Rio Olympics 2016 discussion

[J-2739]

Who else is staying up late to watch the closing ceremony?

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[Butts]

No not really. When we watched the 200m final the other night the only competitor who received applause before start was Usain Bolt which we thought was very disrespectful to the other athletes.

So you are of the opinion that booing a Silver Medallist on the podium is less disrespectful than a muted response to competitors in the 200m ?

 

[ExRes]

So you are of the opinion that booing a Silver Medallist on the podium is less disrespectful than a muted response to competitors in the 200m ?

I think they're both as disrespectful as each other and would never happen in Great Britain, it just goes to show what a cad Johnny Foreigner is

 

[RichmondCommu]

So you are of the opinion that booing a Silver Medallist on the podium is less disrespectful than a muted response to competitors in the 200m ?

No not at all but I felt that was obvious and didn't warrant a mention. And for what it's worth I don't even think there was a muted response to the other athletes. Indeed I don't think there was a response of any kind.

 

[J-2739]

Looks like Mo Farah is 'to end track' by 2017.
Read the rest here=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/37149969
Part quote=

Mo Farah plans to end his track career after next year's World Championships in London - but has not ruled out running the marathon at Tokyo 2020.

Farah, 33, became Britain's most successful track and field athlete on Saturday by winning the 5,000m.

It was his fourth Olympic gold and his second in Rio following his 10,000m triumph six days previously.

"[In] 2017, I'd like to end it on the track, and then we'll see what we can do in the marathon," he said.

Farah, who finished eighth on his marathon debut in London two years ago, will be 37 at the time of the Tokyo Games.

"In the long-distance events you can't plan too far ahead. But you can't rule it out," said the Londoner, whose training partner Galen Rupp claimed bronze in the Rio marathon on Sunday.

 

[Harbornite]

Who else is staying up late to watch the closing ceremony?

(notice cheeky copy and paste )

I've got it on, it's not been bad

 

[J-2739]

I've got it on, it's not been bad

It's funny, isn't it? Earlier, we were talking about how bad this years Olympics were going to turn out (well, there were still empty seats. And the Paralympics is still a bit dodgy) but we've all made it to the closings...

It must be that 'Olympic Spirit' phenomenon they blab about, isn't it?
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Loved that transition bit where it was advertising Tokyo 2020. That commentary spoiled it for me though, to be honest

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Have we now reached the end of this event and its never-ending BBC TV worship at the altar of the deity known as Medal Table?

Perhaps we can now return back to a life of relative normality.

 

[ExRes]

Have we now reached the end of this event and its never-ending BBC TV worship at the altar of the deity known as Medal Table?

Perhaps we can now return back to a life of relative normality.

Quite what is that 'life of relative normality' though?, I guess that means we go back to worship at the altar of the deity known as 'celebrity culture', I think that makes the Olympics quite a nice break

 

[Tetchytyke]

It's funny, isn't it? Earlier, we were talking about how bad this years Olympics were going to turn out (well, there were still empty seats. And the Paralympics is still a bit dodgy) but we've all made it to the closings...

Even Atlanta and Montreal made it to the closing ceremonies, even if the games were an organisational and financial disaster.

What's happening with the Paralympics is the biggest worry for me.

 

[Butts]

Looks like Irish Olympic Officials had more success off the track than their team did on it.....

Three detained by Brazilian Police and their Passports confiscated while an investigation continues into "bent ticket sales".

Probably trying to sell the briefs at half their face value aroused suspicion

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Quite what is that 'life of relative normality' though?, I guess that means we go back to worship at the altar of the deity known as 'celebrity culture', I think that makes the Olympics quite a nice break

Unfortunately, that sums up "British culture" in 2016. There have already been television advertisements for the coming "dross programme season"

 

[Hornet]

Unfortunately, that sums up "British culture" in 2016. There have already been television advertisements for the coming "dross programme season"

I find the 'Off' switch, and not reading certain sections in the papers, to be the perfect way of avoiding much of the vacuous dross that purports to be 'news' and 'entertainment', although it is quite difficult to avoid the constant hysteria surrounding 'wendyball', (probably the most overrated pastime on the planet).:roll::roll::roll:

 

[ExRes]

I find the 'Off' switch, and not reading certain sections in the papers, to be the perfect way of avoiding much of the vacuous dross that purports to be 'news' and 'entertainment', although it is quite difficult to avoid the constant hysteria surrounding 'wendyball', (probably the most overrated pastime on the planet).:roll::roll::roll:

I'm delighted to admit that I've never heard of 'wendyball', neither do I have any intention of trying to find out what it means

The 'off' switch is by far the most important technical advance ever, the 'mute' button is nearly as important of course while not buying the Daily Mail could also reduce the blood pressure of numerous posters on RailUK

 

[Steveman]

I'm delighted to admit that I've never heard of 'wendyball', neither do I have any intention of trying to find out what it means

The 'off' switch is by far the most important technical advance ever, the 'mute' button is nearly as important of course while not buying the Daily Mail could also reduce the blood pressure of numerous posters on RailUK

Wendyball is the slang term for football used by some of the more immature rugby fans as they don't think football is brutal enough.

As regards the Daily Mail it's strange how the usual suspects on here quote it on a daily basis but have never read it and never ever would.

 

[Hornet]

Wendyball is the slang term for football used by some of the more immature rugby fans as they don't think football is brutal enough.

As regards the Daily Mail it's strange how the usual suspects on here quote it on a daily basis but have never read it and never ever would.

Of course there are no immature football fans. :roll::roll::roll: But as a Motorcycle Road Race fan I do know wimpy 'sports stars' when I see them.

 

[Darandio]

And even if millions of us across the planet follow the game, we're all wrong?

God help us if we also like to take part in this 'overrated' pastime as well, eh?

 

[Tetchytyke]

But as a Motorcycle Road Race fan I do know wimpy 'sports stars' when I see them.

I'm not sure which way you're arguing that, but I've never seen anyone flounce as much as Guy Martin does.

 

[richw]

Wendyball is the slang term for football used by some of the more immature rugby fans as they don't think football is brutal enough.

As regards the Daily Mail it's strange how the usual suspects on here quote it on a daily basis but have never read it and never ever would.

As a rugby player and ref and regular supporter at a Premiership club I have never heard this phrase. Maybe limited to a part of the country.

 

[Howardh]

Even Atlanta and Montreal made it to the closing ceremonies, even if the games were an organisational and financial disaster.

What's happening with the Paralympics is the biggest worry for me.

Why do the Paralympics have to be in the same country? Surely a smaller country that could never really host the real thing could host the Paras?

 

[J-2739]

Why do the Paralympics have to be in the same country? Surely a smaller country that could never really host the real thing could host the Paras?

This used to happen from '68 until '88, when they separated the Paralympics from the Olympics. Don't know why it changed backed though.
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-Russian Ban-
It has been confirmed:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-37169588
Part quote:

Russia has reacted with fury after a court upheld a ban on its athletes competing in next month's Paralympics.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev called the ban, levelled over allegations of doping, a "cynical decision".

On Tuesday the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) upheld the International Paralympic Committee's (IPC) decision to ban all Russian competitors.

The IPC made the decision after the McLaren report detailed a Russian state-sponsored doping programme.

"Banning our Paralympic athletes from Rio 2016 is a cynical decision motivated by a desire to remove strong rivals," Mr Medvedev said.

What do you think?

 

[Harbornite]

This used to happen from '68 until '88, when they separated the Paralympics from the Olympics. Don't know why it changed backed though.
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-Russian Ban-
It has been confirmed:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-37169588
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What do you think?

It will teach the Russians a lesson, but I fell sorry for the non-guilty Russian Paralympians... if they exist.

 

[Tetchytyke]

I feel sorry for the Russians who are clean. But the IPC and the CAS have done what the IOC should have done. Russian sport is rotten to the core and they should all be banned unless and until they can prove they are clean.

 

[Busaholic]

What about the Gold postboxes? I've still got the original one from 2012 at the end of my street, and, given that Helen Glover won Gold again, it could do with a nice repaint.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

What about the Gold postboxes? I've still got the original one from 2012 at the end of my street, and, given that Helen Glover won Gold again, it could do with a nice repaint.

Good point. Ed Clancy's one near Huddersfield station is looking a bit tarnished too...

 

[Shaw S Hunter]

I feel sorry for the Russians who are clean. But the IPC and the CAS have done what the IOC should have done. Russian sport is rotten to the core and they should all be banned unless and until they can prove they are clean.

To be fair some sports are subject to very rigourous doping controls. In particular tennis. Remember Maria Sharapova has been suspended since March and while many may sympathise, as it seems likely her failure was completely unintentional, nobody is clamouring for her return before she has served her two year ban.

 

[Johnuk123]

We have one for Jonnie Peacock in our village and the post office have repainted it at least once, they will if people ask them to.

 

[Harbornite]

What about the Gold postboxes? I've still got the original one from 2012 at the end of my street, and, given that Helen Glover won Gold again, it could do with a nice repaint.

That would be nice. They can still be found in Lymington and Peebles.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

That would be nice. They can still be found in Lymington and Peebles.

Not forgetting the one in Wilmslow to note the 2012 Olympics performance of Victoria Pendleton.

 

[Harbornite]

Not forgetting the one in Wilmslow to note the 2012 Olympics performance of Victoria Pendleton.

I should have made my post clearer, I was referring to the ones I've seen person. I doubt that many of the gold ones have since been repainted.