Bit worried about them considering they have some superstars in their team. Radradra has come over from 15s and is probably a top 10 player in the world.
Apparently she wasn’t even training in anything resembling a proper facility, and her government wasn’t supporting her at all.
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I’m going to have to disagree with her gym not being proper. Looking through training videos she has plenty of proper equipment and teammates/coaches in the background of lifting videos. It is outside, but that’s only one training location (others are in gyms) and I don’t think being outside while lifting is too out of normal https://www.instagram.com/hidilyndiaz/
Not going to speak towards the government support because it could be political and I don’t want to go down that rabbit hole.
Watch the family of the Tunisian gold medallist completely losing their shit (in a good way) during the race:
https://twitter.com/EttachkilaTN/status/1419150269535952897?s=20
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Seems like the crowd has spoken. Men’s 3-meter springboard synchronized diving. The time listed is 11pm Tuesday, so I will probably place my bet on Tuesday afternoon.
Who should I bet on?
- China -275
- Great Britain +300
- Russian Olympic Committee +1200
- Germany +1400
- Mexico +2800
- USA +2500
- Italy +20000
- Japan +20000
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Disclaimer: even though the brother of one of my best friends competed in springboard diving on a national level in his early teens, I haven’t got any clue about the sport at all.
I’m solely basing my vote on how dominate the women were. They looked like they shit together it was crazy. I know it doesn’t mean it will translate to the men but one of the Chinese divers won in 2016 by 18 points over the US and the last time China didn’t gold was 2000(and that was silver).
Women’s triathlon delayed due to the typhoon. Can’t imagine they’ll get it in today, there are gale warnings through to sunrise Wednesday.
EDIT: Check that, they’re about to go. This could be wild.
Today’s Schedule. Softball medal games and women’s mountain bike should be good.
All times are eastern.
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/streaming-schedule
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Hopefully the typhoon doesn’t lead to any postponements. Mountain bike course could be extra nasty today.
I think like half of Japan’s team is comprised of imports from New Zealand.
No, it’s Tuesday morning right now.
I think this is helpful and I think it could be improved by including your timezone + a link.
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You can even sort by Canadian content! (or medal events). Lots of rugby starting at 8pm ET
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This might have already been discussed up thread but holy shit. How much of a money loser is hosting an Olympics with no fans? Has to be brutal on locals and local businesses.
Surfing is the most boring thing ever. Been watching 10 minutes and they’re just paddling around not surfing
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The big-wave surfing feature that just ended lol on the Olympic channel is cool. Halfmoon Bay.
i wonder why bowling isn’t an olympic sport. seems like a good fit. Snooker too. Weird that they leave out popular sports with pretty established championships and add made up stuff like 3x3 basketball
Also the 3x3 shit is really tilting because it’s obvious that every nation that has a basketball team in the Olympics can form a better 3x3 team than those who are actually competing. It’s like having a shorter swim race with deliberately slower swimmers.
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This synchronized diving commentator really knows her shit. I see a dive and am like, “oh, that is a very good dive. Good job, diving Olympians.”
And in real time, she’s like, “oh that’s a major disappointment for the Chinese.” And then shows in slow motion replay how the jump was slightly off sync and the angles of entry were slightly off.
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