2016 Summer Olympics (Archived) • Page 2

so stoked to see some volleyball

 

The Marathon! Oh yeah, and have you heard about the woman 800 m runner Semenya who has been scrutinized for being like a hermaphodite?

 

Russia state-sponsored doping at Sochi Winter Olympics - report

Sportsday - report into Russian doping allegations

"It is damning. It's a lot worse than people were expecting. I've read through some of the report as we watched the news conference and 580 positive tests were covered up across 30 different sports.

"We know that Russia competitors won't be at the track and field events at the Rio Olympics but what we don't know is the impact on other sports. This is all summer and winter sports.

"This is a devastating blow for Russian credibility. The focus now will turn to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and what they will do in terms of the Rio Olympics. The IOC has a big problem because this has blown a hole in any semblance that Russian sport has been clean over the last few years.

"We are into the world of James Bond style espionage."

 

Went ahead and stickied this thread since it's coming up quick.

 

volleyball....maybe a little gymnastics...polo....every odd ball game I'm into it.

 

Athlete's village was deemed uninhabitable. lol

 

Russia not completely banned. Up to individual sports governing bodies.

 

Are there any other suggestions for things I should be re-directing to in this first post? Basketball to the NBA thread kinda works since it's off-season, but baseball to the MLB thread doesn't really work at all since the season is in full swing.

 

I heard Australia's was the worst and they complained.
Rio official said "maybe we can bring a kangaroo do make you feel happier"
Australian official response "no we just want a plumber"

 

Is there any convenient way to watch these without having any form of cable tv?

 

If you have a streaming device I believe the NBC Sports app is going to stream alot of events live and have every event archived. They already have a bunch of the Track & Field trials on there.

It's one of the cable channel apps that doesn't require a cable tv subscription.

 

Michael Phelps Selected As Team USA’s Flag Bearer For Rio 2016 Olympic Games

I'm not surprised they picked him but damn I would have loved to see Serena Williams up there.

 

Exactly me. They both deserve it, undoubtedly. Maybe Serena will still be playing in Tokyo.

 

You need a cable login for the NBC Sports streaming (the network's FAQ says this includes all coverage). If you have a TV that gets over-the-air you can watch the NBC coverage (via the app FAQ). Reddit usually keeps a few less-than-legal streams lists.

 

yeah lol my bad. I assumed it didn't require one until i first tried to watch something this morning.

 

It's pretty stupid.

 

A Chinese hurdler was robbed, apparently he was vomited on as a distraction.

 

Why does Great Britain compete as one country in the Olympics but in the World Cup and Euro Cup they compete separately?

 

quick google search seems to suggest its mostly due to tradition.

When soccer/football was starting out, there wasn't a whole lot of other competition plus traveling far was hard so most of the competition stayed local and its easy to see how English/Welsh/Irish/Scottish national teams arose as people put national pride on the line. Even as the sport spread across the globe, those strong ties to the national teams remained.

With the Olympics, there was plenty of competition outside of the UK so there was just the one UK team and that has stuck as well

 

The IOC voted today on new Olympic sports for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, and we got some cool ones.

2020 Olympics will see the debut/return of:
Skateboarding (street and park)
Surfing
Baseball/Softball
Karate
Sport Climbing

From what i've been reading though these are only for Tokyo because of new rules where every Olympics each local committee can propose additional sports for those games only. If they're popular enough they can be added as permanent Olympic sports.

 

this is already a disaster and it's just begun. we really didn't learn anything from the World Cup and we're pretty much making fun of ourselves at this point. bem-vindos ao rio!

 

Opening Ceremonies tonight!

 

holy fuck we're amazing tonight (and tonight only)

 

This "celebration and defiance in the face difficulties" theme on NBC's coverage is a brilliant PR move.

 

Wish I was watching now... Damn you forced tape delay/NBC. Only three more hours!