Olympics

[Lexxi]

So, picked up Peacock for the Olympics. Have been watching Women's rugby (replay, though I only know how USA did before started watching). Quite interesting. Super fast matches (7 minutes a half, 2 total for 14 minutes).
Watched USA lose to New Zealand, just now watched Canada defeat Australia. Not sure which will play next, Bronze medal game (USA v Australia) or Gold medal game (Canada versus New Zealand).

 

[Lexxi]

Rugby Bronze match was actually pretty fun to watch. Australia had the match near the end, just ninety seconds left with the ball basically as far from where USA needed to put it as it could be.

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

Name this movie:

 

[Caete]

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Name this movie:

Try Hard

 

[Erich Templar]

South Korea sent a fully-kitted out player for the Olympic shooting. Turkey sent an 51 yr old guy with no specialized lenses, eye cover or ear protection and got the silver medal : r/Damnthatsinteresting (reddit.com)

Don't miss the comments -- they're hilarious.

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

USA wins gold in men's four-boat, but I need you to watch this photo finish yesterday by Great Britain over Netherlands in women's quad sculls yesterday, and then watch Netherlands do almost the exact same thing to Great Britain today in women's four!

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Don't miss the comments -- they're hilarious.

"I am silver fox. I get silver. Simple."

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

Don't miss the comments -- they're hilarious.

Japan is becoming really obsessed with this guy

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

Try Hard

 

[Veritable Quandry]

"I am silver fox. I get silver. Simple."

"Turkey didn't buy the DLC."

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

Medal count update

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

"Turkey didn't buy the DLC."

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

This is pretty neat: the crowds all across Paris erupting for Leon Merchand's win in the 200m butterfly were so loud that they temporarily disrupted other events, whose participants and officiates were left confused about what was happening.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Apparently he's a retired militarized police NCO. From Turkey. So, that checks out.

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

An Australian surfing judge has been removed after a photo emerged of the judge socializing with members of the Australian athlete delegation.

The International Surfing Association released a statement Thursday saying it removed Lowe from the judging panel for the remainder of the competition to “protect the integrity and fairness of the ongoing competition.”

“The ISA is aware of a photo circulating on social media in which one of the Olympic surfing judges from Australia is seen socially interacting with an Australian athlete and the team manager,” the ISA said. “It is inappropriate for a judge to be interacting in this manner with an athlete and their team.”

Nothing scandalous has happened, but certainly the right decision.

 

[Free]

The memes!

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

LOL!

https://x.com/OnHerTurf/status/1818742454234788337

With her 13th medal won today, swimmer Katie Ledecky is the most decorated female US Olympian of all time.

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

Women's all-around medal ceremony:

https://dubz.co/c/b13f8a

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Brazilian surfer Gabriel Medina's viral photo is REAL and we have video proof