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[Koodo]

CANADA HAS WON ITS FIRST MEDAL!

Women's Synchronized 3M Springboard

1. China
2. USA
3. Canada

 

[Nista]

Bronze for France in Judo !

She deserved it for persevering through that match then throwing her in golden score.

Interested to see who wins in the men's bronze match up next.

 

[jakncoke]

I never knew Tony Parker was French?...

As a Brit, I don't recognise many of the USA players

Who do Durant and Chris Paul play for?

Durants plays on the oklahoma city thunder and paul plays for teh la clippers

 

[Kifimbo]

CANADA HAS WON ITS FIRST MEDAL!

Women's Synchronized 3M Springboard

1. China
2. USA
3. Canada

They almost choked.

 

[Withnail]

Ugh, the road race result just showed like 20 women with 3:35:56 as their time. LOL

That's normal in road race cycling. Everybody in the peloton gets awarded the same time if I'm not mistaken.

 

[DeathbyVolcano]

YES lebron. post up all day every fucking day

 

[Shadow780]

glorious nippon

 

[killer_clank]

Such a good feeling to get the first medal in.

 

[legacyzero]

So if B-ball is an Olympic sport, why did they remove Baseball??

 

[Hypnotoad]

Another Gold for China in 3m synchronized springboard, this was pretty much expected. Congrats to He Zi and Wu Minxia!

 

[Brazil]

So if B-ball is an Olympic sport, why did they remove Baseball??

Because baseball bores everyone to death.

 

[giga]

So if B-ball is an Olympic sport, why did they remove Baseball??

Because Baseball is boring.

 

[Brinbe]

Did we actually get a medal!?

Woooo! No more bagel!

 

[Kikujiro]

They almost choked.

It was Italy that choked

 

[Kurtofan]

Bronze medal for Priscilla Gneto for France in Judo!!!

Awesome.

CORSICA REPRESENTS

 

[Gorillaz]

Usa and france trying to out dunk each other lol

 

[Regulus Tera]

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

GIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[Atrophis]

That's normal in road race cycling. Everybody in the peloton gets awarded the same time if I'm not mistaken.

You get awarded the same time if there is no gap between you and the rider in front. Its not just for the peloton.

 

[DeathbyVolcano]

goddamn lebron

 

[Y2Kev]

So if B-ball is an Olympic sport, why did they remove Baseball??

On a more serious note, I'm not sure. I remember their rationale for removing softball though, which was garbage.

 

[legacyzero]

Because baseball bores everyone to death.

Because Baseball is boring.

That's seriously why?? BAHAHAHA

Fair enough.

 

[Amir0x]

Elizabeth Tweddle sure is British

 

[Hypnotoad]

China leads the medal table with 6 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze
Second is USA with 2 Gold, 3 Silver, 2 Bronze
Third is Italy with 2 Gold, 2 Silver, 2 Bronze

 

[Entropia]

Because baseball bores everyone to death.

Is women's baseball/fastball/whatever they call it still in??

 

[L1NETT]

Durants plays on the oklahoma city thunder and paul plays for teh la clippers

Alright cheers.

France aren't actually that bad.

Edit: 6 golds for China. Wowwa

 

[Sadist]

First gold for the Netherlands feels good.

 

[Sealda]

Vos, the brit and the russian so deserved their medals.

 

[giga]

Is women's baseball/fastball/whatever they call it still in??

No people literally died of boredom so they had to remove that for health reasons.

 

[seanoff]

Nice finish, what was wrong with her shoe/pedal did anyone figure out?

nothing, just adjusting the straps on her shoes. i do it a lot on the bike. i fidget like a boss with my shoes.

can't do anything with your pedals.

 

[Withnail]

You get awarded the same time if there is no gap between you and the rider in front. Its not just for the peloton.

Makes sense, thanks.

 

[jakncoke]

melo 3/10 lol

 

[Regulus Tera]

OMG THAT WAS CLOSE

My heart

 

[Kikujiro]

So if B-ball is an Olympic sport, why did they remove Baseball??

Basketball is popular everywhere, USA domination or not, Baseball not so much. I think that there weren't much competition and apart from few countries nobody really cared about baseball matches.

 

[John Dunbar]

Why does Judo have 2 bronze medals?

 

[DeathbyVolcano]

melo 3/10 lol

"best scorer in the league"

 

[Triple U]

UP 20 and Coach K still has that scowl on his face lol.

"best scorer in the league"

Thats been Durant for a while now.

Melo is still more versatile though.

 

[jakncoke]

Did baseball being removed have anything to do with the creation of the WBC. For instance did the creation of it cause Olympics to drop, or did Olympics dropping baseball call for the creation of WBC? Or are neither mutual?

 

[Regulus Tera]

That was gonna be the second one for Mexico.

Basketball is popular everywhere, USA domination or not, Baseball not so much. I think that there weren't much competition and apart from few countries nobody really cared about baseball matches.

Mexico, Korea, Japan, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, etc.

 

[Pacbois]

France just playing at their level right now imo. It's not the greatest team we could have right now. Just hoping that we can win other games and aim for a medal.

 

[Majine]

Handball, men: Sweden - Tunisia 28 - 21

 

[planar1280]

By the way China is now becoming a force in swimming, I expect Chinese to beat US this olympics in God count in this olympics and if not then the next but they will probably be number 1 for a long long time

 

[Levyne]

Yeah I would think across south america and japan you could field enough teams for baseball.

 

[Kurtofan]

Yeah I would think across south america and japan you could field enough teams for baseball.

But in Europe you get Netherlands and that's it.

 

[jakncoke]

That was gonna be the second one for Mexico.
Mexico, Korea, Japan, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, etc.

Dont forget DR, Baseball is rather popular worldwide. WBC can support iirc 16 team tourney so yeah.

 

[Balehead]

nothing, just adjusting the straps on her shoes. i do it a lot on the bike. i fidget like a boss with my shoes.

can't do anything with your pedals.

Ok, cheers.

 

[smiggyRT]

I don't know what just happened in the Judo but it looked incredible.

 

[masud]

Basketball is popular everywhere, USA domination or not, Baseball not so much. I think that there weren't much competition and apart from few countries nobody really cared about baseball matches.

I don't think thats fair. Baseball is popular in Asia, Australia, north and central America. It's far less niche than other Olympic sports.

 

[Nesotenso]

The US gym women seem to be gold favorites

 

[Y2Kev]

Baseball is hugely popular in Latin America, North America, and much of Asia. There is already a World Baseball Classic event.

Badminton is an olympic sport. It has nothing to do with global appeal. I get it, "lolol boring," but it doesn't answer his question.

From Wikipedia:

At the IOC meeting on July 7, 2005, baseball and softball were voted out of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, becoming the first sport voted out of the Olympics since polo was eliminated from the 1936 Olympics.[1] The elimination excised 16 teams and more than 300 athletes from the 2012 Olympics. The two slots left available by the IOC's elimination were subsequently filled by golf and rugby sevens in 2016. This decision was reaffirmed on February 9, 2006.[2] In the stands during the 2008 bronze medal game between the U.S. and Japan, IOC head Jacques Rogge was interviewed by MLB.com's Mark Newman and cited various criteria for Baseball to earn its way back in: "To be on the Olympic program is an issue where you need universality as much as possible. You need to have a sport with a following, you need to have the best players and you need to be in strict compliance with WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency). And these are the qualifications that have to be met. When you have all that, you have to win hearts. You can win the mind, but you still must win hearts."[3] It was officially decided in August 2009 at the IOC Board meeting in Berlin that baseball would also not be included in the 2016 Summer Olympics.[4]

MLB players not going was probably an issue.

 

[DeathbyVolcano]

France just playing at their level right now imo. It's not the greatest team we could have right now. Just hoping that we can win other games and aim for a medal.

France has a good chance to medal regardless of a loss here.