Laraja

Hey guys, very busy week! Only now I have time to share a little of my experience there, and some photos as promised.
 
I have much more videos and photos than that, but there it is a few! As I said, the NFL's atmosphere is indescribable, if you have a chance, just go to attend it!
 
I have been also in an event in one of our main parks here in São Paulo,, where they were promoving the NFL Experience! I think I have added one or two photos from there. It was nice to have more contact with the sport. I think I will add all the photos there later!
 
https://nfl-game.imgbb.com/

For sure! Haha
 
That was fantastic, the NFL experience is unique. I'll see if I can share some photos here later

Hey guys, very busy week! Only now I have time to share a little of my experience there, and some photos as promised.
 
I have much more videos and photos than that, but there it is a few! As I said, the NFL's atmosphere is indescribable, if you have a chance, just go to attend it!
 
I have been also in an event in one of our main parks here in São Paulo,, where they were promoving the NFL Experience! I think I have added one or two photos from there. It was nice to have more contact with the sport. I think I will add all the photos there later!
 
https://nfl-game.imgbb.com/

Hey guys, very busy week! Only now I have time to share a little of my experience there, and some photos as promised.
 
I have much more videos and photos than that, but there it is a few! As I said, the NFL's atmosphere is indescribable, if you have a chance, just go to attend it!
 
I have been also in an event in one of our main parks here in São Paulo,, where they were promoving the NFL Experience! I think I have added one or two photos from there. It was nice to have more contact with the sport. I think I will add all the photos there later!
 
https://nfl-game.imgbb.com/

If flawed ranking systems are a reason to kick a sport out of the Olympics, we'd lose more sports, like alpine skiing  

I actually think the WDSF did a reasonably good job running the Olympic event (like whatever people think of breaking, the actual breaking competition was well run).
 
But there is definitively a lot of incompetence when it comes to how that federation runs breaking in general. Which is why I think you see most athletes not engage with WDSF events outside of when they had to qualify for the Olympics.

For sure! Haha
 
That was fantastic, the NFL experience is unique. I'll see if I can share some photos here later

For sure! Haha
 
That was fantastic, the NFL experience is unique. I'll see if I can share some photos here later

For sure! Haha
 
That was fantastic, the NFL experience is unique. I'll see if I can share some photos here later

For sure! Haha
 
That was fantastic, the NFL experience is unique. I'll see if I can share some photos here later

I will be there friday! Very excited for that

I will be there friday! Very excited for that

I will be there friday! Very excited for that

I will be there friday! Very excited for that

The new season kicks off tomorrow with Chiefs vs Ravens.
 
And Packers vs Eagles play in Sao Paulo on Friday!
 
 

Sadly for me, i really dont care about motor racing, so i cant be happy for this 

Oh good, another team sport where the GB team likes to play stupidly defensively and come off worse because of it.
 
Southgate must've become manager.

Thinking breakdancing 'changes the essence of the Olympics' is somewhat exaggerated, to be fair. Especially when you consider we already have an Olympic dancing competition that's widely accepted as being part of it (unfortunately), and is called dressage.

My wife's lovely Russian Blue, Mici 
 

 

some quick notes why the Egyptians are disappointed with the performance:
 
 
- Sports Minister said we will get 10 medals
 
- Nada Hafez - Fencing Sabre competed while pregnant (7 months) and no one knows from the Egyptian Fencing federation nor the ministry (you know why? federation didn't see her for months and doesn't care) ..by the way she won in round of 32 against USA and achieved the best female place in Egyptian fencing history
 
- a player has been accused with sexual assault and has been released later as footage doesn't show (serious conduct)
 
- Hammer player Moustafa El- Gamal has no coach since Nov 2023 and when he complained after the game the president of athletic federation said he is a low class anyway! ..by the way he is the African record holder and the only Egyptian won gold medal in African athletic championship 2024
 
- Omar Assar - Table tennis said the federation has claimed a fund for a training camp with 100 K (Dollars or Euro don't know) and the paper said he was there but actually he was at home and no one knows where are the money ..actually every one know.
 
there are 6-7 more points but I feel sick continue ...other than that everything perfect and Ministry of Sport is celebration the great success !!!!!!

1. Rate the performance on a scale of 1-10
 
6,5 or 7
 
It was not terrible, but not good at all
 
 
2. What were the suprises and heartbreaks ?
 
Usually, we have some unexpected medals, which didn't happen this time. I could mention Women's Footbal as a surprise, once our performance in the last events was awful. I was expecting that these girls could fight for a bronze medal, but the silver was a real reward for them.
 
Heartbreaks, I'd say our Rhythmic Gymnastic Team. There was a lot of highligths over them, and one of our girls got injured between the first and second presentation on qualifiers.
 
Also, I was expecting a medal for Ana Sátila in Slalom Canoeing, she got very close in all three events. And our Boxing team, we were dreaming about 3 or 4 medals, with even a gold, and we finished with only one bronze medal.
 
3.Was your country's goal achieved? 
 
No. In terms of gold medal, we were expecting less medals than the last Olympics, but it was even lesser. In the total of medals, it got close, but the goal was to overpass the record of 21 medals.
 
4. Which are the sports that will be invested more in future? 
Current / Upcoming sports
 
At this point is difficult to say. I think women's football will get more attention because of the medal and the WC that we are gonna host. Imo, I think Brazil should improve its strength in those sports where we already have some tradition, and try to accelerate the grow in those discipline where we just have few representants.
 
For instance, Judo, Surfing, Skateboarding, Gymnastics, Canoeing, Sailing, Volleyball and some others, we already have potential, but we should arrive at the Olympics even stronger. And in sports like Wrestling, Weightlifting, Cycling, Shooting, Rowing we should amplify our participation
 
 
5. Who could be some the potential star for your country in LA?
 
I think Rebeca Andrade will keep being our superstar, once she got a better result than Rayssa Leal

1. Rate the performance on a scale of 1-10
 
6,5 or 7
 
It was not terrible, but not good at all
 
 
2. What were the suprises and heartbreaks ?
 
Usually, we have some unexpected medals, which didn't happen this time. I could mention Women's Footbal as a surprise, once our performance in the last events was awful. I was expecting that these girls could fight for a bronze medal, but the silver was a real reward for them.
 
Heartbreaks, I'd say our Rhythmic Gymnastic Team. There was a lot of highligths over them, and one of our girls got injured between the first and second presentation on qualifiers.
 
Also, I was expecting a medal for Ana Sátila in Slalom Canoeing, she got very close in all three events. And our Boxing team, we were dreaming about 3 or 4 medals, with even a gold, and we finished with only one bronze medal.
 
3.Was your country's goal achieved? 
 
No. In terms of gold medal, we were expecting less medals than the last Olympics, but it was even lesser. In the total of medals, it got close, but the goal was to overpass the record of 21 medals.
 
4. Which are the sports that will be invested more in future? 
Current / Upcoming sports
 
At this point is difficult to say. I think women's football will get more attention because of the medal and the WC that we are gonna host. Imo, I think Brazil should improve its strength in those sports where we already have some tradition, and try to accelerate the grow in those discipline where we just have few representants.
 
For instance, Judo, Surfing, Skateboarding, Gymnastics, Canoeing, Sailing, Volleyball and some others, we already have potential, but we should arrive at the Olympics even stronger. And in sports like Wrestling, Weightlifting, Cycling, Shooting, Rowing we should amplify our participation
 
 
5. Who could be some the potential star for your country in LA?
 
I think Rebeca Andrade will keep being our superstar, once she got a better result than Rayssa Leal

1. 10! 10! 10! Across the board! They were Fantastic, Unbelievable 
 
 
2. The medals were a surprise, I was hoping for Olympic Diploma, but Adriana and Jean Pierre excelled. Heartbroken for Kevin Cordón in Badminton, it was his last Olympic Games, 5 times.
 
3. Goal Surpassed
 
4. None, it will be the same until they fix the NOC
 
5. Luis Grijalva, he trains and lives in the US, has been 4th place at Diamond League in 5,000m so let's hope.
 

I’d say she deserves everything she gets. According to Twitter - I’m not a member so can’t link directly - Professor Gunn herself & her husband created the Australian Breaking Association. When the IOC (at third hand) asked her, as a “neutral”expert, who the official representatives of Australian Breaking were, she named her own self-created Association.  And then this Association held a qualifying tournament which Professor Gunn won, and her husband was appointed national Team Coach.  Presumably all financed by the Australian Government.  Which seems to have a pretty good case for fraud.  
 
(We had a similar case in London 2012 when a guy & his Ukrainian wife {who tbf did have some wrestling experience} created a UK Wrestling Association & got away with large sums.)
 
Full story on a crazed right-wing website.
 
https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=411013
 
 

So, I joined here in 2019, it was nice to find a place where I could find other people who enjoy Olympics and sports as much as I do.
 
Then, the answer is Yes. 
 
After Olympics, I am used to have a hangover session of sports. I can't even watch my football team haha. So, I think I won’t be so active next month.
 
Also, I have plans to be in LA during the next Olympics, I loved the atmosphere in Rio, and I would like to have it again.
 
I have the same feeling.... about both points haha.
 
Btw, seeing the opportunity, I am studying Italian and French, and I look for some people who speak these languages.
 
So, if any user wants to just chat, send me a message. I would love to be able to read a little more in these languages, and maybe try to write a bit .