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Post by potentpotables on Aug 4, 2016 17:51:48 GMT -5
Do you think there is only one acceptable reason to chant USA! USA! USA! Maybe you fancy yourself an expert on national anthems! Does the 50 freestyle get you all jacked up with adrenaline? Have you ever discussed the finer points of a well-fashioned riposte? Then this thread is for you! Calling all Olympic nerds!
Storylines to watch:
- Rio: will the Games be a disaster? Will there be any terror threats? How about the Zika virus and air/water quality? Why does any city want to host the Games these days??? - Michael Phelps: his 5th and probably last Games, though with that guy you never say never. I think Sports Illustrated predicted four medals for him, 3 golds and a silver. The butterfly and IM is where to watch him. - US Swimming in general: rumors circulating that this is the weakest team we've sent to the Games in years. - USA Basketball: the men will be much more interesting than the women. USA men send a team lacking the super elite players as many of them turned down the opportunity. USA women have a 41 game winning streak in the Olympics and should cruise to gold. - The Medal Count: SI predicts 45 gold and 118 overall for the Stars and Stripes. - USA Soccer (women's, since the men didn't qualify): already 3 points from the first match. US Women have never missed the gold medal match and are the World Cup holders. - Gymnastics: US Women are picked by SI to win the gold. The star is Simone Biles, who is predicted by SI to win the all-around gold plus golds on the beam, vault, and floor. Other predicted USA medalists are Laurie Hernandez (all around bronze), Aly Raisman (floor silver), and Madison Kocien (silver on unevens). If I know anything about gymnastics, very few of these predictions will pan out! - Track and Field: for our Canadian friends, pole vaulter Shawn Barber is predicted to bring home the gold to Canada. - More Track and Field: Usain Bolt is going for the "triple-triple" - gold in the 100, 200, and 4x100 for the 3rd straight Olympics. My gut says he doesn't do it. Check back in two weeks to see if I look stupid.
fun Olympic fact: the 1904 Olympics were held in conjunction with the World's Fair in St. Louis. The actual games only lasted 5 days but the extended sports program ran from the beginning of July to around Thanksgiving!
I think I'm going to set up my living room fall football TVs early so that I can be watching 3 Olympic channels as once. But yet again, NBC sucks for not showing the Opening Ceremonies live. It's only an hour ahead of real time (EDT) and its the FREAKING 21st CENTURY.
Can't believe you didn't note Bubba representing for golf!
Not big into the Olympic's, but I will keep track of a few events. Interested to see what Phelps does, if the men can go undefeated in basketball again, and what our golf team can do.
Can't believe you didn't note Bubba representing for golf!
Not big into the Olympic's, but I will keep track of a few events. Interested to see what Phelps does, if the men can go undefeated in basketball again, and what our golf team can do.
...I didn't know golf was an Olympic sport until I read this.
Can't believe you didn't note Bubba representing for golf!
Not big into the Olympic's, but I will keep track of a few events. Interested to see what Phelps does, if the men can go undefeated in basketball again, and what our golf team can do.
...I didn't know golf was an Olympic sport until I read this.
Well, you suck.
The reason I wrote the first sentence is because potentpotables and I have had discussions in the golf thread.
Post by captaina152 on Aug 4, 2016 20:55:18 GMT -5
I am really excited for the combat sports to get started. Wrestling (used to do that a long time ago),judo, fencing, and taekwondo. Really love diving and gymnastics as well. Also people that do water polo blow my mind. How can you tread water for so long???
It sounds like this is going to be a literal shit show of an Olympics but I don't think that the IOC has taken nearly enough heat for allowing Brazil to be in this position.
They really need an established structure in place before awarding a bid and then definitive, enforced milestones in preparation, with a credible threat of losing the Olympics for failing to meet them.
IMO, for an event of this scope, conservatively choosing host cities may be the most responsible thing to do.
Post by potentpotables on Aug 4, 2016 23:03:59 GMT -5
Oh my goodness how could I forget one of my favorite things about the Olympics??? The John Williams penned Olympic Fanfare and Theme. Stirring. Gives me chills. Makes me watch the Today show every morning for 2.5 weeks straight.
I'm an Olympics fan. I've downloaded the app so I can watch all the lesser sports at the office during the week. I can't wait! Tomorrow morning, 6 AM, rowing starts!
ugh. we have a work outing to a baseball game tonight. DURING THE OPENING CEREMONY.
ben is trying to make me go see the gin blossoms and better than ezra at the regatta tonight because it's free. the heat + the olympics = i'm not leaving the house for the next two weeks.
Post by captaina152 on Aug 5, 2016 11:35:40 GMT -5
We are going to see The Black Jacket Symphony. They are doing Purple Rain so I feel like it will be ok if we miss part of the opening ceremony. Also should be able to find a replay of it somewhere.
ugh. we have a work outing to a baseball game tonight. DURING THE OPENING CEREMONY.
Two things:
1. It is PNC Park, the best park in baseball. 2. The Opening Ceremonies aren't even live, so you should feel good about DVRing or watching a stream afterwards.
Post by potentpotables on Aug 5, 2016 11:40:48 GMT -5
Daily Olympic fun fact: Mexico City is at an altitude of over 7,000 feet, almost a mile and a half above sea level. This caused a lot of track and field oddities in 1968. Perhaps the biggest one was Bob Beamon SMASHING the men's long jump world record. The old record was something like 27'4.75". He set the record at 29'2.5", beating the old record by about 22 inches, and it would stand for 23 years.
That Olympics is famous for other problems at track and field where athletes who never placed in the top 5 at an event before or after the Mexico City games (like the men's 1500 is one I remember) won medals because they had trained pre-Olympics at altitude.
ugh. we have a work outing to a baseball game tonight. DURING THE OPENING CEREMONY.
Two things:
1. It is PNC Park, the best park in baseball. 2. The Opening Ceremonies aren't even live, so you should feel good about DVRing or watching a stream afterwards.
1. I've already been to a game there 2. we're not even sitting on the side with the good view 3. I'm not financially prepared to spend a million dollars at the game because that's inevitably what happens at every pro baseball game thanks to $10 beers 4. it's hot out
3. I'm not financially prepared to spend a million dollars at the game because that's inevitably what happens at every pro baseball game thanks to $10 beers 4. it's hot out
pregame at the casino during happy hour. get snacks at buccaroos (the kids stand with smaller portions for super cheap). only sit high up enough that you're in the shade.
1. It is PNC Park, the best park in baseball. 2. The Opening Ceremonies aren't even live, so you should feel good about DVRing or watching a stream afterwards.
1. I've already been to a game there 2. we're not even sitting on the side with the good view 3. I'm not financially prepared to spend a million dollars at the game because that's inevitably what happens at every pro baseball game thanks to $10 beers 4. it's hot out
I would much prefer to catch a game at PNC Park (no matter where I'm sitting) then watch the opening ceremony. I would much prefer to catch any professional baseball game then watch the opening ceremony.
As mentioned above, it's not even live...and although I do enjoy a lot of the Olympic events, the opening ceremony is not one. Also, on the financial issue...pregame!
Post by potentpotables on Aug 5, 2016 20:21:55 GMT -5
In the OP I forgot to mention: Michael Phelps was the only choice to lead the Yanks into the games. Hope that Katie Ledecky can have the same thing said about her in 2024.
Post by potentpotables on Aug 6, 2016 9:30:04 GMT -5
The second half of this men's water Polo match has been super frustrating. Tied with the defending gold medalists at half, USA has been outscored 4-1 by Croatia in the second half. 7-4.
The second half of this men's water Polo match has been super frustrating. Tied with the defending gold medalists at half, USA has been outscored 4-1 by Croatia in the second half. 7-4.
Post by potentpotables on Aug 6, 2016 10:21:50 GMT -5
Daily Olympic fun fact: We will stay with the 1968 Games in Mexico City. This is a pretty popular story but it's still great. Everyone knows that the USA won gold and bronze in the 200m, but everyone remembers that Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised one fist in a black power/human rights salute during the anthem at the medal ceremony. This protest has lived on famously and will celebrate its 50th anniversary in two years.
The less publicized story is that of Peter Norman, the Aussie who won silver. He had the idea for the raised fists, and wore a human rights badge on his jacket (Smith and Carlos wore the same badges). Norman joining the Americans in the political statement led to him being ostracized in Australia. In fact, he qualified for the '72 games in Munich but Australia declined to send him (or any male sprinters, actually). Norman was not invited to participate in the 2000 ceremonies in Sydney, and remained outcast until his death in 2006.
The three became such friends that Carlos and Smith served as pallbearers at Norman's funeral. This story gets me right here (pounds chest). It's a little dusty in my living room right now.
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