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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Thursday, August 18, 2016 - 6:21 pm 
From what I understand they managed to find someone who spoke English and could translate, the security guards were intimated by how big the guys were and the article I saw said the settlement was 100 rios (I think that was the other currency) and $20.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Thursday, August 18, 2016 - 6:58 pm
Usain Bolt wins the Gold for 200 metres with Andre De Grasse getting the Silver and a very excited Christophe Lemaitre from France getting the Bronze! Great race. Bolt is such an entertaining athlete. Not only is he a great athlete but he is fun to watch!
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Thursday, August 18, 2016 - 7:26 pm
From what I understand, the police did go there, and talk to everyone, and decide it wasn't such a big deal, so that's why they didn't arrest anyone.
This seems another thing that the cover up ended up being bigger than the crime.
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Kappy
Member
06-28-2002
| Friday, August 19, 2016 - 8:00 am
Congrats to Dalilah Muhammad for being the first US woman to win gold in the the 400m hurdles! And then Kerron Clement took gold in the men's 400m hurdles! The amount of energy they put out is incredible!
So happy for the US foursome in their rerun of the 4x100 relay. Can't wait to watch the final run tonight.
And then there's Kate Grace who we mostly heard about because her mom is Kathy Smith. THE same Kathy Smith whose vhs tapes I used to work out to, LOL!! I was reading online about how easier her daughter found it to be involved in sports growing up due to title IX. We really have come a long way, haven't we?!
And then there's the king of them all ~ Ashton Eaton who finished the 1500m last night to win the decathlon! As someone who only watches prime time and goes to sleep by eleven, I do believe I saw less coverage of him then I did of most others. That makes me sad.
As for Lochte, let this be a lesson to all immature 32 year olds. You're not a teenager any more ~ GROW UP!
As for the Rio police hauling people off of planes and taking their passports away, I hope they expend as much energy on real crimes in their city as they did on a broken poster in a bathroom.
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Rissa
Member
03-19-2006
| Friday, August 19, 2016 - 8:36 am
I don't blame the Brazilians at all. This was a huge blot on their reputation and they had every right to clear it up quickly and firmly. (And it wasn't just a poster, it was a door, soap dispenser, mirror and urinating on the building - none of which is a major crime but more than a ripped piece of paper). I agree with Karuuna that it's the cover up and lies that made this a big deal and with Kappy that this is a Lesson for an immature 32 yr old. I still don't get why Lochte went to the press and doubled down on his lies. Why didn't he just say no comment? Then tell his mother the truth and walk it back before it snowballed? It was done and settled before they left the gas station so no one would ever have known if not for Lochte and his mother. Was glad to see that 2 of the Americans had the honesty/integrity to not go along with the lie and were upfront with police from the get go. Must have been pressure to not throw Lochte under the bus.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Friday, August 19, 2016 - 11:10 am
OMG, the Australian Synchronized swimmers used the survivor theme music for the first part of their show! I thought I was hearing things at first, LOL.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Friday, August 19, 2016 - 11:21 am
Kappy, I did get to see quite a few of the events Ashton Eaton did, he was on during the morning. I have found that most of what I want to see is on around 10am. Plus they show more of the competitors not just the Americans.
It's like the primetime show is only highlights. I hate that about those shows. I wish NBC would just use all their different channels to show the entire events and let us chose what we want.
Seriously they have Bravo, USA, their sports channel CNBC and MSNBC, as well as NBC. But a night they only used the one channel, well they use the sports channel as well. Oh and I forgot, all the golfing is on the golf channel.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Friday, August 19, 2016 - 12:05 pm
All the performances were amazing....Japan got Bronze (which was really important for them since they had some problems in the last two comps), China the silver and Russia the gold.
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Kappy
Member
06-28-2002
| Friday, August 19, 2016 - 12:20 pm
Synchronized swimming just fascinates me! A part of me will make fun of it when it first starts and then I'm glued to my seat and just amazed at their skill! It's one sport where I don't even care what country it is or who wins. I just watch.
Dipo ~ I just get frustrated with what NBC chooses to show and at what time. One evening, they gave 80 minutes prime time to an early women's outdoor volleyball game and waited until 11 to show the gymnastics. Arrgh!
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Rissa
Member
03-19-2006
| Friday, August 19, 2016 - 12:33 pm
I downloaded the CBC Olympic app and it's been amazing for watching the events I want to watch live with no interruptions. For example, right now I see events are ongoing in basketball, boxing. Diving, golf, gymnastics,handball, modern pentathlon, water polo and wrestling. I am watching the diving (men's 10m platform) and checking status on a couple others as I wish. Much better than tv where half the time is spent on interviews or replays.
Eta. HAH, that will teach me for posting. Video not working, lol
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Rissa
Member
03-19-2006
| Friday, August 19, 2016 - 12:38 pm
USA just won gold in water polo FYI..
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Friday, August 19, 2016 - 2:23 pm
Rissa, I had some problems with the video yesterday when I was trying to watch the Synchro prelims.
I know Kappy, I am totally not interested in this obsession with volleyball that they have.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Friday, August 19, 2016 - 3:52 pm
Watching my tape from last night.
OMG, I love these shotput guys! They are too cool.
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Kappy
Member
06-28-2002
| Friday, August 19, 2016 - 5:09 pm
Yup ~ The shotput guys were fun to watch! So primitive in a way.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Friday, August 19, 2016 - 8:50 pm
And I find Pole Vault fascinating! I just wonder who said, "hey lets take this pole and try to jump over higher poles....whatta ya think?"
LOL.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Friday, August 19, 2016 - 9:59 pm
What the heck happened to the men's 4/100 medal? I switched over to watch RHOM and when I switch back they all of a sudden aren't getting a medal, they are DQ'd.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Friday, August 19, 2016 - 10:02 pm
Well crap, they passed the baton outside the zone.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Friday, August 19, 2016 - 10:08 pm
U.S. Olympic Team โ@TeamUSA ยท 23m23 minutes ago
#TeamUSA's women's 4x100m relay tonight was the second-fastest time EVER! ๐บ๐ธ
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Friday, August 19, 2016 - 10:23 pm
AND WOW! That dive by Tom Daly was incredible.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Friday, August 19, 2016 - 10:29 pm
And thank goodness Steel Johnson made it! I just love his name.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Saturday, August 20, 2016 - 2:54 am
LOL Dipo, have you seen the commercial with the two women sitting by a pool, looking up the nearest urgent care on their smart phones? Their husbands and a couple other guys are in the background trying to pole vault (using a pool skimmer) over the pool and hurting themselves, lol. Cracks me up everytime I see it, I have a friend who would be first in line for something like that.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Saturday, August 20, 2016 - 11:12 am
Yes, that one cracks me up too.
Caught the team rhythmic gymnastics early this morning, all the teams did ribbons, I guess it was the preliminaries. USA had a team but were last and that was good because I guess we hadn't had a team qualify for the semi's in a while.
Didn't make it into the finals but I guess that is what is on now. They are using hoops/Castaneda's and a ball. Just saw Russia and I couldn't even tell what they had because their apparatus' blended with the color of the mat.
Oh now this is more like it, Belarus has Hot Pink tools, LOL. Nothing shows up like the ribbons though
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Saturday, August 20, 2016 - 11:19 am
Wow the US team is the first team to qualify in 20 years, I guess they still get to play. Looks like their apparatus are going to blend in a little bit.
So I guess there are always 14 teams.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Saturday, August 20, 2016 - 11:24 am
US got 16.31 which is better than they did earlier so that is great.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Saturday, August 20, 2016 - 11:27 am
OH, LOL, they are clubs, not castenadas, hahahaha.
So top 8 move on and US didn't make it but were thrilled to get to perform.
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