PARIS OLYMPICS OFFICIAL THREAD - Part 2: Week 1 Festivities... in the pool, gymnastics hall, velodrome etc.

Thanks for the new thread.

I look forward to all of your support through this difficult day as it marks the start of when I will officially lose the ability to call myself tied for the Most Decorated US Gymnast at the Olympics. While my voodoo doll really came through for me in Tokyo, it seems that I'm no longer favored by the Gods and that little cheating, drug using, bitch, Simone will officially overtake me.

I give my gratitude to all of you, my fans, who love and adore me, for sticking by me and acknowledging that cunt Simone could never wear a scrunchie or dance as elegantly to violins as I did.

Colin Jost reporting from Tahiti...

Watch team USA win its first GOLD MEDAL in Paris, with the Men's 4x100m freestyle relay.

It's Simone Biles still with that guy that everyone hated?

[quote]It's Simone Biles still with that guy that everyone hated?

Yes, the one that said he was the more famous fo the two and the prize in that relationship. I'm surprised he didn't intentionally knock her up before the Olympics.

It's really terrible how the media puts everyone else on the taem on the back burner and focuse solely on Simone by calling her the "headliner." It's really a spit in the face to the rest of her teammates who are often better than she is, and don't need illegal drugs to perform.

Team USAs Leos are atrocious. Where's the Patriotism? Youc an't even tell they're Americans. They might as well be Romanian.

Simone has a lot of nerve going around dubbing this team the "redemption" team when she fucked it up for everyone else last time and is the sole reaosn they didn't win!

The Seine is polluted again.

No triathlon swim practice today!

What a shit show.

They should just move the event somewhere else.

The Seine River is disgusting.

Agreed R8!!

I can't stand the bitch.

She shouldn't even be in Paris. Goddamned quitter.

I hope she gets the Twisties right back on a plane to the US.

Simone BILE!

"Simone has paved the way for older ahtletes to compete in this sport."

Excuse me, bitch?

Oh, Jesus. Stop with the Simone hate. She’s the best ever. And she’s human.

And yeah, her husband was joking.

Her beam routine was great.

Calling her “a bitch”? Just lovely.

[quote]And yeah, her husband was joking.

Sure, Simone.

Simone clearly tweaked something.... why couldn't it have happened before the start of the competition?!?

Even if she pulls out of the competition now, it's too late for me!

Twisties, my ass.

She just didn't want to be at those Olympics in 2021 because there weren't enough FANS to adore her and shower her with cheers.

So the loser just dropped out.

Now that everyone's in Paris and the crowds are back, all of a sudden she's in "champion mode" again.

Fuck her.

These American women are an embarassment on the floor. None of them can dance and none of them have a single ounce of grace.

How many times do we bet Simone goes out of bounds?

Jade Carey just got the Twisties! It's contagious!

Ukrainian TWUNK

hands off, bitch!

It's ridiculous that a skill can be considered so dangerous that you can have someone spot you on it and take a deduction. The rule should absolutely be that if you need to have someone spot you on your skill, you should not be allowed to do it.

You should also not be able to fall or go out of bounds and still be competitive. Those mistakes should force you out of the competitin.

Canada won the basketball match! Yay!

Suni pulled it out. Amazing. So happy for her.

[quote] It's really a spit in the face to the rest of her teammates who are often better than she is, and don't need illegal drugs to perform.

She has a legitimate diagnosis and a TUE for prescribed medication. That isn't illegal. Now whether that enhances her performance is a big question, but she isn't doing anything outside of the rules.

Who cares about the Olympics 😐

You did enough to post about it. Rookie move to mistake negative sentiment for apathy.

Is there any more brain-dead of a comment on social media that "Who cares about...?"

You're posting on a very active thread with dozens of people posting...

Tom Daley competes tomorrow. Hopefully he doesn’t let the gays down!

Too late!

Lol. Imagine saying the best female gymnast in the world shouldn't even be in Paris. Regardless of what one thinks of what happened at the last Olympics, she clearly earned her spot again and is a big reason the USA will easily get gold.

[quote] I'm in love with this Paraguayan rower.

Is he competing at the Paralympics?

[quote] Yay!

I’m so happy.

I'm watching the Ninja Warrior With Horses which is both an individual and a team sport.

Here's Steve Tomasin of the US rugby team swapping shorts with Rodrigo Isgro of Argentina......yum!

Yuck, R36.

That's totally gross.

Wanted to thank R579 from the previous Part 1 thread. Hot! Fantastic.

My crush for Olympic gold U.S. swimmer Jack Alexy began last night when i looked into those moody, sexy deep blue eyes fringed with heavy black lashes (eat your heart out, J.D. Vance) and set off by heavy black brows. I literally gasped and got an instant erecrion.

He. Is. Beautiful.

6’8” which is too tall, and with the long race horse-like body proportions that don’t ususally turn me on. But that face, those eyes, the nose (which hints at Big Dick Face though not on evidence of what one can see in his speedos) the pretty pink lips have me aflame. He’s virility personalfied, even with the hairless body.

I’d post a pic of that gorgeous face but I still don’t know how to do that here, and you can all google him.

Here you go, R39.

He's okay. Not my type though.

R36 very dirty! And HAWT!

Merci beacoup!

R39 He’s gold! Berkeley gold! Go 🐻!

I still go with Ryan Held, because he’s so sweet.

More Berkeley gold!

..they grow like eucalyptus trees in them there hills.

[quote] I still go with Ryan Held, because he’s so sweet.

Yeah, I love crybaby swimmer.

He's so adorable.

One of the French games posterboys, swimmer Leon Marchand, about to go in the 400m Individual Medley.

I just want to take Ryan Held in my arms and comfort him.

Thank you R40!

To each his own, I’ve always gone for the clean cut Boy Next Door type.

For hand Held.

Such a priss, R37 - it’s a rugby tradition.

Ryan Held wearing a beret and eating Reese’s in a pool, sponsored by Reese’s.

He sho is pretty.

He's so cute at R51.

Just look at that smile.

Love Ryan!

They're changing the words to The Marseillaise to "MARCHAND, MARCHONS!!!"

When Simone Biles performs, it brings out the racists on Twitter and DL.

Disturbing.

Swimmers have such strange bodies. I don't understand the attraction to a "swimmer's build".

I am the Olympics right now. So far, I've seen football, rugby 7s, gymnastics, and water polo. More to come.

The water polo guys are so hunky.

I am at...

R55 routine on the DL…gays be bigots 🤷🏻‍♂️

Swimmers’ bodies differ by stoke. I’d welcome a good butterflyer right about now. The shoulders. Oh, my.

Stoke-on-Trent

That swimmer Gretchen Walsh has too much of a mannish body.

Is it just me or is this one of the worst opening ceremonies of all time? It was too chaotic with too many things happening at the same at different places. The boat ride was a disaster with a bunch of athletes looking miserable in the rain and USA especially going near the end when it was dark and rainy didn’t help. By the time they arrived at the Eiffel Tower, people tired and a lot of them left. The only redeeming quality was Celine Dion.

I wonder how many athletes vomited on the boats.

R63 woke up from a 2-day coma. You were wrong then, and you’re wrong now.

Medal Race

Country Total

(Gold, Silver, Bronze, Total)

United States

2 4 3 9

France

3 2 2 7

Australia

4 2 0 6

Japan

3 2 1 6

Republic of Korea

3 2 1 6

China

3 1 2 6

Italy

0 2 3 5

Elizabeth Beisel just did a great story re how the backstrokers can see the crowd and the times as they race…

[quote] Terminated again: Australia's Titmouse hands Ledecky another Olympic defeat

NANTERRE, France (AP) — It was billed as one of the most anticipated races of the Paris Olympics.

Ariarne Titmus turned it into a blowout.

Titmus left Katie Ledecky in her wake on a raucous opening night at La Defense Arena, leading from start to finish to win the 400-meter freestyle Saturday.

Titmus, the Australian star known as “Terminator,” handed Ledecky a second straight Olympic defeat in an event the American won at Rio de Janeiro in 2016.

With her fingernails painted Aussie yellow, Titmus strolled on deck with the confidence of a reigning champion, flashing a big smile and waving to the fans.

Titmus knew she was the swimmer to the beat, even with one of the greatest ever in the lane next to her.

Then, she went out and proved it.

Titmus actually faced her stiffest challenge from Canadian 17-year-old phenom Summer McIntosh but won comfortably in 3 minutes, 57.49 seconds.

McIntosh claimed the silver in 3:58.37. Ledecky wasn't even close, settling for bronze in 4:00.86.

“My legs are a bit tired, but I’m just relieved more than anything,” Titmus said. “I probably felt the expectation and pressure for this race more than anything in my life, to be honest, and I’m pretty good at handling the pressure of it.”

Ledecky, 27, remains at six individual gold medals in her brilliant career, still the most of any female swimmer in Olympic history.

But, she couldn't find the speed to chase down Titmus.

“I just didn’t have it on the last 200 or 250 that way I wanted to,” Ledecky said. “I felt like my first 150 was pretty good. I went out with the field and felt like I was within striking distance. I just couldn’t kick in into that next gear that I would have wanted to finish it out.”

Ryan Held's dad is quite handsome too.

Flash poll:

Should medal table rank be based on overall medals or overall medals weighted by type (i.e, 3 points for gold, 2 points for silver, 1 point for bronze), such that a country with 2 golds would be higher on the medal table than a country with 5 bronzes. I'm not sure when it started, but you see more of the weighting method than in previous eras.

IMO overall medal count and gold medal count are worthy of independent recognition.

Gold, Jerry, gold!

In the UK they always report the medal table in gold / silver/ bronze ranking, rather than total numbers of medals. They also don't count 4th places in the table

Using R66 's example the table would be:

1. Australia - 4 / 2 /0 2. France - 3 / 2 / 2 3= Japan 3 / 2 / 1 3= Rep. Korea 3 / 2/ 1 5. United States 2 / 4 / 3

Sorry about that. The formatting didn't come out as I expected - see post above

Nicolo Martinenghi looks like a 90s porn star with his ridiculous peroxide dye job

[quote] Should medal table rank be based on overall medals or overall medals weighted by type (i.e, 3 points for gold, 2 points for silver, 1 point for bronze), such that a country with 2 golds would be higher on the medal table than a country with 5 bronzes. I'm not sure when it started, but you see more of the weighting method than in previous eras.

A country with ‘only’ 10 golds should be ranked ahead of a country with 3 golds, 10 silvers and 15 bronzes.

Team USA rocking the bikinis in beach volleyball.

[quote] Team USA rocking the bikinis in beach volleyball.

Male or female?

USA Team

[quote] Nicolo Martinenghi looks like a 90s porn star with his ridiculous peroxide dye job

I just looked him up.

Momma likey!

Bleach-Blonde, Bad-Built, Butch Body Italian, Nicolo Martienghi, wins a shock gold in the 100m breaststroke.

Adam Peaty - gets God - loses. Ha!

R70 must be a Gen….__

Historically, i.e., especially during the glorious Cold War era: straight up, most golds = wins the glory.

Participation medals not good—Boomers

Let's try that again at R79....

I’ll take a! italian dye job over an English tat idiot, any day…🇮🇹

Nicolo looks horrible in the pic at R80.

And FAT.

R84 Image a gold medsl (uncut) penis.

Prego.

I really need to fellate one of these swimmers or I'm going to explode. Turns out they are all crybabies though.

Amen, brother, R83.

I am totally with R63. I don’t give a shit about the Last Supper thing but the opening ceremonies were awful. Thr boat thing was a horrendous idea badly executed-we couldn’t get a close look at the athletes because the cameras were too far away, for starters. And I HATED the pre-taped shit of the Masked Torch Bearer. Lady Gaga’s number was a frenetic, pretentious mess. The whole thing was a steaming pile of merde.

My husband cries when he ejaculates. It can be fun.

Wrong thread, R88?

See r86

I was really glad Suni didn't pull a Brody and actually qualified. Amazing she's able to still score so high even though she's omitted a lot of her difficulty. Jordan didn't seem too pleased though. Things looked a little icy between the two of them after the competition.

Did anyone watch water polo earlier today? Hot as fuck

For people who know the sport....when did not sticking the landing in gymnastics become no big deal? I know they still get a small deduction but it seems to me like nobody really cares. Simone flies out all over the place and still wins. You can fall all over the place and still qualify or medal it seems like. When did this change? I remember the crowd used to gasp- gasp!- if somebody even hopped backwards a little bit.

R93 it happened when they changed the code and scoring system so that you could just pile on all these points, but they didn't update the penalties. Essentially as long as you put a bunch of skills in your routines that are worth a lot of points, it doesn't even matter if you can execute it or not, because even if you fall, the deduction isn't more than the skill is worth. That's why you can see so many gymnasts fall off equipment or go out of bounds and they can still medal. That's the biggest mistake of the code.

The most laughable thing is that something like stepping out of bounds on floor is only 1/10 of a point deduction, which is what it was 30 years ago. The differnece being that 30 years ago 1/10 of a point was supposed to be crucial and would knock you out of the medals (think Kim Zmeskal). Now it's still 1/10 but who cares when the point values are so high? Especially if you're Simone and you can just add skill after skill. 1/10 is not going to have the same impact on her as it will someone else who doesn't have as much difficulty.

What they should have done was make falls and step outs a mandatory percentage off your base score. Like 5% off for a step out, 10% off for a fall, etc. That way the deductions are equally weighted.

That's why Simone would have never have had the career she has now in the old system since she can never stay in bounds.

Actually, if they were to revise the deductions as a percentage it should be 10% deduction for each step out and 20% deduction for each fall.

For some perspective, there's a gymnast competing a bar routine that is valued at 17 points. Under the current system she can fall twice and still win Gold.

I don't remember a narrator explaining the reason for the entry via Paris's famous sewers. Frankly, this segment set the wrong tenor from the git-go. Like, are we on the River Styx?

And the boats. Totally preventing too many athletes from bring seen clearly.

I really don't care if la famille Legend is in attendance.

Team USA Women's Gymnastics outfits: Upon close viewing one can see all the red, white, and blue sequins, but otherwise they are lost amidst all the black.

Team USA Women's Synchronized Diving suits: Just say "No."

Team USA Men's Gymnastics: Rooting for Stephen "Glasses" Nedoroscik. I read once that James Dean's iconic sexy squint was caused by his refusal to wear his eyeglasses for acting. Stephen had that James Dean look when he took to the pommel horse.

Team USA Women's Gymnastics: I think SB will win All-Around and Individual Floor Ex, but that Romania will win the Individual Balance Beam in a shocker.

Paris: Outstanding! There was one shot during a Peacock pause of the Eiffel Tower with a very small cluster of skyscrapers in the background. It really showed how Paris has maintained her beautiful architecture as the city's true masterpiece, basically what King Charles has spent decades trying to preserve for London.

And the use of Versailles as a venue was brilliant.

Surfing in French Polynesia: Brought back fond memories of "Adventures in Paradise" and the gorgeous Gardner McKay. Colin Jost was there why? To be smarmy about the word "lei" (about which he felt compelled to mention his verbal restraint) when telling us about the mother who encouraged her daughter in the sport? The waves were a huge, or, more accurately, a small disappointment. All I could "see," really, were the shark-baiting dangling legs of the photographers. Cue "Jaws" theme....

Team USA Men's Basketball: Did anyone think Serbia had a chance?

Retrospective Snippets: Ah, yes: Mark Spitz. None more stunning, before or since. And I don't mean medalling!

This important photo speaks to the power of sport in bringing nations of men together.

R97, are you also r36?

Some people think "Yuck...That's totally gross."

"For people who know the sport....when did not sticking the landing in gymnastics become no big deal? I know they still get a small deduction but it seems to me like nobody really cares. Simone flies out all over the place and still wins. You can fall all over the place and still qualify or medal it seems like. When did this change? I remember the crowd used to gasp- gasp!- if somebody even hopped backwards a little bit."

I think it's because scores aren't capped. In the 10 era, a landing deduction really mattered because most (if not all) of the top gymnasts were doing routines that had a 10 start value. Now, athletes can just fill their routines with difficult skills and there's no cap. Add another acrobatic element on beam and get MORE points. Simone's routines (at least most of them) generally have very high relative start values compared to most other (if not all) gymnasts, so a landing deduction matter less. That's the case for any athletes with a routine on any apparatus that has a comparatively high start value.

Make no mistake, athletes should be rewarded for doing more, but I still sometimes think there should be a cap (a fairly high cap, but still, a cap) - so instead of "how much can I possibly fit in" it becomes "can a fit enough in to meet the cap and distinguish myself through execution and form so I can beat the elite group gymnasts who also meet the cap."

But many would understandably argue otherwise - why shouldn't an athlete be able to stack points with no limit if they have that capability. I totally get that view.

So are any gay guys winning? I know Arthur Nory was eliminated and Tom Daley is tomorrow

[quote] Some people think "Yuck...That's totally gross."

Why? did they sniff em?

[quote]So are any gay guys winning?

No.

[quote]But many would understandably argue otherwise - why shouldn't an athlete be able to stack points with no limit if they have that capability. I totally get that view.

Agree. They should be rewarded for more difficulty if they can properly and successfully compete the skill. If not, that's where a percentage based deduction would come into play. It would ensure that everyone's deductions are worth the same and would dissuade an athlete from just stacking skills for points that they can't execuute well.

I can't fathom the appeal of men's water polo.

Thank you for explaining. I don't really enjoy it as much this new way. It seems like ice skating might be the same now, too. Last time I watched the girl who fell repeatedly won gold. I just find it kind of pointless if everyone can fall and mess up constantly.

[quote]I can't fathom the appeal of men's water polo.

hawt mins in speedos, maybe?

Romania is back bitches!

Simone makes no sense. She is publicly stating she is over the Tokyo Olympics and wants people to stop talking about it (Glad you're over it, what about your teammates that aren't), but at the same time she's the one that also named the team the Redemption team and is telling the media they're there for redemption.

R107 the Romanian team is such an interesting case study of a once dominating power completely dropping off the face of the earth.

One person, R98, not “some people”.

All this talk of swimmers reminds me of guys that claim a swimmers build on the apps. Few actually have it. Either they swam back in high school and have gained a few pounds or they're drug addicted twinks that have never done it a moment in their lives. Less common these days to see that description, but still funny.

It's not really hard to understand the change in gymnastics. There is a difficulty score that gets higher the more difficult elements you successfully put into your routine. Then there is an execution score that starts at 10 and goes down based on your errors. These scores are added togethwr to give the total score for that gymnast on the apparatus.

The judging panels for these are separate. And the execution judges are BRUTAL. No one is overlooking anything. An execution score of 9 or above is really good. No one gets a perfect ten in execution. There are always errors to be found. And yes, those crazy almost falls are worse than little hops and that's reflected in the execution score. But getting that D score as high as possible is the key to winning at their level.

I can’t be the only one that’s not a fan of Simone Bile’s gymnastics. It’s very ugly to me. I haven’t seen her stick a landing in anything. It used to be that when you fall off the balance beam, it’s game over for AA gold. The only reason why she’s able to do all these difficult moves is because she’s only 3 feet tall and that’s unfair to the rest of the girls. I missed the grace and beauty of the likes of Khorkina, Comaneci, and Shannon Miller.

R68 was that the race where Ledecky had to tell the other competitor she was in her lane? It was supposed to be "accidental" but seemed more like it was to get in her head a la Katarina Witt.

For all the accolades and athleticism, Simone is a circus act.

Oh stop it, R114. They both laughed about Titmus putting her gear in the wrong box before the start of the race. Nobody was in Ledecky’s lane. She lost, by a significant margin.

What’s worse is the focus on Ledecky coming third - the Canadian Summer McIntosh swam a great race for Silver but this was ignored by NBC.

It wasn't exactly ignored by NBC. NBC just kept mentioning how McItosh trained in the US so often one would think she was American

Record-breaking Australian Olympian medalist Emma McKeon (she has more than former straight Ian Thorpe now) has been dating singer and swimmer Cody Simpson for a couple of years. He used to date Miley Cyrus.

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Katarina Witt was in somebody’s lane, R114? I thought that she had retired. And didn’t her skates get wet?

Yeah, thats exactly how mind games work, completely accidental!

Witt was a master at mind games and psyching her competition out.

[quote]I can’t be the only one that’s not a fan of Simone Bile’s gymnastics.

You aren't!

[quote]Record-breaking Australian Olympian medalist Emma McKeon (she has more than former straight Ian Thorpe now) has been dating singer and swimmer Cody Simpson for a couple of years.

The she's seen Cody's best side.

^Then

R121 Titmus holds the current women’s 400m freestyle world record as well as nine of the top ten fastest 400m times - Summer McIntosh holds the other.

She also holds the 200m record. Hardly surprising that she won.

So mind games work and is probably better than a bat. Noted.

Too funny! Harding is American, right, R127?

Harding is the original Karen.

Relax, R127 - Ledecky still has her best events to go - 800m and 1500m freestyle. She’s a lock on both of those, I’m sure.

R127 since the majority of Titmus’s times were set in domestic Australian competitions and since her closest rival, with whom she swapped the world 200m record recently, is Australian and also her close friend and training partner (they share a coach), I’m pretty sure that she got to the gold medal by swimming faster, not mind games.

So performance enhancers and not mind games, got it!

The similarities between Katarina Witt and Ariarne Titmus are uncanny! One is a former East German skater who competed at the Winter Olympics in 1984 and the other…isn’t.

Let it go, R132 - you’re making a fool of yourself. Or keep it up - it’s amusing to watch the mental contortions required for you to deal with the shocking fact that an American lost a race.

R36 Rodrigo Isgro has one of the most famous butts in rugby right now.

It amazes me how high Simone Biles can jump.

R133 is clearly Titmus!

R135 it helps when you're on Ritalin!

Not Titmus, just not a butt hurt American, R136.

You seem to be weirdly focused on the American thing, Titmus, at R138. No one cares that Ledecky is an American. Americans cheat too, dumbass.

It's totally appropriate for the athletes to pump their fist when winning a gold medal. When Trump does it he looks like the incredible asshole that he is.

Things I never thouoght I'd see at the Olympics: A routine to a Paula Abdul Medley.

The French swimmer Marchand is doing very well. He was all alone at the end of his last race.

As one commentator said today, he was basically Secretariat in that race

Wonderful, R134.

Khorkina was often all elbows and knees. Unique, absolutely, but not always graceful.

Japan's decision regarding their Women's Gymnastics team is so bizarre. They kicked off their most notable gymnast for violating their rules, but then did not replace her with their alternate, which they had... which then forces them to compete with one less member and no luxury of throwing out a score. This most likely jeopardizes their chances of making it into finals. People are saying that this was intentional to punish the team and make them angry at their captain, who broke the rules.

[quote]Khorkina was all mouth and blowjobs.

Fixed that for you.

Wait. Nic Fink is straight? Straightish? When he said he has a wife I clutched the Mikimotos.

It's been said that VISA should pay Rodrigo for all the attention their signage on his shorts gets.

135 When you’re that short, you have more clearance off the ground.

I had a crush on East German swimming champion Kornelia Ender-before all those steroids made her look like Lurch, of course. Yes, I am old.

[quote] East German swimming champion Kornelia Ender

Was she a he?

Tom Cruise is in the audience for women gymnastics. His hair looks good.

[quote] Tom Cruise is in the audience for women gymnastics. His wig looks good.

Fixed that for you.

First thing I noticed when they showed Cruise was how bad his wig looked.

How Simone Biles can do all that with a bad ankle is to be commended. She's a spunky little thing.

Reminder that she's 27.

R156, she's hellbent on making my life miserable. That kind of motivation can get you through anything.

So I was neutral on Biles going into this. But when I watched the American girls in the prelims on the balance beam, I couldn’t get over how tentative and sloppy they all were. Then just now they showed some of the Chinese and Italian women on the beam and they were so confident, graceful and elegant. They made the American girls look like horses by comparison.

So at one point earlier, while Biles was getting her ankle taped, one of her teammates came up to her after doing her thing and Biles gave her this huge, encouraging smile — which collapsed the second the girl turned her back on her to be replaced with a hard, calculating look.

And it’s also clear that Biles and the pretty blond (who is the tallest, slimmest on the American girl’s team) hate each other. When the blond fucked up her floor exercise (her specialty, destroying her chances at an individual medal) the other girls were sympathetic but not Biles, who went nowhere near her. Then the blond did really well in her vaults and the other girls rallied round to essentially congratulate her Biles was again nowhere to be seen.

My first takeaway is that the American female gymnastic team does not for a minute deserve their lofty reputation, they are distinctly mediocre, at least at this Olympics.

My second is that Simone Biles is a phony, and though strong and athletic is not at all as graceful and precise in execution as many of the women from other countries. Are the U.S. coaches emphasizing degree of difficulty (for the points) and strength over real skill and dancer-like elegance?

[quoteHow Simone Biles can do all that with a bad ankle is to be commended. She's a spunky little thing.

Bitch, please. I did it first and better!

[quote]And it’s also clear that Biles and the pretty blond (who is the tallest, slimmest on the American girl’s team) hate each other. When the blond fucked up her floor exercise (her specialty, destroying her chances at an individual medal) the other girls were sympathetic but not Biles, who went nowhere near her. Then the blond did really well in her vaults and the other girls rallied round to essentially congratulate her Biles was again nowhere to be seen.

There's a lot you can fault and criticize Simone for but I think you're reaching on these two points. Simone wasn't aruond to console or congratulate Jade on floor or vault because Simone was next up to compete.

Also, that's probably the first and only time anyone has ever called Jade pretty!

I don’t know about Simone and Jade , but anyone with an eye can see that Jordan and Suni aren’t friendly with each other.

I noticed that Adam Peaty didn’t raise his eyes heavenwards after his 100m breaststroke race. Perhaps he was angry at his imaginary sky fairy for not helping him win this time?

I'm rooting for Simone.

They don't need to be besties. Jesus.

Cruise seems to be a Simone fan. He should offer to take her and her parents to dinner.

R162, I noticed that after Bars, there seemed to be tension between Suni and Jade, maybe because Suni had just edged Jade out. I wonder if Jade thought she was a lock for the second AA position since Suni needed an insane score to pass her.

They stayed on opposite sides of each other when taking photos after the event.

Okay, Simone and Jade just hugged but I’m not buying it.

Biles is very strong, but I miss the grace, the dancer-like precision in arm and hand placement that female athletes from other countries have been showing. Is that old-fashioned? Sexist? I suppose it’s just a question of style and taste. But the American girls seem crude to me.

Gymnastics have gone the way of figure skating. It’s sad and makes the sport less interesting.

The primetime packaged programming is abysmal.

US Gymnasts have never been beautiful or graceful to watch with the exception of Shannon Miller.

[quote] Wait. Nic Fink is straight? Straightish? When he said he has a wife I clutched the Mikimotos.

His wife looka like a man!

And Nastia Liukin

"Ahem"

Nic doesn't seem gay to me.

He's really cute, though.

R173, and R174, No, I was right. I stand by what I said.

(But Betty I will always love your nickname... "Pregnant Spider."

Svetlana Whorekina really was all elbows and knees.

Something about her tall, lanky, skinny body just doesn't look right in gymnastics.

Short and stocky really does look better in gymnastics.

That's a girl at r177?

Yeah, just saw Tammy Cruise.

That’s a wig.

I think stocky like Retton (who had still had a nice line) or more thin and long can both work. They can also both not work. And obviously there's points in between

Whorekina’s got nothing on me bitches!

[quote] They can also both not work

And if they can't work, just get a GoFundMe campaign going!

Someone made a video of how Svetlana Whorekina would score under the new system.

I don't know what they new point system is like, so are they saying she would be good, or would she be bad?

Yes, R183, theyre saying her routine would be highly competitie during the last Quad. She could have potentially scored a 16.3.

OMG Rosie O'Donnell was obsessed with Svetlana Khorkina for some reason.

She actually appeared on Rosie's talk show!

Is this normal in rugby? - hopefully. Forgive me if it's been brought up. I found it while searching for R134's hot stud.

The best water polo player @ Paris is this guy —an NCAA superstar & Berkeley graduate…playing for Greece.

Yes, it was brought up at r36 and r97.

It is said to be "Yuck...That's totally gross."

The caption stated: "Steve Tomasin of the United States and Rodrigo Isgro of Argentina swap shorts after their rugby sevens match."

Of course it is normal R186. What kind of ignorant gay are you?

[quote] Is this normal in rugby? - hopefully. Forgive me if it's been brought up. I found it while searching for R134's hot stud.

BLARF at R186's photo.

*wretching*

Does Nastia Lukin have an eating disorder? She looks anorexic.

Is Tom Cruise trying to recruit Simon Biles into Scientology?

There may be tension between certain gymnasts, but I guarantee that a lot of you are reading too much into the few seconds of expressions you're seeing. Everyone in qualifying is super focused on themselves because they want to qualify on their own for AA and event finals and there's only two per country allowed. You will likely see more smiles and signs of friendship during team finals.

As for the Amercan ladies' reputation, they absolutely deserve it. That's why they finished so far ahead in qualifying despite some issues. And remember... there were major injuries during US trials. This team is made up of a few that weren't even expected to go before then. That's how deep the American field is

American men are a different story...

Biles’ hair is a hot mess.

The French women sadly bombed...nobody qualified. It must be very disheartening to fail in front of the home audience.

Yea—the men are fegeleh aspies. The women are tough as shit chicks..

Enough ass kissing, JFC.

🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

For R196

R185 Rosie was infatued with her because she was into her nudes. I'm going to spare you from posting them here.

Nah, R194, they all hate each other. Trust me on this.

I like Snoop Dogg but waaaaaay too much of him in NBC’s primetime coverage

Simone Bile - First woman to complete a triple flip!

Christopher Reeves

Sally Fields

Amazing moment at R203.

Simone is on fire!

That's a triple turn, not a triple flip. Still impressive, but different. When I read the post, I thought she was going to dismount with a triple back flip.

Did someone say triple turn?!?!?

R202 I would rather see him than Leslie "Crybaby" Jones.

Was reading about Mark Spitz.....this quote from Wikipedia about endorsements makes him sound like a DL'er.

[quote] It depends on timing, it depends on hype, it depends on the economy, and most importantly, it depends on looks. I mean, I've never seen a magazine of uglies.

I really wanna power fuck the shit out of that pussy whipped mama's boy Dressel and send him home after I've eaten his ass, swallowed his loads and then fucked him silly he cries all day for enjoying it.

R207 - she did both. A triple turn, followed by 3 consecutive backflips.

Simone Biles is a great athlete but she doesn't have much grace, the floor show/dance parts she is too stumpy.

Flavor Flav is the mascot

She has ridiculous acrobatic skills. It's very impressive to see. I feel like in 2016 all the US team stuck landings. Now they seem completely unnecessary to every gymnast.

[quote]she did both. A triple turn, followed by 3 consecutive backflips.

She wasn't the first to do a triple wolf turn... and she doesn't do 3 consecutive backflips, she does a backhandspring into two layout step outs, which she's not the first to do that either. That series has been routinely competed since the late 80s/90s.

What r159 said.

I was always a bit skeptical about Biles breakdown last Olympics, I think she didn't want to leave her boyfriend (now husband).

Like R159 said.

She's a total fake and phony.

The media loves to prop her up as the "golden girl," but she's an asshole.

I have mixed feelings about the Olympics. I like the opening ceremonies and seeing parts of Paris with the mysterious torch bearer— like the Louvre and the painted subjects leaving their paintings. I liked Gaga’s performance but I wish they had chosen someone French to perform.

The dancers on the sides were good and the horse on the Seine. I liked the women’s heads peaking out of the water and Marie Antoinette’s severed head. Celine was great and heartfelt. The singing in the Seine with the piano on fire was cool, too. The boat entrance was interesting and novel.

What I didn’t like was the emphasis on celebrities like it was a red carpet event. In fact I hated it. And when I think of sports, old potheads Snoop Dogg and Flava Flav don’t come to mind. WTF.

Why have a former NFL player and a talk show host at the opening ceremony. Were there no former Olympians available? Not one?

I miss the primary school gym teacher voice of Mary Carillo.

Celine is da greatust singah in da wurld.

This thread is drunk.

Looking forward to the Men's Diving today.

Félix Dolci (Canadian gymnast):

More of Felix:

R168, it's fine to not prefer Biles as your favorite. Simone is an incredible, once-in-a-lifetime gymnast. That said, she's not even my favorite American gymnast at the moment.

It's one thing to not be into Simone Biles. It's quite another to have an axe to grind to the point that it drowns out all other discussion.

R228, the Biles haters can suck it when she wins AA gold.

I miss Mary Carillo, too. I loved her segments.

AA gold?

African American gold?

WTF are you talking about?

R92, I attended the water polo session with the US v Italy, Croatia v Montenegro. I got lots of pictures and videos of those studs.

[quote] Félix Dolci (Canadian gymnast):

Even from your picture with no other frames of reference, he looks like a midget.

I'll bet he's under 5 feet tall, or close to it.

HARD PASS.

R231, it stands for All-Around gold.

R233, I love the short, muscular guys. Felix also has that hot French Canadian thing going on.

Medal Race

United States

3 6 3 12

France

3 3 2 8

Japan

4 2 1 7

Republic of Korea

4 2 1 7

China

3 2 2 7

Australia

4 2 0 6

Italy

1 2 3 6

R224, MEN'S 10-METER SYNCHRONIZED DIVING IS LIVE ON PEACOCK IN 10 MINUTES.

Strong start for the Australians in the Synchronised BULGING!

Felix Dolci should team up with the manufacturer of whatever hair product he uses. His coiffure always looks trés amazement.

R231, all-around gold. You're clearly not a fan.

The first 2 Aussie were superb! Canadian pair was dang good, too! Ukrainians, awesome,!

Wow! These dives are going swiftly!

[quote] all-around gold. You're clearly not a fan

Is it really so much trouble to type out ALL AROUND GOLD, just for the sake of clarity?

Why does EVERYTHING nowdays have to be dumbed down to teenaged "text-speak?"

Are you people THAT fucking lazy?

R242, for someone with so many strong opinions on gymnastics (and Simone Biles) and how you're predicting the results, it's quite shocking you wouldn't know what AA stands for in gymnastics.

Simone will have one fall in team finals and have another breakdown.

Carillo has been with her dad, who has dementia. She’s a cool person.

Wonder why Nastia Liukin isn’t with NBC these Olympics.

The idiots posting in this thread realize that Simone already has several Olympic golds, right? She competed in Rio all the way back in 2016 and in addition to team gold, won the AA, Vault, and FX (that's floor exercise for you "experts" that somehow don't know these things). Her many, many world championship golds and the Olympic medals she already has show that Tokyo was a fluke.

Great for Tom Daley to win his fifth Olympic medal in his fifth Olympic Games.

Simone Bile can "Twisties" her ass right back home.

No one wants her at these Olympic games.

She had her shot in 2021 and she quit.

NEXT!

The Chinese are the best in the world at EVERY type of synchronization! Diving, artistic swimming, dancing, marching, you name it!👍🏆

Congratulations to Silver medalist Tom Daley, though! Ages 14 to 30, an Olympic diver! 👏👏👏

Now it's time for Tom to go on a sexcapade at the Olympic Village. Ditch the old man and the brat.

R247, Tokyo wasn't a fluke, but a revelation of her character. If we believe the whole twisters thing, then the twisters didn't just happen at team finals. If she had them, she should have withdrawn before the competition so that US could have substituted someone who was prepared to compete.

[quote] Now it's time for Tom to go on a sexcapade at the Olympic Village. Ditch the old man and the brat.

He should search for American diver Tyler Downs.

He's a cute gay Twink who's probably looking for some action!

congrats, Tom!

u go gurl!

Interesting picture, R254.

Tom's finally starting to show his age, at 30.

I guess that thing about Brits starting to go downhill after 30, is right!

Showing his age?

I'd breed dat azz seven ways to Sunday.

How lovely that Tom Daley's husband, 50, was there to watch him win Silver with their little boys. Don't they look like their mother?

r258 And that's as close as they're getting to me until the 11th of August.

Poor Judo guy. Nurali Emomali took a political stand and refused to give his Israeli opponent the traditional handshake after winning the match, instead stalked off while chanting Allahu Akbar. Then karma came to call when he broke his hand in his next match and was seen crying like a little bitch on the sidelines.

The Pony Club final is very tense.

After the Charlotte Dujardin scandal they should do away with the horses and get the humans to run around the course.

People can joke about Tom and hubby, but they have an adorable family, it must be said.

The audience for boring gay families like theirs and Buttigieg's is straight people.

Tom still has the solo 10 metre event to go for later in the week, but I imagine he could give himself a day of 'rest'.

R263, I find Tom Daley and Tom Daley's husband's "public image" quite nauseating, especially when it's very different to what goes on in their private life, and I'm not a huge fan of surrogacy, but they way they've helped normalise same sex couples being parents is quite positive at a time when many influential people in the US want to remove their rights.

R265, pretty much no-one with a public profile has a 'public image' has that reflects their private life (which they are completely entitled to keep private), so why is this example a big deal to you?

Daley and Daley's husband push a more wholesome public image of being devoted to each other and hands on parents, when they fuck around constantly, take drugs, are horrible to service staff and leave much of the childcare to Daley's mother.

Fucking around constantly and taking drugs is ok within reason - I was listening to George Michael earlier - but the management of the image when they've got a reputation for being unpleasant just grates.

Scroll for great pics of the 1924 Paris Games!

Helen Wills!

Rene Lacoste!

Johnny Weissmuller!

Harold Abrahams!

While it’s nice that Daly got a medal, overall it’s been a bad game for the gays…as usual.

Arthur Nory was eliminated within minutes and Tom only got silver after getting gold last time.

Hopefully the lesbians are doing better

If Daley can take all those alleged drugs and still be competitive (while never failing a doping test), color me impressed.

It's Daley's husband who takes the drugs - did you not see the video of the assault and how Daley had to calm his husband down?

Anyway, the men's mountain biking was incredible.

Defending champion Tom Pidcock had to get a puncture repaired, ended up 35 seconds behind, he caught up, overtook the French leader, lost his lead and then regained the lead seconds before the end. The French crowd were booing him.

Team GB's first of many cycling golds.

[quote]Then karma came to call when he broke his hand in his next match

We're called Mossad.

Tinypidcock

…he’s a Brit, ya know

But what about Tom’s knitting? I think it’s adorable.

We are flopping so hard😭 Day 3 is almost over and we still have ZERO medals. Meanwhile Sweden already has several, including in shooting, where we flopped. It's painful😭

The BBC did a nice feature of Tom reviewing a documentary they did of him in 2008 when he was 13. In the interview they did after the medal ceremony, Noah Williams kept bursting into tears thinking about his coach, who died recently, and getting Tom to reply for him.

[quote]We are flopping so hard😭 Day 3 is almost over and we still have ZERO medals. Meanwhile Sweden already has several, including in shooting, where we flopped. It's painful😭

The hurdling Disney Prince is coming, don't worry.

And the Disney villain will be running as well but hopefully not winning against the lovely Josh Kerr.

GYMNASTICS---

MEN'S ALL-AROUND FINALS NOW!

NBC and PEACOCK.

But ONLY PEACOCK HAS A "MULTI-VIEW" SCREEN AS WELL.

You mean Team Finals, R279.

Just hours after winning silver in the men’s 100 breaststroke, Adam Peaty of Great Britain has tested positive for COVID-19

Pushing Trump fan Brody Malone HARD

Yes, r280; I stand corrected. Too eager to post!

Can he at least wear a fucking mask? R281

Where the DICK at? Y'all can do better. Gymnasts remind me of those creepy little M.U.S.C.L.E figures.

Tom Pidcock who won gold in mountain biking had Covid just two weeks ago. For purely selfish reasons I'd like confirmation that they've been vaccinated and that's why they're not seriously incapacitated by it.

Speaking about Trump fans. Twitter has snooped out the obvious bottom twink Tyler Downs that someone mentioned up thread is apparently one.

Superb Japanese Floor Ex.

[quote] The BBC did a nice feature of Tom reviewing a documentary they did of him in 2008 when he was 13. In the interview they did after the medal ceremony, Noah Williams kept bursting into tears thinking about his coach, who died recently, and getting Tom to reply for him.

You mean when Tom's grandpa - oops, I mean "husband" Dustin Lance Black - was already 34 years old in 2008, and probably scoping him out back then?

Just think. In only five short years, they would become a couple.

Ew, the creep factor on that is just gross.

[quote] Speaking about Trump fans. Twitter has snooped out the obvious bottom twink Tyler Downs that someone mentioned up thread is apparently one.

Fucking bloody hell, WHAT is with gay people and Trump???

I just don't fucking get it.

Maybe he's hot for that other Olympic MAGAT, Brody Malone.

Ukraine is formidable on the Pommel Horse (sorry, Stephen!).

US and Italy look superior in Still Rings.

Team Canada's jackets make the men look like murder victims.

[quote] Team Canada's jackets make the men look like murder victims.

Thanks, Lululemon!

I love the Russian Wendy Swing.

Does anyone else love the Russian Wendy Swing?

Medal Race

France

3 6 3 12

United States

3 6 3 12

Republic of Korea

5 3 1 9

China

5 2 2 9

Japan

4 2 3 9

Great Britain

2 3 3 8

Australia

4 3 0 7

I watched the men's street skateboarding... the US men won silver and gold there

Oh wait, the skateboarding is still going on, lol. I switched over to gymnastics. But the US guys were still leading.

Cute camper, Nicolas Gestin, delivers France their 4th gold of the games.

Are the US men going to medal in gymnastics all around?

So many of the gymnasts look like Sean Cody boys and then there's that Italian guy with the cobweb tattoos who is Treasure Island Media.

*canoeist, not camper!

Japan gets gold in skateboard, US silver & bronze.

Jeff Davis and Anthony Watson are watching the gymnastics wondering how they can get in touch with Team GB's Luke Whitehouse.

The American men are doing way better than expected halfway through the gymnastics team final. Unfortunately, the US men are notorious for being head cases. Fingers crossed.

US is doing spectacularly on the High Bar.

The Canadians won bronze in synchro diving!

There’s not a one 30 year old gay married to a 50 year old gay who’s not feckin’ around six ways to Sunday.

US men’s gymnastics medal hopes all on the shoulders of Stephen Nedoroscik.

Chinese fall on the final piece of apparatus.

*grabs popcorn*

The Meriden men take bronze!

They stood up to the pressure.

Did Chinese boy get the twisties or was he just limp wristed?

I hope the Chinese boys don't get beaten now for their failure.

U.S. men’s gymnastic team comes into competition at a time when support for men’s gymnastics at the college level is much diminished.

Make the top eight at the Olympics but only after a series of mediocre performances.

Helped by mistakes from the leading Japanese and Chinese teams (which get tremendous state support from their home countries) but buoyed by superb work from all five across the board (including the deluded Trumper) U.S. gets the Bronze medal, which no one would have predicted after their initial performance a couple of days ago.

Bronze may not seem like much but it’s a lot given this team’s setbacks and inherent problems. Will it help revive interest in men’s gymnastics in the States?

American men finally do it. Hopefully next quad we have higher D scores. In a way it's a shame to hOt everything and end up with bronze. But given the reputation of the American MEN FOR YEARS (not just three folks) for being head cases that bomb at the Olympics, this is HUGE.

three=these

"There’s not a one 30 year old gay married to a 50 year old gay who’s not feckin’ around six ways to Sunday."

And if the relationship is open as it should be, it's no problem. Daddy gets some fun. Boy gets other boys to fuck. Everyone is happy.

[quote]Daddy gets some fun. Boy gets other boys to fuck.

And Nanny can look after the kids!

There's a row brewing over two boxers who have allegedly "failed gender tests", i.e. swabs to determine their biological sex have confirmed they are male.

The Algerian lady looks like Rishi Sunak.

My fellow Nittany Lion** has a medal! Stevie has an Olympic medal! 👍👏 😊

AND Nedoroscik is the ONLY US QUALIFIER for an INDIVIDUAL Gymnastics MEDAL!

Pommel Horse, Saturday, August 3, 11:10. am., PEACOCK.

** Stephen also won the NCAA Gymnastics Nissen-Emery Award. I was a PSU contemporary of that Bob Emery, another great gymnast.

'not now, my husband's watching!'

R318 here. About that photo, the pose, the musculature:

If Michelangelo had sculpted "The Stephen."

Adam Peaty the god-botherer now says that he has Covid. I guess that was god’s plan.

Hopefully he hasn’t spread it, especially to the other two guys on the podium yesterday.

Adam Peaty's always rubbed me up the wrong way - a real outsize ego. It always seemed inevitable to me that he'd come out of mental health struggles with a bad case of religion.

The Italians are making a habit of storming through to take the gold . Thomas Ceccon steals the 100m backstroke in the last few strokes.

I love men's gynecomastiacs!

Ceccon sure is pretty.

Ryan Murphy's back musculature - holy smokes.

The front ain't so bad, either

[post redacted because linking to dailymail.co.uk clearly indicates that the poster is either a troll or an idiot (probably both, honestly.) Our advice is that you just ignore this poster but whatever you do, don't click on any link to this putrid rag.]

Most of the male British divers are on OnlyFans including the young gay who teamed with Tom Daley today.

A shame OnlyFans wasn't a big deal when Chris Mears retired, it would have meant he didn't have to hang out with Bryan Singer.

Certainly they're not fucking on OF. What's the point of subscribing to tame shit?

Ceccon should buy an “i” for the end of his name.

Near the end of the men’s gymnastics final, I recognized one of the U.S. team trainers or coaches as Sam Mikulak, who was on the men’s Olympic gymnastic team in 2016. I developed a crush on him then and he still looks good.

And in his prime was way handsomer and hotter than any single guy on the current men’s gymnastic team.

The US Women's Rugby Team is butchtastically and awesomely hard butch.

Medal Race

United States

3 8 9 20

France

5 8 3 16

Japan

6 2 4 12

China

5 5 2 12

Great Britain

2 5 3 10

Australia

5 4 0 9

Republic of Korea

5 3 1 9

McIntosh? Really? I'm surprised.

Is Peacock airing the Men's Gymnastics competition full coverage in replay? Th eonly thing I see are the individual event replays.

The US Men's Program is like China's Women's Program in gymnastics.... well, they're not as good as the Chinese women are but they are exactly the same type of headcases.

Will their medal help garner interest in the sport again in the states? Probably not.

Best case scenario, they'll follow the Chinese Women's lead, and get their technical scores and focus up in preparation for the next Olymics being in their backyards. Like the Chinese, they'll do really well and then immediately go back to being head cases again and fall off the face of the earth... but not as badly as Romania.

R318 went a school that will never be known for its Nobel Prizes, much less a Field Medal, a Pulitzer, an Oscar, a MacArthur…I could go on and on

[quote]—PS he didn’t win it…the team won it …a bronze

Nah, the team had ntohign to do with it. He won it for them. Trust me on this, I know.

When did they completely phase Tim Daggett out of commentary?

Watching beach volleyball and the only annoying part is hearing MAGA twat Misty May Treanor as one of the commentators.

Mike Turico is competent but lacks the charisma and gravitas to host NBC’s primetime coverage. I miss Bob Costa.

[quote]I miss Bob Costa.

You missed an S.

Bon Costa is competent but lacks the charisma and gravitas to host ABC’s primetime coverage.

Bo-b*

Anyone else watch the US Mens Volleyball team romp over Argentina? There's some fine-looking men on the US team (TJ DeFalco! Call me!). However, could the five or six announcers and color commentators just UPSHUT already? Please. Stop. Talking. So. Damn. Much! I had to mute them and their arcane stats flood for awhile. It was a relief to watch US v. Italy in men's water polo where there was just one announcer. Alas, the US got spanked, but the so many hot guys in water polo, never mind the underwater groping and grabbing.

I always enjoy water polo. It's entertaining when a Balkan athlete jumps out of the pool and his thick bush will appear above his speedo's waistband. Some competitors try pulling down their opponents' speedos with their feet to distract them.

Any pube sightings yet this Olympiad?

Bob Costas' pink eye sends its regards.

The best NCAA water polo players cum from California, Greece and Spain.

Watching an interview with Simone where she's talking about how even before she got to the Olympics she knew she was having problems and it wasn't going to go the way she wanted and during training she was already having the Twisties... I didn't realize she was having problems that early on. She or her coaches shouold have pulled her out before the competition.

Gymnast Paul Juda gets my dander up. He's a first-generation American whose parents came from Poland.

[quote] Gymnast Paul Juda gets my dander up

That's the wrong expression.

"Getting your dander up" means that he makes you angry or upset.

I'm guessing that you meant to convey that you find him hot, so you should probably use a different expression.

Or just say that you think he's hot.

^ he makes my mussy moist?

Simone Biles should have withdrawn from the competition when she realized she was injured. It jeopardizes the team's success. What if she falls or starts limping during the team's competition? She'll be out and the American team will not be able to sub in a replacement. As heroic as Kerri Strug was doing that vault on an injured leg, she could have impaired her leg for the rest of her life. It's not a good example for little girls who want to do gymnastics.

You call your penis one thing, I choose another. My dander was up! It was a play on words, a pun, as they used to teach. I think most people understood it.

My writing style has opened up the older I get. I don't follow the rules as much as I used to; it was confining. Now I say what I damn well want to say.

[quote] Now I say what I damn well want to say.

How about, "I was wrong. Thanks for correcting me."

Paul Juda is an asshole.

R354, that’s insane. She continued to perform in the qualification round and her performances exceeded what any teammate could do.

The poster who copies and pastes a badly formatted list of numbers needs to accept that the table is topped by most GOLDs not most MEDALS of all colours.

[quote] The poster who copies and pastes a badly formatted list of numbers needs to accept that the table is topped by most GOLDs not most MEDALS of all colours.

Those are two separate things. A gold medal count would rank by the number of golds. A medals count would rank by the number of medals, regardless of color.

R338, As a matter of fact, my dorm floor RA went on to a Ph. D. and a shared Nobel Peace Prize for work with uranium.

[quote] Mike Turico is competent but lacks the charisma and gravitas to host NBC’s primetime coverage. I miss Bob Costas.

Costas became a liability with his political commentary.

[quote] Costas became a liability with his political commentary.

Do they honestly think they're going to do any better with the two MAGAS, Kelly Clarkson and Peyton Manning?

If anything, that just shows NBC pandering to right-wingers.

Do Clarkson and Manning do political commentary?

As for the achievement of Stephen Nedoroscik today, it was that he clinched the Bronze for the US team.

Manning at least speaks in sentences. Clarkson sounds dumb as a post.

[quote]Those are two separate things. A gold medal count would rank by the number of golds. A medals count would rank by the number of medals, regardless of color.

But for the sake of the Olympics the medal table rank is based on most golds, then silver, then bronze.

A team with 10 Golds will always come ahead of a team with 11 bronze.

You (or whoever is posting it) are just posting shite.

R258 Tom Daley needs to dump the old wife and go for a hot young one. What’s with British men and their old hags as a partner. Aaron Taylor Johnson the gay version.

Is it me or has team USA been underwhelming so far this Olympics? Especially swimming where they under-deliver.

I watched Tyler Downs doing a livestream today on TikTok and he was with friend Jaye Patrick, female diver. She was reading comments and someone was asking about him and her and she repeatedly shouted, “He’s gay!” to explain why they couldn’t be together. Someone else wrote that she is his “twink handler”. She asked for someone to explain what that means it agreed that she could be in that role.

Andrew Capobianco was also there and someone on the chat said he looked like Jeffree Star, and Andrew didn’t know who that is. Andrew looked it up and said, “That’s fucking rude!”

R367 it all depends on which table best presents the USA performance. At present the Americans are way down on total Golds compared to, among others, Japan, France, China and Australia, so R360 is going with total medals - America can’t be beaten by a bunch of foreigners!

He’ll switch over once the USA picks up some more Golds.

[quote] Andrew Capobianco was also there and someone on the chat said he looked like Jeffree Star, and Andrew didn’t know who that is. Andrew looked it up and said, “That’s fucking rude!”

ROFL! That's fucking hilarious.

[quote] I watched Tyler Downs doing a livestream today on TikTok and he was with friend Jaye Patrick, female diver. She was reading comments and someone was asking about him and her and she repeatedly shouted, “He’s gay!”

So it's confirmed, then?

Up until now, it was only speculation.

[quote] for the sake of the Olympics the medal table rank is based on most golds, then silver, then bronze

You are correct that that would be a gold medal ranking, with ties split by looking at the other medals. However, an Olympic medal count ranking would be ranked by total number of medals of all colors.

He looks like he's getting a blow job in R365.

Anyone know where Brody is?

Stephen Nedoroscik needs to audition to be the next SUPERMAN!

Stephen Nedoroscik looks so much better with a nice haircut.

Otherwise, he looks like his mother!

[quote] So it's confirmed, then? Up until now, it was only speculation.

Tyler Downs is in that set of people who feel no need to say the sentence, “I’m gay,” but rather just live publicly as gay. Because he hasn’t stated the magic words, some people are afraid to label him, but he’s rightfully showing up anyway in gay Olympian lists.

R335 you’re surprised that Summer McIntosh, the current women’s 400m Individual Medley world record holder, won the women’s 400m Individual Medley?

[quote]Stephen Nedoroscik looks so much better with a nice haircut.

You should see how hairy his hole is.

….shared Nobel Peace Prize for work with uranium

Too fuckin’ funny

Poor, tragic PSu grad trunk to make himself relevant on the DL

BLESS your heart

Trunk — trying *

Is Tyler Downs related to Upson Downs?

I doubt that Clarkson is a MAGAT. Manning, on the other hand…

No, R383

Is Danell Leyva still pretending to be bi/queer and parlay an entertainment career out of it?

The USA Women's Field Hockey team should be called The Pennsylvania Women's Field Hockey team, with at least 11 players from there (here, to me), 6 from the Philly area.

R387 how many of them are lesbians?

The US will start racking up the gold medals once track & field starts.

Track and field is usually when I check of out the Olympics. I don't mind the sprints, but 20-minute races are just not interesting (to me; same with the longer swimming races). I do like the pole vaulters, though.

R361 - I googled Penn State and Nobel Prize and didn't get any hits. Who was this?

One thing I’ve noticed about Tom Daley is that he doesn’t call people guv’nor. Is he putting on airs?

No, like 65 million other people in the United Kingdom, Tom Daly knows it isn't 1884.

Why do you want to know, r388? I don't think they have sex on the hockey field (I could be wrong now).

Does anyone know how, when, where to watch the Medal Ceremony for today's Men's Gymnastics?

[quote] Does anyone know how, when, where to watch the Medal Ceremony for today's Men's Gymnastics?

I watched it literally a minute ago on Peacock.

Hawt Soon-to-be Daddy wins yet another Olympic medal… he has more to come ;)

Go 🐻s!

There’s nothing like a gender reveal to try and steal the focus from the winner of the mens 100m backstroke. In which her husband came third.

Why didn’t she just shoot some pink glitter out of a pretend cannon, ffs?

R396, attention whore, much?

It’s obvious the Simone hater doesn’t know gymnastics. They just hate her (and her race?). Go away.

The maga athletes can fuck off. I won’t cheer for them.

Kelly Clarkson is no longer a Republican. That happened YEARS ago. Peyton Manning is. Fuck that dumb POS. He provides nothing in the commentary. Snoop Dog? Really? JFC

I hope Ryan isn’t too disappointed that his first child is not a boy. He needs to tell his wife that not everything is about her.

I want Paul to put his Juda in me.

France is doing well as the host country, currently in second place in the medals count with sixteen, five of which are gold.

The amount of chalk used by these gymnasts is bonkers. Gymnasts thrived for years without having to stick every body part in a drum of chalk.

Watching the Olympics is a nice respite from politics. There will be enough of that this fall.

It’s TOTAL medals. It isn’t more important to lead in GOLD. That’s not how it has ever been reported. It has always been reported in TOTAL medals.

Fret not, Americans, on the medal count. The U.S. always seems to start out slowly and then picks up steam and comes out on top, including in the total number of gold medals won.

I wonder how much Uber paid to use a Beatles song in their commercials.

[quote]The amount of chalk used by these gymnasts is bonkers. Gymnasts thrived for years without having to stick every body part in a drum of chalk.

Since when?

Hot twink alert- David P from Romania.

[quote] Fret not, Americans, on the medal count. The U.S. always seems to start out slowly and then picks up steam and comes out on top

True, and while the U.S. is currently in first place in the medals count, we can also honor the achievement of the rest in the top five: France, Japan, China, and Great Britain.

R401 That is so disgusting!

R410, And Italy's two swimming gold medals., although I read that Ceccon is the current WR holder in the 100 M backstroke, so his win wasn't a surprise.

R411, what do you think your husband is doing with your brother?

Wow someone called Jade Carey pretty? She does look better than she did last Olympics.

You have to admit Shannon Miller holding the record as the Most Decorated Olympian in Gymnastics history after 32 years when she pretty much started the USA’s dominance is very impressive.

Oh? How many moves does she have named after her?

I miss Ryan Lochte....

[quote]You have to admit Shannon Miller holding the record as the Most Decorated Olympian in Gymnastics history after 32 years when she pretty much started the USA’s dominance is very impressive.

And I did it all withouot performance enhancers... unlike some others.

[quote]Oh? How many moves does she have named after her?

Four, bitch. And all without performance enhancers. Just me and my scrunchie!

Is Shannon at the games?

Snoop Dogg shows Michael Phelps his swimming prowess in the pool

Relax, R139 - as I said earlier, Ledecky should pick up the 800m and 1500m and you can then unclench. Besides, I have to admit defeat when dealing with someone whose ultimate response is to call me a “dumbass”.

Okay, Prayer Warriors, we are getting down to the wire. You pulled out some amazing miracles for me in 2021, we need to gather in prayer and convince our Dear Lord to be on our side again. I got my doll out last night, and pricked the calf, and look what happened! So we know someone is listening!!!!!

Lets gather in hands and pray for the best case scenario for me: Simone does the respectable thing and pulls out of the competition (again) and the team goes the way of the French girls. This is all we need for me to keep my name in the records book!

In Jesus' Name we Pray, Amen!

It's nice that we have a men's gymnastic team that everyone can celebrate, without someone so loathsome as Blaine Wilson, from years ago.

Yes, except for that immigrant who stole an American gymnast's spot

[quote] someone so loathsome as Blaine Wilson, from years ago.

Did someone call?

Speaking of Blaine... he was as straight as Gym Jordan.

Stephen Nedoroscik COMES THROUGH on pommel horse in U.S. bronze medal effort!!

THey need to remove Brody's face on all the Gymnastics advertising and replace it with Paul Juda.

Why does the men's competition need 4 men to add commentary?

Stephen Nedoroscik is going to be one of the heroes of these games.

I would love to see him win GOLD on the pommel horse.

What did Blaine Wilson do that was so loathsome?

[quote]What did Blaine Wilson do that was so loathsome?

Being Blaine Wilson.

Blaine’s been married a few times and has 4 kids. That ain’t gay, maybe bi.

I think Leyva is gay, he’s just Latino so that machismo will never allow him to rule out a girl.

Nic Fink and Michael Phelps on TODAY.

Michael's looking good.

I like the hair.

Phelps's hair, R434, really? Man buns seem so 2015.

[quote] [R401] That is so disgusting!

[quote] —Candace Cameron Bure

Shut up cunt.

Phelps is a weird dude.

The video at R430 is interesting.

All the guys seem to get along except for MAGA Brody.

They're all so encouraging with each other, and he's acting like a sour cunt the entire time.

R430, I would bet on Stevie Wonderboy! He's already been twice World Champion.

I am convinced he is channeling James Dean: the black-framed glasses; the squint; the fluffy pompadour.

Then there's Jules Bouyer ....😈

[quote]Blaine’s been married a few times and has 4 kids. That ain’t gay, maybe bi.

You cannot be serious.

Phelps was always hot in a dumb frat boy kinda way. Knowing he liked to get his freak on being a slut and trannies was kinda hot in a sex addict kinda way but his face looks wasted and the man bun has hideous.

Brody gets along with Asher and Stephen. He's probably been itching to send Paul and his parents back to Poland, especially now that he's taken his place in the AA>

Phelps has talked publicly a lot about his struggles with depression.

How long is this thing going to last for? It feels like it's been going on for weeks already. I don't like all the commotion, please wrap it up, thank you.

R395, The podium ceremony? I thought I watched everything on Peacock (I've been the Pusher!).

I'd ask which re-play it would be in, but I'm already too annoying.

[quote] How long is this thing going to last for? It feels like it's been going on for weeks already. I don't like all the commotion, please wrap it up, thank you.

Closing Ceremony is on August 11.

So you can go away until then, R444.

Byeeeeeee!!!!

R445, not the greatest but maybe it'll do for you.

r430 He is amazing. I couldn't believe how he nailed that routine under so much pressure and looked so calm and poised. I hope he wins Gold!

I was also...surprised...when they showed a girlfriend. I was not expecting that.

I bet Phelps has a huge dick. 10+? 9+ for sure.

R449 haven't we all ready seen it after the fappening?

[quote]The podium ceremony? I thought I watched everything on Peacock (I've been the Pusher!).

R445, it's the last segment in the show titled "Men's Team Final" under Gymnastics. It's the full ceremony too, not the edited kind.

There's a moment when they celebrate after Stephen's routine and they lift him in the air and Paul accidentally grabs Stpehen's dick.

[quote] Paul accidentally grabs Stpehen's dick

Oh, honey.

That was no accident!

Thank you, r451! 😚

[quote]The Canadians won bronze in synchro diving!

R306, yes, the 2 Canadian twinks who won the bronze in diving are cute.

Nathan Zsombor-Murray & Rylan Wiens:

[quote]The Canadians won bronze in synchro diving!

R306, yes, the 2 Canadian twinks who won the bronze in diving are cute.

Nathan Zsombor-Murray & Rylan Wiens:

[quote]The Canadians won bronze in synchro diving!

R306, yes, the 2 Canadian twinks who won the bronze in diving are cute.

Nathan Zsombor-Murray & Rylan Wiens:

DL's favourite Paraguayan - Javier Insfran - gets another Olympic outing today in the single skulls repechage

Glad you can admit it, Titmus!

[quote]U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee pays its winning athletes $37,500 for gold medals, $22,500 for silver and $15,000 for bronze medals.

Didn't it used to be that US Olympians were taxed on winning medals?

Nice they now have this additional incentive.

Can someone kindly link to a pic of Michael Phelps’ dick pics or jack off vids? I can’t find any that look authentic. TIA

I need Stephen Nedoroscik inside me quite deeply.

La vie est belle... when you're Florent Manadou

Florent Manadou and Ben Proud are training partners. I like to image themselves masturbating together in the showers after a hard training session.

Team GB Just won a gold in the clay pigeon shooting! It was so exciting.

Someone graciously posted this special Olympics moment in another thread, which was mentioned above.

The referee in the women's Rugby 7s match between New Zealand and USA is just fine.

The rivalry between GB's Kieran Reilly, France's Anthony Jeanjean and Australia's heavily inked Logan Martin is quite something.

Amazing skill and confidence for them to do what they do.

Kieran Reilly, is the Soraya Bonaly of BMXing - the first man to land a triple flair.

The US Women's Gymnastics Team finally wear something patriotic!

It's amazing that a competitive vault today is a double twisting yurchenko when it was a standard vault for all the Soviets in 1991.

What a great photo:

The US women’s gymnastics team is off to a strong start on the first rotation.

For the hater on here who said Simone was selfish for not stepping aside given her (minor) injury, she got a 14.900, the highest score on the team.

Is that real, R472???

It looks like he's walking on air.

That's just crazy.

Hezley Rivera.only had to compete 2 routines for a gold medal. Nice work if you can get it!

If you weren't watching surfing yesterday, you missed out! I watched this heat live, and it was amazing!

Suni just took a major fall in warm ups off bar. It would have knocked the wind out of most.

Id like to see her compete her skill during TF and get it named after her but she most likely won't.

Elaborate cabaret eye makeup for the women’s gymnastics finals! Why didn’t Simone adopt her married name, Owens, which is so much more musical than Biles? Wouldn’t it be horrible if someone replaced the bowl of chalk dust with cocaine?

Why must Simone change her name? Her husband is free to adopt Biles.

(I’ve never understood this nonsense about expecting women to give up their names to be subsumed by their man.)

How do we feel about athletes who try to make their country's Olympic team so then go compete for a different country that their grandparents may have been from?

The entire Philippines Women team (3 ) is made of American Gymnasts who are competing for them because their Grandparents were born there.

This is the first time I've heard of an entire squad being made up that way.

[quote] The entire Philippines Women team (3 ) is made of American Gymnasts who are competing for them because their Grandparents were born there.

That shows where Philipinno loyalty lies.

And it's not with the United States.

They just come here to make money, and send it all back to their real country.

R480 For years there have been a lot of Americans and Canadians on the Italian Olympic ice hockey team.

R482 but do those athletes try to make the US Team first first, fail, and then go elsewhere?

I like Michael Phelps a lot.

Competing at the highest levels of sport over a sustained period — with the insane expectations placed on him — takes such a toll. And transitioning to a life without competition can be equally challenging.

He’s reckoned with his mental issues and helped normalize those struggles for other athletes and people in general.

He can wear his hair however he wants. A force for good.

R483. Yesi—it’s happened literally hundreds of times in dozens of events. Fuck if.

Where the entire team is made up that way? Tell me more!

Jordan is the first to fall off beam!

They have a big enough cushion where they can afford several falls.... The Chinese Men thought the same!

[quote][R480] For years there have been a lot of Americans and Canadians on the Italian Olympic ice hockey team.

The same thing happens with football in the UK. Players can't get into the England team and discover they have a Welsh, Scottish or Irish grandparent, or if they're from migrant families play for those countries. In the women's world cup last year there was a very pale girl playing for Nigeria who is English but qualifies through a Nigerian grandparent.

The US Women's Gymnastics Team has the longest medal streak in the sport with medals in the last 9 Olympics and winning Gold 3 times. The Soviets had the previous streak, medaling at 8 straight Olympics, but they won Gold at all 8.

If they go to other countries for a chance to be in the fucking Olympics?

That’s fantastic. Why should some elitist committee prevent you from reaching a once-in-a-lifetime goal?

This is where American self-centered-ness comes into play.

The way these announcers are tongue-fucking the entire team, I’m kinda hoping they crash and burn.

I'm assuming that the Phillipines must not have any home grown athletes to send. If they do, and they sent Americans instead, how disappointing for the ones who actually live there.

Kind of strange watching the Olympics without Oksana Chusovitina there! This is the first time in 32 years she hasn't competed. It's a shame they couldn't get her a qualification spot this year.

Team Brazil has such great chorography on Floor. It's so refreshing especially in comparison to the Americans who can't even be bothered.

Maybe she’ll be back in 2028 if her fucking evil country stops invading sovereign nations, R 492?

R494, what nations have Uzbekistan invaded?

Team China was supposed.to be a medal contender.... how'd they fuck that up again?

[quote] Team China was supposed.to be a medal contender.... how'd they fuck that up again?

Sum Ting Wong!

Jordan Chiles might have the worst Floor music at the Games. It's.like someone just picked random parts.o off a Now That's What I Call Music from 2003.

Italy wins a Gymnastics Team medal for the first time in over 90 years.

Simone steps out of bounds... and then does it again.... shocker!

But Team USA wins Gold!

Me at the Team USA house sitting with Stephen is the real winner... even though that cunt Laurie Hernandez had to mention that Simone officially passed my record!

Oops, I got it wrong about Oksana Chusovitina, sorry. But a logical assumption, you must admit.

A stupid assumption, as a matter of fact, R502.

Nicole Kidman looks so lifelike.

Team USA wins GOLD after stepping out of bounds.

What the fuck??

Why even bother having the lines there any more, if Simone Bile can just step outside of them whenever she feels like it and still get a high score?

R505... not just once.. twice.

Simone literally never stays in bounds. If the deduction were equal to what it was historically, Simone would not have hald the titles she has.

take it like a man, shan.

I heard the commentator say at one point that the US team had such a high starting score that they could afford to make a “handful” (her word) of mistakes and still win the gold.

R508, and it's true. Which is why the sport needs to revise the scoring system and make the deductions more severe, otherwise the sport is boring AF.

Stephen Nedoroscik talking about his girlfriend.

[quote]take it like a man, shan.

I take comfort in following the lead of everyone in 2021 who puts an asterisk on gymnast's names like Lee and Andrade. You know the:

*won Gold because Simone did not compete.

Therefore:

Simone Biles, Most Decorated US Gymnast***

***Because Shannon Miller was no longer competing.

The Italian gymnasts were graceful, but I hated the color of their uniforms. More contrast is needed among the uniform, the color of the floor, and the skin tone of the gymnasts. I neither love nor hate the USA uniform's color, but the color contrasts enable watching their moves.

Wow, now I see how they got that amazing shot of Gabriel Medina seemingly flying in air.

He caught the perfect wave.

When did Italy get good at swimming?

I can't get over this photo.

Well, it's not a photo because I just screen captured it.

But it's magnificent.

The official medal table at the official site for these games ranks countries by gold medals.

[quote] I like Michael Phelps a lot.

I dislike him whenever I am reminded of him, like with ads or the Olympics coverage. I just want him to go away since he’s had so much time in the limelight already. Let others shine.

Haha R516 but that table is just DUMB.

I know how much non-Americans hate that the US always dominates at the Olympic games, so they have to try to come up with ways to make the US seem "less than."

It's so stupid, because the US has all the other countries beat in total medals.

Right now, we're at 25 medals, with France in second place with 17.

But of course, the lametards are trying to portray Japan as being in first place, even though they only have 13 total medals, which is FAR LESS than the US.

But, whatever helps you to feel better about your pathetic selves.

We know we're the best. USA! USA! USA!!

[quote] The official medal table at the official site for these games ranks countries by gold medals.

Yes, the Olympics uses the alternative ranking by gold medals. Some others use the medal count ranking, which as the name indicates, is by total medal count.

Exceedingly pale Irishman beats out mopey American and hot as fuck Italian to win the 800m freestyle.

THIS is the correct table for medal rankings, and the US is blowing away the competition.

USA! USA! USA!

[quote] Medal Race

(Gold, Silver, Bronze, Total)

United States

4 10 11 25

France

5 8 4 17

China

6 6 2 14

Japan

7 2 4 13

Republic of Korea

5 3 3 11

Great Britain

3 5 3 11

Australia

6 4 0 10

Officially, you are full of shit.^

Daniel Wiffin looks like he's just been found locked in a cupboard at Tuam laundry.

R518 The medals tables in most of the rest of the world have ALWAYs been reported in a G-S-B total order. It has NOTHING to do with trying to 'do down' the United States.

Talk about overbearing insecurity.

[quote] The medals tables in most of the rest of the world have ALWAYs been reported in a G-S-B total order.

I suppose there wouldn’t be an “issue” with this if there were truth-in-labeling. Using a gold medal count ranking that is labeled as a gold medal count ranking is fine, and using a ranking that ranks by the medal count and is labeled as a medal count ranking is fine.

[quote]Right now, we're at 25 medals, with France in second place with 17.

Right now the US is in 6th place with 4 golds. Japan are top with 7 golds, China and Australia second and third with 6 golds, France and Korea in fourth and fifth with 5 golds.

If this stresses you out feel free to put yourself into a coma for the next fortnight as the US is highly likely to get the most golds when the Athletics concludes.

I love Iceland swimmer Anton McKee!

And I love Hong Kong swimmer Siobhán Bernadette Haughey!

I love that they chose Tahiti for surfing- you never get to see those type of waves live on television.

Fuck off, R503. At least I owned up to it. Her name sounds Russian, most likely because Uzbekistan was part of the former USSR and most of its citizens were given Russian names. Reading is fundamental, dipshit.

Not very clever are you, R529?

The Brits grab their second consecutive Gold in the 4 X 200m freestyle relay.

Gold medals to Australia, Ireland and Great Britain in the pool tonight.

Japan, China, Australia, France and South Korea are currently top five on the IOC’s official medal table.

Love this pic

Great freestyle depth in Great Britain!

My new obsession, French surfer Karly Vaast:

It looks like at the end of today, the U.S. is still number one in the medal count, with 26, and 2nd through 5th place are France, China, Japan and Great Britain. France and Great Britain doing well for themselves.

Kauli.

He looks so much better with his hair off his face:

Will the GB team do well at track and field, though? It seems most of their big stars like Mo Farah are no longer competing.

R540 They should be good for several medals: Keely Hodgkinson is favourite in the Women's 800, Josh Kerr for gold/silver in the 1500, Matt Hudson-Smith should medal in the 400, and Molly Caudery in the Pole Vault. We normally pick up a few medals in the relays.

R480, the U.S. has a bonanza of gymnastics talent. So much so that the 2nd- and 3rd-string teams could still probably win gold. But because there are so few Olympic and World Championships spots available, so much American talent never sees the international competitive light of day. If a gymnast can find a work-around to make their Olympic dream come true, I say go for it.

Yes^

Ignore the anti-Filipina troll.

End of Day 4 and Japan finish on top of the medal board, with China, Australia, France and Korea rounding out the top 5.

[quote]the U.S. has a bonanza of gymnastics talent. So much so that the 2nd- and 3rd-string teams could still probably win gold. But because there are so few Olympic and World Championships spots available, so much American talent never sees the international competitive light of day.

Yes, hun, we're aware.

[quote]the U.S. has a bonanza of gymnastics talent. So much so that the 2nd- and 3rd-string teams could still probably win gold.

And this is actually a myth... I point to Tokyo. Smooches!

Those complaining about going out of bounds and falling and still winning a Gold. The actual very hard things the Chinese men, Japanese men, Simone Biles are able to do is out of this world. They create a lot of kinetic energy and going “out of bounds” or falling and still winning Gold is fine with me. They can do things NO OTHERS CAN TOUCH. It’s not like they can’t do the skills in the air. I LOVE a stuck landing and the commentators have said the floors are bouncier so it is not as easy to stick. The Chinese men fell too many times. I agree, maybe a stiffer penalty for some things is warranted, but don’t diminish what those like Biles can do. The other athletes just cannot rake up the points. They aren’t gifted enough.

Honestly, they were too harsh on the athletes back in the day when a tiny hop on the landing crushed your dreams.

Top five countries in the current medal standings:

United States - 26

France - 18

China - 14

Japan - 13

Great Britain - 12

Very close between 3rd, 4th, and 5th. The next three are close too, with 11 each.

[quote]Honestly, they were too harsh on the athletes back in the day when a tiny hop on the landing crushed your dreams.

That's how it should still be!

The gymnasts are already rewarded for being able to do the big skills. They should absolutely be penalized more if they don't do it successfully. Because they don't penalize it more significantly, you have more gymnasts doing skills theyre not technically able to pull off or master, but they don't care because they know if they fall, they're still rewarded for it. I personally think if they did penalize the mistakes more, it would help push the competitiveness of the sport and make it more interesting.

People get tired of watching one or two people just dominant the sport. There's no competition.

If you can do the big skills great, get rewarded for it and win. If you do a big skill, and fall, and it makes the competition more competitive, even better.

R550 They have mastered the skills. Hops or going out of bounds does NOT = not mastering their skills. Constantly falling? That would be not mastering the skill. I don’t see that happen. Hardly anyone stickers their landings. A lot go out of bounds.

…the US media is essentially the only source using the bullshit total medals “methodology.” Got it? Good.

Constantly needing to step out of bounds is not matering a skill.

R553 Yes it is. She takes the deductions, but she mastered the skill. She LANDS it. They ALL hop. There’s hardly any sticks now for men or women. The FLOOR IS BOUNCIER. When you’re powerful, you bounce more.

No, it really isn't. If you can't consistently land in bounds doing your pass, you haven't mastered it. What she's doing is taking the deductions in lieu of needing to master the skill and honing in her power required to do the skill. That's the problem, the deductions are so low, who cares if you fall or cant stay in bounds? You'll score big!

If the deductiosn were in fact more severe, like 10% of your base score instead of just 1/10, you would absolutely either re-work the skill so she can stay in bounds or omit it completely.

And she's not to blame for it. She's playing the code by stacking so much dififculty it doesn't matter if she falls or steps out. The code needs to be revised. It's ridiculous that they changed everything else but the 1/10 deduction.

"They can do things NO OTHERS CAN TOUCH. It’s not like they can’t do the skills in the air."

Sorry but if you can't complete a skill I don't think it should count.

Watching the U.S. American women not only beat Australia in rugby, but literally crushing their players’ spirit and causing them lifetime trauma, is so sweet. Australia needs a good beatdown.

I'm rooting for South Sudan and their improbable Olympic journey.

A lot of Russians in this thread TRIGGERED by American gymnastics DOMINANCE. Suck it, Svetlana.

No, there are plenty of Americans here who just know that the current gymnasts suck!

But, on the topic of the Russians, so glad those cheaters aren't here to compete!

Remember the dominance that the Russians, Chinese, and Germans had? Sucks not being allowed to use performance enhancement drugs anymore.

[quote]Sucks not being allowed to use performance enhancement drugs anymore.

Unless they're ritalin!

Russians cheat at EVERYTHING.

Not quite, R561

Shannon, I’ll give it to you. You were robbed of a 10 on your last vaults. “The Painted Whore, ahem, Bird” shouldn’t have been allowed to compete, but you still beat her and we all know it.

R565, thank you! I just love my adoring fans.

As said upthread, Russians cheat!

I was the rightful winner and I did it without banned substances and I stayed in bounds!

And let's not forget, I'd still be tied for the record if I was given the GIFT that some others got and could still win even by falling! I'd be the rightful 96 Olympic Champ instead of that other whore, Lilya!

The girl from China hit her foot on the top bar, hopped on the landing, and still received a 14.3 in the green!

[quote]The girl from China hit her foot on the top bar, hopped on the landing, and still received a 14.3 in the green!

Suni touched the floor with her feet and scored a 14.566!

Look at all the talent the USA gymnasts left off the team most due to injury at the last minute. The USA could field 3 competitive women’s teams and would have a great chance at coming in 1, 2, 3. Without Biles last time we still won AA Gold. Had they had Jade Carey on the team, who is phenomenal in vault and won FX Gold, they would have beaten the Russians without Biles.

But they didn't and couldn't!

2008 Went Gold and Silver AA

2012 Went Gold and Bronze, Aly lost it to a tie breaker. Jordyn Weiber easily could have been 1 or 2, but the two country rule.

2016 Went Gold and Silver, maybe more if not for the two country rule

2021 Went Gold and would have gone Gold/Silver had Biles been healthy

This year, I think that Brazilian girl will get silver, not Suni.

Dominant

I'm looking forward to track and field.

I've noticed a lot less tats on the men than four years ago. Maybe that trend has peaked.

[quote]2021 Went Gold and would have gone Gold/Silver had Biles been healthy***

***Would have gone Gold/Silver had Shannon Miller been competing.

[quote]I've noticed a lot less tats on the men than four years ago. Maybe that trend has peaked.

They all seem to be on the women this year. More than half of them on Jordan.

That final floor routine from Biles was a shit show.

I wish they'd go back to the 6 up/5 Count format and 2 vaults, highest counts. Seemed more exciting under that system.

Pics of fappening Michael Phelps please

That cunt Sam Pzesak just had to mention Simone breaking my record. I've always hated that cheating cunt that only made it to the Olympics because of her mommy!

I'm assuming this will be Simone Biles last Olympics.

R579 And not want to end it in America? Don’t count on that. She’s in the best shape of her life.

R575 Just stop. Did you see most FX routines? Hopping, legs apart, slides from EVERYONE. With more difficulty, the athletes aren’t going to have clean routines. That’s just how it is now. Looking back on past Olympics, the women weren’t perfect, either. Wobbles, leg back when landing (consider a stuck landing!!!!!).

Just relax and enjoy it.

The Russians in this thread are SEETHING. Fuck you, cheaters. And do not pretend to be Shannon Miller (dissing Biles for Ritalin) who beat you plenty of times. Shannon was robbed of Gold by you cheating Russians.

It’s just delightful to see the Olympic spirit so beautifully exemplified by the measured and reasonable exchanges between the gymnastics queens!

[quote]And do not pretend to be Shannon Miller (dissing Biles for Ritalin) who beat you plenty of times. Shannon was robbed of Gold by you cheating Russians.

I never named names!

But yes, I was robbed, multiple times and my record was robbed from me today!!!

Why are the commentators on the minor sports all from the UK, Australia, or maybe New Zealand? They don't sound particularly knowledgeable. Do they hire Americans or Canadians to do commentary only for the major sports?

Silver and bronze are sort of BS. I guess, they're not since being the top 3 in the world at anything is a great accomplishment. But still, in sports we usually don't celebrate anyone other than the winner.

"No, it really isn't. If you can't consistently land in bounds doing your pass, you haven't mastered it. What she's doing is taking the deductions in lieu of needing to master the skill and honing in her power required to do the skill. That's the problem, the deductions are so low, who cares if you fall or cant stay in bounds? You'll score big!

If the deductiosn were in fact more severe, like 10% of your base score instead of just 1/10, you would absolutely either re-work the skill so she can stay in bounds or omit it completely.

And she's not to blame for it. She's playing the code by stacking so much dififculty it doesn't matter if she falls or steps out. The code needs to be revised. It's ridiculous that they changed everything else but the 1/10 deduction."

What you're describing is the result of non-capped scores. If there's no limit to how how an athlete can score (e.g., 10), then that encourages stacking elements, and the more you stack, the less big a of a deal a specific deduction will be. When there's a cap, a two tenths landing deduction matters. It matters less when the there's no limit to how high an athlete can score. But, then you have to ask if scores should be capped. If they were, I'd think the cap would need to be fairly high - you still want to reward athletes who can do more than other athletes. But at some point does doing "more" not really add anything overall. Well, it depends. If "more" is at the expense of clean routines and good form vs. if "more" is generally executed well. I think there's a medium somewhere. Cap routines at 15 or 15.5 or something.

What the hell has happened to the Chinese women? They usually range from podium-level (i.e., at least a bronze) to right off the podium in 4th. And they usually have at least someone great on beam and bars.

R586, you can have an open ended scoring system and reward athletes for what they can do and also implement percentage deductions so they are fairly and equally deducted for the mistakes they make. A percentage deduction allows a fall or a step out to have equal severity for all athletes, regardless of what they're start values are.

Who is “they”, R584?

R587 they do what they do best... implode. It's literally what they do at most of the Olympics they go to.

And they do have two great beam and bars workers. I believe the two routines with the highest difficulty for those events come from the Chinese Team.

But but but R585, if Silver and Bronze weren’t included then the US eh wouldn’t be leading the medal table according to R548!

And we can’t have that.

These bitches like Terry Gannon can really take a page from Will Smith and kindly keep my damn name out their mouths!

Kindly stop reminding everyone that Simone beat the record I held for TWENTY EIGHT years.

I honestly never want to hear Simone Biles name ever again.

After four days of the swimming comp it’s great see the spread of gold medals across multiple countries instead of just among the usual suspects:

China 4 gold

Australia 4 gold

Italy 2 gold

USA 2 gold

Canada 1 gold

South Africa 1 gold

Ireland 1 gold

Great Britain 1 gold

France 1 gold

Japan 1 gold

New thread for further deliberation

I’m happy for Ireland

Oh I spelt it OFFICE thread I am sorry

Here's a topical joke.

"I just seen that sports presenter down the bikini waxers"

"Clare Balding?"

"Nah, she loves a full bush"

Does anyone remember Sandra Farmer Patrick?

Does anyone remember the Wilson Phillips song Goodbye Carmen?

Wasn't it about a nanny or something?

It’s great for Ireland, isn’t it, R596? They also picked up a Bronze in the women’s 100m breaststroke today (or yesterday, depending on where you are).

Good stuff!