kungshamra71 687 Posted August 17, 2016 #621 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Em 8/13/2016 at 12:02, heywoodu disse: So it really seems like a thing for non-Brazilians.. Maybe for next Olympics they should just have cheaper tickets, so that also on TV it actually looks mostly full instead of there being a ton of empty seats. Of all nations I had expected the Olympics in Brazil to be the most "full of fire" (don't really know how else to describe it), so maybe the second week will get better And yes, the stands definitely should have fewer seats, especially the stadiums. It's always better to have a full 20k stadium than a 50k stadium with 30k people in it But well, IOC mostly cares about the money I guess, not really about how full it all looks. And don't get me wrong, in terms of sports, these Games are fantastic so far For me, in terms of sports, it has been one of the best i've ever seen, really great so far!!! Regarding organization..... Not so much.... heywoodu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinipereira 3,047 Posted August 18, 2016 #622 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Ryan Lochte/swimmers "robbery" story completely deconstructed today. Why I'm not surprised? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,217 Posted August 18, 2016 #623 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Article about Slovak athlete in the Rio official site 1st page !!! wow this must be a premiere in the history https://www.rio2016.com/en/news/road-racer-peter-sagan-bids-for-glory-on-a-mountain-bike-olympics-rio-2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrivateKnoll 2 Posted August 18, 2016 #624 Share Posted August 18, 2016 7 hours ago, vinipereira said: Ryan Lochte/swimmers "robbery" story completely deconstructed today. Why I'm not surprised? It is a shame to see such a great swimmer be involved in this kind of situation. vinipereira 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agger 1,587 Posted August 18, 2016 #625 Share Posted August 18, 2016 On 17/8/2016 at 13:37, OlympicIRL said: Now here for you all, a little insight into Irish sport. Not only did our boxing federation force out our national coach and destroy our Olympics, those at the top are also disgracing themselves . When I hear people complaining about their national federations and Olympic councils, I just think, wow, they re lucky to have such good officials. Try living the life of an Irish sports fan http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-37107450 You can always trust good old Hickey! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicIRL 4,769 Posted August 18, 2016 #626 Share Posted August 18, 2016 7 minutes ago, Agger said: You can always trust good old Hickey! Well he's old, I'll give you that one, the rest, not so much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juddy96 171 Posted August 20, 2016 #627 Share Posted August 20, 2016 (edited) Some Olympians who have announced their retirement (or confirmed it will be their last Olympics) after these games Emma Twigg - Rowing Stuart Farquhar - Athletics Kayla Whitelock - Field Hockey Kayla Harrison - Judo Michael Phelps - Swimming Evelyn Stevens - Road Cycling Maya DiRado - Swimming Tamika Catchings - Basketball Courtney Thompson - Volleyball Gevvie Stone - Rowing Usain Bolt - Athletics Asafa Powell - Athletics Oscar Figueroa - Weightlifting Ilias Iliadis - Judo Katherine Grainger - Rowing Kate Richardson-Walsh - Field Hockey Bradley Wiggins - Cycling Ruby Harrold - Artistic Gymnastics Manu Ginobili - Basketball Andres Nocioni - Basketball Tony Parker - Basketball Yannick Agnel - Swimming Fabian Hambuechen - Artistic Gymnastics Ludger Beerbaum - Equestrian Fabian Cancellara - Road Cycling Abhinav Bindra - Shooting Melissa Hoskins - Track Cycling Madonna Blyth - Field Hockey Bronte Barratt - Swimming Safwan Khalil - Taekwondo Carmen Marton - Taekwondo He Wenna - Trampoline Wu Minxia - Diving Li Xiaoxia - Table Tennis (national team) Adam van Koeverden - Canoe/Kayak Sprint Lindsay Jennerich - Rowing Roseline Filion - Diving Audrey Lacroix - Swimming Fred Winters - Volleyball Tania Cagnotto - Diving Francesca Dallape - Diving Niccolo Campriani - Shooting Márton Szivós - Water Polo Gábor Kis - Water Polo (national team) Tomasz Majewski - Athletics Bartlomiej Bonk - Weightlifting Robert Mateusiak - Badminton Kirsty Coventry - Swimming George Bovell - Swimming Sidni Hoxha - Swimming Therese Alshammar - Swimming Fabiana Murer - Athletics Formiga - Football Jeanette Ottesen - Swimming Robertas Javtokas - Basketball Slobodan Nikic - Water Polo Zivko Gocic - Water Polo Aleksandar Karakasevic - Table Tennis Ivan Stevic - Road Cycling Milica Dabovic - Basketball Yoo Yeon-seong - Badminton (international play) Lee Yong-dae - Badminton (international play) Kim Sa-rang - Badminton (international play) Bae Yeon-ju - Badminton (international play) Edited August 23, 2016 by juddy96 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianlu33 3,570 Posted August 20, 2016 #628 Share Posted August 20, 2016 4 minutes ago, juddy96 said: Some Oympians who have announced their retirement (or confirmed it will be their last Olympics) after these games Emma Twigg - Rowing Stuart Farquhar - Athletics Kayla Whitelock - Field Hockey Kayla Harrison - Judo Michael Phelps - Swimming Evelyn Stevens - Road Cycling Maya DiRado - Swimming Usain Bolt - Athletics Asafa Powell - Athletics Oscar Figueroa - Weightlifting Ilias Iliadis - Judo Katherine Grainger - Rowing Kate Richardson-Walsh - Field Hockey Manu Ginobili - Basketball Tony Parker - Basketball Yannick Agnel - Swimming Fabian Hambuechen - Artistic Gymnastics Ludger Beerbaum - Equestrian Fabian Cancellara - Road Cycling Abhinav Bindra - Shooting Melissa Hoskins - Track Cycling Madonna Blyth - Field Hockey Bronte Barratt - Swimming He Wenna - Trampoline Adam van Koeverden - Canoe/Kayak Sprint A lot of italians stopped their career in Rio. The most important are Tania Cagnotto, Francesca Dallapè and Niccoló Campriani Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDOG 2,198 Posted August 20, 2016 #629 Share Posted August 20, 2016 In not only Ginobili, Nocioni too. Also a few others in team sports mainly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoHungary! 21 Posted August 20, 2016 #630 Share Posted August 20, 2016 2 hours ago, juddy96 said: Some Oympians who have announced their retirement (or confirmed it will be their last Olympics) after these games Emma Twigg - Rowing Stuart Farquhar - Athletics Kayla Whitelock - Field Hockey Kayla Harrison - Judo Michael Phelps - Swimming Evelyn Stevens - Road Cycling Maya DiRado - Swimming Usain Bolt - Athletics Asafa Powell - Athletics Oscar Figueroa - Weightlifting Ilias Iliadis - Judo Katherine Grainger - Rowing Kate Richardson-Walsh - Field Hockey Manu Ginobili - Basketball Tony Parker - Basketball Yannick Agnel - Swimming Fabian Hambuechen - Artistic Gymnastics Ludger Beerbaum - Equestrian Fabian Cancellara - Road Cycling Abhinav Bindra - Shooting Melissa Hoskins - Track Cycling Madonna Blyth - Field Hockey Bronte Barratt - Swimming He Wenna - Trampoline Adam van Koeverden - Canoe/Kayak Sprint Lindsay Jennerich - Rowing Roseline Filion - Diving Audrey Lacroix - Swimming Fred Winters - Volleyball Tania Cagnotto - Diving Francesca Dallape - Diving Niccolo Campriani - Shooting Márton Szivós - Water Polo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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