Rio Olympics Megathread

[Socialist Nordia]

This thread is to discuss the upcoming Rio Olympics and all events pertaining to it.

Let's all hope for a fair, safe, and competitive games this year. This article includes predictions for who might win each event.
https://www.creativereview.co.uk/images ... o569_0.jpg
Feel free to try to give your own predictions as to which competitors will win, and which countries will finish the games with the highest medal counts.

Besides the events themselves, there are plenty of problems plaguing Brasil right now that could effect the games.

Zika has prompted many athletes to not partake in the games. However, concerns may be exaggerated, at least according to the leader of the World Health Organisation.
http://fortune.com/2016/07/29/who-chief ... -olympics/
And a report put out by Yale, which claims that the risk is very low.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/ ... ale-report
Despite this, Zika is still present in Brasil, and the idea of athletes opting out of the Olympics because of it is unsettling.

Even without Zika, Brasil is having a tough time preparing for the upcoming games.
http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-3 ... re/7674542
After finally agreeing to move into the Olympic village despite safety concerns, the Australian team had to evacuate due to a fire. The fire alarms failed to work, causing severe concern. Brasil needs to get things together before the games begin, or else the safety of the athletes could be at risk.

Anyway, I'm looking forward to the Olympics, and hope everything goes well. NSG, please discuss.

[Aggicificicerous]

What a mess. Between firefighters and police officers protesting because they haven't been paid, to the World Health Organisation warning swimmers about shit-filled water. The Olympics is a great way to ruin countries with expensive and unnecessary projects they should never be undertaking.

[Xadufell]

>zika

That alone is enough for me to stay the fuck outta Rio.

[Socialist Nordia]

>zika

That alone is enough for me to stay the fuck outta Rio.

I'm in Miami, so for me, zika is already here.

[Serksis Federation]

Go Russia?!

[Geilinor]

>zika

That alone is enough for me to stay the fuck outta Rio.

Unless you're pregnant or planning to be, Zika is not a major concern.

[Major-Tom]

Brazil did a fantastic job.

[Britonisea]

I'm looking forward to the Olympics too. I hope team GB (despite the number of GB athletes down) will be top 5 in the medal league.

[Donut section]

Complete waste of time and money in a third world disease infested shithole.
/thread

[Calimera II]

Why are people so obsessed with putting "Megathread" in the title?

[Xadufell]

Why are people so obsessed with putting "Megathread" in the title?

Because the NS-goers are like mosquitoes with Zika to a pregnant woman for Megathreads

[Calimera II]

Why are people so obsessed with putting "Megathread" in the title?

Because the NS-goers are like mosquitoes with Zika to a pregnant woman for Megathreads

[Shofercia]

Let's all hope for a fair, safe, and competitive games this year.

You can certainly hope, but it's a bit hard to be truly competitive in events where the best athletes are excluded due to the actions of the pricks of WADA. Reminds me of an excellent movie:

These scholarships--
an offer--
became a binding contract upon the signatures of the recipients...
and acceptance by the Ducks.
They cannot be voided except for cause which, I guarantee you, you have none.
Should you decide to pursue their cancellation,
I will slap you with an injunction.
I will tie this matter up in court for years,
until long after these kids have gone on to college.
And I will collect damages. I will win.

It's what awaits WADA. And Russia might not be the biggest economy, but it's sure a much bigger economy than the support you can ever hope to muster.

To paraphrase

The Olympic Games imply that as long as an athlete,
Does the very best and follows the Charter to the letter,
That said athlete will have the chance to compete!

It's not something that should be voided, not without cause,
Which, in quite a few cases you have none,
And since you decided to take your reckless path,
We will not forget. We will do whatever it legally takes to get Justice,

Long after these Olympics are over,
We, the fans, will get Justice,
We will collect damages and show the rest of the World your true face
We will win!

And to those who win athletics medals, especially in certain events, is there a point in celebrating second best? Because, as another great American, Dale Earnheardt, said: Second place is just the first place loser.

Other than that, let's all have a great Olympics! Just don't swim: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6NbyczFveg

I feel bad for all the marathon swimmers.

Why are people so obsessed with putting "Megathread" in the title?

Because the NS-goers are like mosquitoes with Zika to a pregnant woman for Megathreads

[Socialist Nordia]

Why are people so obsessed with putting "Megathread" in the title?

Because the NS-goers are like mosquitoes with Zika to a pregnant woman for Megathreads

Pretty much.

[Rio Cana]

Hope all goes well for Brazil and there Olympics.

They did have some news a few days ago about a person who tried to get to the person carrying the Olympic torch. A female police managed to hold him back while the other police helped take this person in.

When it comes to the Australians it seems they complained to the Brazilians on the olympic town not being finished. So the Brazilians answered if they wanted them to bring in Kangaroos so that they could feel at home.

[Risottia]

Brasil needs to get things together before the games begin, or else the safety of the athletes could be at risk.

Looks like it's a bit too late.
Anyway, I harbour no love for the Olympic thingie, so I may be a bit biased.

[Yorkers]

Winter Olympics are the rad ones. Give me two more years and I'll be ready.

[Vassenor]

Let's all hope for a fair, safe, and competitive games this year.

You can certainly hope, but it's a bit hard to be truly competitive in events where the best athletes are excluded due to the actions of the pricks of WADA. Reminds me of an excellent movie:

These scholarships--
an offer--
became a binding contract upon the signatures of the recipients...
and acceptance by the Ducks.
They cannot be voided except for cause which, I guarantee you, you have none.
Should you decide to pursue their cancellation,
I will slap you with an injunction.
I will tie this matter up in court for years,
until long after these kids have gone on to college.
And I will collect damages. I will win.

It's what awaits WADA. And Russia might not be the biggest economy, but it's sure a much bigger economy than the support you can ever hope to muster.

To paraphrase

The Olympic Games imply that as long as an athlete,
Does the very best and follows the Charter to the letter,
That said athlete will have the chance to compete!

It's not something that should be voided, not without cause,
Which, in quite a few cases you have none,
And since you decided to take your reckless path,
We will not forget. We will do whatever it legally takes to get Justice,

Long after these Olympics are over,
We, the fans, will get Justice,
We will collect damages and show the rest of the World your true face
We will win!

And to those who win athletics medals, especially in certain events, is there a point in celebrating second best? Because, as another great American, Dale Earnheardt, said: Second place is just the first place loser.

Other than that, let's all have a great Olympics! Just don't swim: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6NbyczFveg

I feel bad for all the marathon swimmers.

Because the NS-goers are like mosquitoes with Zika to a pregnant woman for Megathreads

Remember, enforcing anti-doping rules is bad.

[Strange Definition of Oppression]

You know what the most popular event at the Olympics is?

Americans may say it's the basketball, Brits may say rowing, and Bulgarians will guess it's weightlifting (or G-R wrestling perhaps). But actually it's the women's gymnastics.

Any other time a woman comes home to find her husband on the couch watching adolescent girls prance around in leotards, hubby will be sleeping on the couch that night. But it's the Olympics, that makes it OK.

[Major-Tom]

Winter Olympics are the rad ones. Give me two more years and I'll be ready.

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCHI

[Strange Definition of Oppression]

Let's all hope for a fair, safe, and competitive games this year.

You can certainly hope, but it's a bit hard to be truly competitive in events where the best athletes are excluded due to the actions of the pricks of WADA. Reminds me of an excellent movie:

*snip*

It's what awaits WADA. And Russia might not be the biggest economy, but it's sure a much bigger economy than the support you can ever hope to muster.

*snip*

This is more moderate than I was expecting from General's leading Russophile. Just the sour grapes at this stage, and that can be excused.

It was a raw deal the Russian athletes got, it was a reversal of the burden of proof. I feel bad for them.

But I hope you're not going to comment all through the Olympics and cast doubt on every medal won and basically be a big downer for what is usually a happy event of international rivalry.

Russia is holding it's own "Olympics" and even without the spur of international competition Russian athletes may get times/heights/lengths/weights in those events (individual and athletic events) which would have won a medal if they'd done it at the official Olympics. I'll join you in cheering for them, and proclaiming them the legitimate medal winner!

There's also recent World Championship form which would cast doubt on the winner. Worth mentioning, maybe not cheering for.

And unfortunately there are a great many events where the athletes really need to be there, the team events and events judged on subjective criteria. The sweeping WADA bans on Russians has cast a pall on the Rio Olympics, but it will still be fun and an overall positive experience in what is in so many other ways a crappy year.

I don't want to spoil it and I hope you don't either.

[Outer Sparta]

Yucky so far in Brasil. Zika is a big factor, not to mention the polluted waters or the rowing venue. I doubt that water there is even safe for rowing regardless. Seven years worth of time to clean all of the trash and litter up is no excuse for this dumpster of an Olympic venue. Brazil really needed to organize better, cause that water is still not fixed, with sewage, feces, litter, and even dead bodies. The IOC should cancel rowing altogether. I'm more to looking forward to Tokyo 2020 overall instead of Brazil's incurring problems.

[Shofercia]

You can certainly hope, but it's a bit hard to be truly competitive in events where the best athletes are excluded due to the actions of the pricks of WADA. Reminds me of an excellent movie:



It's what awaits WADA. And Russia might not be the biggest economy, but it's sure a much bigger economy than the support you can ever hope to muster.

To paraphrase



And to those who win athletics medals, especially in certain events, is there a point in celebrating second best? Because, as another great American, Dale Earnheardt, said: Second place is just the first place loser.

Other than that, let's all have a great Olympics! Just don't swim: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6NbyczFveg

I feel bad for all the marathon swimmers.

Remember, enforcing anti-doping rules is bad.

Generally speaking, you enforce the rules against people who actually break them. I understand that it's a complex concept, but it's probably how the rule of law should work. Collective punishment is bad. Unless, of course, you're for punishing all BLM members for the actions of a few of their leaders. Shall I get the relevant quotes? Or are you just being hypocritical? Because hey, if you're for collective punishment, why not ban all refugee Muslim males from all German cities during the New Year's Holiday?

Yucky so far in Brasil. Zika is a big factor, not to mention the polluted waters or the rowing venue. I doubt that water there is even safe for rowing regardless. Seven years worth of time to clean all of the trash and litter up is no excuse for this dumpster of an Olympic venue. Brazil really needed to organize better, cause that water is still not fixed, with sewage, feces, litter, and even dead bodies. The IOC should cancel rowing altogether. I'm more to looking forward to Tokyo 2020 overall instead of Brazil's incurring problems.

TBQH, the biggest factor for me is the water. I would not want to be a marathon swimmer at these Olympics.

[Cetacea]

OMG Australia is really whining in Rio now!

first they boycott the village for a week because they deemed it uninhabitable (note the other teams just got stuck in and fixed it themselves) and then they had to be evacuated due to a fire only to return and find that laptops and team shirts had been stolen

Rio doesn't like Oz

[Vassenor]

Remember, enforcing anti-doping rules is bad.

Generally speaking, you enforce the rules against people who actually break them. I understand that it's a complex concept, but it's probably how the rule of law should work. Collective punishment is bad. Unless, of course, you're for punishing all BLM members for the actions of a few of their leaders. Shall I get the relevant quotes? Or are you just being hypocritical? Because hey, if you're for collective punishment, why not ban all refugee Muslim males from all German cities during the New Year's Holiday?

Yucky so far in Brasil. Zika is a big factor, not to mention the polluted waters or the rowing venue. I doubt that water there is even safe for rowing regardless. Seven years worth of time to clean all of the trash and litter up is no excuse for this dumpster of an Olympic venue. Brazil really needed to organize better, cause that water is still not fixed, with sewage, feces, litter, and even dead bodies. The IOC should cancel rowing altogether. I'm more to looking forward to Tokyo 2020 overall instead of Brazil's incurring problems.

TBQH, the biggest factor for me is the water. I would not want to be a marathon swimmer at these Olympics.

The Russian Olympic committee was being punished for operating a state-sponsored doping program. The individual athletes were offered the opportunity to compete as independents, so they weren't being punished for the actions of others.