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[Zaraki_Kenpachi]

I didn't start this, I'm just finishing it.

Ya...

 

[Brazil]

In other news, llama fencing is apparently an actual sport.

Next week off?

British Columbia it is.

 

[Kikujiro]

I feel for the fencing referees, some of the fencers' antics are insufferable.

 

[Yen]

I cannot believe you would be proud to admit that you bought tickets for nothing. lulz derp

I got them for nothing (won them), gave them away for nothing. lulz derp.

 

[keit4]

LOL @ fencing bronze match

 

[DrM]

wow, Albanian weightlifter almost get under falling weight

 

[RedSwirl]

http://www.nbcolympics.com

Is it live on the iOS app? I keep seeing "upcoming" stuff along with whatever's on prime time.

 

[flipping_heck]

Women's double badminton something is happening.. Korea and china aren't playing at all.. Just hitting crap serves.. They are being threatened to play properly or both teams be disqualified..nnot too sure what's going on why they not playing properly.

 

[Threi]

1. Why does this thread always go to shit about this time?

If Jamaica dominates T&F again this thread will get worse, for obvious reasons.

 

[weekend_warrior]

USA! USA! USA!

 

[SDBurton]

[Fencing]

This is like the 3rd time they went to check out the replay. Ffs.

 

[Koodo]

LMAO Phelps' concentration face backstage.

 

[numble]

Cullen Jones messed up the last half.

 

[DrM]

Weightlifting today is just brutal

only 6 out of 27 attempts were successful

 

[fuenf]

If anyone wants to check out a fencing community's commentary:

http://www.fencing.net/forums/thread57879-8.html

Feel free to register and ask questions. Everyone is always too eager to have more attention for the sport.

based on these Olympics do you / they think that fencing will increase or decrease in popularity? On the one hand its a giant clusterfuck, on the other hand everybody is takling about it and they are reaching people that normally wouldnt watch it.

 

[ag-my001]

Was there a technical error in the fencing match? Got nervous when I tuned in and only saw the Italian standing on the piste by himself.

 

[methodman]

missy bout to race right now

 

[Zaph]

USA! USA! USA!

"In other news, the US gymnastic team were disappointed to find out their medals were not, in fact, made of chocolate".

 

[~Devil Trigger~]

Fencing should be on TV more

 

[Nevasleep]

Come on Muffat

 

[helloresolven]

Is it live on the iOS app? I keep seeing "upcoming" stuff along with whatever's on prime time.

The iPad app is rubbish.

 

[MasterShotgun]

Was there a technical error in the fencing match? Got nervous when I tuned in and only saw the Italian standing on the piste by himself.

Choi's outfit had an issue where it wasn't registering hits properly. He just had to change his jacket and get his equipment checked.

 

[shock33]

Was there a technical error in the fencing match? Got nervous when I tuned in and only saw the Italian standing on the piste by himself.

Choi's lame had a duff spot so they had to swap it out, cost baldini at least one point

 

[Jeff Albertson]

So if a team won a silver medal in every single event in the Olympics, but no golds, they would be worse than a team which won a gold medal in dressage and no other medals?

There is no better or worse it's all about single events

Nobody wins the Olympics as such no idea why people are so bothered about it

 

[Nesotenso]

USA! USA! USA!

They were great today.

Franklin now in 100m free final

 

[Alebrije]

Fencing should be on TV more

A fencing tv show with Seinfeld ; )

 

[MrOogieBoogie]

Water polo looks like the most exhausting sport ever, goddamn.

 

[Kjellson]

Does anybody else hate the female weightlifting commentator on BBC?

 

[Nesotenso]

make that 200 m

 

[MasterShotgun]

Switched over to swimming for a second. C'mon USA!

 

[DrM]

Water polo looks like the most exhausting sport ever, goddamn.

and underwater fouls can be quite nasty, too

 

[JeTmAn81]

USA wins gold!

 

[Nevasleep]

Schmitt dominated that.

 

[Battersea Power Station]

based on these Olympics do you / they think that fencing will increase or decrease in popularity? On the one hand its a giant clusterfuck, on the other hand everybody is takling about it and they are reaching people that normally wouldnt watch it.

I think it will increase in popularity as far as participation (fencing has a surprising amount of athletes worldwide and especially in the US, and it's growing steadily).

But as far as profile, it will remain neutral. As you can tell, it's not very spectator friendly. It's incredibly fun to fence, but the rules just don't lend themselves to an audience. There would have to be some serious changes to to the way the game is played, but I'm afraid that would take away from the sport.

 

[ColossalLazy]

GB scores against Brazil in woman soccer O_O

 

[MaritalWheat]

Water polo looks like the most exhausting sport ever, goddamn.

Yeah even treading water that long is tiring, then add a sport on top...go Romania!

 

[giga]

Schmitt gold!

 

[Zaph]

USA wins gold!

Must feel nice...

 

[MasterShotgun]

US gold and Olympic record.

Back to fencing.

 

[Hobbestetrician]

Damn, Schmitt crushed that race. No medal for Franklin. By .01 seconds, cripes.

 

[schuelma]

Looks like Franklin missed bronze by 1/100 of a second.

 

[Kurtofan]

Cool silver for Camille Muffat

 

[Kurita]

Oh, men volleyball tonight.
Okay.

 

[Kikujiro]

based on these Olympics do you / they think that fencing will increase or decrease in popularity? On the one hand its a giant clusterfuck, on the other hand everybody is takling about it and they are reaching people that normally wouldnt watch it.

I think fencing is already gaining popularity. It will always be popular in countries with a long tradition like Italy and France, but now there are a lot of Asian fencers too and they've becoming good since they're trained by European coaches.

 

[SJRB]

Monsieur, la maske. Alle, Monsieur. Monsieur, la maske. Aller. Attaque. Monsieur, la masque. Monsieur. Merci. Aller. En guarde. Monsieur, la maske.

This is terrible.

 

[Nesotenso]

Allison Schmitt gets gold in 200m Final. New OR. Missy just misses out on bronze and comes in 4th

 

[Dark Schala]

Good for the US.

Fencing should be on TV more

Totally agree. It's very fun to watch, especially live (like, sitting in the audience, live).

Monsieur, la maske. Alle, Monsieur. Monsieur, la maske. Aller. Attaque. Monsieur, la masque. Monsieur. Merci. Aller. En guarde. Monsieur, la maske.

This is terrible.

Vous n'aimez pas le français?

 

[Zaraki_Kenpachi]

and underwater fouls can be quite nasty, too

The above water ones seem bad too, american just got smacked in the face with the guy moving his arm. Seems extremely physical no matter what.

 

[weekend_warrior]

This tennis match between Spain and Belarus.

"HNGGG- whoooooooooo- HNGGG- whoooooooooo..."

 

[Meadows]

7th place for GB:

"I HAD SUCH A GREAT TIME TODAY, REALLY ENJOYED IT"

Watched an interview with Ainsley earlier, he had the fucking hunger, you could see it.