Olympics Thread (Doping Scandal!?)

[Fartsniffage]

Good Oympics.
Can't wait for Paris! Breaking debuts!

The next two cities to host the Olympics will have hosted them three different times.

Currently only London has hosted the Olympics three different times, but after 2028 Paris and LA will join London

He means that break dancing is debuting as an olympic sport.

[Sincluda]

Good Oympics.
Can't wait for Paris! Breaking debuts!

The next two cities to host the Olympics will have hosted them three different times.

Currently only London has hosted the Olympics three different times, but after 2028 Paris and LA will join London

Interesting.

[Kannap]

Good Oympics.
Can't wait for Paris! Breaking debuts!

The next two cities to host the Olympics will have hosted them three different times.

Currently only London has hosted the Olympics three different times, but after 2028 Paris and LA will join London

For another first, Beijing hosting the Winter games in February makes it the first city to host both the Summer and Winter Games.

[Western Fardelshufflestein]

The next two cities to host the Olympics will have hosted them three different times.

Currently only London has hosted the Olympics three different times, but after 2028 Paris and LA will join London

He means that break dancing is debuting as an olympic sport.

I'll watch that if the announcers don't babble over the music.

[The Two Jerseys]

He means that break dancing is debuting as an olympic sport.

I'll watch that if the announcers don't babble over the music.

I'll watch it if it's on the radio.

[Sincluda]

He means that break dancing is debuting as an olympic sport.

I'll watch that if the announcers don't babble over the music.

Same.

[Forsher]

Someone did a Coronavirus Cases per Gold Medal table.

NZ won. Or India won... depending on whether you want more cases or fewer cases per medal.

For a non-black humour alternative medal table, try this one which says the Russian Olympic Committee won more gold medals than it should have. Did I get you? It's a "predict the number of medals based on economic features and compare it to the actual number" table... other countries that did really well were the Netherlands and Australia.

That being said, the ROC really did do better than Russia on "let's see which countries win medals in which events historically and use those rates to generate expectations" basis. In Olympic Committee Russia you win medal, I guess?

[Hakinda Herseyi Duymak istiyorum]

Uğur Kobaş, the only Turkish Karate referee assigned at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, started receiving death threats after his final for disqualifying the Saudi Arabian athlete. Kobaş said that threats were also made to his wife and son on social media. The situation of the country of Saudi Arabia is equivalent to the situation of the athletes. Be fair, Arabia !

[Dakini]

For a non-black humour alternative medal table, try this one which says the Russian Olympic Committee won more gold medals than it should have. Did I get you? It's a "predict the number of medals based on economic features and compare it to the actual number" table... other countries that did really well were the Netherlands and Australia.

It's interesting to see the USA and the UK on the negative side of that one.

[HC Eredivisie]

For a non-black humour alternative medal table, try this one which says the Russian Olympic Committee won more gold medals than it should have. Did I get you? It's a "predict the number of medals based on economic features and compare it to the actual number" table... other countries that did really well were the Netherlands and Australia.?

Even in the normal ranking the Netherlands was the best EU-nation and it could have done better still.

[Infected Mushroom]

Even though the Olympics are over. I hope that the people will continue to emulate its timeless, healthy, cooperative, excellence-striving spirit.

[Mathuvan Union]

At least there’s only 6 months until Beijing.

Edit: the IOC should institute a rule similar to that of FIFA’s rule in which the continent of which the host nation is on can’t the next 2.
Doesn’t really matter for Beijing but it’s only been 14 years, come on! It’s not hard to give it to a South American country or something.
No major competition wants to give hosting rights to an African or Oceanian/Australian country.

[Forsher]

At least there’s only 6 months until Beijing.

Edit: the IOC should institute a rule similar to that of FIFA’s rule in which the continent of which the host nation is on can’t the next 2.
Doesn’t really matter for Beijing but it’s only been 14 years, come on! It’s not hard to give it to a South American country or something.
No major competition wants to give hosting rights to an African or Oceanian/Australian country.

Rio...

South Africa...

Also, you need to give the Commonwealth Games some respect.

[The Champions League]

At least there’s only 6 months until Beijing.

Edit: the IOC should institute a rule similar to that of FIFA’s rule in which the continent of which the host nation is on can’t the next 2.
Doesn’t really matter for Beijing but it’s only been 14 years, come on! It’s not hard to give it to a South American country or something.
No major competition wants to give hosting rights to an African or Oceanian/Australian country.

I mean, it's eventually coming to Brisbane so that's something

[Dakini]

At least there’s only 6 months until Beijing.

Edit: the IOC should institute a rule similar to that of FIFA’s rule in which the continent of which the host nation is on can’t the next 2.
Doesn’t really matter for Beijing but it’s only been 14 years, come on! It’s not hard to give it to a South American country or something.
No major competition wants to give hosting rights to an African or Oceanian/Australian country.

Where in Africa or Oceania could host the winter Olympics?

I mean, maybe Peru, Argentina or Chile could in South America

[Mathuvan Union]

At least there’s only 6 months until Beijing.

Edit: the IOC should institute a rule similar to that of FIFA’s rule in which the continent of which the host nation is on can’t the next 2.
Doesn’t really matter for Beijing but it’s only been 14 years, come on! It’s not hard to give it to a South American country or something.
No major competition wants to give hosting rights to an African or Oceanian/Australian country.

Where in Africa or Oceania could host the winter Olympics?

I mean, maybe Peru, Argentina or Chile could in South America

I would like to see them host the summer Olympics more often.
For pretty obvious reasons I’m fine with the Americas and Eurasia hosting the Winter Olympics
(But South America would be nice)

At least there’s only 6 months until Beijing.

Edit: the IOC should institute a rule similar to that of FIFA’s rule in which the continent of which the host nation is on can’t the next 2.
Doesn’t really matter for Beijing but it’s only been 14 years, come on! It’s not hard to give it to a South American country or something.
No major competition wants to give hosting rights to an African or Oceanian/Australian country.

Rio...

South Africa...

Also, you need to give the Commonwealth Games some respect.

In which us aussies and the brits effectively dominate it? Without China, America and Russia, we would kill the Olympics.

At least there’s only 6 months until Beijing.

Edit: the IOC should institute a rule similar to that of FIFA’s rule in which the continent of which the host nation is on can’t the next 2.
Doesn’t really matter for Beijing but it’s only been 14 years, come on! It’s not hard to give it to a South American country or something.
No major competition wants to give hosting rights to an African or Oceanian/Australian country.

I mean, it's eventually coming to Brisbane so that's something

Where’s the remind me bot they have on reddit that I can set for a decade….

[Ariddia]

The Olympics are over... Roll on the Paralympics!

Just as it did in 2012 and 2016, Channel 4 in the UK has come up with a memorable advert for the Games.

[Forsher]

After the Olympics comes the prospect of a rejig to the medal table as a silver medallist in the 4*100m men's relay has had a positive test.

[Sungoldy-China]

The Olympic Games is a huge waste of resources,
especially for countries with opaque politics, it is easy to cause huge waste and corruption

Do you really want those countries in South America and Africa to host the Olympics? I hope this thing stays in the noble country club.

Let these wealthy countries and regions host the Olympics forever, so huge amounts of money of the Olympic venues will not turned into dust after the Olympics

[Infected Mushroom]

The Olympic Games is a huge waste of resources,
especially for countries with opaque politics, it is easy to cause huge waste and corruption

Do you really want those countries in South America and Africa to host the Olympics? I hope this thing stays in the noble country club.

Let these wealthy countries and regions host the Olympics forever, so huge amounts of money of the Olympic venues will not turned into dust after the Olympics

I think it’s needed to vent out a lot of the frustration people feel about current injustices. When you see your flag prevail over other flags, there is a bit of a rush.