#Rio2016 : All Things Olympian

[Rum]

You'll have to be quick but today's Google image on their search page looks like the guy is playing with some heavy duty testicles.

[Brian Peacock]

#GBR hockey's Kate and Helen Richardson-Walsh become the first married gay couple to reach an Olympic final #Rio2016

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/olympics/201 ... ay-rio-is/

[JimC]

I would love to see the stats on the prevalence of lesbians in elite women's hockey. I suspect it would be higher than the population average (and, of course, this is in no way problematic if true, just interesting...)

[Brian Peacock]

So, you're interested in lesbians eh?

[JimC]

In a purely academic way, of course...

[pErvinalia]

So I've been reduced to hinging my whole olympic hopes now on Australia's men's basketball team. Seriously impressive team we've got now. Just flogged #3 in the world Lithuania in the quarter finals. Beat either Serbia or Croatia in the semi's (piece of piss), and we meet probably either the US or Spain in the final. Spain has been looking phenomenal, so I almost hope it is the US (who we went close to beating in the preliminary rounds).

[Svartalf]

Non dominant hand masturbation should be an Olympic event, in my opinion.

It's pointless, most people can't even properly do it with their southpaw

[Brian Peacock]

So I've been reduced to hinging my whole olympic hopes now on Australia's men's basketball team. Seriously impressive team we've got now. Just flogged #3 in the world Lithuania in the quarter finals. Beat either Serbia or Croatia in the semi's (piece of piss), and we meet probably either the US or Spain in the final. Spain has been looking phenomenal, so I almost hope it is the US (who we went close to beating in the preliminary rounds).

The US team have been decidedly shaky - and the America Expects pressure from the press hasn't been helping. But at least Simone Biles has been doing her bit to big them up.

[Scot Dutchy]

So I've been reduced to hinging my whole olympic hopes now on Australia's men's basketball team. Seriously impressive team we've got now. Just flogged #3 in the world Lithuania in the quarter finals. Beat either Serbia or Croatia in the semi's (piece of piss), and we meet probably either the US or Spain in the final. Spain has been looking phenomenal, so I almost hope it is the US (who we went close to beating in the preliminary rounds).

American team has 12 multi-millionaires in it.

[pErvinalia]

Our starting 5 are all NBA players, including a couple of championship ring holders. That means we'd have at least 5 multi-millionaires. Then those playing in Europe would be worth a couple of mill too probably. So we might push 7 or 8 multi-millionaires. Not bad for little ol' us..

[Scot Dutchy]

The money prizes in the olympics cant be ignored either:

Rio Olympics 2016 Medal Value & Cash Prizes Money

Not bad for what used to be amateurs.

[cronus]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-37115778

[pErvinalia]

The olympics should be nuked from orbit. We keep losing everything.

[Scot Dutchy]

The olympics should be nuked from orbit. We keep losing everything.

You are not the only ones. Where's Daphne when you need her?

[cronus]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/disability-sport/37135083

Rio Paralympics 2016: Games to go ahead with major budget cuts


The cuts will be made to venues, the workforce and transport.

Delayed travel grants will now be paid to athletes, but 10 countries may struggle to get teams to Rio.

"Never before in the 56-year history of the Paralympic Games have we faced circumstances like this," said IPC president Sir Philip Craven.

With 19 days to the start of the Games, the IPC says Rio's organising committee has not raised enough money to fund the Paralympics.

This is due to Brazil's struggling economy and the fact that only 12% of available tickets have so far been sold for the Games, which start on 7 September.

(continued, body fascism beautiful is big in Brazil - guess they've not much time for misshapes?)