**** Official Rio Olympics Thread****

[eDave]

Opening Ceremony is Fri, Aug 5.

Website sucks so bad: https://www.rio2016.com/en

Schedule of events: http://www.nbcolympics.com/full-schedule

[Deberg_1990]

Originally Posted by rico

Mongolian wrestling coaches strip off clothing in protest of call


RIO DE JANEIRO -- In a display that would have made Vince McMahon proud, a pair of Mongolian wrestling coaches stripped off their clothing in a protest of a call by officials that gave the bronze medal to Uzbekistan's Ikhtiyor Navruzov on Sunday afternoon.

"This was a protest. There was a problem with the refereeing," said Byambarenchin Bayarra, one of the Mongolian coaches. "The Mongolian wrestler won 7-6 and he lost because of this [judges' decision]. This is the only time in history of wrestling with point penalty."

With about seven seconds left in the match, Mongolia's Mandakhnaran Ganzorig began running around the mat, waving his arms in front of Navruzov in celebration of his impending victory. When the final buzzer sounded, Ganzorig fell to the mat in celebration. His coaches covered him in the Mongolian flag.

But officials penalized Ganzorig for his late-match antics, calling him for fleeing the hold by not engaging in the match's final seconds. That made it 7-7. The Mongolians protested the call and lost, giving another point to Navruzov to make it an 8-7 final.

As Ganzorig rolled around the mat in frustration, one of his coaches stomped to the judges' table and slammed his hands on the mat. Then he ripped his shirt off, flexed his muscles and roared, much to the delight of the crowd. From there, a second Mongolian coach came over, pulled his shirt off and then went one step further and dropped his pants. He picked up his pile of clothes and dumped them on the judges' table.

At the same time, the Uzbekistan coaches brought out their own flag and draped it around Navruzov as Ganzorig sobbed.

Both Mongolian coaches refused to leave the mat until they were escorted by the Brazilian National Public Security Force.

"The referees were not good," Bayarra said. "They only supported the Uzbek. After the challenge for five seconds we win, and we are very happy for this medal.

"Three million people in Mongolian waited for this bronze medal and now we have no medal."

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[GloryDayz]

Originally Posted by ping2000

Weir on a Stacy Lewis birdie attempt: "She uses the green to her advantage. . . and it drops in! She reaches for the ball, not garnering any extra points for the reach, but she's done her job."

Weir on Marianne Skarpnord hitting her second shot on a par 5: "Norway a solid golf history. . . Strong drive, strong hit! And it is in a bit of a grassland, looks quite Wyoming out there."

The duo pointed out Stacy Lewis' golfer's tan and they were very impressed with Lexi Thompson, who matched her red golf glove with her red visor.

"She's here to do business," Weir said before setting up her birdie attempt by saying, "A solid bronzing of the shoulders."

Better than 99% of all golf announcers.

Yup, I think the guy is funny.

[FlintHillsChiefs]

Now that the Olympics has come to a close I just wanted to talk about a few things.

First, Galen Rupp won a bronze in the marathon in his second ever marathon race. That is impressive as hell.

Secondly, I may be wrong here, but the USA won 121 medals, and 46 golds. I believe those numbers the most in the modern Olympics outside of boycott years by the USSR.

Thirdly, I feel that we are not appreciating the mastery that Phelps has shown over his Olympic career enough. The man will go down as the greatest Olympian of all time. We will tell stories to our children and grandchildren that we were alive to witness his dominance of his sport over the last 16 years. I swam for 2 years in high school before I quit to focus on football, but I see what Phelps has done, and it is seriously otherworldly. The man could have been the best in the world at 2 strokes, and possibly 3 if he had specialized in them. That is just ridiculous.

Fourth, Simone Biles might be the best female gymnast of all time. I actually feel sorry for Aly Raisman, because she would probably be considered the best American female gymnast of all time if Simone Biles hadn't come along to steal her spotlight and steal some of the medals she would have won if she had competed in years that didn't involve Biles.

Lastly, Bolt is so frustrating to me. I wish we could have seen a race where he didn't take his foot off the gas in the 100m in his Olympic career. I believe it was in 2008 that he ran a 9.63 and scientists estimated that he would have ran in the 9.4s if he had ran hard all the way. He has been so dominant in sprinting but I feel like we never got a chance to see what he could do if he had ran 100% all the way.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by FlintHillsChiefs

Now that the Olympics has come to a close I just wanted to talk about a few things.

First, Galen Rupp won a bronze in the marathon in his second ever marathon race. That is impressive as hell.

Secondly, I may be wrong here, but the USA won 121 medals, and 46 golds. I believe those numbers the most in the modern Olympics outside of boycott years by the USSR.

Thirdly, I feel that we are not appreciating the mastery that Phelps has shown over his Olympic career enough. The man will go down as the greatest Olympian of all time. We will tell stories to our children and grandchildren that we were alive to witness his dominance of his sport over the last 16 years. I swam for 2 years in high school before I quit to focus on football, but I see what Phelps has done, and it is seriously otherworldly. The man could have been the best in the world at 2 strokes, and possibly 3 if he had specialized in them. That is just ridiculous.

Fourth, Simone Biles might be the best female gymnast of all time. I actually feel sorry for Aly Raisman, because she would probably be considered the best American female gymnast of all time if Simone Biles hadn't come along to steal her spotlight and steal some of the medals she would have won if she had competed in years that didn't involve Biles.

Lastly, Bolt is so frustrating to me. I wish we could have seen a race where he didn't take his foot off the gas in the 100m in his Olympic career. I believe it was in 2008 that he ran a 9.63 and scientists estimated that he would have ran in the 9.4s if he had ran hard all the way. He has been so dominant in sprinting but I feel like we never got a chance to see what he could do if he had ran 100% all the way.

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I don't know much about gymnastic, but it was really easy to tell that Simone Biles was the best gymnast in the field. I watched her on the vault and she was miles beyond the other gymnasts.

And I saw Bolt in the 4x100. It was almost laughable how fast he pulled away from the field on his heat. He's truly unique.

[KChiefs1]

Originally Posted by FlintHillsChiefs

Bolt is so frustrating to me. I wish we could have seen a race where he didn't take his foot off the gas in the 100m in his Olympic career. I believe it was in 2008 that he ran a 9.63 and scientists estimated that he would have ran in the 9.4s if he had ran hard all the way. He has been so dominant in sprinting but I feel like we never got a chance to see what he could do if he had ran 100% all the way.

Every great athlete needs someone to push them to bring out their greatness. Bolt needed a Carl Lewis or Michael Johnson to run against to push himself to a level he never really needed in this era.




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[displacedinMN]

Originally Posted by FlintHillsChiefs View Post
Bolt is so frustrating to me. I wish we could have seen a race where he didn't take his foot off the gas in the 100m in his Olympic career. I believe it was in 2008 that he ran a 9.63 and scientists estimated that he would have ran in the 9.4s if he had ran hard all the way. He has been so dominant in sprinting but I feel like we never got a chance to see what he could do if he had ran 100% all the way.

Without question it could have been 9.5-9.4 And to agree with above-Bolt made a comment after a race that he didn't have anyone to push him. Sad.

[GloryDayz]

With his size, I'd like to see the Chiefs bring Bolt in for a look. Just a look. And perhaps to see just how much separation he could get in pads.

[GloryDayz]

Solo suspended from US women's national team after 'cowards' remark

http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2016/0...ds-remark.html

So there ya go!

[NJChiefsFan]

Originally Posted by GloryDayz

http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2016/0...ds-remark.html

So there ya go!

Good. Making her teammates and country look bad for way too long. Especially in a program that is strong enough to get by without any one player.

[NJChiefsFan]

Originally Posted by GloucesterChief

Well, there was the algae bloom in the diving pool as well.

They said that it happened because somebody dumped the wrong chemical into the pool, peroxide I think? That cancels out the chlorine in the pool. The water polo pool next to it was fine the whole time. Weird because I never knew that the water polo was held outside until after it was over.

Originally Posted by displacedinMN

Without question it could have been 9.5-9.4 And to agree with above-Bolt made a comment after a race that he didn't have anyone to push him. Sad.

He made numerous comments saying how badly he wanted to get under 13 seconds in the 200m, or at least break the 13.13 WR. I think based on all of that he was trying his hardest in the 200, and you can see his reaction immediately after he crosses the line how upset he was. I took his comments as meaning that someone pushing him would have gotten him to either work harder in the offseason, or more likely give him the adrenaline during the race to go that little faster.

[Baby Lee]

[MIAdragon]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

Respect, gained some for him from that.

[vailpass]

Originally Posted by FlintHillsChiefs

Now that the Olympics has come to a close I just wanted to talk about a few things.

First, Galen Rupp won a bronze in the marathon in his second ever marathon race. That is impressive as hell. Do they still run that thing nekkid? If so is his dong in a sling right about now?

Secondly, I may be wrong here, but the USA won 121 medals, and 46 golds. I believe those numbers the most in the modern Olympics outside of boycott years by the USSR. China is so pissed. They just can't compete at big people's events.

Thirdly, I feel that we are not appreciating the mastery that Phelps has shown over his Olympic career enough. The man will go down as the greatest Olympian of all time. We will tell stories to our children and grandchildren that we were alive to witness his dominance of his sport over the last 16 years. I swam for 2 years in high school before I quit to focus on football, but I see what Phelps has done, and it is seriously otherworldly. The man could have been the best in the world at 2 strokes, and possibly 3 if he had specialized in them. That is just ridiculous.
Probably not. But I may show them pics of Aly Raisman in the Body issue.

Fourth, Simone Biles might be the best female gymnast of all time. I actually feel sorry for Aly Raisman, because she would probably be considered the best American female gymnast of all time if Simone Biles hadn't come along to steal her spotlight and steal some of the medals she would have won if she had competed in years that didn't involve Biles.
No. But she may have the worst sounding name ever. Her uncle grandpa should have changed it.

Lastly, Bolt is so frustrating to me. I wish we could have seen a race where he didn't take his foot off the gas in the 100m in his Olympic career. I believe it was in 2008 that he ran a 9.63 and scientists estimated that he would have ran in the 9.4s if he had ran hard all the way. He has been so dominant in sprinting but I feel like we never got a chance to see what he could do if he had ran 100% all the way.
What do you want from him? Brotha' got a gland problem.

[BlackHelicopters]

Looks delicious.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Oh my