2016 Rio Olympics Thread (Sport Only)

[natureboy]

Just now, Golfingdad said:

Not to me.  Everything both of them said, from their points of view, jives and is accurate.

I mean it's unusual for the coach to essentially acknowledge it's a bad judging decision instead of standing 100% behind the athlete. Sounds like he wants to maintain some semblance of a professional reputation.

Seems like Putin doesn't believe in the natural ability of his athletes. Given two poor decisions wen't Russia's way, the IOC should explore judge tampering.

Boxing seems to be as prone to this as ice skating. Remember the poor decisions in Seoul?

[Golfingdad]

24 minutes ago, natureboy said:

I mean it's unusual for the coach to essentially acknowledge it's a bad judging decision instead of standing 100% behind the athlete.

Gotcha.  I guess I'd agree that it falls in the category of unusual then (even though I think it shouldn't be).

[Chilli Dipper]

Great to see Jenny Simpson earn a medal in the 1500 meters. She was the best middle-distance runner in the world a couple of years ago: back when it looked like American women were ascending to the top of the running world, and before the Africans suddenly started breaking Cold War-era world records. She and Shannon Rowbury were so close to overtaking Dibaba at the finish line.

[Missouri Swede]

Does beach volleyball ever end?

[Golfingdad]

3 minutes ago, Missouri Swede said:

Does beach volleyball ever end?

I hope not.

[Chilli Dipper]

Gymnastics is over, which means I don't have to spend any more time questioning whether Aly Raisman is hot.

[newtogolf]

2 minutes ago, Chilli Dipper said:

Gymnastics is over, which means I don't have to spend any more time questioning whether Aly Raisman is hot.

She is

[boogielicious]

14 hours ago, nevets88 said:

NBC's coverage so far, bogey.

http://www.vox.com/2016/8/11/12433144/nbc-olympics-bad

Definitely bogey.

Last night, they spent time following a US 400 meter hurdler. She is only 17 and really cute and all, but she came in 5th in her heat. Meanwhile, the other two US women won their heats. As a guy that ran track in HS and college, I wanted to see the others. Plus every heat has really cute women, so it's not like we're going to miss out.

[Asmanning95]

17 hours ago, Golfingdad said:

Sounds like there's a lot of controversy and corruption in the Olympic boxing.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/36689783

People over here have become very disillusioned with the Olympics after the state sponsored Doping and now the dodgy decisions in boxing. Mick was absolutely robbed here.

[mcanadiens]

6 minutes ago, Asmanning95 said:

Mick was absolutely robbed here.

Olympic boxing has a long, long history of terrible decisions.

I didn't see the fight, but I saw the pictures of his opponent. Hard to believe that anyone that battered could get the result.

[Asmanning95]

1 minute ago, mcanadiens said:

Olympic boxing has a long, long history of terrible decisions.

I didn't see the fight, but I saw the pictures of his opponent. Hard to believe that anyone that battered could get the result.

I can think of a certain boxer who controversially lost in 1996

[mcanadiens]

4 minutes ago, Asmanning95 said:

I can think of a certain boxer who controversially lost in 1996

The Mayweather fight, I presume.

Saw something where Teddy Atlas was accusing NBC of hiding boxing and it's lousy decisions from American viewers. I stopped taking Olympic boxing seriously a long time ago. It's a heck of a shame for the guys who work so hard in quest for the gold medal. Your guy Conlan could have turned pro a few years ago and been earning money.

[Golfingdad]

1 hour ago, boogielicious said:

Definitely bogey.

Last night, they spent time following a US 400 meter hurdler. She is only 17 and really cute and all, but she came in 5th in her heat. Meanwhile, the other two US women won their heats. As a guy that ran track in HS and college, I wanted to see the others. Plus every heat has really cute women, so it's not like we're going to miss out.

Elaine Johnson, anyone?  The fastest woman in the world. ;)

[nevets88]

I've been double/triple dipping some of the coverage. Watched the shiny, pre-packaged, we're gonna recoup our gazillion dollars we paid the IOC, prime time version, the streaming coverage and some of the BBC's coverage. The NBC announcing is just so clinical, polished, one sided/dimensional. It's Today Show/Datelined to death. HOW MUCH FRIGGING VOLLEYBALL DO YOU NEED TO SHOW? I understand the sex appeal, but man, talk about favoritism. I can just go watch Baywatch.

[Golfingdad]

1 hour ago, Golfingdad said:

Elaine Johnson, anyone?  The fastest woman in the world. ;)

25 minutes ago, nevets88 said:

The NBC announcing is just so ... one sided...

Jesus, I was getting so annoyed watching the gymnastics last night - and I'm rooting for the Americans.  But I couldn't help but notice that during each American routine, all he does (the color guy - Tim Daggett I think???) is point out how beautiful and technically difficult the routine is, and when anybody else is going he nitpicks the shit out of every single move.  "Oh, did you see that lean?  That's a tenth.  She was suppose to connect those, that's another tenth.  There's three tenths there."

I'm glad it's over now so I don't have to listen to him anymore.  I'm all for the announcers showing a bit of enthusiasm for the Americans and/or the favorites, but he was so over the top that it was beyond annoying.

[Gunther]

40 minutes ago, Golfingdad said:

Jesus, I was getting so annoyed watching the gymnastics last night - and I'm rooting for the Americans.  But I couldn't help but notice that during each American routine, all he does (the color guy - Tim Daggett I think???) is point out how beautiful and technically difficult the routine is, and when anybody else is going he nitpicks the shit out of every single move.  "Oh, did you see that lean?  That's a tenth.  She was suppose to connect those, that's another tenth.  There's three tenths there."

I'm glad it's over now so I don't have to listen to him anymore.  I'm all for the announcers showing a bit of enthusiasm for the Americans and/or the favorites, but he was so over the top that it was beyond annoying.

Same in beach.  Kerri played like dogshit last night and the announcers kept making excuses for her, and saying how wonderful she was doing.  I mean, no need to rip her but let the viewers understand what is truly happening out there.   I'm sure Kerri is kicking herself today over her performance.

[Golfingdad]

9 minutes ago, Gunther said:

Same in beach.  Kerri played like dogshit last night and the announcers kept making excuses for her, and saying how wonderful she was doing.  I mean, no need to rip her but let the viewers understand what is truly happening out there.   I'm sure Kerri is kicking herself today over her performance.

I'm no expert - but even for a layperson it was very easy to see that she was the weak link of that team.  That's why they served it to her darn near every single time.

[Gunther]

6 minutes ago, Golfingdad said:

I'm no expert - but even for a layperson it was very easy to see that she was the weak link of that team.  That's why they served it to her darn near every single time.

No question.  It was tough to watch but those Brazilian girls were great, they earned it.  Clearly though, it would have been a different match had Kerri been on her game.  Even the best have off-nights, which is what is so remarkable about her Olympic record.  No subs on a 2-man team.