2016 Summer Olympics

[Kevin Greene]

This is the place, I love the Olympic movement despite it's corruption at the very top. What a mirror of USA politics.

Despite it all the athletes rise above and there are truly great moments of human competition.

Can't wait.

USA! USA! USA!

 

[Kevin Greene]

OK, so much for the Olympic movement, It's deteriorated to a political play on global warming.

But there was Gisele.

[cookinbrak]

Yeah, that was rather useless. But most of the opening was great. Especially the music.

[Arroz con Panther]

Say what you want about Tom Brady, but he is one lucky man.

[pstall]

Very cool opening. But Rio and Brazil need to take their own medicine on being environmentally responsible.

The airplane and people jumping from rooftops to rooftops were very cool.

[Kevin Greene]

First Gold Medal goes to the USA.

[KSpan]

  On 8/6/2016 at 5:07 PM, Kevin Greene said:

First Gold Medal goes to the USA.

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Some European colleagues messaged me saying, "Shocking - the Americans won a shooting event."

[sharkkiller]

Women's beach volleyball is interesting to watch. The shorter Australian has a hell of an ass.

 

[stankowalski]

[cookinbrak]

Women's rugby. US girls play like it's football.

[dave-o]

I was watching live when this poor gal bit it !!  Thought she was dead !!!

 

 

[Shufdog]

  On 8/8/2016 at 3:28 PM, dave-o said:

I was watching live when this poor gal bit it !!  Thought she was dead !!!

 

 

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I was watching live when it happened, and I thought the same thing too. I rewound it and watched it slo-mo, she ate it big time!!

Don't know how long this one will stay up.

 

[Datawire]

It didn't stay up long, already been taken down. I haven't seen what is posted but I know exactly what you guys are talking about I saw it live as well. I have it dvr'd here's a gif instead.

 

I am trying to figure out what the hell happened! It's obvious she was traveling at a deceivingly high rate of speed. At first I thought maybe her rear tire broke loose because of the paint line, but it breaks loose before the tire crosses the line. So, did she just lock down the front brakes knowing she had no rear traction in order to stop? I thought maybe she hit the curb and it caused her to go over the bars. But it's clear the front wheel locked up before she made to the curb. Was it a mechanical failure? Maybe she locked it down to avoid being obliterated by the trees? Hitting trees at that rate of speed would probably be life threatening, if not obliterating. Maybe there is a steep drop off on the other side of the tree line? I can only speculate she intentionally locked down the front wheel knowing the disastrous results. I thought she was dead too!

[dave-o]

Watching that over and over...  The front wheel does seem to to slip before the back tire gets loose....  I wonder if some moisture started to form on the road? You hit the front brake with those skinny tires and thats not a good combination.....