alphseeker Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 ONCE AGAIN a bloody major final ends in a dumb ass shoot-out :banghead: :banghead: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphseeker Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Awesome to see just how much Naymar wanted that gold. My repect for him just increased two-fold. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod in Toronto Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 I was at the water polo final, and got home just in time for the penalty shootout. At long last Brazil wins gold in football! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost In Xanadu Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 Lochte tears up... he must really be sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhawkrush Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 Lochte tears up... he must really be sorryYou're lying on the internet again. :tsk: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost In Xanadu Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 (edited) Never really watched it before, but my wife and daughter are watching Rhythmic Gymnastics... some of the passes are crazy. It's pretty cool, I'm pleasantly surprised Edited August 21, 2016 by Lost In Xanadu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g under p Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 Olympic volunteer says ‘we’re treated like animals,’ get expired food and work 12-hour days http://news.nationalpost.com/sports/rio-2016/olympic-volunteer-says-were-treated-like-animals I hope they can get some compensation after the Olympics but I doubt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g under p Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 Took my dad to watch France vs Holland (women's handball) and brought Stella to the olympic village today. I'll post pictures later on!Before this year i have never, ever watched handball. But after watching two games from the dutch men's team I actually enjoy it. Handball, is that the game they play where they don't actually use their hands....everything but right. I know of handball where you hit a ball against a wall that we used to play as kids in NYC.http://www4.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Olympics+Day+1+Handball+u_wGwXygQxpl.jpg Looks like you can use your hands. ;)Soccer = football. Handball = soccer, but with your hands. Oh I did not know that it was even an indoor game. I was thinking of a game they showed earlier on the beach where they used their chest, head and feet to hit a ball over a net sort of like beach volleyball. To serve they scooped up sand, placed the ball on top of a mound then kick the ball over the net as a serve and their hands were not used in play. Hmmmm I wonder then what that sport is called it looked pretty hard to play. Unless one was very good at soccer. BTW, congratulations to Brasil for the winning penalty kick in soccer. I would gather this gold medal has certainly made these Olympics a success the country. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost In Xanadu Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 Olympic volunteer says ‘we’re treated like animals,’ get expired food and work 12-hour days http://news.nationalpost.com/sports/rio-2016/olympic-volunteer-says-were-treated-like-animals I hope they can get some compensation after the Olympics but I doubt it.on the other side of the coin.... http://bigstory.ap.org/article/6a8e702c40224f6a8345d9f6fe4def54/renowned-chef-feeds-rios-homeless-excess-olympic-food Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g under p Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 Well Brasil may have out done the soccer squad with a gold win in their second dominate sport indoor volleyball. Congratulations BRASIL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhawkrush Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 Poland ends up with 11 medals ( 2-3-6 ) Should've been more but luck was not on our side. In fact, it seemed as if Polish athletes were constantly competing on Friday the 13th. :eyeroll: Oh well, better days in Tokyo, I hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 The first married couple to win Gold medals together since 1920 - Kate and Helen Richardson-Walsh. http://truth.justdied.com/images/katehelen.jpg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foghorn-leghorn Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 Well Brasil may have out done the soccer squad with a gold win in their second dominate sport indoor volleyball. Congratulations BRASIL. It's actually spelled Brazil. Thought I would warn you before Rod pulls you up. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foghorn-leghorn Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 Lots of soul-searching at the moment in Germany after their lowest medal haul since unification. The team won more Golds than they did in London, but the overall total was lower. Would have been much worse if the Russians had a full squad at the Games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod in Toronto Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 Well Brasil may have out done the soccer squad with a gold win in their second dominate sport indoor volleyball. Congratulations BRASIL. It's actually spelled Brazil. Thought I would warn you before Rod pulls you up. ;) Internationally, yes. But locally we write "Brasil". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foghorn-leghorn Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 Well Brasil may have out done the soccer squad with a gold win in their second dominate sport indoor volleyball. Congratulations BRASIL. It's actually spelled Brazil. Thought I would warn you before Rod pulls you up. ;) Internationally, yes. But locally we write "Brasil". I was not aware of that. G.P you're off the hook if you were. Rod, does Portugal also spell it with an S? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod in Toronto Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 Yep! I found this great review of the games: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-3750828/Forgot-scare-stories-Rio-sport-triumphed-14-days-brought-festival-magic-emotion.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foghorn-leghorn Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 Rod, what's the latest on the Para Olympics, will they still go ahead as scheduled? Lots of talk over here about down sizing. Hope they give the tickets away for free if there is little take-up. Of course, the media are always looking for reasons to slate the Games no matter where they are held. Is this just "paper talk" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhawkrush Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 Well Brasil may have out done the soccer squad with a gold win in their second dominate sport indoor volleyball. Congratulations BRASIL. It's actually spelled Brazil. Thought I would warn you before Rod pulls you up. ;) Internationally, yes. But locally we write "Brasil". I was not aware of that. G.P you're off the hook if you were. Rod, does Portugal also spell it with an S?I think they spell it Bra-Ronaldo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foghorn-leghorn Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 Yep! I found this great review of the games: http://www.dailymail...ic-emotion.html And for the Kill-joys, the same rag published this.... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-3751106/PETER-HITCHENS-Gold-synchronised-sunburn-self-delusion-goes-to.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod in Toronto Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 Rod, what's the latest on the Para Olympics, will they still go ahead as scheduled? Lots of talk over here about down sizing. Hope they give the tickets away for free if there is little take-up. Of course, the media are always looking for reasons to slate the Games no matter where they are held. Is this just "paper talk" I think it's just a rumour. We'll get tickets for a few events this week. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted August 22, 2016 Author Share Posted August 22, 2016 (edited) Well Brasil may have out done the soccer squad with a gold win in their second dominate sport indoor volleyball. Congratulations BRASIL. It's actually spelled Brazil. Thought I would warn you before Rod pulls you up. ;) Internationally, yes. But locally we write "Brasil". I was not aware of that. G.P you're off the hook if you were. Rod, does Portugal also spell it with an S? In Spanish, it is BraSil as well. Edited August 22, 2016 by goose 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod in Toronto Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 The men's volleyball final was a fitting final chapter for Brazil's medals. Italy fought a hard battle, but the 3-0 result was well deserved for us! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphseeker Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 I guess this kinda protest is way better than burning down place of business and looting - :Phttp://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j199/bauhaus92/22WRESTLEweb1-master768_zpsipsrnyvl.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhawkrush Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 The men's volleyball final was a fitting final chapter for Brazil's medals. Italy fought a hard battle, but the 3-0 result was well deserved for us!Brazil was definitely the favorite playing on home soil. Group stage results posed some questions about them delivering the goods but they managed to pull it off. Poland, being the current World Champions, had higher hopes than to be knocked out in the quarterfinals. The retirement of Wlazly and the absence of Zagumny made life difficult for the Poles. Defending the crown in two years time will be a job and a half. :| 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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