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NBC is good, but they're not that good.  They'll figure out a way to deal with the Olympics being in Europe.  Bigger question is what happens in 2032.  Does NBC beg FINA to swap them like they did here or will the Aussies tell them to piss off?  I'm guessing it's the latter

That's what you get if you only decide to follow 5-6 top US names all the frickin' time. NBC might not realize it but at the Olympics people actually want to follow the Olympics, not the 5-6 top dogs for two weeks.
 
It's like regular US TV, they only talk about the Lakers, Yankees or Cowboys. While at the Olympics people want to see the damn NY Jets and Sacramento Kings too!

Didn't watch the race live (I will later) but congrats to and @hckošice again!

Didn't watch the race live (I will later) but congrats to and @hckošice again!

IT'S NOT FAIR..... THEY HAD 2 BOATS IN THIS RACE!!

Great run by Grigar. looking good for at least a medal! Crisis talks in Slovak government on hold

It was a big mistake for Slovak TV to build their TV studio near the whitewater course.

I think I speak for everyone on this forum when I say we are all genuinely happy for you and for Slovakia.

I've tried my best to look at this competition from a neutral perspective. I have to say I'm surprised with a silver medal for Rebeca. She didn't lose the gold medal; she earned the silver medal. The same can be said about Lee: she won because she hit, not because Rebeca didn't perform her best routine. This is how this sport works and there's a strong mental game going on. Lee was stronger in the mental game and this deserves all the praise in the world. It's not fair to compare Lee to anyone else that came before her. She's the Olympic champion and she deserved it. Period.

Now, Rebeca had an awesome day. Her uneven bars routine was one of the best she has performed in her life and much, much better than the one in qualifications. Her vault and her floor were not the best, but they still received strong scores. That silver medal is a huge accomplishment on itself and given how close the competition was, I'm really surprised Rebeca managed to win it.

I believe Melnikova had a score on floor much higher than she actually deserved. She had several small mistakes that most people can't immediately see, but those who know about how gymnastics is scored can see. Urazova deserved the bronze medal, in my opinion, but it wouldn't have made any difference for Russia overall, so there's not much point in arguing about this. The thing is I've always thought Melnikova is overscored and today it wasn't any different.
 
Anyway, I'm very pleased with the results, of course, and even though this was not a gold medal for Brazil, it was still our first medal. Our national program is miles behind the US and Russian programs, so the fact that we even got a medal at all is mindblowing for me.

I was bummed when it turned out that she missed the gold medal with only 0.137 or so. But very happy about the Brazilians winning the medal.
Congrats to you and all Brazilians in this forum! 

I was bummed when it turned out that she missed the gold medal with only 0.137 or so. But very happy about the Brazilians winning the medal.
Congrats to you and all Brazilians in this forum! 

I was bummed when it turned out that she missed the gold medal with only 0.137 or so. But very happy about the Brazilians winning the medal.
Congrats to you and all Brazilians in this forum! 

Again, she gets to win an Olympic title she never expected to be able to win. How disappointing.
 
This is beyond what anyone expected Sunni Lee to ever do. She's not an all time great. But she's an Olympic all around champion, and she'll be an Olympic all around champion for the rest of her life.

I've been waiting 17 years for this moment. I still can't believe this is not a dream, and I can't stop crying.

That's it for us in judo, with a bronze and a 5th place. I can't complain, this was pretty much the best case scenario for us, great SOG for our judokas. 

and mandatory quick fun fact post about the medal.
 
Was the 3rd Olympic games for Zuzana and 3rd medal.
Beijing Silver, London Silver, She skipped Rio because of pregnancy even if she was our first qualified athlete for the games if I remember correctly, now she is back and won that incredible gold.
 
This was the 10th Gold medal from Summer Olympic Games in history since the independence.
 
Only the 2nd Gold medal from any other sport than Canoeing Slalom.  (Funny both golds are also the last two golds Slovak athletes won). (Toth in 50km race walk in Rio and today Zuzana in W Trap)
 
Zuzana is also only the 2nd Slovak female olympic champion (from Summer Olympics) after Kaliská two times olympic champion in Canoeing Slalom W K1 in athens & Beijing.
 
29th Medal overall from SOG (10-12-7) 18 of them are from Canoeing Slalom 8-6-4,
6th medal from Shooting, 1st gold obviously (1-2-3) Zuzana herself won the half of them, the gold and both silvers.
 

Finally, the individual AA  We'll see who will take the Simona's crown...

Well done !

Yeah, it's totally possible. In 20 years time slalom canoe could be removed from SOG alltogether in favor of e-sports and tiktok dancing

This time I think you have a point.
Someone's parents being in the international Federation of course helps that person's career in that sport, but it cannot create talent out of nowhere.
And this sport is not one where jury's composition is important (figure skating for example), or when a match official can influence the outcome of the match (boxing khm khm, but also most fighting sports, could also tell their experiences about fencing, water polo, etc.)

If I understand this correctly, the claim here is that this event was included in Olympic programme just to help Fox win the gold medal? And what happens when Fox retires? Do they take it out then ?

Sorry for being late, but I am just dropping in to congratulate to and our friend @hckošice ! Well done!

Gold for and Bronze for ? This must be one of the best events for Totallympics members.

Apparently, Katinka Hosszu is receiving a lot of abuse in social media for her performance in the Olympics. 
Both the guest commentator in TV (a former swimmer) and her team mates defended her in today's live broadcast.
Even V. Orban wrote the following comment to her FB post: "Once a champion, always a champion. Whoever had the national anthem played in their honor in the Olympics, forever remains a hero for us" (approximate translation)
This is one of the very rare instances when I agree with him completely! 

Xiao had 0.5 less in difficulty than Hashimoto in the horizontal bar. The execution was similar: 8.366 for Xiao and 8.433 for Hashimoto. It all came down to who performed the most difficult skills and, in the end, Xiao lost. There was also a 0.3 penalty for Xiao, but penalties are always a fault commited by the gymnast himself. So, he only has himself to blame for losing the gold medal. China absolutely needs to improve the difficulty of their gymnasts' routines and hopefully do better next time. Let's stop the accusations without supporting evidence. Gymnastics is not skateboarding or surfing.