kid wants to dress like a skater, even if they don't want to be a skater. The Olympics has been missing out on a big source of revenue by not including skateboarding earlier. The same can be said of surfing.

 

[Eisen]

Agreed! Call me cynical, but it also has the potential to become such a cash cow. Think of how popular brands like supreme are, which has roots in skateboarding. Every kid wants to dress like a skater, even if they don't want to be a skater. The Olympics has been missing out on a big source of revenue by not including skateboarding earlier. The same can be said of surfing.

I saw the training of our skater in the Olympics when I watched a documentary about her. 8 hours a week doesn't scream Olympic heroism to me. You are thinking from a marketing perspective, not from an athletic one.

 

[DoyleG]

This is after winning their first ever medal a few days earlier.