Silver in the women’s 4 × 100 medley relay

Bronze in the men’s

Good stuff

And another gold to Phelps M.

And some big butted Jamaican girl won the womens 100 on the track.

1. USA
2. China
3. UK
4. Germany
5. Japan
6. Australia 6 gold, 7 silver, 9 bronze

So the Aussies are still doing well, Hungary and Italy have both dropped behind as UK, Germany and Japan have moved ahead.

More excitement at the dressage

http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/rio-2016-olympics-news/british-groom-suffers-head-injury-rio-dressage-medal-ceremony-588156

cosmo 59 strikes again

mollwollfumble said:

1. USA
2. China
3. UK
4. Germany
5. Japan
6. Australia 6 gold, 7 silver, 9 bronze

So the Aussies are still doing well, Hungary and Italy have both dropped behind as UK, Germany and Japan have moved ahead.

Australia are way ahead by the only meaningful measure (medals/head).

We won’t mention NZ.

The Rev Dodgson said:

mollwollfumble said:

1. USA
2. China
3. UK
4. Germany
5. Japan
6. Australia 6 gold, 7 silver, 9 bronze

So the Aussies are still doing well, Hungary and Italy have both dropped behind as UK, Germany and Japan have moved ahead.

Australia are way ahead by the only meaningful measure (medals/head).

We won’t mention NZ.

Or Fiji

mollwollfumble said:

1. USA
2. China
3. UK
4. Germany
5. Japan
6. Australia 6 gold, 7 silver, 9 bronze

So the Aussies are still doing well, Hungary and Italy have both dropped behind as UK, Germany and Japan have moved ahead.

Where are you getting that table from? Russia is now ahead of Oz. And for the Olympics it’s “GBR” not “UK”.

Here’s the tally page I use:

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/ng-interactive/2016/aug/05/rio-olympics-2016-medal-table-and-results-in-full

mollwollfumble said:

1. USA
2. China
3. UK
4. Germany
5. Japan
6. Australia 6 gold, 7 silver, 9 bronze

So the Aussies are still doing well, Hungary and Italy have both dropped behind as UK, Germany and Japan have moved ahead.

What happened to Russia with 6G 9S 8B?

The Rev Dodgson said:

Australia are way ahead by the only meaningful measure (medals/head).

We won’t mention NZ.

Actually Hungary are still beating us on that score:

Hungary: 1 medal per 900,000

Australia: 1 medal per 1,051,163

I think we’ll take the BIG HORSE!

(oops)

Bubblecar said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Australia are way ahead by the only meaningful measure (medals/head).

We won’t mention NZ.

Actually Hungary are still beating us on that score:

Hungary: 1 medal per 900,000

Australia: 1 medal per 1,051,163

With the Kiwis leaving us far behind:

NZ: 1 medal per 558,875

USA: 1 medal per 5,315,000
China: 1 medal per 33,097,560

GBR: I medal per 2,136,666

I’d like to see “airs above the ground” included in the dressage..

Bubblecar said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Australia are way ahead by the only meaningful measure (medals/head).

We won’t mention NZ.

Actually Hungary are still beating us on that score:

Hungary: 1 medal per 900,000

Australia: 1 medal per 1,051,163

Well we won’t mention them either.

The Rev Dodgson said:

Bubblecar said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Australia are way ahead by the only meaningful measure (medals/head).

We won’t mention NZ.

Actually Hungary are still beating us on that score:

Hungary: 1 medal per 900,000

Australia: 1 medal per 1,051,163

Well we won’t mention them either.

Fiji: 1Gold per 880,000

What we need to do is discount all countries with a population of less than 20 million.

Bubblecar said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Australia are way ahead by the only meaningful measure (medals/head).

We won’t mention NZ.

Actually Hungary are still beating us on that score:

Hungary: 1 medal per 900,000

Australia: 1 medal per 1,051,163

Fiji 1 medal per 882,000

Ian said:

I’d like to see “airs above the ground” included in the dressage..

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I saw the Lipizzaner horses in Vienna. Superb.

>I saw the Lipizzaner horses in Vienna. Superb.

:)

That’s high on the bucket list.

Vale Kenny, AKA R2-D2

Skateboarding legend Tas Pappas says drug testing would sink sport at 2020 Tokyo Olympics

An Australian skateboarding great has raised doubts over the inclusion of the sport in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, saying drug testing could prove a problem.

problem for drug cheats

no one else

I wonder how long it will be before we get creative nose picking, and shit plaiting, as Olympic sports?

Bubblecar said:

mollwollfumble said:

1. USA
2. China
3. UK
4. Germany
5. Japan
6. Australia 6 gold, 7 silver, 9 bronze

So the Aussies are still doing well, Hungary and Italy have both dropped behind as UK, Germany and Japan have moved ahead.

Where are you getting that table from? Russia is now ahead of Oz. And for the Olympics it’s “GBR” not “UK”.
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/ng-interactive/2016/aug/05/rio-olympics-2016-medal-table-and-results-in-full

Yup, Russia is now sixth. I slipped up, or somebody did.

In Google type “olympic medals”. It comes up immediately at the top of the screen, no need to click on anything. Or just type “olympic” and then click “medals” on the horizontal bar.

As for GBR, as we discussed years ago on the forum that it is but shouldn’t be. The correct is UK which is short for “United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”. Being pedantic, “Great Britain” excludes Northern Ireland, but the team for the Rio Olympics includes Northern Ireland. Even more pedantically, it ought to be “Reino Unido” even though they entered the opening parade as “Grã Bretanha”. I think they just wanted to appear earlier in the line-up, as USA, Slovenia and Slovakia had already appeared alphabetically under “E”.

How soon before MMA is an Olympic sport?

bob(from black rock) said:

I wonder how long it will be before we get creative nose picking, and shit plaiting, as Olympic sports?

There have been equally weird suggestions that have been taken seriously by the Olympic Committee before being turned down.

I may be wrong, but I think the Olympic Committee sent an observer to watch a farnarkling match.
The “vertical pole” for women has also been seriously suggested, though not by women.

They should keep all fighting out of the Olympics.

Bubblecar said:

They should keep all fighting out of the Olympics.

Except Sumo.

Bubblecar said:

They should keep all fighting out of the Olympics.

My sport is a fighting sport.

Tamb said:

Bubblecar said:

They should keep all fighting out of the Olympics.

Except Sumo.

I don’t like to see fat men colliding.

buffy said:

Bubblecar said:

They should keep all fighting out of the Olympics.

My sport is a fighting sport.

Yes but you only shoot at inanimate targets.

dv said:

How soon before MMA is an Olympic sport?

MMA? (Checks Wikipedia).
Mixed_martial_arts
Not a bad idea.

“As of December 2013 the World Mixed Martial Arts Association has 38 member states under its umbrella: Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Colombia, Czech Republic, France, Guatemala, Georgia, Greece, India, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Senegal, Serbia, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Venezuela.”

Bubblecar said:

They should keep all fighting out of the Olympics.

mollwollfumble said:

dv said:

How soon before MMA is an Olympic sport?

MMA? (Checks Wikipedia).
Mixed_martial_arts
Not a bad idea.

“As of December 2013 the World Mixed Martial Arts Association has 38 member states under its umbrella: Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Colombia, Czech Republic, France, Guatemala, Georgia, Greece, India, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Senegal, Serbia, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Venezuela.”

MMA star Ronda Rousey won a bronze in the Judo eight years ago.

buffy said:

Bubblecar said:

They should keep all fighting out of the Olympics.

My sport is a fighting sport.

Hmm, martial sports:

Boxing
Judo
Taekwondo
Wrestling
Fencing

Associated

Archery
Shooting -pistol
Shooting – rifle
Shooting – shotgun

Any others?

You’d be taking all the fun out of it.

Vertical pole at an Olympic level would see some feats. Doing a running triple somersault to hook your legs around and mount going into a horizontal whirlygig just to start. And fellows can do it as well.

I was interested to learn that the have banned the use of faceguards in the men’s boxing at the Olympics because it has been shown they contribute to brain injuries. Counterintuitive. But they are still going to let the women wear them.

sibeen said:

buffy said:

Bubblecar said:

They should keep all fighting out of the Olympics.

My sport is a fighting sport.

Hmm, martial sports:

Boxing
Judo
Taekwondo
Wrestling
Fencing

Associated

Archery
Shooting -pistol
Shooting – rifle
Shooting – shotgun

Any others?

You’d be taking all the fun out of it.

The last four are, at least, not aiming at another person.

Arts said:

sibeen said:

buffy said:

My sport is a fighting sport.

Hmm, martial sports:

Boxing
Judo
Taekwondo
Wrestling
Fencing

Associated

Archery
Shooting -pistol
Shooting – rifle
Shooting – shotgun

Any others?

You’d be taking all the fun out of it.

The last four are, at least, not aiming at another person.

Yeah, I know, how bloody boring. At the first olymics at least the trap shooter used live pigeons.

sibeen said:

buffy said:

Bubblecar said:

They should keep all fighting out of the Olympics.

My sport is a fighting sport.

Hmm, martial sports:

Boxing
Judo
Taekwondo
Wrestling
Fencing

Associated

Archery
Shooting -pistol
Shooting – rifle
Shooting – shotgun

Any others?

You’d be taking all the fun out of it.

Trap…oh, hang on….

sibeen said:

Arts said:

sibeen said:

Hmm, martial sports:

Boxing
Judo
Taekwondo
Wrestling
Fencing

Associated

Archery
Shooting -pistol
Shooting – rifle
Shooting – shotgun

Any others?

You’d be taking all the fun out of it.

The last four are, at least, not aiming at another person.

Yeah, I know, how bloody boring. At the first olymics at least the trap shooter used live pigeons.

yeah, but nowadays the LTJTB crew are against live trap shooting….

At the first olymics at least the trap shooter used live pigeons.

bloody greeks.

Is this about right?

https://au.ixl.com/promo?partner=google&campaign=1167&adGroup=Family-Oriented+Games+%26+Activities+-+keywords&gclid=CJ34rNPBwM4CFY0rvQodY5MEXg

Peak Warming Man said:

Is this about right?

https://au.ixl.com/promo?partner=google&campaign=1167&adGroup=Family-Oriented+Games+%26+Activities+-+keywords&gclid=CJ34rNPBwM4CFY0rvQodY5MEXg

I’d bring it forward a couple of years but that’s me

sibeen said:

Arts said:

sibeen said:

Hmm, martial sports:

Boxing
Judo
Taekwondo
Wrestling
Fencing

Associated

Archery
Shooting -pistol
Shooting – rifle
Shooting – shotgun

Any others?

You’d be taking all the fun out of it.

The last four are, at least, not aiming at another person.

Yeah, I know, how bloody boring. At the first olymics at least the trap shooter used live pigeons.

Naked pigeons probably.

sibeen said:

Arts said:

sibeen said:

Hmm, martial sports:

Boxing
Judo
Taekwondo
Wrestling
Fencing

Associated

Archery
Shooting -pistol
Shooting – rifle
Shooting – shotgun

Any others?

You’d be taking all the fun out of it.

The last four are, at least, not aiming at another person.

Yeah, I know, how bloody boring. At the first olymics at least the trap shooter used live pigeons.

It might be a way to deal with the feral cat situation.

So is Phelps going to really fucking retire now or is he back in 4 years to really rub it in that he is not human?

sibeen said:

buffy said:

Bubblecar said:

They should keep all fighting out of the Olympics.

My sport is a fighting sport.

Hmm, martial sports:

Boxing
Judo
Taekwondo
Wrestling
Fencing

Associated

Archery
Shooting -pistol
Shooting – rifle
Shooting – shotgun

Any others?

You’d be taking all the fun out of it.

Field hockey and water polo can be rather violent.

ChrispenEvan said:

At the first olymics at least the trap shooter used live pigeons.

bloody greeks.

But they probably et them later.

Speedy said:

sibeen said:

buffy said:

My sport is a fighting sport.

Hmm, martial sports:

Boxing
Judo
Taekwondo
Wrestling
Fencing

Associated

Archery
Shooting -pistol
Shooting – rifle
Shooting – shotgun

Any others?

You’d be taking all the fun out of it.

Field hockey and water polo can be rather violent.

They need to add jousting to the equestrian…

buffy said:

ChrispenEvan said:

At the first olymics at least the trap shooter used live pigeons.

bloody greeks.

But they probably et them later.

Or fucked them

stumpy_seahorse said:

Speedy said:

sibeen said:

Hmm, martial sports:

Boxing
Judo
Taekwondo
Wrestling
Fencing

Associated

Archery
Shooting -pistol
Shooting – rifle
Shooting – shotgun

Any others?

You’d be taking all the fun out of it.

Field hockey and water polo can be rather violent.

They need to add jousting to the equestrian…

A decent way to thin out the bloody royals :)

dv said:

buffy said:

ChrispenEvan said:

At the first olymics at least the trap shooter used live pigeons.

bloody greeks.

But they probably et them later.

Or fucked them

makes drinky drinky motion

stumpy_seahorse said:

Speedy said:

sibeen said:

Hmm, martial sports:

Boxing
Judo
Taekwondo
Wrestling
Fencing

Associated

Archery
Shooting -pistol
Shooting – rifle
Shooting – shotgun

Any others?

You’d be taking all the fun out of it.

Field hockey and water polo can be rather violent.

They need to add jousting to the equestrian…

A bloke on a horse telling jokes, I don’t think it’ll work.

dv said:

buffy said:

ChrispenEvan said:

At the first olymics at least the trap shooter used live pigeons.

bloody greeks.

But they probably et them later.

Or fucked them

Hooly dooly.

Arts said:

dv said:

buffy said:

But they probably et them later.

Or fucked them

Hooly dooly.

i know arts, things escalate quick around here.

sibeen said:

dv said:

buffy said:

But they probably et them later.

Or fucked them

makes drinky drinky motion

Yep it’s pissed.
He’ll be on about spickled jim soon.

Speedy said:

sibeen said:

buffy said:

My sport is a fighting sport.

Hmm, martial sports:

Boxing
Judo
Taekwondo
Wrestling
Fencing

Associated

Archery
Shooting -pistol
Shooting – rifle
Shooting – shotgun

Any others?

You’d be taking all the fun out of it.

Field hockey and water polo can be rather violent.

Get ye to a paralympics – watch wheelchair basketball!

Michael V said:

Speedy said:

sibeen said:

Hmm, martial sports:

Boxing
Judo
Taekwondo
Wrestling
Fencing

Associated

Archery
Shooting -pistol
Shooting – rifle
Shooting – shotgun

Any others?

You’d be taking all the fun out of it.

Field hockey and water polo can be rather violent.

Get ye to a paralympics – watch wheelchair basketball!

Wheelchair rugby, now that’s a sport.

Michael V said:

Speedy said:

sibeen said:

Hmm, martial sports:

Boxing
Judo
Taekwondo
Wrestling
Fencing

Associated

Archery
Shooting -pistol
Shooting – rifle
Shooting – shotgun

Any others?

You’d be taking all the fun out of it.

Field hockey and water polo can be rather violent.

Get ye to a paralympics – watch wheelchair basketball!

wheelchair rugby is better.
(I’ve met the welder who sits on the australian wheelchair rugby sidelines..)

dv said:

Michael V said:

Speedy said:

Field hockey and water polo can be rather violent.

Get ye to a paralympics – watch wheelchair basketball!

Wheelchair rugby, now that’s a sport.

I haven’t seen that live, but it looks pretty full on on TV.

MMA. Makes me wonder what other popular international spectator sports are not Olympic Sports.

Let’s see.
Baseball, Poker, Chess/Gomoku, Snooker, Monopoly, Formula 1/Nascar/Rally/Indycar, Moto GP/Motorbike, Netball, Robot Wars, Roller Derby, Bowling, Handball (now in Germany, France, Spain, Russia, Brazil, S Korea, Turkey), American Football, Kickboxing, Kung Fu, Kabaddi, Squash, Darts, Rodeo, Softball, Lacrosse, Karate, Polo, X-games, Roller Hockey, Ninja Warrior, Dragon Boating, Competitive climbing, Hillclimb running, Racquetball, Bandi, Pencak Silat, Parkour, Waterski, BMX, Truck pulling, eSports.

“Skateboarding may feature as an additional sport on the official program of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.”

Michael V said:

Speedy said:

sibeen said:

Hmm, martial sports:

Boxing
Judo
Taekwondo
Wrestling
Fencing

Associated

Archery
Shooting -pistol
Shooting – rifle
Shooting – shotgun

Any others?

You’d be taking all the fun out of it.

Field hockey and water polo can be rather violent.

Get ye to a paralympics – watch wheelchair basketball!

Murderball? No, I think that’s the rugby.

mollwollfumble said:

MMA. Makes me wonder what other popular international spectator sports are not Olympic Sports.

Let’s see.
Baseball, Poker, Chess/Gomoku, Snooker, Monopoly, Formula 1/Nascar/Rally/Indycar, Moto GP/Motorbike, Netball, Robot Wars, Roller Derby, Bowling, Handball (now in Germany, France, Spain, Russia, Brazil, S Korea, Turkey), American Football, Kickboxing, Kung Fu, Kabaddi, Squash, Darts, Rodeo, Softball, Lacrosse, Karate, Polo, X-games, Roller Hockey, Ninja Warrior, Dragon Boating, Competitive climbing, Hillclimb running, Racquetball, Bandi, Pencak Silat, Parkour, Waterski, BMX, Truck pulling, eSports.

“Skateboarding may feature as an additional sport on the official program of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.”

Baseball used to be an Olympics sport, as were such stick and ball sports as cricket, softball, croquet and polo.

dv said:

mollwollfumble said:

MMA. Makes me wonder what other popular international spectator sports are not Olympic Sports.

Let’s see.
Baseball, Poker, Chess/Gomoku, Snooker, Monopoly, Formula 1/Nascar/Rally/Indycar, Moto GP/Motorbike, Netball, Robot Wars, Roller Derby, Bowling, Handball (now in Germany, France, Spain, Russia, Brazil, S Korea, Turkey), American Football, Kickboxing, Kung Fu, Kabaddi, Squash, Darts, Rodeo, Softball, Lacrosse, Karate, Polo, X-games, Roller Hockey, Ninja Warrior, Dragon Boating, Competitive climbing, Hillclimb running, Racquetball, Bandi, Pencak Silat, Parkour, Waterski, BMX, Truck pulling, eSports.

“Skateboarding may feature as an additional sport on the official program of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.”

Baseball used to be an Olympics sport, as were such stick and ball sports as cricket, softball, croquet and polo.

a few of those have been demonstration sports at previous olympics

Mo Farah has now won three Gold medals in athletics, and is the first British person to do this.

dv said:

mollwollfumble said:

MMA. Makes me wonder what other popular international spectator sports are not Olympic Sports.

Let’s see.
Baseball, Poker, Chess/Gomoku, Snooker, Monopoly, Formula 1/Nascar/Rally/Indycar, Moto GP/Motorbike, Netball, Robot Wars, Roller Derby, Bowling, Handball (now in Germany, France, Spain, Russia, Brazil, S Korea, Turkey), American Football, Kickboxing, Kung Fu, Kabaddi, Squash, Darts, Rodeo, Softball, Lacrosse, Karate, Polo, X-games, Roller Hockey, Ninja Warrior, Dragon Boating, Competitive climbing, Hillclimb running, Racquetball, Bandi, Pencak Silat, Parkour, Waterski, BMX, Truck pulling, eSports.

“Skateboarding may feature as an additional sport on the official program of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.”

Baseball used to be an Olympics sport, as were such stick and ball sports as cricket, softball, croquet and polo.

Embarrassing that I left “cricket” off that list. I didn’t know that those sports used to be on the Olympics.

I would love to see competitive free-climbing and parkour added to the list of Olympic sports. At its best, free-climbing has a poetry to it that resembles ballet.

mollwollfumble said:

dv said:

mollwollfumble said:

MMA. Makes me wonder what other popular international spectator sports are not Olympic Sports.

Let’s see.
Baseball, Poker, Chess/Gomoku, Snooker, Monopoly, Formula 1/Nascar/Rally/Indycar, Moto GP/Motorbike, Netball, Robot Wars, Roller Derby, Bowling, Handball (now in Germany, France, Spain, Russia, Brazil, S Korea, Turkey), American Football, Kickboxing, Kung Fu, Kabaddi, Squash, Darts, Rodeo, Softball, Lacrosse, Karate, Polo, X-games, Roller Hockey, Ninja Warrior, Dragon Boating, Competitive climbing, Hillclimb running, Racquetball, Bandi, Pencak Silat, Parkour, Waterski, BMX, Truck pulling, eSports.

“Skateboarding may feature as an additional sport on the official program of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.”

Baseball used to be an Olympics sport, as were such stick and ball sports as cricket, softball, croquet and polo.

Embarrassing that I left “cricket” off that list. I didn’t know that those sports used to be on the Olympics.

I would love to see competitive free-climbing and parkour added to the list of Olympic sports. At its best, free-climbing has a poetry to it that resembles ballet.

And parkour would be amazing to watch!

:)

When did Badminton come into the Olympics, it’s been in the Commonwealth games for ages but I never thought it was in the Olympics until I see it there now.

mollwollfumble said:

dv said:

mollwollfumble said:

MMA. Makes me wonder what other popular international spectator sports are not Olympic Sports.

Let’s see.
Baseball, Poker, Chess/Gomoku, Snooker, Monopoly, Formula 1/Nascar/Rally/Indycar, Moto GP/Motorbike, Netball, Robot Wars, Roller Derby, Bowling, Handball (now in Germany, France, Spain, Russia, Brazil, S Korea, Turkey), American Football, Kickboxing, Kung Fu, Kabaddi, Squash, Darts, Rodeo, Softball, Lacrosse, Karate, Polo, X-games, Roller Hockey, Ninja Warrior, Dragon Boating, Competitive climbing, Hillclimb running, Racquetball, Bandi, Pencak Silat, Parkour, Waterski, BMX, Truck pulling, eSports.

“Skateboarding may feature as an additional sport on the official program of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.”

Baseball used to be an Olympics sport, as were such stick and ball sports as cricket, softball, croquet and polo.

Embarrassing that I left “cricket” off that list. I didn’t know that those sports used to be on the Olympics.

I would love to see competitive free-climbing and parkour added to the list of Olympic sports. At its best, free-climbing has a poetry to it that resembles ballet.

I remember now, a member of the Olympics Committee was sent out to determine if “Breakdancing” was suitable as a new Olympic Sport. I think it could successfully replace a sport like the parallel bars.

Peak Warming Man said:

When did Badminton come into the Olympics, it’s been in the Commonwealth games for ages but I never thought it was in the Olympics until I see it there now.

Since 1992, badminton has been a Summer Olympic sport with five events: men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s doubles, women’s doubles, and mixed doubles.

stumpy_seahorse said:

Peak Warming Man said:

When did Badminton come into the Olympics, it’s been in the Commonwealth games for ages but I never thought it was in the Olympics until I see it there now.

Since 1992, badminton has been a Summer Olympic sport with five events: men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s doubles, women’s doubles, and mixed doubles.

Wooahh, I’m well behind the times then.

Peak Warming Man said:

stumpy_seahorse said:

Peak Warming Man said:

When did Badminton come into the Olympics, it’s been in the Commonwealth games for ages but I never thought it was in the Olympics until I see it there now.

Since 1992, badminton has been a Summer Olympic sport with five events: men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s doubles, women’s doubles, and mixed doubles.

Wooahh, I’m well behind the times then.

You’re worse than Anne falling off her chair to see Beach Volleyball in the Olympics.

Olympic demonstration sports…

1900 Paris1
• angling (men)
• ballooning (men)
• boules (men)
• cannon shooting (men)
• fire fighting (men)
• kite flying (men)
• jeu de paume (men)
• lifesaving (men)
• longue paume (men)
• motorsport (men)
• pigeon racing (men)
• water motorsports (men)

1904 St. Louis1
• basketball (men)
• American football (men)
• Gaelic football (men)
• hurling (men)
• motor cycling (men)

1908 London1
• cycle polo (men)

1912 Stockholm
• baseball (men)
• glima (men)

1920 Antwerp
• korfball (mixed)

1924 Paris
• Basque pelota (men)
• la canne (men)
• canoeing and kayaking (men)
• savate (men)
• volleyball

1928 Amsterdam
• kaatsen (men)
• korfball (mixed)
• lacrosse (men)

1932 Los Angeles
• American football (men)
• lacrosse (men)

1936 Berlin
• baseball (men)
• gliding (men)

1948 London
• lacrosse (men)
• Swedish (Ling) gymnastics (men and women)

1952 Helsinki
• Finnish baseball (men)
• handball (men)

1956 Melbourne
• Australian rules football (men)
• baseball (men)
=
1960 Rome none

1964 Tokyo
• baseball (men)
• budō (men)

1968 Mexico City
• Basque pelota (men)
• tennis (men and women)

1972 Munich
• badminton (men and women)
• water skiing (men and women)

1976 Montreal none
1980 Moscow none

1984 Los Angeles
• baseball (men)
• tennis (men and women)

1988 Seoul
• badminton (men and women)
• baseball (men)
• bowling (men and women)
• judo (women)
• taekwondo (men and women)

1992 Barcelona
• Basque pelota (men and women)
• roller hockey (men)
• taekwondo (men and women)

If Michael Phelps were a country then he would rank third for gold medals in the 120 years of men’s swimming.

stumpy_seahorse said:

Olympic demonstration sports…

1900 Paris

• boules (men)

shame it never caught on.

Angling in Rio.

Speedy said:

Angling in Rio.

well, yes. it could be that.

ChrispenEvan said:

Speedy said:

Angling in Rio.

well, yes. it could be that.

Some of those symbols are weird

dv said:

Some of those symbols are weird

They are. Little Speedy is doing an assignment, where he needs to list the 28 Olympics sports. When looking at these symbols, the first thing that came to mind was fishing.

If Fu Yuanhui married Mo Farah, she’d be Fu Farah.
But not really because Fu is of course her family name.
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Speedy said:

dv said:

Some of those symbols are weird

They are. Little Speedy is doing an assignment, where he needs to list the 28 Olympics sports. When looking at these symbols, the first thing that came to mind was fishing.

looked like a horse and rider to me.

ChrispenEvan said:

Speedy said:

Angling in Rio.

well, yes. it could be that.

dafuq

beach volleyball and….dunno.

party_pants said:

looked like a horse and rider to me.

You should apply for a job in Tokyo.

dv said:

Should be rotated 90 degrees – trampoline

https://www.rio2016.com/en/sports

and diving.

party_pants said:

dv said:

Should be rotated 90 degrees – trampoline

https://www.rio2016.com/en/sports

Actually no – is diving.

Etimoni Timuani is the only representative from Tuvalu at these games. Tuvalu is the smallest country ever to appear at the Olympics, having a population of about 10000.

Etimoni came last in his 100 m heat, with a time of 11.81s.

dv said:

Etimoni Timuani is the only representative from Tuvalu at these games. Tuvalu is the smallest country ever to appear at the Olympics, having a population of about 10000.

Etimoni came last in his 100 m heat, with a time of 11.81s.

I’m surprised that the Vatican doesn’t have an entrant.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvS351QKFV4

Mum bought one of those small vinyl records with this Moscow song on it and a Channel 7 logo. She played it at what seemed full volume, over and over and over when the Olympics were on :/

sibeen said:

dv said:

Etimoni Timuani is the only representative from Tuvalu at these games. Tuvalu is the smallest country ever to appear at the Olympics, having a population of about 10000.

Etimoni came last in his 100 m heat, with a time of 11.81s.

I’m surprised that the Vatican doesn’t have an entrant.

Heavyweight grope-and-hide

sibeen said:

dv said:

Etimoni Timuani is the only representative from Tuvalu at these games. Tuvalu is the smallest country ever to appear at the Olympics, having a population of about 10000.

Etimoni came last in his 100 m heat, with a time of 11.81s.

I’m surprised that the Vatican doesn’t have an entrant.

Hard to imagine any event they could compete at

dv said:

sibeen said:

dv said:

Etimoni Timuani is the only representative from Tuvalu at these games. Tuvalu is the smallest country ever to appear at the Olympics, having a population of about 10000.

Etimoni came last in his 100 m heat, with a time of 11.81s.

I’m surprised that the Vatican doesn’t have an entrant.

Heavyweight grope-and-hide

There’s all those cassocks. Shit, there’s lot that can be hidden in a cassock.

Shit, there’s lot that can be hidden in a cassock.

is that why they are brown?

sibeen said:

dv said:

Etimoni Timuani is the only representative from Tuvalu at these games. Tuvalu is the smallest country ever to appear at the Olympics, having a population of about 10000.

Etimoni came last in his 100 m heat, with a time of 11.81s.

I’m surprised that the Vatican doesn’t have an entrant.

—-

They should have a fencing entrant, God knows how experienced they are at parrying.

ChrispenEvan said:

Shit, there’s lot that can be hidden in a cassock.

is that why they are brown?

isn’t that the fransicans?

sarahs mum said:

ChrispenEvan said:

Shit, there’s lot that can be hidden in a cassock.

is that why they are brown?

isn’t that the fransicans?

yeah, but i’m in the habit of giving non-sequiturs.

I find myself annoyed by people who say athalete.

Or parapalegic. Or cockaroach.

dv said:

I find myself annoyed by people who say athalete.

Or parapalegic. Or cockaroach.

or nexjeer.

dv said:

I find myself annoyed by people who say athalete.

Or parapalegic. Or cockaroach.

—-

I find myself annoyed by Grant Denyer, Andrew O’Keefe, David Koch and Karl Stuffupnovic.

So I avoid them as much as I can.

I get a bit fizzy in the brain when people say “off of” and call bangles “bracelets”.

I get annoyed at nouns being turned into verbs, and proper nouns being used as adjectives.

So where is the verbal olympics?

tauto said:

So where is the verbal olympics?

In the commentary boxes at Rio

party_pants said:

tauto said:

So where is the verbal olympics?

In the commentary boxes at Rio

—-

:)

party_pants said:

tauto said:

So where is the verbal olympics?

In the commentary boxes at Rio

Oh come on, I bet you love it when Aussies podium.

Bubblecar said:

party_pants said:

tauto said:

So where is the verbal olympics?

In the commentary boxes at Rio

Oh come on, I bet you love it when Aussies podium.

or when they meddle.

party_pants said:

I get annoyed at nouns being turned into verbs, and proper nouns being used as adjectives.

So you go berserk when people say “highlighted”, “stopped” and “divorced”?

dv said:

party_pants said:

I get annoyed at nouns being turned into verbs, and proper nouns being used as adjectives.

So you go berserk when people say “highlighted”, “stopped” and “divorced”?

I might have to boycott this thread if you’re going to hoist me with my own petard.

kii said:

I get a bit fizzy in the brain when people say “off of” and call bangles “bracelets”.

I really lose it when dweebs say “Legos”.

Aaaaaargh!

Tell you what else is a gyp: Australia is not credited with the medals won by Australians in the Australasian team in 1908 and 1912.

When, pacifically, would that be?

;)

dv said:

Tell you what else is a gyp: Australia is not credited with the medals won by Australians in the Australasian team in 1908 and 1912.

1908??? australia wasn’t around in them days.

dv said:

Tell you what else is a gyp: Australia is not credited with the medals won by Australians in the Australasian team in 1908 and 1912.

gyp.

ChrispenEvan said:

dv said:

Tell you what else is a gyp: Australia is not credited with the medals won by Australians in the Australasian team in 1908 and 1912.

1908??? australia wasn’t around in them days.

The fuck it wasn’t…

dv said:

ChrispenEvan said:

dv said:

Tell you what else is a gyp: Australia is not credited with the medals won by Australians in the Australasian team in 1908 and 1912.

1908??? australia wasn’t around in them days.

The fuck it wasn’t…

:-)

Australian swimming at Rio 2016 – Summary, Medal tally, Stars, Flops, Passes

AUSTRALIAN swimming will throw out its playbook and start again.

Head coach Jacco Verhaeren has promised to overhaul the entire swim program and strategy, including allowing some swimmers to skip trials and be preselected for national teams.

The ‘captain’s pick’ scenario will take the pressure off elite swimmers to peak at trials and save their best performances for competition.

Verhaeren said the elite stars need “time to breathe” after a relentless four-year campaign to wipe the memory of London.

The overhaul comes as Verhaeren faces mounting tension over the performance of the team, the mental strength of some of the swimmers and the selection process for the relay squads.

Australia had entered the Rio Games with projections of anywhere from eight to 11 gold medals but leave with just three gold, four silver and three bronze medals as the USA owned the pool winning 16 of 32 events.

Show jumping is on.

AwesomeO said:

Show jumping is on.

ta.

I think the fact that Britain’s overseas territories compete as distinct teams, while France’s all compete as part of the French team, probably says something about those countries.

Dahomey competed at the 1972 Olympics. After that, it competed as Benin.

Saar (a sliver of Germany occupied by France after WW2) competed at the 1952 Olympics.

The smallest country to have won any Olympic medal is Liechtenstein, which has won 9 winter Olympic medals.

The smallest country to have won any Summer Olympic medal is Bermuda. Grenada and Tonga are also pretty small.

mollwollfumble said:

MMA. Makes me wonder what other popular international spectator sports are not Olympic Sports.

Let’s see.
Baseball, Poker, Chess/Gomoku, Snooker, Monopoly, Formula 1/Nascar/Rally/Indycar, Moto GP/Motorbike, Netball, Robot Wars, Roller Derby, Bowling, Handball (now in Germany, France, Spain, Russia, Brazil, S Korea, Turkey), American Football, Kickboxing, Kung Fu, Kabaddi, Squash, Darts, Rodeo, Softball, Lacrosse, Karate, Polo, X-games, Roller Hockey, Ninja Warrior, Dragon Boating, Competitive climbing, Hillclimb running, Racquetball, Bandi, Pencak Silat, Parkour, Waterski, BMX, Truck pulling, eSports.

“Skateboarding may feature as an additional sport on the official program of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.”

Handball is an Olympic sport and has been since 1992.

On the other side, the largest country that has never won an Olympic medal is Bangladesh.

dv said:

On the other side, the largest country that has never won an Olympic medal is Bangladesh.

That’s a big population and space to have not produced a runner or a walker.

sarahs mum said:

dv said:

On the other side, the largest country that has never won an Olympic medal is Bangladesh.

That’s a big population and space to have not produced a runner or a walker.

… or a swimmer, place is always flooded.

dv said:

On the other side, the largest country that has never won an Olympic medal is Bangladesh.

Too busy trying to stay alive.

waves to Ms Mum and sundry. :)

ARR: Hobart wed evening DEP: Sunday morning.

I know lunch is booked for Kettering Pub at some stage, but not sure which day yet. Do you have a preferred day to come visit you?

…… and where is the Parpyone? Lunch on Tuesday still on if you want. Pop me and email with location and time. The satnav in the car will find it for us.

Woodie said:

waves to Ms Mum and sundry. :)

ARR: Hobart wed evening DEP: Sunday morning.

I know lunch is booked for Kettering Pub at some stage, but not sure which day yet. Do you have a preferred day to come visit you?

No.It’s all up to you.

Woodie said:

…… and where is the Parpyone? Lunch on Tuesday still on if you want. Pop me and email with location and time. The satnav in the car will find it for us.

i’ll give you instructions so the sat nav doesn’t take you to snug falls.

Woodie said:

…… and where is the Parpyone? Lunch on Tuesday still on if you want. Pop me and email with location and time. The satnav in the car will find it for us.

Done :)

How many people are you travelling with?

sarahs mum said:

Woodie said:

…… and where is the Parpyone? Lunch on Tuesday still on if you want. Pop me and email with location and time. The satnav in the car will find it for us.

i’ll give you instructions so the sat nav doesn’t take you to snug falls.

Kewlies. Pop me an email at woodie_sssf at the place of hot males?

We’re on ther boat tomorrow night (Mopnday).

sings

Row, row, row ya boat gently cross the seas……….. :)

Bubblecar said:

Woodie said:

…… and where is the Parpyone? Lunch on Tuesday still on if you want. Pop me and email with location and time. The satnav in the car will find it for us.

Done :)

How many people are you travelling with?

Just my good self and another.

Woodie said:

Just my good self and another.

I see. Just wanted to know so I can book a table. Shouldn’t be necessary on a Tuesday but the crowd in Zeps can be unpredictable.

Bubblecar said:

Woodie said:

Just my good self and another.

I see. Just wanted to know so I can book a table. Shouldn’t be necessary on a Tuesday but the crowd in Zeps can be unpredictable.

Can’t say exactly what time we’ll get there of course.

Woodie said:

Bubblecar said:

Woodie said:

Just my good self and another.

I see. Just wanted to know so I can book a table. Shouldn’t be necessary on a Tuesday but the crowd in Zeps can be unpredictable.

Can’t say exactly what time we’ll get there of course.

Won’t be a problem. If we say 1 o’clock, I’ll head out there and park my bike. And wait for Woodie and friend to materialise at some juncture :)

Bubblecar said:

Woodie said:

Bubblecar said:

I see. Just wanted to know so I can book a table. Shouldn’t be necessary on a Tuesday but the crowd in Zeps can be unpredictable.

Can’t say exactly what time we’ll get there of course.

Won’t be a problem. If we say 1 o’clock, I’ll head out there and park my bike. And wait for Woodie and friend to materialise at some juncture :)

Think the Satnav says 1 hr 45 mins from Devonport. Off the boat at 6am, so we’ll time it for 1 pm. Just look for the big Golden Girl with NSW number plates on it.

dv said:

mollwollfumble said:

MMA. Makes me wonder what other popular international spectator sports are not Olympic Sports.

Let’s see.
Baseball, Poker, Chess/Gomoku, Snooker, Monopoly, Formula 1/Nascar/Rally/Indycar, Moto GP/Motorbike, Netball, Robot Wars, Roller Derby, Bowling, Handball (now in Germany, France, Spain, Russia, Brazil, S Korea, Turkey), American Football, Kickboxing, Kung Fu, Kabaddi, Squash, Darts, Rodeo, Softball, Lacrosse, Karate, Polo, X-games, Roller Hockey, Ninja Warrior, Dragon Boating, Competitive climbing, Hillclimb running, Racquetball, Bandi, Pencak Silat, Parkour, Waterski, BMX, Truck pulling, eSports.

“Skateboarding may feature as an additional sport on the official program of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.”

Handball is an Olympic sport and has been since 1992.

CTTOI, BMX has also been a regular event at the Olympics for quite a whileo

dv said:

mollwollfumble said:

MMA. Makes me wonder what other popular international spectator sports are not Olympic Sports.

Let’s see.
Baseball, Poker, Chess/Gomoku, Snooker, Monopoly, Formula 1/Nascar/Rally/Indycar, Moto GP/Motorbike, Netball, Robot Wars, Roller Derby, Bowling, Handball (now in Germany, France, Spain, Russia, Brazil, S Korea, Turkey), American Football, Kickboxing, Kung Fu, Kabaddi, Squash, Darts, Rodeo, Softball, Lacrosse, Karate, Polo, X-games, Roller Hockey, Ninja Warrior, Dragon Boating, Competitive climbing, Hillclimb running, Racquetball, Bandi, Pencak Silat, Parkour, Waterski, BMX, Truck pulling, eSports.

“Skateboarding may feature as an additional sport on the official program of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.”

Handball is an Olympic sport and has been since 1992.

Didn’t know that. Looks it up. Teams in 2016 Olympics include surprising countries Qatar, Tunisia, Angola, Montenegro.
“Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outfield players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the goal of the other team. The modern set of rules was published in 1917 in Germany.”

Rules:
1) After receiving the ball, players can pass, keep possession, or shoot the ball.
2) If possessing the ball, players must dribble (similar to a basketball dribble), or can take up to three steps for up to three seconds at a time without dribbling.
3) No attacking or defending players other than the defending goalkeeper are allowed to touch the floor of the goal area (within six metres of the goal). A shot or pass in the goal area is valid if completed before touching the floor. Goalkeepers are allowed outside the goal area, but are not allowed to cross the goal area boundary with the ball in their hands.
4) The ball may not be passed back to the goalkeeper when they are positioned in the goal area.

Notable scoring opportunities can occur when attacking players jump into the goal area. For example, an attacking player may catch a pass while in the air inside the goal area, and then shoot or pass before touching the floor. Doubling occurs when a diving attacking player passes to another diving team-mate.

On certain parts of the court you’re expected to hold an opposing player, whether they have the ball or not. I suspect that punching opposing players in the face is illegal. Quick substitutions of players between plays is allowed.

Brexit is working.
The poms are on the verge of going second.

Damn, Morgan Mitchell’s time was like a second off her best time.

So much for veganism.

dv said:

Damn, Morgan Mitchell’s time was like a second off her best time.

So much for veganism.

My research on this topic suggests that a vegan diet results in faster times over 400 m, but not on a consistent basis.

The dour scotsman gets back to back gold for GBR.. he’ll be joyed

Ian said:

The dour scotsman gets back to back gold for GBR.. he’ll be joyed

That puts GB & NI into second place behind USA on the medal table overtaking China.

Dear DV.

If Scotland had exited and become independent..how would Scotland and GB be faring on the leader board?

The Rev Dodgson said:

dv said:

Damn, Morgan Mitchell’s time was like a second off her best time.

So much for veganism.

My research on this topic suggests that a vegan diet results in faster times over 400 m, but not on a consistent basis.

Epsom salts makes everyone faster.

sarahs mum said:

Dear DV.

If Scotland had exited and become independent..how would Scotland and GB be faring on the leader board?

The UK has national training facilities, national coaches etc and financed by the National Lottery.
Just splitting the athletes by country of origin wont tell the real story.

sarahs mum said:

Dear DV.

If Scotland had exited and become independent..how would Scotland and GB be faring on the leader board?

Was wondering the same thing.

The Scots’ medal tally is 10.. so they’d be well down.

Ian said:

sarahs mum said:

Dear DV.

If Scotland had exited and become independent..how would Scotland and GB be faring on the leader board?

Was wondering the same thing.

The Scots’ medal tally is 10.. so they’d be well down.

that isn’t so bad with their population.

sarahs mum said:

Ian said:

sarahs mum said:

Dear DV.

If Scotland had exited and become independent..how would Scotland and GB be faring on the leader board?

Was wondering the same thing.

The Scots’ medal tally is 10.. so they’d be well down.

that isn’t so bad with their population.

Roll on Screxit!

Usain is bolting despite collision with stupid segway.

Peak Warming Man said:

sarahs mum said:

Dear DV.

If Scotland had exited and become independent..how would Scotland and GB be faring on the leader board?

The UK has national training facilities, national coaches etc and financed by the National Lottery.
Just splitting the athletes by country of origin wont tell the real story.

The United Kingdom of Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and Northern Ireland is in first place, on a total number of medals basis.

The Rev Dodgson said:

Peak Warming Man said:

sarahs mum said:

Dear DV.

If Scotland had exited and become independent..how would Scotland and GB be faring on the leader board?

The UK has national training facilities, national coaches etc and financed by the National Lottery.
Just splitting the athletes by country of origin wont tell the real story.

The United Kingdom of Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and Northern Ireland is in first place, on a total number of medals basis.

What PWM said …

Also, splitting nations can affect the medal tally in (at least) three ways.

1/
For most events, each nation can only submit two competitors. It doesn’t matter if your country has all the top five people in the world in that event: if you’re the third best in that event, you cannot be selected.
So splitting can open up some new medalling opportunities. e.g. if The top two UK farnarklers are English and the third is Scottish, currently Angus misses out. After Scexit, Angus would have a chance for a medal.

2/
Splitting up can weaken teams. It can turn a medal winning team into two non-medal winning teams.

3/
On the other hand, if your team is REALLY strong, splitting up can two one medal winning team into two medal winning teams.

In any case we are only halfway through these Olympic games and there are great prospects remaining for the UK, so I’ll do this analysis for you once it is over, rather than double handling.

dv said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Peak Warming Man said:

The UK has national training facilities, national coaches etc and financed by the National Lottery.
Just splitting the athletes by country of origin wont tell the real story.

The United Kingdom of Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and Northern Ireland is in first place, on a total number of medals basis.

What PWM said …

Also, splitting nations can affect the medal tally in (at least) three ways.

1/
For most events, each nation can only submit two competitors. It doesn’t matter if your country has all the top five people in the world in that event: if you’re the third best in that event, you cannot be selected.
So splitting can open up some new medalling opportunities. e.g. if The top two UK farnarklers are English and the third is Scottish, currently Angus misses out. After Scexit, Angus would have a chance for a medal.

2/
Splitting up can weaken teams. It can turn a medal winning team into two non-medal winning teams.

3/
On the other hand, if your team is REALLY strong, splitting up can two one medal winning team into two medal winning teams.

In any case we are only halfway through these Olympic games and there are great prospects remaining for the UK, so I’ll do this analysis for you once it is over, rather than double handling.

Cheers.
I have been reading some more stuff about Scotland last night. I might put it into a thread.

Mitchell was somewhat overhyped, considering that he PB is 51.25 seconds. The WR in the 400 m is 47.60 seconds.

Even Cathy Freeman’s time back in Atlanta 1996 was 48.63 seconds.

Top five nations by Olympic medals stripped due to drugs

Nation G S B
USA 7 1 3
Belarus 5 3 3
Russia 3 5 2
Hungary 3 1 0
Spain 3 0 1

For all the citaging that goes on about Chinese doping, no Chinese competitor has ever had to give back an Olympic medal due to doping. The only Chinese competitor to lose a medal was Dong Fangxiao, who had her medal stricken when it was discovered she was underaged, as a 14 year old gymnast at the 2000 Olympics.

None of the four countries with Guinea in the name has won an Olympic medal.

dv said:

None of the four countries with Guinea in the name has won an Olympic medal.

That’s foul.

At the 1912 Stockholm Games, Native American Jim Thorpe (pictured) won the gold medal in the pentathlon and decathlon. Less than a year later, a newspaper reporter discovered that Thorpe had played professional baseball in 1909 and 1910, and therefore should have been ineligible to compete in the Olympics. Thorpe admitted that he had violated his amateur status and the IOC asked him to return his trophies and medals.

After removing Thorpe’s name from the record book, the IOC recognized Hugo Wieslander of Sweden, who finished second in the decathlon, and F.R. Bie of Norway, who was second in the pentathlon, as the rightful winners of each event. Both men refused to accept their gold medals. In 1982, the IOC decided to restore Thorpe’s gold medals, but the organization continues to recognize Bie and Wieslander as co-winners.

That dive pool still looks a bit murky

There’s a competitor in the Athletics called Shatalova.

dv said:

There’s a competitor in the Athletics called Shatalova.

Dude!

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-15/olympics-60-years-on-australia-gymnast-wendy-grant-recalls-1956/7734392?section=vic

Things have come a long way.

Rule 303 said:

dv said:

There’s a competitor in the Athletics called Shatalova.

Dude!

It’s true…

Bit of a shit day for Australian team sports yesterday, except for the basketball.

dv said:

Top five nations by Olympic medals stripped due to drugs

Nation G S B
USA 7 1 3
Belarus 5 3 3
Russia 3 5 2
Hungary 3 1 0
Spain 3 0 1

For all the citaging that goes on about Chinese doping, no Chinese competitor has ever had to give back an Olympic medal due to doping. The only Chinese competitor to lose a medal was Dong Fangxiao, who had her medal stricken when it was discovered she was underaged, as a 14 year old gymnast at the 2000 Olympics.

30% of the gold medals that have been awarded to Bela’r‘Us at the Summer Olympics have been taken back due to doping violations.

dv said:

dv said:

Top five nations by Olympic medals stripped due to drugs

Nation G S B
USA 7 1 3
Belarus 5 3 3
Russia 3 5 2
Hungary 3 1 0
Spain 3 0 1

For all the citaging that goes on about Chinese doping, no Chinese competitor has ever had to give back an Olympic medal due to doping. The only Chinese competitor to lose a medal was Dong Fangxiao, who had her medal stricken when it was discovered she was underaged, as a 14 year old gymnast at the 2000 Olympics.

30% of the gold medals that have been awarded to Bela’r‘Us at the Summer Olympics have been taken back due to doping violations.

has anyone been caught so far this games?

dv said:

dv said:

Top five nations by Olympic medals stripped due to drugs

Nation G S B
USA 7 1 3
Belarus 5 3 3
Russia 3 5 2
Hungary 3 1 0
Spain 3 0 1

For all the citaging that goes on about Chinese doping, no Chinese competitor has ever had to give back an Olympic medal due to doping. The only Chinese competitor to lose a medal was Dong Fangxiao, who had her medal stricken when it was discovered she was underaged, as a 14 year old gymnast at the 2000 Olympics.

30% of the gold medals that have been awarded to Bela’r‘Us at the Summer Olympics have been taken back due to doping violations.

Are they a subdivision of Toys’r‘Us

sarahs mum said:

dv said:

dv said:

Top five nations by Olympic medals stripped due to drugs

Nation G S B
USA 7 1 3
Belarus 5 3 3
Russia 3 5 2
Hungary 3 1 0
Spain 3 0 1

For all the citaging that goes on about Chinese doping, no Chinese competitor has ever had to give back an Olympic medal due to doping. The only Chinese competitor to lose a medal was Dong Fangxiao, who had her medal stricken when it was discovered she was underaged, as a 14 year old gymnast at the 2000 Olympics.

30% of the gold medals that have been awarded to Bela’r‘Us at the Summer Olympics have been taken back due to doping violations.

has anyone been caught so far this games?

Yes.

Bulgarian runner Silvia Danekova
Chinese swimmer Chen Xinyi
Brazilian cyclist Kleber Da Silva Ramos

Probably others. They got them early.

I would be surprised if there are many because they stung dozens of them in the weeks before the Games.

dv said:

sarahs mum said:

dv said:

30% of the gold medals that have been awarded to Bela’r‘Us at the Summer Olympics have been taken back due to doping violations.

has anyone been caught so far this games?

Yes.

Bulgarian runner Silvia Danekova
Chinese swimmer Chen Xinyi
Brazilian cyclist Kleber Da Silva Ramos

Probably others. They got them early.

I would be surprised if there are many because they stung dozens of them in the weeks before the Games.

I’d assume the doping is sanctioned by whatever organisation trains them back home or else the testing they do (or don’t do) isn’t very effective. I wonder if told you get over 10 people returned for drug use you are banned from this Olympics if it would stop.

Cymek said:

dv said:

sarahs mum said:

has anyone been caught so far this games?

Yes.

Bulgarian runner Silvia Danekova
Chinese swimmer Chen Xinyi
Brazilian cyclist Kleber Da Silva Ramos

Probably others. They got them early.

I would be surprised if there are many because they stung dozens of them in the weeks before the Games.

I’d assume the doping is sanctioned by whatever organisation trains them back home or else the testing they do (or don’t do) isn’t very effective. I wonder if told you get over 10 people returned for drug use you are banned from this Olympics if it would stop.

WADA conducts testing throughout the cycle, independent of any national testing, but it is been revealed that they have been easy to trick…

dv said:

sarahs mum said:

dv said:

30% of the gold medals that have been awarded to Bela’r‘Us at the Summer Olympics have been taken back due to doping violations.

has anyone been caught so far this games?

Yes.

Bulgarian runner Silvia Danekova
Chinese swimmer Chen Xinyi
Brazilian cyclist Kleber Da Silva Ramos

Probably others. They got them early.

I would be surprised if there are many because they stung dozens of them in the weeks before the Games.

ta. I hadn’t been paying attention to that.

dv said:

dv said:

Top five nations by Olympic medals stripped due to drugs

Nation G S B
USA 7 1 3
Belarus 5 3 3
Russia 3 5 2
Hungary 3 1 0
Spain 3 0 1

For all the citaging that goes on about Chinese doping, no Chinese competitor has ever had to give back an Olympic medal due to doping. The only Chinese competitor to lose a medal was Dong Fangxiao, who had her medal stricken when it was discovered she was underaged, as a 14 year old gymnast at the 2000 Olympics.

30% of the gold medals that have been awarded to Bela’r‘Us at the Summer Olympics have been taken back due to doping violations.

Interesting that USA is doing so much better than Russia by that measure.

Lunchtime, Madras curry and season finale of Outcast

The Rev Dodgson said:

dv said:

dv said:

Top five nations by Olympic medals stripped due to drugs

Nation G S B
USA 7 1 3
Belarus 5 3 3
Russia 3 5 2
Hungary 3 1 0
Spain 3 0 1

For all the citaging that goes on about Chinese doping, no Chinese competitor has ever had to give back an Olympic medal due to doping. The only Chinese competitor to lose a medal was Dong Fangxiao, who had her medal stricken when it was discovered she was underaged, as a 14 year old gymnast at the 2000 Olympics.

30% of the gold medals that have been awarded to Bela’r‘Us at the Summer Olympics have been taken back due to doping violations.

Interesting that USA is doing so much better than Russia by that measure.

Better chemists.

The Rev Dodgson said:

dv said:

dv said:

Top five nations by Olympic medals stripped due to drugs

Nation G S B
USA 7 1 3
Belarus 5 3 3
Russia 3 5 2
Hungary 3 1 0
Spain 3 0 1

For all the citaging that goes on about Chinese doping, no Chinese competitor has ever had to give back an Olympic medal due to doping. The only Chinese competitor to lose a medal was Dong Fangxiao, who had her medal stricken when it was discovered she was underaged, as a 14 year old gymnast at the 2000 Olympics.

30% of the gold medals that have been awarded to Bela’r‘Us at the Summer Olympics have been taken back due to doping violations.

Interesting that USA is doing so much better than Russia by that measure.

In fairness to the USA, most of this is 2000 and 2004. There’s only been one since then, which was Tyson Gay in 2012.

Tamb said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

dv said:

30% of the gold medals that have been awarded to Bela’r‘Us at the Summer Olympics have been taken back due to doping violations.

Interesting that USA is doing so much better than Russia by that measure.

Better chemists.

I’d have to assume the opposite.

So how do y’all feel about Miller’s dive in the 400 metres? Apparently it is completely legal but it does set a bad precedent.

To be honest, this Olympiad has just about passed me by. I don’t seem to catch any of it when it’s on due to the time difference.

dv said:

So how do y’all feel about Miller’s dive in the 400 metres? Apparently it is completely legal but it does set a bad precedent.

Though reaching for the line has always been encouraged, I really don’t see everyone taking up crash landing.

I guess the first time it happens is cute, but I don’t want to see it become the normal thing., a bit like grunting in womens tennis

So. New rule, athletes must continue upright for at least 3 strides after the finish line and blah. Nip it in the bud.

I mean it is not the first time it has happened in history.

Often the word “elites” is used to mean “experts,” as in “foreign policy elites have made a tragic mess of the Middle East” or “economic policy elites have given away the store in lopsided free-trade agreements.” Let’s assume that both these propositions are true. It is a matter of historical fact that the architects of the Iraq War — the single biggest U.S. foreign policy blunder in my lifetime — and the authors of NAFTA and other free-trade pacts were, indeed, recognized experts in their fields.

But what makes anyone think the Middle East would be less bloody, or the Islamic State less of a terrorist threat, if U.S. policy had been run by people who had no expertise — who knew nothing about the region’s history, religious schisms or ethnic divides? Or that a better Trans-Pacific Partnership pact could be negotiated by someone wholly unfamiliar with the arcane minutiae of international trade agreements? Ignorance is not a virtue. Knowledge is not a vice. Pointy-heads who spend years gaining expertise in a given field may make mistakes, but the remedy is to replace them with pointy-heads who have different views — not with know-nothings who would try to navigate treacherous terrain on instinct alone.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/08/16/knowledge_is_not_a_vice_131510.html

dv said:

Often the word “elites” is used to mean “experts,” as in “foreign policy elites have made a tragic mess of the Middle East” or “economic policy elites have given away the store in lopsided free-trade agreements.” Let’s assume that both these propositions are true. It is a matter of historical fact that the architects of the Iraq War — the single biggest U.S. foreign policy blunder in my lifetime — and the authors of NAFTA and other free-trade pacts were, indeed, recognized experts in their fields.

But what makes anyone think the Middle East would be less bloody, or the Islamic State less of a terrorist threat, if U.S. policy had been run by people who had no expertise — who knew nothing about the region’s history, religious schisms or ethnic divides? Or that a better Trans-Pacific Partnership pact could be negotiated by someone wholly unfamiliar with the arcane minutiae of international trade agreements? Ignorance is not a virtue. Knowledge is not a vice. Pointy-heads who spend years gaining expertise in a given field may make mistakes, but the remedy is to replace them with pointy-heads who have different views — not with know-nothings who would try to navigate treacherous terrain on instinct alone.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/08/16/knowledge_is_not_a_vice_131510.html

You’re shitting me, Eugene. The Iraq War a bigger blunder than Vietnam, you are on drugs.

sibeen said:

dv said:

Often the word “elites” is used to mean “experts,” as in “foreign policy elites have made a tragic mess of the Middle East” or “economic policy elites have given away the store in lopsided free-trade agreements.” Let’s assume that both these propositions are true. It is a matter of historical fact that the architects of the Iraq War — the single biggest U.S. foreign policy blunder in my lifetime — and the authors of NAFTA and other free-trade pacts were, indeed, recognized experts in their fields.

But what makes anyone think the Middle East would be less bloody, or the Islamic State less of a terrorist threat, if U.S. policy had been run by people who had no expertise — who knew nothing about the region’s history, religious schisms or ethnic divides? Or that a better Trans-Pacific Partnership pact could be negotiated by someone wholly unfamiliar with the arcane minutiae of international trade agreements? Ignorance is not a virtue. Knowledge is not a vice. Pointy-heads who spend years gaining expertise in a given field may make mistakes, but the remedy is to replace them with pointy-heads who have different views — not with know-nothings who would try to navigate treacherous terrain on instinct alone.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/08/16/knowledge_is_not_a_vice_131510.html

You’re shitting me, Eugene. The Iraq War a bigger blunder than Vietnam, you are on drugs.

…and so am I, following that fool, dv into an Olympic thread. The bastard.

sibeen said:

…and so am I, following that fool, dv into an Olympic thread. The bastard.

Fool me once

Opals buggered up big time.

roughbarked said:

Opals buggered up big time.

Amazing really… Serbia were not a highly fancied team.

This is the first time since 1992 that the Opals have finished out of the medals.

Australia hasn’t won any medals at all since Saturday.

dv said:

Australia hasn’t won any medals at all since Saturday.

Didn’t you know? It’s all about participating.

dv said:

Australia hasn’t won any medals at all since Saturday.

Our athletes need to be on what the Brits are on.

GBR’s closing the gap in medals per head:

GBR: 1 medal per 1,563,414
OZ: 1 medal per 1,051,363

Bubblecar said:

dv said:

Australia hasn’t won any medals at all since Saturday.

Our athletes need to be on what the Brits are on.

The Kiwis are catching us

NZL: 1 medal per 496,777

And Australia has won the Laser (Men’s) in the Sailing.

There may be some more medals coming to us in sailing, triathlon, athletics, equestrian, diving, cycling and canoeing.

There have been some astounding number of events in which Australians have finished just out of the medals.

So far 8 fourth places and 12 fifth places.

dv said:

There have been some astounding number of events in which Australians have finished just out of the medals.

So far 8 fourth places and 12 fifth places.

It doesn’t matter how you dress it up, first loser doesn’t quite cut it.

Witty Rejoinder said:

dv said:

There have been some astounding number of events in which Australians have finished just out of the medals.

So far 8 fourth places and 12 fifth places.

It doesn’t matter how you dress it up, first loser doesn’t quite cut it.

I thought it was: it doesn’t matter if you win or lose – it’s how you play the game that counts…?

kii said:

I thought it was: it doesn’t matter if you win or lose – it’s how you play the game that counts…?

Soon you’ll be poclaimng that peace and love matter too!!!!

‘proclaiming

Another thing I didn’t know.
While looking up the Badminton results I discovered that Hong Kong fields it’s own Olympic team.

Peak Warming Man said:

Another thing I didn’t know.
While looking up the Badminton results I discovered that Hong Kong fields it’s own Olympic team.

But Macau, not!

Damn… Nelson is going to miss the 200 m final by 0.01 s

kii said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

dv said:

There have been some astounding number of events in which Australians have finished just out of the medals.

So far 8 fourth places and 12 fifth places.

It doesn’t matter how you dress it up, first loser doesn’t quite cut it.

I thought it was: it doesn’t matter if you win or lose – it’s how you play the game that counts…?

That is right

dv said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Another thing I didn’t know.
While looking up the Badminton results I discovered that Hong Kong fields it’s own Olympic team.

But Macau, not!

No Macau didn’t make it.
I wonder what the terms determining status the IOC set.

Peak Warming Man said:

dv said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Another thing I didn’t know.
While looking up the Badminton results I discovered that Hong Kong fields it’s own Olympic team.

But Macau, not!

No Macau didn’t make it.
I wonder what the terms determining status the IOC set.

Bribes

dv said:

Peak Warming Man said:

dv said:

But Macau, not!

No Macau didn’t make it.
I wonder what the terms determining status the IOC set.

Bribes

I think they prefer the term “Gifts”

Amazing work by Burton in the sailing to outwit the Croatian.. Gold
And those cat sailors for Silver.

Just watching the Ozzie woman throw away her shoulder along with her javelin.. that’d smart.

The USA tally is looking nice and well balanced at present, 28 28 28 .

dv said:

The USA tally is looking nice and well balanced at present, 28 28 28 .

I think Aussie’s problem is our choice in representative…

The person we picked to lead us ou, to wave our flag…

10th in her event…
Where is Australia?… 9th..

I’ll say it again…it’s how you play the game, not the number of medals.

dv said:

The USA tally is looking nice and well balanced at present, 28 28 28 .

i saw that a short while ago..

dv said:

The USA tally is looking nice and well balanced at present, 28 28 28 .

I think a more balanced measure would 36, 24, 36

The swallows have arrived.

AwesomeO said:

The swallows have arrived.

I return you to your scheduled program.

dv said:

The USA tally is looking nice and well balanced at present, 28 28 28 .

How about 4ths and 5ths?

The Rev Dodgson said:

dv said:

The USA tally is looking nice and well balanced at present, 28 28 28 .

How about 4ths and 5ths?

MZL can sort that out.

At the first modern Olympics, silver was given for first and copper for second, and third could go fuck himself. At the second modern Olympics, first got silver and second got bronze. And so it was that at the 1904 Olympics that (near as I know, for the first time in any competition), gold was given for first, silver for second and bronze for third.

GBR might well end with more medals than they won in London (though, fewer gold).

At the winter Olympics, the medal that has been awarded the most times is Gold.

At the summer Olympics, it is bronze, as some sports give two bronzes.

dv said:

At the winter Olympics, the medal that has been awarded the most times is Gold.

At the summer Olympics, it is bronze, as some sports give two bronzes.

Three silvers in one event this year.

Michelle Jenneke didn’t make it through the heats … she was way outside her PB.

dv said:

Michelle Jenneke didn’t make it through the heats … she was way outside her PB.

Too busy jiggling around again?

CrazyNeutrino said:

dv said:

Michelle Jenneke didn’t make it through the heats … she was way outside her PB.

Too busy jiggling around again?

I just picture her moving through the whole Olympic village like that.

The oldest surviving Olympic athletic records is the men’s long jump, at 8.90 m, set at the 1968 games by Bob Beamon.

There are a stack of women’s records from the 1980s that still stand, and they fall into three categories: FloJo, Joyner-Kersee, and Communist Bloc.

dv said:

The oldest surviving Olympic athletic records is the men’s long jump, at 8.90 m, set at the 1968 games by Bob Beamon.

There are a stack of women’s records from the 1980s that still stand, and they fall into three categories: FloJo, Joyner-Kersee, and Communist Bloc.

Joseph Stalin, Malenkov, Nasser and Prokofiev
Rockefeller, Campanella, Communist Bloc

LOL

There are no old swimming or weightlifting records so perhaps all the old drug-heavy records have been beaten.

dv said:

The oldest surviving Olympic athletic records is the men’s long jump, at 8.90 m, set at the 1968 games by Bob Beamon.

There are a stack of women’s records from the 1980s that still stand, and they fall into three categories: FloJo, Joyner-Kersee, and Communist Bloc.

Yeah, Bob Beamon’s WR stood for a quarter of a century, the fact that he di9d it in the rarefied air of Mexico City might have played a part but not as much as has been ascribed to it IMO.
And the received wisdom is that FloJo didn’t make it to 40 because of her heavy use of performance enhancing drugs.

dv said:

The oldest surviving Olympic athletic records is the men’s long jump, at 8.90 m, set at the 1968 games by Bob Beamon.

There are a stack of women’s records from the 1980s that still stand, and they fall into three categories: FloJo, Joyner-Kersee, and Communist Bloc.

I’d forgotten FloJo had died.

The athletes village, which housed 17,000 Olympians in 2012, has been turned into apartments.
Half of them are being marketed with affordable rents to ensure the area attracts not just the affluent.
Rents range from $400-a-week for a two bedroom flat to $1,500 for a four-bedroom townhouse.
———————————————————

A two bedroom flat in London for $400, dreaming.

Peak Warming Man said:

The athletes village, which housed 17,000 Olympians in 2012, has been turned into apartments.
Half of them are being marketed with affordable rents to ensure the area attracts not just the affluent.
Rents range from $400-a-week for a two bedroom flat to $1,500 for a four-bedroom townhouse.
———————————————————

A two bedroom flat in London for $400, dreaming.

Has to be something wrong in that reporting unless it is rent controlled.

Peak Warming Man said:

The athletes village, which housed 17,000 Olympians in 2012, has been turned into apartments.
Half of them are being marketed with affordable rents to ensure the area attracts not just the affluent.
Rents range from $400-a-week for a two bedroom flat to $1,500 for a four-bedroom townhouse.
———————————————————

A two bedroom flat in London for $400, dreaming.

A rent like that in any city hosting the Olympics, is a pipe dream.

Peak Warming Man said:

The athletes village, which housed 17,000 Olympians in 2012, has been turned into apartments.
Half of them are being marketed with affordable rents to ensure the area attracts not just the affluent.
Rents range from $400-a-week for a two bedroom flat to $1,500 for a four-bedroom townhouse.
———————————————————

A two bedroom flat in London for $400, dreaming.

A quick real estate search indicates that is not unusual for that area.
eg This new 2 bedroom flat for 162 pounds per week.
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent/property-55339861.html

It’s London, not Sydney.

Or this gaff not far away, which is furnished, for 231 pounds per week.
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent/property-60361067.html

we were talking about how australia does in the medal count last night. we think that they don’t do too bad wrt medals per capita .. I should check that out as a way to procrastinate from my readings

dv said:

Peak Warming Man said:

The athletes village, which housed 17,000 Olympians in 2012, has been turned into apartments.
Half of them are being marketed with affordable rents to ensure the area attracts not just the affluent.
Rents range from $400-a-week for a two bedroom flat to $1,500 for a four-bedroom townhouse.
———————————————————

A two bedroom flat in London for $400, dreaming.

A quick real estate search indicates that is not unusual for that area.
eg This new 2 bedroom flat for 162 pounds per week.
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent/property-55339861.html

It’s London, not Sydney.

That’s good value.

so..

1 Grenada 1 106,825 106,825
2 Bahamas 1 388,019 388,019
3 New Zealand 9 4,595,700 510,633
4 Jamaica 4 2,725,941 681,485
5 Slovenia 3 2,063,768 687,922
6 Bahrain 2 1,377,237 688,618
7 Denmark 8 5,676,002 709,500
8 Hungary 13 9,844,686 757,283
9 Fiji 1 892,145 892,145
10 Lithuania 3 2,910,199 970,066
11 Australia 22 23,781,169 1,080,962
12 Estonia 1 1,311,998 1,311,998
13 Croatia 3 4,224,404 1,408,134
14 Mongolia 2 2,959,134 1,479,567
15 Czech Republic 7 10,551,219 1,507,317
16 Netherlands 11 16,936,520 1,539,683
17 Great Britain 41 65,138,232 1,588,737
18 Sweden 6 9,798,871 1,633,145
19 Switzerland 5 8,286,976 1,657,395
20 Norway 3 5,195,921 1,731,973
21 Kazakhstan 10 17,544,126 1,754,

USA is at 41
china is at 63…

Arts said:

so..

1 Grenada 1 106,825 106,825
2 Bahamas 1 388,019 388,019
3 New Zealand 9 4,595,700 510,633
4 Jamaica 4 2,725,941 681,485
5 Slovenia 3 2,063,768 687,922
6 Bahrain 2 1,377,237 688,618
7 Denmark 8 5,676,002 709,500
8 Hungary 13 9,844,686 757,283
9 Fiji 1 892,145 892,145
10 Lithuania 3 2,910,199 970,066
11 Australia 22 23,781,169 1,080,962
12 Estonia 1 1,311,998 1,311,998
13 Croatia 3 4,224,404 1,408,134
14 Mongolia 2 2,959,134 1,479,567
15 Czech Republic 7 10,551,219 1,507,317
16 Netherlands 11 16,936,520 1,539,683
17 Great Britain 41 65,138,232 1,588,737
18 Sweden 6 9,798,871 1,633,145
19 Switzerland 5 8,286,976 1,657,395
20 Norway 3 5,195,921 1,731,973
21 Kazakhstan 10 17,544,126 1,754,

USA is at 41
china is at 63…

the lists are medals, population and population per medal

That’s some good procrastinating, Arts.

if only there was a masters in that

Arts said:

Arts said:

so..

1 Grenada 1 106,825 106,825
2 Bahamas 1 388,019 388,019
3 New Zealand 9 4,595,700 510,633
4 Jamaica 4 2,725,941 681,485
5 Slovenia 3 2,063,768 687,922
6 Bahrain 2 1,377,237 688,618
7 Denmark 8 5,676,002 709,500
8 Hungary 13 9,844,686 757,283
9 Fiji 1 892,145 892,145
10 Lithuania 3 2,910,199 970,066
11 Australia 22 23,781,169 1,080,962
12 Estonia 1 1,311,998 1,311,998
13 Croatia 3 4,224,404 1,408,134
14 Mongolia 2 2,959,134 1,479,567
15 Czech Republic 7 10,551,219 1,507,317
16 Netherlands 11 16,936,520 1,539,683
17 Great Britain 41 65,138,232 1,588,737
18 Sweden 6 9,798,871 1,633,145
19 Switzerland 5 8,286,976 1,657,395
20 Norway 3 5,195,921 1,731,973
21 Kazakhstan 10 17,544,126 1,754,

USA is at 41
china is at 63…

the lists are medals, population and population per medal

Can you redo it with a gold medal worth 3 points, silver 2 and bronze 1??

… then get back to your reading.

Divine Angel said:

That’s some good procrastinating, Arts.

yeah yeah… now let’t see a detailed statistical analysis

I believe Postpoc is the resident stats analyst.

gold medals per capita

Rank Country Gold Medals Population Population per medal

1 Bahamas 1 388,019 388,019
2 Fiji 1 892,145 892,145
3 Jamaica 2 2,725,941 1,362,970
4 Bahrain 1 1,377,237 1,377,237
5 New Zealand 3 4,595,700 1,531,900
6 Hungary 6 9,844,686 1,640,781
7 Kosovo 1 1,859,203 1,859,203
8 Slovenia 1 2,063,768 2,063,768
9 Croatia 2 4,224,404 2,112,202
10 Netherlands 6 16,936,520 2,822,753
11 Puerto Rico 1 3,474,182 3,474,182
12 Australia 6 23,781,169 3,963,528
13 Great Britain 16 65,138,232 4,071,139
14 Switzerland 2 8,286,976 4,143,488
15 Greece 2 10,823,732 5,411,866
16 Slovakia 1 5,424,050 5,424,050
17 Singapore 1 5,535,002 5,535,002
18 Belgium 2 11,285,721 5,642,860
19 Denmark 1 5,676,002 5,676,002
20 Cuba 2 11,389,562 5,694,781
21 Italy 8 60,802,085 7,600,260
22 South Korea 6 50,617,045 8,436,174
23 Kazakhstan 2 17,544,126 8,772,063
24 Germany 9 81,413,145 9,045,905
25 Belarus 1 9,513,000 9,513,000
26 France 7 66,808,385 9,544,055
27 Sweden 1 9,798,871 9,798,871
28 Czech Republic 1 10,551,219 10,551,219
29 Spain 4 46,418,269 11,604,567
30 United States 26 321,418,820 12,362,262

china is at 45

oh stop !

total medals

Rank Country Medals
1 United States 75
2 China 46
3 Great Britain 41
4 Russian Federation 36
5 Japan 27
6 France 24
7 Italy 23
8 Germany 22
9 Australia 22
10 South Korea 14
11 Canada 13
12 Hungary 13
13 Netherlands 11
14 Kazakhstan 10
15 Brazil 10
16 New Zealand 9
17 Denmark 8
18 North Korea 7
19 South Africa 7
20 Poland 7

What about total medals of all time?

Arts said:

we were talking about how australia does in the medal count last night. we think that they don’t do too bad wrt medals per capita .. I should check that out as a way to procrastinate from my readings

the 7 app has a button to sort the medal table that way

479 for australia

2482 for usa

521 China

Divine Angel said:

What about total medals of all time?

I dunno but I just wrote this to my brother who once coached them..

Anyway, I did watch the Opals go down to Serbia and though I did think
the refereeing was a bit poor for any standard, our girls seemed to
have played themselves out in previous matches and weren’t up to being
given the Serbian hustle. I’d probably put this down to the fact that
there hasn’t yet been a war on Australian soil, apart from the Battle
of Brisbane 1942 which our dad happened to have been around to
witness.

roughbarked said:

Divine Angel said:

What about total medals of all time?

I dunno but I just wrote this to my brother who once coached them..

Anyway, I did watch the Opals go down to Serbia and though I did think
the refereeing was a bit poor for any standard, our girls seemed to
have played themselves out in previous matches and weren’t up to being
given the Serbian hustle. I’d probably put this down to the fact that
there hasn’t yet been a war on Australian soil, apart from the Battle
of Brisbane 1942 which our dad happened to have been around to
witness.

Is that some sort of strange joke or are you serial?

roughbarked said:

Divine Angel said:

What about total medals of all time?

I dunno but I just wrote this to my brother who once coached them..

Anyway, I did watch the Opals go down to Serbia and though I did think
the refereeing was a bit poor for any standard, our girls seemed to
have played themselves out in previous matches and weren’t up to being
given the Serbian hustle. I’d probably put this down to the fact that
there hasn’t yet been a war on Australian soil, apart from the Battle
of Brisbane 1942 which our dad happened to have been around to
witness.

what era did he coach them in?

ask him if he was there at the same time as Chris Symons

AwesomeO said:

roughbarked said:

Divine Angel said:

What about total medals of all time?

I dunno but I just wrote this to my brother who once coached them..

Anyway, I did watch the Opals go down to Serbia and though I did think
the refereeing was a bit poor for any standard, our girls seemed to
have played themselves out in previous matches and weren’t up to being
given the Serbian hustle. I’d probably put this down to the fact that
there hasn’t yet been a war on Australian soil, apart from the Battle
of Brisbane 1942 which our dad happened to have been around to
witness.

Is that some sort of strange joke or are you serial?

As ever.. ;) it is all actually.. true., apart from my opinions of the match itself.

AwesomeO said:

roughbarked said:

Divine Angel said:

What about total medals of all time?

I dunno but I just wrote this to my brother who once coached them..

Anyway, I did watch the Opals go down to Serbia and though I did think
the refereeing was a bit poor for any standard, our girls seemed to
have played themselves out in previous matches and weren’t up to being
given the Serbian hustle. I’d probably put this down to the fact that
there hasn’t yet been a war on Australian soil, apart from the Battle
of Brisbane 1942 which our dad happened to have been around to
witness.

Is that some sort of strange joke or are you serial?

Joke. Nobody watches the Opals.

Arts said:

we were talking about how australia does in the medal count last night. we think that they don’t do too bad wrt medals per capita .. I should check that out as a way to procrastinate from my readings

Yeah we do okay.

stumpy_seahorse said:

roughbarked said:

Divine Angel said:

What about total medals of all time?

I dunno but I just wrote this to my brother who once coached them..

Anyway, I did watch the Opals go down to Serbia and though I did think
the refereeing was a bit poor for any standard, our girls seemed to
have played themselves out in previous matches and weren’t up to being
given the Serbian hustle. I’d probably put this down to the fact that
there hasn’t yet been a war on Australian soil, apart from the Battle
of Brisbane 1942 which our dad happened to have been around to
witness.

what era did he coach them in?

ask him if he was there at the same time as Chris Symons

I never asked. It is his business and I had my own sphere to be in at the times.. I knew he was one of the coaches. He did the 2000 Olympics and then coached the Silver Ferns in InZud for maybe two Olympics or was it two Olympics and three C’Wealth games.. who gives a shit?
Why don’t you ask Chris Symons?

Arts said:

if only there was a masters in that

performance art?

dv said:

Arts said:

we were talking about how australia does in the medal count last night. we think that they don’t do too bad wrt medals per capita .. I should check that out as a way to procrastinate from my readings

Yeah we do okay.

We always have.. No matter how bad we seem to us, our results are always respectable on the score cards.

dv said:

Arts said:

we were talking about how australia does in the medal count last night. we think that they don’t do too bad wrt medals per capita .. I should check that out as a way to procrastinate from my readings

Yeah we do okay.

Would have done better if we were not defeated at Gallipoli.

roughbarked said:

stumpy_seahorse said:

roughbarked said:

I dunno but I just wrote this to my brother who once coached them..

Anyway, I did watch the Opals go down to Serbia and though I did think
the refereeing was a bit poor for any standard, our girls seemed to
have played themselves out in previous matches and weren’t up to being
given the Serbian hustle. I’d probably put this down to the fact that
there hasn’t yet been a war on Australian soil, apart from the Battle
of Brisbane 1942 which our dad happened to have been around to
witness.

what era did he coach them in?

ask him if he was there at the same time as Chris Symons

I never asked. It is his business and I had my own sphere to be in at the times.. I knew he was one of the coaches. He did the 2000 Olympics and then coached the Silver Ferns in InZud for maybe two Olympics or was it two Olympics and three C’Wealth games.. who gives a shit?
Why don’t you ask Chris Symons?

I was looking for verification of the stories that have been told.
it’s ok, I can ask Tom myself..

stumpy_seahorse said:

roughbarked said:

stumpy_seahorse said:

what era did he coach them in?

ask him if he was there at the same time as Chris Symons

I never asked. It is his business and I had my own sphere to be in at the times.. I knew he was one of the coaches. He did the 2000 Olympics and then coached the Silver Ferns in InZud for maybe two Olympics or was it two Olympics and three C’Wealth games.. who gives a shit?
Why don’t you ask Chris Symons?

I was looking for verification of the stories that have been told.
it’s ok, I can ask Tom myself..

and then you will know who I am.

roughbarked said:

stumpy_seahorse said:

roughbarked said:

I never asked. It is his business and I had my own sphere to be in at the times.. I knew he was one of the coaches. He did the 2000 Olympics and then coached the Silver Ferns in InZud for maybe two Olympics or was it two Olympics and three C’Wealth games.. who gives a shit?
Why don’t you ask Chris Symons?

I was looking for verification of the stories that have been told.
it’s ok, I can ask Tom myself..

and then you will know who I am.

shame his team didn’t qualify for the olympics this year, I thought they’d be up there

stumpy_seahorse said:

roughbarked said:

stumpy_seahorse said:

I was looking for verification of the stories that have been told.
it’s ok, I can ask Tom myself..

and then you will know who I am.

shame his team didn’t qualify for the olympics this year, I thought they’d be up there

He has no teams. He moved back here from the land of the long white cloud and took up the position of Australian director of both coaching and players until he retired.

roughbarked said:

stumpy_seahorse said:

roughbarked said:

and then you will know who I am.

shame his team didn’t qualify for the olympics this year, I thought they’d be up there

He has no teams. He moved back here from the land of the long white cloud and took up the position of Australian director of both coaching and players until he retired.

we’re not talking about the coach of the opals in 2000 then..

the 2000 opals coach went to NZ for 2004, china for 2008, great britain for 2012, and is still with GB

stumpy_seahorse said:

roughbarked said:

stumpy_seahorse said:

shame his team didn’t qualify for the olympics this year, I thought they’d be up there

He has no teams. He moved back here from the land of the long white cloud and took up the position of Australian director of both coaching and players until he retired.

we’re not talking about the coach of the opals in 2000 then..

the 2000 opals coach went to NZ for 2004, china for 2008, great britain for 2012, and is still with GB

I didn’t say .. was the main coach. ;) I said he was one of..

roughbarked said:

stumpy_seahorse said:

roughbarked said:

He has no teams. He moved back here from the land of the long white cloud and took up the position of Australian director of both coaching and players until he retired.

we’re not talking about the coach of the opals in 2000 then..

the 2000 opals coach went to NZ for 2004, china for 2008, great britain for 2012, and is still with GB

I didn’t say .. was the main coach. ;) I said he was one of..

the 2000 opals coach went to NZ for 2004, china for 2008, great britain for 2012,

He did do all of that though, as well. ;)

roughbarked said:

stumpy_seahorse said:

roughbarked said:

He has no teams. He moved back here from the land of the long white cloud and took up the position of Australian director of both coaching and players until he retired.

we’re not talking about the coach of the opals in 2000 then..

the 2000 opals coach went to NZ for 2004, china for 2008, great britain for 2012, and is still with GB

I didn’t say .. was the main coach. ;) I said he was one of..

considering the assistant coach was female…

stumpy_seahorse said:

roughbarked said:

stumpy_seahorse said:

we’re not talking about the coach of the opals in 2000 then..

the 2000 opals coach went to NZ for 2004, china for 2008, great britain for 2012, and is still with GB

I didn’t say .. was the main coach. ;) I said he was one of..

considering the assistant coach was female…

It was a team. You aren’t looking deep enough.

roughbarked said:

stumpy_seahorse said:

roughbarked said:

I didn’t say .. was the main coach. ;) I said he was one of..

considering the assistant coach was female…

It was a team. You aren’t looking deep enough.

you said “I dunno but I just wrote this to my brother who once coached them.. “

there is a fair stretch to the “my brother used to tag along with them”

stumpy_seahorse said:

roughbarked said:

stumpy_seahorse said:

considering the assistant coach was female…

It was a team. You aren’t looking deep enough.

you said “I dunno but I just wrote this to my brother who once coached them.. “

there is a fair stretch to the “my brother used to tag along with them”

Whatever..
The things he achieved, the places he went, the jobs he had are easily retrieved if you had his details. The point is. I do, you don’t.

roughbarked said:

stumpy_seahorse said:

roughbarked said:

It was a team. You aren’t looking deep enough.

you said “I dunno but I just wrote this to my brother who once coached them.. “

there is a fair stretch to the “my brother used to tag along with them”

Whatever..
The things he achieved, the places he went, the jobs he had are easily retrieved if you had his details. The point is. I do, you don’t.

Pretty sure you were an only child.

roughbarked said:

stumpy_seahorse said:

roughbarked said:

It was a team. You aren’t looking deep enough.

you said “I dunno but I just wrote this to my brother who once coached them.. “

there is a fair stretch to the “my brother used to tag along with them”

Whatever..
The things he achieved, the places he went, the jobs he had are easily retrieved if you had his details. The point is. I do, you don’t.

or rather, I’ve given you detail in part and you haven’t actually used it.

dv said:

roughbarked said:

stumpy_seahorse said:

you said “I dunno but I just wrote this to my brother who once coached them.. “

there is a fair stretch to the “my brother used to tag along with them”

Whatever..
The things he achieved, the places he went, the jobs he had are easily retrieved if you had his details. The point is. I do, you don’t.

Pretty sure you were an only child.

So far wrong by any mathematical standard.

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

stumpy_seahorse said:

you said “I dunno but I just wrote this to my brother who once coached them.. “

there is a fair stretch to the “my brother used to tag along with them”

Whatever..
The things he achieved, the places he went, the jobs he had are easily retrieved if you had his details. The point is. I do, you don’t.

or rather, I’ve given you detail in part and you haven’t actually used it.

lol

stumpy_seahorse said:

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

Whatever..
The things he achieved, the places he went, the jobs he had are easily retrieved if you had his details. The point is. I do, you don’t.

or rather, I’ve given you detail in part and you haven’t actually used it.

lol

search terms are search terms.

Reply Quote
Date: 10/08/2016 14:08:53
From: dv
ID: 938394
Subject: re: Olympics
I’ll get in now and predict that Australia will be ninth on the final gold medal tally.

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I won’t review that prediction from a week ago but I will predict that Australia will end with 32 medals in total.

dv said:

Reply Quote
Date: 10/08/2016 14:08:53
From: dv
ID: 938394
Subject: re: Olympics
I’ll get in now and predict that Australia will be ninth on the final gold medal tally.

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I won’t review that prediction from a week ago but I will predict that Australia will end with 32 medals in total.

Yes, but, are people playing fair and having fun?

so Australia is 12th on the medal table…

overnight we were overtaken by holland, netherlands and the dutch…

stumpy_seahorse said:

so Australia is 12th on the medal table…

overnight we were overtaken by holland, netherlands and the dutch…

I reckon we have probably done our worst olympics this time around?

kii said:

dv said:

Reply Quote
Date: 10/08/2016 14:08:53
From: dv
ID: 938394
Subject: re: Olympics
I’ll get in now and predict that Australia will be ninth on the final gold medal tally.

—-

I won’t review that prediction from a week ago but I will predict that Australia will end with 32 medals in total.

Yes, but, are people playing fair and having fun?

All comments from athletes so far indicate that the Aussies are indeed enjoying themselves and having good clean fun, apart from being sad at the times they lose another medal chance.

stumpy_seahorse said:

so Australia is 12th on the medal table…

overnight we were overtaken by holland, netherlands and the dutch…

and i think the dutchies passed us on the lefthand side.

stumpy_seahorse said:

so Australia is 12th on the medal table…

overnight we were overtaken by holland, netherlands and the dutch…

How are the Flems going?

Actually they were ahead of us when I looked yesterday morning, and with a population of less than 16 million between all four of them, they are well ahead on the medals/head count as well.

Might even be challenging NZ.

NZ have a fourth gold sewn up in the sailing, but it isn’t on the board yet because they haven’t actually completed the final race yet. They are a mathematical cert to take gold (unless disqualified, I suppose).

roughbarked said:

stumpy_seahorse said:

so Australia is 12th on the medal table…

overnight we were overtaken by holland, netherlands and the dutch…

I reckon we have probably done our worst olympics this time around?

Well not really, it is going to be one of the better ones. Of the 18 Games this will probably be around the 7th best in terms of medal haul.
But yeah not as good as Atlanta, Sydney, Athens, Beijing or London.

dv said:

NZ have a fourth gold sewn up in the sailing, but it isn’t on the board yet because they haven’t actually completed the final race yet. They are a mathematical cert to take gold (unless disqualified, I suppose).

I’m sure there are a huge number of other possibilities that could result in them not getting gold.

The Rev Dodgson said:

dv said:

NZ have a fourth gold sewn up in the sailing, but it isn’t on the board yet because they haven’t actually completed the final race yet. They are a mathematical cert to take gold (unless disqualified, I suppose).

I’m sure there are a huge number of other possibilities that could result in them not getting gold.

Well I suppose … none of them seem likely though. What were you thinking of specifically?

dv said:

roughbarked said:

stumpy_seahorse said:

so Australia is 12th on the medal table…

overnight we were overtaken by holland, netherlands and the dutch…

I reckon we have probably done our worst olympics this time around?

Well not really, it is going to be one of the better ones. Of the 18 Games this will probably be around the 7th best in terms of medal haul.
But yeah not as good as Atlanta, Sydney, Athens, Beijing or London.

I still can’t get used to the UK doing so well.

The first Olympics I can remember is the Rome games in 1964, where (IIRC) the UK got just 2 golds.

The transition seems pretty suspicious to me.

dv said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

dv said:

NZ have a fourth gold sewn up in the sailing, but it isn’t on the board yet because they haven’t actually completed the final race yet. They are a mathematical cert to take gold (unless disqualified, I suppose).

I’m sure there are a huge number of other possibilities that could result in them not getting gold.

Well I suppose … none of them seem likely though. What were you thinking of specifically?

Impact of a crashing jet aircraft, arrival of a black hole wave front originating from CERN, that sort of thing.

All pretty low probability admittedly, but not zero.

The Rev Dodgson said:

dv said:

roughbarked said:

I reckon we have probably done our worst olympics this time around?

Well not really, it is going to be one of the better ones. Of the 18 Games this will probably be around the 7th best in terms of medal haul.
But yeah not as good as Atlanta, Sydney, Athens, Beijing or London.

I still can’t get used to the UK doing so well.

The first Olympics I can remember is the Rome games in 1964, where (IIRC) the UK got just 2 golds.

The transition seems pretty suspicious to me.

They spend a shedload of taxpayers money on sports these days.

My memory is better than I thought. Rome was 1960.

pommiejohn said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

dv said:

Well not really, it is going to be one of the better ones. Of the 18 Games this will probably be around the 7th best in terms of medal haul.
But yeah not as good as Atlanta, Sydney, Athens, Beijing or London.

I still can’t get used to the UK doing so well.

The first Olympics I can remember is the Rome games in 1964, where (IIRC) the UK got just 2 golds.

The transition seems pretty suspicious to me.

They spend a shedload of taxpayers money on sports these days.

Whilst lowering taxes and cutting back on essential services because of the financial crisis, no doubt.

Thank goodness we don’t have a government like that here.

The Rev Dodgson said:

pommiejohn said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

I still can’t get used to the UK doing so well.

The first Olympics I can remember is the Rome games in 1964, where (IIRC) the UK got just 2 golds.

The transition seems pretty suspicious to me.

They spend a shedload of taxpayers money on sports these days.

Whilst lowering taxes and cutting back on essential services because of the financial crisis, no doubt.

Thank goodness we don’t have a government like that here.

Quite.

From Wiki:

“In December 2012, a record £347 million of funding for Olympic and Paralympic athletes was announced with the aim of becoming the first nation in recent history to win more medals at the Games following being the host nation.”

The Rev Dodgson said:

dv said:

roughbarked said:

I reckon we have probably done our worst olympics this time around?

Well not really, it is going to be one of the better ones. Of the 18 Games this will probably be around the 7th best in terms of medal haul.
But yeah not as good as Atlanta, Sydney, Athens, Beijing or London.

I still can’t get used to the UK doing so well.

The first Olympics I can remember is the Rome games in 1964, where (IIRC) the UK got just 2 golds.

The transition seems pretty suspicious to me.

I remember when the English team won the RWC some 13 years ago now, I posted on the old sssf that it would herald an era of British sporting dominance.

I was being a bit sarcastic but seriously they’ve done alright. They got the Ashes back and Australia has not won an away Ashes since. The have a British player winning major tennis tournaments again. Done pretty well in the Tour de France. Probably the area of weakness is Football.

The Rev Dodgson said:

pommiejohn said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

I still can’t get used to the UK doing so well.

The first Olympics I can remember is the Rome games in 1964, where (IIRC) the UK got just 2 golds.

The transition seems pretty suspicious to me.

They spend a shedload of taxpayers money on sports these days.

Whilst lowering taxes and cutting back on essential services because of the financial crisis, no doubt.

Thank goodness we don’t have a government like that here.

Did we really spend more money on our olympic swimming team than on climate change science?

ChrispenEvan said:

stumpy_seahorse said:

so Australia is 12th on the medal table…

overnight we were overtaken by holland, netherlands and the dutch…

and i think the dutchies passed us on the lefthand side.

Australia is 10th on the table …stumpy was joking

pommiejohn said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

pommiejohn said:

They spend a shedload of taxpayers money on sports these days.

Whilst lowering taxes and cutting back on essential services because of the financial crisis, no doubt.

Thank goodness we don’t have a government like that here.

Quite.

From Wiki:

“In December 2012, a record £347 million of funding for Olympic and Paralympic athletes was announced with the aim of becoming the first nation in recent history to win more medals at the Games following being the host nation.”

Would have been easier to achieve that just by nobbling their athletes in 2012.

sarahs mum said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

pommiejohn said:

They spend a shedload of taxpayers money on sports these days.

Whilst lowering taxes and cutting back on essential services because of the financial crisis, no doubt.

Thank goodness we don’t have a government like that here.

Did we really spend more money on our olympic swimming team than on climate change science?

yes

dv said:

….would herald an era of British sporting dominance.

I was being a bit sarcastic but seriously they’ve done alright. They got the Ashes back and Australia has not won an away Ashes since. The have a British player winning major tennis tournaments again. Done pretty well in the Tour de France. Probably the area of weakness is Football.

Football, not something anyone cares about ;)

dv said:

sarahs mum said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Whilst lowering taxes and cutting back on essential services because of the financial crisis, no doubt.

Thank goodness we don’t have a government like that here.

Did we really spend more money on our olympic swimming team than on climate change science?

yes

value.

The Rev Dodgson said:

dv said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

I’m sure there are a huge number of other possibilities that could result in them not getting gold.

Well I suppose … none of them seem likely though. What were you thinking of specifically?

Impact of a crashing jet aircraft, arrival of a black hole wave front originating from CERN, that sort of thing.

All pretty low probability admittedly, but not zero.

random sheep distraction…

True or false, if you averaged the medal tally from the summer and winter Olympics, would Australia still be doing all right?

mollwollfumble said:

True or false, if you averaged the medal tally from the summer and winter Olympics, would Australia still be doing all right?

If you mean the all-time table, Australia would be in 13th, which is, I reckon, all right.

I suppose all things considered we should be hoping for Croatia to beat Serbia in the basketball so the Australians will face them in the Semi.

dv said:

I suppose all things considered we should be hoping for Croatia to beat Serbia in the basketball so the Australians will face them in the Semi.

We should be thankful we’re not still up there with in the top 5. People usually think the leading countries are arrogant and corrupt, and prefer the underdogs.

Bubblecar said:

dv said:

I suppose all things considered we should be hoping for Croatia to beat Serbia in the basketball so the Australians will face them in the Semi.

We should be thankful we’re not still up there with in the top 5. People usually think the leading countries are arrogant and corrupt, and prefer the underdogs.

Yes, our arrogance and corruption slips under the radar

dv said:

Bubblecar said:

dv said:

I suppose all things considered we should be hoping for Croatia to beat Serbia in the basketball so the Australians will face them in the Semi.

We should be thankful we’re not still up there with in the top 5. People usually think the leading countries are arrogant and corrupt, and prefer the underdogs.

Yes, our arrogance and corruption slips under the radar

It’s easier to hide when your tally starts to slide.

Last night I was watching the showjumping. Realised it was mares and stallions. I can understand that stallion want to jump around and perform. But I remembered the noise that one gelding I owned made occasionally. It sounded like a giant fart or a slap or a little bang. It was the empty place where the balls used to be that made that noise. It would be embarrassing.

sarahs mum said:

Last night I was watching the showjumping. Realised it was mares and stallions. I can understand that stallion want to jump around and perform. But I remembered the noise that one gelding I owned made occasionally. It sounded like a giant fart or a slap or a little bang. It was the empty place where the balls used to be that made that noise. It would be embarrassing.

You’d think they could replace them with rubber ones.

What is the purpose of gelding?

Bubblecar said:

sarahs mum said:

Last night I was watching the showjumping. Realised it was mares and stallions. I can understand that stallion want to jump around and perform. But I remembered the noise that one gelding I owned made occasionally. It sounded like a giant fart or a slap or a little bang. It was the empty place where the balls used to be that made that noise. It would be embarrassing.

You’d think they could replace them with rubber ones.

dv said:

What is the purpose of gelding?

They only want the best stallions for breeding, and gelding the others makes them more docile.

China is closing rapidly for second.
I doubt the poms have aything left in the locker.

dv said:

What is the purpose of gelding?

Stallions can fight. Stallions make mares pregnant. Stallions are hard to control sometimes.

sarahs mum said:

dv said:

What is the purpose of gelding?

Stallions can fight. Stallions make mares pregnant. Stallions are hard to control sometimes.

some little people events don’t allow stallions..

Peak Warming Man said:

China is closing rapidly for second.
I doubt the poms have aything left in the locker.

Well Mo Farah is a good thing for another gold, and possibly they have another gold coming to them in the canoeing.

sarahs mum said:

dv said:

What is the purpose of gelding?

Stallions can fight. Stallions make mares pregnant. Stallions are hard to control sometimes.

I wonder whether a vasectomy would deal with this rather than castration.

dv said:

sarahs mum said:

dv said:

What is the purpose of gelding?

Stallions can fight. Stallions make mares pregnant. Stallions are hard to control sometimes.

I wonder whether a vasectomy would deal with this rather than castration.

I think it is used as proof. There is a thing called a rig.

>>A true rig is a male horse that is carrying either one or two testicles concealed in its abdomen, making it visually appear to be a gelding, while behaving like a stallion. These horses are medically described as a cryptorchid, literally meaning “hidden testicle”.

A false rig is an aggressive gelding that displays male dominance-type behaviour, despite having both testicles removed. The stallion-like behaviour displayed by false rigs is not driven by testosterone, and can only be controlled by the correct management techniques.

Normally, the testicles migrate from the abdominal cavity into the scrotum just before or just after birth, but occasionally they may fail to descend or may get lost en route. This is called cryptorchidism. Approximately 15% of two- to three-year-old colts are rigs, so it is fairly common.

Read more at http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/horse-care/horse-breeding/when-is-a-gelding-actually-a-rig-57411#R10jwsAzRuHzxQiS.99

dv said:

sarahs mum said:

dv said:

What is the purpose of gelding?

Stallions can fight. Stallions make mares pregnant. Stallions are hard to control sometimes.

I wonder whether a vasectomy would deal with this rather than castration.

No. Vasectomy only prevents pregnancy. The testes still output testosterone.

Traditionally they’d replace them with these, hence the expression “grow a pear”.

Bubblecar said:

Traditionally they’d replace them with these, hence the expression “grow a pear”.

!http://m.rgbimg.com/cache1pmpXg/users/s/sc/scottmliddell/600/mJ3ACQa.jpg

Then why did Eve use an apple?

Tamb said:

Bubblecar said:

Traditionally they’d replace them with these, hence the expression “grow a pear”.

!http://m.rgbimg.com/cache1pmpXg/users/s/sc/scottmliddell/600/mJ3ACQa.jpg

Then why did Eve use an apple?

or a pomegranate.

sarahs mum said:

Tamb said:

Bubblecar said:

Traditionally they’d replace them with these, hence the expression “grow a pear”.

!http://m.rgbimg.com/cache1pmpXg/users/s/sc/scottmliddell/600/mJ3ACQa.jpg

Then why did Eve use an apple?

or a pomegranate.

You leave the pommies out of this.