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Post by CestLaVie on Jul 23, 2021 9:45:12 GMT -6
It's time! Come in and discuss, anything Olympics-related as events get underway.
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Post by CestLaVie on Jul 23, 2021 9:47:41 GMT -6
You could hear the protesters from inside the stadium at the Opening Ceremony this morning and I think that's a first. Also due to a lack of fans/reduction in athletes it was a lot quieter.
My body is ready. Time zones mean that I will be not sleeping for the forseeable future tho. I have been watching that swimming doc on prime (Head Above Water I think its called) and I am really excited to watch swimming.
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Post by miawallace on Jul 23, 2021 9:49:10 GMT -6
I said I wasn’t going to watch. But I’m a liar. So I’ll go here. lol
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Post by PandaWatch on Jul 23, 2021 9:50:51 GMT -6
I said I wasn’t going to watch. But I’m a liar. So I’ll go here. lol Same. I’m against them holding it this year, but I’m going to watch 🤷🏻♀️
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Post by CestLaVie on Jul 23, 2021 9:51:03 GMT -6
I said I wasn’t going to watch. But I’m a liar. So I’ll go here. lol I can't help myself, I watch everything, I just love it. It's a mystery to me because I don't love sports as a general rule.
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Post by miawallace on Jul 23, 2021 9:52:21 GMT -6
I said I wasn’t going to watch. But I’m a liar. So I’ll go here. lol I can't help myself, I watch everything, I just love it. It's a mystery to me because I don't love sports as a general rule. I am just looking forward for my out of shape ass to judge all of the competitions.
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Post by Diordra on Jul 23, 2021 9:54:23 GMT -6
I can't help myself, I watch everything, I just love it. It's a mystery to me because I don't love sports as a general rule. I am just looking forward for my out of shape ass to judge all of the competitions. This combined with the blood feuds I will form with other nations are what keep me coming back. I'm watching you Newfoundland
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clucky
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Post by clucky on Jul 23, 2021 10:01:09 GMT -6
I go here too.
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fatpony
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Post by fatpony on Jul 23, 2021 10:15:57 GMT -6
I'm here! wait for me!
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Post by lucilleaustero on Jul 23, 2021 10:28:28 GMT -6
Gymnastics, swimming, track and field, diving, and archery are my faves.
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Post by Yogurt on Jul 23, 2021 10:32:23 GMT -6
I'll be watching. My h like tv on in the background sometimes and it'll be a nice change from This Old House
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Post by jaygee on Jul 23, 2021 10:36:28 GMT -6
I have mentioned this before but I love everything about the Olympics sports wise. The politics and corruption and the games themselves are v problematic and add covid in the mix makes a flaming pile of dog shit. But that aside because I can’t not watch it, I will live here now. Please don’t be alarmed if I’m here 24/7 and start talking about some white water rafting or other obscure sport at 2 in the morning. That’s just what I do.
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Post by fatpony on Jul 23, 2021 10:37:05 GMT -6
Gymnastics (obviously), diving, track and field, synchronized swimming - sorry, it's called artistic swimming apparently.
Also love the intensity of shooting, archery, and table tennis.
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Post by CestLaVie on Jul 23, 2021 10:39:05 GMT -6
jaygee, I have all the same feels and I will also be here to discuss the minutia of all obscure events at odd hours of the night.
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Post by sunnysideup on Jul 23, 2021 10:42:02 GMT -6
You could hear the protesters from inside the stadium at the Opening Ceremony this morning and I think that's a first. Also due to a lack of fans/reduction in athletes it was a lot quieter. My body is ready. Time zones mean that I will be not sleeping for the forseeable future tho. I have been watching that swimming doc on prime (Head Above Water I think its called) and I am really excited to watch swimming. I’m going to look up this documentary. Thanks!
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Post by beepers on Jul 23, 2021 10:44:28 GMT -6
Alllll the swimming and diving!! I can’t wait! Also yikes to the dumpster fires re: covid, Paralympian athletes not having their dedicated personal care assistants and everything else but... ya I’m gonna watch it all
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Post by miawallace on Jul 23, 2021 10:46:47 GMT -6
Speaking of Documentaries. I watched Athlete A a few weeks ago. So I’m watching the gymnastics portion like 👀
There’s a ton of tw in it so watch with that in mind.
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Post by Wtfshouldmynamebe on Jul 23, 2021 10:52:31 GMT -6
I want to watch, but my NBC station seems to have either no volume or is in Spanish. I don't know why
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Post by wildflower on Jul 23, 2021 10:58:58 GMT -6
The German female gymnasts are wearing full body unitards instead of the typical leotards. They are clearly saying it's to diminish how sexualized they feel.
I am. Here. For. It.
Athletes, particularly female ones, should have the right to cover up more if they choose. It's not like an Olympic level athlete will pick an uniform that they can't move in. Fabric technology has come a long way since the 90s and you can have both covered butt cheeks and a gold medal.
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Post by leatherpants on Jul 23, 2021 11:09:16 GMT -6
I have mentioned this before but I love everything about the Olympics sports wise. The politics and corruption and the games themselves are v problematic and add covid in the mix makes a flaming pile of dog shit. But that aside because I can’t not watch it, I will live here now. Please don’t be alarmed if I’m here 24/7 and start talking about some white water rafting or other obscure sport at 2 in the morning. That’s just what I do. You and I are one.
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Post by leatherpants on Jul 23, 2021 11:10:02 GMT -6
I watched an hour of rowing last night - and it is not exciting. But damn if it’s not soothing and I became an expert after the first heat.
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Post by starbuck on Jul 23, 2021 11:11:16 GMT -6
We are watching the rebroadcast of opening ceremonies with the kids tonight after dinner.
I really love watching archery. We'll also watch gymnastics and swimming. But archery!
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jaygee
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Post by jaygee on Jul 23, 2021 11:12:28 GMT -6
I watched an hour of rowing last night - and it is not exciting. But damn if it’s not soothing and I became an expert after the first heat. I love how I always become an armchair expert on a random sport and then I promptly forget everything about it after the Olympics.
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Post by CestLaVie on Jul 23, 2021 11:45:17 GMT -6
The German female gymnasts are wearing full body unitards instead of the typical leotards. They are clearly saying it's to diminish how sexualized they feel. I am. Here. For. It. Athletes, particularly female ones, should have the right to cover up more if they choose. It's not like an Olympic level athlete will pick an uniform that they can't move in. Fabric technology has come a long way since the 90s and you can have both covered butt cheeks and a gold medal. yesss. Did you see the norwegian handball team protest where they all wore booty shorts instead of bikini bottoms? Men can wear athletic shorts they just have to be above the knee. Women have to wear bikini bottoms that have a max height of 10cm or something like that. They repeatedly tried to appeal it with no luck so they just wore the shorts to a game and got fined for it. I am here for a full body unitard. Like the amount of thought/time/effort that goes into taping those unitards to themselves so they don't flash is dumb. They don't need to do that.
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Post by kayc on Jul 23, 2021 11:47:37 GMT -6
I said I wasn’t going to watch. But I’m a liar. So I’ll go here. lol I can't help myself, I watch everything, I just love it. It's a mystery to me because I don't love sports as a general rule. Oh, hi twin!
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Post by Kenny1980 on Jul 23, 2021 12:17:22 GMT -6
Golden on Peacock was another great gymnastics documentary. It follows several US Olympic hopefuls and the journey to get to this year's Olympics.
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Post by Wtfshouldmynamebe on Jul 23, 2021 12:18:22 GMT -6
OMG. I just figured out what was wrong with my TV. So now I can be all Olympics all the time
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Post by robot on Jul 23, 2021 13:06:13 GMT -6
Oh, my people, hi. Totally agreed it’s fairly absurd to be holding these this year but I love them so much. I’m here for it.
DD1 and I watched rowing this morning and then I threw on a gymnastics practice replay and she was entranced. She desperately wants a sparkly leotard now.
We’ll watch the opening ceremony replay later with the kids.
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Post by thatgolfb on Jul 23, 2021 13:11:05 GMT -6
I’m definitely watching. Someone needs to watch all the fringe sports at 2 am.
We have been watching interviews all morning.
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Post by thatgolfb on Jul 23, 2021 13:11:58 GMT -6
Gymnastics, swimming, track and field, diving, and archery are my faves. I love all of these plus I’m looking forward to sport climbing this year.
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