The Olympics

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Sun Aug 07, 2016 9:01 am

Does anyone know the rules/scoring of Beach Volley ball so I have a half decent reason for watching it.

It might make it interesting to know why I am watching it.....thanks in advance.

Post by **spot** » Sun Aug 07, 2016 10:03 am

One of the most crucial parts of Beach Volleyball is the interview round. Towards the end of the month-long Beach Volleyball event the contestants all take part in interviews with the judges, who delve deep into the minds of the hopefuls to see what they are truly made of. An important round, points for the interviews are announced on the final night.

There they all go in a row,

Exposing their fleshy perfections.

Their withers and their flanks, their hams and their shanks,

Open to public inspection.

But the judges are discriminating men;

This is no job for no nitwit.

They must carefully watch every cleavage and crotch

For the girl who's the world's biggest titbit.

Jake Thackray, RIP

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Sun Aug 07, 2016 11:22 am

You can't fob me off with Jake's ode to Miss World.

It would be medically inadvisable to have a month long Beach Volley ball event, sun burnt eyeballs and tongues are no joking matter.

magentaflame · Post by **magentaflame** » Sun Aug 07, 2016 3:43 pm

I pnly ever played indoor beach volleyball.....no fleshy wobbly bits.....its hard though . The sand doubles your exertion level

magentaflame · Post by **magentaflame** » Sun Aug 07, 2016 4:35 pm

As for the olympics generally, i didnt watch the opening ceremony. But the hockey is on and now im sucked in.

This games has something for everyone, we're getting medals.muggings and assaults, fires. The athletes rooms werent ready when they arrived.yep its all going on

magentaflame · Post by **magentaflame** » Sun Aug 07, 2016 7:06 pm

Does nothing stop britains' Peaty? He doesnt just win but smashes his own world record to boot.

I dont know who was next to him in the pool ....but grandstanding over the winner? Height of selfish nad sportsmanship. What a little toad.

FourPart · Post by **FourPart** » Sun Aug 07, 2016 9:46 pm

I didn't think there were any rules to Beach Volleyball - just a competition to see who has the bounciest tits.

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Mon Aug 08, 2016 5:47 am

FourPart;1499773 wrote: I didn't think there were any rules to Beach Volleyball - just a competition to see who has the bounciest tits.

You noticed that too, it's worse in the slow mo, even worse when I slow mo on the TV.

minks · Post by **minks** » Mon Aug 08, 2016 7:57 am

i think you need Fabio style hair and the nick name of "lion king" because you have that hair, and you are full on qualified for beach volleyball.

Actually I enjoyed watching Latvia play Canada, we came so close but in the last bit Latvia and their golden lion king boy knocked us out.

So much for beach volleyball, on to the next sport.

magentaflame · Post by **magentaflame** » Mon Aug 08, 2016 6:14 pm

FourPart;1499773 wrote: I didn't think there were any rules to Beach Volleyball - just a competition to see who has the bounciest tits.

Really? Thats how you see womens competition sport?

Post by **spot** » Tue Aug 09, 2016 1:38 am

Do men not compete at Beach Volleyball?

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Tue Aug 09, 2016 5:05 am

spot;1499795 wrote: Do men not compete at Beach Volleyball?

They do.

Post by **spot** » Tue Aug 09, 2016 5:12 am

Then where did "womens competition sport" suddenly spring from?

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Tue Aug 09, 2016 5:17 am

spot;1499799 wrote: Then where did "womens competition sport" suddenly spring from?

That doesn't exclude that men also play it too......does it ?

You may be caught in a pedantic loop

magentaflame · Post by **magentaflame** » Tue Aug 09, 2016 6:28 am

Russian athletes are being booed.

And Horton is in troublefor ignoring a chinese athlete and calling him a drug cheat

minks · Post by **minks** » Tue Aug 09, 2016 6:56 am

did you see the women's swimming, speaking of the Russians getting boo's. Wow right after the Russian woman came out the next swimmer an American came out, and wow the dirty look the American gave the Russian was scathing, and interestingly the American went on to beat out the Russian for first place.

magentaflame · Post by **magentaflame** » Tue Aug 09, 2016 9:54 am

"I cant wait until 2024 to find out the real gold medalist in 2016" ......thats the cynical quote going around the villages at the moment.

Its sad that they all know doping is so wide spread.

Post by **spot** » Tue Aug 09, 2016 11:36 am

It's very like the distinction between Amateur and Professional back in the 1950s.

If sport splits worldwide again like it did then, everyone could benefit. The drug-enhancers could compete against each other like the Professionals ended up doing while the Amateurs refused to allow them into their own competitions, and the drug-free athletes today could continue to compete only against other drug-free athletes.

How could anyone lose? And the viewing public could have twice the number of competitions to watch, and the enjoyment of knowing that the drug-free competitors were far more likely just what they claimed to be.

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Tue Aug 09, 2016 11:51 am

Have you possibly considered the drug users would want to compete as drug free if the money was right ?

You must live in a parallel world.

Or may be they could give them random drug tests......

Post by **spot** » Tue Aug 09, 2016 1:09 pm

Bruv;1499818 wrote: Have you possibly considered the drug users would want to compete as drug free if the money was right ?I've not grasped your meaning there. They can't, they use drug enhancement, it's against the rules of a drug-free competition. What they don't have at the moment are competitions they can enter within the rules. I think they ought to have them.

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Tue Aug 09, 2016 1:40 pm

spot;1499825 wrote: I've not grasped your meaning there. They can't, they use drug enhancement, it's against the rules of a drug-free competition. What they don't have at the moment are competitions they can enter within the rules. I think they ought to have them.

You live in an different world.

It's against the rules NOW, there are random drug tests NOW, all competition is drug free NOW.

If you split it making drug free and a drug allowed sport there will be those drug free participants that will break the rules,some people like winning.

Post by **spot** » Tue Aug 09, 2016 1:47 pm

Very much as the Amateur and Professional circuits started out in the fifties then. Why is what I'm suggesting either unworkable or undesirable? Who loses anything? The viewers? The competitors? The sponsors?

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Tue Aug 09, 2016 1:54 pm

spot;1499832 wrote: Very much as the Amateur and Professional circuits started out in the fifties then. Why is what I'm suggesting either unworkable or undesirable? Who loses anything? The viewers? The competitors? The sponsors?

Because it would be a pointless exercise.

Post by **spot** » Tue Aug 09, 2016 1:59 pm

Drug-enhanced performance could be a lot more exciting to watch and it would stimulate scientific progress. The drug-enhanced athletes would come in from the cold and become heroes instead of pariahs. There are lots of points.

Why was Amateur status ever lauded in the first place? I can't even remember. I expect it was a class thing - Gentlemen and Players.

Post by **spot** » Tue Aug 09, 2016 2:05 pm

Bruv;1499831 wrote: If you split it making drug free and a drug allowed sport there will be those drug free participants that will break the rules,some people like winning.There were people playing the Amateur circuits back in the fifties who took payment which, if discovered, would have invalidated their Amateur status. They were cheats. What you're discussing would also be cheating. But there would be a lot less cheating than there is at the moment. Sport in general would be cleaned up from its present unacceptable condition.

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Tue Aug 09, 2016 2:13 pm

spot;1499835 wrote: Drug-enhanced performance could be a lot more exciting to watch and it would stimulate scientific progress. The drug-enhanced athletes would come in from the cold and become heroes instead of pariahs. There are lots of points.

Why was Amateur status ever lauded in the first place? I can't even remember. I expect it was a class thing - Gentlemen and Players.

How did amateur and professional get into this mix ?

The drug free athletes would start taking drugs illegally whether amateur or professional.

The market is well served now, why separate for instance the 100 metres into drug and drug free ?

Wandrin · Post by **Wandrin** » Tue Aug 09, 2016 2:15 pm

The Rio Olympics had a supply of 450,000 condoms for distribution to the athletes. That works out to 42 per person for a two week stay. At the London Olympics they only supplied 150,000 condoms. I wonder if the large increase was because they ran out in London or if they just expected Rio to be a more "friendly" environment.

Post by **spot** » Tue Aug 09, 2016 2:45 pm

Three a day is headed in the right direction. The one a day London provision is scandalous.

magentaflame · Post by **magentaflame** » Tue Aug 09, 2016 5:47 pm

Watching Aus and Belgium in the hockey.......bit embarrassing they way Aust is playing.

My youngest got all into the olympics until he saw the gymnist break his leg.lol turned him off the games completly

magentaflame · Post by **magentaflame** » Tue Aug 09, 2016 6:25 pm

The swimming is getting exciting! That ledecky is awsome!

The russian didnt get booed this time....thats good booing is not a good look and brings the atmosphere down.

minks · Post by **minks** » Wed Aug 10, 2016 7:28 am

I am on the fence about the booing, yes spectators should rise above, but when you hear an athlete has been "reinstated" after 2 positive doping's, I think that athlete needs to understand nobody is happy that they are taking another athletes place, or that they are competing against clean athletes.

It's really such a shame that the Olympics have become such a political affair.

I have to wonder if say a country like Canada was caught up in the doping such as Russia is, and was banned, would anyone reinstate a Canadian? I mean really we pose zero world threat in the political scheme of things? What is the worst we could do, stop everyone from taking selfies with Justin Trudeau???

magentaflame · Post by **magentaflame** » Wed Aug 10, 2016 1:30 pm

Agree minks.....remember when Russia was boycotted once before? Then Russia boycotted the US . I think thats how it went. Very political. I think the olympics is a symbol of world unity, a "look over there tactic" toconvince us all is well in the world. Whether it is or not.

Horton (one of swimmers) was disciplined for what he said. But it must be do frustrating for the clean athletes.

minks · Post by **minks** » Thu Aug 11, 2016 7:16 am

Its a giant checkers game on a global board. It is heartbreaking to watch some of these young athletes coming in who are pretty naïve about the global political Olympic game and only want to compete in a sport they love only to have to experience the politics. I mean really even with booing the Russians, not only do the Russians feel it, all their competitors feel that too. They know it's not against them, but in their sport they feel the stress of the political game. Very unfair to those athletes and countries that have just come out to compete.

FourPart · Post by **FourPart** » Thu Aug 11, 2016 3:27 pm

Wandrin;1499838 wrote: The Rio Olympics had a supply of 450,000 condoms for distribution to the athletes. That works out to 42 per person for a two week stay. At the London Olympics they only supplied 150,000 condoms. I wonder if the large increase was because they ran out in London or if they just expected Rio to be a more "friendly" environment.

Perhaps it was in order to facilitate the smuggling of their Performance Enhancing Drugs.

At least the Russian Paralympic Team have been banned now (pending appeal).

magentaflame · Post by **magentaflame** » Thu Aug 11, 2016 7:00 pm

Its getting a bit exciting! The campbell sisters are up in half an hour going for gold and silver! Id hate to be their parents.

Apparently Aus has 5 sets of siblings in these games

Youll hear me screaming at the television very shortly.

magentaflame · Post by **magentaflame** » Thu Aug 11, 2016 7:45 pm

Well whattiya know? Dead heat for gold US and Canada....that hasnt happened at the olympics since 1984.

I tell ya what though Phelps is going to die of a heart attack at this rate. Hes just won another gold and has to swim again in semis shortly.

magentaflame · Post by **magentaflame** » Thu Aug 11, 2016 9:44 pm

Omg that simone biles is awsome! I sqear i just saw her finish off her floor routine where she bounced off the floor using only the muscles in her thighs.....wow

minks · Post by **minks** » Fri Aug 12, 2016 7:12 am

I love the floor gymnastics.

minks · Post by **minks** » Fri Aug 12, 2016 7:12 am

oooo and bad luck to the weight lifter who blew out his elbow, my goodness that's awful

Wandrin · Post by **Wandrin** » Fri Aug 12, 2016 1:07 pm

I think that the strangest medal competition in the games is the modern pentathlon. The 5 events are fencing, 200m freestyle swimming, show jumping on horses, pistol shooting and cross-country running. Very strange combination.

magentaflame · Post by **magentaflame** » Fri Aug 12, 2016 3:00 pm

Wow that is strange....definately would have to be an all round athlete though....would be very be very frustrating being friends with a person great at EVRRYTHING LOL

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Fri Aug 12, 2016 3:34 pm

Religion raises it's ugly head.....

magentaflame · Post by **magentaflame** » Fri Aug 12, 2016 4:57 pm

You what ?

magentaflame · Post by **magentaflame** » Fri Aug 12, 2016 4:58 pm

We just got silver GB just won gold. Rowing

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Sat Aug 13, 2016 3:08 pm

I want the job of that bloke that rides around on an electric scooter to start the cycle pursuit or whatever they call it.

A couple of hours work....max..... split up into 5 minute sections every four years.......................wonder what the pays like ?

magentaflame · Post by **magentaflame** » Sat Aug 13, 2016 6:37 pm

Stuff that for a game of soldiers!

1500 metre freestyle swim.......i was getting tired just watching them!

Good going to italy though well done!

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Sun Aug 14, 2016 3:20 pm

Bruv;1499974 wrote: Religion raises it's ugly head.....
Try again......

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Sun Aug 14, 2016 3:26 pm

Why did Rafael Nadal and Del Potro have taped strips up their backs ?

Suspect it is covering advertising thats not allowed under Olympic rules, but why can't they wear their country's Olympic strip ?

Post by **spot** » Mon Aug 15, 2016 3:59 am

I see the British have a gold medal - the BBC news website felt it imperative that I should be told. Mr Bolt, apparently.

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Mon Aug 15, 2016 5:14 am

spot;1500027 wrote: I see the British have a gold medal - the BBC news website felt it imperative that I should be told. Mr Bolt, apparently.

Yeah the Colonies are doing us proud