2016 Rio Games
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2016 8:20 pm
We need a thread for these Olympics.
The guy who did the national anthem was totally lip-syncing.
The guy who did the national anthem was totally lip-syncing.
Not yet. I think the women are today, early in the morning, Rio time.juliets wrote:Gymnastics? Would that be the mens gymnastics on tonight? I hope I haven't missed something with the women.
I figure that's normal with the Olympics. On the international stage, some folks push themselves further than they've ever done, and thus further than their bodies can handle.Ricochet wrote:Watched more of the same yesterday, meaning women's archery, men's foil, judo, cycling, my parents had the women's gymnastics pretty much the whole time on, plus I have also watched Sweden - Germany in handball and a bit of Croatia - Spain in basketball.
I missed Goddess Ledecky and Djokovic getting rekt, because of the lateness of their events.
Also, I hate to bring this up, but it's been just two days, yet the number of freak accidents is pretty disconcerting, wouldn't you say?
I have no term of comparison, at least from recollections of previous Olympics. You're basically right, they can all be attributed to utter exertion or that one tactical slip that proves costly, but I find it was more than simple walkovers or technical injuries. At least two of them, in two different sports, were damn freaky.Metalmarsh89 wrote:I figure that's normal with the Olympics. On the international stage, some folks push themselves further than they've ever done, and thus further than their bodies can handle.Ricochet wrote:Watched more of the same yesterday, meaning women's archery, men's foil, judo, cycling, my parents had the women's gymnastics pretty much the whole time on, plus I have also watched Sweden - Germany in handball and a bit of Croatia - Spain in basketball.
I missed Goddess Ledecky and Djokovic getting rekt, because of the lateness of their events.
Also, I hate to bring this up, but it's been just two days, yet the number of freak accidents is pretty disconcerting, wouldn't you say?
Is it more prevalent this year?
Maybe that's why I don't get hurt. I don't try hard enough.Ricochet wrote:I have no term of comparison, at least from recollections of previous Olympics. You're basically right, they can all be attributed to utter exertion or that one tactical slip that proves costly, but I find it was more than simple walkovers or technical injuries. At least two of them, in two different sports, were damn freaky.Metalmarsh89 wrote:I figure that's normal with the Olympics. On the international stage, some folks push themselves further than they've ever done, and thus further than their bodies can handle.Ricochet wrote:Watched more of the same yesterday, meaning women's archery, men's foil, judo, cycling, my parents had the women's gymnastics pretty much the whole time on, plus I have also watched Sweden - Germany in handball and a bit of Croatia - Spain in basketball.
I missed Goddess Ledecky and Djokovic getting rekt, because of the lateness of their events.
Also, I hate to bring this up, but it's been just two days, yet the number of freak accidents is pretty disconcerting, wouldn't you say?
Is it more prevalent this year?