Rio 2016.

[Chippy_Tea]

What are you planning to watch?

Event Schedule - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/rio-2016/schedule/2016-08-03

I will probably watch -

Archery (just watched a few minutes ago)

Boxing.

Shooting.

Weightlifting.

 

[Hoddy]

For me it's

Golf

White water rafting

Athletics

Cycling

Rowing

The wife loves the diving.


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[Cwrw666]

Absolutely nothing.

 

[MyQul]

Whatever is on in the pub when I happen to be there

 

[donchiquon]

Absolutely nothing.

+1 - Nowt. Never gotten on with spectator sports.

 

[geetee]

One to miss for me

Man sitting on a trotting horse nicely dressed in a top hat! (is this SPORT???)

One to watch:

Young females with scanty shorts jumping about in the sand....oh and there is a ball in there somewhere I think, but it's not essential!
(definitely good sport!)

 

[Richie_asg1]

So far a French Gymnast broke his leg, but as if that is not enough, the Rio stretcher crew dropped him while loading into the ambulance. - http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...mnast-samir-ait-said-broken-leg-a7177186.html

Now news just in a cyclist Annemiek Van Vleutenhas been injured in a pile up and is now in hospital.

so the carnage continues......

 

[Dutto]

........

Young females with scanty shorts jumping about in the sand....oh and there is a ball in there somewhere I think, but it's not essential!
(definitely good sport!)

Brilliant ... :thumb: :thumb:

... right up until you discover that there's a Men's Volleyball Tournament as well.

 

[MyQul]

One to miss for me

Man sitting on a trotting horse nicely dressed in a top hat! (is this SPORT???)

One to watch:

Young females with scanty shorts jumping about in the sand....oh and there is a ball in there somewhere I think, but it's not essential!
(definitely good sport!)

You mean like this :whistle:

 

[geetee]

You mean like this :whistle:

You see I told you there was a ball in there somewhere!

 

[Richie_asg1]

We should have known it would be a disaster when they shot their mascot just after the opening ceremony. Way to go Rio.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-rio-jaguar-idUSKCN0Z72P4

Don't know why I didn't read about this earlier.

Not only is the Jaguar nearly extinct, but using one at the event was also illegal, according to Ipaam, the Amazonas state government environmental authority that oversees the use of wild animals.

So, break their own law and shoot an endangered species as part of your opening ceremony. Nice.

Almost as epic as in 1988 at the opening of the Seoul Olympics they released a flock of doves - which settled in the olympic flame bowl - which they then lit. Crispy hors d'oeuvres anyone?

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Drugged,chained then shot, way to go Rio.

 

[geetee]

One to miss for me

Man sitting on a trotting horse nicely dressed in a top hat! (is this SPORT???)

One to watch:

Young females with scanty shorts jumping about in the sand....oh and there is a ball in there somewhere I think, but it's not essential!
(definitely good sport!)

Ah, forgot about this one today, a well dressed woman on a dancing horse, supposed to be dancing to some mundane background music but I reckon the horse was deaf as there was absolutely zero correlation between the trotting and the music!
The sad thing is she got a GOLD medal for THAT!

 

[aamcle]

That should not be in the games, how is a dancing horse a sport?

Faster, Higher, Further ...


Aamcle

 

[Chippy_Tea]

You could say that about a lot of so called sports.

 

[aamcle]

I'd go though the list, anything that is marked by style would be gone.

Bin List.

Synchronous Swimming
Ribbon Dancing
Dancing Horses
Diving
Trampoline
Boxing if on points. Knock em down n drag em out.

Anything else that doesn't have clear scoring.

Come on add to the list :)

Aamcle

 

[Chippy_Tea]

If i remember right they used to have scoring for every landed punch in boxing why they switched i will never know i think it was a fairer way of judging the fights.

I think they should take everything back to basics, i have watched archery but all those weights and counterbalances spoil it for me, i basic Robin Hood set up is all they should be allowed.

 

[geetee]

Next Olympics will see the introduction of smart phone events recognised as sports;

Track cycling whilst texting with no hands on the handlebars

Woman with three kids pushing pram across the cycle track whilst on the phone.Points awarded for style and control (of the kids)

Snowboarding/skiing over an obstacle course whilst sending a 1000 word text without crashing!

All usual activities that we see every day, just need a set of rules and a National body to oversee!

 

[Personal91]

Drugged,chained then shot, way to go Rio.

please dont get me started on this, its both upsetting and angering at the way they dealed with this poor animal:nono:

 

[Dutto]

please dont get me started on this, its both upsetting and angering at the way they dealed with this poor animal:nono:

With you being so upset and angry I think that maybe you haven't actually been to Rio de Janeiro and therefore haven't seen how they treat their own people.

Rio de Janeiro is an amazing city of contrasts.

There is a strip of some of the most expensive hotels in the world fronting Copacabana beach and from there a ten minute walk away from the sea will take you to some of the worse slums in the world.

Please check out this link ...

http://www.ibtimes.com/road-rio-police-sweep-away-street-children-ahead-brazil-olympics-2353865

... and you will realise that you should perhaps direct your anger to something much more important than the killing of any animal. :thumb::thumb: