The Olympics, 2016, Brazil

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Dana Jean

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Okay, I'm just being lazy. Is there somewhere we can watch the complete kayaking competition? For free? I watch during the daytime and they showed like 2 teams and then switched to something else. I would really like to watch more of the kayaking course.
 
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Dana Jean

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Spideyman said:
I didn't watch it Dana Jean . Do you recall if paddle had 2 oars, or one? Also difference in siting position
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They are calling it a 2 man canoe, even though it's a kayak. It's a kayak Olympics!
 
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Spideyman said:
Why was the diving pool water green? Officials said it was tested and safe, but no explanation??
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I think on CBC they said it's algae. Apparently they misjudged the amount of chlorine/temperature/number of people in the water. The reason the diving pool went green faster than the one beside it is because diving pools are kept at a higher temperature. They said the water is being tested and keeps passing.

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Thanks for the answers about the anthem. I feel bad for these young women who work so hard, bring pride to their country, then get dissed on social media. Last year it was hair.
 
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Mr Nobody said:
I know. I know. :sad:
I didn't see any of that coming at all. NZ hadn't looked that impressive (and still didn't look like world-beaters) overall - for NZ, I mean - but GB just fell apart. Having two players in the bin didn't help, either (the second yellow was a bit questionable; she was already committed to the tackle and couldn't get out of the way besides, though Watmore was lucky to get away with something in the second half so it evened out).
And then Canada. How the hell can you go from whacking them one day to getting walloped like that? Fatigue? Nerves? Pure inability to turn up when the pressure's on? (my favoured theory: see also the men's gym team; 3rd going into what was supposed to be their favourite event, then...you know the rest. And it's not the only example or the only set of sports it happens in. It always seems to be a case of 'Cometh the hour, disappeareth the man' (or indeed, woman, in the Sevens) for us these days.)
I suppose I should be happy that 'Super' Tom and Dan Goodfellow didn't manage to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory (if you call bronze 'victory', which I suppose it is but only of a sort) in the synchro diving.
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Um... :blush: I think your boys obliterated our boys in the 7's? :biggrin2:
Sounds like we're into the semi's by default, or a wild card or something? Not our best work for sure, to be fair, our 7's team is nothing like the AB's. :Oo:
I have not seen a single second (except for on the news) of the rugby, very little of any Olympics at all really... I just have zero time. (And not subscribing to SKY TV doesn't help either!)
 
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Regarding the algae in the pools, did the host country do anything to prepare? Does anyone in charge of this know what they're doing? It's a shame that the water conditions in the pools and for the kayakers and triathletes are so poor. How are they supposed to swim without putting their face in the water? Jeez, help me Rhonda, how pathetic.
 
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FlakeNoir said:
Um... :blush: I think your boys obliterated our boys in the 7's? :biggrin2:
Sounds like we're into the semi's by default, or a wild card or something? Not our best work for sure, to be fair, our 7's team is nothing like the AB's. :Oo:
I have not seen a single second (except for on the news) of the rugby, very little of any Olympics at all really... I just have zero time. (And not subscribing to SKY TV doesn't help either!)
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Well, it finished 21-19 IIRC, but that was thanks to a late comeback and there's always two ways of looking at games like that.
I think NZ came third in the group and ended up being one of the 'lucky losers' to make the quarters, or however they work and phrase it. It wouldn't have surprised me in the least if NZ had gone on to win the thing after that, but...Fiji.
SA beat the Aussies too and they're up next for us. I just hope the same doesn't happen to the guys as happened with the women. :eek:
 
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