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2 hours ago, Captain Ron said:

But she was fucking fired up and you love to see it!

I saw someone add that you can say what you want on the stream feed. No FCC looking over shoulder.  This opens more possibilities in future

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About 30 years ago a diver (maybe Russian?) was killed after hitting head on platform.  That platform is insanely high. Before all sorts of legal restrictions we would go to Point Mallard which was nearby and they had a platform. No way you didn;t go off it after climbing up there in front of your friends. For no apparent reason none of us ruptured a spleen or liver hitting the water. You also quickly learned to grab your crotch.

When I was a kid I had to go with my friend to swim practice for his team. They turned me loose unsupervised at the SMU diving well and I climbed to the top of the platform before noping myself back down to the springboards. My childhood pool had a high dive and I would scare myself shitless sometimes trying new dives.
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Dutch doing us a solid and taking down China in a shootout in the gold medal match in women’s field hockey 

We” e got basketball x2, soccer, and volleyball incoming.  Are there any fucking diving into vents left?  Or ping pong?  We’re fucked if there are.

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1 hour ago, Jive Turkey said:

Ray Gun is stealing the show. At least on social media.

 

That’s the one I saw that I was like is she having seizure?  Surely Australia had some lady that was a teen in the 80’s that at 50 could have done better.  

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7 minutes ago, conVINCEd said:

We” e got basketball x2, soccer, and volleyball incoming.  Are there any fucking diving into vents left?  Or ping pong?  We’re fucked if there are.

Two 4x400 relays as well.  It’s not impossible to fuck up the exchange in the 4x400 but it should be an easier task than what we saw today.

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14 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

Dutch doing us a solid and taking down China in a shootout in the gold medal match in women’s field hockey 

German woman shot putter also did work taking down China.  The New Zealand woman was an added bonus to provide a safety factor.

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3 hours ago, conVINCEd said:

We” e got basketball x2, soccer, and volleyball incoming.  Are there any fucking diving into vents left?  Or ping pong?  We’re fucked if there are.

One of each. And yes the Chinese will probably take both.

 

i’m working up a recap of everything that’s left

hope to post later tonight. 

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Gold medal leader talk. USA vs China.

With two days of competition remaining, the gold medal count is all tied at 33.

I am absolutely no expert in any Olympic event...(but I did wear my Kornacki khakis today). So with that said, here’s what’s going to happen.

 

tl;dr we’ll have our hands full taking the overall gold medal count. I’m giving us 4 and China 6 over the weekend. But those are what I believe to be the heavy favorites. We have more events where I think a minor ‘upset’ is more likely (women’s golf, women’s volleyball, Men’s 800m, Men’s 5000m, women’s 100m hurdles, boy’s breakdancing, men’s wrestling 97kg). I'm not really sure the Chinese have any.

Those of you that are individual sport experts, ( @Braff Zacklin looking at you for T&F) all yours for correcting comments below.

 

Times are Central

Saturday, August 10th

1:00am Men’s marathon: we each have 3 competing, but none ranked within the top 71 of the world.

2:00am Women’s golf: Final round. Closest Chinese golfer is 5 shots back of the leader (same as Nelly Korda). But only two shots back of the leader is Rose Zhang  (she’s ours…her parents migrated to the US from, you guessed it, China 2 years before she was born, but after her older brother was born. I’m going to speculate that the reason they moved to the US was China’s one-child policy. If that’s true and she can take gold, that’ll be a helluva f you to China if we end up taking the gold medal count by 1.

4:30am Weightlifting Men’s 102kg: China’s Liu Huanhua one of the strong favorites for gold. Projected China gold

5:35am Sport climbing Women's Boulder & Lead: we have one finalist (from Boulder, CO so that’s got to count for something) who finished 3rd in the prelims/semis. China has no finalist. But looks like it will take an upset to knock Slovenian Janja Garnbret from the top (pun intended)

5:40am Canoe sprint Women's Kayak Single 500m; 32 competitors left. They have 2. We have 0. No idea.

6:40am Canoe sprint Women's Canoe Single 200m Finals; we each have 1 competitor left. No idea.

7:00am Rhythmic Gymnastics Group all-around final: China was 5th in the qualification round (out of 8). We are not one of the 8.

8:00am Diving Men’s 10M platform final: China has the defending Olympic gold medal holder, who was also the leader in points in the prelims. Projected China gold

8:00am Table Tennis Women’s team gold medal match: China vs Japan. Projected China gold

12:00pm Track and Field Men’s high jump: Shelby McEwen competing for Uncle Sam. No one from China. But Italian or Qatari are favorites

12:15pm Track and Field Men’s 800m: USA Bryce Hoppel 2nd fastest time in qualifying, 1/10th of a second behind Kenyan. No Chinese in the final

12:30pm Artistic Swimming duet: Chinese are favorite. Projected China gold

12:35pm Track and Field Women’s 100m hurdles: We have the best (and 3 of the top 4) qualifying times but going to need a perfect race from Alaysha Johnson to knock off Olympic recordholder and defending gold medal champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico. (no Chinese in the final)

12:50pm Track and Field Men’s 5000m: We have two in the final (0 for China). Grant Fisher is our best shot at gold and should be in it at the end. We’ll see if Norwegian Jakob Ingebrigsten bonks at the end again like he did the 1500m.

1:15pm Track and Field Women’s 1500m: We have 2 in the final (0 for China) but it’s Ethiopia or Kenya’s to lose.

2:00pm Track and Field Men’s 4x400m relay: don’t fuck up the baton handoff (China not competing). Projected USA gold

2:14pm Track and Field Women’s 4x400m relay: don’t fuck up the baton handoff (China not competing). Projected USA gold

2:19pm Breaking B-boys finals:  We got Jeffro as the overall 3 seed as our best chance. China’s one entry is the worst seed (16) and in the same pool as the overall #1 seed from Japan.

2:19pm Taekwondo Men +80kg: only participants from USA and China face each other in the first round (as the 8 and 9 seeds, out of 16)

2:30pm Men’s basketball gold medal game: USA (-16.5) vs France. Go get that 4th gold, KD. Projected USA gold

2:37pm Taekwondo Women +67kg: No USA representative. Chinese have the 7 seed (out of 16)

3:34pm Boxing Women’s 75kg: China’s Li Qian won bronze in 2016 and silver in 2020 and is the favorite over Panama’s Atheyna Bylon who will become Panama’s first female Olympic medalist regardless of the outcome.  Projected China gold

 

Sunday, August 11th

1:00am Women’s marathon: we each have 3 competing, but none ranked within the top 44 of the world.

4:00am Wrestling Men’s freestyle 65kg: we have the 10 seed (out of 16). No China competitor

4:00am Wrestling Men’s freestyle 97kg: we have the 3 seed (out of 16). No China competitor

4:00am Wrestling Women’s freestyle 76kg: we each have one competing in the final 16 but neither are expected to win

4:00am Modern Pentathlon Women’s individual final: we have one competitor but neither ranked within the top 38 in the world.

4:30am Weightlifting Women’s +81kg: China’s Li Wenwen has the gold from Tokyo 2021, is the current world champion and holds the world record in the clean & jerk and snatch.. No comment. Projected China gold

6:00am Volleyball Women’s: USA (+184) vs Italy (-240). Gonna be tough.

6:23am Cycling track Men’s keirin:  They have 2 competitors out of 30. I have no idea what keirin means.

6:56am Cycling track Women’s omnium: Each have 1 competitor out of 22. I have no idea what omnium means.

8:30am Basketball Women’s: USA (-15.5) vs France. Let’s take the final gold heading to LA. Projected USA gold

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1 hour ago, WBT said:

I'm watching the replay of the gold medal women's field hockey game.  I think I like Holland's white tops with baby blue skirts even better than their all oranges.

The bending over that frequently takes place in women’s field hockey 🏑 is outstanding.

That was the only women’s sport that would pop up on the 4 sports networks in Argentina and I would always watch it, because I felt like they had earned my attention.

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11 hours ago, UTexasFight said:

Gold medal leader talk. USA vs China.

With two days of competition remaining, the gold medal count is all tied at 33.

I am absolutely no expert in any Olympic event...(but I did wear my Kornacki khakis today). So with that said, here’s what’s going to happen.

 

tl;dr we’ll have our hands full taking the overall gold medal count. I’m giving us 4 and China 6 over the weekend. But those are what I believe to be the heavy favorites. We have more events where I think a minor ‘upset’ is more likely (women’s golf, women’s volleyball, Men’s 800m, Men’s 5000m, women’s 100m hurdles, boy’s breakdancing, men’s wrestling 97kg). I'm not really sure the Chinese have any.

Those of you that are individual sport experts, ( @Braff Zacklin looking at you for T&F) all yours for correcting comments below.

 

Times are Central

Saturday, August 10th

1:00am Men’s marathon: we each have 3 competing, but none ranked within the top 71 of the world.

2:00am Women’s golf: Final round. Closest Chinese golfer is 5 shots back of the leader (same as Nelly Korda). But only two shots back of the leader is Rose Zhang  (she’s ours…her parents migrated to the US from, you guessed it, China 2 years before she was born, but after her older brother was born. I’m going to speculate that the reason they moved to the US was China’s one-child policy. If that’s true and she can take gold, that’ll be a helluva f you to China if we end up taking the gold medal count by 1.

4:30am Weightlifting Men’s 102kg: China’s Liu Huanhua one of the strong favorites for gold. Projected China gold

5:35am Sport climbing Women's Boulder & Lead: we have one finalist (from Boulder, CO so that’s got to count for something) who finished 3rd in the prelims/semis. China has no finalist. But looks like it will take an upset to knock Slovenian Janja Garnbret from the top (pun intended)

5:40am Canoe sprint Women's Kayak Single 500m; 32 competitors left. They have 2. We have 0. No idea.

6:40am Canoe sprint Women's Canoe Single 200m Finals; we each have 1 competitor left. No idea.

7:00am Rhythmic Gymnastics Group all-around final: China was 5th in the qualification round (out of 8). We are not one of the 8.

8:00am Diving Men’s 10M platform final: China has the defending Olympic gold medal holder, who was also the leader in points in the prelims. Projected China gold

8:00am Table Tennis Women’s team gold medal match: China vs Japan. Projected China gold

12:00pm Track and Field Men’s high jump: Shelby McEwen competing for Uncle Sam. No one from China. But Italian or Qatari are favorites

12:15pm Track and Field Men’s 800m: USA Bryce Hoppel 2nd fastest time in qualifying, 1/10th of a second behind Kenyan. No Chinese in the final

12:30pm Artistic Swimming duet: Chinese are favorite. Projected China gold

12:35pm Track and Field Women’s 100m hurdles: We have the best (and 3 of the top 4) qualifying times but going to need a perfect race from Alaysha Johnson to knock off Olympic recordholder and defending gold medal champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico. (no Chinese in the final)

12:50pm Track and Field Men’s 5000m: We have two in the final (0 for China). Grant Fisher is our best shot at gold and should be in it at the end. We’ll see if Norwegian Jakob Ingebrigsten bonks at the end again like he did the 1500m.

1:15pm Track and Field Women’s 1500m: We have 2 in the final (0 for China) but it’s Ethiopia or Kenya’s to lose.

2:00pm Track and Field Men’s 4x400m relay: don’t fuck up the baton handoff (China not competing). Projected USA gold

2:14pm Track and Field Women’s 4x400m relay: don’t fuck up the baton handoff (China not competing). Projected USA gold

2:19pm Breaking B-boys finals:  We got Jeffro as the overall 3 seed as our best chance. China’s one entry is the worst seed (16) and in the same pool as the overall #1 seed from Japan.

2:19pm Taekwondo Men +80kg: only participants from USA and China face each other in the first round (as the 8 and 9 seeds, out of 16)

2:30pm Men’s basketball gold medal game: USA (-16.5) vs France. Go get that 4th gold, KD. Projected USA gold

2:37pm Taekwondo Women +67kg: No USA representative. Chinese have the 7 seed (out of 16)

3:34pm Boxing Women’s 75kg: China’s Li Qian won bronze in 2016 and silver in 2020 and is the favorite over Panama’s Atheyna Bylon who will become Panama’s first female Olympic medalist regardless of the outcome.  Projected China gold

 

Sunday, August 11th

1:00am Women’s marathon: we each have 3 competing, but none ranked within the top 44 of the world.

4:00am Wrestling Men’s freestyle 65kg: we have the 10 seed (out of 16). No China competitor

4:00am Wrestling Men’s freestyle 97kg: we have the 3 seed (out of 16). No China competitor

4:00am Wrestling Women’s freestyle 76kg: we each have one competing in the final 16 but neither are expected to win

4:00am Modern Pentathlon Women’s individual final: we have one competitor but neither ranked within the top 38 in the world.

4:30am Weightlifting Women’s +81kg: China’s Li Wenwen has the gold from Tokyo 2021, is the current world champion and holds the world record in the clean & jerk and snatch.. No comment. Projected China gold

6:00am Volleyball Women’s: USA (+184) vs Italy (-240). Gonna be tough.

6:23am Cycling track Men’s keirin:  They have 2 competitors out of 30. I have no idea what keirin means.

6:56am Cycling track Women’s omnium: Each have 1 competitor out of 22. I have no idea what omnium means.

8:30am Basketball Women’s: USA (-15.5) vs France. Let’s take the final gold heading to LA. Projected USA gold

China collected most their golds in fake sports like synchronized swimming, synchronized diving, table tennis, equestrian, and badminton. Amazing that those stupid ass sports hold spots in the Olympics instead of real sports like football and baseball. There should be more weight on medals for events that are actually sports.   

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Through the morning events, it's gone...worse...than I projected. China 3, USA 0 and they have another one they are about to wrap up.

 

2:00am Women’s golf: Final round. Closest Chinese golfer is 5 shots back of the leader (same as Nelly Korda). But only two shots back of the leader is Rose Zhang  (she’s ours…her parents migrated to the US from, you guessed it, China 2 years before she was born, but after her older brother was born. I’m going to speculate that the reason they moved to the US was China’s one-child policy. If that’s true and she can take gold, that’ll be a helluva f you to China if we end up taking the gold medal count by 1.  Rose and Nelly had terrible days, each shooting 3 over. Chinese golfer made a run but will get bronze.

4:30am Weightlifting Men’s 102kg: China’s Liu Huanhua one of the strong favorites for gold. Projected China gold; China took gold

5:35am Sport climbing Women's Boulder & Lead: we have one finalist (from Boulder, CO so that’s got to count for something) who finished 3rd in the prelims/semis. China has no finalist. But looks like it will take an upset to knock Slovenian Janja Garnbret from the top (pun intended)  our girl from Boulder grabbed silver behind the Slovenian

5:40am Canoe sprint Women's Kayak Single 500m; 32 competitors left. They have 2. We have 0. No idea.

6:40am Canoe sprint Women's Canoe Single 200m Finals; we each have 1 competitor left. No idea. Our gold medalist from Tokyo, Nevin Harrison, finished 0.01 out of first :(

7:00am Rhythmic Gymnastics Group all-around final: China was 5th in the qualification round (out of 8). We are not one of the 8. China took gold; first ever for them in this event

8:00am Diving Men’s 10M platform final: China has the defending Olympic gold medal holder, who was also the leader in points in the prelims. Projected China gold; China's Cao Yuan took gold as projected becoming the first diver since Louganis to win consecutive Olympic golds in this event

8:00am Table Tennis Women’s team gold medal match: China vs Japan. Projected China gold; China about to take another gold. Up 2-0 (need 3 out of 5)

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Through the morning events, it's gone...worse...than I projected. China 3, USA 0 and they have another one they are about to wrap up.

 

2:00am Women’s golf: Final round. Closest Chinese golfer is 5 shots back of the leader (same as Nelly Korda). But only two shots back of the leader is Rose Zhang  (she’s ours…her parents migrated to the US from, you guessed it, China 2 years before she was born, but after her older brother was born. I’m going to speculate that the reason they moved to the US was China’s one-child policy. If that’s true and she can take gold, that’ll be a helluva f you to China if we end up taking the gold medal count by 1.  Rose and Nelly had terrible days, each shooting 3 over. Chinese golfer made a run but will get bronze.

4:30am Weightlifting Men’s 102kg: China’s Liu Huanhua one of the strong favorites for gold. Projected China gold; China took gold

5:35am Sport climbing Women's Boulder & Lead: we have one finalist (from Boulder, CO so that’s got to count for something) who finished 3rd in the prelims/semis. China has no finalist. But looks like it will take an upset to knock Slovenian Janja Garnbret from the top (pun intended)  our girl from Boulder grabbed silver behind the Slovenian

5:40am Canoe sprint Women's Kayak Single 500m; 32 competitors left. They have 2. We have 0. No idea.

6:40am Canoe sprint Women's Canoe Single 200m Finals; we each have 1 competitor left. No idea. Our gold medalist from Tokyo, Nevin Harrison, finished 0.01 out of first :(

7:00am Rhythmic Gymnastics Group all-around final: China was 5th in the qualification round (out of 8). We are not one of the 8. China took gold; first ever for them in this event

8:00am Diving Men’s 10M platform final: China has the defending Olympic gold medal holder, who was also the leader in points in the prelims. Projected China gold; China's Cao Yuan took gold as projected becoming the first diver since Louganis to win consecutive Olympic golds in this event

8:00am Table Tennis Women’s team gold medal match: China vs Japan. Projected China gold; China about to take another gold. Up 2-0 (need 3 out of 5)

I think China ends at 39-40.  I dont think US win without several upsets (which we failed twice this morning).

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Let’s go Hoppel!

Just now, Firemans4Horn said:

I fell in love again with the Olympics again. Was kind of out on it the last 15 years or so. Was my favorite sporting event as a kid by a mile. 

Man, me too.

i think I’ve watched more this year than the rest of my life combined 

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Going to suck coming home from work and not being able into tune into the games next week. 

This Japanese ping pong player Harimoto is rather cute with a nice pair of gams. 

And China wins Team Gold for Women's Table Tennis. 

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6 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

Let’s go Hoppel!

Man, me too.

i think I’ve watched more this year than the rest of my life combined 


I think it being in Paris has played a big part. The cut scenes, backgrounds, and event spaces have been unbelievable.

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I think it being in Paris has played a big part. The cut scenes, backgrounds, and event spaces have been unbelievable.

I think the use of Peacock contributed as well. LA is going to really blow up with a lot of live prime time events. 

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I've always loved the Olympics and have been fortunate enough to have attended 3 Winter Games (Cortina 2026 is a bucket list one and hopefully will make that as well). Not been to the Summer Games yet but LA is just down the coast so hope to make that too.

Do yourselves a favor - if you have any chance at all to go to any Olympics, do it. Go to some rando events - generally speaking they're quite affordable - and soak up the fact that the entire world is there and it's a party. Normally transportation to the events is straightforward once you're there. I regret not having gone to Paris, but the TV spectacle has been amazing. Well done to the French! 

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