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Anyone getting excited for the Olympics?
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Jul 21, 2024, 12:05 PM
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Any events or individuals you're planning to follow?
I feel like there hasn't been a very big build up for our athletes this year as there has been in the past. No Dan vs. Dave-type campaigns to help hype them up.
Only ones who really come to mind are Katy Ledecky, Simone Biles, and the men's basketball team (which #### near lost to South Sudan yesterday in a friendly, lol).
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ummm, no***
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Jul 21, 2024, 12:14 PM
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Re: ummm, no***
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Jul 21, 2024, 6:32 PM
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All the women's sports need to drop trou and have a short arm inspection to see if they are packing!
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Weird comment***
Jul 21, 2024, 11:18 PM
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Re: Anyone getting excited for the Olympics?
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Jul 21, 2024, 12:17 PM
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Tanner Tessmann, Dabo’s godson who almost came and played soccer and kicked for us, will be a starting midfielder for the Olympic soccer team. I expect the US team to be fairly competitive, but who knows. Seems we should have some exciting track athletes as well. I’m very excited, but I also rarely watch TV and will probably miss most of the events I want to see.
Go Tigers!
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Re: Anyone getting excited for the Olympics?
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Jul 21, 2024, 12:23 PM
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Track and field for me. Team USA will be very competitive in many track and field events.
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Michael Norman - 400
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Jul 21, 2024, 12:33 PM
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He could run a sub 44 second 400m. He has the potential to get close to the WR. We'll do well in the short sprints too. I'm looking forward to us snatching a few bronze medals away from the Africans in the longer distances too.
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Thats still a thing?***
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Jul 21, 2024, 12:44 PM
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Re: Anyone getting excited for the Olympics?
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Jul 21, 2024, 12:44 PM
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Any of the ones with local ties especially the 3 from Charleston Navarro in tennis, raven Saunders shot put and Jasmine Quinn in 100 hurdles though she is running for Puerto Rico so I will be rooting for the person representing the USA. Track & Field is generally the one I follow the most but I enjoy all of them particularly ones USA does well in.
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Heck yes!******
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Jul 21, 2024, 1:06 PM
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Yes - Swimming, gymnastics, track and field***
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Jul 21, 2024, 1:10 PM
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Re: Anyone getting excited for the Olympics?
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Jul 21, 2024, 1:11 PM
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Nah
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Re: Anyone getting excited for the Olympics?
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Jul 21, 2024, 1:27 PM
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Not at all. Not amateurs anymore. Foreign countries use professional athletes in many sports and are drug enhanced in many.
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Re: Anyone getting excited for the Olympics? I want to see how
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Jul 21, 2024, 1:26 PM
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the javelin and shot put catching go
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Re: Anyone getting excited for the Olympics?
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Jul 21, 2024, 1:40 PM
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Track and Field ...... Swimming ......Boxing (even with the crooked judges) ...... and a few more
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Re: Anyone getting excited for the Olympics?
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Jul 21, 2024, 1:43 PM
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Not really. Football starts in 11 days. More excited about that.
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Im looking forward to them***
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Jul 21, 2024, 1:55 PM
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Re: Anyone getting excited for the Olympics?
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Jul 21, 2024, 1:59 PM
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For sure, soccer, golf, swimming and gymnastics. Thinking gold!
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Re: Anyone getting excited for the Olympics?
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Jul 21, 2024, 2:12 PM
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they usually do draw me in simply because you can feel the high level of competition even watching it on TV. there is always a performer/performers that grab the attention of the world out of nowhere so that is the cool thing about it.
I do think the Olympics is a little past its use by date in terms of it being the biggest sports spectacle in the world like it used to be, but it's still a neat event overall.
I just hope there is no "incident" in Paris, scripted or otherwise, keep the fans and everyone safe we all know "they" like to communicate things via the opening and closing ceremony and all the eyeballs of the world on the event.
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Re: Anyone getting excited for the Olympics?
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Jul 21, 2024, 2:24 PM
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Can't wait to see if Xander Schauffele can keep his great playing up after his 2 majors this year and defend his Gold medal that he won in Tokyo in 2021
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I like track a lot. A little swimming. A little rowing/paddling. That's about
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Jul 21, 2024, 4:05 PM
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it for me.
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Yes!!
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Jul 21, 2024, 5:58 PM
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The Olympics are special.
I'll follow a little bit of most sports, but mainly I'll be watch Track & Field and a little bit of Basketball, Gymnastics and Swimming.
Being an old distance guy myself I'll be interested in anything 800m and up (Especially 5k, 10k and marathon), but I love watching all events when it comes to the Olympics.
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Re: Anyone getting excited for the Olympics?
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Jul 21, 2024, 6:00 PM
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Yell NO No No!!!!
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Not really.
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Jul 21, 2024, 6:39 PM
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Hope the frogs don't have a lot of protests. They are gold medalists in protesting.
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Re: Anyone getting excited for the Olympics?
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Jul 21, 2024, 6:39 PM
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Noah Lyles in the 100 will be fun to watch. I'm excited for it all really.
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Re: Anyone getting excited for the Olympics?
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Jul 21, 2024, 7:12 PM
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Not really
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Re: Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone vs Femke Bol in women's 400m hurdles
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Jul 21, 2024, 8:30 PM
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Only the events that can be timed or measured. The judging events not so much. Too subjective.
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Absolutely! The Olympics are great!
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Jul 21, 2024, 8:28 PM
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Re: Absolutely! The Olympics are great!
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Jul 21, 2024, 9:41 PM
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When Biles quit and they praised her, kinda lost interest. Kelly Clarkson is one of the main commentators. Fingernails on chalkboard.
Too much DEI and tear jerking human interest stories and not enough sports.
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Re: Anyone getting excited for the Olympics?
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Jul 21, 2024, 9:41 PM
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Yes, soccer (men qualified for 1st time since 08'), swimming, triathlon, track / marathon events.
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Re: Anyone getting excited for the Olympics?
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Jul 21, 2024, 11:02 PM
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I'm looking forward to swimming and gymnastics.
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Re: Anyone getting excited for the Olympics?
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Jul 21, 2024, 11:12 PM
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I enjoy watching the Olympics! I watch as much as I can of the Winter and Summer Games.
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Can't wait for the closing ceremony***
Jul 21, 2024, 11:16 PM
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Re: Anyone getting excited for the Olympics?
Jul 22, 2024, 4:36 AM
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I wonder if Simone will quit again like last time? I guess we will see.
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Re: Anyone getting excited for the Olympics?
Jul 22, 2024, 4:52 AM
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I'm not sure why sports like Breaking (breakdancing), Trampolining, Race Walking are Olympic sports over others like baseball, softball, lacrosse, etc?
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Track and Field is fun to watch. I enjoy the 100m and 200m sprints.***
Jul 22, 2024, 6:43 AM
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Re: Anyone getting excited for the Olympics?
Jul 22, 2024, 6:48 AM
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No it’s a hard pass for me. Disrupts my regular programming. Colossal waste of money if you ask my. Venues that are over grown shortly after they are used. It’s a joke if you ask me.
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Re: Anyone getting excited for the Olympics?
Jul 22, 2024, 9:04 AM
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What programming? LOL. It's hard to find anything decent to watch on network TV anymore except game shows especially in the summer months.
No stadium for the opening ceremony. I am interested to see the flotilla down the Seine for the opening.
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Re: Anyone getting excited for the Olympics?
Jul 22, 2024, 9:11 AM
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Guess that depends on what you like to watch. I’m a big discovery guy. Deadliest catch and destination unknown kinda guy. Those episodes will wait till after the Olympics to release new episodes. Kinda like shark week which I’m not a fan of for the same reason. Plenty of good tv on in the summer.
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I want to see if Mondo can get another WR in the pole vault
Jul 22, 2024, 10:35 AM
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And try to watch some archery as well.
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I figured out a few years ago why regular sports fans don't like the Olympics
Jul 22, 2024, 10:41 AM
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It's NBC's fault. They do story after story on the athletes with less attention paid to the competition itself.
Combine that with the number of judged events that are more about beauty than sport, like rhythmic gymanstics, synchronized swimming, etc. and its annoying for us fans that like objective scores and clear rules.
They cater the Olympic broadcast to women who don't normally watch sports.
Oh, and Bob Costas is a d!ck and I'm glad Mike Tirico has taken over that spot.
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Re: I figured out a few years ago why regular sports fans don't like the Olympics
Jul 23, 2024, 7:31 AM
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Nailed it 100%
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Yes ...
Jul 23, 2024, 7:45 AM
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