Olympics Thread
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my fav moment of olympics so far - watching mates daughter swim last night... 1500m so long race. They started talking up her famous parents - wondered what the 's' was on there for cause Mum fair enough former olympic medalist at 15 but Dad? Anyway I dunno who he paid off but they said he was a 'famous rugby player'.. senior B's must be a fukin good standard in his hood! ha.
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@nta said in Olympics Thread:
Some Aussie girl just won Gold, and getting interviewed by the side of the pool was asked what she'd like to say to her Mum and sister back home: "FUCK YEAH!" followed by "oops"...
#straya
Lost her dad to cancer last year. She can say what she wants. Great win.
Just shows how Covid has impacted. I don’t think either of the Aussie girls would have won in 2020.
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@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:
@mikethesnow said in Olympics Thread:
Great morning for GB
Silver in Men's Triathlon
Gold in swimming; diving; mtn bikingSilver or Gold on the way in Women's Taekwando
I thought Tom Daly had retired. That’s terrific that he finally won gold. Remember him as a 14 year old at the 2008 Olympics.
Another shit medal.
What’s shit about it?
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@williethewaiter said in Olympics Thread:
my fav moment of olympics so far - watching mates daughter swim last night... 1500m so long race. They started talking up her famous parents - wondered what the 's' was on there for cause Mum fair enough former olympic medalist at 15 but Dad? Anyway I dunno who he paid off but they said he was a 'famous rugby player'.. senior B's must be a fukin good standard in his hood! ha.
It is a bit weird getting neutral commentary. A bit vanilla. Or wrong, like your famous rugby dad .. during the triathlon medal ceremony the comms said it was NZs first medal in this event. Dude, historically we'd won 2o% of gold medals in that event.
I miss the old TVNZ days.
But also like the 8 channels, if you want to veer off piste.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:
@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:
@mikethesnow said in Olympics Thread:
Great morning for GB
Silver in Men's Triathlon
Gold in swimming; diving; mtn bikingSilver or Gold on the way in Women's Taekwando
I thought Tom Daly had retired. That’s terrific that he finally won gold. Remember him as a 14 year old at the 2008 Olympics.
Another shit medal.
What’s shit about it?
Synchronised. Even more pathetic than normal subjective crap.
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@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:
@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:
@mikethesnow said in Olympics Thread:
Great morning for GB
Silver in Men's Triathlon
Gold in swimming; diving; mtn bikingSilver or Gold on the way in Women's Taekwando
I thought Tom Daly had retired. That’s terrific that he finally won gold. Remember him as a 14 year old at the 2008 Olympics.
Another shit medal.
What’s shit about it?
Synchronised. Even more pathetic than normal subjective crap.
Not everyone’s cup of tea perhaps but pathetic seems rather harsh.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:
@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:
@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:
@mikethesnow said in Olympics Thread:
Great morning for GB
Silver in Men's Triathlon
Gold in swimming; diving; mtn bikingSilver or Gold on the way in Women's Taekwando
I thought Tom Daly had retired. That’s terrific that he finally won gold. Remember him as a 14 year old at the 2008 Olympics.
Another shit medal.
What’s shit about it?
Synchronised. Even more pathetic than normal subjective crap.
Not everyone’s cup of tea perhaps but pathetic seems rather harsh.
Come on, it's bullshit. Just because something is hard, doesn't mean it should be in the Olympics. As a mate said yesterday, I think magicians are fucking amazing, but I'm not giving one a gold medal.
Synchronised anything can piss off. Taking an event that exists already, then transforming it to see if your mate can match your movements is a joke. Why isnt there synchronised hurdles? Javelin? Don't get me started on "walking" (and yes, I see the parallels to swimming events). 3 x 3 basketball can bugger off too.
I think I actually prefer the skateboarding/surfing/breakdancing to that stuff.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:
@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:
@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:
@mikethesnow said in Olympics Thread:
Great morning for GB
Silver in Men's Triathlon
Gold in swimming; diving; mtn bikingSilver or Gold on the way in Women's Taekwando
I thought Tom Daly had retired. That’s terrific that he finally won gold. Remember him as a 14 year old at the 2008 Olympics.
Another shit medal.
What’s shit about it?
Synchronised. Even more pathetic than normal subjective crap.
Not everyone’s cup of tea perhaps but pathetic seems rather harsh.
It may be harsh given they no doubt put in a tremendous amount of effort, but I'm still wedded to the Olympic motto whereas these days the Olympics appear to be trending towards the "participation medal" end of the spectrum.
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@voodoo said in Olympics Thread:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:
@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:
@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:
@mikethesnow said in Olympics Thread:
Great morning for GB
Silver in Men's Triathlon
Gold in swimming; diving; mtn bikingSilver or Gold on the way in Women's Taekwando
I thought Tom Daly had retired. That’s terrific that he finally won gold. Remember him as a 14 year old at the 2008 Olympics.
Another shit medal.
What’s shit about it?
Synchronised. Even more pathetic than normal subjective crap.
Not everyone’s cup of tea perhaps but pathetic seems rather harsh.
Come on, it's bullshit. Just because something is hard, doesn't mean it should be in the Olympics. As a mate said yesterday, I think magicians are fucking amazing, but I'm not giving one a gold medal.
Synchronised anything can piss off. Taking an event that exists already, then transforming it to see if your mate can match your movements is a joke. Why isnt there synchronised hurdles? Javelin? Don't get me started on "walking" (and yes, I see the parallels to swimming events). 3 x 3 basketball can bugger off too.
I think I actually prefer the skateboarding/surfing/breakdancing to that stuff.
You’re comparing someone pulling a rabbit out of a hat to a diving competition? Or hurdles or javelin to diving? I’m not a huge fan but don’t get the hate. At the end of the day I was just pleased that a really good athlete and good bloke won a gold. Relax.
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Deja Vu. I think I made this argument last time. But the irony of a mainly rugby forum being against subjectiveness in sports officiating.
Easier to judge a good synchrosnised dive than officiating off your feet, rolling away too slow, not genuinely attmepting an intercep, failing to defy gravity by not keeping a maul up long enough, rush defence offside, even forward passes.
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@stargazer said in Olympics Thread:
Dammit, Japan scores and takes the lead: 1 - 2
That was a bloody good individual effort to score that too.
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@rapido said in Olympics Thread:
Deja Vu. I think I made this argument last time. But the irony of a mainly rugby forum being against subjectiveness in sports officiating.
Easier to judge a good synchrosnised dive than officiating off your feet, rolling away too slow, not genuinely attmepting an intercep, failing to defy gravity by not keeping a maul up long enough, rush defence offside, even forward passes.
Is anyone here arguing for the inclusion of rugby as an olympic sport?
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@rapido said in Olympics Thread:
Deja Vu. I think I made this argument last time. But the irony of a mainly rugby forum being against subjectiveness in sports officiating.
Easier to judge a good synchrosnised dive than officiating off your feet, rolling away too slow, not genuinely attmepting an intercep, failing to defy gravity by not keeping a maul up long enough, rush defence offside, even forward passes.
Strange take, as the winner in rugby is still decided by the team that scores the most points, rather than the team which the ref thinks has the best form.
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@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:
@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:
@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:
@mikethesnow said in Olympics Thread:
Great morning for GB
Silver in Men's Triathlon
Gold in swimming; diving; mtn bikingSilver or Gold on the way in Women's Taekwando
I thought Tom Daly had retired. That’s terrific that he finally won gold. Remember him as a 14 year old at the 2008 Olympics.
Another shit medal.
What’s shit about it?
Synchronised. Even more pathetic than normal subjective crap.
Not everyone’s cup of tea perhaps but pathetic seems rather harsh.
It may be harsh given they no doubt put in a tremendous amount of effort, but I'm still wedded to the Olympic motto whereas these days the Olympics appear to be trending towards the "participation medal" end of the spectrum.
Thankfully we’re still a long way from medals being awarded for participation. The best on the day wins. I get some of the criticism against judged sports but I tend to give diving some slack. I guess because they’re great athletes (not some greasy dude in a suit with a rabbit in his mit) performing insanely hard athletic feats.
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@gt12 said in Olympics Thread:
@rapido said in Olympics Thread:
Deja Vu. I think I made this argument last time. But the irony of a mainly rugby forum being against subjectiveness in sports officiating.
Easier to judge a good synchrosnised dive than officiating off your feet, rolling away too slow, not genuinely attmepting an intercep, failing to defy gravity by not keeping a maul up long enough, rush defence offside, even forward passes.
Strange take, as the winner in rugby is still decided by the team that scores the most points, rather than the team which the ref thinks has the best form.
