Official Tokyo 2021 Olympics thread

[dora_da_destroyer]

not mad at her, but I noticed this entire Olympics they only show or speak of a sista's husband/BF if he's a certain complexion.

Its like an ongoing advertisement or some shyt.

TBF, the two I can remember being shown - Shaune and Tara (long jump chick) are both with track athletes so they got a little more mention, just like Claye and Degrasse’s wives

 

[MikelArteta]

Rely on the refs to score a goal brehs.

High-key I wish they'd eliminate the penalty shootout. You should be forced to put the ball in the net at least once playing actual soccer if you want to win the game. Imagine ending the NBA Finals with a free throw shooting contest or deciding the Super Bowl with a passing drill.

Golden goal could go on and on and on though

players would die

 

[MikelArteta]

TBF, the two I can remember being shown - Shaune and Tara (long jump chick) are both with track athletes so they got a little more mention, just like Claye and Degrasse’s wives

Shaune husband was there and tara bf will be the star of the paraolympics

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Any of the gymnastic events id put as #1 freestyle,trampoline,floor,artistic etc.....regular people could not do that.YOu have to be special and dedicating your whole life to do that shyt flawlessly...I would put the diving events right after....years of practice to perfect those rhythyms & moves...It blows my mind that most of them are able to control there splashing as they hit the water...

I dunno, I have trouble saying that for sports where kids barely in their teens regularly dominate. If it wasn't for the rules barring them from competing then there would be 12-13 year olds pulling medals. You can't tell me that a 13-year-old has put in more time than anyone else.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Golden goal could go on and on and on though

players would die

Then start getting better at offense if scoring is impossible like that.

The goal of the game is supposed to be to score more goals than the other team, not to just last longer. If teams knew they had to score to win then maybe they wouldn't play so conservative, take more risks and the goals would come quicker.

 

[PortCityProphet]

Bout to get into this marathon

 

[PortCityProphet]

This white chick just tied a half frozen durag round her head while running and not breaking stride

 

[PortCityProphet]

This American marathoner gave birth in January.
JANUARY!

 

[Professor Emeritus]

This American marathoner gave birth in January.
JANUARY!

Imagine not being able to train normally for at least 6-7 months, gaining 20-30 pounds, having 10 pounds of bloody parasite and fluids burst violently from your body, and just 3 months later you're running a 15:45 5000m and two months after that you're winning the marathon in the Olympic Trials.


For some reason this reminds me of breh arguing that MJ's Bulls getting beat by Orlando doesn't count because MJ was too tired after having trained for baseball instead of basketball and then only having two months to get back in shape.

 

[MikelArteta]

I'm just watching this marathon to see how cool tokyo is

wish I could visit

 

[MikelArteta]

i wonder how you feel after running an olympic marathon

 

[MikelArteta]

these women been running for 53 minutes and still got another hour and a half to go prob

 

[MikelArteta]

crazy that yesterday for that walk and today was the first time japanese folks were able to see athletes up close

 

[MikelArteta]

its already 82 degrees at 7 am in tokyo

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

I'm just watching this marathon to see how cool tokyo is

wish I could visit

I got a chance to see all of it in the most unfortunate way...smh. I was there during the earthquake in 2011, all transportation shyt down. We spent 3 hours walking back to our hotel

but I love cultural centers more than big cities, so kyoto and Nagasaki were more “impressive” to me