The olympic thread

[threedogs]

Love my sport and the games hopefully will show case the best of the best.
Usain Bolt may still be a starter, even at 80% thats a 9.8sec 10 mtrs lol.
Where will we Aust medal maybe some swimming events,,, Kyaks,, shooting
Equestrian maybe,,, yatching,,50k walk and lets wait and see ..
Im looking forward to it despite all the problems lol

[10G]

Have I just not been paying attention, but have these Olympics been just about unheard of? You normally see all sorts of stuff in the news, but this time around, promotion and news items seem to have been few & far between.

It's almost like they've been so darn busy trying to complete all the building and cleaning, that they've forgotten to advertise it.

[Ben-e-boy]

My cousin is competing in the shotput

[threedogs]

My cousin is competing in the shotput

Hope he does well Ben, will be looking out for him for sure

its a forgotten sport when compared to swimming

[threedogs]

First Gold to Mack Horton in the 400 freestyle Great race
Also a bronze in the team Archery Oi Oi Oi

[NissanGQ4.2]

Boring......... why do all the boring sports only make it 2 the Olympics?

Turn dirtbikes, 4wd's rallycars, V8's into an Olympic sport then it would be worth watching

[threedogs]

Boring......... why do all the boring sports only make it 2 the Olympics?

Turn dirtbikes, 4wd's rallycars, V8's into an Olympic sport then it would be worth watching

Must admit I feel the same with these games there is no Hype about them.
Dont worry all those sports events you mentioned will be admitted to the Olympics
Like stupid sports if you could call it that Parcor or what ever they call it, stupid sport stupid.
what about some log cutting etc lol

[threedogs]

Chalk up another gold in the womens 4 x 100 freestyle relay
in world record time of 3.30.65
The Yanks came in 2nd lol

[the evil twin]

What the Hell is that absolute rubbish 'Synchronised Swimming' about and how on earth is it an Olympic class sport.
I mean, fair dinkum, even typing the words almost made me chuck.
Should be replaced by Abalone Diving or Croc Wrestling

My other pet hate at Olympic level are Golf and Tennis et al can have professional athletes and Boxing, Wrestling et al cannot.
Mainstream Sport professional competitors would rather win a Major Title than a Gold any day, the entry list names prove it.

But as long as we beat the Yanks in the Pool and Poms anywhere else I'm good with the concept

[DX grunt]

Golf and Tennis et al can have professional athletes and Boxing, Wrestling et al cannot.

I was only talking about that this morning.

I thought the Olympics was for 'amateurs' (no disrespect, of course), not, 'professionals' (no disrespect of course)