Olympics Thread
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<p>Reminds me of another story - on my OE.</p>
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<p>I somehow ended up going out drinking in Corfu with a bunch of loud yanks and a very pleasant and quietly spoken Brazilian guy named Fernando.</p>
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<p>The yanks and I had all been travelling (not together) from West to East - but Fernando was going in the opposite direction. We'd not long come from Rome and he was headed there.</p>
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<p>One guy was wanking on about the cardboard waving gypsy pickpocket kids in Rome and how he'd almost been robbed by them.</p>
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<p>Fernando drew me aside, "Chris B., I am very concerned, I don't understand this story of the children with cardboard".</p>
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<p>"It's no big deal, Fernando", I reassured him, and explained how they clumsily wave cardboard around your pockets and try to distract you, while another one goes for your wallet.</p>
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<p>"Ahh, I'm very relieved", he said. "I think this will not be a problem for me. In my city, Sao Paulo, they come to you in the street with a gun and say give me all your money".</p>
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<p>so that story of the Military Police in Brazil is ongoing...apparently the MP turned up on his doorstep today to 'discuss' his statement to the Civil Police, but the doorman at his building had warned him they were on their way up and he locked the door and didn't let them in, called the NZ Embassy and the Civil Police who turned up.</p>
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<p>Great time for some of the corrupt Brazilian authorities to surface.</p>
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<p>so that story of the Military Police in Brazil is ongoing...apparently the MP turned up on his doorstep today to 'discuss' his statement to the Civil Police, but the doorman at his building had warned him they were on their way up and he locked the door and didn't let them in, called the NZ Embassy and the Civil Police who turned up.</p>
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<p>Great time for some of the corrupt Brazilian authorities to surface.</p>
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<p>Pretty fucked up story!</p>
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<p>So they ended up having another visit from the Military Police in the middle of the night and have since left Rio for Toronto...Rio media claiming he has already appeared before a tribunal about the corrupt cops, except he didnt....</p> -
Poor old David Nyika missed out, surprisingly and controversially, in qualifying. But would he have ever had a chance?<br><br>
<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/01/rio-2016-olympics-boxing-corruption-allegations'>https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/01/rio-2016-olympics-boxing-corruption-allegations</a> -
<p>2 dudes on bikes car-jacked people in a tunnel, Aussies had laptops nicked from village...I expect this happens most days, but cos the Olympics are in town, it is worldwide news!</p>
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Not a bad effort by our girls vs Gold medal favourites USA. We had a couple of bad lapses in both halves, that 2nd goal early in 2nd half deflated us a bit. But overall we toiled hard and did control the ball for good periods.
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<p>Men's Baseball and Women's Softball will be back in Tokyo 2020.</p>
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<p>Good news for baseball in NZ if they can get more kids interested in playing a sport with both a pro and olympic future</p>
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<p><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia, 'Droid Serif', serif;font-size:18px;">Also approved for inclusion were karate, sport climbing, skateboarding and surfing, in an effort to appeal to a younger audience. </span></p>
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<p>My understanding is that these new sports will replace some existing sports, or at least there will be less events within certain sports as there is a set total number of events. Rowing was mentioned in an earlier media report.</p>
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<p>So really the Olympics are becoming the X-Games. :think:</p> -
<p>you'd think Golf is likely to be culled</p>
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<p>Not a bad effort by our girls vs Gold medal favourites USA. We had a couple of bad lapses in both halves, that 2nd goal early in 2nd half deflated us a bit. But overall we toiled hard and did control the ball for good periods.</p>
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<p>I read somewhere that "Wonderstrike sink NZ" I ha a look at the video and it was a ok hit but the keeper got beat near post and it was truly horrendous</p> -
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<p>I read somewhere that "Wonderstrike sink NZ" I ha a look at the video and it was a ok hit but the keeper got beat near post and it was truly horrendous</p>
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<p>Looking at the video that shot wasn't hit with much power. I'd be pissed off to concede a goal like that, even against the top team.</p>
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<p>The NZ womens team struggles to score against quality opposition and now have to beat Colombia and then have a must-win against no.3 France.</p>
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The 2nd goal was soft as IMO and that's why I think it deflated us a bit. <br><br><br>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote">Also approved for inclusion were karate, sport climbing, skateboarding and surfing, in an effort to appeal to a younger audience
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<p>Wow! No mention of aerobics, rollerblading or frisbee throwing? The IOC move at such a snails pace, new sports are old sports before they adopt them. I'm surprised cross-fit isn't on the list.</p>
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<p>My understanding is that these new sports will replace some existing sports, or at least there will be less events within certain sports as there is a set total number of events. Rowing was mentioned in an earlier media report.</p>
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<p>So really the Olympics are becoming the X-Games. :think:</p>
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<p>[broken record] Swimming could do with a massive cull of medal events [/broken record] to make room.</p>
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<p>I can't for the life of me see why tennis, football and golf are in.</p>
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<p>There are a lot of old minority sports that could do with a downgrade</p> -
Jazzersize was always superior to aerobics. Fuck aerobics!
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Orienteering, wood chopping, hop scotch, force back, so many they need to look at.
