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[veryslowhand]

Referees helping that American team

 

[Peru]

Gotta love rhythmic gymnastics

 

[krishian]

Rhythmic gymnastics is some crazy shit

 

[Grifter]

These rhythmic routines are beautiful 😂

 

[CuthbertAllgoodz]

The things she can do with a ball... Amazing!

 

[KingSnake]

What's with this shitty refereeing in the basketball final? It's very poor and US doesn't really need it.

 

[sackninja]

The horse in the penthatlon just ran away from the rider after throwing him off.

Edit. Twice

 

[elty]

Is there no team competition for rhythmic gymnastic?

 

[Madness]

Japan's not in medal contention in individual 100m or 200m men's races right? So how do they dominate in the 4x100m men's relay?

Because the relay is more than just sheer 100m straight track running or 200m bend running. It very much depends on how you start and how efficient you are with handoffs and run each leg. Remove Bolt from the equation and you very much have races and relays that are separated by mere hundredths of even thousandths.

The Japanese ran their heart out and won silver. If you look at the race again, aside from Bolt, Japan, USA, Canada were very close to each other.

 

[krishian]

Is there no team competition for rhythmic gymnastic?

Tommorrow

 

[elty]

Tommorrow

Ahh, I saw there are 2 medals for rhythmic and automatically assume one is for man and one is for woman.... lol

 

[Grifter]

The horse in the penthatlon just ran away from the rider after throwing him off.

Edit. Twice

Flipped him right over the "brick" wall and ran for it!

 

[Gamer @ Heart]

No.

I already don't like equestrian events in what is suppose to be a competition of human achievement, but having the pentathlon competitors have to endure getting their dreams dashed by something completely outside their control with an unfamiliar horse is just shit.

 

[elty]

This Korean girl has a pretty sweet smile..

 

[Zackat]

man handball is so sick. I say that every Olympics though.

 

[Grifter]

Rhythmic is so good I'm gonna watch from the stream to avoid NBC's in-progress commercial breaks... and rewind to catch the hoops.

 

[B-Dex]

This Peurto Rican diver in the final.... Hey Papi.

 

[boxter432]

the MN Lynx are dominating this Spanish team.

 

[Koren]

I already don't like equestrian events in what is suppose to be a competition of human achievement, but having the pentathlon competitors have to endure getting their dreams dashed by something completely outside their control with an unfamiliar horse is just shit.

I agree... Those rules are just weird.

It's unfamiliar AND not really fair, since horses are not equal...

 

[Baroquemantic]

Well, Spain, you tried. Good first quarter, but the US is just way too good.

 

[LuuKyK]

These gymnastics routines are so awesome. Easily one of the best sports to watch on the Olympics.

 

[B-Dex]

US diver just got four 10s.

 

[Diprosalic]

call me sexist but i love rhythm gymnastics.

 

[TheAbsolution]

That was a nice buzzer beater.

 

[CelticKnight]

Random question - was this the first Olympics that wasn't accompanied by an official video game?

If there was one, I haven't seen it.

 

[ISOM]

call me sexist but i love rhythm gymnastics.

How would that make you sexist?

 

[Superman0]

Staph it Taurasi, they are already dead.

 

[mclem]

GBR in second on the modern pentathlon for the final (double) event!
We might have missed out on a medal on the women's side for the first time, but the men have never won one, so... We'll see.

 

[Diprosalic]

Random question - was this the first Olympics that wasn't accompanied by an official video game?

If there was one, I haven't seen it.

1988 Seoul / Calgary were the last to not have one, since then all of them had one.

edit: i read that wrong.

How would that make you sexist?

it's a joke on that wapo thread that said that it's sexist that women have to wear fancy dresses to perform, like they do in RG.

 

[Zackat]

Staph it Taurasi, they are already dead.

yeah this is a slaughter. US women on another level in Bball

 

[JonnyDBrit]

Random question - was this the first Olympics that wasn't accompanied by an official video game?

If there was one, I haven't seen it.

I wonder if the Mario/Sonic ones sell better, and so the IOC figured it was a better use of their license.

Edit: Well I'll be damned, first one sold 7 million on the wii and 4 million on the DS. Sales declined sharply after but still I imagine better than what the typical tie-in would do.

 

[Tallshortman]

I wonder if the Mario/Sonic ones sell better, and so the IOC figured it was a better use of their license.

I'd almost bet money that they do.

 

[CelticKnight]

I wonder if the Mario/Sonic ones sell better, and so the IOC figured it was a better use of their license.

Meh. I know the "normal" ones were a bit shit, but sometimes they were fun to pick up cheap or rent for some fun.

Although, as you say, the Mario/Sonic thing probably helps sales.

 

[Koren]

GG Russia in handball...

So close and yet so far. Great performance of both french goalkeepers, but the offensive was lacking a bit :/

I wonder if the Mario/Sonic ones sell better, and so the IOC figured it was a better use of their license.

I would have thought there's room for a realistic one and a cartoon one... But maybe it's becoming too expensive to create several dozen realistic sports.

 

[Line_HTX]

Men's Gold medal kickoff in 30 minutes

 

[John Dunbar]

one chinese diver totally bombed and other did rather poorly in the second round. the american dude might defend his title.

 

[Mimosa97]

Athenes 2004 on PS2 was the nuts !

 

[oti]

Meh. I know the "normal" ones were a bit shit, but sometimes they were fun to pick up cheap or rent for some fun.

Although, as you say, the Mario/Sonic thing probably helps sales.

I'm sure there's an official game on the Play Store.

 

[jesu]

GBR in second on the modern pentathlon for the final (double) event!
We might have missed out on a medal on the women's side for the first time, but the men have never won one, so... We'll see.

Just watched the show jumping will watch the running and shooting at 10.
Bit of gymnastics first though.

 

[CelticKnight]

BBC diving commentator: "Can't see this guy screwing up..."

 

[okita]

Russia got Gold on Women's Handball (France silver , Norway Bronze)

 

[giga]

White mamba is too good.

 

[Diprosalic]

I'm sure there's an official game on the Play Store.

there is but it's almost as cartoony as mario/sonic.

 

[Baroquemantic]

Athenes 2004 on PS2 was the nuts !

I remember renting this game. It was so damn fun. I think that was the last Olympics game I played.

 

[oti]

Michael Jackson this event is awesome!

 

[Ricker]

No surprise,another US Gold...101/72 lol...grats.

 

[Diprosalic]

I remember renting this game. It was so damn fun. I think that was the last Olympics game I played.

i loved Nagano '98, was one of my favourite games as a kid, just looked up the reviews for it and they're quite bad. shows you how reviewers aren't the best judges for kids games.

 

[Kurtofan]

am i the only one who doesn't care about diving?

 

[John Dunbar]

chinese dude got all 10s.

 

[the_sun_king]

Holy shit, that Chinese diver got all 10s after a big mistake in the previous round.