The Olympics suck. I am not watching and neither should you.

[Unkotare]

American gymnast Simone Biles withdrew from the vault and uneven bars because Japan banned her from importing a psychotropic drug. And without it, the girl can not perform.
And these people accuse Russia of a state-sponsored doping support program...
Simone Biles said that she was withdrawing "due to the inability to mentally concentrate enough to participate in competitions"
Of course!. She must first take some opiates, or something else, and then go to win confidently.
But this is not doping, right?

Proof?

 

[Ringo]

The reason for the positive test for mesterolone of the Ukrainian tennis player Yastremskaya is called sex with a man on the eve of testing.
Ukraine was accepted into the family of civilized nations, where doping enters the body by accident, through sex, or with food, or lipstick, and not like the russians - on purpose.

 

[Ringo]

The IOC refused to observe a minute of silence in memory of those killed on the anniversary of the US nuclear strike on the city of Hiroshima.
"The Japanese are disappointed by the refusal of the organizers of the Olympics to honor the memory of the victims of Hiroshima" - Agence France-Presse.
And what did you expect, it's not like you have to get down on your knee for BLM and support LGBT people!
The IOC leadership is not crazy - they do not want to lose their posts because of "some kind of nuclear bombing". And it takes all time and their efforts to protect gays.

 

[Polishprince]

Trump urged his followers to root against the USA

The USA Olympic Team is not the country. They are not synonymous. The Olympics are very politically charged nowadays and are quite socialistic. Although its my understanding that President Trump only was rooting against the ladies' soccer team, not the whole Olympic team. Ladies soccer team opposed him, you know, so they shouldn't be surprised if the disdain goes both ways.

 

[WinterBorn]

I watched the Tokyo Olympics briefly the other day when I was channel surfing. I caught the end of the men’s triathlon and I realized right then why I have not been watching it and why no one else is either. The most disgusting thing in my mind was the absurd mugging for the camera that went on by the winner, from Norway. Once the competitor realized he was going to win, the real show began while the cameras were rolling. He began twirling and waving his hands and slowed down almost as if to taunt the other contestants. Then he fell to the ground to show how hard he worked for the win. It was showmanship on parade, and it was a prime example of the shallowness the games have become.

What is a triathlete, and who has time to train for that sport? The announcers kept prattling on about this or that competitor that came from whole family of triathletes. Who comes from a whole family of triathletes? Most people must work to feed themselves. Do not get me wrong; I am no typical American malingerer. I worked for 55 years before I retired. Forty years ago, I was running 30-minute 10k’s while I worked 50-60 hours a week. At 74, I still ride a bicycle 50 miles a day. I have the same waistline I had in high school. But I cannot relate to these “triathletes”. Who can afford a $10,000 bicycle, $300 triathlon shoes, and a swimming pool to train in every day?

Olympic skateboarding? Really? When can we expect Olympic birdwatching? Remember Olga Korbut? That is when the Olympics became the circus. And now with all the kneeling and politics is it a circus of horrors. I am not watching any more of it and you should not either. The Olympics suck and that is why the ratings are so low.

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Eh, if someone enjoys watching the Olympics, they should watch. If they don't, they shouldn't.

I am certainly not in a position to tell someone else what they should or shouldn't watch. And neither are you.

 

[rightwinger]

The USA Olympic Team is not the country. They are not synonymous. The Olympics are very politically charged nowadays and are quite socialistic. Although its my understanding that President Trump only was rooting against the ladies' soccer team, not the whole Olympic team. Ladies soccer team opposed him, you know, so they shouldn't be surprised if the disdain goes both ways.

USA!
USA!

 

[Polishprince]

USA!
USA!

I'm sorry if I am more interested Roman Reigns defending his title against a returning John Cena in Vegas next month than chicks playing soccer.

 

[lg325]

Missing some good Olympic Wrestling. Olympic handball is different from Handball I know of which is played in a racket ball type court..

 

[rightwinger]

Missing some good Olympic Wrestling. Olympic handball is different from Handball I know of which is played in a racket ball type court..

Olympic Handball has nothing to do with Handball

 

[DrLove]

If you ride your bike 50 miles each and every day Ray, then I'm the frickin' Pope

 

[lg325]

Olympic Handball has nothing to do with Handball

The hand ball there playing was called War Ball when I was in school in the 1970s

 

[rightwinger]

The hand ball there playing was called War Ball when I was in school in the 1970s

Kind of remember playing something like that in gym class using a volleyball

Has nothing to do with Handball

 

[Ringo]

When ate substances (strictly according to the doctor's prescription, of course!), and then lost to the russians, who are being examined under a microscope, then it's time to scream: "Not fair!!!"

The head of USADA called for the publication of the results of doping tests of athletes from Russia

Olympics-Russia emboldened to continue cheating, says USADA chief

As accusations of Russian doping surfaced at the Tokyo Olympics pool the head of the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) dove in on Saturday coming to the defence of American swimmer Ryan Murphy for suggesting some of his rivals were drug cheats. After losing the second of his 2016 Rio...

sports.yahoo.com

 

[Ringo]

Proof?

WADA hack raises questions about therapeutic use exemptions, security

Hacking group Fancy Bear misses mark in smearing Americans with leaked info, experts say.

www.usatoday.com

The World Anti-Doping Organization did not respond to the request. No information was declassified. The journalists had to be content with the official statement of the American Anti-Doping Agency that the Williams sisters and Biles, who joined them, were not to blame for anything.
Biles then explained that since childhood she has suffered from hyperactivity and attention deficit, and therefore WADA allows her to take ritalin. The whole world saw what this led to in Tokyo.
Ritalin is a powerful psychostimulant, colloquially called "cocaine for the poor". The rules for transporting it across the border are very complex, they were tightened even more during the pandemic. According to people familiar with the situation, Simone Biles ' coach was unable to bring the supply of ritalin required by his ward to Japan.
Left without the usual medicine, the famous gymnast withdrew from the competition, abandoning her team to the mercy of fate. The American media proclaimed her a heroine, broke out with sentimental texts. Let's call things by their proper names, however. In front of the whole world, the leading American athlete was experiencing a banal drug withdrawal.
To distract the public's attention from this shame, the head of the American Anti-Doping Agency, Travis Tygart, attacked Russian athletes: "Russia deserves severe punishment and continues to cheat."
Listen, but this is the same Tygart who recently punished the American runner Sha'Curry Richardson with one purely symbolic month of disqualification. Richardson got high on marijuana right before the start. Usually, WADA disqualifies for such a thing for four years.
And now Tygart accuses Russia of "state support of doping" and offers to publish all the doping tests of the Olympians. Well, good luck. Russian athletes have nothing to fear, the IOC has just confirmed that they have no positive samples. But it will be interesting to look at the tests of american athletes. It seems that the entire periodic table is already in them.
The unpunished use of drugs and prohibited substances by american athletes may give them some victories. But at a long distance, this is a really scary thing. For several generations, American children have been accustomed to the idea that you can become a sports star only if you pump yourself up with various rubbish from an early age. This lawlessness will be covered by coaches, doctors, Travis Tygart, everyone up to the president. What is this, if not "state support for doping"? WADA should take care of the Americans — in the name of the future of big-time sports.

 

[Ringo]

Big sport - competitions of pharmacists. Russian national team is the cleanest for many years, because russians are being tested for doping as never before. It's scary to imagine what the russians are capable of, if they are injected with a cunning liquid. )
In total - russian "clean" ones beat them "dirty" ones. Just on moral and volitional qualities.
Russian sport national team won 55 medals in 2016, when russian athletes "ate all the doping of the world"...
In 2021, the russians, being under the microscope, having lost many athletes, as a result of the doping scandal, won 71 medals... Interesting...

 

[lg325]

Video of Terrence Williams telling off BLM over there non support of black wrestler. I hope she has a very productive and satisfying life after her big win in the Olympics.

 

[flan327]

While I can agree with much of what you say (the mugging for the camera, etc), but things like going to the ground at the end of the race is something I can completely understand. I ran in the New York City Marathon in 1992 at age 30. At the end of it I thought I was gonna' die. Yeah, I fell to the ground, but it was just because I physically could no longer stand.

As for training, it's no different than training for anything else. You commit yourself to something and you do what you have to do in order to attain the things you need to do it. For a serious triathlete, $10,000 isn't expensive, at all. Think about it: If you're a mechanic, are you going to want a set of quality tools like Kobalt or Craftsman, or are you going to settle for the garbage you can buy down at Harbor Freight's parking lot sale?

In everything I have ever done, and when I give advice to others, it's always "buy the best you can afford".

I'm an avid photographer; have been since the 70's. Through the years, I've made countless equipment upgrades, eventually moving into digital. My last camera purchase was a Canon 1DX MKIII, which is $6,500 from B&H in New York. It's the top of the heap in Canon's offerings. I could afford it, so I bought it. I may not avail myself of all of its features now, but I might a year from now, or two years from now. The point is that when I want those features I won't have to buy another camera.

It's no different with bikes. Someone training to run a triathlon four years from now may not need to have a bike frame constructed of carbon fiber right now. But that's something he'll want when he runs that race so, if he can afford it now, why no buy it now?

Shoes for $300? Meh. I watched a buddy of mine in Calgary once drop $450 on a pair of jeans. My hot Puerto Rican girlfriend has a $600 Coach purse. It is what it is. People will see something they want and they'll save their money until they can buy it. It's not a new concept.

Lastly, most Olympic swimmers train at either universities or Olympic Training sites like this one in Chula Vista, California...

Hot Puerto Rican girlfriend?

It’s a blow up dolly right?

 

[Canon Shooter]

Hot Puerto Rican girlfriend?

It’s a blow up dolly right?

After almost a year that's what you've got?

 

[Likkmee]

The olympics were OK back before Bruthey J. had tits

 

[Likkmee]

Hot Puerto Rican girlfriend?

It’s a blow up dolly right?

Useually when "Hot" and "Puerto Rican" are in the same sentence it was post burglary