Off topic OT: 2016 Summer Olympics

[darksabre]

SO CLOSE

[That Aud Smell]

the last time i cursed a swedish woman's rear end like that ... well.

 

anyway.

(Also: Mallory Pugh is The Truth.)

Edited August 12, 2016 by That Aud Smell

[darksabre]

Rapinoe came so close to getting a toe on that. 

[That Aud Smell]

The only player to whom I can compare Pugh is Ronaldo - for the speed at which they play in a controlled manner. Amazing.

[Eleven]

the last time i cursed a swedish woman's rear end like that ... well.

 

anyway.

(Also: Mallory Pugh is The Truth.)

 

She is going to be the star of this team for 16 more years, too.

[That Aud Smell]

She is going to be the star of this team for 16 more years, too.

 

I can't recall the last time I was so blown away by a young U.S. athlete. I'm sure it happened recently. I just can't recall it. 

 

Anyway. She's an astonishing talent.

Edit: Ha. Eichel?

That's it. I want Jack Eichel to marry Mallory Pugh.

I take it back. That ball to Morgan - she's more like Messi.

[darksabre]

I love women's soccer. It is 100% more entertaining than men's. I couldn't tell you the name of anyone on the US men's team other than Tim Howard. But these women are warriors. 

[Eleven]

I love women's soccer. It is 100% more entertaining than men's. I couldn't tell you the name of anyone on the US men's team other than Tim Howard. But these women are warriors. 

 

I find them equally entertaining.  Our men's team isn't able to keep up with the best in the world the way our women's team does, though.

Two absolutely horrible offside calls just canceled each other out.

[That Aud Smell]

And there's something about soccer on that big, big field that makes the discrepancy between raw athletic ability (between the men and women) a non-issue.

 

Ah, shoot. Offside.

 

And Pugh's out.

Oh, fortunate.

[josie]

Dear god I thought that was in. I gasped and all my coworkers glared at me. 

[Randall Flagg]

Dear god I thought that was in. I gasped and all my coworkers glared at me.

the side of the net shot? Same here.

[darksabre]

[Eleven]

Hopefully the last time I see Solo in a USA uniform.

[That Aud Smell]

[josie]

Grass sports are stupid :{

[josie]

I am loving the little touches of style in the women's weightlifting. 

 

Lidia Valentin of Spain with her little hello kitty kneesocks (same outfit different competition) :

Ubaldina Valoyes Cuesta of Colombia, with her headband and zebra knee braces. 

 

[darksabre]

Weightlifting is the scariest sport to watch. I just expect every single person to explode their joints or bones. 

[josie]

Weightlifting is the scariest sport to watch. I just expect every single person to explode their joints or bones. 

There was a guy earlier who dislocated his elbow. His scream was... inhuman. 

 

I've been shocked how much I've been enjoying the weightlifting competitions though. 

[Cereal]

Speaking of fringe and new sports- I'm really excited that competitive sport climbing will most likely be at Tokyo in 2020! aka bouldering. Watching those competitions is really cool- I love having it on while I work.

Yeah, that'll be cool!

 

It looks like each athlete (20 men and 20 women total) would participate in three events:  sport climbing, bouldering, and speed climbing.  Overall scoring will be based on results from all three events.  I also see that speed climbing has a negative connotation among the climbing community.

http://www.climbing.com/news/climbing-officially-approved-for-2020-olympics/

 

 

Edit:

(for the uninitiated)

Sport climbing = Climber is harnessed, and clips rope into bolts as they ascend the wall

Bouldering = short, very difficult moves; no harness

Speed climbing = Top-roping (harnessed, already anchored from top of wall to start) up easier moves very quickly

Edited August 12, 2016 by Cereal

[josie]

Yeah, that'll be cool!

 

It looks like each athlete (20 men and 20 women total) would participate in three events:  sport climbing, bouldering, and speed climbing.  Overall scoring will be based on results from all three events.  I also see that speed climbing has a negative connotation among the climbing community.

http://www.climbing.com/news/climbing-officially-approved-for-2020-olympics/

 

 

 

Edit:

(for the uninitiated)

Sport climbing = Climber is harnessed, and clips rope into bolts as they ascend the wall

Bouldering = short, very difficult moves; no harness

Speed climbing = Top-roping (harnessed, already anchored from top of wall to start) up easier moves very quickly

Very nice! 

 

Yeah, the infighting about speed climbing is interesting. I guess the eastern Europeans were really pushing it to be a discipline, and everyone else is like, " yeah, nah". Everyone has their thing, I guess! I saw someone on reddit describe it as "chugging a fine wine". I dunno, seeing all those dynos in succession could be really cool, and get some attention/help the sport overall. 

 

Other shortlisted sports = karate, surfing, skateboarding, softball/baseball. 

 

Fingers crossed! 

Edited August 12, 2016 by Josie914

[Brawndo]

Hopefully the last time I see Solo in a USA uniform.

Absolutely, especially after reading this

 

http://m.tmz.com/#2016/08/12/hope-solo-trashes-sweden-after-loss-bunch-of-cowards/

[That Aud Smell]

Hopefully the last time I see Solo in a USA uniform.

 

I was going to ask you "why" you say that.

 

Then I saw her post-game quotes about how the Swedes are cowards for playing a defensive game.

 

I don't imagine that's why you said what you said, but it sort of obviated my desire to ask.

 

What a idiot she is.

Absolutely, especially after reading this

 

http://m.tmz.com/#2016/08/12/hope-solo-trashes-sweden-after-loss-bunch-of-cowards/

 

Just missed this before posting.

[inkman]

Hopefully the last time I see Solo in a USA uniform.

Based on what I've seen on the internet, not really looking forward to seeing her out of it either

[JJFIVEOH]

Hey Hope, maybe if you hadn't choked on those two goals you allowed the previous game perhaps you wouldn't have had to play Sweden this round. 

[Doohicksie]

Absolutely, especially after reading this

 

http://m.tmz.com/#2016/08/12/hope-solo-trashes-sweden-after-loss-bunch-of-cowards/

I don't think Hope understands how teh spourt werkz.