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Rio Olympics

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I've not managed to see much so far.

The lade looked good in the Rugby 7s. I'll be surprised if they don't win it.

Always nice to see our boxers get off to a good start.
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Been watching a bit of the women's cycling...tough course they have, but still managing a good pace.

Caught a few other things but nowt special...a boat capsized somewhere....
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Oouch
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Yaouch...
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Another ouch...

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We've been flicking through a few different sports, enjoying all of it really.
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You could tell the lassie cyclist was dead on impact....no muscle spasms, nowt at all. Nasty to watch.
Perhaps even more telling was that there was no added comments from the TV crew until well after the finish.....they'd have been all too happy to announce that she was injured but receiving attention, etc.

Be interesting to see what the autopsy results say. A bicycle helmet isn't anywhere near as strong as a bike lid, yet the speeds involved at that level are often very similar.
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A Dutch Olympic Committee official revealed she sustained "three small fractures in her spine, a heavy concussion and she has to stay on the intensive care overnight".

Immediately after the race, the UCI said in a statement: "Ms van Vleuten is conscious, able to communicate."
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and she's been tweeting. Not bad for a dead lass.
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Kwacky wrote:and she's been tweeting. Not bad for a dead lass.
Oh well that's good then. As I wrote, they report her as deceased on ESPN so I just took it como el evangelio.
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I see Team USA won a gold in shooting.

Not that anyone is surprised.
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LOLZZ!!

Had that coming, I guess. I read a while back that even the top US military types aren't even close to where the Olympic shooters are in terms of accuracy.....the army/cops etc. spend quite a bit of time doing their stuff...with the 'athletes', that's the ONLY thing they do.

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Kwacky wrote:I see Team USA won a gold in shooting.

Not that anyone is surprised.
They just painted the target on a black guy
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On a different note I just saw NZ getting beaten by Japan in the Rugby 7's. For anyone not into Rugby, that's roughly the equivalent of Barcelona being beaten by Aston Villa.
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Aston who?
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D6 wrote:
Kwacky wrote:I see Team USA won a gold in shooting.

Not that anyone is surprised.
They just painted the target on a black guy
:^

Bit harsh.
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Deegee wrote:On a different note I just saw NZ getting beaten by Japan in the Rugby 7's. For anyone not into Rugby, that's roughly the equivalent of Barcelona being beaten by Aston Villa.
Yup and the girls lost to the Aussies for the gold, that was hard to swallow (doh)
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My 5 year old has always enjoyed his sport but he cant get enough of the Olympics (y)

He will watch cycling, shooting, diving, kayaking, boxing, rugby, gymnastics, swimming. You name it he will watch it and enjoy cheering on his team.

No bad thing for a young lad imo and he did a 5 hour football camp as well as his swimming lesson today as well.
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My daughter was watching the men's diving. No idea why.
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