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What a night!

Hahaha, the Chapolin dolls! They are from El Chapulin Colorado, a Mexican sitcom from the 70s and 80s which is very popular in Brazil. It's nice to have Mexico being part of this moment, somehow.

Oh, this will never be forgotten. It is a collective national trauma. It's impossible to take revenge for something so cruel. Even the 7 x 1 is seen as a huge joke, and people laugh at it. But don't mention 1998 to a Brazilian. Never. Ever.

A gold medal!!! What the hell??? I can't believe it! And crowd: you suck.

What the f....?

It looks like Lavillenie can vault to the moon and back if he wants to. What a performance.

Finally a medal in Pole Vault! We've been waiting since 2008! Nice one, "xará"!

It depends. I was born in Rio and I lived there until I was 29, then I moved to a new city at the Southern part of the country. In Rio, temperatures can get unbelievably high in January and early February, with no rain at all. Then in late February and March it rains a lot.

It's actually winter in here. It bugs me that we have the Summer Games during winter time.

A new Olympic record! Amazing! Also, finally a medal for Armenia!

I didn't watch it. I was too nervous. From 2013 on, every major beam final has been very disappointing, and it seems like this one follows this recent tradition, unfortunately. Most of these girls are too young. Saraiva and Hernandez are only 16, Biles and Onyshko are pretty young too... I hope they improve in the near future. I can't say I'm not happy with 2 silver medals and 1 bronze medal, though. This is more than I could ever ask. And there's even one more chance for Brazil tomorrow. I can't wait!

Amazing gold medal for the Netherlands! Congratulations! Saraiva in 5th is somewhat disappointing, but I think it's okay for her first Olympics.

Women's beam now. I can't watch it. I'd rather see the results once it's over. I'd probably get a heart attack watching it anyway.

Silver for Zanetti! I didn't see that coming!! Amazing!

I see you have not so fond memories of the 2004 Olympics.

Well, gold has already been decided. Time for a new champion to emerge from Greece!

Oh, now I see it. The French swimmer really made the Italian girl dive when she pushed her weight onto her, and since she had already received a penalty, she was ultimately disqualified.

Then it seems to me that the Italian swimmer was the one who should have received a yellow flag. Instead, the French swimmer received a red flag, because she had already received an yellow flag before. This is weird. Really weird.

Yay, a bronze medal! First Olympic medal ever for a female swimmer from Brazil! I'm glad she made it!

It's all a matter of strategy. For example, bronze medalist on Vault, Giulia Steingruber, has one 6.2 D vault and another 5.8 D vault. Dipa Karmakar from India performs a 6.0 D vault and a 7.0 D vault (with a fall). Even if you count the fall, she would still have the same difficulty as Steingruber. In the end, execution matters the most, because those who had to count a fall didn't manage to earn a medal. I totally agree with you that a fall should be more deducted, though. I think two points off of the final score would be enough.

I totally agree. Dipa performed the best vaults of her life, but once again Paseka was awarded a medal she didn't deserve. She should not have earned a medal at the 2012 Olympics, and she should not be awarded a medal now at the 2016 Olympics. Sometimes I think the judges score the flags, not the actual Gymnastics. Paseka is really bad when it comes to execution, but the judges seem not to care just because she is Russian. Pathetic. But then again, Dipa also had pretty bad execution on her second vault. She performed it better than she has ever been able to, but it was still not good when you consider the deductions according to the Code of Points. Well, that's life. She tried hard and I admire her for doing what she does.

Yeah, that's true. And I'm officially supporting Honduras now. I want Brazil to earn an Olympic medal only for the sake of the overall medal count, but I definitely don't want Neymar to have the first ever Olympic gold in soccer for Brazil. So I'm rooting for Honduras to go to the final match and get their first ever Olympic medal of any kind, and Brazil to get bronze. Go, Honduras!

I would like to apologize for the disgusting behavior or the crowd. True fans would never act like that, and I'm really ashamed of such people. Mikulak and Shirai both deserve formal apologies. As a long time fan of Gymnastics, this is not how I pictured the event in my head. But those people do not represent all Brazilians, and on behalf of people who really love and admire this sport, and those who deeply respect the gymnasts, I would like to apologize. I'm really, really ashamed of their behavior.

She loses 1 point on her vault, but since the scores are summed up and then averaged, she actually loses 0.5 out of the final score. She would be in a comfortable place for silver. Alternatively, the judges may see this as a touch rather than a fall. Either way, with a touch she loses 0.5 off of her score for one vault, 0.250 from the final score. She would still earn silver comfortably. I am really happy for her reaching 4th place at the Olympics, though. She knew it was going to be really hard to get a medal. I hope she gets a medal at the Worlds next year. Hong will probably retire, Biles will get some time off, Steingruber might retire as well, Paseka most certainly will retire too, so Dipa would be a shoe in for a medal.