Athletics at the Summer Olympic Games 2016

[dcro 10,210]

Sara Kolak in final with NR

[intoronto 5,903]

  On 8/17/2016 at 12:13 AM, LDOG said:

 

For a second I thought this comment was written by OlympicsFan or Pavlo, but i'm shocked to see it's from you....

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Well what I am trying to say is this is a reason to not go to countries like this. Do I support the Olympics being in Brazil? Absolutely.

[Milan 26]

Wow. Another PB for Sara Kolak.

[vinipereira 3,421]

  On 8/17/2016 at 12:16 AM, Bohemia said:

I didn't think the crowd would boo him again (I mean, it's the podium, and the Brazilian won gold so they should be happy), but they did, shame on them  I wanted to cry. Renaud 

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The crowd was obviously booing him because of the (understandable, but controversial) comments he made after the event yesterday, but one time was more than damaging, didn't expect this today.

[Bohemia 1,439]

  On 8/17/2016 at 12:24 AM, vinipereira said:

 

The crowd was obviously booing him because of the (understandable, but controversial) comments he made after the event yesterday, but one time was more than damaging, didn't expect this today.

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Yeah his comment was quite disrespectful (even though he apologized quickly after) because of the emotion he was feeling a few minutes after his loss, but still, as you said, two times is too much

[intoronto 5,903]

2.29 won bronze in London in the high jump, 10 men have made that height here 

[heywoodu 15,355]

  On 8/17/2016 at 12:27 AM, intoronto said:

2.29 won bronze in London in the high jump, 10 men have made that height here 

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To be fair, 2.29m being enough for bronze is truly, what we call on the Dutch forums, a "flop show"  

[LDOG 2,432]

  On 8/17/2016 at 12:19 AM, intoronto said:

 

Well what I am trying to say is this is a reason to not go to countries like this. Do I support the Olympics being in Brazil? Absolutely.

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I found the whole incident disrespectful too, but to say that it is a reason to not give them the olympics is too much... Also I have a problem with the outdated concept of "third world", especially when applied to Brazil, as if their were the same as Rwanda or Somalia...

[intoronto 5,903]

  On 8/17/2016 at 12:31 AM, LDOG said:

 

I found the whole incident disrespectful too, but to say that it is a reason to not give them the olympics is too much... Also I have a problem with the outdated concept of "third world", especially when applied to Brazil, as if their were the same as Rwanda or Somalia...

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I am talking about in an overall sense. The IOC would have known about the booing etc. from the Pan Am Games. This is a good reason coupled with others that should give the IOC some pause before awarding a country the Olympics. 

When I say third world, I refer to those outside the 'traditional' hosts the IOC has gone to. 

[dcro 10,210]

Grabarz, lol!