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Rebs
Pakistan10726 Posts
On August 03 2012 04:49 Crushinator wrote: Awww yeah Kromowidjojo. Bad time but gold is gold :D She was the strongest swimmer in the relay to. Her team wasnt quite upto par. I figured she'd be pretty comfortable. | ||
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Sazchu
Iceland489 Posts
On August 03 2012 06:38 Trok67 wrote: France - Iceland next Saturday will be so enormous ! Yeah, that should be a great game, especially if Iceland will play like this then, hoping for Iceland to one up from the last olympics and take the gold. | ||
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Otolia
France5805 Posts
On August 02 2012 20:13 Otolia wrote: France could be the first nation be get more medals and more titles in Judo than Japan in the Olympics :D And Tcheuméo choking cost us another title again (after Gévrise Emane). I hope Teddy Riner powers through everyone and that we don't have a surprise winner like today in Women's -78kg. That grab on the Arai-gochi from the Brits was godlike. She was burnt, technically dominated but she pulled that. Outstanding piece of courage. I recommend everyone to watch it. Rio de Janeiro will be our year, with Pavia, Gneto, Tcheuméo, Riner and Legrand all hopefully at their best plus some new blood. I'm looking forward to that already. | ||
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radiatoren
Denmark1907 Posts
On August 03 2012 06:11 Ghost-z wrote: Not relevant to the current Olympics but this report lists Tetris, Starcraft and League of Legends as possible future "floating" Olympic Events as soon as 2020! http://video.foxnews.com/v/1768214448001/ The video starts with previously removed and obscure olympic events and then moves to talk about the future olympic events including: Golf, Rugby, Tetris, SC, LoL What do you guys think? TL;DR >> SC2 and LoL possibly in future Olympics I have heard Computer games and powersmoking being equated when it comes to their chance of entering the olympics. Bridge and Chess has a far better chance of making it in and they are not even close to being considered viable... Also, source? (And no "they say" in FOX news is another way of saying "something completely unconfirmed and mostly brought in for comedic value". You seriously need a FOX news to real world translator for everything you see on FOX) | ||
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fbs
United Kingdom2476 Posts
baseball karate roller sports softball sport climbing squash wakeboarding wushu beach soccer Really hope it's squash. Maybe it has to wait until Pakistan/India put some money into it. Climbing would be cool though. | ||
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Rebs
Pakistan10726 Posts
On August 03 2012 07:08 fbs wrote: one of these might be in 2020 baseball karate roller sports softball sport climbing squash wakeboarding wushu beach soccer Really hope it's squash. Maybe it has to wait until Pakistan/India put some money into it. Climbing would be cool though. Dont count on it. India going pretty hard at stuff like Field Hockey and Badminton recently in the last decade or so(among other things), they dont have the pedigree in Squash to focus on it at this point . And Pakistan has no money to put in it, hasnt for a while now. Lots of players, but inadequate facilities and oppurtunities means most of the top prospects take scholarships in the US instead of turning pro and then just graduate into normal jobs. | ||
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pyro19
6575 Posts
On August 03 2012 07:13 Rebs wrote: Dont count on it. India going pretty hard at stuff like Field Hockey and Badminton recently in the last decade or so(among other things), they dont have the pedigree in Squash to focus on it at this point . And Pakistan has no money to put in it, hasnt for a while now. Lots of players, but inadequate facilities and oppurtunities means most of the top prospects take scholarships in the US instead of turning pro and then just graduate into normal jobs. That is Indeed Correct..Playing any kind of Sport here except Cricket is frowned Upon and there is Severe Parental pressure to earn money and get a Job rather than Pursue Sporting Talents.. | ||
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TehPrime
United States180 Posts
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LaNague
Germany9118 Posts
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Caphe
Vietnam10817 Posts
On August 03 2012 09:21 LaNague wrote: south korea isnt THAT small, actually :D Well, consider so many countries with similar or bigger size don't even manage to win a single medal. SK is OP. Now try combie SK and NK medal  . Thats total Korea for ya.The US of A is showing is power, they are gonna win this Olympic with China in second place since most of China strong sports have already finished but US still got alot more to grab their medals. | ||
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JoeSchmoe
Canada2058 Posts
On August 03 2012 09:36 Caphe wrote: Well, consider so many countries with similar or bigger size don't even manage to win a single medal. SK is OP. Now try combie SK and NK medal . Thats total Korea for ya.The US of A is showing is power, they are gonna win this Olympic with China in second place since most of China strong sports have already finished but US still got alot more to grab their medals. hard to say at this point. athletics is about to start which is huge and SK isn't known for. Expect countries like GB, Germany, Aus, Russia, USA to really pick it up in the 2nd half. | ||
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CajunMan
United States823 Posts
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sharkie
Austria18742 Posts
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andrewlt
United States7702 Posts
On August 03 2012 09:36 Caphe wrote: Well, consider so many countries with similar or bigger size don't even manage to win a single medal. SK is OP. Now try combie SK and NK medal . Thats total Korea for ya.The US of A is showing is power, they are gonna win this Olympic with China in second place since most of China strong sports have already finished but US still got alot more to grab their medals. It depends who you compare them to. If you compare South Korea to industrialized nations, they're not that impressive. If you compare them to third world nations, then they are impressive. South Korea's population is less than the UK but it's higher than Canada's and Australia's. Australia is doing a very good job relative to its population, too. Both Koreas seem to take the Olympics more seriously than most other nations, too. Now, if you want to talk about underachievers relative to population, India, Pakistan and Indonesia are going to be at the top of the list. | ||
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Rebs
Pakistan10726 Posts
On August 03 2012 10:47 andrewlt wrote: It depends who you compare them to. If you compare South Korea to industrialized nations, they're not that impressive. If you compare them to third world nations, then they are impressive. South Korea's population is less than the UK but it's higher than Canada's and Australia's. Australia is doing a very good job relative to its population, too. Both Koreas seem to take the Olympics more seriously than most other nations, too. Now, if you want to talk about underachievers relative to population, India, Pakistan and Indonesia are going to be at the top of the list. India maybe, Indonesia and Pakistan dont have the resources to develop olympic sports and its not going to happen for a long time if ever. So I wouldnt call it underperforming because theres no expectation. They've already fallen away in their niche events since the turn of the century. Its all going to be downhill for the later two. India can do well though, they wouldve expected better. On August 03 2012 11:11 BoZiffer wrote: Golf going into the Olympics is great. That is as global a game as it gets. I agree, Golf would be a very healthy addition. | ||
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BoZiffer
United States1841 Posts
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Archers_bane
United States1338 Posts
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J1.au
Australia3596 Posts
On August 03 2012 06:11 Ghost-z wrote: Not relevant to the current Olympics but this report lists Tetris, Starcraft and League of Legends as possible future "floating" Olympic Events as soon as 2020! http://video.foxnews.com/v/1768214448001/ The video starts with previously removed and obscure olympic events and then moves to talk about the future olympic events including: Golf, Rugby, Tetris, SC, LoL What do you guys think? TL;DR >> SC2 and LoL possibly in future Olympics I seriously hope this never happens. | ||
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DMXD
United States4064 Posts
Don't know if this story was posted already in this thread but this is really sad.. | ||
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CajunMan
United States823 Posts
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