Tokyo Olympics Thread

A GIF Is a Moment's Monument – Asian American Writers' Workshop
 
wait, snoop is out there commenting on this, i might have to start tuning in.



 
Watching the Women’s Steeplechase. Pretty good.
 
I think it’s more than gymnastic yips.

The young lady needs therapy and support from people close to her. (More, I’m sure he already has both.)The night before she withdrew, NBC ran a solid chunk of time on her. Some of it about her being molested and the fall out. Her parents spoke about it, in front of an entire nation of viewers. No idea what that would be like. Especially half way around the world, with nobody around you besides other gymnasts, who clearly weren’t cared for properly by America’s gymnastic community



She buried a serious amount of pain and turmoil with pushing herself as an athlete. And the shovel broke.

Wish her nothing but the best in life. She has been an exceptional example to young people. Absolutely assume she will continue to be.

No more food delivery commercials though. Those were awful.
Yep. This is the way I see it too. This is the yips, plain and simple. Having the yips in this sport can not only be so damaging to your team, it can be damaging to an athlete. Elena Mukhina was a Soviet gymnast pushed back fast from an injury for the 1980 Olympics. Her still injured leg gave out and the fall was so bad she ended up a quadriplegic and died young.

That’s pushing through a physical, and not mental injury. But the premise still holds. The yips are bad.

I was aware of all the going’s on since the last Olympics, and all that came out. While it’s the right thing to do to come out if you’ve been a victim of something like this it can still be hard. Her own statute surely made it that much more of a thing. She stuck to the kind of rigorous training, because that’s what she always did.

But the mind won’t just hold it forever. Shame is that it came up exactly at this point. But, in all that light it was still the right call to make.
 
wait, snoop is out there commenting on this, i might have to start tuning in.




Oh man….that first video with equestrian. I’m not even kidding…..put these guys on actual events and I’m super interested in the Olympics again.
 
Oh man….that first video with equestrian. I’m not even kidding…..put these guys on actual events and I’m super interested in the Olympics again.
i just have to figure out when this stuff airs.

 

now that’s a quitter. I’m not convinced Biles “quit” as others have said. Yes, she didn’t compete but she had reasons for not competing. Those reasons were more than “frustration”. Plus, she stayed and cheered on and encouraged her teammates to do well. Those are not the actions of a “quitter” as I define that word.
 
Is anyone following this story about the athlete from Belarus who is now seeking asylum? Here’s a video that gives a brief synopsis.


CNN outside embassy where Belarusian sprinter took refuge


Pretty wild stuff that this is going on in today’s world. We only think of stuff like this country’s like NK but obviously it is still going on.
 
Is anyone following this story about the athlete from Belarus who is now seeking asylum? Here’s a video that gives a brief synopsis.


CNN outside embassy where Belarusian sprinter took refuge


Pretty wild stuff that this is going on in today’s world. We only think of stuff like this country’s like NK but obviously it is still going on.

I've been following it. Saw she got a visa to stay in Poland.
 
I've been following it. Saw she got a visa to stay in Poland.

that’s just crazy to me. She’s at the airport and asks the police to help her gain asylum. Wow. Wonder if there will be retribution against her family
 
400 meter hurdles in under 46 seconds is fucking ridiculous. I remember in high school being proud when I first did that in the 300m hurdles, now add on that killer extra 100m and higher hurdles.
 
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Somebody needed to get my dude a bottle of Cris to do it up right, but this is fucking awesome.

Oldest swimmer to win his first medal. Party on.
I want one of those third placers who's just happy to make the podium to intentionally try to recreate that meme template.
 
400 meter hurdles in under 46 seconds is fucking ridiculous. I remember in high school being proud when I first did that in the 300m hurdles, now add on that killer extra 100m and higher hurdles.
Was happy in Jr high when I broke a minute in the 400. Lol

That was an awesome race. Warheim is like nothing I’ve ever seen. Holy shit.
 
Is anyone following this story about the athlete from Belarus who is now seeking asylum? Here’s a video that gives a brief synopsis.


CNN outside embassy where Belarusian sprinter took refuge


Pretty wild stuff that this is going on in today’s world. We only think of stuff like this country’s like NK but obviously it is still going on.

First I’ve heard of this.
 
First I’ve heard of this.

crazy story, huh?

I was reading more about it. Other countries stepped up to offer a visa. Her husband made it out of the country and is on the way to Poland. FUBAR
 
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