Rio Olympics Megathread

by **Val Halla** » Wed Aug 10, 2016 5:11 am

BBC has a test where you can find the Olympic athlete most similar to you. I got some German footballer or a Turkish steeplechaser.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/36984887

by **Cheongji** » Wed Aug 10, 2016 5:30 am

A miraculous gold medal victory for Park Sang Yong in Epée.

by **Val Halla** » Wed Aug 10, 2016 6:59 am

British judoka Sally Conway goes into the quarter final of the women's 70kg class. Usually unremarkable, but the manner she won was so surprising, she won by ippon while I wasn't looking

by **Kingdom of Irhk** » Wed Aug 10, 2016 7:01 am

Val Halla wrote:British judoka Sally Conway goes into the quarter final of the women's 70kg class. Usually unremarkable, but the manner she won was so surprising, she won by ippon while I wasn't looking

Unwritten rule of Judo matches:

The highlights happen when you are not looking.

by **Val Halla** » Wed Aug 10, 2016 7:02 am

Kingdom of Irhk wrote:
Val Halla wrote:British judoka Sally Conway goes into the quarter final of the women's 70kg class. Usually unremarkable, but the manner she won was so surprising, she won by ippon while I wasn't looking

Unwritten rule of Judo matches:

The highlights happen when you are not looking.

Happened in 57 seconds, beating one of Africa's top judokas.

by **Futrellia** » Wed Aug 10, 2016 7:14 am

You've got 11,000+ athletes from 206 countries participating, and 100,000+ spectators from even more nations? If Zika wanted to truly become a global epidemic, it would start in Rio De Janeiro right now. The fact that the World Health Organization authorized Rio to be the 2016 Olympics destination even with it being such a dirty city tells me that something else was going on behind the scenes. I would prefer Sochi over this dump.

by **Kingdom of Irhk** » Wed Aug 10, 2016 7:21 am

Futrellia wrote:You've got 11,000+ athletes from 206 countries participating, and 100,000+ spectators from even more nations? If Zika wanted to truly become a global epidemic, it would start in Rio De Janeiro right now. The fact that the World Health Organization authorized Rio to be the 2016 Olympics destination even with it being such a dirty city tells me that something else was going on behind the scenes. I would prefer Sochi over this dump.

You do know that zika is only transmissible through a certain mosquito, that happens to proliferate in hot areas only, preferably wet ones?

Val Halla wrote:
Kingdom of Irhk wrote:
Unwritten rule of Judo matches:

The highlights happen when you are not looking.

Happened in 57 seconds, beating one of Africa's top judokas.

That was pretty fast. Especially for a victory by ippon.

by **Svebia** » Wed Aug 10, 2016 7:25 am

How many Medals has the United States gotten so far? I would be watching the Olympics but life has got me caught up.

by **The first Galactic Republic** » Wed Aug 10, 2016 7:28 am

Svebia wrote:How many Medals has the United States gotten so far? I would be watching the Olympics but life has got me caught up.

Zero. The doped up Russian athletes parachuted in and stole them all. They even took the 40 celebration cakes they had for the closing ceremony.

by **Svebia** » Wed Aug 10, 2016 7:39 am

The first Galactic Republic wrote:
Svebia wrote:How many Medals has the United States gotten so far? I would be watching the Olympics but life has got me caught up.

Zero. The doped up Russian athletes parachuted in and stole them all. They even took the 40 celebration cakes they had for the closing ceremony.

Lies, I know that American woman got a medal for swimming.

by **The first Galactic Republic** » Wed Aug 10, 2016 7:41 am

Svebia wrote:
The first Galactic Republic wrote:Zero. The doped up Russian athletes parachuted in and stole them all. They even took the 40 celebration cakes they had for the closing ceremony.

Lies, I know that American woman got a medal for swimming.

That was just a promotional video for Taylor Swift.

by **Svebia** » Wed Aug 10, 2016 7:42 am

The first Galactic Republic wrote:
Svebia wrote:Lies, I know that American woman got a medal for swimming.

That was just a promotional video for Taylor Swift.

My life is a Taylor Swift promotional video, a failure.

by **Ontorisa** » Wed Aug 10, 2016 8:44 am

Whoooo! Canada's women's soccer team is on fire!

by **Mad hatters in jeans** » Wed Aug 10, 2016 9:52 am

Ontorisa wrote:Whoooo! Canada's women's soccer team is on fire!

I knew things were bad with the facilities but you would expect there to be working extinguishers there.

by **Val Halla** » Wed Aug 10, 2016 10:28 am

I found the reaction of the Canadian fencer that beat the world number 1 in the quarter final amusing

by **The Peoples East Africa** » Wed Aug 10, 2016 2:41 pm

Nearly had a series of heart attacks watching GB vs Argentina there.

by **Australian rePublic** » Wed Aug 10, 2016 4:18 pm

Current Medal Count
Whoever is not on this list has no metal
1
United States
10 9 9 28
2
China
9 3 8 20
3
Japan
6 1 10 17
4
South Korea
4 2 3 9
5
Hungary
4 1 1 6
6
Australia
4 0 5 9
7
Russia
3 7 3 13
8
Italy
3 5 2 10
9
Great Britain
3 3 6 12
10
France
2 3 1 6
11
Thailand
2 1 1 4
12
Germany
1 2 1 4
13
Sweden
1 2 0 3
14
Netherlands
1 1 2 4
15
Brazil
1 1 0 2
15
Colombia
1 1 0 2
15
Slovenia
1 1 0 2
15
Vietnam
1 1 0 2
19
Chinese Taipei
1 0 2 3
20
Belgium
1 0 1 2
20
Greece
1 0 1 2
20
Switzerland
1 0 1 2
23
Argentina
1 0 0 1
23
Croatia
1 0 0 1
23
Independent Olympic Athletes
1 0 0 1
23
Kosovo
1 0 0 1
27
Kazakhstan
0 2 3 5
28
North Korea
0 2 1 3
28
Ukraine
0 2 1 3
30
Indonesia
0 2 0 2
30
New Zealand
0 2 0 2
30
South Africa
0 2 0 2
33
Canada
0 1 4 5
34
Georgia
0 1 1 2
35
Azerbaijan
0 1 0 1
35
Denmark
0 1 0 1
35
Malaysia
0 1 0 1
35
Mongolia
0 1 0 1
35
Philippines
0 1 0 1
35
Slovakia
0 1 0 1
35
Turkey
0 1 0 1
42
Uzbekistan
0 0 2 2
43
Czech Republic
0 0 1 1
43
Egypt
0 0 1 1
43
Spain
0 0 1 1
43
Israel
0 0 1 1
43
Kyrgyzstan
0 0 1 1
43
Poland
0 0 1 1
43
Portugal
0 0 1 1
43
Tunisia
0 0 1 1
43
United Arab Emirates
0 0 1 1

by **Eol Sha** » Wed Aug 10, 2016 4:31 pm

Australian Republic wrote:snip

I demand better formatting!

by **Cetacea** » Wed Aug 10, 2016 4:59 pm

How long has the Olympics medal table had a fourth place? do they get anything?

by **Luminesa** » Wed Aug 10, 2016 5:03 pm

Svebia wrote:
The first Galactic Republic wrote:That was just a promotional video for Taylor Swift.

My life is a Taylor Swift promotional video, a failure.

Plz no. You are not a failure. :hug:

by **Cheongji** » Wed Aug 10, 2016 5:04 pm

Eol Sha wrote:
Australian Republic wrote:snip

I demand better formatting!
:p

Just check on the Internet.

by **Eol Sha** » Wed Aug 10, 2016 5:07 pm

Cetacea wrote:How long has the Olympics medal table had a fourth place? do they get anything?

Copper medal? Tin? No, wait, pyrite. *nods*

by **Cheongji** » Wed Aug 10, 2016 5:07 pm

Eol Sha wrote:
Cetacea wrote:How long has the Olympics medal table had a fourth place? do they get anything?

Copper medal? Tin? No, wait, pyrite. *nods*

Sense of accomplishment on getting up to fourth place. It's still valuable.

by **Eol Sha** » Wed Aug 10, 2016 5:10 pm

Cheongji wrote:
Eol Sha wrote:Copper medal? Tin? No, wait, pyrite. *nods*

Sense of accomplishment on getting up to fourth place. It's still valuable.

Do you know what pyrite is?

by **Cheongji** » Wed Aug 10, 2016 5:11 pm

Eol Sha wrote:
Cheongji wrote:
Sense of accomplishment on getting up to fourth place. It's still valuable.

Do you know what pyrite is?

Yes, I understood your joke, but I was being serious.

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