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2016 Summer Olympics - Ready or not, here we come!!

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The Olympic anthem is probably my least favorite anthem at the Olympics.
 
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Now, I absolutely love the Olympics and look forward to the Opening Ceremonies every Games. but has this Opening Ceremony been longer than usual?
 
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Scarlet said:
Now, I absolutely love the Olympics and look forward to the Opening Ceremonies every Games. but has this Opening Ceremony been longer than usual?
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Is it still going on? I figured it was over 2 hours ago.
 
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bigblue_dl said:
Is it still going on? I figured it was over 2 hours ago.
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It ended about 10-15 minutes ago. Yes, longer than usual. I think they were adding time because they had to cut down on the pizzazz due to budgetary concerns in Rio.
 
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Watching table tennis right now, 40 year old from the Congo playing some young gun from Puerto Rico. A Congolese 40 looks a lot like a US 60.
 
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Not that I know anything about it, but Water Polo is probably the most endurance-testing sport at the Olympics.

ETA: And it was reported that the first gold medal of the games went to a 19 year old American in Air Rifle. Apparently it was a huge upset. Good for her.
 
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I like the coverage of water polo but was it necessary to have Pierre swim back and forth between the benches?
 
jericho said:
Not that I know anything about it, but Water Polo is probably the most endurance-testing sport at the Olympics.

ETA: And it was reported that the first gold medal of the games went to a 19 year old American in Air Rifle. Apparently it was a huge upset. Good for her.
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My nephew played water Polo at a d3 school. He said it's unreal how much pushing and shoving goes on under water.
 
jericho said:
Not that I know anything about it, but Water Polo is probably the most endurance-testing sport at the Olympics.
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Not by a long shot. 32 minutes, with quarter breaks, time-outs, goal stoppages, and substitutions vs a 6-hour bike race with none of those things?

Water polo is a series of sprints, not a pure endurance sport. Amazing athletes, of course - just don't think you have them in the right category.
 
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