March 23, 20205 yr I suspect they will just wind up cancelling altogether as delaying will wind up costing more money
March 23, 20205 yr sure, it's inevitable but nothing is official yet. https://www.cbssports.com/olympics/news/2020-tokyo-olympics-will-be-postponed-because-of-coronavirus-pandemic-ioc-member-says/ Quote Despite Pound's statements, International Olympic Committee vice president Anita DeFrantz says she has not heard anything about the games being postponed. "If that is the case, then you know more than a vice-president of the International Olympic Committee," she said, referencing Pound's announcement. "It would be news to me." The IOC executive board reportedly spoke Sunday, but allegedly did not rule out starting the Olympics on time, the only thing not on the table was canceling the games completely. While they did discuss potentially postponing it, DeFrantz says no decision has been made.
March 24, 20205 yr You just have to go with Richard Pound, right? Edited March 24, 20205 yr by Fastbreak
March 24, 20205 yr 3 hours ago, Fastbreak said: You just have to go with Richard Pound, right? he chooses to go by dick. and why wouldn’t he? IOC member richard pound is anonymous. IOC member dick pound is known around the world.
March 24, 20205 yr BTW it is official now https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/24/sports/olympics/coronavirus-summer-olympics-postponed.html
March 25, 20205 yr 23 hours ago, Captain Ron said: BTW it is official now https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/24/sports/olympics/coronavirus-summer-olympics-postponed.html I'm not sure how many people actually care other than this means that more shit will probably be cancelled, like Wimbledon, the Tour de France, and probably the US Open (tennis) and all of the golf majors... then things like preseason football. And maybe the MLB, MLS seasons and possibly even college & NFL football. The Olympics are such an afterthought that it's more symbolic than an actual loss.
January 22, 20214 yr Right now its Just a rumor by a reuters twitter reporter with 27K followers, but the 2021 Tokyo games might be cancelled. Depressing if true. Winter olympics in China just 13 months away....they're on cancellation notice too. Edited January 22, 20214 yr by perfectchaos007
January 22, 20214 yr Yeah, things will be back to some semblance of normalcy by July but not enough for a massive event like a Summer Games. Bummed to hear that they'll cancel them altogether. Nothing wrong with 2022 Tokyo, 2024 Paris, 2028 Los Angeles. But they must have their reasons.
January 22, 20214 yr One solution I saw would be to have a remote olympics. Each sport held in a different city around the world. Number of athletes, officials, and staff would be manageable for each location. Organizing that endeavor may be a bit much though.
January 22, 20214 yr 12 hours ago, perfectchaos007 said: Right now its Just a rumor by a reuters twitter reporter with 27K followers, but the 2021 Tokyo games might be cancelled. Depressing if true. Winter olympics in China just 13 months away....they're on cancellation notice too. I know Olympics aren't supposed to be a political event, but boycotting the Chinese Olympics wouldn't cause me to give a solitary fuck.
January 22, 20214 yr 21 minutes ago, CooterBrown said: One solution I saw would be to have a remote olympics. Each sport held in a different city around the world. Number of athletes, officials, and staff would be manageable for each location. Organizing that endeavor may be a bit much though. Interesting idea, but the best athletes rise to their best when they go head to head against the best.
January 22, 20214 yr 16 hours ago, perfectchaos007 said: Winter olympics in China just 13 months away....they're on cancellation notice too. We're trying to squash the pandemic and not pour gas on it by going back to the source of it.
January 24, 20214 yr On 1/22/2021 at 7:02 AM, Onboard 2.0 said: Interesting idea, but the best athletes rise to their best when they go head to head against the best. They would be doing that, just not in the same geographical location as the best athletes in other sports.
January 25, 20214 yr Other downside for the athletes is no sex-fueled Olympic Village if all the events are spread out around the world. Just you, across the hall, from your opponent, ordering hotel porn. Not judging. I wonder how many athletes for whom a 3-year delay, will age them out of their events?
January 25, 20214 yr 3 hours ago, Lobo said: Other downside for the athletes is no sex-fueled Olympic Village if all the events are spread out around the world. Just you, across the hall, from your opponent, ordering hotel porn. Not judging. I wonder how many athletes for whom a 3-year delay, will age them out of their events? I don’t think there’s a max age limit for any event, but there are certainly events like women’s gymnastics where the athletic competitiveness window is very small. Some US Olympic qualifiers already happened last year before the shutdown and those qualifiers were told they will keep their spot on the Olympic team. So yeah who knows what kind of competitive shape they’ll be in by the time the Olympics actually happens
January 25, 20214 yr No, I didn't mean max age limit. I meant like somebody just misses their peak physical window. Some medal events in certain sports, 80% of the participants are all within 2 years of age of one another. In some sports, you can be just as good at 38 as you were at 18. In others, you either compete at 26, or you don't get another chance. But yeah, I'd be bummed out mostly about missing out on the olympic village. and then the stuff about the medals. and the endorsement money that won't be coming in. Probably in that order. And then down the list, some shit representing my country. The whole opening ceremonies would have just been the announcer stating the Covid-19 rates in that particular nation. Edited January 25, 20214 yr by Lobo
May 27, 20214 yr Let's do it again. Let's NOT do it again. Let's wait to do it again....again https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/31514222/major-japan-newspaper-demands-tokyo-olympics-canceled Quote "Right now, more than 80% of the nation's people want the Olympics postponed or canceled," Already: No International Spectators...including personal coaches Athletes urged not to arrive more than 5 days before they compete and and leave within two days of their final competition. Any positive test will be sent to a government-run isolation facility Athletes are not permitted to leave the Village for sightseeing activities No late-night parties in the athlete's Village You must download, install and register the Contact Confirming App COCOA and health reporting smartphone apps Edited May 27, 20214 yr by 0xdeadbeef
May 27, 20214 yr On 1/27/2021 at 4:38 PM, Lobo said: Ah, the State of Florida...the Olympics of functional retardation. I know someone who missed their window because of the boycott in 1980. #1 ranked person in their sport for 3 years or so. Bad injury a few years later and that was it, no Olympics. I will make fun of Florida with the best of them, but I applaud giving the athletes in the less popular sports their opportunity to compete.
May 28, 20214 yr Just as long as Serena Williams doesn't go, I don't care if the Olympics are held or not. Once NBC turned the Olympics into an international soap opera that also featured some athletic events, I stopped giving a shit about the Olympics. (That was back in the '90s.) I would have watched the men's soccer, but our 3rd string didn't qualify, so fuck it all.
May 28, 20214 yr 16 minutes ago, Napoleon said: Just as long as Serena Williams doesn't go, I don't care if the Olympics are held or not. Once NBC turned the Olympics into an international soap opera that also featured some athletic events, I stopped giving a shit about the Olympics. (That was back in the '90s.) I would have watched the men's soccer, but our 3rd string didn't qualify, so fuck it all. The online streaming of the Olympics NBC offers is generally good and they don’t show any narrative driven spotlight pieces on the athletes. I agree nbc Olympics coverage on primetime is unwatchable and feel like they are produced by the same team behind Americas Got Talent. Also, Serena isn’t a threat whatsoever to win a medal so don’t worry about her
May 28, 20214 yr 3 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said: The online streaming of the Olympics NBC offers is generally good and they don’t show any narrative driven spotlight pieces on the athletes. I agree nbc Olympics coverage on primetime is unwatchable and feel like they are produced by the same team behind Americas Got Talent. Also, Serena isn’t a threat whatsoever to win a medal so don’t worry about her I know that Serena isn't a threat, I just feel for the girl who would miss out because Serena's ranking is inflated due to COVID math. Serena won't be able to bring her daughter, so she hopefully won't go. (She's hinted at that.) She's likely retiring at the end of this year, with Federer, and she would like one last hurrah!, but she's had plenty of hurrahs, so she should get the fuck out of here. If NBC's streaming costs anything, then I won't be seeing what they're showing.
May 28, 20214 yr 20 minutes ago, Napoleon said: I know that Serena isn't a threat, I just feel for the girl who would miss out because Serena's ranking is inflated due to COVID math. Serena won't be able to bring her daughter, so she hopefully won't go. (She's hinted at that.) She's likely retiring at the end of this year, with Federer, and she would like one last hurrah!, but she's had plenty of hurrahs, so she should get the fuck out of here. If NBC's streaming costs anything, then I won't be seeing what they're showing. They haven’t charged in the past, but then again that was pre-Peacock. Now that Peacock is a thing they might
May 30, 20214 yr On 5/28/2021 at 1:43 PM, perfectchaos007 said: They haven’t charged in the past, but then again that was pre-Peacock. Now that Peacock is a thing they might You don't remember the triplecast from the 92 games in Barcelona?
May 30, 20214 yr 33 minutes ago, Grade of D as in David said: You don't remember the triplecast from the 92 games in Barcelona? I was too young to have any remembrance of that one. Earliest olympics I can remember was the 96 Atlanta Olympics, in particular the moment Muhammad Ali lit the torch
May 31, 20214 yr On 5/29/2021 at 9:10 PM, Grade of D as in David said: You don't remember the triplecast from the 92 games in Barcelona? I remember this because a friend had cable. Also flew to Paris in mid August a d met up with a couple of buddies who had gone to the Olympics and then travelled around Spain and southern France before returning to Paris where one flew home and then I went with the other to visit his relatives in The Netherlands. My first trip across the pond. (Free round trip first class from DFW to Heathrow, the rest was on me.)
June 28, 20214 yr Where do we go to chat Olympic trials? Did I miss the thread? Gymnastics up tonite.
June 28, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, Nicole44 said: Where do we go to chat Olympic trials? Did I miss the thread? Gymnastics up tonite. Start a thread. Just be sure to postt in plain text so Derka doesn’t go on a tirade.
June 28, 20214 yr 9 minutes ago, conVINCEd said: Start a thread. Just be sure to postt in plain text so Derka SpyStud doesn’t go on a tirade. I know there is confusion over the Shadow_Operative moniker. Straight Shadow_Operative is Derka. Shadow_Operative2 is the angry SpyStud
June 28, 20214 yr 24 minutes ago, Surly Bevo said: I know there is confusion over the Shadow_Operative moniker. Straight Shadow_Operative is Derka. Shadow_Operative2 is the angry SpyStud I’ll be damned. Good to know.
June 28, 20214 yr 30 minutes ago, Surly Bevo said: I know there is confusion over the Shadow_Operative moniker. Straight Shadow_Operative is Derka. Shadow_Operative2 is the angry SpyStud 5 minutes ago, conVINCEd said: I’ll be damned. Good to know. I think @shadow_operative2.0 runs the @Nicole44 fan club if that helps
June 28, 20214 yr 1 minute ago, Upgrayedd said: I think @shadow_operative2.0 runs the @Nicole44 fan club if that helps No. I do not have a fan club. Nor should I. I just post here because it makes me happy. No idea about anyone else. It’s weird anyone would think I have a fan club or even want one. I just figured after all these years of being me y’all finally tolerated me?
June 28, 20214 yr 1 minute ago, Nicole44 said: No. I do not have a fan club. Nor should I. I just post here because it makes me happy. No idea about anyone else. It’s weird anyone would think I have a fan club or even want one. I just figured after all these years of being me y’all finally tolerated me? I am in your fan club #knowwhatimsayin lol
June 28, 20214 yr Oh, shit. Emily Lee just took a nasty fall during her floor exercise and hurt herself. She had to stop and be helped off the floor. That was rough.
June 28, 20214 yr 39 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said: Oh, shit. Emily Lee just took a nasty fall during her floor exercise and hurt herself. She had to stop and be helped off the floor. That was rough. That looked painful. Doing a double backflip or whatever she did and landing directly on your knee seems like it would hurt.
June 28, 20214 yr We have a solid girls Olympic team. Curious about the guys though. The rings…we have one that is outstanding.
June 28, 20214 yr 28 minutes ago, conVINCEd said: That looked painful. Doing a double backflip or whatever she did and landing directly on your knee seems like it would hurt. I remember watching Kerri Strug hurting her ankle on the vault and then vaulting again to win gold for the U.S. in the ‘96 Olympics. That was one of the bravest performances I’ve ever seen. But this was worse. Emily tried to get up to resume her routine and you could tell right away that she couldn’t go and she just sat down in pain. I haven’t been able to find any update on her injury.
June 28, 20214 yr 5 minutes ago, Braff Zacklin said: It's the last night of the trials and you guys are just now posting about it? Most of what I would’ve posted about it before might have come across as a little creepy. 😛
June 28, 20214 yr 1 minute ago, WhatTheBuck said: I remember watching Kerri Strug hurting her ankle on the vault and then vaulting again to win gold for the U.S. in the ‘96 Olympics. That was one of the bravest performances I’ve ever seen. But this was worse. Emily tried to get up to resume her routine and you could tell right away that she couldn’t go and she just sat down in pain. I haven’t been able to find any update on her injury. Strug is an all-timer for sticking that landing on a bum wheel.
June 28, 20214 yr 6 minutes ago, conVINCEd said: Strug is an all-timer for sticking that landing on a bum wheel. Yep. And as I recall Bobby Hill had a huge crush on her.
June 28, 20214 yr NBCSN is doing live coverage of the track and field US trials. It was delayed by 5 hours due to the Oregon heat wave
June 28, 20214 yr Might possibly see the fastest women's 400mH ever run in just a few minutes. Happened last time Muhammad and McLaughlin went at it (Doha 2019). Later, the men's 200m will feature a 17-year-old who broke Usain's bolt U18 record a month ago with a time of 20.11 seconds ... and then eclipsed that last night with a time of 19.88. Pretty incredible. If you need a stream: http://freestreams-live1.com/nbcsn-us/
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