2016 Olympic chatter

• friendfromlowry

  Ironman92;1806016 wrote:Hosszu of Hungary with the most impressive Olympic performance...just beat world record in 400m medley by 2 seconds and won by nearly 5 seconds

  That was incredible.
• Spock

  

  Ironman92;1806016 wrote:Hosszu of Hungary with the most impressive Olympic performance...just beat world record in 400m medley by 2 seconds and won by nearly 5 seconds

  Doped to the gills
• vball10set

  Spock;1806037 wrote:Doped to the gills

  If she's not, her husband sure is!
• Ironman92

  

  vball10set;1806040 wrote:If she's not, her husband sure is!

  Yeah
• Ironman92

  

  Spock;1806037 wrote:Doped to the gills

  Can we say this about every Olympic athlete that wins an individual gold that doesn't involve a gun or a diving board
• Ironman92

  

  The Canadian men's volleyball team...yikes. A bunch of 6'8 guys with 40 inch verticals. You can't even see the ball.
• Ironman92

  

  Ridiculous upset in men's judo. Guy from Zambia ranked #112 in the world knocked off the #6 in the world.
• slingshot4ever

  couple bad crashes in both mens and women's road race....girl looked like she got knocked out when head hit curb...oh, and she was in first place when she crashed
  
  then french male gymnast broke leg, literally just flopping below the knee....look for photos at your own risk
• ironman02

  Venus and Serena got ousted from the doubles just a while ago. They had won gold in the last three Olympics.
  
  Venus also lost her first match in the singles competition.
• GOONx19

  

  slingshot4ever;1806085 wrote:couple bad crashes in both mens and women's road race....girl looked like she got knocked out when head hit curb...oh, and she was in first place when she crashed
  
  then french male gymnast broke leg, literally just flopping below the knee....look for photos at your own risk

  Apparently the cyclist broke three vertebrae.
• Sonofanump

  GOONx19;1806088 wrote:Apparently the cyclist broke three vertebrae.

  I thought she might have broke her neck and died, just no movement after the landing.
• Ironman92

  

  Woman vaulter in her 7th olympics! Each one since 1992. She's 41 years old
• Ironman92

  

  100m breast stroke should be interesting...woman won semifinal heat and has been a positive tested doper and she finished and wagged her finger Mutumbo style....as she did that Lily King was watching on the monitor and wagged her finger back then went out in 2nd semi and beat her by .02, afterwards the reporter asked her about the finger wag and she said she doesn't have any respect for a known cheater waving her finger like she's the best.
  
  In other news....outside of the man shoulders and no boobs due to insane amounts of swimming, why are women swimmers so ugly? Geesh
• Spock

  

  so we are having the summer olympics in a country that is currently in winter?
• Ironman92

  

  Ledecky just beat everyone by almost 5 seconds in 400m freestyle and destroyed world record
• slingshot4ever

  Spock;1806101 wrote:so we are having the summer olympics in a country that is currently in winter?

  Yup...will happen with World Cup in Qatar too...
• Ironman92

  

  slingshot4ever;1806103 wrote:Yup...will happen with World Cup in Qatar too...

  I don't know anything about soccer....why/how did Qatar get it?
• ironman02

  Gold #19 for Phelps as part of the 4x100 relay.
• Ironman92

  

  ironman02;1806105 wrote:Gold #19 for Phelps as part of the 4x100 relay.

  Though that was #20?
• ironman02

  19 Gold, 23 Overall.
• Ironman92

  

  ironman02;1806107 wrote:19 Gold, 23 Overall.

  How close can Ledecky get to him when she's all said and done?
• Sonofanump

  Ironman92;1806104 wrote:I don't know anything about soccer....why/how did Qatar get it?

  Bribes.
• SportsAndLady

  

  Ironman92;1806104 wrote:I don't know anything about soccer....why/how did Qatar get it?

  $$$
• friendfromlowry

  Spock;1806101 wrote:so we are having the summer olympics in a country that is currently in winter?

  The only thing winter about it is the name. It's going to be in the 70s and 80s the entire time.
• friendfromlowry

  Phelps killed it in the relay tonight. Can't wait to see what else he can do.