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2016 Olympic chatter

  • ironman02
    slingshot4ever;1807213 wrote:Thanks for the memories Phelps
    Definitely a lot of fun to watch him the last 15+ years. Increased my interest in the Olympics a lot.
  • Spock
    Ironman92;1807200 wrote:How many run in that final? 16? 24?
    8.
  • Ironman92
    Spock;1807216 wrote:8.
    Damn....he have any prayer of a medal?
  • Spock
    Ironman92;1807218 wrote:Damn....he have any prayer of a medal?
    oh yes. 4th and 5th fastest time coming into the final. Anything can happen in the 800.
  • Spock
    Michael Phelps didnt sing the anthem on his last podium....what a loser
  • Ironman92
    Spock;1807219 wrote:oh yes. 4th and 5th fastest time coming into the final. Anything can happen in the 800.
    NBC just showed the semis...he ran an incredible race and refused to give ground. Monday will be fun!
  • friendfromlowry
    Anyone see Lawson the long jumper choke on the last jump? Looked like he landed in gold medal position but his left hand hit back in the 25ft range.
  • Ironman92
    friendfromlowry;1807224 wrote:Anyone see Lawson the long jumper choke on the last jump? Looked like he landed in gold medal position but his left hand hit back in the 25ft range.
    I didn't consider it a choke. He needed to sell out and go for it and he did, then his fingers scraped the sand.

    It's been incredible how many times something so small separates gold from everything else.
  • vball10set
    ^^^yeah, I can't see how you'd call it a choke either--it's the Olympics, where everyone is their country's best of the best, so you go big or go home
  • Ironman92
    No medal but USA women took 6th, 7th and 9th in the marathon
  • Spock
    Ironman92;1807247 wrote:No medal but USA women took 6th, 7th and 9th in the marathon
    that is a very good finish for the whole team
  • friendfromlowry
    Ironman92;1807238 wrote:I didn't consider it a choke. He needed to sell out and go for it and he did, then his fingers scraped the sand.

    It's been incredible how many times something so small separates gold from everything else.
    vball10set;1807245 wrote:^^^yeah, I can't see how you'd call it a choke either--it's the Olympics, where everyone is their country's best of the best, so you go big or go home
    its basic form to not have your hands touch or you're going to give up damn near two feet. Just because he needed to go all out doesn't change a simple technique error caused him to go first to fourth.
  • ernest_t_bass
    like_that;1806819 wrote:I don't really follow Judo, but I remember Kayla Harrison becoming the first US Judoka to win a gold medal last olympics. She just repeated. She is a beast. She was molested by her first judo coach and overcame that to become a 2x gold medalist. She is from Middletown, OH.

    I wish my father got me into Judo when I was younger. I would have helped immensely in wrestling (insert "you still would have been a runner-up jokes).
    You still would've been runner up
  • ironman02
    USA Women's basketball continued their dominance with a 105-62 win over China. Glad that there's still one basketball squad playing well.
  • Laley23
    Golf getting good. Rose/Stenson/Kuchar all battling out for Gold. Kuchar -8 on the round, but on 17. Stenson/Rose up 1 on Kuchar tied for lead with 4 holes to play.
  • ironman02
    http://www.espn.com/olympics/swimming/story/_/id/17299461/usoc-confirms-ryan-lochte-three-other-us-swimmers-robbed-rio

    This is pretty crazy.
  • wildcats20
    Hell of a round for Kuch!

    Stenson and Rose tied going to 17
  • wildcats20
    Rosie!!
  • Laley23
    Rose with a clutch chip. This has been a huge success for Golf. I think we see all the top guys try to make it to Tokyo in 2020.
  • wildcats20
    Laley23;1807273 wrote:Rose with a clutch chip. This has been a huge success for Golf. I think we see all the top guys try to make it to Tokyo in 2020.
    Agreed. Huge galleries too on the weekend. Tokyo will be even bigger.
  • Spock
    You can tell that those golfers really felt pressure for those medals. Cool to see them play for more than a paycheck. Kuch is great at getting played. Never knew he was clutch,
  • Spock
    French hospitality house.........I bet there was some of that old fashion hospitality going on
  • Gardens35
    U S Ladies V B finishes 5-0 in prelims.
  • Ironman92
    Gardens35;1807301 wrote:U S Ladies V B finishes 5-0 in prelims.
    My wife was pretty happy to see Karch
  • Gardens35
    Chuckle............but he didn't make the over the hill olympic hottie thread.:RpS_love: