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Re: 2016 Rio Summer Olympics

#51 Post by Bandit72 » Thu Aug 18, 2016 3:18 pm

I'm in love with Canadian diver Meaghan Benfeito.

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#52 Post by crater » Thu Aug 18, 2016 6:16 pm

I found something I don't like about the Olympics.

Immediate disqualification for a false start.

These people spend years building up to run in the Olympics and that's all taken away for jumping a bit too early?

Terrible.

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#53 Post by Hype » Thu Aug 18, 2016 7:10 pm

They used to allow two false starts, but it fucks with the other runners. It can be a tactic to false start the first one to rattle them.

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#54 Post by Pandemonium » Thu Aug 18, 2016 9:24 pm

mockbee wrote:Send lochte back to rio.....

What an asshole... :no:
I heard some recent interview clips from him today and if I had to give him a nickname, it would be AquaSpicolli.

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#55 Post by creep » Thu Aug 18, 2016 9:28 pm

this is one of my favorite clips starring mr lochte


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#56 Post by Artemis » Thu Aug 18, 2016 9:47 pm

:lol: hilarious!

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#57 Post by Bandit72 » Fri Aug 19, 2016 1:20 am

When I watched Carl Lewis in Los Angeles I remember being totally awestruck. Aside from Ben Johnson being a doper, he would have won in Seoul too. Then over the past decade I have had so much admiration for Usain Bolt, and last night just topped it off. He is simply the best sprinter we've ever seen. But I guess my point is how long before we have another? Someone else who breaks Bolt's records? It's not a yearly thing, so are we talking 20 years plus? Thank you Usain, it's been a pleasure watching you.

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#58 Post by kv » Fri Aug 19, 2016 1:21 am

Hype wrote:They used to allow two false starts, but it fucks with the other runners. It can be a tactic to false start the first one to rattle them.
Hype gets it

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#59 Post by Hype » Fri Aug 19, 2016 12:23 pm

Bandit72 wrote:When I watched Carl Lewis in Los Angeles I remember being totally awestruck. Aside from Ben Johnson being a doper, he would have won in Seoul too. Then over the past decade I have had so much admiration for Usain Bolt, and last night just topped it off. He is simply the best sprinter we've ever seen. But I guess my point is how long before we have another? Someone else who breaks Bolt's records? It's not a yearly thing, so are we talking 20 years plus? Thank you Usain, it's been a pleasure watching you.
I can't rule DeGrasse out. Some of the commentators noted that if you start comparing the two, despite the fact that they have very different builds and running styles, there are some glimmers that DeGrasse may be even better than Bolt. Bolt didn't medal/make it to the finals at his first Olympics. DeGrasse has managed TWO, including a silver behind the greatest sprinter of all time. DeGrasse's physical peak will be at the next Olympics, so he has a good 3-4 years to put on some muscle and refine his technique. But he already broke the Canadian 200m record, in a semi-final race, and he's already running 9.91 and 19.8... So it's very possible.

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#60 Post by clickie » Fri Aug 19, 2016 6:07 pm

I cant see de grasse shaving off much more than a couple hundredths of a second off his currrent times.
Hes too little and you can tell he's probably already max'd out his potential.
Bolt hit his peak around the same age and even on his record breaking sprints he would coast
towards the end because he's so far ahead of everyone.

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#61 Post by Hype » Fri Aug 19, 2016 8:50 pm

clickie wrote:I cant see de grasse shaving off much more than a couple hundredths of a second off his currrent times.
Hes too little and you can tell he's probably already max'd out his potential.
Bolt hit his peak around the same age and even on his record breaking sprints he would coast
towards the end because he's so far ahead of everyone.
De Grasse is 21. Bolt peaked where most sprinters peak, around 24-25. :neutral:

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#62 Post by clickie » Fri Aug 19, 2016 9:16 pm

I think Bolt peaked before that, he was only about 17-18 yrs old his first olympics when he didnt medal.
Probably peaked around 23 yrs old if yr going strictly by times.

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#63 Post by Matz » Sat Aug 20, 2016 2:50 am

anyone know of a site that streams the mens basketball final? Its on a channel here in Denmark that I can't watch.

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#64 Post by Artemis » Sat Aug 20, 2016 5:08 am

Matz wrote:anyone know of a site that streams the mens basketball final? Its on a channel here in Denmark that I can't watch.
I'm not sure if you'll be able to watch this from Denmark, but CBC Olympics coverage is pretty good.

Here's a link to test out. Currently a few events are "in progress".

http://olympics.cbc.ca/online-listing/

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#65 Post by Hype » Sat Aug 20, 2016 5:17 am

clickie wrote:I think Bolt peaked before that, he was only about 17-18 yrs old his first olympics when he didnt medal.
Probably peaked around 23 yrs old if yr going strictly by times.
True, he was turning 23 when he set his best times. Obviously there's no exact date after which you can't run faster anymore. Still, the consensus is roughly lower to mid-20s for male sprinters, so I think it's safe to think that De Grasse still has some time. It doesn't have to be at the Olympics, anyway.

And yeah, I agree that it's hard to imagine him competing with Bolt's times given his size, but Bolt shouldn't be as good at the 100 as he is. So who knows. :noclue:

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#66 Post by Matz » Sat Aug 20, 2016 5:39 am

Artemis wrote:
Matz wrote:anyone know of a site that streams the mens basketball final? Its on a channel here in Denmark that I can't watch.
I'm not sure if you'll be able to watch this from Denmark, but CBC Olympics coverage is pretty good.

Here's a link to test out. Currently a few events are "in progress".

http://olympics.cbc.ca/online-listing/
thanks Artemis! Unfortunately I get this message on every video: We are currently experiencing technical difficulties. Don't know if it's a polite way of telling me I, as a Dane, have no business being there or if it's the real thing.

I'll try again in an hour or so and keep looking for other streams

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#67 Post by Matz » Sat Aug 20, 2016 5:55 am

only IP addresses originating from within the respective countries can access it. No Canadian IP? No CBC streaming
:sad:

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#68 Post by Artemis » Sat Aug 20, 2016 6:11 am

Matz wrote:
only IP addresses originating from within the respective countries can access it. No Canadian IP? No CBC streaming
:sad:

Too bad.

Have you tried a search on Serbian sports streams? For sure, ALL of Serbia will be watching this game. :lol:
I think most TV stations and sports stations will have live streams to watch.

http://www.olweb.tv/tv_channels/serbia/

Also, a site I found with the top streaming sites for sports:

I've used the Batman stream before.
https://www.bestsportstreaming.com/

if creep is around, he can probably find a site for you.

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#69 Post by Matz » Sat Aug 20, 2016 6:40 am

Artemis wrote:
Have you tried a search on Serbian sports streams? For sure, ALL of Serbia will be watching this game. :lol:
:lol: very creative! I would never have thought of that.
Also, a site I found with the top streaming sites for sports:

I've used the Batman stream before.
https://www.bestsportstreaming.com/
very cool, if the Serbian streams bail on me I'll be headed straight over there...

thanks for all your hard work, I really appreciate it! :rockon:

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#70 Post by perkana » Sun Aug 21, 2016 4:58 pm

Can't wait for the fireworks. Closing ceremonies have always been so fucking boring to me. It's one of those things that you have to be there to have fun. Fucking athletes :sui:

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#71 Post by perkana » Sun Aug 21, 2016 5:02 pm

Matz wrote:
only IP addresses originating from within the respective countries can access it. No Canadian IP? No CBC streaming
:sad:
I use this program/app:
http://hola.org

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#72 Post by Matz » Mon Aug 22, 2016 2:51 am

thanks, works great. 15 hours too late for the basketball game unfortunately, but a cool thing to have in future

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Re: 2016 Rio Summer Olympics

#73 Post by clickie » Mon Aug 22, 2016 3:56 pm

Wonder who's gonna be on the Wheaties box? Probably the gymnast Simone and deservingly so.

Be cool if it was Claressa Shields though. Damn she has some fast hands throwing those five punch combos.

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