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[frankie_baby]

random thing I seem to have noticed about this olympics but there doesn't seem to have much (if any?) effort by the main Olympic sponsors to promote the games this year, no ads from coca cola, no Olympic burger from mcdonalds, very strange

 

[oti]

random thing I seem to have noticed about this olympics but there doesn't seem to have much (if any?) effort by the main Olympic sponsors to promote the games this year, no ads from coca cola, no Olympic burger from mcdonalds, very strange

There are Olympic burgers in Japan. I saw them in a YouTube video.

Freedom about to beat Mother Russia.

 

[frankie_baby]

There are Olympic burgers in Japan. I saw them in a YouTube video.

ah ok, been bugger all in the uk

 

[NihonTiger90]

Kyle Snyder is in the gold medal match at 97 kg this afternoon.

Meanwhile, Galen Rupp is in bronze medal position in only his second marathon ever.

 

[oti]

ah ok, been bugger all in the uk

https://youtu.be/GAl_yBaGAbk

 

[Koren]

People may find racewalk funny, but at least, there was suspense till the end...

Also, it seems there were more soldiers than spectators ^_^

 

[Ducarmel]

Congrats to Kipchoge

 

[numble]

Looks like silver in the marathon is going to go down to the wire between Ethiopia and USA.

 

[nny]

That smile after running for 2 hours is great

 

[oti]

USA wins Bronze in Volley after an amazing comeback. Well deserved.

 

[bjaelke]

Lilesa started celebrating that one pretty early :lol

Great recovery by the american

 

[kmfdmpig]

USA wins Bronze in Volley after an amazing comeback. Well deserved.

Quite a comeback. Down 0-2 to winning 3-2.

 

[frankie_baby]

https://youtu.be/GAl_yBaGAbk

japan mcdonalds best mcdonalds as usual



top 10 finish from british guy in marathon, very impressed

 

[DrM]

Kipchoge could easily run another marathon right now

 

[NihonTiger90]

Hah, poor Meb. Slipped on the finish line, makes up for it by doing some push-ups before he crosses the line.

 

[oti]

This team gymnastics event is hype AF

 

[nny]

These gymnasts are amazing.

 

[luso]

Russia team was amazing.

 

[oti]

Russia team was amazing.

I liked Spain better tbh. Could just be the music tho, I have no clue about this sport lol.

 

[Dr.Acula]

These gimnasts are amazing.

Gime? What's a gime?

Ooooooh, a gime.

 

[nny]

Damn. Brilliant stuff!

 

[mclem]

top 10 finish from british guy in marathon, very impressed

He was aiming for top-20, he's gotta be pleased with top-10.

 

[nny]

Gime? What's a gime?

Ooooooh, a gime.

Lol, fixed!

 

[UnObtainium17]

Wow darn these gymnast are clutch af. Talk about performing under pressure.

 

[Meadows]

Team GB officially finish 2nd above China with a unanimous lead.

What an achievement for a country of 67m people that only got 1 gold 20 years ago.

A proud moment.

 

[mxgt]

Team GB officially finish 2nd above China with a unanimous lead.

What an achievement for a country of 67m people that only got 1 gold 20 years ago.

A proud moment.

Pretty incredible that we got more medals than our home games just 4 years ago as well.

 

[Kid Ying]

I expected the Olympics to be terrible due to the current state of Brazil but it actually went pretty good , except for dumbass Ryan lying , everything was alright

Tokyo will be hype though

First exo suit in the Olympics gonna happen, gatLin will wear it to try to get a W

Yep. It was quite a good event. Some ups and downs like always though. Of course some people will keep finding reasons fo justify their bias, but all it's good. Most of the people enjoyed the games and that's the whole deal.

The only true questionable thing is booing. Most of the people and even athletes don't care, but when an athlete cry on the podium i think it's a bit too much. Although later Teddy Riner from judo said the athletes needs to grow a pair and deal with it, so it really is a controversial topic.

 

[nny]

Team GB officially finish 2nd above China with a unanimous lead.

What an achievement for a country of 67m people that only got 1 gold 20 years ago.

A proud moment.

Amazing; congratulations!

 

[Biggzy]

Who would have thought that GB would have finished with more medals and be above China four years after a home games? Astonishing achievement.

 

[elty]

Is there anything exciting going on other than volleyball final?

 

[bjaelke]

Is there anything exciting going on other than volleyball final?

Mountain bike followed by handball final. Both men.

 

[Strictly]

Wonderful piece there on the BBC by Johnson on Jesse Owens.

 

[mclem]

Wonderful piece there on the BBC by Johnson on Jesse Owens.

They showed it earlier in the week, too, and lots of people emailed in to praise it.

 

[yagal]

MTB. With PETER SAGAN, yes Peter fucking SAGAN

 

[bobnowhere]

Sagan already 3rd!

 

[Calamari41]

London 2012 should go down as an all time classic Olympic Games.

Just have to chime in and agree with this. The games went extremely well, amazing venues and all of that, but one of the best parts was probably invisible to those who weren't there. The city was empty (as empty as London could be, at least) so it was amazing time for visitors to see as much of the city as possible.

Same thing happened in LA 1984. Everyone was terrified of the traffic that the games would cause, but so many people took those couple of weeks off in response, it was like those who remained had the entire city to themselves.

 

[Wanchan]

Team GB officially finish 2nd above China with a unanimous lead.

What an achievement for a country of 67m people that only got 1 gold 20 years ago.

A proud moment.

But but TeamGB is not a country. ¯\_(&#12484_/¯

 

[Ruruja]

Damn this mountain biking is insane, looks so hard on the legs.

Sagan is up there too! Go on Peter.

Crap he got a flat.

 

[bjaelke]

Sagan punctured

https://twitter.com/philousports/status/767387614378860544/photo/1

 

[Kid Ying]

Just have to chime in and agree with this. The games went extremely well, amazing venues and all of that, but one of the best parts was probably invisible to those who weren't there. The city was empty (as empty as London could be, at least) so it was amazing time for visitors to see as much of the city as possible.

Same thing happened in LA 1984. Everyone was terrified of the traffic that the games would cause, but so many people took those couple of weeks off in response, it was like those who remained had the entire city to themselves.

Unfortunately that didn't happened in Rio. Most of the people kept living life like usual, with the exception of a couple of days off given for days with big events. Sometimes that meant heavy traffic. Much better than anyone expected though. They did a very good job to mantain the order in Rio.

It took a lot of time for the olympic Spirit to hit the city, but at least it did

 

[nny]

Ouch!

 

[RaidenXZ]

Only just realized that the Bulgarian gymnasts were performing to some music from the Matrix after seeing their uniforms outfitted with the green computer code from the Matrix lol

 

[Zackat]

But but TeamGB is not a country. ¯_(&#12484_/¯

Mm salt.

 

[mnz]

Are Northern Irish pissed if people call it "TeamGB"?

 

[Juicy Bob]

Team GB officially finish 2nd above China with a unanimous lead.

What an achievement for a country of 67m people that only got 1 gold 20 years ago.

A proud moment.

See what we can achieve with a team full of Millennials....

 

[frankie_baby]

Are Northern Irish pissed if people call it "TeamGB"?

Half of then are more than happy, the other half not so much

 

[yagal]

Sagan punctured

https://twitter.com/philousports/status/767387614378860544/photo/1

One bike only? It seem like they need to fix the bike

 

[elty]

Does anyone know what happen to Cuba volleyball team? They used to be top of the top.

 

[Superman0]

Man the Aussies are hungry, they want that bronze.

 

[killer_clank]

Half of then are more than happy, the other half not so much

TBF anyone that it would really annoy would be representing Ireland anyway.