Olympics Thread

[guitaristic]

Like...damn I can't even imagine how bad that hurt. Lady landed on her head and caught a concrete wall in the small of her back! Hurts to think about it lol

 

[guitaristic]

Nice to be back on top of the world in some form of rugby, anyway. Go the Australian Women's 7s!

#neverforget

 

[Chili]

#neverforget

That was frikkin aussesome!!

 

[Armistice]

Women's beach volleyball.... mmmm....

 

[Greg_L]

Women's beach volleyball.... mmmm....

Women's powerlifting. Yes please.

 

[rayc]

Yeah, Australia wins gold by beating their neighbours in a professional modified sport.

 

[Greg_L]

I now find myself pulling for the Russians. Everyone hates them. May the divine power of Putin propel them through the tracks and the fields and the water and the shuttlecocks.

 

[Resurrect]

By "divine power" you mean dope, right?

 

[guitaristic]

I now find myself pulling for the Russians. Everyone hates them. May the divine power of Putin propel them through the tracks and the fields and the water and the shuttlecocks.

Lol did you see where the entire Russian Paralympic team was banned because of the doping scandal? Like even they were juicing. That's fucked up!

 

[Greg_L]

Lol did you see where the entire Russian Paralympic team was banned because of the doping scandal? Like even they were juicing. That's fucked up!

If anyone should be able to juice, it's crippled people.

 

[dachay2tnr]

I've never understood what's supposed to matter more - total medals or gold medals? For me, I think gold medals matter more, but they keep tally like total medals means something. Fuck a bunch of silver and bronze medals. Gold medals go to the winner, and everyone else lost as far as I'm concerned.

Another name for silver medalist?



Loser!

 

[andrushkiwt]

Do you consider Michael Phelps to be the "world's greatest athlete", as the media is touting him to be? Yes, he's an athlete, and at his sport, he is further ahead of the competition than, say, LeBron James is. But is "athlete" particular to one sport, or is it a broad term to you that means "able to be good/dominant in many athletic domains"?

I see it as the second, so I'd say no, he isn't the greatest athlete. Someone like LeBron James could most likely excel in football or baseball, while MP might be stuck in his current role.

 

[Greg_L]

People always overreact in the moment.

 

[jimmys69]

Do you consider Michael Phelps to be the "world's greatest athlete", as the media is touting him to be? Yes, he's an athlete, and at his sport, he is further ahead of the competition than, say, LeBron James is. But is "athlete" particular to one sport, or is it a broad term to you that means "able to be good/dominant in many athletic domains"?

I see it as the second, so I'd say no, he isn't the greatest athlete. Someone like LeBron James could most likely excel in football or baseball, while MP might be stuck in his current role.

I'll just put this here for fun.

Tim Tebow Trying out for MLB - Rolling Stone

 

[Greg_L]

I'd say whoever wins the Decathlon is the best athlete in the world.

 

[andrushkiwt]

I'll just put this here for fun.

Tim Tebow Trying out for MLB - Rolling Stone

yeah, I heard about this yesterday. it'll be interesting to see how he does. not a football fan, but i'm sure he can at least throw a baseball decently and run... so that pretty much leaves hitting. let's see if he can hit

 

[Greg_L]

i'm sure he can at least throw a baseball decently

 

[dachay2tnr]

I'd say whoever wins the Decathlon is the best athlete in the world.

Even if he grows tits and wears dresses afterwards?

 

[miroslav]

Even if he grows tits and wears dresses afterwards?

That is without doubt an Olympic feat.

 

[RFR]

Even if he BUYS tits and wears dresses afterwards?

There, fixed it for ya!