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IPCRESS posted:Judging on the amount of interest in racewalking vs. pretty much any other event, right now I'd imagine that the IOC and NBC are workshopping how they can make more athletes pass out and poo poo themselves live on air. Pantsshitting as an Olympic event?
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WOOPS http://www.sbnation.com/2016/8/19/12564266/rio-2016-team-usa-mens-4x100-disqualified-again-justin-gatlin How many relay disqualifications does that make for the US men now?
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Cthulu Carl posted:and racewalkers. Make sure they shower first
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CaptainSarcastic posted:Pantsshitting as an Olympic event? The Special Olympics have all the best athletes for this even already.
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counterfeitsaint posted:The Special Olympics have all the best athletes for this even already. See, I was thinking more of goons, but there you go.
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Aug 20, 2016 03:56
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Well the closing ceremonies are nearly upon us and it looks like the entire event has gone off without a hitch. I seem to remember GBS gleefully anticipating worldwide pandemic levels of Zika outbreaks, non-stop carnage as the athletes are robbed/kidnapped/murdered and incompetence at every level of planning. Instead we had: -some debris in the water during the rowing events (  )-some algae in the diving pools (WTF!!!!!!!!!) On the other hand we've seen the pinnacle of human athleticism and displays of sportsmanship and unity that define the Olympic games for normal well-adjusted people. My advice for all you computer Nerd's is to soak up the last day of events to see what hard work and discipline looks like before you go back to WoW raiding in your Mom's basements.
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Aug 20, 2016 04:31
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Wizard Master posted:Well the closing ceremonies are nearly upon us and it looks like the entire event has gone off without a hitch. I seem to remember GBS gleefully anticipating worldwide pandemic levels of Zika outbreaks, non-stop carnage as the athletes are robbed/kidnapped/murdered and incompetence at every level of planning. Like I was saying, pantsshitting would be a good event for goons.
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Aug 20, 2016 04:40
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Day 14 pictures, http://www.abplive.in/sports/day-14-best-pictures-from-rio-olympics-401638#image1
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Wizard Master posted:Well the closing ceremonies are nearly upon us and it looks like the entire event has gone off without a hitch. I seem to remember GBS gleefully anticipating worldwide pandemic levels of Zika outbreaks, non-stop carnage as the athletes are robbed/kidnapped/murdered and incompetence at every level of planning. Did mot read
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Aug 20, 2016 04:52
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Ebay for the olympics, https://www.leilaooficial.rio2016.com
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Aug 20, 2016 04:59
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Wizard Master posted:Well the closing ceremonies are nearly upon us and it looks like the entire event has gone off without a hitch. I seem to remember GBS gleefully anticipating worldwide pandemic levels of Zika outbreaks, non-stop carnage as the athletes are robbed/kidnapped/murdered and incompetence at every level of planning. How far up on the IOC food chain are you? If we're talking 900 per diem I'll happily start shilling if you give me that
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Lets not count the holes in the velodrome repaired by duct tape and paper, many nearly empty events, Brasilian athletes causing issues, rudders jammed by couches, multiple robberies of athletes (not including Liarchte), and a slew or racist actions by what can be assumed as host country memebers. Also unready and unfinished olympic village housing. Oh and the whole several people nearly dying on the tight rainforrest turns of the cycling course. Oh speaking of biking the literal garbage fire that shut down practice and scorched the Mtn Biking venue. But who's counting right.
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Wizard Master posted:On the other hand we've seen the pinnacle of human athleticism and displays of sportsmanship and unity that define the Olympic games for normal well-adjusted people. My advice for all you computer Nerd's is to soak up the last day of events to see what hard work and discipline looks like before you go back to WoW raiding in your Mom's basements. I'm currently in training. Got a bunch of terrible greasy food in me, wearing buttflap short shorts and about to go for a walk. When the tummy rumbling goes up a notch I know my body is ready.
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Aug 20, 2016 05:21
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 All is well, the wizard man says so
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tater_salad posted:Lets not count the holes in the velodrome repaired by duct tape and paper, many nearly empty events, Brasilian athletes causing issues, rudders jammed by couches, multiple robberies of athletes (not including Liarchte), and a slew or racist actions by what can be assumed as host country memebers. Also unready and unfinished olympic village housing. Oh and the whole several people nearly dying on the tight rainforrest turns of the cycling course. Oh speaking of biking the literal garbage fire that shut down practice and scorched the Mtn Biking venue. You left out "gently caress the paralympians, they'll find some way around. We're broke." That ought to make for some interesting stories on here.
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A defeated Russian wrestler girl reported that the drunk head of the Russian wrestling federation cursed at her and hit her in the face twice after she failed to get bronze. For the press he also called the Russian silver winners in women's wresting zeroes. Fun guy.
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SelenicMartian posted:A defeated Russian wrestler girl reported that the drunk head of the Russian wrestling federation cursed at her and hit her in the face twice after she failed to get bronze. For the press he also called the Russian silver winners in women's wresting zeroes. Fun guy. http://thebiglead.com/2016/08/19/russias-head-of-wrestling-punched-female-wrestler-in-face-for-losing-bronze-medal-match/ Yeah, maybe hit the vodka a little too hard. https://twitter.com/arturpetrosyan/status/766707232528560128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw edit : update on the paralympics Rio Paralympics to be downsized amid disappointing ticket sales • Organisers hope 2m tickets will be sold but only 300,000 have been so far • Budget shortfall has led to closure of venues and dismantling of facilities https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/19/rio-paralympics-downsized-disappointing-ticket-sales On money, Brazil Ruling Allows Bailout of Rio 2016 http://www.wsj.com/articles/brazil-ruling-allows-bailout-of-rio-2016-1471471795 So it goes on, but with cuts, and some other people pocket a large amount of cash. Seems fine to me. Lime Tonics fucked around with this message at 05:59 on Aug 20, 2016 |
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Aug 20, 2016 05:50
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2 million tickets strikes me as a tad ambitious.
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Aug 20, 2016 06:01
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Wizard Master posted:Well the closing ceremonies are nearly upon us and it looks like the entire event has gone off without a hitch. I seem to remember GBS gleefully anticipating worldwide pandemic levels of Zika outbreaks, non-stop carnage as the athletes are robbed/kidnapped/murdered and incompetence at every level of planning. I thought this post was garbage personally.
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counterfeitsaint posted:I thought this post was garbage personally. Wizard Master has now collapsed and is lying unresponsive with diarrhea streaming from his trouser legs.
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Aug 20, 2016 06:40
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Is this real? The Olympic pool in Rio may have given some athletes an edge http://www.theverge.com/2016/8/17/12526806/olympics-rio-2016-swimming-pool-design-flaw-advantage The Olympic pool may have contained a current boosting certain lanes' swim times Myrtha Chairman Trevor Tiffany told the WSJ that its officials tested the pools in Rio for currents using a large jug, both before and after races.
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Aug 20, 2016 06:50
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dude does the exact same low effort troll over and over and people fall for it every time
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Aug 20, 2016 06:51
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Australia is of the cursed ones this olympics, Nine Australian athletes detained by police in Rio The athletes are accused of tampering with their accreditation in an attempt to get themselves better seats at the basketball semi-final between Australia and Serbia. http://thenewdaily.com.au/sport/rio-olympics-2016/2016/08/20/australian-athletes-arrested-alleged-accreditation-tampering/
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Aug 20, 2016 07:00
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I want to see Bolt in the next Olympics just doing random poo poo like long jump and racewalking He makes everything so much better
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Lime Tonics posted:Australia is of the cursed ones this olympics, HAHA! There has been one tiny little mention of it in a news update all day today (it's 4PM now). Cheeky fuckers. Chiller's gotta turn Killer to keep all this poo poo under wraps. But na, she's too busy taking the glory for the Womens Pentathlon winner (Chiller competed in it back in her day - but won gently caress all).
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Lime Tonics posted:Australia is of the cursed ones this olympics,
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If you compete in the paralympics you better cancel or gtfo because I can't imagine any of this going well now, with cuts and diminished media attention. My phone corrected paralympic to paralytic
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RE: Chiller punishing the swimmers who stayed out after curfew Apparently the swim team were real jerks and refused to bond with the rest of team Oz during the event. They would do things like take down inspirational posters of non-swimming australian athletes, take down team aus mascot posters and replace them with swim team logos, never mingle with non-swimmers in the common area, etc. Then they pushed a big hoobastank in terms of actual medal performance. I wonder if some kind of collective punishment is going on.
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why the heck would they take that poo poo? they are done competing. they can leave at any time. yet they are letting a failed former athlete (who was bought off by the ioc) treat them like naughty children.
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Scaramouche posted:hoobastank. Now there's a word I haven't heard used in a long time. And a band I never want to hear again.
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SelenicMartian posted:Myrtha Chairman Trevor Tiffany told the WSJ that its officials tested the pools in Rio for currents using a large jug, both before and after races. Lol this is the same level of 'exact science' they used for adjusting the pool's pH and antifungal chemical concentrations. "Look, fluid dynamics isn't an exact science. All we know is that this empty milk carton floats faster in certain lanes than others."
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https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/18/olympic-pool-current-swimming-results-rio-2016 In 2013, Myrtha Pools called the current in Barcelona an “anomaly” and took measurements by floating a plastic bottle on the water’s surface, which found no pull in either way. A similar test using a large jug was conducted in Rio, which also found no current. The Journal previously reported that Myrtha was “devising an instrument to detect water currents”. 
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Adjusting to the local tradition of throwing garbage into the water
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SelenicMartian posted:In 2013, Myrtha Pools called the current in Barcelona an “anomaly” and took measurements by floating a plastic bottle on the water’s surface, which found no pull in either way. A similar test using a large jug was conducted in Rio, which also found no current. The Journal previously reported that Myrtha was “devising an instrument to detect water currents”. We used to use a plastic bottle, but after 3 years of development we've unveiled the fruits of our research into water current detection: this jug.
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Scaramouche posted:Apparently the swim team were real jerks and refused to bond with the rest of team Oz during the event. They would do things like take down inspirational posters of non-swimming australian athletes, take down team aus mascot posters and replace them with swim team logos, never mingle with non-swimmers in the common area, etc. Then they pushed a big hoobastank in terms of actual medal performance. I wonder if some kind of collective punishment is going on.
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WebDog posted:Not surprising really. Swimming Australia got a bit of a kicking after London when it was revealed to have a "toxic culture." The report also noted how the team was pretty lax in regards to disciplining actions from wild parties and poor support when morale crashed after being hyped to bits by the media to win gold and be the next Ian Thorpe / Kieren Perkins in their midst. It lead to this isolationist atmosphere mixed in with
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These Olympics have shown me that goons as a whole are incapable of running, jumping, swimming, diving, and really all other basic human movement functions related to everything except walking because the only event where people come out like "I can do [x] I should be an athlete" is racewalking.
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I should be an athlete so I can participate in the Olympic Village orgies. e: I'd get the gold for fastest loving 
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Say Nothing fucked around with this message at 10:22 on Aug 20, 2016 |
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