Olympic Spoiler Thread - You've Been Warned.

[St. Clown]

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I'd like to see dollars spent per medal. I strongly suspect the USA would rank behind only those who divide zero.

That would depend largely upon what we gauge as the source of the funding. Most US Olympic athletes are privately funded. For those who are not able to have professional careers in their sports, most work full-time jobs and basically train for their sport on the side. The gymnasts and swimmers tend to get funding from their national orgs, but I don't think (not certain) they receive federal funds.

[Kepler]

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I'd like to see dollars spent per medal. I strongly suspect the USA would rank behind only those who divide zero.

The Games were great; the coverage was worse than usual but that's why God made FF. This time around NBC did seem to actually get a few people who knew the events rather than just ramming all the talking hairdos down our throats.

The Olympic Rules held:

1. FF through all studio sequences.
2. FF through all backstories.
3. Watch all events involving a US participant with the sound off.

[FreshFish]

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I wonder which countries did well in the "medal per capita" count?

ah, isn't the internet a wonderful thing?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/olympics/...hen-we-adjust/

Grenada
Bahamas
Jamaica
New Zealand
Denmark
Croatia
Slovenia
Georgia
Azerbaijan
Hungary

[Twitch Boy]

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TFW the prime minister of Japan appears at the closing ceremony of the Olympics dressed as your mascot.

[alfablue]

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So it's over...

I have to say, for whatever reason, we really liked this Olympics. Perhaps it was the time zone showing stuff live, perhaps it was the new cable that gave us access to a lot of stuff to see, or perhaps it was the Latin twist to all of it.

Great job, Rio! Moreso with all of the predictions of failure.

Onto Tokyo. And then perhaps LA.

[RaceBoarder]

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USA has mountain biking right now.

The course looks to be built on a dump or they did a slash and burn to this hill. Parts of the course are so bad bikers are running their bikes up the hill because they can't get the traction to ride.

That is more a equipment issue than course problems. It was just two small uphill sections where there was still a ton of moisture in the dirt. They needed a full mud tire for that 50 yards of course, but it would have been a horrible choice for the other 7 miles of the track. It happens.

[walrus]

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Durant is red hot. You'd be losing a lot of money...

Yeah, I figured they might not show up but good for them to pound the serbians for Coach K

[Jimjamesak]

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Rene Fasel? The President of the IIHF hands out medals in basketball?

[Jimjamesak]

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I think every time Doug Collins shows up at the Olympics with NBC somebody from the IOC comes up and says "here to pick up your silver medal Mr. Collins?" He frowns, rolls his eyes and says "no." And as a price they have to play that clip every *ing time.

[bronconick]

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Do the Serbians need to foul every breakaway when they're down 30+?

[Jimjamesak]

I know it's because Serbia is no pushover, but the men's basketball team does not look that good.

And yet they were up by 23 at the half.

[Russell Jaslow]

With Durant and Carmelo as the US leaders, not sure I'd bet against Serbia

Durant is red hot. You'd be losing a lot of money...

[Scarlet]

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I know it's because Serbia is no pushover, but the men's basketball team does not look that good.

[Spartanforlife4]

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This is how you protest.

[Spartanforlife4]

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Claressa Shields of Flint wins back to back boxing golds. First boxer to ever win back to back. Oliver Kirk is the only other boxer to win two golds, but he won both at the same Olympics in 1904 in bantam and featherweight.