The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games - Sponsored by Covid-19

[chveik]

pen shootout was a bit comical

[Thursday]

Yep one of those odd shootouts where more are missed than scored.

[Norton Canes]

If only there was some kind of meme that could suggest an Italian reining in a British opponent so as to prevent them accelerating away

[Jasha]

Boskovic & gals out, done with this covid ridden money laundering farce now

[Jasha]

Fuck standing on a concrete platform 10 metres in the air then jumping into a swimming pool. Fuck standing on a concrete platform 10 metres in the air then perching your arse over the edge and doing a handstand then jumping into a swimming pool.

[Thursday]

Don't know why people roll their eyes at skating when they happily accept diving.

[jobotic]

Ooh I love a madison

[Chedney Honks]

I love Saint Boy. Some horse twat on his back and he's just a like 'no way mate, your going home empty handed'. 😂😂😂

[bgmnts]

https://theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/06/chinese-uproar-as-state-tv-host-calls-gold-medal-winner-a-manly-woman

Just won the first gold for a field even for a chinese athlete and has to deal with this. Lovely stuff.

[kalowski]

I love the modern pentathlon. It's the Olympics for spies: running, shooting, swimming, horse riding, fencing.

[Poobum]

Not much sympathy for the German throwing a tantrum and smacking the hell out of the horse with the crop. Should have buckarooed her off and done a trample. One of her coaches has been sent home for punching Saint Boy as well, famously motivates a horse to do a jump that.

[Norton Canes]

I love the modern pentathlon. It's the Olympics for spies: running, shooting, swimming, horse riding, fencing.

Add diving and you've got the perfect audition for The Androids of Tara

[Norton Canes]

Some rational insight on the Schleu debacle

[Satchmo Distel]

Tom Daley 'E's Alright

[Thursday]

Some rational insight on the Schleu debacle

I too would like to expertly agree that the crying German bully woman is entirely at fault, and the horse is a legend and did nothing wrong. Anyone who was cool and nice could have ridden him easily.

[Norton Canes]

Yeah, it's so apparent even to a non-expert that no matter what their technical shortcomings, if nothing else a rider has to at least remain phlegmatic.

[mothman]

Cormac McCarthy wrote "A horse is human, for Christ's sake." They KNOW. Arguably it was already Game(s) Over once the first rider has tried and failed, but surely horses are assessed for suitability, and yet still most/all MPers must have faced this situation before, but the German rider lost it and the horse picked up on that.

[chveik]

the cunts have programmed the handball and the volley finals at roughly the same time

[mothman]

What, you can't multitask? Plenty of others will be doing things with their hands while watching the beach volleyball.

[chveik]

i suppose i could switch between streams but that's not ideal. i only have one device

[Poobum]

Yeah, it's so apparent even to a non-expert that no matter what their technical shortcomings, if nothing else a rider has to at least remain phlegmatic.

That's what was so ridiculous, horses are famously twitchy bastards. Friend has a ton and a half of percheron that gets spooked by stones and will stop and go no further, last thing you do is stress them more lest you end up with a dislocated hip having your brains bashed out as it drags you half a mile with you trapped in a stirrup.

[Shoulders?-Stomach!]

In a pub in Leicester and there's - I'll be generous - an absolute stack of tumours and crap slagging off the appearance of the black ones.

[chveik]

ALLEZ

[bgmnts]

The notion that punching a horse is an absolute outrage considering how we generally treat animals.

Riding them to absolute fuck is okay but punching it is a travesty.

Fucking stupid.

[Norton Canes]

COVID cesspit athletics golds 0 India athletics golds 1

[Elderly Sumo Prophecy]

Japan won a gold in the baseball because they actually play that apparently, and even enjoy it. Why no rounders at the Olympics? We could just enter a primary school squad and wipe the floor with everyone.

[jamiefairlie]

The notion that punching a horse is an absolute outrage considering how we generally treat animals.

Riding them to absolute fuck is okay but punching it is a travesty.

Fucking stupid.

[Shoulders?-Stomach!]

Japan won a gold in the baseball because they actually play that apparently, and even enjoy it. Why no rounders at the Olympics? We could just enter a primary school squad and wipe the floor with everyone.

That's basically Modern Pentathlon/Temtatholon

Which country is posh enough to have someone great at show jumping, Cross country running and shooting. It's basically an audition to be the stuntman in the next remake of 39 Steps.

[DrGreggles]

Baseball is HUGE in Japan.

#1 Sumo
#2 Baseball
#3 Takeshi's Castle

[Poobum]

#4 Kancho