2016 Summer Olympics Thread - Live from Rio de Janeiro!

Copying that very green everywhere, basketball court arena?

Of those waterbay events for all the rowing independent testing of its absolute pollution, one ended with it is unsafe to put your head underwater, they recommend don’t get completely submerged.

Grounds for spreading infection, mosquito bath looking pool water!

https://twitter.com/OlympicStatman/status/763187563226099712

Exactly lol. Max Payne is the reason I’ve done so much outside research on Brazil. You couldnt pay me to visit that place.

That was some intense women’s beach volleyball

Team USA men’s basketball almost lost to Australia. They only won by ten points lol.

We’ve always done well at Olympic basketball, IIRC.

That Australia team had Bogut, Delly, and Patty Mills who always ups his game during the olympics.

They were killing us in the pick and roll earlier because we were switching everything on defense, so that kept it close.

But then Melo did Melo things and dropped a 30 piece.

ESPN Highly Questionable had the “Equestrian” horse ran right into a jump setup headsfirst and threw the rider off.

Can’t find that video…

Found this goofball stuff from sports illustrated = http://www.si.com/olympics/photo/2016/08/07/crashes-slips-and-falls-rio-olympic-games

And video unloaded “not for your country” but showed: ‘Carmelo Anthony at podium, Everybody is having trouble sleeping’ = http://www.news.com.au/sport/olympics/pure-gold-rioproblems-tweets-give-that-olympics-sinking-feeling/news-story/257b6dfbb34308875dfc634d75d6b3d6

Both Simone’s killed it yesterday. Manuel is the first black woman to get gold in an individual event.

Can’t wait to see Phelps destroy Le Clos today

Is it me of does Gabby Douglass on the US Womans Gymnastics team seem like shes already lost the fire? This has been going on prior to Rio.

Just 4 years ago she was the it girl, on top of the world, now it was almost like she has to force a smile out. Her performance was off, this is a second Olympic game, the newbies were showing their stuff. She just seems…off. Like the passion is gone.

I hope she pulls it together, because right now it seems like Simone Biles hasnt even peaked yet.

Sidenote, lets give a round of applause to Oksana Chusovitina for being 41 years old. 6th Olympics game, this lady isnt getting nearly enough coverage. Yikes. And These girls get 10 maybe 12 good years if theyre lucky, less than that if you talk about being on top. This is nothing short of phenomenal athleticism. I was reading up on her backstory, evidently she defected from Soviet Union to Germany when her son was diagnosed with leukemia so that she could compete in the games and get the necessary medical treatment for her son. Super mom confirmed good grief.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JweyzKLZp9U

This is neat. New Zealand team performs Haka after their win: http://olympics.cbc.ca/video/vod/kiwi-rugby-team-performs-haka-after-victory-over-argentina.html

Watching discus. I’m curious, how heavy is the disc?

I’m pretty sure it’s 2 kg men and 1 kg women.

Egyptian Muslim judoka lost to Israeli at Olympics, refused to shake the Israeli’s hand, and then he retired

https://twitter.com/criticalanalyst/status/764171705048788992

Fencing is the most hype sport at the Olympics. It’s pretty much fighting game footsies the sport.

ALERT: The outstanding Aly Raisman, along with Simone Biles…they will be on an interview with Lester Holt (nbc of course) tonight, apparently. Please, Aly, do another “Body Issue” photoshoot/vid… please :sweat:

I noticed there’s some surprisingly decent girls in the trampoline event too.

Are there Olympic footages anywhere for gymnastics? Youtube doesn’t have shit.

Reason to watch swimming
Watch wet females hug each other
Simone biles is fine as fuck

https://twitter.com/kbaxter11/status/764182934798606337

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