Zika, drugs, and medals: The Rio Olympics thread

[Drakken]

North Korea Best Korea 

[DGuller]

Simone Biles falls!  Only bronze. Crush over. 

[Maladict]

Simone Biles falls!  Only bronze. Crush over. 

Gold! And first gymnastics medal ever.

[Liep]

It looked like Cavendish purposefully took out the leading rider in the point race. He literally tackled him with the bike.

[Jacob]

These guys from Ireland were pretty funny: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/irish-brothers-odonovan-interview-rio-2016_us_57af02d5e4b071840411980b?

[Sheilbh]

So much to love with their interviews not least that they signed one off with 'our day will come'

[Liep]

Norman gets bronze, Cavendish silver and Viviano gold. Brilliant points race.

[dps]

I kind of assume that anyone not American by default roots against the US?

I root against Russia and China, but other than that I don't care that much. I'll root for small countries that hardly get any medals.

Well, of course I root for the USA, but beyond that, yeah, I like to root for athletes from the smaller countries that don't get many medals.  And of course I'll root against athletes from countries that have EVIL governments, like Red China or Russia or Iran.

OTOH, there are exceptions to everything.  I remember that even at the height of the Cold War, some Americans quite openly rooted for Sergey Bubka against Billy Olson in the pole vault, 'cause Olsen was seen as a complete jerk (though I don't remember why).

[Admiral Yi]

Spanish men's basketball team is facing elimination against Argentina right now.

[The Brain]

Spanish men's basketball team is facing elimination against Argentina right now.

Because of one man?

[HVC]

It appears the the Brazilian woman's diving pair has broken up because one of the women kicked to roommate out so that she could hook up with someone

[mongers]

Norman gets bronze, Cavendish silver and Viviano gold. Brilliant points race.

Yeah, great excitement and nail-biting, the Italian deserved the win.

Great performance from Norman, he tried all the way through the race. 

[Tonitrus]

North Korea Best Korea 

Rim Jong-sim?  I'm sure CdM could make a pithy, dirty pun out of that name.

[Josquius]

I think I'm in love.
She's not hot.
But I love this girl's style

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fu-yuanhui-olympics_us_57aa0ecae4b0ba7ed23da025

Being told she actually came 3rd when she thought she was 4th:



Its like a nerd somehow became a world class athlete.

[Eddie Teach]

Mono said she was hot.