Started the day with fencing drama with Massialas. Fantastic match.

Great day for Simone Biles.

Bad day for Venus Williams.

Anyone else watching the Olympics?

These nerds are no fun at all, and their gymwonkery never lands either. You're asking us to care about this sport once every four years, so you're going to need to either:

a)re-explain way more stuff, both administratively and technically
b)just be unabashed fans and freak out at these tiny little women flinging themselves through the air

I'm pretty much indifferent on the choices here, as I can't watch even the (apparently) mediocre gymnasts compete without an endless stream of "holyshitholyshitholyshitholyshit." But there has to be more than simply telling me whether they stuck the landing or not. It's literally the *only* thing I can tell with my own eyes.

Mostly, I'm just waiting on track. Also, Katie Ledecky said "hello" to me once. It was my third longest conversation with a famous person.

their track and field team this year hasn't been great either (in the trials)


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I put up with her for what seemed like a decade. Really doesn't matter what happens now.

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I'd mute it but I like hearing the crowd reactions and all that. I don't need the commentary.

That's the best interaction with an Olympian I've ever had.

And I agree-- the gymnastics announcers are essentially the judges from So You Think You Can Dance. They just point out that the gymnasts "really want it" and "are here to win" and don't really help me understand. And when a deduction is more than they expect it to be, their response amounts to, "Huh, that was a strange deduction. Oh well, I thought she was great!" THERE'S GOTTA BE MORE TO IT THAN THAT! lol

i want more information from them

I'm torn on whether the story would improve with context, so I'm going to rely on your discretion there while noting that if context makes mentioning that you high-fived Gabby Douglas and her mom *more* entertaining then I'm happy to have it.

While this all sounds like broadcast kvetching, I'd like to point out for the sake of positivity that I love how Weir and Lipinski turned the equally dull and pretentious figure skating broadcasts into something fun, without (apparently, I guess I wouldn't really know) sacrificing technical observations.

It's really hard stuff to catch to the untrained eye.
I've learned to look and see if their legs come apart (while flipping or dismounting), if they're pointing their toes. Obviously if they wobble or struggle to balance themselves, if they over or under rotate. They're supposed to keep their lines straight, be straight up on their handstands.

It's a lot of things that are really subtle.

... and I want them to be interesting.

At present, they are not succeeding at either of these things.

the producers and commentators come in with a narrative, and are so robotic they can't switch gears to anything happening in real-time.

gabby still got it on the uneven bars tho.

cycling is dangerous

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but the entire team is insanely talented.

Simone Biles is perhaps the most talented gymnast I've ever seen. Michael Phelps still being around at all is pretty cool. I love the NBA on NBC music that plays around watching our team demolish other country's teams (although I was really looking forward to seeing LeBron and Curry play together). I can't wait to see Usain Bolt beat everyone by looking bored by the time he finishes, simply teasing us at how good he could be if he turned it on (his talent is truly unbelievable).

when they show clips of the old gymnasts its amazing to see the difference in physiques from then to now. wonder what's in the water...

and obvious reasons aside, I'm always amazed by how much more I enjoy watching the women's gymnasts compared to the men. The women just seem like much more complete athletes.

and in the clip she looks 10

Whats up with the 41 y/o Uzbeki in her 7th olympics (holy shit) still taking kids to gymnast school?

I wonder if there's beef that the (alleged) doped-up Russians were allowed to compete. In the swimming one of the Americans (forgot who) was throwing shade at one of the Russians.

The women's bike race was heartbreaking. First, the Dutch chick was leading cruising down the hill when she slipped and ate it, multiple fractures, the crash looked horrible.

Then the American was cruising down Copacabana on her way to gold and ended up in 4th place after her legs gave out on the last 500 m. That's some bullshit. But at least Holland won.

that looked awful. Felt bad for Mara, but you could see it coming all the way. 3 vs. 1 was a no-brainer. They ate up her little gap so quick by working together...then they jumped in her slipstream and got her on that home-stretch. To go from leading for 10km to not even getting a medal had to be excruciating for her, but she knows the game.

I hope she can back it up in the race.

I didn't even think it was shade, personally. Ole girl tested positive on two separate occasions, apparently. Lilly just said she wasn't a fan, lol.

Like imagine Simone doing that? Rio woulda swallowed itself whole with the hot takes

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my $.02, I blame it on the shoes

those f'n clip in jawns

I fell twice with them

first time, aight, give it another shot

2nd time, never wore em again

it looked like she stopped

the front tire

and couldn't clip out

got stuck to the bike over the front tire

I hope all girl is aight...tell me she lived...

she was taking that turn at nearly 50 mph...she came in too hot, tapped the break, the front wheel got loose and it was over. She wouldn't even be considering clipping out at that speed. She had a concussion and broke her vertebrae in three places...still in intensive care.

I'm always inspired by how strong those motherfuckers are.

the girls are strong as fuck from top to bottom

stacked.

happy to watch these girls kicking ass. their statistical margin of victory as of yesterday was insane.

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aly def looks like she bullied some chicks in school to the point of tears.

the espn the body issue spread made me a fan for life.

these girls are 16 - 19 - 22 and hitting the weights

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Did anyone else watch?

crowd was hype and the commentators added a lot of excitement too with enthusiasm.

Video out there. Still photos, too. Don't do it, doe.

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when working overnights at a warehouse I had 3 toes run over by a forklift and rather than my foot being in severe pain it was just flat out numb. after about an hour or so it was sore and hurt like a mother if any pressure was put on it, but in the moment, nothing.

>and rather than my foot being in severe pain it
>was just flat out numb. after about an hour or so it was sore
>and hurt like a mother if any pressure was put on it, but in
>the moment, nothing.

i felt nothing when I tore my pec. I only knew it because I heard it tear...like the sound when you rip a piece of paper in half. For a few minutes I contemplated going back to what I was doing because there was no pain at all. then I stood up and got dizzy like I was about to faint and the pain began to rush. not fun.

even though he as born in Vallejo. His dad has citizenship in St Lucia. I know this isnt new but this shit is weak as fuck.

>I know this isnt new but this shit is weak as fuck.

>even though he as born in Vallejo. His dad has citizenship in
>St Lucia. I know this isnt new but this shit is weak as fuck.
>

it would be pretty sweet if it happened. Golf channel are bullshitting about the "majesty" of the owls and capybaras and caiman that are all over the course; reality is they took a nature preserve and cut a golf course into it when .015% of the entire country plays or gives a damn about golf.

that would be good for ratings, at least.


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and it certainly shouldn't have started in a city/location that didn't already have a golf course. cmon, IOC. do better. (i know, i know, it's the IOC....)

That should have been added instead of golf.

>That should have been added instead of golf.

I think it was a mistake to reinstate golf.

Flash80 says walking and I agree with that.

Baseball and softball were eliminated.

What else say you?

They don't have outdoor 3-on-3 basketball, do they?

they're the most fucked up, IMO.

and it's completely justifiable but the IOC seems to always get a pass or isn't in the news as much as FIFA, at least that's how it seems to me.

The IOC did work with Hitler and the Nazis to put on the 1936 Olympics and were prepared to give Germany the Winter Games in 1940.

Kind of off topic, it's crazy to think that the Olympic torch relay was started by the Nazis.

I suppose I'm going to have to go with the IOC being more corrupt than FIFA.

The issue w/ FIFA is w/ the federation rather than the athletes.

Cycling & athletics are the most tainted sports rivaling 90s Besibol.

Boxing is the worst of the worst b/c it corrupt at every level.

But not the Russian Olympic team? That is so fucked up on so many levels.

It also raises the question, do Paralympic athletes dope like that? Did Russia's doping program really extend to the Paralympic team? Putin really doesn't like to lose does he?

>But not the Russian Olympic team? That is so fucked up on so
>many levels.
>
>It also raises the question, do Paralympic athletes dope like
>that? Did Russia's doping program really extend to the
>Paralympic team? Putin really doesn't like to lose does he?

they get the 4th or 5th best athletes in Olympic sports and hack off legs so they can dominate in the Paraolympic's. Hey dawg you want to be 5th best athlete your whole life? Or do you want to win gold for Mother Russia?

never see it before.

better tackling than you'll see in nfl preseason.

australia and NZ are bodying the hell outta each other. lol

NZ got some real sturdy women on their squad.

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these girls are in incredible shape. It's like a super fast paced soccer. Really entertaining games.

I have no idea where they play those sports near me but I'm gonna find a wife over there.

never though i could see chicks get outright vicious but you put a stick in their hands and forget about it.

Canadians are all apologies and maple syrup until you put them on the ice.

america we so heavy.

Russia the villain and everything, getting booed

dont lie.

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Just another way for the medical field to not actually have to know their shit but rather just use some trendy technique.

As I'm typing this at the Philz on college in berkeley, there's some Becky standing outside making a phone call who has bright blue KT tape and a brace on her knee...speaking of gimmicks smh.

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not as crazy as the Cherry Blossoms beating the Boks last year, but still that was pretty cool

End of

Any given day, a team of well conditioned fast players given the right ref can win against anyone else. The officiating in 7s is always the most confusing and arbitrary thing going compared to union or league.

I'm with you that upsets are always possible (and Fabien Galthie, who was commentating for French TV, ended up with egg on his face after spending all pre-game explaining how Japan didn't have a shot), but there's still a hierarchy for a reason.

Add in sprint swims and dudes wrestling/kicking you at the same time?
Multiply times 4.

What's second? The water polo folks? How long is the longest cycling Olympic event? Outside of those other events and soccer, what else requires high amounts of endurance in the Olympics?

Now that the question of endurance came up, I'm curious which location overall had the highest point of elevation since that'll test your oxygen intake even worse.

No problem saying the water polo guys are probably the best conditioned athletes in the Olympics but I seriously doubt there's anyone in the NBA outside of Boban that couldn't push a 6 minute mile. I'm 31 and work out regularly and run maybe once a week and I can come close to 6, these dudes literally jump and sprint all day as a job.

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>I seriously doubt
>there's anyone in the NBA outside of Boban that couldn't push
>a 6 minute mile.

If Carl Lewis in his prime couldn't break 5 minutes then most NBA bigs ain't running 6 minute miles unless they specifically train for it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTlrdczjjOA

Mo Farah who is the fastest middle-distance runner barely broke 13 seconds for the 100m dash: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJMIwlQB-28

Why aren't we (the United States of America) THE dominant force in this handball crap? Screw pro basketball and baseball players, I now think a collection of major university frat bro spikeball players could do pretty damn well at this.

because of crashes during the road race, they filled out the roster with people who didn't even have the proper bike type or wheelset and none of the guys who dropped out thought to offer their equipment (partly because one crash = loss of thousands of dollars of equipment, but at the same time, cmon).

the first american crashed 200 meters from the start.

another guys brakes are rubbing his wheel, while another guy's chain is hitting the wheel.

and i still can't stop following it regardless.

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almost better without a dedicated TT bike. Dudes are really pushing the limits of their machines out there.

i can't believe some of those corners on the descent.

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but bodies were everywhere...and then Sunday ole girl from the Netherlands nearly killed herself. I'm not exaggerating, either...I was watching it and when she crashed, I thought she was dead. I thought her neck snapped...it looked that bad. She landed on top of her head. Some of those descents were past technical and downright dangerous.

My biking folks here were saying that before that woman crashed.

from the cobblestones to the descent (without proper netting)...way too crazy, even when not wet.

I feel bad for Alaphilippe. He's an insanely good descender (and he was so close multiple times in the Tour de France but crashed while taking some crazy lines) and he was crushing that course but then got stuck behind the crash in front of him. Had he been able to get around that crash, he was in the driver's seat for the gold.

He's 24 tho, he'll be fine. he's fun to watch.

edit: i wonder if Sagan knew the course was that crazy and that's why he's mountain biking instead of road...was like "nah, f that course"
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crazy that he'll never win a Tour de France...but yeah, I could see him being like nah...I JUST finished the Tour...I'm good on this bullshit course they made up.

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mark ass busta was all up in tha video dancing before the race...but didn't even medal.

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and then the Olympics come up and I go "oh, yeah"

>and then the Olympics come up and I go "oh, yeah"

Come October, the 3 point line stretches to 23 ft & you realize he can't guard NBA starting 4s.

Spain hasn't had issue w/ FIBA Melo b/c the Gasol Bros are actually NBA All-Stars.

>>and then the Olympics come up and I go "oh, yeah"
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>Come October, the 3 point line stretches to 23 ft & you
>realize he can't guard NBA starting 4s.

Actually he's done an adequate to good job against most 4's. Despite his defensive rep, he actually does a fairly good job on ball.
>Spain hasn't had issue w/ FIBA Melo b/c the Gasol Bros are
>actually NBA All-Stars.

Spain has lost and FIBA Melo has been a big contributor on gold medal winners. Also the Gasol brothers are both 7 ft. Centers(Pau can play PF) while Melo is a 6'8 SF who can play some PF. Try to post more honestly.

>Try to post more honestly.


I think u r asking too much from dude....

>Spain has lost and FIBA Melo has been a big contributor on
>gold medal winners.

GOAT FIBA scorer didn't score a point in the 4th quarter of the '08 meeting & had 8 points on 9 FGAs in 2012.

>Also the Gasol brothers are both 7 ft.
>Centers(Pau can play PF) while Melo is a 6'8 SF who can play
>some PF. Try to post more honestly.

The only other NBA starter quality 4 that Melo ever had to guard in FIBA was Scola who outscored him 28-21 in '08.

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Craziest race I've seen. Didn't know which lanes to focus on.

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Harrison (USA) is a BEAST! I caught her semifinal match and she won via arm bar. Then the gold medal match vs France. It was tied 0-0 with 10 seconds left and she pulled off another arm bar. Commentators said she finished all 4 of her opponents in the tournament.

> It
>was tied 0-0 with 10 seconds left and she pulled off another
>arm bar.

tbh it might have been tied but didnt feel like it, Harrison clearly had it, barring a miracle. You could tell Tcheumeo was gassed and had no solutions, which tells you something about how big of a gap there is between #1 and 2 in the world in this case.

Still a good day for French judo, with Maret's nice win for the Bronze. An ippon to get an Olympic medal on your bday, doesn't get much better than that

It's all about da gawd Riner tomorrow tho... Unbelievable how much pressure there is on him back home, but if anyone can do it...

Sistas can swim

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wasn't a dry eye during the medal ceremony.

yet white twitter didn't disappoint after she made headlines... "why does she have to be 'first african american' this or that? why can't she just be 'american'?! why is it always about race?!?!"

if usain sweeps he's the GOAT olympian imo.

His run will have been fucking insane.

when Phelps has 26 medals and possibly counting (dude could end with 30 or more if he goes to Tokyo), and Bolt has 6 (so far, of course. he will have more, but no where near Phelps). not knocking Bolt or you, just curious why you think that.

it's not usain's fault they don't run a 150m, a 100m sideways, a 4x200 relay, a combo sprint/hurdles medley event

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he still has to compete in all those events he medaled in, so respect should be shown in that regard.

And I am Jamaican, so you know why my allegiance lies, but is hard for me to dismiss the amount of medals Phelps has since with each event, there that more of a chance for him to catch an L.

but like, the thing he does enables you to do a bunch of events.

carmelo could get another one if they had a 3 on 3 and he wanted to play.

I dunno who's better than Kerri walsh-jennings and she can only get one per olympics

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and I won't even say that Phelps IS, but Phelps' accomplishments SMASH what Bolt has done on the track and I'm just purely looking at what Phelps is asked to do on a solo and team level compared to Bolt, not number of medals.

That's all I have to say, IMO.

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it's not like Phelps has set 39 world records at one point or another.

oh, wait. he has.

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hard it is to be the best in multiple different strokes at varying distances. Most Olympic swimmers specialize in 1 stroke and 1 distance (i.e. 100, 200, or 400), but Phelps is completely dominant in so many events that it's just unfathomable.

Phelps is simply on another planet. There is no parallel. It's hard to even wrap my mind around the fact that he finished 5th in the 200m Butterfly at age 15! The 200 Butterfly isn't even an official event for high school swim meets. So how he became that dominant at such a young age is just mind-boggling.

I feel confident in saying that we may never see as decorated swimmer/athlete as Phelps again. Some of you may not see Swimming as tough or challenging as Track, Basketball, etc., but you're being incredibly naive if you think his accomplishments aren't every bit as remarkable. I played Football, Swimming, and Track & Field in high school. I excelled most at Football and swimming was by far the hardest sport. A lot of people who are otherwise athletic in some capacity SUCK at swimming. Just like some gifted 'athletes' suck at Baseball, Football or whatever.

None of that last paragraph was aimed at you, just getting my thoughts out there bc I think some people on this board are incredibly dismissive of Phelp's greatness.

>A lot of people who are otherwise athletic in some
>capacity SUCK at swimming. Just like some gifted 'athletes'
>suck at Baseball, Football or whatever.

half-marathons which equates to less than a 6:40 pace per mile. I can run a sub 40 minute 10K in my sleep and I was never a great track athlete. Anyone can get mildly fast if they just try and have some shred of athletic ability. Likewise, anyone can get mildly fast at swimming too. In both cases you won't ever get elite unless your train exceptionally hard and have elite athleticism.

If Ledecky can't run a sub 9 minute mile it's because she doesn't run - not because she's unathletic. I'm sure you could find numerous basketball, soccer, track, gymnasts, etc. that can't swim a sub 9 minute 400 meter (the equivalent imo) swim. I wouldn't use that to discredit them.

he said Ledecky couldn't do unassisted pullups.

>he said Ledecky couldn't do unassisted pullups.

>he said Ledecky couldn't do unassisted pullups.

"When Bruce Gemmell first began coaching Ledecky in the fall of 2012 — taking over after Suguiyama left for a job at the University of California following the London Games — he was surprised to find out she couldn’t do three unassisted pull-ups or run a nine-minute mile. When he had Ledecky undergo a battery of physical-assessment tests at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, one of the first sentences of the opening summary, according to Gemmell, referred to her as “remarkably unremarkable.”

In her international debut at the 2012 Summer Olympics as a 15-year-old, the American unexpectedly won gold in the 800-meter freestyle in the second fastest performance ever

I found that right after you said the shit. She was 15 years old then...do you think that's the case now?

>I found that right after you said the shit. She was 15 years
>old then...do you think that's the case now?
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I surrounded by 20, maybe 1 of them can do a 19 min mile.

>If Ledecky can't run a sub 9 minute mile it's because she
>doesn't run - not because she's unathletic. I'm sure you
>could find numerous basketball, soccer, track, gymnasts, etc.
>that can't swim a sub 9 minute 400 meter (the equivalent imo)
>swim. I wouldn't use that to discredit them.

If they were swimming 100m everyday just like I'm pretty sure she walks a quarter mile everyday then I think they would be able to swim 400 meter in 8 minutes if they are well conditioned athletes.

phelps' competition is measured against everyone who has ever lived a life where they can go to a pool every day. I'm in that group of people, I grew up with a 25m on my block, and an olympic-sized one at my local HS. It's a relatively small group.

bolt (for example) is competing against everyone who can run 100m.

it's different.

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>phelps' competition is measured against everyone who has ever
>lived a life where they can go to a pool every day. I'm in
>that group of people, I grew up with a 25m on my block, and an
>olympic-sized one at my local HS. It's a relatively small
>group.

There were mostly 25 yard and some 25 meter pools where I grew up, yet the area has produced some elite swimmers. Phelps did have the luxury of growing up in suburban Baltimore where one of the most renown swims clubs (North Baltimore Aquatic Club) is located.

I'm not even sure what point you're trying to make anyway. Most areas of the world don't allow for organized football, but yet you never hear some one try to diminish or downplay the athleticism of NFL players.

>There were mostly 25 yard and some 25 meter pools where I
>grew up, yet the area has produced some elite swimmers.
>Phelps did have the luxury of growing up in suburban Baltimore
>where one of the most renown swims clubs (North Baltimore
>Aquatic Club) is located.

Phelps grew up in a family of swimmers, if he was a black kid in Baltimore then he might not have even learned how to swim. Unless you live in the middle of nowhere there are swimming facilities available for kids in the States, it's a matter of time/resources/interest.

This is the 100m freestyle record holder for Equatorial Guinea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDqwYUe_U7I

>I'm not even sure what point you're trying to make anyway.
>Most areas of the world don't allow for organized football,
>but yet you never hear some one try to diminish or downplay
>the athleticism of NFL players.

For the most part, Football is a game based on raw athleticism & there are a handful of football players who played either Bball or baseball along with running track in college. Meanwhile, Ledecky can't do 5 unassisted pull-ups or run an 8 minute mile but is out there annihilating swimming records.

the world and Bolt happens to be the best at it. That still doesn't mean he's the best athlete or most accomplished Olympian.

Golf is even more limited than Swimming and requires (imo) much less raw athletic ability. That didn't stop people from saying Tiger was the best athlete in the world at one point.

Lots of people (relatively speaking across the world) don't play tennis or NFL style football but we don't question Andrew Luck's or Serena William's athletic accomplishments/ability.

And lots more people could swim. Many choose not to because it's tough and receives little fan fare outside of the Olympics. Trust me, as someone who ran track and swam, swimming a 100m/200m event is much tougher than sprinting a 100/200.

Bottom line is that they're both supremely gifted athletes and should be recognized as such. I don't care who you rank over who, but people sound ridiculous and hypocritical when they try to downplay Phelp's athleticism.

I found an old ESPN article where Gene Wojciechowski named him the greatest ATHLETE ever. Also, in 2015 ESPN named him the 3rd best athlete of the past 20 years right behind MJ and Lebron James. If you do a google search of 'Is Tiger Woods the best athlete ever?' you will find many articles that have him as the best or one of the top. Many of these articles don't contain the qualifier "best golf player ever" or most 'dominant golfer/athlete ever.' If you do a Google search for Phelps the very first article is titled 'The biggest reason Michael Phelps is NOT the greatest athlete ever.' You will also see many more 'greatest swimmer ever' or 'greatest Olympian ever' as opposed to athlete.

That just seems odd to me that many sports writers would be able to place a golfer as the best or among the best ever athletes but not extend that recognition to a swimmer(I'm guessing that will probably change a bit with his recent accomplishments). I guess it all comes down to how you define athleticism. As someone who has participated in both sports (swimming more seriously and golf as a novice) I think it's laughable to suggest Golf requires more athleticism. Not that it doesn't - it most certainly does - just not anymore than swimming.

And when we list the reasons for why Phelps can't be considered the best athlete of all time, let's also not forget those same reasons when throwing golfers and other athletes into the mix. All I'm asking is to be consistent and fair.

calling tiger the best athlete ever is laughable

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> A lot of people who are otherwise athletic in some
>capacity SUCK at swimming.

or make some type of dedicated attempt to train for competitive swimming.

not sure if i agree, but i can't knock that opinion.

>when Phelps has 26 medals and possibly counting (dude could
>end with 30 or more if he goes to Tokyo), and Bolt has 6 (so
>far, of course. he will have more, but no where near Phelps).
>not knocking Bolt or you, just curious why you think that.

both are in unprecedented rarefied air. i just think it's a smidge more impressive to win gold in the sprints 3 olympics in a row given the short shelf life and scandals that generally follow the best track stars.

i would probably still give Phelps the edge, but i ain't mad at anyone thinking Bolt is the GOAT.

http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/michael-phelps-wins-gold-200m-individual-medley


if you missed it, was amazing live. I was hoping for a close win by a tenth second victory, not expecting total domination.

to be so far and away better than the other world champions in your sport is insane. the speed and power they had on their floor routines...shit was unreal to watch.

and Simone still won by 2 points!!!! It's mind blowing how good they both are, but even more how good Simone is.

and biles was way above that

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like she could've rolled out of bed and did that routine on concrete in the middle of a monsoon and still would've nailed that shit.

if EVERY gymnast was on that level even regular regional/national competitions could be televised.


it was fun watching that one girl flop all over the board too, all power no balance. she was entertaining as hell and should've got some bonus points just for making gymnastics look loose and goofy instead of all technical and stoic lol.


also the Chinese girl freaked me out a bit, she had a raw look to her like she was a walking GMO.


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US and Russia at 39-39 right now, cmon Team USA I want to trash talk about fencing with my coworkers for the final

I wanted a re-match since France shoulda won that group stage game, but the US was definitely looking weak this tourney. Not sure why Carli Lloyd took the 3rd PK not the 5th but hindsight is always 20/20

got me wellin up a little.

Wasnt he the favorite for Gold?

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who beat the japanese dude who wasnt adjusting for wind?

he looks like a chubby DiCapri, yet, could look like your description as well LOL

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=american+archery+bronze&mie=oly%2C%5B%22%2Fm%2F04jhqws%22%2C2%2C%22o%22%2C2%2Cnull%2Cnull%2Cnull%2Cnull%2Cnull%2Cnull%2Cnull%2Cnull%2Cnull%2Cnull%2Cnull%2Cnull%2Cnull%2Cnull%2Cnull%2C13%5D

kelsey robinson is my girl

"we lost to a bunch of cowards. The better team did not win'

also evil mwahaha @ Solo for trying to freeze out the last kicker in vain
She then had the gall to say "we lost to a bunch of cowards. The better team did not win" o_O

>also evil mwahaha @ Solo for trying to freeze out the last
>kicker in vain

What do you mean by freeze out?

>She then had the gall to say "we lost to a bunch of cowards.
>The better team did not win" o_O

Outside of the poor sportsmanship, did her words have any validity to them? Did the other team flop around to draw silly yellow and/or red cards and/or penalty shots?

I don't follow soccer at all, but I know enough to know the US women's team losing is a pretty big deal since they've gotten gold in the past. How big an upset was today's loss?

>>also evil mwahaha @ Solo for trying to freeze out the last
>>kicker in vain
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>What do you mean by freeze out?

she decided to change her gloves before the final kicker, which took a good minute or two, the obvious objective being to let the Swedish player psych herself out, and it failed

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>>She then had the gall to say "we lost to a bunch of cowards.
>>The better team did not win" o_O
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>Outside of the poor sportsmanship, did her words have any
>validity to them? Did the other team flop around to draw silly
>yellow and/or red cards and/or penalty shots?

honestly it's just baffling. But it's Hope Solo, I'm not sure there's anything to gain from analyzing her declaration. I'm sure part of it was heat of the moment stuff, but she went above-and-beyond in terms of post-game saltiness imho

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>I don't follow soccer at all, but I know enough to know the US
>women's team losing is a pretty big deal since they've gotten
>gold in the past. How big an upset was today's loss?

I mean it's not Hoosiers 2, but it's definitely a big upset

>I don't follow soccer at all, but I know enough to know the US
>women's team losing is a pretty big deal since they've gotten
>gold in the past. How big an upset was today's loss?

olympic soccer is a joke. the real prize is the World Cup. but since we're supposed to be the best it's going to be an issue that we lost.

you're right

nobody should react to a player calling the winning team cowards

happens all the time

nothing to see here

meanwhile, internet trolls had a field day with Gabby's hair, are on some 'disrespectful' ish over her not putting her hand on her heart during the anthem, and that she's a terrible team mate because she wasn't gushing with excitement while other team mates medaled

you're right

Hope Solo is the role model for all young ladies in the world

nothing outrageous about anything she does

I think this may have to do with her donkey-like tendencies.

ho-ly smokes this dude is incredible. All his opponents spend every one of their waking moments training so they can take him down, and still he comes out on top. Dude hasn't lost since 2010!

Now I just hope he doesn't turn into an asshole politician in 20 years

>ho-ly smokes this dude is incredible. All his opponents spend
>every one of their waking moments training so they can take
>him down, and still he comes out on top. Dude hasn't lost
>since 2010!
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>Now I just hope he doesn't turn into an asshole politician in
>20 years

commentator extolling Nishikori's comeback. I mean, sure, but Gael had that TB and lost it by doing Monf things (not to mention that he's the one who came back from 1 set down). That ace attempt on the 2d serve for his 3rd MP...

I love watching him, but only because I don't get invested too much in his results anymore.

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At 35 years old this guy wins the equivalent of the 100 yard dash in swimming. That in of itself is incredible. Then you look back at his career and how he arrived at this point and it's just unfathomable. He claims part African American too. I did not know that.

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Neymar baiting them. And he responded angry too...honestly lucky he didn't get a red, but so are about 4 different columbia players--all for hits on neymar, too.

shit was ugly. OLYMPICS SPORTSMANSHIP BABY!

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you think we playing chess, but i'm playing mad-making. Basaglia

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Good to see both these dudes back.

They just are.

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the difference on the defensive end is jarring.

there's a much wider gap in talent in the women's game than mens

they're running around, trapping, yelling to each other, working hard to create turnovers...they just look way more interested in playing defense.

And they still look sharp.

Crazy.

were insane for a guy just playing singles.

Has to be online, i don't have cable or access to tv networks. Specifically looking for Simone Biles, Usain Bolt, Raisman, Gabby, Phelps, and archery.

have to login through my cable provider but maybe my phone was logged in already idk.

Actually that seems to simple, i'm sure you tried already lol

there may be a time limit for other people but i'm not sure. unfortunately NBC has a chokehold on the coverage.

https://www.youtube.com/user/2012NBCOlympics/videos

posted within a few hours of airing/west coast airing.


www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

Jellyfish and waste in the water too? No thanks

Jellyfish and waste in the water too? No thanks

every link someone mentions doesn't work, or doesn't have any clips. If anyone has a working website that will let me watch Simone Biles, Bolt, Gabby, archery, anything, please post a link. and i mean the actual events, not the medal ceremonies.

You gotta have some type of cable subscription service though

>every link someone mentions doesn't work, or doesn't have any
>clips. If anyone has a working website that will let me watch
>Simone Biles, Bolt, Gabby, archery, anything, please post a
>link. and i mean the actual events, not the medal ceremonies.

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

That was rough. Brazil was pretty flawless though.

>That was rough. Brazil was pretty flawless though.

Bullish

great preview from r/nba

https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/4y2917/why_is_tomorrows_quarterfinal_between_serbia_and/

Tomorrow night, one of the biggest games in Serbian and Croatian basketball history takes place in Rio. Even thought the match starts at 03:15am in local time, I doubt there will be anyone asleep, because a win in this match would be more celebrated than actually winning a medal.
Yes, everyone will say that soccer is the most popular sport in Europe, and in Croatia and Serbia as well (Serbia recently won the U20 World Cup in 2015, and even though their senior squad didn't qualify for the "real" World Cup in Brazil, they celebrated like they won that one
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), but basketball really is something else. I believe a lot of you don't know that Yugoslavia was the only country besides USA and USSR that won an Olympic gold (3 silvers and 1 bronze as well), and everyone should know the story about the most important Olympic team (or as we call it - The real Dream Team). I also recommend watching Once brothers, an ESPN documentary about the relationship of Vlade Divac and Dražen Petrović through the breakup of Yugoslavia.
After all those glorious years, just when the Yugoslavian basketball was reaching its peak (winning 1990 World Cup while beating both USA and USSR, and dominating 1991 EuroBasket), it all came crushing down. A war started. And while Yugoslavian squad was split into two parts, the passion for each of them grew stronger and a big rivalry was born.
Now let's talk about the actual subject. The Curse.
It wasn't long before the two countries met. It was in 1995, at EuroBasket in Greece. Both Yugoslavia (Serbia) and Croatia dominated their groups with 6-0. They were supposed to meet at the finals, and what a match that would have been, hadn't Croatia lost to Lithuania in the semifinals. But the two countries did eventually meet, at the podium. Yugoslavia won the tournament and Croatia was third placed.
The tensions were really high at that moment. While the two countries were playing basketball in Greece, a war was happening at home. The Yugoslav team were about to receive their gold medals, and an unprecedented move happened, Croatian team stepped down from the podium and walked off the court. That marks the start of The Curse - Croatia left the podium, never to return again. Former (and current) Croatian coach, Aleksandar Petrović (older brother of Dražen Petrović), recently said that they had to do that under the pressure from the political top.

The next game between two countries was in Spain, at the 1997 Eurobasket. And that's when the curse started taking its toll. Croatia was leading 62-61, and Saša Đorđević (current coach of Serbia) took the ball and scored this amazing buzzer beater. Yugoslavia went on to win the tournament again while Croatia didn't make it to the Quarterfinals.

Yugoslavia (later Serbia) met with Croatia two more times, and won both games (80:66 in EuroBasket 2001, 73:72 in World Cup 2010, both in Turkey).
One of the most memorable games happen in 2010, in the Adriatic League finals, between Partizan and Cibona (club champions of Serbia and Croatia) in Croatia's capital, Zagreb. The game went to overtime, and in final seconds, Partizan missed clutch free throws, Cibona caught the ball with 6 seconds left, and, now a very well-known player, Bojan Bogdanović scored an amazing three-pointer from the corner to make the game 74-72 for Cibona, with the shot clock at 0.6 seconds. The crowd went wild, players almost rushed on court, Cibona's coach struggled to hold them back waiting for the final buzzer. Dušan Kecman from Partizan took the ball and threw it from full court out of desperation. And the ball went in. The next day, if you asked anyone about the game, they would just say: "The curse."

Croatia really didn't step on the medal podium again, while Yugoslavia, later Serbia had better luck.
Tommorow's game is more than just a game. The curse will definitely stay, but the real question is, who will stay affected by it?
Why do I say that?
Because before the start of the Olympics, "Serbian Sports Minister Vanja Udovicic had issued a directive to the country's athletes to conduct a protest walk-out if any Kosovar athlete stepped onto the medals podium." Sounds familiar? The saddest part is, that the Minister is actually a very successful athlete himself, he was one of the best Water Polo players in Serbia.
So, if Miloš Teodosić, Bogdan and Bojan Bogdanović, Nikola Jokić, Mario Hezonja, Dario Šarić and others didn't convince you to watch the game, I hope this story changes your mind.
Greetings from Belgrade, and may the best team win!
Edit: I didn't mention Argentina winning the Olympics in 2004 because I was speaking about a period before Yugoslavia broke up. (They threw us out of the group, so don't think I forgot about them.)

a friendly game of Twister?

they booed him before his final attempt because he could have passed the Brazilian. It isnt proper track etiquette but suck it up. The whole booing during medal ceremony is shitty. But fuck crying about it? Really?

>they booed him before his final attempt because he could have
>passed the Brazilian. It isnt proper track etiquette but suck
>it up. The whole booing during medal ceremony is shitty. But
>fuck crying about it? Really?

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.yahoo.com/amphtml/sports/news/an-open-letter-to-jordan-burroughs-from-your-newest-admirer-223810629.html