2016 Olympics. - Brazil
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Gamma Rays
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I'm watching the opening ceremony, the athletes are walking out, it's taking forever . . . but Damn, there's some hot chicks there
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Borzak
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Some of the "sports" seem like a real stretch to me, but what do I know.
Synchronized swimming may be entertaining but I don't see any of the sport aspect to it. Personally I think all sports in the olympics should be timed or at least definitive, first one to get there, lift the most, jump the highest etc.. wins. Get rid of the scoring.
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Still think it is funny how the USA men's and woman's basketball teams are staying on a luxury cruiseliner, basically giving a big 'fuck you' to all other athletes that are basically enduring living in a 1-star hotel. USA Olympic committee should've just footed the bill for another cruise-liner for the rest of the athletes to stay in.
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The only thing I'm excited about when the Olympics roll around is women's soccer. If the US mens team ever had a chance I'd lump them into that as well. Aside from that...just seeing how badly this Rio shit show turns out in general should be quite interesting.
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That's why I feel like the Olympics is a joke. I bet a lot of people could just find some obscure sport that no one actually plays. Practice a bit and you could suddenly become a medalist.
Figure young women who are in good physical shape, and it makes sense. That's basically the only thing that could make a woman that age unattractive, is being out of shape; barring physical deformities?
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That's not because of the shit accommodations. They've done it a bunch for the "dream team" for security reasons and to protect from being swamped by fan in olympic village. Brazil only more so justifies protected living for a bunch of millionaire superstars.
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Wanted to make this a seperate post. WHAT THE FUCK is with the USA outfit? We look like we should be with god damn France, while Puerto Rico and Liberia are rocking the fuckin Red White and Blue the way we should.
I want eagles and trucker hats and blue jeans and shit.
I want eagles and trucker hats and blue jeans and shit.
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Gamma Rays
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Still think it is funny how the USA men's and woman's basketball teams are staying on a luxury cruiseliner, basically giving a big 'fuck you' to all other athletes that are basically enduring living in a 1-star hotel. USA Olympic committee should've just footed the bill for another cruise-liner for the rest of the athletes to stay in.
With the Australian team, Basketballer ( NBA player ) Andrew Bogut is staying in the Athlete's village. I'm sure he has enough money to afford to stay where ever he wants. So is doing it to properly BE a part of the team. Good for him.
He did complain that the bed wasn't big enough for him, he's 7' 2"
You could say, what did he expect. But then you can also say that the organizers would know that they need to comfortable house and bed a number of tall and very tall people.
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China made a concerted effort to do that for the Beijing Olympics in an attempt to maximize their medal count. Along the building of the infrastructures they tried to reorient athletes toward sports they felt was less competitive (notably BMX if my memory serves me well). I don't think that worked so well.
Also, among the criteria for a sport to become, remain or stop being an olympic sport is the number of practitioners (along with world-wide representation, historicity, how telegenic the sport is and also anti dopping policies). So except in modern pentathlon (a sport that only exists because Coubertin invented it), you can't really parachute athletes and expect them to do well in a couple years of training (though there are some examples of top level sprinters that became top level pushers in bobsleigh).
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Unfortunately, since the US isn't good at it, NBC won't show it much since they can't make a feel good story out of it.
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Us there a betting pool for number of Olympian murdered? I'm going with 3-end up dead.
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Watching soccer, USA vs France, today in Belo Horizonte. We'll see if ISIS makes a special guest appearance.
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I'm sure some asshat is looking to recreate the Munich incident.
I say there's probably a much larger group. Probably 7-10 dead, with a few more injured; maybe 20+ taken hostage.
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Wanted to link the video, but the IOC are really being shit lords about posting videos/gifs of the Olympics
French gymnast suffers gruesome broken leg at Olympics (Warning: graphic photo).
French gymnast suffers gruesome broken leg at Olympics (Warning: graphic photo).
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