2016 Rio Olympic Games thread

[Goosey]

It's interesting how the long jumpers hold no mass in their legs

 

[Darkoz]

He should be ashamed of such composure in defeat.

Maybe he was happy to have competed at the Olympics despite not winning gold.

Mamby pamby rhetoric

 

[Darkoz]

It's interesting how the long jumpers hold no mass in their legs

I reckon it's all in the glutes, they have great glutes.
They can't afford to hold a lot of mass for such an event

 

[spartacus]

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[Shrek]

Why do the female water polo players have permanent wedgies?....not that I'm complaining. ?

 

[Shrek]

Exhibit A.

 

[Stiffy]

First event I've really watched was the Women's Medley Relay. Australia were second last until Cate Campbell brought home the Freestyle leg. Finished in Second.

 

[spartacus]

[TABLE="class: wikitable plainrowheaders"]
[TR]
[TD]medley relay
details[/TD]
[TD]

United States (USA)
Kathleen Baker (59.00)
Lilly King (1:05.70)
Dana Vollmer (56.00)
Simone Manuel (52.43)
Olivia Smoliga[SUP]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics#endnote_bb[/SUP]
Katie Meili[SUP]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics#endnote_bb[/SUP]
Kelsi Worrell[SUP]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics#endnote_bb[/SUP]
Abbey Weitzeil[SUP]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics#endnote_bb[/SUP][/TD]
[TD]3:53.13[/TD]
[TD]

Australia (AUS)
Emily Seebohm (58.83)
Taylor McKeown (1:07.05)
Emma McKeon (56.95)
Cate Campbell (52.17)
Madison Wilson[SUP]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics#endnote_bb[/SUP]
Madeline Groves[SUP]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics#endnote_bb[/SUP]
Brittany Elmslie[SUP]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics#endnote_bb[/SUP][/TD]
[TD]3:55.00[/TD]
[TD]

Denmark (DEN)
Mie Nielsen (58.75)
Rikke Møller Pedersen (1:06.62)
Jeanette Ottesen (56.43)
Pernille Blume (53.21)[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

 

[Stiffy]

Rio being 13 hours behind us is a real pisser - can't watch a lot live. I heard once that the IOC likes to grant the Olympics to Countries which have a time zone favourable to the large U.S. TV viewership and thus its big spending TV networks.

 

[spartacus]

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[Stiffy]

What you watching tonight [MENTION=895]Shrek[/MENTION]; ?

Much on, or bit too late?

 

[Shrek]

Cant watch too much
Gotta get up early. T&F starts around 10.00. I'll watch until about 11.30.

 

[Shrek]

Hopefully some women's water polo is on. Them wedgies are a sight to behold. ?

 

[Stiffy]

The networks are doing a good job of keeping the replays off Youtube. Hard to find much.

 

[Fadi]

The networks are doing a good job of keeping the replays off Youtube. Hard to find much.

Ah so that's it. I haven't seen any of the Olympics so far. Perhaps when it's all over it'll be (hopefully) uploaded onto YouTube.

 

[Shrek]

I got the app. Watch all the good replays and live feeds.

 

[WoodyAllen]

Women's +75kg group. Whole lotta shakin' goin' on.

 

[spartacus]

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[Repacked]

"...I don't think that's a good idea. We have trialled copying the American system, it has happened before. It happened, what, 10 years ago now?" Campbell said.
"It didn't work. It doesn't work for us. It wasn't because our trials were early that America performed so much better this time around. They performed so much better because they peaked on a four-year cycle.
"They had a shocking year last year. We peaked last year, they peaked this year. It happens. And when a team is on a roll it's really hard to stop them, it's an intangible momentum that's really, really hard to place and really, really hard to gain when you don't have it."

http://www.theage.com.au/sport/olym...rio-olympics-rivals-were-20160814-gqse2o.html

 

[Shrek]

Wow a WR in the 400. Not only did he beat it, he smashed it.