Olympics thread of official medal count hand-wringing

[jakefromstatefarm]

Srsly, wtf is wrong with you people I have to post this 2 days after the opening ceremony

[benjipwns]

the what now?

[Momo]

I feel like even opening this thread gave me zika, tainted my water and made me vulnerable to vomit attacks.

[VomKriege]

Chinese Women Volleyball team was beaten by the Netherlands 

[Tasty]

PHELPS!

 

[Trent Dole]

[Syph]

kosovo got their first medal
pretty neat

[naff]

tbh as boring as i find so many events i can see myself getting into watching the volleyball, basketball and other random sports if i had some easy way of watching online...but im not about to navigate scheduling and watch normal tv 

[Mupepe]

US got the first gold of the games with Women's Shooting

The Women's Road Race yesterday was intense.  The Dutch woman who was in the lead took a horrible crash about 15 km or so from the finish.  It looked fucking brutal.  And then the American woman was in first place until 10 seconds out from the finish when she was overtaken by the 3 woman chasing group and came in 4th. 

I like the Olympics.  I basically just watched all weekend.

tbh as boring as i find so many events i can see myself getting into watching the volleyball, basketball and other random sports if i had some easy way of watching online...but im not about to navigate scheduling and watch normal tv 

Are you in the US?  You can use NBC's website to watch pretty much any event.

[Cerveza mas fina]

That crash was nasty.

I'm surprised so many well known names went out in tennis in the first round.

So far I've watched my wife watch some handball and tennis, that's it. Maybe when athletics start I'll watch some stuff. I really used to be into this stuff but it has really waned due to doping (same with the Tour).

[curly]

I like watching the streams of random sports so I don't have to deal with all the ways that NBC makes the games unwatchable. Weightlifting was surprisingly dramatic.

That women's road race crash was horrific. The way she was lying on the road she looked like she might be dead or paralyzed. There was a similar crash in the men's road race, cycling seems like the most dangerous event in the Olympics.

God I hate beach volleyball.

[Your Stalker]

I've mostly been watching basketball, soccer, rugby, and weightlifting; sports I normally watch anyway.

[Momo]

rugby

You watch sevens?    

[zomgee]

tbh as boring as i find so many events i can see myself getting into watching the volleyball, basketball and other random sports if i had some easy way of watching online...but im not about to navigate scheduling and watch normal tv 

The nbc app on Xbox and ps4 has everything. Like all the trials, practices, and hilarious leg breaking by the French.

[Your Stalker]

rugby

You watch sevens?    

edit: fuck it you god damn right i do

[Let's Cyber]

That women's road race crash was horrific. The way she was lying on the road she looked like she might be dead or paralyzed. There was a similar crash in the men's road race, cycling seems like the most dangerous event in the Olympics.

It was brutal enough I questioned going for my morning ride today. 

It looked like she fishtailed and happened to counter-steer just as her front wheel hit the slick center line?  Shit freaks me out

[Tasty]

That fucking Phelps turn Who knew he still had it in him (I did.)

http://screengrabber.deadspin.com/michael-phelps-earned-his-19th-gold-medal-with-an-incre-1784955578

[jakefromstatefarm]

men's gymnastics team final just ended, Japan/Russia/China finish 1/2/3. GB in 4th US in 5th

[Great Rumbler]

[Mupepe]

That Russian sloot looks pissed, bros

[chronovore]

It was nothing but female gymnastics and women's beach volleyball for a couple of nights. I felt like a 17-year-old hormone monster again.

Oh, yeah: it was nice that we won a few things. GO SPORTS!

[curly]

http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/08/sport/sun-yang-mack-horton-australia-china/

Hong Kong (CNN)Australia has refused to apologize after an Olympic swimmer sparked outrage by accusing China's Sun Yang of being a "drug cheat."
Speaking to the media after beating Sun by a mere .16 of a second to win the 400m freestyle gold , Mack Horton described his win as one "for the good guys."

Prior to the race, Horton said Sun, who served a three-month ban for testing positive for a banned substance in 2014, was a "drug cheat."
Australia's chef de mission Kitty Chiller flatly ruled out any chance of an apology on Tuesday, according to CNN affiliate Sky News Australia.

The Australian's comments sparked fury in China after an emotional Sun broke down in the post-race press conference, accusing Horton of deliberately trying to psych him out.
A hashtag "Sun Yang Don't Cry" quickly went viral on the Chinese web, and Horton's Facebook, Twitter and Instagram posts were flooded with comments attacking him and demanding he apologize to Sun.

The reaction from China's Global Times:

It's not a big deal to us. In many serious essays written by Westerners, Australia is mentioned as a country at the fringes of civilization. In some cases, they refer to the country's early history as Britain's offshore prison. This suggests that no one should be surprised at uncivilized acts emanating from the country. We should think the same way.

[chronovore]

Yay, sportsmanship. 

[Cerveza mas fina]

Most likely they both use doping

[Mupepe]

There's a lot of vitriol in these Olympics.  There's been booing of Russian athletes and lots of commentators talking about Yang too.  I'd rather people leave that shit at the door. 

[Joe Molotov]

Kara will surely win gold at the downhill existential crisis.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

Michigan grads: 6 medals.

Poland: 1 medal

[Tasty]

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2016/08/micheal-phelps-hilarious-tweets-memes-rio-olympics-swimming

[Phoenix Dark]

Most likely they both use doping

doubt the greatness of America, brehs

[Am_I_Anonymous]

Most likely they both use doping

(Image removed from quote.)
doubt the greatness of America, brehs

Where my dogs at?

Where my playas at?

Where hustlers at?

Where my pimps at?

USA.gif

[CatsCatsCats]

China leading in gold

[Am_I_Anonymous]

China leading in gold

It's early



Update: Poland now trails Michigan Grads 7-1

[zomgee]

China leading in gold

what?

[Joe Molotov]

China leading in gold

what?

Communism

[Am_I_Anonymous]

Update


Michigan grads : 8 medals

Poland: 1

Dat superior breeding

[Tasty]

Phelps getting his 21st Gold

Drug cheat Sun Yang getting a gold

[Am_I_Anonymous]

Phelps getting his 21st Gold

Drug cheat Sun Yang getting a gold (Image removed from quote.)

China doesn't have one clean athlete. Gotta love them for trying to make them midgets look imposing.

[CatsCatsCats]

I keep checking hoping a refugee will win a medal, then I realized if they were gonna win, someone would have given them citizenship 

[Momo]

^

From the outside looking in, swimming seems to be the most drug infested sport at the Olympics, loads of suspect shit everywhere 

[Am_I_Anonymous]

^

From the outside looking in, swimming seems to be the most drug infested sport at the Olympics, loads of suspect shit everywhere

Nah it's track, trust me.

[zomgee]

^

From the outside looking in, swimming seems to be the most drug infested sport at the Olympics, loads of suspect shit everywhere

Nah it's track, trust me.

Not weightlifting?

[Am_I_Anonymous]

Nah. It's track. Trust me.

[Tasty]

From what I can tell (not very much) I agree it's probably track.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

Doping starts with track, goes to the NFL, then the NBA, then the dumbasses in baseball. Usually by baseball shit is detectable anyway.

[Tasty]

This is the most beautiful GIF of all time. Get fucked le Clos.

[Trent Dole]

..how many 'last olympics' is Phelps going to have?

[Tasty]

..how many 'last olympics' is Phelps going to have?

This is definitely his last one. He only came back because le Clos was talking shit.

[Trent Dole]

So he returned out of spite to shut someone else down?

[Tasty]

So he returned out of spite to shut someone else down?

Is there anything more American? 

He also thought the competition was really weak in general and he could probably rack up a few more gold medals to cement his place as the most decorated athlete of all time. He was right, of course.

[Joe Molotov]

So he returned out of spite to shut someone else down?

Just like when MJ came back to shit on the Jazz. 

[curly]

Phelps getting his 21st Gold

Drug cheat Sun Yang getting a gold (Image removed from quote.)

At least Sun Yang's doping is based on actual science unlike the American dumbass who's promoting dangerous quackery to an international audience

[Am_I_Anonymous]

USA DESTROY!

*claps and eats cheeseburger.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

So he returned out of spite to shut someone else down?

Get bent by superior Michigan athletic performance son.

https://m.



https://m.


Signed by all rights,

A U of M guy. 

[Momo]

^

From the outside looking in, swimming seems to be the most drug infested sport at the Olympics, loads of suspect shit everywhere

Nah it's track, trust me.

The way records are broken in swimming is like watching Bork Laser say 'i'm a jacked white boy' - can't deal with it.

[VomKriege]

^

From the outside looking in, swimming seems to be the most drug infested sport at the Olympics, loads of suspect shit everywhere

Nah it's track, trust me.

I'd have said all or most of them

[Joe Molotov]

USA DESTROY!

*claps and eats cheeseburger.

Yaaasss Queen SLAY!!!

[Great Rumbler]

Phelps just won his 13th gold medal, surpassing Leonidas of Rhodes for most decorated Olympian ever. 

[Cerveza mas fina]

cant wait for the doping scandal and him being stripped of all
medals

[CatsCatsCats]

Lol nope.

[Tasty]

cant wait for the doping scandal and him being stripped of all
medals