EPT[Olympics] Rio de Janeiro 2016 - Page 8
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fabiano
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Draconicfire
Canada2562 Posts
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amazingxkcd
GRAND OLD AMERICA16375 Posts
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Otolia
France5805 Posts
Found her : Anitta. Instagram | ||
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amazingxkcd
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Keniji
Netherlands2569 Posts
19yo. Sick. | ||
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Superbanana
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On August 06 2016 18:56 Otolia wrote: Does anyone has the name of the female singer who sang during the samba school presentation at the end of the show ? She is gorgeous <3 Found her : Anitta. Instagram Her songs are pretty bad tho. So many better options with a less pretty face edit: actually, there are better options with a prettier face | ||
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dmnum
Brazil6910 Posts
On August 06 2016 23:10 Superbanana wrote: Her songs are pretty bad tho. So many better options with a less pretty face edit: actually, there are better options with a prettier face She's as bad as any generic pop star. And you can't deny she's by far the biggest thing in Brazil's pop music right now. | ||
Shellshock
United States97276 Posts
On August 06 2016 22:58 Keniji wrote: First gold goes to usa. 19yo. Sick. Was just reading about it. First gold in the event since Sydney. Got the Olympic record too | ||
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sharkie
Austria18713 Posts
On August 07 2016 00:12 Shellshock wrote: Was just reading about it. First gold in the event since Sydney. Got the Olympic record too Final OR because this is the first Olympic final which uses the new system. XD | ||
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Mafe
Germany5966 Posts
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bluzi
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On August 07 2016 01:33 Mafe wrote: An (almost) single elimination tournament in such blink-of-an-eye sports such as judo, wrestling etc feels too cruel for me. Not that I have a perfect solution myself, but still. It might be , but usually if you look back the favorites usually makes the top tier of the competition , its not the kind of sport which is filled with surprises. | ||
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HolydaKing
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LegalLord
United States13779 Posts
Not to say there wasn't a fair bit of systematic doping, but the entire issue was handled in a pretty shitty manner. At least most of the team gets to compete - the general consensus in Russia was that there would be a full blanket ban on Olympic competition. | ||
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Gorsameth
Netherlands22487 Posts
On August 07 2016 02:42 LegalLord wrote: The entire doping scandal was a political stunt. Finding and banning the athletes who doped and having increased scrutiny on Russian athletes is a proportionate response. Trying to push for a blanket ban is just politics. Not to say there wasn't a fair bit of systematic doping, but the entire issue was handled in a pretty shitty manner. At least most of the team gets to compete - the general consensus in Russia was that there would be a full blanket ban on Olympic competition. What exactly does one have to do to earn a ban from the Olympics? Because apparently running a government backed doping program that actively sabotages doping checks isn't good enough. Yes the entire country should have been banned, which proven clean athletes being allowed to compete under a neutral flag. | ||
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LegalLord
United States13779 Posts
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LegalLord
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Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Police shot a mugger near the stadium where the Rio Olympics opening ceremony took place and a woman was killed close to another Olympic site, police said Saturday. The violence on Friday highlighted the task facing an unprecedented force of 85,000 soldiers and police deployed to secure the Olympics. Rio police said in a statement that a man was mugging people near the Maracana stadium when he was intercepted by one of the police officers sent from another area of Brazil to Rio as part of the huge reinforcements. "The man was carrying out assaults when a military police officer... shot him," the statement said. Hours earlier, an architect was killed while driving by one of the main entrances to the Olympic Boulevard, a redeveloped port area that now hosts the Olympic flame and has become a major tourist attraction. The woman, 51, was attacked by three armed muggers, police said. She tried to flee and was shot in the head. The main focus of security is Rio, a city where drug traffickers control large parts of poor neighborhoods. However, the deployment of troops and police -- double the number used at the 2012 London Games -- also includes the cities of Brasilia, Belo Horizonte, Manaus, Salvador and Sao Paulo, where football matches are being played. Source | ||
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Mafe
Germany5966 Posts
Well Rio really looks spectacular, so actually I can justify watching this race just to see how the city looks. | ||
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FiWiFaKi
Canada9859 Posts
My god, amazing ride. The most well deserved Olympic victory I've ever seen. Topping all the climbers on a course like this, absolutely beautiful. And Froome, what was that D: | ||
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sharkie
Austria18713 Posts
On August 07 2016 03:43 FiWiFaKi wrote: Greg van Avermaet! My god, amazing ride. The most well deserved Olympic victory I've ever seen. Topping all the climbers on a course like this, absolutely beautiful. And Froome, what was that D: He definitely had the best doping indeed! j/k | ||
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