Griff88 1,949 Posted July 6 #21 Share Posted July 6 The whole team won't get my support for sure. Nothing made me happier than seeing the sheikh failed in their "investments" mrv86, Ros and intoronto 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
De_Gambassi 1,223 Posted July 6 #22 Share Posted July 6 1 hour ago, heywoodu said: This is a joke, right? France for sure has so many awesome athletes who'd be great examples to carry the flag.... For the first time, athletes themselves will vote for the ones who will carry the flags. It's anybody guess who will get more votes. Also N'gapeth is the only one of the contenders who took a stand regarding our current elections. Will it help him ? No idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 14,901 Posted July 6 #23 Share Posted July 6 32 minutes ago, Griff88 said: The whole team won't get my support for sure. Nothing made me happier than seeing the sheikh failed in their "investments" Kind of similar feelings here, although it's not against the athletes themselves (especially those in athletics). Also nothing against their shooters, as far as I remember they're usually Bahrain-born and raised instead of bought athletes If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prso1000 662 Posted July 6 #24 Share Posted July 6 Tsitsipas, all bought/naturalized athletes, Denmark handball men, Chinese swimmers, US track and field team (except Hall), US basketball men, Ingebritsen, Hakan Rebcer taekwondo, fake refugee athletes. and all Chinese table tennis athlete, I don’t dislike them, but would be nice if someone else wins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 5,583 Posted July 6 #25 Share Posted July 6 Anyone "purchased" so mainly Qatari and Bahrani athletes. Also any or which are all suspected of doping or having high doping #s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Federer91 2,725 Posted July 6 #26 Share Posted July 6 If this was 2012, i would have a very, very long list of people for this topic. But nowadays most of the athletes i grew up despising are either retired or irrelevant. Of course there are exceptions, like a particular rider in the Tour de France, who continues to put a stain... But with the years, i'm not taking stuff so personally now. It's nice when favorites lose, but i'm not actively rooting against top names, like i would have a decade ago. So, not to be a cop-out reply Simone Biles and the whole US women's Artistic Gymnastics team - it's really irritating the over emphasizing and obsession Americans and their media get with women's gymnastics when the Summer Olympics comes. It's been this way from 2008, but has amped up in the Biles era. If she / they don't win every event it's doom and gloom. This is why, what happened in Tokyo was very satisfying for me. Naomi Osaka Adam Peaty Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Mariya Stadnik And pretty much don't want most "foreign" athletes getting medals for other countries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 14,901 Posted July 6 #27 Share Posted July 6 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Federer91 said: Simone Biles and the whole US women's Artistic Gymnastics team - it's really irritating the over emphasizing and obsession Americans and their media get with women's gymnastics when the Summer Olympics comes. It's been this way from 2008, but has amped up in the Biles era. If she / they don't win every event it's doom and gloom. This is why, what happened in Tokyo was very satisfying for me. Kind of agree with this, yeah. Which I also find a shame, because Biles is obviously an amazing athlete to watch, so I won't be rooting against her personally or anything, it's just the insane hype around her that I can't stand...as if the Olympics as a whole would be non-existent without her participation. Edited July 6 by heywoodu If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinzha 702 Posted July 6 #28 Share Posted July 6 11 hours ago, LDOG said: Basically anyone from & (nothing personal with the athletes but seeing someone from these countries win always feels like some bureaucratic action with no emotion taking place). I can't really think of a better answer than this, I don't dislike many individual athletes personally. I do have some extra dislike however for Sydney McLaughlin, because it's just unfair that she's an unbeatable machine in the specific 400m hurdles discipline of our most huggable, nice, humble and inspiring athlete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 14,901 Posted July 6 #29 Share Posted July 6 6 minutes ago, Jinzha said: I do have some extra dislike however for Sydney McLaughlin, because it's just unfair that she's an unbeatable machine in the specific 400m hurdles discipline of our most huggable, nice, humble and inspiring athlete I do dislike her lack of visibility overall in the sport. As in, barely ever competing. It's entirely within her rights, obviously, but it's a shame that someone of that level is so invisible in between major championships. Jinzha 1 If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 14,768 Posted July 6 #30 Share Posted July 6 Eugenie Bouchard is not here so only Wout Van Dumb Wanderer and Olympicsnell 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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