OT - 2016 Brazil Olympic thread

[elocomotive]

 

[elocomotive]

My favorite video editing is coming up in 10 minutes. Same song every year - long sequence of the country, then shots of the most memorable moments of the games, failure, resoultion... and victory.

 

[dash]

OK we're done here, right?
See ya in Tokyo!

About time to start the 2020 Tokyo Olympics thread, puck.

 

[forty_three]

Suck on that, Maryland!

(from the EU's Parliament Facebook page)

 

[dash]

Lochpee loses his first sponsor, Speedo.

“While we have enjoyed a winning relationship with Ryan for over a decade and he has been an important member of the Speedo team, we cannot condone behavior that is counter to the values this brand has long stood for,” the company shared on Twitter. “We appreciate his many achievements and hope he moves forward and learns from this experience.” Speedo also noted that it was donating a $50,000 portion of Lochte’s fee to a charity designed to help children in Brazil.

Ryan Lochte dropped by Speedo

 

[sabresfaninthesouth]

Lochpee loses his first sponsor, Speedo.

“While we have enjoyed a winning relationship with Ryan for over a decade and he has been an important member of the Speedo team, we cannot condone behavior that is counter to the values this brand has long stood for,” the company shared on Twitter. “We appreciate his many achievements and hope he moves forward and learns from this experience.” Speedo also noted that it was donating a $50,000 portion of Lochte’s fee to a charity designed to help children in Brazil.

Ryan Lochte dropped by Speedo

What does fat, hairy, old men looking to pick up gold-diggers have to do with Lochte's incident?

 

[dash]

What does fat, hairy, old men looking to pick up gold-diggers have to do with Lochte's incident?

I resemble that remark.

 

[dare2be]

I resemble that remark.

I'm SHOCKED to learn that Dash is looking for gold-diggers.

 

[forty_three]

Suck on that, Maryland!

(from the EU's Parliament Facebook page)

Where did the picture go? It was a great picture! It was gonna trigger eloco like a lawyer joke.

 

[elocomotive]

Suck on that, Maryland!

I'm sorry, we would suck on that. But it's hard to eat anything else, with all these gold medals in our mouths.

 

[elocomotive]

Where did the picture go? It was a great picture! It was gonna trigger eloco like a lawyer joke.

You won't break my Olympic spirit you cynical bastard.

 

[Darkstone42]

This Brazil-Italy volleyball match is REALLY good. Beach volleyball is okay, but the indoor 6-person game is SO much more interesting to me in terms of strategy, rallies, digs, etc.

This is the correct opinion to hold regarding volleyball. The six-on-six court game is a much better sport than the two-on-two beach game. Obviously, beach volleyball is very impressive athletically, but it doesn't have the system and misdirection the court game does.

 

[Darkstone42]

Way to win the Olympics, USA!

Except for you, Lochte. You're the worst.

 

[dash]

Way to win the Olympics, USA!

Except for you, Lochte. You're the worst.

I guess Hope Solo earns the silver medal then

 

[elocomotive]

This is the correct opinion to hold regarding volleyball.

 

[forty_three]

You won't break my Olympic spirit you cynical bastard.

Challenge accepted!

(kidding)

I have actually been witnessing a battle of "wits" between two people on facebook about "medals per capita" and how that shows Great Britain did 27 times better than the USA or some damn thing.

This is the correct opinion to hold regarding volleyball. The six-on-six court game is a much better sport than the two-on-two beach game. Obviously, beach volleyball is very impressive athletically, but it doesn't have the system and misdirection the court game does.

Scoring points in Beach volleyball is incredibly easy. If you don't score a point when you get served, you are doing something wrong.

Way to win the Olympics, USA!

Except for you, Lochte. You're the worst.

B-B-B-But the EU won the Olympics.

And the Western Hemisphere did better than the USA.

And countries whose leaders are not called "president".

And...

 

[dare2be]

I have actually been witnessing a battle of "wits" between two people on facebook about "medals per capita" and how that shows Great Britain did 27 times better than the USA or some damn thing.

That would make China dead last, right?

 

[dash]

That would make China dead last, right?

Dong Dong, er I mean Ding Ding, that's correct.

 

[forty_three]

That would make China dead last, right?

No, they'd be first because they only let the exact number of athletes that won medals compete. So they are 100%.

Participation was not open to everyone in the country like here.



For example, I could have joined the race walk team, but I missed my plane.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

It is pretty crazy just how many more medals than everybody else the US won. 19 more golds than the next highest (GB), 51 more total medals than 2nd place China. In comparison, in 2012 they US had 8 more golds and 15 more medals than 2nd-place China. In 2008, they had 15 fewer golds and only 10 more total medals than China. America straight dominated this shit.