The Olympics Thread

[Tryptamine]

39 minutes ago, Sammy Sofa said:

Honest question: why would you think that scenario would be even remotely likely in the Olympics?

Yes, how could we possibly question the same IOC who is letting a child rapist participate and various repeat doping offenders.

[Sammy Sofa]

3 hours ago, Tryptamine said:

Yes, how could we possibly question the same IOC who is letting a child rapist participate and various repeat doping offenders.

IMO just a shred of critical thinking still should torpedo "a man beat up on a woman in the Olympic boxing ring" in an instant regardless of the stuff listed because none of them are even remotely similar to that scenario.

[WrigleyField 22]

Granted I knew it was BS because I first saw it from Ted Cruzs twitter, but I've also been totally primed to totally assume any type of sex/gender outrage being manufactured.  Maybe 10% of the time it isn't completely falsely manufactured and the rest of the time they're literally just tearing down any woman with visible muscles.

[Sammy Sofa]

18 hours ago, Sammy Sofa said:

Imagine being a boxer and stopping your fight IN THE OLYMPICS because "the other person is hitting me too hard" and then not immediately shriveling up and imploding out of existence due to sheer embarrassment.

OK, now I've swung back to this since she pretty obviously horsefeathers sucks as a person.

[Outshined_One]

1 hour ago, Sammy Sofa said:

OK, now I've swung back to this since she pretty obviously horsefeathers sucks as a person.

Considering Carini just got paid off, it's pretty horsefeathers obvious she intentionally threw her match and staged this whole farce.

[cl smooth]

 

[WrigleyField 22]

3 hours ago, Sammy Sofa said:

OK, now I've swung back to this since she pretty obviously horsefeathers sucks as a person.

Edit - nevermind

Edited August 3, 2024 by WrigleyField 22

[Sammy Sofa]

15 minutes ago, cl smooth said:

 

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I finally have something in common with an Olympic athlete.

[Sammy Sofa]

Just now, WrigleyField 22 said:

What else happened?

She's a cop who's buddy-buddy with the Far Right horsefeatherss running Italy, and now that her comments during the match have been sorted it makes her look bad (immediately saying it was all unfair and should be reviewed).

[Sammy Sofa]

And Khelif's upcoming Hungarian opponent is posting garbage like this:

These people are horsefeathers trash who will grift at the drop of a horsefeathers hat.

[wvcbxl]

3 hours ago, Outshined_One said:

Considering Carini just got paid off, it's pretty horsefeathers obvious she intentionally threw her match and staged this whole farce.

Hey, for 50k Amine Khelif can beat me up for 46 seconds too.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

 It's just become the latest fash shibboleth.  They know they're lying, but being willing to repeat the lies is how they signal loyalty.

[17 Seconds]

this was so exciting

 

 

Edited August 4, 2024 by 17 Seconds

[stitchface]

Bol was unbelievable. 

 

Great last swim session.

[Tank]

Kristen Faulkner ended a 40-year American drought in the women's cycling road race. She made her move with about 3 km to go and just blew away from the lead group to take the gold. 

Edited August 5, 2024 by Tank

[wvcbxl]

8 hours ago, Tank said:

Kristen Faulkner ended a 40-year American drought in the women's cycling road race. She made her move with about 3 km to go and just blew away from the lead group to take the gold. 

That was a very smart move - she knew Vos and Kopecky would inevitably look at eachother before countering.

[gflore34]

18 hours ago, stitchface said:

Bol was unbelievable. 

 

Great last swim session.

it's amazing Finke completed 15 laps in 14.5 minutes, think it would take me 15 minutes to do 50m.

[stitchface]

2 hours ago, wvcbxl said:

That was a very smart move - she knew Vos and Kopecky would inevitably look at each other before countering.

they countered. they were just toast. that was unbelievable. throw in the 100m finish and what a day yesterday was.

[mul21]

53 minutes ago, stitchface said:

they countered. they were just toast. that was unbelievable. throw in the 100m finish and what a day yesterday was.

.005 separating gold and silver and .08 separating gold from 6th.  That was an insane race.

I'm excited to see what happens in the men's 1500 with all 3 Americans making the final.

[Tank]

1 hour ago, stitchface said:

they countered. they were just toast. that was unbelievable. throw in the 100m finish and what a day yesterday was.

The women's 100m was the one event I was looking forward to most before the games began since Sha'Carri didn't get to participate in it last Olympics. The field was set to be loaded and then all three Jamaican girls who medaled in Tokyo pulled out one by one. Add to it that this was likely Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce's final Olympics and it's just a bummer. She has been one of my favorite Olympic athletes since I first watched her compete in 2008.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

The balance beam finals were borderline goofy, it feels like I saw more falls off the beam between the Team and the individual finals than I'd seen in the last 5 Olympics combined.  Someone fell off the beam and still got a medal!

[wvcbxl]

7 hours ago, stitchface said:

they countered. they were just toast. that was unbelievable. throw in the 100m finish and what a day yesterday was.

Blanka Vas was the one that countered and brought them to within a couple of bike lenghts - when she signalled for one of the others to take over to close the remaining gap, Vos and Kopecky just looked at eachother, and Faulkner was away. Again, smart racing from her and a well deserved gold.

 

[Tank]

13 hours ago, Transmogrified Tiger said:

The balance beam finals were borderline goofy, it feels like I saw more falls off the beam between the Team and the individual finals than I'd seen in the last 5 Olympics combined.  Someone fell off the beam and still got a medal!

That was wild. Like grade school when the one kid in class throws up and everybody smells it and it sets off the chain reaction of vomiting. 

[17 Seconds]

holy horsefeathers, that men's 1500

[Andy]

1 hour ago, 17 Seconds said:

holy horsefeathers, that men's 1500

I just caught the end of it, bananas.