2016 Olympic Games, Rio

[ratsapprentice]

He's no chance.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Rats you watching it all kickoff in the weightlifting

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What a lift!!!

 

[ratsapprentice]

Yeah... great event!

Toulon will be after the Talakhadze.

 

[Peat]

People starting to moan. About the use of lotto money in sports.

FFS can we not have one nice thing God damn it.

Wut?

 

[ncurd]

People starting to moan. About the use of lotto money in sports.

FFS can we not have one nice thing God damn it.

UGH we'd have no nice things if we didn't have lottery funding remember Atlantic? Go look at that medal table last games before lottery funding kick in.

 

[Vieux Talonneur]

George North's reaction was priceless when Clare Balding suggested that this was the Olympics of proposals. There and then I swear he'd have beaten Bolt. But serves him right for wearing a back to front baseball cap.

 

[ncurd]

Just did some maths as someone on Facebook suggested we only won 37% of medals available on track. It's actually 79% when taking into consideration limited entrants.

 

[Every Time Ref]

Just did some maths as someone on Facebook suggested we only won 37% of medals available on track. It's actually 79% when taking into consideration limited entrants.

Whatever happened to Great British Values like plucky failure? Sad to see what our country has become

 

[Vieux Talonneur]

Whatever happened to Great British Values like plucky failure? Sad to see what our country has become

LOL. The stiff upper lip has also vanished, we've become a nation of blubberers!

 

[TRF_heineken]

So today Caster Semenya will run in 800m women's heat 2...

I guess it will be the start of a lot of unnecessary controversy...

 

[Every Time Ref]

LOL. The stiff upper lip has also vanished, we've become a nation of blubberers!

Yeah we used to lose then smile politely, now we win and cry about it!

So today Caster Semenya will run in 800m women's heat 2...

I guess it will be the start of a lot of unnecessary controversy...

Yeah good for her, she's had to put up with a lot so glad to see her competing.

 

[WaterboySA]

Won't be the start of it cause it's already started.Hope she breaks the world record, the athletes(probably from the USA) that complains can kiss her ass.

 

[TRF_heineken]

Won't be the start of it cause it's already started.Hope she breaks the world record, the athletes(probably from the USA) that complains can kiss her ass.

Just as long as she doesn't dive at the finish line...

 

[Groundhog]

Thomas Barr ran the race of his life to win his 400 meter hurdle heat. To put that in context he's the first Irishman since 1932 to reach an Olympic sprint final. White men can jump.

 

[Every Time Ref]

Thomas Barr ran the race of his life to win his 400 meter hurdle heat. To put that in context he's the first Irishman since 1932 to reach an Olympic sprint final. White men can jump.

Not just white either, Irish is abotu as white as it gets.

 

[TRF_heineken]

White men can jump.

- Paul O'Connell

 

[ratsapprentice]

Don't know how you can pass off the controversy surrounding Semenya as "unnecessary" given how significant her advantage is.

Can you imagine the absolute slaughtering another athlete would get for having synthetically enhanced T levels as high as her?

It's an extraordinarily awkward situation.

 

[TRF_heineken]

Don't know how you can pass off the controversy surrounding Semenya as "unnecessary" given how significant her advantage is.

Can you imagine the absolute slaughtering another athlete would get for having synthetically enhanced T levels as high as her?

It's an extraordinarily awkward situation.

But it's a disadvantage to her. She has been ridiculed since the Beijing Olympics. She underwent several tests and the conclusion is that she can compete. So why keep on hammering on the issue? It's not her fault she was born that way, just like it's not Michael Phelps' fault that he was born with massive feet...

 

[WaterboySA]

Don't know how you can pass off the controversy surrounding Semenya as "unnecessary" given how significant her advantage is.

Can you imagine the absolute slaughtering another athlete would get for having synthetically enhanced T levels as high as her?

It's an extraordinarily awkward situation.

She's done EVERYTHING the international bodies expected of her, including suffering incredible humiliation. Someone will have to test Bolt properly for hormones, as he CLEARLY has a huge unfair advantage..... How about Caster's also a very good athlete???Otherwise Bolt must be injecting SOMETHING taking his winning margins into consideration? The UK and USA can't win everything you know!

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It's not her fault she was born that way, just like it's not Michael Phelps' fault that he was born with massive feet...

Maybe his feet, but everything else is VERY small.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Yeh she has done all that she could do.

I feel for her and TBH it's a bit inspiring to see all the crap she goes through all because of something she has no control over and to carry on competing at such a level despite knowing no matter what happens people will still humiliate her.