Olympics Thread

booboo

@booboo said in Olympics Thread:

@stargazer said in Olympics Thread:

Women's football:
The Yanks are out!! They lost 0 - 1 to Canada in the semi-final.

Edited to add that the other semi-final is between Sweden and Australia (11.00pm NZT).

Kinda pleased about that

If they are honest they probably didn't deserve much better

7nless you ask Megan Rapinoe ...

mariner4life

@majorrage said in Olympics Thread:

@mariner4life said in Olympics Thread:

@majorrage said in Olympics Thread:

@canefan said in Olympics Thread:

@stargazer said in Olympics Thread:

Women's hockey:

The Netherlands are the first to score.
0 - 1 NL

Disappointing. On the flip side some of the Dutch girls are quite hawt

I stayed in these same hotel as the Dutch field hockey team once in the Nehtherlands.

Many of them, are indeed, seriously seriously hot. On the flip side, the shortest one was about 6ft 1.

How is that a flip side?

I'm more Gianfranco Zola than Peter Crouch. I looked absurd queuing for my omelette.

Ah right you are.

mariner4life

Old.mate in the t-shirt runs a beautiful 400m

Rancid Schnitzel

Just watched the +86kg mixed weightlifting. Tbh I’m not really sure if Hubbard is out of place. It’s hard to even know what species these athletes are.

Edit. She’s gone. Seems she’s constantly plagued by injury, which isn’t surprising given her age and the event.

KiwiMurph

Hubbard fails to complete a single lift in the snatch.

voodoo

@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:

Just watched the +86kg mixed weightlifting. Tbh I’m not really sure if Hubbard is out of place. It’s hard to even know what species these athletes are.

Apparently the Chinese bird weighs 150kg...

voodoo

@kiwimurph said in Olympics Thread:

Hubbard fails to complete a single lift in the snatch.

Huh? I just watched her lift 125? Wasn't that the snatch?

Edit- Did it not count, I see she's not on the leaderboard

Rancid Schnitzel

@voodoo said in Olympics Thread:

@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:

Just watched the +86kg mixed weightlifting. Tbh I’m not really sure if Hubbard is out of place. It’s hard to even know what species these athletes are.

Apparently the Chinese bird weighs 150kg...

I haven’t seen her but the American must be pushing that as well! Her food bill must be massive.

voodoo

Norwegian hurdler escapes a DQ using the "but sir, I'm so hot, look at me" defense

KiwiMurph

@voodoo said in Olympics Thread:

@kiwimurph said in Olympics Thread:

Hubbard fails to complete a single lift in the snatch.

Huh? I just watched her lift 125? Wasn't that the snatch?

Edit- Did it not count, I see she's not on the leaderboard

Yeah too much arm wobble. Should have challenged it.

MajorPom

@kiwimurph said in Olympics Thread:

Hubbard fails to complete a single lift in the snatch.

Theres a transgender joke in here for sure.

Failed in the snatch department.

Paekakboyz

@kiwimurph didn't see any clear break in the elbows, so I'm not sure what the issue was? Pretty stink to dnf

antipodean

@kiwimurph said in Olympics Thread:

Hubbard fails to complete a single lift in the snatch.

Well she doesn't have one

voodoo

@kiwimurph said in Olympics Thread:

@voodoo said in Olympics Thread:

@kiwimurph said in Olympics Thread:

Hubbard fails to complete a single lift in the snatch.

Huh? I just watched her lift 125? Wasn't that the snatch?

Edit- Did it not count, I see she's not on the leaderboard

Yeah too much arm wobble. Should have challenged it.

Bloody hell. What a lot of angst for nothing in the end, you have to laugh

antipodean

@voodoo said in Olympics Thread:

@kiwimurph said in Olympics Thread:

@voodoo said in Olympics Thread:

@kiwimurph said in Olympics Thread:

Hubbard fails to complete a single lift in the snatch.

Huh? I just watched her lift 125? Wasn't that the snatch?

Edit- Did it not count, I see she's not on the leaderboard

Yeah too much arm wobble. Should have challenged it.

Bloody hell. What a lot of angst for nothing in the end, you have to laugh

The issue is Hubbard took a female's position at the games.

voodoo

@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:

@voodoo said in Olympics Thread:

@kiwimurph said in Olympics Thread:

@voodoo said in Olympics Thread:

@kiwimurph said in Olympics Thread:

Hubbard fails to complete a single lift in the snatch.

Huh? I just watched her lift 125? Wasn't that the snatch?

Edit- Did it not count, I see she's not on the leaderboard

Yeah too much arm wobble. Should have challenged it.

Bloody hell. What a lot of angst for nothing in the end, you have to laugh

The issue is Hubbard took a female's position at the games.

Sure, and that does suck, but at least she didn't steal someone's medal, that would have been much worse.

Stargazer

Awful weather for athletics.

Rancid Schnitzel

@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:

@voodoo said in Olympics Thread:

@kiwimurph said in Olympics Thread:

@voodoo said in Olympics Thread:

@kiwimurph said in Olympics Thread:

Hubbard fails to complete a single lift in the snatch.

Huh? I just watched her lift 125? Wasn't that the snatch?

Edit- Did it not count, I see she's not on the leaderboard

Yeah too much arm wobble. Should have challenged it.

Bloody hell. What a lot of angst for nothing in the end, you have to laugh

The issue is Hubbard took a female's position at the games.

Ironically the biological male is probably the most female looking of the lot.

mikedogz

I just read today that she isn't the only trans at the Olympics. A former chick playing for Canadian women's soccer, identifies an non binary I think, had her boobs removed. There was an alternate who could have competed in the BMX freestyle. Unfortunate for Hubbard to inherit her fathers hairline when she is trying to be a women. Doesn't have the budget of Bruce/Caitlyn Jenner.

voodoo

No non-Kenyan has won the 3000m steeplechase since 1980, amazing

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