Rio Olympics Megathread

[-Fahrong-]

Phelps won another gold medal. Men's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay if I'm not mistaken.

There reaches a point were you just wish he stopped coming to bloody give other swimmers a chance at the gold.

[Frenline Delpha]

Phelps won another gold medal. Men's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay if I'm not mistaken.

There reaches a point were you just wish he stopped coming to bloody give other swimmers a chance at the gold.

I think that this will be the last year. I think he's earned every medal he's got.

[Kingdom of Irhk]

Phelps won another gold medal. Men's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay if I'm not mistaken.

There reaches a point were you just wish he stopped coming to bloody give other swimmers a chance at the gold.

He's apparently retiring after these Olympic Games. You can hear the relief of the other swimmers from here.

[Shofercia]

The entire Russian Paralympic team banned. That seems a bit of a political fudge, I doubt they were more guilty of institutionalised cheating.

It's just idiots being idiots. What I find interesting is that in almost every case of Russians being banned, it's a British Nobleman that's heading the organization. It's like they're butthurt that Russia's still so big, whereas the British Empire is now limited to an island and some change in the Pacific, whose landmass doesn't even amount to French Guyana's. The membership:

President Sir Philip Craven (GBR)
• Vice President Andrew Parsons (BRA)
• Member Mohammed Alhameli (UAE)
• Member Ann Cody (USA)
• Member Rita van Driel (NED)
• Member Patrick Jarvis (CAN)
• Member Duane Kale (NZL)
• Member Jairus Mogalo (KEN)
• Member Kyung-won Na (KOR)
• Member John Petersson (DEN)
• Member Miguel Sagarra (ESP)
• Member Yasushi Yamawaki (JPN)
• Athletes’ Representative* Todd Nicholson (CAN)
• Chief Executive Officer** Xavier Gonzalez(ESP)

I guess that what happens when you don't have connections. Russia should make the British Nobility even more butthurt, by passing a law that refuses to recognize the title of any nobles formerly engaged in colonization of faraway lands, not adjacent to one's country. At least the good news for Russian Paralympians is that there's no way that the Government would dare cut their funding after what happened. And with proper funding, the Russian Paralympians can win in Tokyo in 2020. Provided that a butthurt idiot isn't in charge of the IPC that finds that accessible wheelchair is somehow doping.

The Russian won't forget that the first organization to do a blanket ban was the IAAF, headed by Lord Sebastian Coe. The president of WADA is Sir Craig Reedie. Perhaps Russia should do a blanket ban on doing business with British Nobility. After all, I've just presented more proof than WADA. And since they all love blanket bans so much, perhaps a taste of their very own medicine should be handed out. Of course I'm being sarcastic, merely to illustrate just how truly moronic Craven's action was. This is a new record for stupidity in the Paralympics, one that will be, most likely, impossible to beat for at least a Century.

[Geilinor]

The entire Russian Paralympic team banned. That seems a bit of a political fudge, I doubt they were more guilty of institutionalised cheating.

It's just idiots being idiots. What I find interesting is that in almost every case of Russians being banned, it's a British Nobleman that's heading the organization. It's like they're butthurt that Russia's still so big, whereas the British Empire is now limited to an island and some change in the Pacific, whose landmass doesn't even amount to French Guyana's. The membership:

You're making a conclusion simply based on the country someone is from. That's racism, Shof.

[Frenline Delpha]

It's just idiots being idiots. What I find interesting is that in almost every case of Russians being banned, it's a British Nobleman that's heading the organization. It's like they're butthurt that Russia's still so big, whereas the British Empire is now limited to an island and some change in the Pacific, whose landmass doesn't even amount to French Guyana's. The membership:

You're making a conclusion simply based on the country someone is from. That's racism, Shof.

A country is not a race. It's just bigotry. Not racism.

[Luminesa]

There reaches a point were you just wish he stopped coming to bloody give other swimmers a chance at the gold.

He's apparently retiring after these Olympic Games. You can hear the relief of the other swimmers from here.

Some poor swimmer from, like, Canada is like, "FINALLY." XD

[Shofercia]

It's just idiots being idiots. What I find interesting is that in almost every case of Russians being banned, it's a British Nobleman that's heading the organization. It's like they're butthurt that Russia's still so big, whereas the British Empire is now limited to an island and some change in the Pacific, whose landmass doesn't even amount to French Guyana's. The membership:

You're making a conclusion simply based on the country someone is from. That's racism, Shof.

If you continued to read that post: The Russians won't forget that the first organization to do a blanket ban was the IAAF, headed by Lord Sebastian Coe. The president of WADA is Sir Craig Reedie. Perhaps Russia should do a blanket ban on doing business with British Nobility. After all, I've just presented more proof than WADA. And since they all love blanket bans so much, perhaps a taste of their very own medicine should be handed out. Of course I'm being sarcastic,merely to illustrate just how truly moronic Craven's action was. This is a new record for stupidity in the Paralympics, one that will be, most likely, impossible to beat for at least a Century.

Reading the entire explanation helps understanding the point.

You're making a conclusion simply based on the country someone is from. That's racism, Shof.

A country is not a race. It's just bigotry. Not racism.

If you agreed with the above poster, see above for an explanation. If not, whoopsie, it's hard to understand these kinds of things when reading online posts

[Shofercia]

NBC - we don't care for quality, we just want to place as many ads as we possibly can. Fox Sports does a much better job. It's called having actual sports analysts, instead of having advertisement gurus, run the broadcast. But as long as NBC will continue to pay billions, they'll continue to get all of the rights to cover the Olympics in the US, and the only Americans who will understand what quality Olympic coverage truly looks like, will be the expats. Thanks NBC.

[MERIZoC]

The entire Russian Paralympic team banned. That seems a bit of a political fudge, I doubt they were more guilty of institutionalised cheating.

It's just idiots being idiots. What I find interesting is that in almost every case of Russians being banned, it's a British Nobleman that's heading the organization. It's like they're butthurt that Russia's still so big, whereas the British Empire is now limited to an island and some change in the Pacific, whose landmass doesn't even amount to French Guyana's. The membership:

President Sir Philip Craven (GBR)
• Vice President Andrew Parsons (BRA)
• Member Mohammed Alhameli (UAE)
• Member Ann Cody (USA)
• Member Rita van Driel (NED)
• Member Patrick Jarvis (CAN)
• Member Duane Kale (NZL)
• Member Jairus Mogalo (KEN)
• Member Kyung-won Na (KOR)
• Member John Petersson (DEN)
• Member Miguel Sagarra (ESP)
• Member Yasushi Yamawaki (JPN)
• Athletes’ Representative* Todd Nicholson (CAN)
• Chief Executive Officer** Xavier Gonzalez(ESP)

I guess that what happens when you don't have connections. Russia should make the British Nobility even more butthurt, by passing a law that refuses to recognize the title of any nobles formerly engaged in colonization of faraway lands, not adjacent to one's country. At least the good news for Russian Paralympians is that there's no way that the Government would dare cut their funding after what happened. And with proper funding, the Russian Paralympians can win in Tokyo in 2020. Provided that a butthurt idiot isn't in charge of the IPC that finds that accessible wheelchair is somehow doping.

The Russian won't forget that the first organization to do a blanket ban was the IAAF, headed by Lord Sebastian Coe. The president of WADA is Sir Craig Reedie. Perhaps Russia should do a blanket ban on doing business with British Nobility. After all, I've just presented more proof than WADA. And since they all love blanket bans so much, perhaps a taste of their very own medicine should be handed out. Of course I'm being sarcastic, merely to illustrate just how truly moronic Craven's action was. This is a new record for stupidity in the Paralympics, one that will be, most likely, impossible to beat for at least a Century.

There's an interesting article on all this, talking about bias in doping bans and more.
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/07/olympic-games-russia-drugs-doping-ioc-mclaren/

[Felrik]

You're making a conclusion simply based on the country someone is from. That's racism, Shof.

A country is not a race. It's just bigotry. Not racism.

How is it bigotry

[Britonisea]

Lol poor Novak Djokovic. No medals for Serbia in tennis this year!

[Gauthier]

There reaches a point were you just wish he stopped coming to bloody give other swimmers a chance at the gold.

He's apparently retiring after these Olympic Games. You can hear the relief of the other swimmers from here.

Can't really commit to swimming when you're in a hospital getting rehab and being pumped full of anti-biotics after taking a dip in the Rio Olympics.

[Shofercia]

It's just idiots being idiots. What I find interesting is that in almost every case of Russians being banned, it's a British Nobleman that's heading the organization. It's like they're butthurt that Russia's still so big, whereas the British Empire is now limited to an island and some change in the Pacific, whose landmass doesn't even amount to French Guyana's. The membership:

President Sir Philip Craven (GBR)
• Vice President Andrew Parsons (BRA)
• Member Mohammed Alhameli (UAE)
• Member Ann Cody (USA)
• Member Rita van Driel (NED)
• Member Patrick Jarvis (CAN)
• Member Duane Kale (NZL)
• Member Jairus Mogalo (KEN)
• Member Kyung-won Na (KOR)
• Member John Petersson (DEN)
• Member Miguel Sagarra (ESP)
• Member Yasushi Yamawaki (JPN)
• Athletes’ Representative* Todd Nicholson (CAN)
• Chief Executive Officer** Xavier Gonzalez(ESP)

I guess that what happens when you don't have connections. Russia should make the British Nobility even more butthurt, by passing a law that refuses to recognize the title of any nobles formerly engaged in colonization of faraway lands, not adjacent to one's country. At least the good news for Russian Paralympians is that there's no way that the Government would dare cut their funding after what happened. And with proper funding, the Russian Paralympians can win in Tokyo in 2020. Provided that a butthurt idiot isn't in charge of the IPC that finds that accessible wheelchair is somehow doping.

The Russian won't forget that the first organization to do a blanket ban was the IAAF, headed by Lord Sebastian Coe. The president of WADA is Sir Craig Reedie. Perhaps Russia should do a blanket ban on doing business with British Nobility. After all, I've just presented more proof than WADA. And since they all love blanket bans so much, perhaps a taste of their very own medicine should be handed out. Of course I'm being sarcastic, merely to illustrate just how truly moronic Craven's action was. This is a new record for stupidity in the Paralympics, one that will be, most likely, impossible to beat for at least a Century.

There's an interesting article on all this, talking about bias in doping bans and more.
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/07/olympic-games-russia-drugs-doping-ioc-mclaren/

It's an excellent article, highlighting everything that's wrong with the Olympics. Thank you so much for it!

The article mentions:

1. No elections to either the IOC, WADA, or any major Olympic board
2. Power is based on politics, not sporting prowess
3. Substandard work allowed to fly through press releases, even though it wouldn't survive a minor Court battle
4. Inconsistent drug policies
5. IOC and WADA flat out refusing to allow researchers access to study use of drugs in sports; not even the NFL is this brazen
6. Disproportionate amount of power of coaches over athletes
7. Demanding adherence to gender roles in an environment that defies them

And so much more. And Russians aren't immune from criticism. Despite participating in all 0 of Olympic Sports, Alexander Zhukov is an IOC member. His athletic accomplishments? Not that many. It's not like Russia's lacking in athletes; Alexey Nemov would make a stellar candidate. Then there's Shamil Tarpischev, who played tennis, but again, as far as Russia's achievements go? Why not Anastasia Davydova, a five time Olympic Gold Medalist across three Olympics. It's as if politics led to Zhukov's and Tarpischev's selection.

[Svebia]

USA! USA! USA! YEEEEEEAAAAHH! *waves American flag while drinking a giant beer*

[Wray]

The entire Russian Paralympic team banned. That seems a bit of a political fudge, I doubt they were more guilty of institutionalised cheating.

It's just idiots being idiots. What I find interesting is that in almost every case of Russians being banned, it's a British Nobleman that's heading the organization. It's like they're butthurt that Russia's still so big, whereas the British Empire is now limited to an island and some change in the Pacific, whose landmass doesn't even amount to French Guyana's. The membership:

President Sir Philip Craven (GBR)
• Vice President Andrew Parsons (BRA)
• Member Mohammed Alhameli (UAE)
• Member Ann Cody (USA)
• Member Rita van Driel (NED)
• Member Patrick Jarvis (CAN)
• Member Duane Kale (NZL)
• Member Jairus Mogalo (KEN)
• Member Kyung-won Na (KOR)
• Member John Petersson (DEN)
• Member Miguel Sagarra (ESP)
• Member Yasushi Yamawaki (JPN)
• Athletes’ Representative* Todd Nicholson (CAN)
• Chief Executive Officer** Xavier Gonzalez(ESP)

I guess that what happens when you don't have connections. Russia should make the British Nobility even more butthurt, by passing a law that refuses to recognize the title of any nobles formerly engaged in colonization of faraway lands, not adjacent to one's country. At least the good news for Russian Paralympians is that there's no way that the Government would dare cut their funding after what happened. And with proper funding, the Russian Paralympians can win in Tokyo in 2020. Provided that a butthurt idiot isn't in charge of the IPC that finds that accessible wheelchair is somehow doping.

The Russian won't forget that the first organization to do a blanket ban was the IAAF, headed by Lord Sebastian Coe. The president of WADA is Sir Craig Reedie. Perhaps Russia should do a blanket ban on doing business with British Nobility. After all, I've just presented more proof than WADA. And since they all love blanket bans so much, perhaps a taste of their very own medicine should be handed out. Of course I'm being sarcastic, merely to illustrate just how truly moronic Craven's action was. This is a new record for stupidity in the Paralympics, one that will be, most likely, impossible to beat for at least a Century.

Just a note, the British 'nobility', as you put it, doesn't really exist any more, and they certainly don't hold any power. 'Sir' Philip Craven is not a member of the aristocracy, he's in fact a 66-year old man in a wheelchair from Bolton (heartland of industrial, working-class England) - he got his knighthood for services to Paralympic Sport, so it kind of makes sense that he'd be made President of the IPC. To me, he's hardly your stereotypical dashing son of the landed gentry trying to prevent Russian railways from extending into Persia.

'Lord' Sebastian Coe is another famous former athlete, winning two Olympic golds and breaking the 800m, 1500m and Mile record numerous times. Like Craven, he is no way part of the British 'nobility', he was made a Lord (a member of Britain's Upper Chamber) after serving as an MP for 5 years, and accepting the peerage from his Party Leader. Again, his athletic credentials make it understandable why he was elected President of the IAAF - He's hardly James Norrington. Similarly, 'Sir' Craig Reedie was knighted for his services to sports administration, after working tirelessly to get Badminton into the Olympics. He's been involved in sports administration at every level for the best part of 30 years. His promotion to the head of WADA, which works closely with the IOC is hardly a surprise. And once again, it's not because he's, as you put it, a 'butthurt' British nobleman. None of them are born with their title, they've all had to work for them, and deserve them (in my eyes).

I don't take issue with you saying Russia's ban is a shitshow, I agree, but I find it quite strange that you're putting it entirely down to 'butthurt' British noblemen that Russia has been, somewhat unfortunately and definitely unfairly, banned from the Paralympics. It might, however, be to do with the state-sponsored doping programme or something.

[Alvecia]

It's just idiots being idiots. What I find interesting is that in almost every case of Russians being banned, it's a British Nobleman that's heading the organization. It's like they're butthurt that Russia's still so big, whereas the British Empire is now limited to an island and some change in the Pacific, whose landmass doesn't even amount to French Guyana's. The membership:

President Sir Philip Craven (GBR)
• Vice President Andrew Parsons (BRA)
• Member Mohammed Alhameli (UAE)
• Member Ann Cody (USA)
• Member Rita van Driel (NED)
• Member Patrick Jarvis (CAN)
• Member Duane Kale (NZL)
• Member Jairus Mogalo (KEN)
• Member Kyung-won Na (KOR)
• Member John Petersson (DEN)
• Member Miguel Sagarra (ESP)
• Member Yasushi Yamawaki (JPN)
• Athletes’ Representative* Todd Nicholson (CAN)
• Chief Executive Officer** Xavier Gonzalez(ESP)

I guess that what happens when you don't have connections. Russia should make the British Nobility even more butthurt, by passing a law that refuses to recognize the title of any nobles formerly engaged in colonization of faraway lands, not adjacent to one's country. At least the good news for Russian Paralympians is that there's no way that the Government would dare cut their funding after what happened. And with proper funding, the Russian Paralympians can win in Tokyo in 2020. Provided that a butthurt idiot isn't in charge of the IPC that finds that accessible wheelchair is somehow doping.

The Russian won't forget that the first organization to do a blanket ban was the IAAF, headed by Lord Sebastian Coe. The president of WADA is Sir Craig Reedie. Perhaps Russia should do a blanket ban on doing business with British Nobility. After all, I've just presented more proof than WADA. And since they all love blanket bans so much, perhaps a taste of their very own medicine should be handed out. Of course I'm being sarcastic, merely to illustrate just how truly moronic Craven's action was. This is a new record for stupidity in the Paralympics, one that will be, most likely, impossible to beat for at least a Century.

Just a note, the British 'nobility', as you put it, doesn't really exist any more, and they certainly don't hold any power. 'Sir' Philip Craven is not a member of the aristocracy, he's in fact a 66-year old man in a wheelchair from Bolton (heartland of industrial, working-class England) - he got his knighthood for services to Paralympic Sport, so it kind of makes sense that he'd be made President of the IPC. To me, he's hardly your stereotypical dashing son of the landed gentry trying to prevent Russian railways from extending into Persia.

'Lord' Sebastian Coe is another famous former athlete, winning two Olympic golds and breaking the 800m, 1500m and Mile record numerous times. Like Craven, he is no way part of the British 'nobility', he was made a Lord (a member of Britain's Upper Chamber) after serving as an MP for 5 years, and accepting the peerage from his Party Leader. Again, his athletic credentials make it understandable why he was elected President of the IAAF - He's hardly James Norrington. Similarly, 'Sir' Craig Reedie was knighted for his services to sports administration, after working tirelessly to get Badminton into the Olympics. He's been involved in sports administration at every level for the best part of 30 years. His promotion to the head of WADA, which works closely with the IOC is hardly a surprise. And once again, it's not because he's, as you put it, a 'butthurt' British nobleman. None of them are born with their title, they've all had to work for them, and deserve them (in my eyes).

I don't take issue with you saying Russia's ban is a shitshow, I agree, but I find it quite strange that you're putting it entirely down to 'butthurt' British noblemen that Russia has been, somewhat unfortunately and definitely unfairly, banned from the Paralympics. It might, however, be to do with the state-sponsored doping programme or something.

The British "nobility" isn't very noble these days anyway.
Pretty sure most of the titles aren't hereditary but instead as a reward for "services to the crown" and the like.
Which is basically "You've done very good in what you're good at. Well done, have a medal."

[Kaboomlandia]

Congrats to Penny Oleksiak! Wins a silver medal in the 100-metre butterfly for Canada. At 16.

[Luminesa]

Congrats to Penny Oleksiak! Wins a silver medal in the 100-metre butterfly for Canada. At 16.

Talk about sweet sixteens!

[Luminesa]

USA! USA! USA! YEEEEEEAAAAHH! *waves American flag while drinking a giant beer*

Careful with that beer!

*Wears USA flag shirt and makes cat wear USA sweater.*

*Cat does not approve.*

[The Blaatschapen]

USA! USA! USA! YEEEEEEAAAAHH! *waves American flag while drinking a giant beer*

Careful with that beer!

*Wears USA flag shirt and makes cat wear USA sweater.*

*Cat does not approve.*

It's a foreign kitty.

It's a mexicat!

[Australian rePublic]

Greece vs Serbia RIGHT NOW in water polo, and I am happy to announce that the nation who invented the Olympics is winning 2-1!

[Australian rePublic]

Careful with that beer!

*Wears USA flag shirt and makes cat wear USA sweater.*

*Cat does not approve.*

It's a foreign kitty.

It's a mexicat!

Nah! Mexicans want to migrate to the USA. It's Catadian!

[Outer Sparta]

Rio results after Day 2:

1. USA: 3g, 5s, 4b, 23 points
2. China: 3g, 2s, 3b, 16 points
3. Italy: 2g, 3s, 2b, 14 points
4. Australia: 3g, 0s, 3b, 12 points
5. S. Korea: 2g, 2s, 1b, 11 points
6. Japan: 1g, 0s, 6b, 9 points
6. Russia: 1g, 2s, 2b, 9 points
8. Hungary: 2g, 0s, 0b, 6 points
9. Britain: 1g, 1s, 0b, 5 points
9. Sweden: 1g, 1s, 0b, 5 points
11. Thailand: 1g, 0s, 1b, 4 points
11. Taipei: 1g, 0s, 1b, 4 points
13. Argentina: 1g, 0s, 0b, 3 points
13. Belgium: 1g, 0s, 0b, 3 points
13. Kosovo: 1g, 0s, 0b, 3 points
13. Netherlands: 1g, 0s, 0b, 3 points
13. Vietnam: 1g, 0s, 0b, 3 points
13. Canada: 0g, 1s, 1b, 3 points
13. Kazakhstan: 0g, 1s, 1b, 3 points
20. Brazil: 0g, 1s, 0b, 2 points
20. Denmark: 0g, 1s, 0b, 2 points
20. France: 0g, 1s, 0b, 2 points
20. Indonesia: 0g, 1s, 0b, 2 points
20. North Korea: 0g, 1s, 0b, 2 points
20. New Zealand: 0g, 1s, 0b, 2 points
20. Philippines: 0g, 1s, 0b, 2 points
20. South Africa: 0g, 1s, 0b, 2 points
20. Uzbekistan: 0g, 0s, 2b, 2 points
29. Greece: 0g, 0s, 1b, 1 point
29. Poland: 0g, 0s, 1b, 1 point
29. Spain: 0g, 0s, 1b, 1 point

[Luminesa]

Careful with that beer!

*Wears USA flag shirt and makes cat wear USA sweater.*

*Cat does not approve.*

It's a foreign kitty.

It's a mexicat!