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Post by Pangolin on Jul 25, 2021 18:53:20 GMT
For me the highlight of this day:
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jul 25, 2021 19:42:13 GMT
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Jul 25, 2021 19:49:21 GMT
I wonder if there is something like this going on here in Canada as well. This morning there were four or five different channels showing the Olympic Games (CBC, RDS, more than one of the TSN channels) and all of them were showing USA vs France in Basketball!
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Post by loofapotato on Jul 25, 2021 21:01:18 GMT
U.S. Men's basketball team are so soft and Durant is a sleepy leader. 3 straight losses.
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Post by CrepedCrusader on Jul 26, 2021 1:07:11 GMT
So, Russia can't compete...but Russian athletes still get to compete as the "Russian Olympic Committe"? So...no real consequences then?
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Post by NJtoTX on Jul 26, 2021 1:20:15 GMT
U.S. Men's basketball team are so soft and Durant is a sleepy leader. 3 straight losses. Going backward... Lost to France 83-76 Beat Spain 83-76 Beat Argentina 108-80 Lost to Australia 91-83 Lost to Nigeria 90-87 |
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Jul 26, 2021 2:04:59 GMT
Sorry, but skateboarding does not belong in the Olympic Games. Call me an old fart if you must.
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Post by NJtoTX on Jul 26, 2021 2:35:07 GMT
Sorry, but skateboarding does not belong in the Olympic Games. Call me an old fart if you must. Nor Women’s duet artistic swimming
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Post by NJtoTX on Jul 26, 2021 2:41:37 GMT
Ledecky beaten in 400-meter freestyle by Ariarne Titmus of Australia.
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Post by Mulder and Scully on Jul 26, 2021 2:56:37 GMT
Sorry, but skateboarding does not belong in the Olympic Games. Call me an old fart if you must. I agree. Skateboarding is a pathetic joke and has no place in the Olympics. |
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Jul 26, 2021 3:35:39 GMT
Sorry, but skateboarding does not belong in the Olympic Games. Call me an old fart if you must. Having said that, 13-year old Brazilian skateboarder Rayssa Leal is like totally awesome! |
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jul 26, 2021 11:00:02 GMT
Adrian Moorhouse and Andy Jamieson couldn’t call a race if their lives depended on it. Half the time they never mention the winner until after the race is over! “Oh, where did she come from!?”
Muppets!
They’re the BBC swimming commentators.
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Post by Midi-Chlorian_Count on Jul 26, 2021 12:08:12 GMT
Sorry, but skateboarding does not belong in the Olympic Games. Call me an old fart if you must. I was looking at the BBC website this morning and wondered if anyone would have mentioned this here. Watch the video here:- www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/57966611At ~ 30 secs in she falls off! Otherwise all it seemed to be was going back and forward balancing on the rails. How can that be worthy of an Olympic Gold (especially if you fall!)? |
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Post by masterofallgoons on Jul 26, 2021 12:48:31 GMT
Sorry, but skateboarding does not belong in the Olympic Games. Call me an old fart if you must. I'm OK with it. I thought snowboarding was a good addition to the winter Olympics, and I don't really see why skateboarding is any different. I also watched Equestrian Dressage the other day, which is one of the silliest things I've ever seen, and that's been an Olympic sport for over 100 years. We've watched much less athletic events, and much dumber events than skateboarding in the Olympics forever. I don't see why skateboarding shouldn’t be allowed. Now, the addition of break dancing on the other hand... |
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Post by bluerisk on Jul 26, 2021 13:14:20 GMT
So, Russia can't compete...but Russian athletes still get to compete as the "Russian Olympic Committe"? So...no real consequences then? If we invade Poland all cry murder, if Russia invades Poland, or Georgia, or the Ukraine...erm, we don't like it, but ok.
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Post by NJtoTX on Jul 26, 2021 14:14:37 GMT
So, Russia can't compete...but Russian athletes still get to compete as the "Russian Olympic Committe"? So...no real consequences then? It was a state-sponsored doping program. Can't really block individual competitors who test clean. Athletes competing under the ROC designation cannot wear the Russian flag, or any other national symbol, on their uniforms. If their uniforms say “Russia,” they must also include “neutral athlete” or something equivalent in the same size. When an ROC athlete wins a gold medal, the Russian anthem will not be played. Vitalina Batsarashkina won the ROC’s first gold in Tokyo in the 10m pistol event earlier Sunday. She was serenaded by music from Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1, which will also play for other ROC gold medalists. The ROC will be competing instead of Russia at the Winter Olympics in Beijing in February 2022. Russia was also under sanctions for the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics, where athletes were considered “Olympic Athletes from Russia.” Unless further sanctions are levied, the traditional contingent from Russia, including its flag and anthem, will be back at the 2024 Olympics in Paris.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Jul 26, 2021 14:20:04 GMT
So, Russia can't compete...but Russian athletes still get to compete as the "Russian Olympic Committe"? So...no real consequences then? It was a state-sponsored doping program. Can't really block individual competitors who test clean. Athletes competing under the ROC designation cannot wear the Russian flag, or any other national symbol, on their uniforms. If their uniforms say “Russia,” they must also include “neutral athlete” or something equivalent in the same size. When an ROC athlete wins a gold medal, the Russian anthem will not be played. Vitalina Batsarashkina won the ROC’s first gold in Tokyo in the 10m pistol event earlier Sunday. She was serenaded by music from Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1, which will also play for other ROC gold medalists. The ROC will be competing instead of Russia at the Winter Olympics in Beijing in February 2022. Russia was also under sanctions for the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics, where athletes were considered “Olympic Athletes from Russia.” Unless further sanctions are levied, the traditional contingent from Russia, including its flag and anthem, will be back at the 2024 Olympics in Paris. So still... no consequences, really. |
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Post by loofapotato on Jul 26, 2021 16:11:13 GMT
U.S. Men's basketball team are so soft and Durant is a sleepy leader. 3 straight losses. Going backward... Lost to France 83-76 Beat Spain 83-76 Beat Argentina 108-80 Lost to Australia 91-83 Lost to Nigeria 90-87 Oh there were wins in between. Still, losing 3 out of the last 5 games is the worst stretch in the history of U.S. men's basketball. They are an embarrassment.
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Post by Mulder and Scully on Jul 26, 2021 18:06:44 GMT
Luka Doncic scores 48 points against Argentina.
Insane!
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jul 27, 2021 8:34:06 GMT
Tom Dean's family and friends react to his 200m freestyle final:
Hilarious stuff I thought!
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