Off topic OT: 2016 Summer Olympics

[josie]

I say it every Games but good lord those 16 year old Chinese women's gymnasts don't look 16. 

 

They look 12. It's absurd. 

[JJFIVEOH]

What channel are you watching? I have 5 channels broadcasting Olympic events, none of the are gymnastics. I've got women's soccer, men's whitewater, men's rugby, men's judo and men's tennis. 

[josie]

What channel are you watching? I have 5 channels broadcasting Olympic events, none of the are gymnastics. I've got women's soccer, men's whitewater, men's rugby, men's judo and men's tennis. 

Livestream online

http://stream.nbcolympics.com/womens-gymnastics-team-final

[JJFIVEOH]

Livestream online

http://stream.nbcolympics.com/womens-gymnastics-team-final

 

Ah thanks, forgot about that. Guess I would have figured it out if I read the rest of the thread. Gonna fire up the Roku. 

[That Aud Smell]

Because Buffalo?

 

I hate to even think it.

 

Especially after that South Buffalo couple was all over NBC with their Bills flag.

[josie]

So this Shang Chunsong's floor routine was bonkers. I don't often have my jaw drop, but she had a couple tumbling passes that were pretty mind blowing. She's not even the team favorite for it. 

 

And now Wang Yan is on. It's kinda scary good too. The Americans are just so much more powerful. 

 

The body differences are so amazing. 

 

Chunsong, 20 years old, probably silver medalist: 

 

Simone Biles, probable gold medal winner, 19

 

I am so fascinated how different they are and how it affects their routines. 

 

Both are under five feet- Chunsong is 4'7", Biles is 4'9" 

[SwampD]

Are we ever going to get a overall perspective camera shot in archery? Watching a closeup of the shooter, so tight I can count his nose hairs, and then switching to a closeup of the target is beyond painful. I have no idea how far the target is and therefor can't tell just how good they are.

I think they just said this guy is from Elma NY. Pretty cool.

[MattPie]

Are we ever going to get a overall perspective camera shot in archery? Watching a closeup of the shooter, so tight I can count his nose hairs, and then switching to a closeup of the target is beyond painful. I have no idea how far the target is and therefor can't tell just how good they are.

I think they just said this guy is from Elma NY. Pretty cool.

 

Yep (as am I). I have friends on FB that are friends of his and keep tagging him in stuff.

 

To you point, seems like an over-the-off-shoulder angle would be awesome.

[Neo]

I want to see Phelps and Lehner in a stare down.

[Hoss]

Media bus shot while transporting passengers. Two injured by glass but nobody hit.

 

http://dlvr.it/M0PZZk

[TrueBlueGED]

I was worried about Ledecky for a hot second there at the end, but I shouldn't have been. And this is just funny:

 

Down Goes Brown ‏@DownGoesBrown  2m2 minutes ago

Phelps was great and all, but still kind of rude that they're starting the next race now before Le Clos has finished.

[Hoss]

Ledecky said she almost through up in the last 50 meters which might explain why she almost blew it.

[Eleven]

I say it every Games but good lord those 16 year old Chinese women's gymnasts don't look 16. 

 

They look 12. It's absurd. 

 

I assume that by "12," you mean "9."

 

My niece is 7 and they look her age.

[JJFIVEOH]

I'm sorry, there is absolutely no way Chunsong is 20 years old. I did a search to see other pictures and it's not just one bad picture. They're all like that, if not worse. I feel creepy just doing it, like big brother just put me on some list. 

[Claude Balls]

Gabby Douglas' brother rockin the Amerks hat at the Olympics. Wonder if he even knows the Americans are a minor league hockey team from Rochester, NY.

Edited August 10, 2016 by Claude Balls

[inkman]

Gabby Douglas' brother rockin the Amerks hat at the Olympics. Wonder if he even knows the Americans are a minor league hockey team from Rochester, NY.

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Not a clue

[darksabre]

Gabby Douglas' brother rockin the Amerks hat at the Olympics. Wonder if he even knows the Americans are a minor league hockey team from Rochester, NY.

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That was from last Olympics, but it's still cool. 

[josie]

I assume that by "12," you mean "9."

 

My niece is 7 and they look her age.

 

I'm sorry, there is absolutely no way Chunsong is 20 years old. I did a search to see other pictures and it's not just one bad picture. They're all like that, if not worse. I feel creepy just doing it, like big brother just put me on some list. 

I can kind of see it in their faces. The ones I remember being really controversial were the Beijing Chinese women's gymnasts- their 15 year olds were rumored to be more like 12 and 13, and things were overlooked because it was the home country pulling strings. 

 

I think a lot of it is genetics, looking young, but also the strict routines/diets they're probably on. No chance to go through puberty in a body that might not've changed much even under more normal circumstances. They just look kind of stunted to me. Doesn't stop them being incredible athletes, but you gotta wonder. No other team has such childlike contestants. 

[josie]

South African Springbok rugby fans trying to do the macarena. Unsuccessfully. 

[Claude Balls]

That was from last Olympics, but it's still cool.

 

I thought it might be. Her mom was wearing it at one point as well.

[K-9]

South African Springbok rugby fans trying to do the macarena. Unsuccessfully. 

[josie]

If the Mandela were a dance, what would it be?

[That Aud Smell]

What the US (young) women are doing in gymnastics is astonishing.

 

Anyway. I frickin' love this .gif of Laruie Hernandez. This is apparently the pose she struck right before her floor routine. Just - awesome confidence. USA! USA! USA!

 

[K-9]

If the Mandela were a dance, what would it be?

I'll have to give it some thought, but I'm gonna eliminate Irish clog dancing right off the bat. Apologies to Michael Flatley. 

[Neo]

I'll have to give it some thought, but I'm gonna eliminate Irish clog dancing right off the bat. Apologies to Michael Flatley.

 

That's TWO pop culture references I've had to Google in five days. I prefer Heddy Lamarr.