AJUMP23
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The US use to only take Amateur athletes, but we got tired of losing to Russian pros. So we changed the rules and sent the Dream Team to Barcelona.
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Tokyo Summer Olympics 2021... I mean 2020 Thread
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HoodWinked
Member
Probably region locked but Gabby Thomas got bronze
Cause of the ages?
I am happy to be corrected cause I know fuck all about skateboarding but the xgames which seems like the other big skateboarding competition is also full of youngsters.
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
Badminton is an Olympic sport...
Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
It takes years to master the shuttlecock.
DKehoe
Member
Walking is an Olympic sport.
SirTerry-T
Member
The BMX freestyle was a couple of days ago now but as a Brit and fan of the sport (used to race a bit when I was a callow youth), this still has me buzzing. It's a perfect example of going "All in" on your second run...
Still not sure if it is a suitable event for the Olympics but it's a lot of fun to watch.
Still not sure if it is a suitable event for the Olympics but it's a lot of fun to watch.
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Dural
Member
Personally, I'll always want to watch the best vs the best. What's the point of the Olympics if you're not sending the best athlete at every sport? It's one of my issues with baseball, the best aren't really playing each other in the Olympics it's all minor leaguers and has beens (at least for the US team).
I haven't followed the xgames in years, are the Japanese also dominating there or is this just an Olympic thing? Did the best skateboarders not all go? I had been wondering about the newer sports like surfing, skating, and bmx freestyle whether it was all the best from the xgames and other "extreme" sports competitions and how they qualified to be in the Olympics.
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DKehoe
Member
I knew next to nothing about the sport but had fun watching it. I'd be cool with seeing it included in future Olympics.
It does seem like the japanese are doing well in xgames, won in 2019.
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
An Olympics reporter was met with silence when he asked the women's weightlifting podium about Laurel Hubbard
The American lifter Sarah Robles, who won the bronze medal, eventually said, "No, thank you," and moved the conference on.
www.insider.com
SJRB
Gold Member
An Olympics reporter was met with silence when he asked the women's weightlifting podium about Laurel Hubbard
The American lifter Sarah Robles, who won the bronze medal, eventually said, "No, thank you," and moved the conference on.
"No thank you", god-tier response.
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
That tennis player hulking out was funny
Bullet Club
Member
Congrats USA.
Hopefully we can get bronze.
SirKicksalot
Member
The final bouldering problem is the Japanese Rising Sun lmao
AJUMP23
Member
Or Abstract PACMANThe final bouldering problem is the Japanese Rising Sun lmao
Pagusas
Elden Member
The Olympics are about the best, no room for anything else. It doesn't matter if you are paid or not, if you are the best at what you do you should be in the competition. Who the hell wants to watch the B team play?
NecrosaroIII
Ask me about my terrible takes on Star Trek characters
SJRB
Gold Member
Yeah the climbing is super fun to watch. This week is definitely more enjoyable as a spectator than last week.
Prison Mike
Banned
Alot of athletes thanking God he must be a hell of a trainer.
Trogdor1123
Member
Penalty kicks in the women's soccer final.
ipukespiders
Member
Canada women's soccer gold.
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Trogdor1123
Member
Just saw, real nail biter
Classicrockfan
Banned
Cool story kid.
Cyberpunkd
Member
at the Winter Olympics - your point? 
Jeff Spicoli
Member
Nobody care about women's football
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This is the woman that started racing at 33 years old? (nope that was the aussie that finished 10th)
Chinese diving is at another level.
Also Jack Carlin keeps being involved in crashes in the velodrome.
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TheGrat1
Member
Garbage Tweet. The fools do not know a Gundam when they see it.
SJRB
Gold Member
This "modern pentathlon" is killing me, lol. One of the events is horse-riding, but the athletes get alotted a random horse with whom they have zero experience.
So it's basically luck of the draw if you get a good horse or not. Plenty people falling off horses because the horses refuse to jump or whatever.
So it's basically luck of the draw if you get a good horse or not. Plenty people falling off horses because the horses refuse to jump or whatever.
Happened in the women's competition to a German athlete and she was leading. Then the coach hit the horse and has been kicked out of the olympics.
German coach kicked out of Olympics for punching a horse
Kim Raisner was caught on camera slugging the horse and urging rider Annika Schleu to “really hit” her mount after it balked at jumping during a pivotal moment in Friday’s competition.
www.nbcnews.com
SJRB
Gold Member
Happened in the women's competition to a German athlete and she was leading. Then the coach hit the horse and has been kicked out of the olympics.
German coach kicked out of Olympics for punching a horse
Kim Raisner was caught on camera slugging the horse and urging rider Annika Schleu to “really hit” her mount after it balked at jumping during a pivotal moment in Friday’s competition.
Rightfully so, fuck that guy.
DKehoe
Member
I know the horse events are ones people shit on every time the Olympics comes around. But if your medal hopes rely on the whims of another creature then it really doesn’t feel like it should be an Olympic event.
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Bullet Club
Member
Yay!
Lupingosei
Banned
So the Japanese beat the US in baseball, well at least it is the other country where it is a national sport
xrnzaaas
Member
Anyone care to explain why can't you bring your own horse to the Olympics? I'm a complete noob when it comes to this discipline.