Thread: Rio Olympics 2016

A great example of success from adversity.

NZ tops the per-capita table for all medals with the equivalent of 1.77 medals for every one million people:



Take that, more populated countries!

The Bahrain medal for the marathon was a ring in woman from East Africa,
suppose the local women don't do running,so pay a few bob and import one.

Originally Posted by beerlaodrinker

I was watching women's volleyball for hours and there was only 1 wrist injury, hopefully my wrist will be better tomorrow

if you are going for gold it halps to be ambidextrous

Originally Posted by reddog

The Bahrain medal for the marathon was a ring in woman from East Africa,
suppose the local women don't do running,so pay a few bob and import one.

Not the first they purchased.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryam_Yusuf_Jamal

Wow Britain in 2nd place in the medals table ahead of China.

Well done.

Notice how well Russia has been performing without any help...

German canoe coach Stefan Henze dies from car crash injuries at Rio Olympics

The coach of Germany's canoe slalom team, Stefan Henze, died from head injuries sustained in a car crash last week in Rio de Janeiro, the German Olympics team said on Monday.
Henze was travelling with a teammate in a taxi to the Athletes' Village early on Friday in the Barra de Tijuca neighbourhood when the car crashed into a concrete barrier. His teammate Christian Kaeding suffered minor injuries and was briefly treated in hospital before being released.
German canoe coach Stefan Henze dies from car crash injuries at Rio Olympics

RIO DE JANEIRO - In a shocking twist of fate, unheralded Porntip Buranaprasertsuk swept through to the quarter-finals of the women's Olympic badminton tournament as highly regarded Ratchanok Intanon crashed out early Tuesday (Thailand time).

Porntip won a comprehensive 21-14, 21-16 victory in her match against Ukraine's Marija Ulitina.

Her win came 30 minutes after the stunning victory in straight sets by Japan's world No.10 Akane Yamaguchi over No.2 Ratchanok.

The defeat in the round of 16 ended Ratchanok's Rio 2016 Olympic medal dreams even before she reached the quarter-finals.

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Some Olympic rules are just plain bizarre

AMERICAN gymnast Laurie Hernandez performed exceptionally on the beam in Rio on Tuesday on the way to winning a silver medal.

But after completing her routine she — and the American team — felt the judges had incorrectly scored its difficulty. They believed it deserved an extra 0.1 rating points and decided to challenge.
So they pulled out their wallets. It seems archaic — and in a way against what the Olympics are supposed to represent — but in gymnastics you have to pay cash, up to $300, to launch an inquiry into scoring.
It’s designed to ward off frivolous disputes but like the photograph below of the Japanese team filing a protest in London highlights, it’s not the best look for the sport.



Teams are handed back their money if their challenges are upheld. But if they’re not — like Hernandez — the dollars reportedly go to charity.
It’s just one of the weird rules you’ll see at the Olympics.
Wrestlers are some of the fiercest competitors at the Games but you won’t see one without a handkerchief tucked somewhere in their uniform.
That’s because all competitors are required to carry a “blood rag” to wipe up any claret or other body fluids that spill on to the mat during a match.
It makes perfect sense when you think about it, which is less than you can say about the pedantic technicality which requires cyclists’ socks to be a certain height (less than half the length of their knee to their ankle).


But it’s not only humans being ruled with an iron fist. Any horse entered in the equestrian competition has to be nine years old — and cannot be past four months pregnant.
Three and a half months knocked up? You’re good to go. But once you’ve entered the second trimester (horse pregnancies last around 11-12 months) your Olympic dream is over.
There’s plenty of over-saturation when it comes to rules involving water sports. Swimmers are allowed to wear two caps — but no more — and despite being half-human half-fish must not compete without a lifeguard present.
Water polo players have their toe nails checked to avoid nasty scrapes under the water and synchronised swimmers can be penalised if the tape their musical accompaniment is on doesn’t play.
We saw one of athletics’ stranger rules in force on day 10 when Jamaica’s Veronica Campbell-Brown competed in the 200m. The three-time gold medallist wasn’t penalised for finishing her run in her opponent’s lane because you only earn the wrath of officials if a) you veer into the inside lane therefore shortening your trip home, or b) you impede an opponent.
Oh, and apparently taking performance-enhancing drugs is outlawed too. Not that you can tell sometimes.


Rio Olympics 2016: These Olympic rules are really weird

Heavyweight Tishchenko goes the distance at Rio 2016

Decision met with controversy, as crowd favoured Levit, but boxers agree to respect judges’ decision
Russia’s Evgeny Tishchenko took gold in the men's heavyweight boxing today (Monday 15 August), beating Kazakhstan’s Vassiliy Levit in a unanimous points decision.
Despite the judges' agreement in awarding the bout to Tishchenko, the contest was close in scoring terms, with all three officials marking it 29-28 in the Russian’s favour.
The crowd were not convinced, as Tishchenko had been on the defensive for much of the bout, and the Kazakh boxer's fans made their feelings clear as the result was announced.
Both fighters offered conciliatory views about the decision following the bout, however. Though disappointed with the crowd's reaction, Tishchenko said: “I didn't think there were any claims with regards to the officiating from the referee. But if the referee made a bad decision and the officiating was not correct then I will be very sad for Vassiliy.
"But I think that if the referee gave the victory to me, there was a good reason to do so," he added.
Levit also respected the judges’ decision, saying: “I felt that I was winning the bout, but if the judges and the referee gave a different decision, then they have good grounds to do so."




https://www.rio2016.com/en/news/tish...yweight-boxing

Well done Valegro for winning the dressage gold. I'm surprised they gave the medal to that bint who did fuck all but sit on top while you did all the work.

Riding Valegro, Dujardin currently holds the complete set of the available individual elite dressage titles; the individual Olympic freestyle, World freestyle and Grand Prix Special, World Cup individual dressage and European freestyle and Grand Prix Special titles. Dujardin is the first, and to date only, rider to hold this complete set of titles at the same time.[2]

In 2011, Dujardin was asked to develop the novice Dutch Warmblood gelding Valegro by Hester and co-owner Roly Luard,[7][12] with the intention of that horse being ridden by Hester.[11][7] However, after competing in their first dressage Grand Prix event in 2011,[9] the combination became part of the successful team which won gold in a European Dressage Championship event at Rotterdam. The pair then won the FEI World Cup Grand Prix at London Olympia in 2011, setting a new World Record for the Olympic Grand Prix special discipline point-scoring at 88.022%, in April 2012.[10][13][14] In December 2012 Dujardin, again riding Valegro, won the 2012 World Cup freestyle event held at Olympia with a score of 87.875%.[15] On 19 April 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, Dujardin and Valegro won the FEI World Cup with a score of 94.169% on the final day of competition. This was their fourth consecutive World Title making them the only competition pair to have ever held four consecutive world titles.[16][17]

The rider makes the horse perform while making it appear effortless to do so. She has been fooling international equestrian judges all over the world for the last 5 years.

If you were to try dressage, you'd find it extremely difficult and physically demanding... &, yes, I have done a bit...

The music in the dressage was amazing.
Valegro moving to the beat.
Big fan of it now.

Michael Conlan departed the Rio Olympics with a foul-mouthed tirade after finding himself on the wrong end of a controversial unanimous decision against Russia's Vladimir Nikitin in their bantamweight quarter-final on Tuesday.
Ireland's reigning world champion could not hide his anger when the three judges sided with his opponent after three fast and furious rounds, leaving his dream of building on his bronze medal at London 2012 in tatters.
Conlan fired expletives in a post-fight interview with RTE before expanding on feelings to media in the press mixed zone, where he vowed never to box in an AIBA-sanctioned competition again.

Read more: Michael conlan launches foul-mouthed tirade on aiba after rio defeat | Daily Mail Online

Lives in the United Kingdom but boxes for Ireland..
whinging plastic paddy

I watched Irish TV many times , they never ever have an English presenter.
and yet English TV is choked with Irish ones

What a carry on!
Well done king Kenny with his sixth gold.

Michael Phelps wins swag of gold, and huge tax bill, at Rio Olympics

US swimmer Michael Phelps swims fast, but not fast enough to beat Uncle Sam, who was awaiting him at the finish line each time he won a medal in Rio.
His total income tax bill for the 2016 Games? Up to about $US55,000 ($71,500) for his five golds and one silver.
US Olympic athletes who bring home medals also bring home cash - $25,000 for gold, $15,000 for silver and $10,000 for bronze - paid for by the United States Olympic Committee.
Like any prize winner, from a jackpot hitter to a Nobel Prize recipient, the athletes are taxed because Olympic medals and cash bonuses are considered income, said Steven Gill, associate professor of accounting at San Diego State University.


Michael Phelps wins swag of gold, and huge tax bill, at Rio Olympics

That's nuts: the Olympic swim that made Australia's Jarrod Poort a cult hero

This is a story about Jarrod Poort and the brazen 10km marathon that made him an instant Olympic cult hero. But proud dad Gary gets the first word. Hands down.
"It was heart and balls," Gary said as he waited for his son after the draining event at Copacabana, setting a tone for post-race assessments of the punishing swim. "I fear that he might have gravel rash on his nuts."


That's nuts: the Olympic swim that made Australia's Jarrod Poort a cult hero

Australia's Tom Burton wins sailing gold in the Laser

Tom Burton spent two days coming up with a plan to stop his main rival from forcing him into a bad start in the final Laser medal race.
It proved time well spent as he turned a "one in 10" situation into Australia's first gold medal in sailing at the Rio Games.


Rio Olympics 2016: Australia's Tom Burton wins sailing gold in the Laser

Australian team on track for worst medal haul since 1988 Seoul Olympics

THE Australian Olympic team are desperate to avoid a national disaster - aware that they are perilously close to the worst medal haul in 28-years.

Not for the first time at a games, the Australian sailing team have produced a last-ditch rescue mission to prop-up the Australian medal tally, which is unlikely to surpass London’s total of 35 medals.
And in a startling oversight, the AOC’s benchmark for Rio last December of 37 medals, including 13 gold, is almost certain to fall drastically short with just four days of competition remaining in Rio.


Rio Olympics 2016: Kitty Chiller, Jason Waterhouse on Australia?s medal tally

Originally Posted by Chittychangchang

Well done king Kenny with his sixth gold.

Awesome guy, along with his girl Trott. 10 gold medals.