EPT[Olympics] Rio de Janeiro 2016 - Page 71
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LaNague
Germany9118 Posts
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dmnum
Brazil6910 Posts
On August 21 2016 11:25 LaNague wrote: i like the chinese team, the german commentator is hilariously in love with one serbian player lol Malesevic or Busa? | ||
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LaNague
Germany9118 Posts
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dmnum
Brazil6910 Posts
On August 21 2016 11:32 LaNague wrote: 19, he cant contain himself ah, she's cute too I was thinking about n6 and some reserve. The former plays for a Brazilian team. Edit: gold for China. Lang Ping becomes an ever bigger legend. | ||
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LaNague
Germany9118 Posts
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Raidern
Brazil3811 Posts
On August 21 2016 08:13 Drow wrote: Neymar crying like he won something important >.< Get some context. You're talking about a country which has won 5 world cups and 0 olympic games. I'm 30 years old now. I remember when I was 10 (1996) the commentator said "Brazil has never won a olympic gold medal in football". I was 10. That national team had Rivaldo, Roberto Carlos, Ronaldo and Bebeto as main players and failed. It lost to Nigeria 3-4 after being up 3-1. Jump 4 years forward. 2000. I was 14. Our main players were Ronaldinho (yea that one from Barcelona) and Alex (de Souza, mostly known from Galatasaray, although he's had a great career in Brazil and was considered a rising star back then). In 2004 I was 18. It was supposedly one of the best sub-23 teams ever in Brazil with Robinho and Diego (Porto, Atletic Madrid, Werder Bremen etc) as leaders. iirc it didn't even qualify for the Olympics. 2008. I was 22. Ronaldinho (again), Pato, Robinho, Thiago Silva... fail. 2012, I was 26. Neymar and Ganso. Fail. In 2016 we've finally won it. Before watching all these failures I heard about 1988 when Brazil lost to URSS in spite of having Taffarel, Romario and Bebeto. So, yeah, it doesn't mean a lot to other nations. But any Brazilian who likes football has basically grown up hearing all the stories of how our best players failed to win olympic gold and now we finally have won it. | ||
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Dante08
Singapore4128 Posts
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sharkie
Austria18413 Posts
Man, you are some sore losers. | ||
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HolydaKing
21254 Posts
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bardtown
England2313 Posts
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zeo
Serbia6286 Posts
 Well, still got the basketball finals to look forward to, its also the last event at these Olympics. | ||
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zeo
Serbia6286 Posts
On August 21 2016 16:38 bardtown wrote: Officially the first country in history to improve on a host games performance. Hoping to buck the trend and improve once again in Tokyo. Will be interesting to see how many countries copy our funding model and if it works for them. If only every sport was played on bicycles... | ||
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sharkie
Austria18413 Posts
On August 21 2016 16:38 bardtown wrote: Officially the first country in history to improve on a host games performance. Hoping to buck the trend and improve once again in Tokyo. Will be interesting to see how many countries copy our funding model and if it works for them. Doesn't this more likely say that your athletes did not prepare for 2012 enough? | ||
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bardtown
England2313 Posts
Unfortunately for that narrative we have golds in more sports than any other country. 6 in cycling compared to the US with 16 in swimming. Go and bully them instead! On August 21 2016 17:23 sharkie wrote: Doesn't this more likely say that your athletes did not prepare for 2012 enough? No? | ||
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OtherWorld
France17333 Posts
On August 21 2016 16:38 bardtown wrote: Officially the first country in history to improve on a host games performance. Hoping to buck the trend and improve once again in Tokyo. Will be interesting to see how many countries copy our funding model and if it works for them. How many additional medals did you get in track & field compared to 2012? | ||
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zeo
Serbia6286 Posts
- 100m backwards sprint - 200m hopping - 400m skipping - 50m running on your hands I mean, I was a champion in breaststroke in elementary school so I'm kind of biased towards it but its still way slower than freestyle. | ||
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bardtown
England2313 Posts
On August 21 2016 17:40 OtherWorld wrote: How many additional medals did you get in track & field compared to 2012? We got half as many golds in athletics this time around (from 4 to 2) with one more in total (from 6 to 7). I'm guessing you want to point to Russia being disqualified, but they're really not direct competition for many of our medals. Genuinely, this is not a freak result but rather the result of continued investment (including what is essentially crowdfunding) and development of a strong sports infrastructure. | ||
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LegalLord
United Kingdom13775 Posts
On August 21 2016 17:43 zeo wrote: Swimming man... imagine if athletics had different, asinine, slower and less efficient ways of getting to the finish line and people got medals for it: - 100m backwards sprint - 200m hopping - 400m skipping - 50m running on your hands I mean, I was a champion in breaststroke in elementary school so I'm kind of biased towards it but its still way slower than freestyle. Definitely a valid observation, which is why it isn't a surprise that swimming has a lot of the most "decorated" Olympians. They are favored in the numbers game in that sense. | ||
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Otolia
France5805 Posts
On August 21 2016 16:38 bardtown wrote: Officially the first country in history to improve on a host games performance. Hoping to buck the trend and improve once again in Tokyo. Will be interesting to see how many countries copy our funding model and if it works for them. It's a very good funding method because many athletes are then professionnals in a field where almost none of the competition are. At the same time, nobody speaks of the drawbacks of this system so I wonder what they are. | ||
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Salazarz
Korea (South)2591 Posts
On August 21 2016 18:13 Otolia wrote: It's a very good funding method because many athletes are then professionnals in a field where almost none of the competition are. At the same time, nobody speaks of the drawbacks of this system so I wonder what they are. The drawbacks are that instead of promoting 'grassroots' sports organizations, this model gives the finger to just about anyone who isn't in direct contention for Olympic medals right here and now. It's pretty much against the original spirit of the Olympic Games and in long term it can backfire quite heavily because the sports that aren't performing well currently aren't likely to have any big breakthroughs while the sports that are currently flourishing due to good funding aren't guaranteed to keep producing stars as years go on since funding is an important but not the only factor. That said, very impressive result by the UK this year regardless. | ||
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