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2020 Tokyo Olympics
Christine Sinclair is gold, literally. Tied Japan today (or yesterday). 4-0 win for women’s softball against Mexico.
Is it still considered 2020 Tokyo Olympics? If so, mods, please change title.
Mod edit: Changed title to 2020 as requested
Expresso
07-21-2021, 05:29 PM
Soccer right?
Hondaracer
07-21-2021, 05:35 PM
Still 2020, can’t afford to rebrand all dat merch..
Although, no fans to buy the merch. I’m pretty pumped but I think this is gonna be another Olympics like Russia that has essentially opposing time zones? Sucks watching replays of stuff to some degree
SkinnyPupp
07-21-2021, 06:09 PM
Locally it's been pretty much a disaster. People are very resistant to it, with protests and anti Olympics graffiti throughout the city. It's one of those weird cases where liberal people and hardcore nationalists agree on a cause. Several athletes and staff have tested positive for covid already, and there has been one rape attempt by a staff (on the day he arrived). They're supposed to be sequestered, but locals have been spotting them at bars and posting them on social media, and a lot of them have dating profiles which is not a good look.
I am actually a bit worried there might be a terrorist attack of some sort. It's been a while since the last one one in Japan, but they weren't uncommon from the 60's all the way through the 90's. The sarin attack in 1995 is the reason why you don't see garbage cans anywhere.
StylinRed
07-21-2021, 06:42 PM
Still 2020, can’t afford to rebrand all dat merch..
Although, no fans to buy the merch. I’m pretty pumped but I think this is gonna be another Olympics like Russia that has essentially opposing time zones? Sucks watching replays of stuff to some degree
Not so bad, we get to watch the games from like 4pm to 4am (we're 8hrs ahead if u ignore the fact they're a day ahead)
Edit: wait 4am I think the latest sporting event is 8pm right?
Hondaracer
07-21-2021, 06:57 PM
Locally it's been pretty much a disaster. People are very resistant to it, with protests and anti Olympics graffiti throughout the city. It's one of those weird cases where liberal people and hardcore nationalists agree on a cause. Several athletes and staff have tested positive for covid already, and there has been one rape attempt by a staff (on the day he arrived). They're supposed to be sequestered, but locals have been spotting them at bars and posting them on social media, and a lot of them have dating profiles which is not a good look.
I am actually a bit worried there might be a terrorist attack of some sort. It's been a while since the last one one in Japan, but they weren't uncommon from the 60's all the way through the 90's. The sarin attack in 1995 is the reason why you don't see garbage cans anywhere.
Dats dark, I like it
SkinnyPupp
07-21-2021, 07:18 PM
Dats dark, I like it
Cultism in Japan is pretty huge, darkly fascinating, and scary. They make Scientology look like an afternoon book club.
JDMDreams
07-21-2021, 07:36 PM
Where's the Kimochi Yamete? :ifyouknow:
Teriyaki
07-21-2021, 08:41 PM
Where's the Kimochi Yamete? :ifyouknow:
Here's a fun fact.SeemsGood Kimochi （気持ち）basically translates to just the word "Feeling". You need to add the descriptor iii ( いい）meaning good, to make it mean something. But, it often comes out sounding as just one word so you might say they're just screaming "FEELING! FEELING! FEEELING!" :awwyeah:
Anyways... now that I've possibly ruined something fun for some of ya.
I hear Olympic swag is actually very hard to come by in Japan. Seems like whatever stock they had as of last year at time of cancellation, was what they had and the shut the production lines down to cut their losses.
Many of the stores that were selling the swag have slim pickings. And the online marketplace is bumping with demand outstripping supply. Any dreams that people had of a fire-sale on swag has been dashed. I know I wouldn't mind picking some things up at 75%.
StylinRed
07-21-2021, 09:50 PM
The sarin attack in 1995 is the reason why you don't see garbage cans anywhere.
Omg I wondered why there were no bins
Anyways... now that I've possibly ruined something fun for some of ya.
Fun fact.......... many folk use "anyways," instead of, "anyway." It is believed to have started here in our part of the world and have spread to other communities around the world like a Wuhan bat out of hell. Similar to, "mines," instead of, "mine."
:troll:
The word, "ain't," is now in the dictionary and is almost acceptable. My old English teacher would be rolling in her grave right now..........
Anyways has become so common place, it is accepted as, "colloquial (everyday language)." Anyway..............
Many of the stores that were selling the swag have slim pickings. And the online marketplace is bumping with demand outstripping supply.
https://eshop.oomomostore.com/collections/oomomo-tote-bag/products/oomomo-tote-bag-tokyo-tower-baseball-set-of-3
Not official, but they're cute............. sort of. Everybody likes cat, right?
https://scroll.in/field/1000577/know-your-olympics-meet-miraitowa-the-tokyo-olympic-games-mascot
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/sports/2021/07/15/tokyo-2020-meet-official-olympic-games-mascots/7982635002/
Just in case some of you were wAndering..............
TOS'd
07-22-2021, 07:23 AM
FYI Prime Video is broadcasting Olympic coverage from CBC Sports. There is talks about on demand broadcasts too I think, but right now its just live.
Teriyaki
07-22-2021, 09:49 AM
Just checked my prime app and didn't see anything there. It's not on one of their, pay extra for channels is it?
Where else people able to find streaming for the lympics?
Hondaracer
07-22-2021, 10:00 AM
If you have Telus open the guide and I believe they had a couple dedicated on demand channels within the guide. It’s a stupid system but might work Ok once there are more events going on
Manic!
07-22-2021, 10:22 AM
Just checked my prime app and didn't see anything there. It's not on one of their, pay extra for channels is it?
Where else people able to find streaming for the lympics?
It's free with a prime account.
https://i.ibb.co/s5J532t/olim.gif
underscore
07-22-2021, 10:26 AM
cbc.ca/sports doesn't have anything?
TOS'd
07-22-2021, 10:59 AM
cbc.ca/sports doesn't have anything?
They do it looks like: https://www.cbc.ca/player/sports/olympics/live
danned
07-22-2021, 09:37 PM
4 am local to see the ceremonye
v_tec
07-23-2021, 03:11 AM
Does anyone know if u can watch the full preplay of the opening ceremony on CBC tmr?
Like the full thing. Not some short highlighted clips.
StylinRed
07-23-2021, 03:58 AM
Disappointed in cbc for being completely silent when Iran came out, especially considering our huge Iranian population, they had trivia or quips ab the Olympic teams for every country... Iran came out n they were hush until the end, someone decided to say "there's an Iranian playing on the refugee team"
Edit: guess I kinda stand corrected, the correspondents didn't offer any quips for a lot of countries that walked out, but it wasn't just dead air though
Hondaracer
07-23-2021, 06:36 AM
Man, dat CBC montage before the opening was dopeeeee
Frick, I'm missing all this............. oh well.
Durrann
07-23-2021, 10:42 AM
Dang I missed opening ceremony!
EvoSpider
07-23-2021, 11:30 AM
You can watch it here, not sure why it's not on the CBC website. Maybe because they're going to rerun it at night?
https://twitter.com/CBCOlympics/status/1418526307818754050
winson604
07-23-2021, 04:36 PM
That pictogram was the highlight for me great job
Gawd, what’s with announcers. The pronunciation of the Japanese language is pretty simple. There’s five basic vowel sounds. Ten consonants in front of those vowel sounds. That’s it. There is no Long A sound, for example. Okay, there’s one more sound the un as in Kim Jun Un (n) sound.
Te, as in ten. Ri as in Lee (okay, that’s a hard one to get right. It’s between really and leeley). Ya, as in yeah. Ki, as in key. Teriyaki. Not teriyaki as in yakity yak.
I explain it to so many people and they get it right pretty quick.
donk.
07-23-2021, 08:01 PM
I genuinely feel bad for japan taking that big of an economic hit
winson604
07-23-2021, 09:13 PM
I genuinely feel bad for japan taking that big of an economic hit
Same especially since I was there in Dec 2019-Jan 2020 and it was popping. People were already talking about being hyped. Olympic swag everywhere and then this.
bcedhk
07-24-2021, 08:22 AM
I hope they open up the online store again. I wouldn't mind paying double of the usual price to support the games.
Hondaracer
07-24-2021, 08:26 AM
Read a WSJ article last night
London was by far the most expensive games at 11 bn
By the time the Tokyo games are done they are expected to have cost 20..
Vancouver on the other hand was one of the least expensive in recent times and also had some of the smallest cost overruns. Although it is cheaper to host winter than summer
JDMDreams
07-24-2021, 01:19 PM
^^ I thought it would be China as most expensive
keifun
07-24-2021, 02:26 PM
^^ I thought it would be China as most expensive
We all know the CCP will never disclose the real cost, just like they will never disclose about their Covid numbers
Gumby
07-24-2021, 02:37 PM
Well, we know the CCP likes to boast...
Teriyaki
07-24-2021, 07:17 PM
Just watched the 4x100 Womens relay get the Silver. Intense race. Go Go Canada
Hondaracer
07-24-2021, 07:41 PM
Oleksiak is a beast. Hopefully she can pull off a few golds for Canada
DragonChi
07-24-2021, 08:09 PM
https://gem.cbc.ca/media/cbc-news-specials/tokyo-2020-olympics-opening-ceremony-asl/38e815a-0140023f728?cmp=sch-opening%20c
Hondaracer
07-24-2021, 11:13 PM
Silver in diving, nicely done
SkinnyPupp
07-25-2021, 02:48 AM
China complaining about "ugly" pictures of their athletes being used, saying western media is "ideologically biased" for using these photos.
Anyone who has lifted weights knows - there's no way your face looks good when doing it. So they are calling their own athletes "ugly" despite them winning gold medals for their country.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E7IP_3MXsAMGNJ9.jpg
pastarocket
07-25-2021, 09:55 AM
China complaining about "ugly" pictures of their athletes being used, saying western media is "ideologically biased" for using these photos.
Anyone who has lifted weights knows - there's no way your face looks good when doing it. So they are calling their own athletes "ugly" despite them winning gold medals for their country.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E7IP_3MXsAMGNJ9.jpg
-pretty petty of the Chinese government if you ask me. Would their propaganda machine just want their athletes to win as many Olympic medals, especially gold medals, in order to make their country look good?
Who really cares what how attractive their athletes look? This is amateur sport competition at the international level, not the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue or a beauty pageant! LUL
Hondaracer
07-25-2021, 09:56 AM
Gross country continues to be gross?
Man the woman’s cycling race was crazy, the champ from Netherlands didn’t know there was anyone in front of her as they can’t use radios in the Olympics so she went buck to pull away from the peloton in the last km or so but the Austrian had already crossed the line, very entertaining
snowball
07-25-2021, 03:04 PM
-pretty petty of the Chinese government if you ask me. Would their propaganda machine just want their athletes to win as many Olympic medals, especially gold medals, in order to make their country look good?
Who really cares what how attractive their athletes look? This is amateur sport competition at the international level, not the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue or a beauty pageant! LUL
Global times is always such a whiny little shit, do chinese nationals even listen to this crap?
SkinnyPupp
07-25-2021, 04:06 PM
Global times is always such a whiny little shit, do chinese nationals even listen to this crap?
They actually only report what their govt says, so...
Alpine
07-25-2021, 04:53 PM
Gross country continues to be gross?
Man the woman’s cycling race was crazy, the champ from Netherlands didn’t know there was anyone in front of her as they can’t use radios in the Olympics so she went buck to pull away from the peloton in the last km or so but the Austrian had already crossed the line, very entertaining
I watched this race and I’ve been trying to understand how big of an upset this is. Apparently other cyclists in the peloton knew but didn’t say anything lol. Others are saying that this is like the best cyclist on earth being beat by a part time amateur. This is why I watch the Olympics… to see these incredible stories take place.
Teriyaki
07-25-2021, 04:56 PM
The mens triathlon was beast. I knew it was grueling but just found out the runners pace around 30 minutes for the final 10k run, AFTER the swim and the bike rice. Can barely keep a 30 minute pace for 5 k alone. Truly astounding what they're able to do. Finish was pretty good too with the lone pull-away.
Hondaracer
07-25-2021, 05:16 PM
I watched this race and I’ve been trying to understand how big of an upset this is. Apparently other cyclists in the peloton knew but didn’t say anything lol. Others are saying that this is like the best cyclist on earth being beat by a part time amateur. This is why I watch the Olympics… to see these incredible stories take place.
You’d think a team like the Netherlands would have people in those support cars who are letting them know Somone is ahead
But the way that Van Vleuven or whatever her name is celebrated it sure seemed like she thought she had won
pastarocket
07-25-2021, 06:25 PM
Margaret Mac Neil wins Canada's first gold medal in the 100 metre butterfly swimming event! Go Marge!
-strong finish on her second lap of butterfly helped her win Canada's first gold. 55.59 seconds.
https://www.tsn.ca/olympics-maggie-mac-neil-canada-gold-medal-tokyo-1.1672857
StylinRed
07-25-2021, 06:26 PM
Daaamn I think quarantine had our athletes training even harder, seems like they're going pretty hard in the games so far
Gross country continues to be gross?
Does the chinese government even know how pathetic they look in the eyes of everybody else on this planet?
They are so concerned about how they are perceived by the rest of the world, yet they fail time and time again. No respect.
SkinnyPupp
07-25-2021, 07:47 PM
Canada has a pretty decent beach volleyball team SeemsGood
whitev70r
07-25-2021, 07:49 PM
Michael Woods, Canadian cyclist almost medalled. He was off like a little over a second on a 243 kms race with 4000 ft of elevation! Those athletes are beasts!
whitev70r
07-25-2021, 08:09 PM
Women's beach volleyball is THE sport carrying the Summer Olympics! :fullofwin:
Canada has a pretty decent beach volleyball team SeemsGood
I was just going to say that. Watched the game against Germany.
hud 91gt
07-25-2021, 10:05 PM
The mens triathlon was beast. I knew it was grueling but just found out the runners pace around 30 minutes for the final 10k run, AFTER the swim and the bike rice. Can barely keep a 30 minute pace for 5 k alone. Truly astounding what they're able to do. Finish was pretty good too with the lone pull-away.
Your able to keep a 15min pace in a 5k? Very impressive.
Teriyaki
07-25-2021, 11:11 PM
Your able to keep a 15min pace in a 5k? Very impressive.
I don't think I'm well-versed in my pace terminology. 30 mins to run 5k :drunk:. Whatever that works out to be. I don't think thats anything impressive. These guys swam across an ocean and biked stanley park 4X at breakneck speed then ran 10k. Still boggles my mind.
Thomas Daley finally gets his Olympic Gold in diving, edging the Chinese team by a single point. Another intense one right till the end.
SkinnyPupp
07-26-2021, 04:31 AM
HONG KONG WINS GOLD IN FENCING! POGGERS
Second gold medal ever, first was in 1996 for sailing. So first gold for an actual sport! POGGERS
SkinnyPupp
07-26-2021, 04:55 AM
3x3 bball is pretty fun to watch. Non stop offense and more physical
hud 91gt
07-26-2021, 06:38 AM
I don't think I'm well-versed in my pace terminology. 30 mins to run 5k :drunk:. Whatever that works out to be. I don't think thats anything impressive. These guys swam across an ocean and biked stanley park 4X at breakneck speed then ran 10k. Still boggles my mind.
Thomas Daley finally gets his Olympic Gold in diving, edging the Chinese team by a single point. Another intense one right till the end.
Lol my terminology was messed. Perhaps I misread what you said. They were doing 10k in 30 minutes, so I took it you said you could keep that same pace for 5km. Meaning a 15 minute 5k. Which is crazy haha.
highfive
07-26-2021, 10:02 AM
Canadian swimming team pretty close to a medal in the men's relay.
Hondaracer
07-26-2021, 10:03 AM
Yea time to get rid of the 37 year old lead me thinks..
pastarocket
07-26-2021, 06:25 PM
Good first set win for Bansley and Brandie against Argentina in women’s beach volleyball.
Keep it going in the second set!
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Teriyaki
07-26-2021, 07:54 PM
Canada wins against Japan in Mens Rugby to advance to the quarter finals. Then immediately we're up against New Zealand. I don't expect that to go well
SkinnyPupp
07-26-2021, 09:05 PM
Canada is going for bronze vs Mexico in women's softball right now, up 2-1 in the 5th (7 innings)
I only get US feeds so it's rare that I get to watch Canada or Hong Kong. Only when they are up for a medal, which I guess is a good thing LUL
I've been watching the US women play softball and their pitcher is pretty amazing
Edit: We win! Great pitching by Lawrie
pastarocket
07-27-2021, 05:47 AM
Big props to the Tunisian swimmer on winning the gold medal in the men’s 400 m freestyle.
Ahmed Hafnaoui was the slowest qualifier and had to complete in the far outside lane of the Olympic pool. He barely qualified for the final by 14-hundredths of a second.
The 18 year old Tunisian was yelling like mad after winning gold. Heck, I would celebrate loudly too if I won a gold medal in that fashion. LUL
https://youtu.be/nkkn9qEnPbE
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SkinnyPupp
07-27-2021, 06:01 AM
Big props to the Tunisian swimmer on winning the gold medal in the men’s 400 m freestyle.
Ahmed Hafnaoui was the slowest qualifier and had to complete in the far outside lane of the Olympic pool. He barely qualified for the final by 14-hundredths of a second.
The 18 year old Tunisian was yelling like made on the podium. Heck, I would celebrate loudly too if I won a gold medal in that fashion. LUL
https://twitter.com/BBCSport/status/1419117106508013570?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5 Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1419117106508013570%7Ctwgr% 5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Finstant-articles%2F
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First time I've seen a region blocked twitter video... like why the fuck?
whitev70r
07-27-2021, 06:05 AM
Big props to the Tunisian swimmer on winning the gold medal in the men’s 400 m freestyle.
Ahmed Hafnaoui was the slowest qualifier and had to complete in the far outside lane of the Olympic pool. He barely qualified for the final by 14-hundredths of a second.
The 18 year old Tunisian was yelling like made on the podium. Heck, I would celebrate loudly too if I won a gold medal in that fashion. LUL
These are the stories that make Olympics the Olympics ... like Eddie the Eagle or the African bobsled team. The favoured ones to win 3-4 golds ... well, it's a matter of seeing if they end up with 2, 3, or 4. But this guy ... full props!
punkwax
07-27-2021, 06:41 AM
I couldn’t watch the Twitter video either.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nkkn9qEnPbE
And, people were dismissing the importance of the Olympics............. Gotta hand it to Japan for, against all odds, keeping the tradition alive. It's stories like this (Tunisian) that make the Olympics so special. The sacrifices the athletes make. I feel for those who trained for years only to have the event cancelled............
https://www.history.com/news/olympics-postponed-cancelled
StylinRed
07-27-2021, 10:39 AM
https://youtu.be/80mrzfah_Hc
Woot
SkinnyPupp
07-27-2021, 03:41 PM
Both those videos are blocked too
It's like they actively want people to not be interested in the Olympics FailFish
SkinnyPupp
07-27-2021, 05:52 PM
Hong Kong and Canada win Silver and Bronze! Second Silver ever for Hong Kong! POGGERS
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E7WPjKUUUAAHwDb.jpg
Hondaracer
07-27-2021, 06:55 PM
Yo the Rugby 7’s final is going to be crazyyy
New Zealand VS Fiji they are ranked 1/2 in the world with Fiji being the returning gold medalist from Rio
Tim Budong
07-27-2021, 09:53 PM
Hong Kong and Canada win Silver and Bronze! Second Silver ever for Hong Kong! POGGERS
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E7WPjKUUUAAHwDb.jpg
VPN and watch CBC?
gotta get the biased canadian reporting or else its not the olympics hahaha
unless its basketball, then definitely the NBC feed for the NBA song and Vince Carter
SkinnyPupp
07-28-2021, 11:52 PM
No offense to fans, but rugby is disgusting
68style
07-28-2021, 11:59 PM
^ I'm not a fan, have watched a bit of it the past couple days and was trying to kind of figure out some of the rules as I went, but am curious what makes you say that?
SkinnyPupp
07-29-2021, 12:27 AM
^ I'm not a fan, have watched a bit of it the past couple days and was trying to kind of figure out some of the rules as I went, but am curious what makes you say that?
I don't know if it is always played this way, or if this was bad reffing + dirty team... But Fuji is up 21-0 and there's basically no hope for Canada to beat them. That didn't stop them from headbutting and striking at their opponents.. Like not "tough stuff" but actual strikes. Two Canadians were injured, and both looked REALLY bad. First one they didn't catch on camera, but the second one was a headbutt to the shoulder, and she just broke her arm with a dirty headbutt, so it was just hanging as she limped off the field.
Canada scores a 'try' in garbage time.. she's struggling to get the ball over the line, and this girl comes in and just WALLOPS her across the face with her forearm. Surprised she didn't KO her. And that was the end of the game.
It's just gross... Allowing hitting with your head is bad enough in sports with helmets, but why are they letting them do it without them? All while you're up 21-0? No thanks
Edit: Watching Japan vs US now, let's see if these teams are as dirty
Edit: LOL the Americans are like 50% bigger than the other team on average. This doesn't seem fair
But no strikes or headbutts so far SeemsGood
OK rugby isn't so bad, just the Fijian team is
Infiniti
07-29-2021, 05:24 AM
I don't know if it is always played this way, or if this was bad reffing + dirty team... But Fuji is up 21-0 and there's basically no hope for Canada to beat them. That didn't stop them from headbutting and striking at their opponents.. Like not "tough stuff" but actual strikes. Two Canadians were injured, and both looked REALLY bad. First one they didn't catch on camera, but the second one was a headbutt to the shoulder, and she just broke her arm with a dirty headbutt, so it was just hanging as she limped off the field.
Canada scores a 'try' in garbage time.. she's struggling to get the ball over the line, and this girl comes in and just WALLOPS her across the face with her forearm. Surprised she didn't KO her. And that was the end of the game.
It's just gross... Allowing hitting with your head is bad enough in sports with helmets, but why are they letting them do it without them? All while you're up 21-0? No thanks
Edit: Watching Japan vs US now, let's see if these teams are as dirty
Edit: LOL the Americans are like 50% bigger than the other team on average. This doesn't seem fair
But no strikes or headbutts so far SeemsGood
OK rugby isn't so bad, just the Fijian team is
Rugby Sevens is totally different from Rugby Union. Personally, I'm a big a fan of Rugby Union. Those guys are warriors and make NFL players look like a bunch of wusses, but in general is just more tactical. Obviously, the fact that there are less players on the pitch and less time on the clock means the approach will be different to RU.
SkinnyPupp
07-29-2021, 06:00 PM
Hong Kong and Canada win Silver and Bronze! Second Silver ever for Hong Kong! POGGERS
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E7WPjKUUUAAHwDb.jpg
Siobhan and Penny going for more medals right this minute! Tune in now!
SkinnyPupp
07-29-2021, 06:04 PM
Another silver!
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E7gmgtcVUAE0pHu.jpg
Penny missed bronze by 0.07
Bouncing Bettys
07-29-2021, 08:04 PM
I have probably only watched about hour total of Olympic coverage so far and I don't think I have seen any men's events. Is it just coincidence on my part or has CBC been showing more women's events?
whitev70r
07-29-2021, 08:09 PM
K ... about to throw a bomb into the conversation ... might be politically incorrect but here goes.
Why are certain ethnicities naturally better at certain sports? Watching the 100m ladies and no surprise, all the top performers are African/black. Same observation with men.
Why are there hardly any black/African swimmers?
Is it something about their particular physiques?
Might have to change thread title......... It's no longer Tokyo Olympics. It's now Tokioh Olympics.
On a side note, good on Emma Twigg winning gold for New Zealand. This is the 34 year old's fourth Olympics with no gold to show for it. She finally did it! Finished well ahead of the rest.
I was watching the highlights on the CBC app (liking it so far). The women do it again by winning gold in the women's 8 rowing. I listened to our national anthem as our flag was being raised and was like, wth? So tinny sounding - top heavy, no bass or mid bass...... I listened to it more closely the second time around and it is a good rendition. Good choice, Canada. I believe we get to submit the version of the anthem and if it passes the IOC it is played at the Olympics.
As a former band leader, I always liked the Bray, band arrangement. Simple, robust and full without too much flourish. Anyway, did you know the composer of O Canada was a french canadian music teacher......
https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/anthems-canada/history-o-canada.html
LOL at the russians....... lupol, so they can compete in the olympics. ROC
https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/26/sport/what-is-roc-olympics-explainer-spt-trnd/index.html
Tim Budong
07-30-2021, 12:42 AM
I have probably only watched about hour total of Olympic coverage so far and I don't think I have seen any men's events. Is it just coincidence on my part or has CBC been showing more women's events?
Mainly because the women have been winning the medals for Canada.
SkinnyPupp
07-30-2021, 12:45 AM
I watch NBC and it's almost all men's events
They're going to show who gets the highest ratings, and if the men are winning more, they'll probably get shown more.
SkinnyPupp
07-30-2021, 12:50 AM
K ... about to throw a bomb into the conversation ... might be politically incorrect but here goes.
Why are certain ethnicities naturally better at certain sports? Watching the 100m ladies and no surprise, all the top performers are African/black. Same observation with men.
Why are there hardly any black/African swimmers?
Is it something about their particular physiques?
Less about ethnicity, and more about physical attributes, environment, training quality. Certain ethnicities have typical traits (but with a range) like commonly tall Dutch people or heavy Pacific Islanders, but with training and everything going right, anyone can win at any time.
Koreans are great archers because they have a strong archery program, not because they're Korean. Canadians do well in ice hockey because it's part of their culture, and many hockey players are all different ethnicities.
pastarocket
07-30-2021, 05:54 AM
Zverev defeats world number 1 Djokovic in men’s tennis semi final match.
1-6, 6-3, 6-1. Huge upset win!
No chance for a gold medal for Djoker. LUL
http://sports.yahoo.com/alexander-zverev-upsets-novak-djokovic-100510781.html
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threezero
07-30-2021, 08:17 AM
Less about ethnicity, and more about physical attributes, environment, training quality. Certain ethnicities have typical traits (but with a range) like commonly tall Dutch people or heavy Pacific Islanders, but with training and everything going right, anyone can win at any time.
Koreans are great archers because they have a strong archery program, not because they're Korean. Canadians do well in ice hockey because it's part of their culture, and many hockey players are all different ethnicities.
On that note. I once met a Kenyan who’s full time gig is competing in various running events all over the world. He did everything from rare obscure races in fuck town nowhere to triathlon in major cities and the Olympic. As long as there is a $ purse to winning he is there.
Running literally life where he is from. He has been running since he was little kid. To and from school, to work, to the market etc. He can run faster than most people he meets in first world country while wearing flip flops. He’s been “training” every day since he was 5. Just like how sports can lift communities out of poverty in North America. My guess is it the same in African countries?
dachinesedude
07-30-2021, 09:15 AM
at a high level, poor people sport vs rich people sport
running requires nothing; you can practice anywhere
sports like swimming, tennis, rowing, etc. require facilities and equipment, which is $$$
CivicBlues
07-30-2021, 09:21 AM
Many African runners also live-in/train-in high altitude conditions. When they run at sea level it makes them superhuman.
whitev70r
07-30-2021, 11:09 AM
And the heat .. .while 1st world runners are fainting and barfing at the finish line ... Africans are like, 'hold my beer'.
Manic!
07-30-2021, 11:44 AM
Nike has opened a high altitude training center in Colorado. So US runners can train like the Kenyans.
https://www.ussportscamps.com/running/nike/nike-colorado-springs-running-camp
MarkyMark
07-30-2021, 12:00 PM
I would imagine being extremely poor and seeing a way out would give you a drive that you just can't replicate if you come from more favorable conditions.
CivicBlues
07-30-2021, 12:32 PM
Nike has opened a high altitude training center in Colorado. So US runners can train like the Kenyans.
https://www.ussportscamps.com/running/nike/nike-colorado-springs-running-camp
The US Olympic Training Center is already in Colorado Springs, not sure if this is actually new facility or they just arranging a new camp. If this is the case US athletes have been training at "high-ish" altitudes for a while now. Difference being the Kenyans have probably been living at altitude their whole lives.
edit: the address given is literally just a building at the University of Colorado.
Great68
07-31-2021, 07:35 AM
I'm liking the addition of the mixed men/womens events. It was fun to see the the different strategies in Swimming's Mixed Medley, you can't really tell where anyone is going to end up until just at the very end.
pastarocket
07-31-2021, 10:20 AM
Go Andre! De Grasse is on to the men's 100m semifinals.
-posted the fastest time in the 100 sprint of 9.91 seconds.
https://www.sportsnet.ca/olympics/article/andre-de-grasse-qualifies-mens-100m-semifinals-tokyo/
acrophobia
07-31-2021, 10:49 AM
Go Andre! De Grasse is on to the men's 100m semifinals.
-posted the fastest time in the 100 sprint of 9.91 seconds.
https://www.sportsnet.ca/olympics/article/andre-de-grasse-qualifies-mens-100m-semifinals-tokyo/
The guy has been flying under the radar for a few years and then BAM!
whitev70r
08-01-2021, 05:22 AM
Extremely fast final ...1st Canadian men's medal !! Congrats to De Grasse for running his best time ever!
pastarocket
08-01-2021, 06:27 PM
Big soccer match early tomorrow at 1am. Canadian women vs. USA semi-final match.
Go Canada go!!!
whitev70r
08-01-2021, 08:38 PM
I though that in the past, the 100m dash was one of the last events because it was so hyped. This year, it was done so early.
dachinesedude
08-01-2021, 09:08 PM
doesn't really matter this year, there's no one in the stadium anyways
K ... about to throw a bomb into the conversation ... might be politically incorrect but here goes.
Why are certain ethnicities naturally better at certain sports? Watching the 100m ladies and no surprise, all the top performers are African/black. Same observation with men.
Why are there hardly any black/African swimmers?
Is it something about their particular physiques?
at a high level, poor people sport vs rich people sport
running requires nothing; you can practice anywhere
sports like swimming, tennis, rowing, etc. require facilities and equipment, which is $$$
https://flxt.tmsimg.com/assets/p15010_p_v10_aq.jpg
hud 91gt
08-01-2021, 10:20 PM
K ... about to throw a bomb into the conversation ... might be politically incorrect but here goes.
Why are certain ethnicities naturally better at certain sports? Watching the 100m ladies and no surprise, all the top performers are African/black. Same observation with men.
Why are there hardly any black/African swimmers?
Is it something about their particular physiques?
I read a book once that went into detail about the science between different ethnicities. It also dabbled into some theory.
I’ll probably get this completely wrong, but regarding African ethnicities, the slave trade had apparently a lot to do with the evolution of some of these groups. Travelling across the world in awful conditions, only the strong survived. Then bread over and over again creating the best of the best of the gene pool. I really wish I remember the book. It was incredibly interesting and went into the science of fast twitch muscle fibres and why some areas had more of said fibres then others. I never did research any of it, but it was super interesting none the less.
Edit: it was called “The Sport Gene” by David Epstein.
https://www.amazon.ca/Sports-Gene-Extraordinary-Athletic-Performance/dp/161723012X
quasi
08-01-2021, 11:39 PM
Normally when olypmics are on I'll catch them on tv, they'll be pretty easy to find surfing the channels. Maybe the time difference and I haven't went out of my way to look for then but I haven't seen one Olympic event or even highlight. Are they on in the middle of the night?
On to the finals for the women’s soccer team. Wow!
Always good to see Team Canada beat our cousins to the south.
They now face the winner of the Australia Sweden game for Gold!
Gold medal game is on Friday at 7:00 pm our time.
US Coverage..........
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/08/02/sports/us-canada-soccer-olympics
Canadian Coverage............
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/soccer/womens-soccer-canada-usa-recap-aug-2-1.6126694
EDIT: Thursday at 7:00 pm. Friday in Japan.
whitev70r
08-02-2021, 06:24 AM
^ that usually means they are assured of Silver at least, right? Winner is gold, losers silver?
68style
08-02-2021, 06:50 AM
Yes
pastarocket
08-02-2021, 09:30 AM
Clutch penalty kick goal! Go Canada go!
Bye bye USA. They can settle for the bronze medal watch. LUL
https://youtu.be/YsZ1i5td248
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StylinRed
08-02-2021, 01:05 PM
Holy crap Sinclair is still playing for TC! I thought she was the coach or something! Girls been playing for TC since I was in school!
pastarocket
08-03-2021, 08:19 AM
Two Canadian men are in the 200m final!
Andre De Grasse and Aaron Brown qualified
For the final.
De Grasse set a Canadian record and a personal best time of 19.73 seconds in his semi-final sprint.
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quasi
08-03-2021, 08:21 AM
That's funny watching that soccer highlights posted above, that Canadian Goalie is the grand daughter of one of my coworkers, I bet they're jacked for her.
SkinnyPupp
08-03-2021, 04:53 PM
Canada getting destroyed by USA in water polo rn FeelsBadMan
SkinnyPupp
08-03-2021, 05:38 PM
omg there was just 5 seconds of action in this Brazil vs Mexico soccer game. Totally worth watching for 90 minutes for that!
Simone Biles.................
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VKeiNjM-AM&list=RDCMUC1xnncYc7586km_rIYQLtLQ&index=1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vddfzuEu_zw
whitev70r
08-04-2021, 05:25 AM
Congrats to De Grasse! Added the final color medal to his collection.
pastarocket
08-04-2021, 05:29 AM
Go Andre go! De Grasse wins the gold medal in the 200 metre final! 19.62 seconds
He wins his second medal in these Olympics!
This is the first time a Canadian athlete has won this event since 1928.
https://youtu.be/oa_IJt4SQ7E
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWddMA3n2w0
Final dialogue.
Go Daddy websites plus marketing, gold. Andre deGrasse? Out of the picture............. hmmmmm. They'll have to change that.
pastarocket
08-05-2021, 05:27 AM
Congrats to Damian Warner. Another gold medal for Canada in a track and field event!
WELCOME TO THE 9,000 CLUB, DAMIAN WARNER [emoji1063]
Canada’s Damian Warner has won GOLD in the decathlon [emoji1628]
He has surpassed the elusive 9,000 points mark and set a new Olympic record.
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The start of the womens gold medal soccer game has been changed to a more decent time at the request from both teams..... to avoid scorching heat.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/olympics/article-start-time-of-canada-sweden-womens-soccer-gold-medal-game-changed-to/
Realized some may not have Globe and Mail subscription. Here's a link to a better one..............
https://www.cp24.com/sports/start-time-of-canada-sweden-women-s-soccer-gold-medal-game-changed-to-evening-1.5535357
WTF? Which one is right? LOL. I believe in CBC, gulolol.
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/soccer/canada-sweden-soccer-final-time-change-1.6130318
whitev70r
08-05-2021, 07:14 AM
^ Warner gets the title, "Best athlete in the world"! Deservedly so.
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/trackandfield/olympics-track-and-field-decathlon-damian-warner-pierce-lepage-aug-5-1.6130324
GOLD!!!!!!
Unconventional training leads to gold
After Western University, where the 31-year-old had been training, shuttered its facilities because of COVID-19, Warner was without a home only nine months before Tokyo.
His coach eventually made an arrangement with the City of London for Warner to continue training at the city's nearly 70-year-old Farquharson Arena.
There, his coach fashioned a makeshift pole vault area, brought in the necessary pads for high jump and cobbled together a ring of discus and javelin.
The arena was 55 metres long, meaning Warner could only run full speed for 40.
"I think that to be a good decathlete, you have to be adaptable because the only certain thing that there is going into a decathlon is that something's going to go wrong," Warner told CBC Sports.
In Tokyo, Warner could do no wrong. Everything he touched turned to gold.
SkinnyPupp
08-05-2021, 03:54 PM
That's amazing
Obsideon
08-05-2021, 04:57 PM
‘World’s Sexiest Athlete’ Alica Schmidt explains Olympic exit in heartfelt message (https://nypost.com/2021/08/05/german-track-star-alica-schmidt-explains-her-tokyo-olympics-ending/)
Schmidt’s Olympic debut was initially slated for last Saturday in the women’s 4×400 mixed relay. But she ultimately did not compete because the German mixed team was disqualified for making contact with the Jamaican team. Schmidt did not compete in Tokyo.
:ifyouknow:
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/8yHbyoFNwafiViFvboXDoDYzJtMAACUE6cG34WhmbB5Vm6Nn5K c3lsbcFg17F1H0F2Nht74amSVX4GTWKXlQW-SWXyqAdgr1LYnh1l8ZiB_I7Dx98qaF_k1Tv0KbLO80yBDGxpwD
68style
08-05-2021, 04:58 PM
I think that Canadian high jumper from Langley is super hot! Apparently she’s dating Chris Evans haha
I was wAndering when the pics would start rolling in..............
Keep it "up," guys.
And, no, Vansterdamn cannot post in this thread. Unless he stops posting pics of his girlfriend.
Bronze for Richmond's own, Evan Dunfee..............
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Za4K4qiCnhQ
SkinnyPupp
08-06-2021, 04:16 AM
Already twice as much action in this gold medal soccer game compared to the game last night
GO CANADA GO! POGGERS
Manic!
08-06-2021, 06:48 AM
Goooooooold!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!
What a finish.
SkinnyPupp
08-06-2021, 06:48 AM
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SkinnyPupp
08-06-2021, 06:49 AM
I really like our goaltender she's awesome
Vansterdam
08-06-2021, 06:53 AM
fuck ya gold in womens soccer!!
game winner is from Vancouver!!
we were getting dominated pretty much the whole game
pastarocket
08-06-2021, 06:55 AM
Clutch saves from Canada’s goalkeeper in the penalty shootout!
Another gold medal for Canada!
Adding to Canada’s soccer legacy in the Olympics! These women bring the gold home!
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Hondaracer
08-06-2021, 06:56 AM
Crazy comeback with the goal and save
hud 91gt
08-06-2021, 07:07 AM
That’s an accomplishment. A game taken seriously around the entire world.
Sinclair gets the gold, finally...............
That team has some good players, but I bet a lot of them were inspired by Sinclair. After Fortius folded up tent, naming the facility Christine Sinclair Community Centre was a damn good choice.
Jessie Flemming is amazing when it comes to penalty kicks and the choice by the coach to replace Quinn with Julia Grosso in the second half was gold, literally. The goalkeeper for Canada. Can't say enough about her contribution to the team in these games. Simply outstanding. Without her, there would be no gold medal match.
fuck ya gold in womens soccer!!
game winner is from Vancouver!!
we were getting dominated pretty much the whole game
And, East Van, at that.
Was listening to interview of proud papa and older sister. Every sentence ended with, right?
The sister does the same thing, right?
So good to hear an ordinary kid from East Van does our nation proud, right?
Anyway, we are definitely going to win more medals than ever before, right?
Okay, I'll stop.................. right?
Vansterdam
08-06-2021, 03:54 PM
And, East Van, at that.
Was listening to interview of proud papa and older sister. Every sentence ended with, right?
The sister does the same thing, right?
So good to hear an ordinary kid from East Van does our nation proud, right?
Anyway, we are definitely going to win more medals than ever before, right?
Okay, I'll stop.................. right?
yup she graded from Van Tech and I hear her dad owns the Portuguese Club on the drive.
whitev70r
08-07-2021, 07:47 AM
^ Portugese club has really good food !!!!
whitev70r
08-07-2021, 03:12 PM
Nice choice for Canada flag bearer for the closing ceremonies. Well deserved.
SkinnyPupp
08-07-2021, 08:30 PM
Like Canada's goalie, Sarah Lee's mind games were on point before each heat in bicycle sprints. She's as intense an athlete as I've ever seen. She just won her second bronze, first was in 2012. That's 6 medals for HK, double their entire Olympic history POGGERS
https://streamable.com/n6hy0k
Matsuda
08-07-2021, 09:25 PM
^and we got gold in that!
SkinnyPupp
08-07-2021, 09:36 PM
Oh shit you're right! I unfortunately missed the finals today but I've been watching the qualis for the last 2 days and Kelsey Mitchell has been GREAT to watch as well. So powerful
Funny when I google the event, the only finish it tells me about is the bronze because of geolocation FailFish
Teriyaki
08-07-2021, 10:25 PM
Closing ceremony at 4am tonight, anyone gonna wake up for that :ahwow:
That's usually when I go to sleep.
I haven't been watching a lot of it (events).
Just switched to some coverage of cute little tarts dancing and prancing around throwing around red balls. Meh.........
Winter Olympics more interesting. At least for me.
PVR set and I'm off to bed. This way, I can fast forward to the good parts when I decide, or have time, to watch it.
SkinnyPupp
08-08-2021, 04:53 AM
I watched part of it and it's just creepy and weird with an empty arena. I liked watching the athletes celebrate, but when the performances started, I bailed.
Too bad too, because from what I saw, it was a nice celebration of culture and performance, rather than the ostentatious displays some other countries do.
Hondaracer
08-08-2021, 10:22 AM
The cycling last night was excellent. Loved the group part where they get eliminated lap by lap
Teriyaki
08-08-2021, 02:57 PM
I watched part of it and it's just creepy and weird with an empty arena. I liked watching the athletes celebrate, but when the performances started, I bailed.
Too bad too, because from what I saw, it was a nice celebration of culture and performance, rather than the ostentatious displays some other countries do.
Even more empty because only a portion of the athletes got to stay for the ceremony. If your sport was scheduled to end early, you were sent home already. If you were eliminated earlier on, you were sent home. It was a kind of weird seeing so little people there.
Hondaracer
08-08-2021, 03:31 PM
Such a shame the state of hosting these games. All the venues looked amazing some of the road cycling races alone made me want to go to Japan and experience some of the more rural areas etc. Unfortunately I doubt they will even see much of a tourism boost because of the games due to the outside perception of them being a country full of unvaccinated people.
Japan in general seems to have a way of sorting things out but these games could very well be as much as a boon to Japan as Montreal was for Quebec
whitev70r
08-12-2021, 01:08 PM
Recent development, if it holds true, the Canadian boys can change their bronze for a silver!
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/trackandfield/chinjindu-ujah-tests-positive-4-100m-tokyo-olympics-1.6138959
NVM the Simone Biles story, this gymnast was better........... Seattle's own Kaitlyn Ohashi.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__q9hrHArN8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lRoozQ-Jrg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ic7RNS4Dfo
Then it all fell apart.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7sLC_XGkOM
Video in the link, at the end is so touching.
https://www.technogym.com/us/newsroom/katelyn-ohashi-gymnast-motivation-champion/
SkinnyPupp
08-15-2021, 07:54 PM
I remember her, she was fucking amazing. Talk about taking a niche sport and taking it mainstream.
But nope, we can't have nice things or exceptional people. Everything has to be negative and shitty.
68style
08-15-2021, 08:10 PM
Her first video, at the end of her routine... how the fuck do you do a splits in the air 6 feet up and fall to the ground in it and just bounce up... maybe it's being a guy, but holy shit I had to close my eyes lol
The floor is made to absorb and spring back. She uses it to help her get out of it nicely. If the floor had no give, there’d be major injuries. Gymnasts’ bodies go through torture. Back surgery. Yikes!
68style
08-15-2021, 09:01 PM
I know it's springy but STILL
SkinnyPupp
08-15-2021, 09:28 PM
I'm sure it still hurts quite a bit to do some of this stuff while making it look good
I loved how the female gymnasts at the Tokyo Olympics paid tribute to the greatest gymnast of all time, Nadia. She set the bar high and her accomplishments spurred on many a girls to do what she did. Back in Nadia's era, there was no social media like we have today. There was pressure, alright, but nothing like what the athletes of today face.
People just can't be nice. Why would you purposely go after an athlete like that? It's not like you could do better, and what's in it for you? You suck, so you get satisfaction by destroying other people's dreams? Sad, sad world we live in.
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