Just as many countries play baseball as Cricket?
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Just as many countries play baseball as Cricket?
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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Yup, anything on in the US now is replays for primetime in the US.
Sad Beach Soccer isn't on the list for Rio :/
please
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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What games? Is there anything even going on this late?
CrunchinJelly
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Damn, Baseball and Softballl really want to get back in, eh? Karate is one of those sports I always just assumed was in the Olympics.
I also heard the UCI were going to bid for skateboarding but I guess that didn't happen.
Diprosalic
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brazil probably feels the same way.
Diprosalic
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skateboarding is a part of roller sports.
Baseball is just as "worldly" as cricket, if not more so.
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Cry girls! You earned that Silver! USA USA!
Diprosalic
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ya, but were mlb players showing up? don't want to include another sport when the gold medal is meaningless.
Not gonna lie, I teared up a little watching them realize they'd just won an Olympic medal.
While I wish baseball was in the olympics (because I enjoy it), I understand why it is not. I am just arguing if you add cricket you have to add baseball and if you keep one out you should probably not include the other, which is what the olympics decided I presume.
weekend_warrior
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I have no problem with the medal placing from that event, but the scoring was a total screw-job.
China near perfect dive- 80
America near perfect dive- 72
Canada de-synced as fuck dive- 68
For a synchronised diving event, that seems pretty fucking stupid.
China near perfect dive- 80
America near perfect dive- 72
Canada de-synced as fuck dive- 68
For a synchronised diving event, that seems pretty fucking stupid.
yankeeforever2
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Beach Soccer..................there are leagues for that?
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Nice car Rhode!
CrunchinJelly
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Oh boy. Here comes NBC with that manufactured drama about Phelps to gain the primetime audience's attention.
Eh I don't think that's accurate.
Yup, BSW, and Fifa organises the World Cup.
Vulcano's assistant
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American media smh, they sure love to exploit the drama out of Phelps not winning.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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US just breaks world records.
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It would be awesome if you could actually see a line while you were in the pool.
"Damn line just passed me!" lol
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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I think it would probably be more distracting than useful.
Quite surprising that Squash isn't in the Olympics already actually, seems like a fitting sport.
And yeah, replace Women's Basketball with Netball. I mean I base this purely on UK but here all the girls play netball at school, It's like the main girls sport in school.
And yeah, replace Women's Basketball with Netball. I mean I base this purely on UK but here all the girls play netball at school, It's like the main girls sport in school.
weekend_warrior
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Whooo, Vollmer! So fast her cap couldn't keep up!
"Someone's gonna get a souvenir"
Yes, because someone from the stands will be allowed to dive into the pool and retrieve it. derp
Haha, I was JUST about to say that. I was gonna say that I wish they could find a way to digitize the line and put in in the pool for the swimmers to see.
Yes, because someone from the stands will be allowed to dive into the pool and retrieve it. derp
Haha, I was JUST about to say that. I was gonna say that I wish they could find a way to digitize the line and put in in the pool for the swimmers to see.
Canada's last dive was laughably bad. My mom and I were cracking up
Both of them are more regional sports instead of global, but international baseball could support at least as many acceptable teams as cricket without having to resort to tiny nations like Bermuda to beef up numbers (going by the above post about cricket teams). As it stands neither of them are in the olympics and I don't think that will change for the foreseeable future anyway so it doesn't really matter.
Red Blaster
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I wish Lochte and Phelps weren't so douchey
Locthe's grill
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Locthe's grill
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I remember watching speed climbing when it was in the X Games.
Vulcano's assistant
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If women swimmers can still break world records, does that mean that the advantage of Beijing suits it inherent of male anatomy? "Ball drag"?
Italy had the third place, but they choked the hard way. They lost to Canada by 2.7 points, which is nothing.
China is really on another level, they've been dominating diving for so long.
Lol that's the only reason I'm not in London right now. Severe ball drag crushed my Olympic dreams.
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Then again when you have a country that has their pick of billions of children to start training from a young age, you'd be dominant at it too.
Don't know much about Locthe but I think he came across as quite down to earth and humble in the interview I saw him in yesterday. Phelps on the other hand ...
Gamer @ Heart
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Do synch judges have replay? How the fuck can they judge form and synch at the .1 scale like they do without it?
For other diving, it always feels like it all comes down the the entry splash no matter how amazing they were in the air. Tiny chinese women got that down pact.
For other diving, it always feels like it all comes down the the entry splash no matter how amazing they were in the air. Tiny chinese women got that down pact.
How much more down to earth can you get than playing some COD and smokin some bud?
Edit: if it wasn't for Phelps mom he probably wouldn't be swimming. She already wants to go to Rio in 2016.
This looks like a lot of fun, only problem is that it doesn't look like you can defend in this sport? Basically either you hit an ace with the serve or you lose the point. If the receiving team gets a hold of the ball there's nothing you can do.
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