2016 Olympic chatter

• salto

  

  friendfromlowry;1807504 wrote:I figured he was either rabbit or running a really dumb strategy. Rudeshia doesn't need a rabbit anyways and he proved it by basically running second but ahead of everyone else the entire time.

  Rudeshia ran 49.28 for the first 400m in 2012 for the London Olympics. Kip' yesterday in the Rio Olympics ran 49.23. I don't know if Kip really was just a rabbit or simply trying Rud's same strategy.
• Spock

  

  salto;1807522 wrote:Rudeshia ran 49.28 for the first 400m in 2012 for the London Olympics. Kip' yesterday in the Rio Olympics ran 49.23. I don't know if Kip really was just a rabbit or simply trying Rud's same strategy.

  First thought was that he was setting up Rudisha.
• slingshot4ever

  superman;1807520 wrote:It looked like she left her lane in the pictures i saw. I didn't see any video though.

  She did leave her lane, but it occurred beyond the finish line after falling
• superman

  slingshot4ever;1807547 wrote:She did leave her lane, but it occurred beyond the finish line after falling

  Thanks. I couldn't tell from the weird angle.
• wildcats20

  

  Ref really letting the Brazilian GK come way off the line.
• SportsAndLady

  

  Anyone paying attention to boxing?
  
  Saw this video on Reddit today and started doing some reading about the Russians paying off the judges for medals.
  
  Apparently this Irish boxer, who is really, really good at the amateur level, and won an Olympic bronze in 2012 and a Gold medal at the world championships last year, lost in a decision to a Russian boxer who no one in the media or analysts had winning this fight.
  
  There was a heavyweight Russian boxer who was "given" a controversial win..and also a female US boxer who lost to a Russian boxer even though most had her winning.
  
  Fucking Russians man.
  
  https://youtu.be/oTi5Om17_TQ
• salto

  

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• Ironman92

  

  salto;1807610 wrote:[video=youtube;b4AZKFPL_yA][/video]

  I just don't understand what he was doing. He hurdled 5 feet early and his landing foot went through middle of hurdle.
• Sonofanump

  Ironman92;1807613 wrote:I just don't understand what he was doing. He hurdled 5 feet early and his landing foot went through middle of hurdle.

  I thought he had a leg cramp or twitch, it looked like he was not running a correct stride coming out of the blocks.
• Sonofanump

  Wondering with all that contraversy about the woman who won the 1500, if the american who came in four might be a medalist after advanced drug test a few years from now.
• salto

  

  Ironman92;1807613 wrote:I just don't understand what he was doing. He hurdled 5 feet early and his landing foot went through middle of hurdle.

  I don't know if he jumped early or late. Kind of looks like he simply didn't see it. My guess, he hasn't competed very much on a blue track and had trouble seeing the hurdle.
• salto

  

  Sonofanump;1807615 wrote:Wondering with all that contraversy about the woman who won the 1500, if the american who came in four might be a medalist after advanced drug test a few years from now.

  Great point.
• sportswizuhrd

  SportsAndLady;1807601 wrote:Anyone paying attention to boxing?
  
  Saw this video on Reddit today and started doing some reading about the Russians paying off the judges for medals.
  
  Apparently this Irish boxer, who is really, really good at the amateur level, and won an Olympic bronze in 2012 and a Gold medal at the world championships last year, lost in a decision to a Russian boxer who no one in the media or analysts had winning this fight.
  
  There was a heavyweight Russian boxer who was "given" a controversial win..and also a female US boxer who lost to a Russian boxer even though most had her winning.
  
  Fucking Russians man.
  
  https://youtu.be/oTi5Om17_TQ

  Trying to get their medal count higher after losing out from the banned T&F members?
• friendfromlowry

  Kerri Walsh Jennings
• vball10set

  uh-oh--I said from the get go that something wasn't right about this...
  
  http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/olympics/judge-orders-us-swimmers-ryan-lochte-jimmy-feigen-not-to-leave-brazil/ar-BBvJcQI?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=U141DHP
• SportsAndLady

  

  vball10set;1807738 wrote:uh-oh--I said from the get go that something wasn't right about this...
  
  http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/olympics/judge-orders-us-swimmers-ryan-lochte-jimmy-feigen-not-to-leave-brazil/ar-BBvJcQI?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=U141DHP

  Why would he even do this? Was he that desperate for the attention phelps was getting?
  
  Such a wtf story
• vball10set

  SportsAndLady;1807747 wrote:Why would he even do this? Was he that desperate for the attention phelps was getting?
  
  Such a wtf story

  I have no idea, but the whole thing sounded fishy--especially when he said he never reported it to the authorities or to the USOC officials on site. I see no reason for lying about something like this--what would he have to gain???
• wildcats20

  

  Kyrie getting torched by the Argentinean Delly.
• thavoice

  Did those guys maybe get rolled by some pro's and wanted to find a way to spin it in their favor? Or gamble a big chunk of money away?
  
  A red flag for me was when one of the guy said he didn't get onto the ground, basically telling the 'cop' to fuck off and then had the weapon put to his head......something about that raised my BS meter.
  
  (also goes against what many talk about in the US about just do what the cop tells you to do and you wont get shot).
• thavoice

  Sonofanump;1807614 wrote:I thought he had a leg cramp or twitch, it looked like he was not running a correct stride coming out of the blocks.

  Yeah, almost looked like someone who was running hurdles for the very first time! Looked very tight with no agility.
• Gardens35

  thavoice;1807769 wrote:Yeah, almost looked like someone who was running hurdles for the very first time! Looked very tight with no agility.

  Yes, after the fall I noticed his chop feet- jump over hurdle technique, and thought "Imposter ?".
• friendfromlowry

  Little guy from Argentina is a borderline terrorist
• SportsAndLady

  

  Manu is the man
• wildcats20

  

  SportsAndLady;1807777 wrote:Manu is the man

  I've always hated the way he plays, but agree totally.
  
  Best international NBA player ever?
• wildcats20

  

  Dirk is obviously up there. Probably a toss up for me.