[dog24]

I thought it might be time to make a thread about the Olympics, i definitely want to see a few categories on weightlifting.

I've been following mohamed ehab for a few years now leading up to Rio even though he probably has no chance against Liao Hui.

If Ilya can't compete that's gonna suck.

What sports are you guys eager to see?

[Rush87]

Sevens Rugby.

[Saweeep]

Oddly, this seems to be the least hyped Olympics I can remember.

Haven't really heard a peep about it in the Uk so far.

[MdWanderer]

Wouldn't mind seeing track and field (did it for a semester in high school) and canoeing.

[Cattle Rustler]

(06-26-2016 01:28 PM)CrashBangWallop Wrote:  

Oddly, this seems to be the least hyped Olympics I can remember.

Haven't really heard a peep about it in the Uk so far.

With all the problems Brazil is having hosting them (pollution, recession, unfinished venues, half-assed built venues, crime, and other shit) I think the Olympic committee wants to get this over with fast.

Hopefully they get their shit together for the world cup, but I know they won't.

[Running Turtles]

(06-26-2016 03:39 PM)Cattle Rustler Wrote:  

(06-26-2016 01:28 PM)CrashBangWallop Wrote:  

Oddly, this seems to be the least hyped Olympics I can remember.

Haven't really heard a peep about it in the Uk so far.

With all the problems Brazil is having hosting them (pollution, recession, unfinished venues, half-assed built venues, crime, and other shit) I think the Olympic committee wants to get this over with fast.

Hopefully they get their shit together for the world cup, but I know they won't.

Brazil already had the World Cup The next one is in Russia!

[Cattle Rustler]

(06-26-2016 06:00 PM)Running Turtles Wrote:  

(06-26-2016 03:39 PM)Cattle Rustler Wrote:  

(06-26-2016 01:28 PM)CrashBangWallop Wrote:  

Oddly, this seems to be the least hyped Olympics I can remember.

Haven't really heard a peep about it in the Uk so far.

With all the problems Brazil is having hosting them (pollution, recession, unfinished venues, half-assed built venues, crime, and other shit) I think the Olympic committee wants to get this over with fast.

Hopefully they get their shit together for the world cup, but I know they won't.

Brazil already had the World Cup The next one is in Russia!

Really? Damn, time does fly by fast.

[Teutatis]

(06-26-2016 01:28 PM)CrashBangWallop Wrote:  

Oddly, this seems to be the least hyped Olympics I can remember.

Haven't really heard a peep about it in the Uk so far.

Indeed, we're a month away and I haven't seen or felt any Olympics excitement at all, I've never felt so meh about the Olympics as this year.

I hope it goes if not great at least not catastrophic because what I've read about it shows how horrible everything about these Olympics are going, from athletes cancelling or being banned, to pollution, disease, rampant violent crime and insecurity, unfinished infrastructure, etc., just a disaster really.

Why do cities still want to host the Olympics anyway? It's billions down the drain for a couple of weeks or publicity, not worth it.

[MdWanderer]

(07-03-2016 10:56 PM)Teutatis Wrote:  

Why do cities still want to host the Olympics anyway? It's billions down the drain for a couple of weeks or publicity, not worth it.

Mostly world recognition, its a pride thing. Same reason why cities build new professional sports stadiums in many cases. I was watching a video on the financial disaster that was the Montreal Olympics in 1976. It went a billion dollars over budget and took 30 years to pay off. One of the local politicians in the video said to the effect "once you heard the crowd roaring all of the worries about the financial situation went away. We wanted the world to come to Montreal."

I predict in the future that the Olympics will start to get "boring" and award it to many of the cities that have hosted it in the past who have the experience and infrastructure to handle it. It'll be the only way to save the Games. I know that there was hope for an Olympics in Africa or the Middle East one day and to include countries on the lower end of development in the Olympic movement but now that is looking slim. Expect to see cities such as L.A, Paris, Berlin, etc. mainly European and North American cities (with some NE Asia thrown in) to dominate in the host selection for years to come. The South American experiment is proving to be a huge embarrassment.

[PolymathGuru]

(06-26-2016 01:28 PM)CrashBangWallop Wrote:  

Oddly, this seems to be the least hyped Olympics I can remember.

Haven't really heard a peep about it in the Uk so far.

Usually controversies stir up attention to the olympics. Sochi was made a big deal because it was in Russia, and that was the winter Olympics. Most people don't care about the winter Olympics.

[Ringo]

From RT:

Quote:

Brazil arrests 10 suspected ISIS members ‘planning Olympic terrorist attacks’

Interim Brazilian President Michel Temer has called an emergency cabinet meeting after authorities arrested 10 alleged Islamic State members who were planning to carry out acts of terror during the Olympic Games in Rio, which begin next month.

The police operation, codenamed 'Hashtag,' took place across nine states, with suspects arrested in Sao Paulo and Parana. Justice Minister Alexandre Moraes told a news conference on Thursday that all the detainees were Brazilian nationals.

Judicial authorities in the state of Parana claimed that intercepted data and telephone calls revealed that a terrorist cell was planning to use “weapons and guerrilla tactics” to achieve its aims. It says that 12 warrants have been issued for an initial 30 days, which could be extended if charges are substantiated.

Moraes said that the men were new converts to Islam, who initially researched jihadism on the internet, and came into contact by simply exchanging pro-jihadist messages on the chat platforms WhatsApp and Telegram, according to leading Brazilian media outlet O Globo.

In their exchanges the men celebrated recent attacks on an Orlando night club and on a Bastille Day crowd in Nice. Recently, they “swore an oath to Islamic State” and moved to “preparatory acts” for a local attack, prompting police action. According to Moraes, one of the men attempted to buy a Kalashnikov rifle from a website in Paraguay.

"It was an absolutely amateur cell, with no preparation at all, a disorganized cell," said Moraes, stating that the suspects did not manage to arrange two-way contact with Islamic State. He said the detainees had been on a list of 50 terror suspects identified by the government earlier.

Over the past weekend, SITE Intelligence Group reported that a group calling itself 'Ansar al-Khilafah Brasil' – 'Soldiers of the Caliphate Brazil' – pledged allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of Islamic State. SITE also says that a channel on Telegram has been posting Portuguese-language translations of IS terrorist manuals, and has also issued a call for recruits, saying "Lone wolf from anywhere in the world can move to Brazil now." It is unclear if the messages were sent from Brazil or elsewhere, and what, if any, connection, they have to the arrested men.

This year Brazil passed more powerful anti-terror legislation, but its readiness to provide security for the over-budget and controversial Olympics is in question. The Wall Street Journal reported that the contract to hire and train the 6,000 security screeners to be employed at Olympic venues was only awarded at the beginning of July, and to a small local company with no previous history of handling such large-scale events. The newspaper also reported that another government tender – for additional CCTV cameras at Rio’s sports facilities – was issued only in June, and was priced too low, failing to attract any bidders at all.

https://www.rt.com/news/352505-rio-olymp...rror-isis/