OT - 2016 Brazil Olympic thread

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Cavendish sounds a lot like Donald Trump.

What we need is extreme vetting of reporters, BBB. Extreme vetting.

/Extreme

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

What we need is extreme vetting of reporters, BBB. Extreme vetting.

/Extreme

Dishonest media, as usual. Doesn't even show the size of his crowd or their enthusiasm. Sad!

 

[jstewismybastardson]

to me it sounds like something Lance Armstrong would say back in the day ... or any other paranoid person at the top of the cycling world

 

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All of a sudden, Hope Solo has some competition for the most disliked athlete at these Games (lol)

 

[forty_three]

I don't know what the rules are, but this seems like the type of thing that wouldn't be allowed in F1:


It doesn't look accidental; he looks down twice and then turns right into the guy. Again, I don't know the rules, or the build-up, but that looks like something that should be illegal, no?

Also, led to injury:

Also, he seems to be a bit of a dick - threatening a lawsuit over a question? WTF?

Seems like the only person blaming Cavendish is Cavendish. Even the guy who won gold says it wasn't Mark's fault.

Mark Cavendish: Omnium crash was my fault - CNN.com

I watched almost all of the track cycling so far and it looks like the general expectation is that when someone peels off the pack, they are expected to go up behind anyone who is already up there, unless they are already past when they peel off. The Korean guy peeled off, and then looked like he was going to try and pass on the banking. Seems to me like that's a no-no.

If it was the Italian guy he hit directly, I would expect it was on purpose because those two banged on each other for the last three sprints. At one point Viviani looked like was trying to get the outside of his hand on the bars of the Australian guy. It'd a dirty sport. Part of the reason I want to try it so bad.

Earlier in the week in a women's race, a rider from Hong Kong got completely elbowed off her bike and slid about 30 feet on her face.

 

[forty_three]

And I love the name. I love saying it.

Cavendish Cavendish Cavendish.

 

[forty_three]

Here's Lasse Norman Hansen who won Bronze in the Omnium after the event, on his way back to his dorm.

Screw those cabs.

 

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It sounds like our Canadian equestrian team is doing quite well, the question is can our Canadian horses win more medals than our Canadian male athletes?

 

[BGDave]

It sounds like our Canadian equestrian team is doing quite well, the question is can our Canadian horses win more medals than our Canadian male athletes?

Where can I place a bet on that ??

 

[dash]

Where can I place a bet on that ??

There's gotta be a Rio Olympics OTB window site somewhere on the intertubes Dave

 

[dash]

I have to think the worst job at the Olympics is the guy responsible for obtaining the urine sample from the horse.

 

[BGDave]

There's gotta be a Rio Olympics OTB window site somewhere on the intertubes Dave

/off to google

For the record, I was going to go contrarian, and put my bet down on the Canadian men outmedalling the horses.

//you heard it here first

 

[BGDave]

I have to think the worst job at the Olympics is the guy responsible for obtaining the urine sample from the horse.

I think the worst is the longdistance swimmer who will end up swallowing that urine, since they organizers are just taking the samples and dumping them straight into the Atlantic.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

my wife has crazy aunts

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Cowardly Sweden is going into extra time with cowardly Brazil in the womans soccer semi's

/Hope Solo likes this

 

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Brazil and Sweden headed to extra time tied nil-nil.

/Sweden playing like "cowards" again today

 

[dash]

lol - I'm scared that I'm on the same wavelength as jstew.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

That's three straight games Brazil hasn't scored a goal now.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

lol - I'm scared that I'm on the same wavelength as jstew.

its called being predictable

 

[forty_three]

its called being predictable

I knew you were going to say that.