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in any case, I think they must put an age limit (at least no sub-14) in skateboarding, as other sports normally played by very young boys and girls have (thinking of diving and gymnastics, for instance)...
 
but replacing karate with breakdancing is just a capital mistake...actually, it's a shame...pure sh*t...because of that, I already hate the Paris Games and the IOC...

I have a lot of qualms about the format and the rules, but I do feel like a sport with a well established pro circuit with a lot of serious competitors that was healthy before the IOC got involved really deserves some credit for obviously doing something right (see also: surfing, climbing or my favourite whipping boy, karate).

While this is super true, the fact that core Olympic events are getting cut down or even dropped, things like skateboarding and breakdancing are getting their place, sorry but watching 10 year olds getting 3/10 at most and winning gold is ridiculous, the annoying attempt to be liked by “young generations “ is ruining the games

they just need to hire docs and managers like Canova, Rosa or Hermens for some of their athletes and they will suddenly become a powerhouse (just look at Uganda)...

Countries shying away from hosting the Olympics/other multi sporting events need to look at Canada. Hosted the 2015 Pan American Games, which built the only velodrome in Canada + a new pool in Toronto (there were only two, older pool in all of the region). And it has turned around and provided Canada with 1/3 of its medals here. Without the facilities, I doubt Canada would have this level of success.  This is also a successful legacy, something that is always omitted when discussing these mega events. 

Cant wait for a certain user to call the women's sprint a disgusting result ?

Aghayev was penalized for simulation, for faking the hit was harder than it actually looked (if you notice, the ref before awarding any penalty of that kind, goes to watch carefully the face of the athlete hit by a punch or a kick...if there's no physical damage or you're not groggy, the ref should do what was done in this case -unfortunately it doesn't always happen...they normally give the penalty to the hitter, which is a mistake because hits are allowed*, they just have to be "under control" in order not to get the opponent injured, like it happened today in the final match of the men's +75kg class)...
 
*this version of Karate is also named "semi-contact", in opposition to other formats being "full-contact", like my favourite version, Kyokushinkai...
 

This summer that's surely the answer to a lot of questions!

talk for yourself! 
 
I always watch their football teams in the european cups preliminary rounds (and the Italian Baseball league, when they reach the final series and broadcast it live)...

their premier league has 15 teams (and a complicated format, ending with a single match final, a sort of local superbowl)...
 
in the small republic there are 5 small pitches (with capacity between 500 and 700 spectators each) and the National Stadium (which normally hosts the championship's final match and all the international events and has about 5,000 seats)...
 
their teams have never won a match (and obviously they haven't made the 2nd preliminary round as well) in the champions league early stages...but they keep trying...and that's what I like the most and why I try to follow those matches...

they should bring individual pursuit and point race back as standalone disciplines, instead of this thing...and maybe even put the elimination race as a standalone event in the Olympic schedule, too...

Sports climbing? Amazing. They should have all three events at the Olympics.
 
The sports climbing combined event? That might actually be the worst event in the Olympics across both summer and winter games.

street skateboarding must go only because they left Leticia out of the final...
 
how can man do something like that???
 
poor Leticia...  
 
p.s. yes, I have her instagram page among my favourites on my PC...just above Camila Giorgi and Jutta Leerdam's... 

with 33 starters they couldn't do anything different...
 
at the Olympics, the 10-people heats are not an option...

street skateboarding must go only because they left Leticia out of the final...
 
how can man do something like that???
 
poor Leticia...  
 
p.s. yes, I have her instagram page among my favourites on my PC...just above Camila Giorgi and Jutta Leerdam's... 

considering the current surprising results rate in fencing, there's truly a chance for CAN...and it would be nice...

street skateboarding must go only because they left Leticia out of the final...
 
how can man do something like that???
 
poor Leticia...  
 
p.s. yes, I have her instagram page among my favourites on my PC...just above Camila Giorgi and Jutta Leerdam's... 

on the official site of the Games...each match/race/competition of every sport has full reports with any kind of stat available...

lots of surprising results...
 
in men's sabre it looks Szilagyi is going for the historical "triplete"...
 
in women's epee, my heart got broken with Isola's loss vs Sun...I think now Popescu is clear favorite (but Lehis lokks also in the shape of her life and the Russian is the classic Cinderella...it will be an interesting final four)...

all the eurosport players feeds are without any commentary...the app is so messy that's very difficult to find some events...
 
I never expected to watch our Volleyball NT or our fencing players with no voice at the Olympics...
 
moreover, we have 3 different ways to get the discovery streams and all 3 have different outcome...just unbelievable!

no, you have to choose the Eurosport1 channel stream to have commentary (and get the lower picture quality and all the ads)...

by the way, I never experienced such a disaster of tv coverage in almost 40 years of Olympics as a spectator (in front of my TV)...

you know I usually cheer for Italian athletes (unless they are against the Iranians) this injured Hadipour is not capable of beating Korea. so that's OK you can have it
 
we already won that medal in the first day we always wanted

I have no words...thanks!  
 
p.s. my answer to this last poll... might well end up between 11th and 13th place in the final medal table...
 
at least, I hope we won't go down more than that...

On the bright side, the sandal combined with the white stuff on her feet in that bottom photo look very....Japanese