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What the fuck

 

[Diprosalic]

Did someone just imply that table tennis requires a similar level of physical prowess as billiards and darts?

i'd like them to play a match against me and i'm not even that good. but i sweat like a mofo after a couple of sets.

 

[davidsaurus]

Love that you used to be able to appeal but then they were like "Fuck it" and just removed the athletes right to appeal?

 

[Farooq]

Have the announcers confirmed a DQ?

 

[AngryMoth]

Ffs, how depressing. Harsh DQ

 

[Ark]

No appeal? That's disgusting.

 

[killer_clank]

I'm guessing this is like missing a relay in swimming; automatic DQ...

But really GB already fell and got another chance, might have been a bit much to give them a pass here.

we didn't fall, it was a mechanical error. we were perfectly entitled to a rerun there. and it was a different event ffs.

 

[Wildesy]

Only medal table that matters, China/USA so bad.

Yeah I was looking for something like this too, thanks for posting it. If you made it, keep us updated with it. Cheers.

Spoiler

damn mongolians

 

[linsivvi]

"British pair eliminated from competition."

Can't appeal.

That's fucked up...

Isner goes up on Fed

Still on serve and a set behind.

 

[Wes]

Fuck that. Oh poor Pendleton and Varnish

 

[Sky Chief]

Is it that hard to appreciate the skill of the athletes without immediately jumping on the doping bandwagon?

Well given China's history of institutional doping in a wide variety of international sports (not even to mention the rampant doping in cycling in general) people will always be skeptical.

 

[andylsun]

Chris Boardman, Olympic gold medallist and BBC Sport summariser
"I was watching the change and Vicky was coming through pretty fast. They are not allowed to overtake. They're trying to make it fair for everyone, the rules are the rules."

Looks like that's it.

 

[MIMIC]

Someone got DQ'd? Who? Where? How? Why?

lol

 

[killer_clank]

way to kill the atmosphere in the velodrome stone dead referee.

FUCKING GUTTED

 

[Miles X]

Such a shame, seems incredibly harsh IMO.

 

[schuelma]

So does this mean China are the clear favorites?

 

[Brinbe]

Yep, the hyped crowd has been deaded, just like that.

 

[KingItachi]

It brings a smile to my face when people downplay TT.

 

[Dance Inferno]

Aww yeah, Spain on a roll!

 

[davidsaurus]

Rules are rules I guess, and i'd love to see how close it truly was.

 

[Diprosalic]

Well given China's history of institutional doping in a wide variety of international sports (not even to mention the rampant doping in cycling in general) people will always be skeptical.

doesn't every country and every sports have some bad history with doping? germany does, russia does, the us does etc...

maybe not government approved..
innocent till proven guilty.

 

[Ark]

And ofc it's only us that make that mistake.

 

[Kjellson]

It dooes not require athleticism like the two I mentioned. So it is only a pseudo-sport. I actually am saying it is the one event I think should not exist in Olympics.

That's not true at all. Go play a game against someone who plays table tennis and tell me it doesn't require athleticism.

 

[Majine]

Only medal table that matters, China/USA so bad.

I bet China would want to throw off those hundreds of millions of people who are too poor to engage in sports from that list.

 

[Nesotenso]

The British team getting DQ'ed is an upset, isn't it ? Were they looking for Gold ?

 

[Farooq]

Yep, the hyped crowd has been deaded, just like that.

Yeah...I was looking forward to a China/GB final.

The fact that athletes don't get an appeal is fucking dumb.

 

[Ark]

As far as I'm interpreting this rule, that looked fine to me?

 

[LTWheels]

All depressed now.

How could they DQ her.

 

[Nolan.]

So does this mean China are the clear favorites?

Yup pretty much

 

[Trunks]

I feel like Isner came out of no where, I never remember him being nearly as good as he has been in the Olympics this year.

 

[Xun]

Is it that hard to appreciate the skill of the athletes without immediately jumping on the doping bandwagon?

Why not

I think it's unfair how suspicious quite a majority of people call foul if China dominate anything even if you can't really dope to win said thing

I suppose I just question China given their history in certain things. It was impressive anyway.

Anyway it's real shame we were unfairly DQ'd in my opinion.

 

[spiderman123]

Hey where can I watch the full opening ceremony in HD ?! I missed most of it and my gf and I wish to watch it.

 

[davidsaurus]

The British team getting DQ'ed is an upset, isn't it ? Were they looking for Gold ?

Silver in all likelihood.

 

[~Devil Trigger~]

am I the only one who thinks Beach Volleyball is boring to watch?!

Indoor Volleyball is so much more fun and strategic IMO.

 

[masud]

For those who the U.S. is strong in track and field what events in track and field are they strong in.

http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/index.php/special-article-right-ad-only/1007

US projected to win 11 golds (and a bunch of silvers and bronzes) according to trackandfieldnews.com.

 

[Psychotext]

The British team getting DQ'ed is an upset, isn't it ? Were they looking for Gold ?

Yes, but the Chinese are looking monstrous. Would be hard to bet against them.

 

[mokeyjoe]

Yeah I was looking for something like this too, thanks for posting it. If you made it, keep us updated with it. Cheers.

Spoiler

damn mongolians

This table shows position by population or GDP, which is quite interesting.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/datablog/2012/jul/30/olympics-2012-alternative-medal-table

But yeah, giant countries like the US and China are always going to win more because they make up about half the world's population between them, but on a per-person basis they're usually pretty poor. Australia is usually really impressive for such a small country.

 

[Diprosalic]

I feel like Isner came out of no where, I never remember him being nearly as good as he has been in the Olympics this year.

he is a late bloomer only after college decided to enter the tour but since then has been decent all around. he should be better on grass than he has been so far. him doing well doesn't surprise me at all.

 

[keit4]

am I the only one who thinks Beach Volleyball is boring to watch?!

Indoor Volleyball is so much more fun and strategic IMO.

People don't watch beach volley for the game itself, you know...

 

[Alebrije]

They're doping

Are you serious?? this is more like an urban legend that a fact.....

 

[Wes]

Man that's soured the whole day for me. After watching the Pendleton documentary and knowing this was the only event Jess Varnish is in.... I can't help but feel heartbroken for them both.

 

[killer_clank]

god
the crowd is FUCKING DEAD

no wonder tbh...

 

[owlbeak]

What happened with GB getting disqualified? What sport and why?

 

[Sky Chief]

doesn't every country and every sports have some bad history with doping? germany does, russia does, the us does etc...

maybe not government approved..
innocent till proven guilty.

My personal belief is that EVERY cyclist is cheating, it is the nature of the sport.

Individual athletes from every country cheat but China, East Germany, and North Korea have been proven to do it institutionally.

I remember in the 90's when Chinese female swimmers came out of nowhere and started dominating. At the time they claimed it was because they ate caterpillar larvae. Turns out the were all doing steroids and HGH.

 

[numble]

This table shows position by population or GDP, which is quite interesting.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/datablog/2012/jul/30/olympics-2012-alternative-medal-table

But yeah, giant countries like the US and China are always going to win more because they make up about half the world's population between them, but on a per-person basis they're usually pretty poor. Australia is usually really impressive for such a small country.

It's a combination of money, interest and population. They still weren't great in the past, and India is very very low despite a larger population than China.

 

[Nolan.]

Silver in all likelihood.

I think they would have been able to get the gold personally but we won't know now

 

[Trunks]

am I the only one who thinks Beach Volleyball is boring to watch?!

Indoor Volleyball is so much more fun and strategic IMO.

I agree, it's just serve, set, spike. Every single time, hardly any blocking plus everyone is old and ugly looking. no benefits at all from it.

 

[midonnay]

isner the tennis player?

isn't he like 7 feet tall hehehe....

he has an unfair advantage

 

[keit4]

Spain wins the second set

This match is so close!

 

[elseanio]

Man that's soured the whole day for me. After watching the Pendleton documentary and knowing this was the only event Jess Varnish is in.... I can't help but feel heartbroken for them both.

Yeah, 4 years training all gone in a second. What other events is Victoria in?