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Initially, basketball was the only team sport in which the host country was not automatically awarded a team in the tournament. This was because the British basketball teams did not exist until 2006, and hence FIBA, the world's regulatory body of basketball, was concerned about the future of the British national basketball teams after 2012, as well as the probable lack of competitiveness of the British teams. However, in a meeting held in Lyon, France, on 13 March 2011, the FIBA's executive board agreed to allow the two British teams to enter automatically, after all.
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On August 07 2016 05:49 RvB wrote:
Does the host nation get automatic seeds in some sports? I'm watching womens rugby and it's 38-0 for Canada against Brazil lol.
Brazil is probably not even the worst team, womens rugby has only a few good country, there was a new zeland- colombia game and a GB-Japam game that were like 80-0.
Only good game was US-Fiji I think.
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Womens rugby. I just watched an american stiff arm the the hell out of another woman. And america is dominating the colombians.
aparently fiji has a group of monsters that win at rugby?
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On August 07 2016 06:10 Sermokala wrote:
Womens rugby. I just watched an american stiff arm the the hell out of another woman. And america is dominating the colombians.
aparently fiji has a group of monsters that win at rugby?
Yes Fidji is a good nation for Rugby.
Edit : I hope France wins against the USA in football. That would be wonderful.
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On August 07 2016 06:11 Otolia wrote:Show nested quote +On August 07 2016 06:10 Sermokala wrote:
Womens rugby. I just watched an american stiff arm the the hell out of another woman. And america is dominating the colombians.
aparently fiji has a group of monsters that win at rugby? Yes Fidji is a good nation for Rugby. Edit : I hope France wins against the USA in football. That would be wonderful.
1-0 USA =/
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Hope solo keeping the americans in this game.
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On August 07 2016 06:42 Sermokala wrote:
Hope solo keeping the americans in this game.
She got a lot of training boxing the ball.
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oh boy us mens basketball here we go. I'd give a spread of 45 points.
And they can't shoot threes today. Oh boy.
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On August 07 2016 06:22 RvB wrote:Show nested quote +On August 07 2016 06:11 Otolia wrote:On August 07 2016 06:10 Sermokala wrote:
Womens rugby. I just watched an american stiff arm the the hell out of another woman. And america is dominating the colombians.
aparently fiji has a group of monsters that win at rugby? Yes Fidji is a good nation for Rugby. Edit : I hope France wins against the USA in football. That would be wonderful. 1-0 USA =/
Carli!!!!! Scored in 6 straight tournament games dating back to the World Cup. USA didn't play all that great. Both teams looked disorganized. A rematch would be interesting
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That Miyake 3rd attempt at 81kg snatch was intense lol.
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On August 07 2016 07:02 Sermokala wrote:
oh boy us mens basketball here we go. I'd give a spread of 45 points.
And they can't shoot threes today. Oh boy.
China's basketball team still has the old school mentality where height matters most. They have a lot of slow-footed 7-footers. The US team has 2 point guards, 2 centers and 8 swingmen who can switch everything and play that Golden State style of defense.
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On August 07 2016 07:35 andrewlt wrote:Show nested quote +On August 07 2016 07:02 Sermokala wrote:
oh boy us mens basketball here we go. I'd give a spread of 45 points.
And they can't shoot threes today. Oh boy. China's basketball team still has the old school mentality where height matters most. They have a lot of slow-footed 7-footers. The US team has 2 point guards, 2 centers and 8 swingmen who can switch everything and play that Golden State style of defense.
Which is crazy because the NBA has shown that the three pointer is the most important thing in basketball now.
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Damn, our girls are struggling with Angola in handball. Thought it was gonna be a cakewalk
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On August 07 2016 07:35 FiWiFaKi wrote:
That Miyake 3rd attempt at 81kg snatch was intense lol.
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On August 07 2016 09:03 GoTuNk! wrote:Show nested quote +On August 07 2016 07:35 FiWiFaKi wrote:
That Miyake 3rd attempt at 81kg snatch was intense lol.
Haha yeah, well deserved bronze from her. She was so cute, hugging the bar after her 3rd C&J attempt.
Is that a legal lift, it looks like her butt was on the ground?
edit: Also, what is the best way to record and upload gifs on TL for anyone who has done it previously.
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On August 07 2016 09:10 FiWiFaKi wrote:Show nested quote +On August 07 2016 09:03 GoTuNk! wrote:On August 07 2016 07:35 FiWiFaKi wrote:
That Miyake 3rd attempt at 81kg snatch was intense lol. Haha yeah, well deserved bronze from her. She was so cute, hugging the bar after her 3rd C&J attempt. Is that a legal lift, it looks like her butt was on the ground? edit: Also, what is the best way to record and upload gifs on TL for anyone who has done it previously.
Anyone who can position their body like that and lift deserves it anyway. I don't know if being lower is helpful, is it?
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On August 07 2016 09:36 SK.Testie wrote:Show nested quote +On August 07 2016 09:10 FiWiFaKi wrote:On August 07 2016 09:03 GoTuNk! wrote:On August 07 2016 07:35 FiWiFaKi wrote:
That Miyake 3rd attempt at 81kg snatch was intense lol. Haha yeah, well deserved bronze from her. She was so cute, hugging the bar after her 3rd C&J attempt. Is that a legal lift, it looks like her butt was on the ground? edit: Also, what is the best way to record and upload gifs on TL for anyone who has done it previously. Anyone who can position their body like that and lift deserves it anyway. I don't know if being lower is helpful, is it?
It's not so much about whether it's helpful, just whether its allowed or not. The judges are very strict here, almost made one of the competitors cry.
You can watch her lift here (since you're from Canada) at 45:00:
http://olympics.cbc.ca/video/vod/weightlifting-aug-women-group.html
It really wasn't as bad as it looks in the pic, but she started falling forward, and then somehow magically saved it.
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In other news, the biggest event of the day (for a lot of people) is starting in a couple minutes, and that's swimming finals.
Today we will have finals of:
400m freestyle men
400m IM men
400m IM women
4x100m freestyle relay women
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Vietnam got the first gold in the history. Fighting
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