I also heard it stated, and I forget which commentator said it, but the way they score the events now is completely different. Back then, the perfect score was a 10. Now every routine has a given start value, and points are deducted from that value to get your score (from what I can remember). So not only is it a lot harder to get a "perfect" score, it's almost impossible. Which is why everyone is saying Simone Biles is the greatest because her routines usually have the highest start values and she executes almost every move flawlessly.
Seems like the pool drank the water and got the runs. "I could barely open my eyes for the final quarter," said U.S. competitor Tony Azevedo, after defeating France on Wednesday. "This is the Olympic Games and they are putting so much chlorine in the water that people can’t see. You can’t have that." "Chemistry is not an exact science, something you can easily see" - Mario Andrada, Olympic spokesman
Odd. She never had trouble dodging them before. Just no more nudes, my eyes can only handle so much bleach.
Solo did her job. Saving at least one penalty is about all you can ask for from a keeper. Morgan and Press putting out HORRIBLE penalties was the issue. Her opportunistic garbage goal to tie it up aside, Morgan was hot garbage most of the Olympics. She's not been the same since her injury and there are multiple better options the US need to focus on in the meantime.
Watching this diving just doesn't seem natural. How can someone make themselves jump into a green pool? Isn't there some kind of self-preservation cut off valve that switches with that kinda thing?
Kinda forgot about the water when Jennifer Abel came on to dive: Older photo but damn... thanks Canada and go Jennifer!
And there we go.... Ryan Lochte, 3 other U.S. swimmers robbed in Brazil http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2016/08/14/ryan-lochte-3-other-u-s-swimmers-robbed-in-brazil.html
The current medal count is ridiculous. Do other nations bother training or do they just hope the USA teams fuck up somehow?
It's not that ridiculous. Great Britain has 1/5 our population and more than half as many medals. We're the most populated and diverse first world nation, and by a long shot. By all expectations we should be dominating the Olympics. Granted, China has seen better showings, but it's not like they've fallen off the grid.
The men's marathon in unlikely to have an American on the podium, so there's that. Most likely, Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya will win, but there are two interesting competitors on Team USA. Meb Keflezighi, who was born in Eritrea (used to be part of Ethiopia) and fled with his family as a refugee in the late 80s, became a US citizen in the late 90s and graduated from UCLA. He's interesting because he's 41, and has finished 2nd and 4th in other Olympic marathons. And, then Galen Rupp was first at the US Olympic trials, which is interesting because that was the first marathon he ever ran. More than likely, it will be Kipchoge, but it's supposed to be very hot. So, you never know who will last.
On a per capita basis Grenada is straight up kicking everyone's asses: http://www.medalspercapita.com/ Only one medal per 4.5 million people? pfffft come on, are you even trying America?