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Rio 2016 (pg. 5)
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| SYSTEM-J |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
You can still watch the Russialess sports, like football... Or root for athletes like Darya Klishina, who are squeaky clean according to foreign agencies:
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Spoke too soon, Marcus - she's gone now as well.
Anyway, it looks like Team GB have kicked into gear now and we're assuming our customary place at 3rd in the medal tables. Finishing 3rd behind the US and China (who respectively have between six and twenty times our population) in 2008 and 2012 was a massive achievement. If we do it again it will at least be a modicum of sporting pride to offset our football team's on-going nightmare. |
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| Sykonee |
We've got double-digit medals. Yay!
*waves tiny Canadian flag* |
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| Lira |
Fear not, Trance-M, I'm sure your cyclists will make Rio's the most memorable Olympics ever!
I'm still in awe that she managed to do this :eek:
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
Spoke too soon, Marcus - she's gone now as well. |
Read about it earlier today, I was so confused... Anyway, the advice about Russialess sports still stands.
Field hockey has been nothing but awesome this year 
| quote: | Originally posted by Sykonee
We've got double-digit medals. Yay!
*waves tiny Canadian flag* |
I wish we could say the same :(
Congrats! |
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| Sykonee |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
I wish we could say the same :(
Congrats! |
#Bronze4Lyfe |
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| Trance-M |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
Fear not, Trance-M, I'm sure your cyclists will make Rio's the most memorable Olympics ever!
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Ha ha, yeah, that should be awarded too, her team mate won the gold medal unexpectedly. The British seem to be masters at peaking at the right moment.
Our swimming team also massively failed. Not a single medal since 1992 :(
Unexpected gold medals always are the best. Belgium also got another one now. |
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| Jon_Snow |
Anyone see the 900? Ledecki was so far ahead she was swimming in the opposite direction than the rest of the swimmers. Despite her swimming prowess her teeth still freak me out.
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
Spoke too soon, Marcus - she's gone now |
I still long to jump on her |
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| Lira |
Darya Klishina is back, phew!
| quote: | Originally posted by Sykonee
#Bronze4Lyfe |
Totes!
| quote: | Originally posted by Trance-M
Ha ha, yeah, that should be awarded too, her team mate won the gold medal unexpectedly. The British seem to be masters at peaking at the right moment. |
Also, I love that one of your handball players is called "Groot". As much as I know that's just Dutch for "Great", I can't help but imagine this:
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| quote: | Originally posted by Jon_Snow
I still long to jump on her |
Seen the triple jump athletes yet? I'm sure you'll want to jump them thrice :p |
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| Trance-M |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
Also, I love that one of your handball players is called "Groot". As much as I know that's just Dutch for "Great", I can't help but imagine this: |
Ha ha, cool, yes Groot means Great (Big). Also "de Groot" is well known over here.
In women hockey we have Eva de Goede (the good one) and Ellen Hoog (high (but not by drugs)). Ellen is a real hockey babe :) |
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| Sykonee |
| Got Bronze in 100m! Which is basically Silver with Bolt still dashing. |
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