Rio Olympics 2016

[JackRabbitSlims]

Re: Re:

Gisele to be robbed in Opening Ceremony!!

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11685547

just telling it like it is I suppose

Still crying about deflate gate?

ahhhh....what??

Couldn't give a fat rats @rse about the NFL, Brady or the Patriots.

 

[The Hitch]

Re: Re:

Gisele to be robbed in Opening Ceremony!!

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11685547

just telling it like it is I suppose

Still crying about deflate gate?

ahhhh....what??

Couldn't give a fat rats @rse about the NFL, Brady or the Patriots.

Not you lol. I meant Gisele, ie that the metaphor is Brady getting robbed.

 

[Robert5091]

http://www.dn.se/nyheter/varlden/svenskar-kidnappade-i-rio-favela/
http://veja.abril.com.br/brasil/bope-procura-turistas-capturados-em-favela-do-rio/
3 Swedes in Rio get kidnapped whilst taking photos of the slums - not appreciated by local gang who draw weapons and lead them away, Police "elite squad" called and Swedes happily released. This happened near the Olympic Park.

 

[movingtarget]

It has been announced that surfing, skateboarding and climbing will be part of the next Olympics as test events !

 

[Tricycle Rider]

I'm kinda excited to see the opening ceremonies tomorrow, they've become such a spectacle over the years, which I don't think is necessarily a good thing. Think my fave part is the parade of nations, but even that can take forever because there are so many countries and athletes taking part. Still, the various outfits and costumes can be interesting, which country will sport the ugliest outfit this year?

Besides cycling I want to catch some track and field, gymnastics, some water sports, and strangely enough fencing. Fencing I get to see only every four years, so cannot tell the difference between foil, épée and sabre. But still, it's such an exotic sport to me, a lot of the Olympic sports actually are, which for me makes them still worth watching.

 

[Robert5091]

http://www.smh.com.au/sport/olympic...robber-near-olympic-park-20160804-gqlk15.html
A Russian diplomat reportedly tackled and killed a would-be robber near Rio's Olympic Park on Thursday morning local time.
In a statement to Fairfax Media, Rio Civil Police said the Homicide Squad confirmed the lawyer, who holds a vice-consul post in the Russian consulate, then wrestled with the assailant and, during the fight, the assailant's gun went off killing him.
Traffic robberies are common in Brazil and motorists are advised to keep their windows closed and doors locked. They are advised to not react or resist.

 

[Martin]

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http://www.smh.com.au/sport/olympic...robber-near-olympic-park-20160804-gqlk15.html
A Russian diplomat reportedly tackled and killed a would-be robber near Rio's Olympic Park on Thursday morning local time.
In a statement to Fairfax Media, Rio Civil Police said the Homicide Squad confirmed the lawyer, who holds a vice-consul post in the Russian consulate, then wrestled with the assailant and, during the fight, the assailant's gun went off killing him.
Traffic robberies are common in Brazil and motorists are advised to keep their windows closed and doors locked. They are advised to not react or resist.

According to the source below, a group of slovenian cyclists was just passing by...
https://www.novinky.cz/zahranicni/a...vicekonzul-zastrelil-jeho-vlastni-zbrani.html

 

[SeriousSam]

To make number of medals for an individual comparable across sports, I think we need to look at quantiles of the historical distribution of medals among medal winners. Of course, that will only work well for events that actually happen a few times so it's not going to be possible to really isolate the swimming factor from the Phelps being one of a kind factor when comparing his medal count to others.

 

[shalgo]

Stybar took the following video of a massive water leak in the Olympic village:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BItbXnsBFgB/

 

[Brullnux]

I love the opening ceremony because I get to see all the shitty tracksuits the athletes wear, and the the ones I am going to see for the next year on gullible people willing to spend a fortune to be branded.

 

[BigMac]

Cyclists won't be in the ceremony, am I right?

 

[The Hitch]

What time is the greatest comedy moment of the year?


Talking of course about the athletes oath.

 

[The Hitch]

I don't really want to watch the ceremony but as Brazil seems to be the one remaining country in the world to still have its own culture, with things like Bossa Nova, Samba and Forro, this will probably be the only olympic ceremony actually worth watching.

 

[BigMac]

The Forest of Athletes, I like that. Good idea.

 

[sienna]

They highlighted the favelas in the opening ceremony. They've been tearing them down leading up to the games.

 

[BigMac]

Is this the most boring parade in the history of the Olympics?

 

[Gigs_98]

I wanted to see their foreign minister when britain entered the stadium

 

[Red Rick]

The medals from the cycling road race race going to be the first medals of the whole Olympics, right?

No. There's a shooting medal to be awarded first.

That's why I hate *** shooting. Really, no athletic ability whatsoever, not even a real *** sport, all it does is take away some cool honors of other sports, and I just die a little on the inside when I see that some country chose a shooter as flag bearer. What's next? Darts? Beer pong?

 

[BullsFan22]

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The medals from the cycling road race race going to be the first medals of the whole Olympics, right?

No. There's a shooting medal to be awarded first.

That's why I hate **** shooting. Really, no athletic ability whatsoever, not even a real **** sport, all it does is take away some cool honors of other sports, and I just die a little on the inside when I see that some country chose a shooter as flag bearer. What's next? Darts? Beer pong?

Skateboarding, Golf...

 

[Gigs_98]

Re: Re:

The medals from the cycling road race race going to be the first medals of the whole Olympics, right?

No. There's a shooting medal to be awarded first.

That's why I hate **** shooting. Really, no athletic ability whatsoever, not even a real **** sport, all it does is take away some cool honors of other sports, and I just die a little on the inside when I see that some country chose a shooter as flag bearer. What's next? Darts? Beer pong?

Skateboarding, Golf...

I'm still waiting for the introduction of e-sports
The problem about shooting for me is that there seem to be so many different disciplines although it's always more or less the same. For someone who has never cared about shooting this seems a bit as if they would make 3 different cycling races, one 150, one 200 and one 250 km long.
I won't complain about the new disciplines though since climbing in 2020 means that austria will probably win a few medals

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Re:

Cyclists won't be in the ceremony, am I right?

Kiriyenka, Grmay and Niyonshuti are flag bearers for Belarus, Ethiopia and Rwanda.

 

[BigMac]

Re: Re:

Cyclists won't be in the ceremony, am I right?

Kiriyenka, Grmay and Niyonshuti are flag bearers for Belarus, Ethiopia and Rwanda.

Interesting. Thought they'd all have a nice and long rest.

Since I got bored to death I stopped watching the parade. Most riders did not go, though, right?

 

[Red Rick]

Re: Re:

The medals from the cycling road race race going to be the first medals of the whole Olympics, right?

No. There's a shooting medal to be awarded first.

That's why I hate **** shooting. Really, no athletic ability whatsoever, not even a real **** sport, all it does is take away some cool honors of other sports, and I just die a little on the inside when I see that some country chose a shooter as flag bearer. What's next? Darts? Beer pong?

Skateboarding, Golf...

I'm still waiting for the introduction of e-sports
The problem about shooting for me is that there seem to be so many different disciplines although it's always more or less the same. For someone who has never cared about shooting this seems a bit as if they would make 3 different cycling races, one 150, one 200 and one 250 km long.
I won't complain about the new disciplines though since climbing in 2020 means that austria will probably win a few medals

I'm all for action sports at the Olympics, that stuff is great. Golf shouldn't be there, the rankings is based on earnings ffs. e-sports is the single most ridiculous suggestion people have come up with, I know some semi-pro e-sporter and he's promoting it like mad on all platforms but I really have to try hard to not facepalm every time he's talking about it.

 

[BigMac]

Well, that was... underwhelming. Not a very good ceremony.

Bring on the games.

 

[Robert5091]

http://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/36992010
An unnamed Greek athlete has been expelled from the Rio Olympic Games after failing a drugs test.
The athlete is the second to be sent home from Rio, after an Irish boxer failed a test on Thursday.

Well that didn't take long ...