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Still the weirdest "sport" ever
 
Hu War Yu said:
Also,

Olympic Games Sport GIF by NBC Olympics


Still the weirdest "sport" ever
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We saw a little of this last night. For as weird and dumb as it is, I couldn't help but be impressed by things like the whole group swimming for a long time upside down under water while carrying one of them who looks like she's standing on water.
 
SU Nittany Tide said:
This thing still going on? NBC just had that political statistician (or whatever) guy on to talk about the chances of the US and China leading the way in golds. US is up 27-25. He pointed out the good opportunities left for each. Men's 200, both basketball, and.... somebody else for the US. Four total. He then mentioned that China had five good chances at diving golds. Then he went on to say it is unlikely China could catch them because the US had so many more chances. We were scratching our heads and then the other guy in the studio call him a genius for figuring this out.
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Dude also missed the women's soccer team, I guess because they didn't win the last couple of times. But that one's very much in play.
 
SU Nittany Tide said:
We saw a little of this last night. For as weird and dumb as it is, I couldn't help but be impressed by things like the whole group swimming for a long time upside down under water while carrying one of them who looks like she's standing on water.
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Yeah, i find myself watching it every four years and going "oh wow, that's weirdly impressive"

They are definitely better athletes than me
Inquisitor said:
Virtually impossible to do a bang order on them.

Still wood try.
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I'd like to approach the women's volleyball team first, but yeah
 
SU Nittany Tide said:
This thing still going on? NBC just had that political statistician (or whatever) guy on to talk about the chances of the US and China leading the way in golds. US is up 27-25. He pointed out the good opportunities left for each. Men's 200, both basketball, and.... somebody else for the US. Four total. He then mentioned that China had five good chances at diving golds. Then he went on to say it is unlikely China could catch them because the US had so many more chances. We were scratching our heads and then the other guy in the studio call him a genius for figuring this out.
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When he said "5 good chances at diving golds" was he clearly saying "a good chance of winning gold in 5 different diving events" or might he have meant "5 different divers with a good shot at gold"?
 
Guy Incognito said:
Dude also missed the women's soccer team, I guess because they didn't win the last couple of times. But that one's very much in play.
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What about women's water polo? They are winning their semifinal match right now.
 
DragonFromTo said:
When he said "5 good chances at diving golds" was he clearly saying "a good chance of winning gold in 5 different diving events" or might he have meant "5 different divers with a good shot at gold"?
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Five events. Kind of like the men's 200 really has more than just Lyles for the US.
 
Guy Incognito said:
I haven't been paying close attention during the week, but from what I've seen on the weekends, it wasn't something I noticed.
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haven't had any issues on peacock during the week. usually see what's on the one with 4 screens and expand on 1 if it's a medal race or better than the other options .
 
SU Nittany Tide said:
Five events. Kind of like the men's 200 really has more than just Lyles for the US.
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Looking at the schedule it doesn't look to me like there were still 5 golds left to be awarded in diving as of yesterday. I see the Men's 3 metre springboard final today, the Women's 3 metre springboard final tomorrow and the Men's 10 metre platform final on the Saturday.

The US may have more than one shot at the Men's 200 but basketball only has one team contending. Don't know the last event so can't say about that.
 
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SU Nittany Tide said:
Five events. Kind of like the men's 200 really has more than just Lyles for the US.
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I was pulling for Kenny Bednarak, but then I read that he was bitchin' about lane assignments and favoritism
 
So to summarize: China wins all the ghey medals like ping pong and pool jumping, while the americans win all the cool medals like track and field and basketball
 
Tae Kwon Do was my old sport so I am watching this olympic event. The sport has gone downhill due to the scoring.
 
DragonFromTo said:
Looking at the schedule it doesn't look to me like there were still 5 golds left to be awarded in diving as of yesterday.
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You're right. I just went back and watched Guy's video. 3 diving and 2 table tennis.
 
Hu War Yu said:
So to summarize: China wins all the ghey medals like ping pong and pool jumping, while the americans win all the cool medals like track and field and basketball
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Pretty sure diving is slave labor there and that's all those in the Olympics do their entire life.
 
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