2016 Rio Olympics

Even the Archbishop of Rio is not safe/worried

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/08/the-city-should-not-be-this-way-fears-over-violence-in-rio-with-olympics-near?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link

 

Until some one can be Mo Farah, it is his. There are so many young guns in the 5000, goodness...but if anyone can do it..Lagat can..and not to restate this, he is a class act. The Women's 1500 was great. Brenda Martinez gets the third spot by a nose...Simpson is looking really good, so is Centrowitz.....

 

Olympic Committee: "Hey, I know what we should do. Let's ban the Russians!"

International Olympic Committee considering ban of all Russian athletes at 2016 Games - SBNation.com

 

I wonder how well this is going to go over.

 

Not well Ted. Here's an example

Rio Olympics Athletes' Village Declared "Uninhabitable" 

 

I agree with you, I even heard that even the athlete's accommodations sucks big time.

 

meanwhile, in another part of Brazil

Aparecida Schunck: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know | Heavy.com

 

The room pictured in the article doesn't look bad. I've certainly had worse accommodations in the Army, but the stories of (hopefully just) water running down the walls when the toilets flush.....ewwwwww. uke:

 

Rio Olympics: Athletes welcomed with condoms, cool air - CNN.com

 

Post Tour de France, I am pretty excited about watching the Olympic cycling events.

 

So am I. Over the last six weeks two Olympic, non-USA, track cycling teams were training in my area and I was fortunate to meet and assist them.

 

Ummmm, not good.

Rio 2016: Olympic torch relay riot deepens Games woes - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

 

On a more positive note, here's some TEAM USA bios

Meet Team USA: Athletes after gold at 2016 Rio Olympics

 

Russian weightlifters banned

Rio 2016: Russian weightlifters banned from Olympic Games - BBC Sport

 

You try to think good thoughts and then things like this happen

Australian Rio 2016 athletes evacuated as a FIRE erupts in Olympic Games village | Daily Mail Online

 

The whole show starts up in a couple of days. Soccer will be running throughout and the women's team is expected to dominate. I flew out to Kansas City last weekend to watch the US team play Costa Rica and the team looked very sharp. Watch out for Crystal Dunn. She very fast and has some great footwork.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/jul/30/rio-olympic-games-2016-mo-farah-jessica-ennis-hill-nicola-adams-usain-bolt-team-gb

 

The conversation continues

Rio

 

Whoever picked "Sailing Ramp" to be the first structure to collapse in Rio, please come forward and collect your prize.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/01/olympic-sailing-ramp-in-rio-de-janeiro-collapses?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark

 

Olympic soccer has so many matches that it has to start before the opening ceremonies in order to fit them all in. That means that the first matches begin tomorrow and the USA women's team will play New Zealand tomorrow night.

 

OK, I know that probably no one cares but me but I'm not going to be able to stop myself from posting about this until it's all over. The US women beat New Zealand 2 - 0. It was interesting because NZ came out very aggressive and got a yellow card early after just too many hard tackles, etc. Once they calmed down the US just picked them apart. Lloyd and Morgan scored the goals. The next game is against France on Saturday.:usa2: