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kurogane wrote:With only 1/10 and 1/4 of the populaton of the states and Japan, respectively, and respectfully, of course, has anybody else noticed Canada cleaning up in the Bronze medal category: 1/3 as many as the US and 1/2 as many as Japan. Eat that imperialist and ex-imperialist oinkdogs!!! And we still have the Women's soccer consolation game coming up, and probably a few more sports we do decently enough at. This might be the year we show the world how cool shambolic mediocrity can be.
GOLD IS FOR STRIVERS AND PARVENUS!!!!!!!!!!
FUCK GOLD, Go for Just Good Enough, GO FOR BRONZE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GO CANADA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Russell wrote:kurogane wrote:With only 1/10 and 1/4 of the populaton of the states and Japan, respectively, and respectfully, of course, has anybody else noticed Canada cleaning up in the Bronze medal category: 1/3 as many as the US and 1/2 as many as Japan. Eat that imperialist and ex-imperialist oinkdogs!!! And we still have the Women's soccer consolation game coming up, and probably a few more sports we do decently enough at. This might be the year we show the world how cool shambolic mediocrity can be.
GOLD IS FOR STRIVERS AND PARVENUS!!!!!!!!!!
FUCK GOLD, Go for Just Good Enough, GO FOR BRONZE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GO CANADA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, Canada does have the same number of medals as the Netherlands at the moment. Not bad for a country with twice the population.
And did anyone notice the Brits? Outdoing China is no small feat.
Wage Slave wrote:Russell wrote:kurogane wrote:With only 1/10 and 1/4 of the populaton of the states and Japan, respectively, and respectfully, of course, has anybody else noticed Canada cleaning up in the Bronze medal category: 1/3 as many as the US and 1/2 as many as Japan. Eat that imperialist and ex-imperialist oinkdogs!!! And we still have the Women's soccer consolation game coming up, and probably a few more sports we do decently enough at. This might be the year we show the world how cool shambolic mediocrity can be.
GOLD IS FOR STRIVERS AND PARVENUS!!!!!!!!!!
FUCK GOLD, Go for Just Good Enough, GO FOR BRONZE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GO CANADA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, Canada does have the same number of medals as the Netherlands at the moment. Not bad for a country with twice the population.
And did anyone notice the Brits? Outdoing China is no small feat.
It is quite a pleasant shock. I can't imagine it will continue like that to the end but to keep it up for nearly a week is quite something. I am surrounded by conspiracy theories - The athletes aren't really Brits but defectors after 2012 that have been given nationality, doping ....
Russell wrote:Wage Slave wrote:Russell wrote:kurogane wrote:With only 1/10 and 1/4 of the populaton of the states and Japan, respectively, and respectfully, of course, has anybody else noticed Canada cleaning up in the Bronze medal category: 1/3 as many as the US and 1/2 as many as Japan. Eat that imperialist and ex-imperialist oinkdogs!!! And we still have the Women's soccer consolation game coming up, and probably a few more sports we do decently enough at. This might be the year we show the world how cool shambolic mediocrity can be.
GOLD IS FOR STRIVERS AND PARVENUS!!!!!!!!!!
FUCK GOLD, Go for Just Good Enough, GO FOR BRONZE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GO CANADA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, Canada does have the same number of medals as the Netherlands at the moment. Not bad for a country with twice the population.
And did anyone notice the Brits? Outdoing China is no small feat.
It is quite a pleasant shock. I can't imagine it will continue like that to the end but to keep it up for nearly a week is quite something. I am surrounded by conspiracy theories - The athletes aren't really Brits but defectors after 2012 that have been given nationality, doping ....
Maybe China has stopped using doping, so that the playing field is now more level...
canman wrote:I always find it so interesting how Japanese medal winners seem to race back to japan as soon as possible. Don't they want to stay , relax and enjoy the closing ceremonies? No I guess they want to cash in if they can. Do other athletes do the same or is this something unique to Japan?
Russell wrote:Well, Canada does have the same number of medals as the Netherlands at the moment. Not bad for a country with twice the population.
Grumpy Gramps wrote:Also possible that they are not the ones who call the shots, but have to follow orders from their handlers? Every day in sombre gaijinstan costs money, after all.
canman wrote:I always find it so interesting how Japanese medal winners seem to race back to japan as soon as possible. Don't they want to stay , relax and enjoy the closing ceremonies? No I guess they want to cash in if they can. Do other athletes do the same or is this something unique to Japan?
Samurai_Jerk wrote:canman wrote:I always find it so interesting how Japanese medal winners seem to race back to japan as soon as possible. Don't they want to stay , relax and enjoy the closing ceremonies? No I guess they want to cash in if they can. Do other athletes do the same or is this something unique to Japan?
I bet it's their sponsors wanting them back to cash in ASAP.
matsuki wrote:Samurai_Jerk wrote:canman wrote:I always find it so interesting how Japanese medal winners seem to race back to japan as soon as possible. Don't they want to stay , relax and enjoy the closing ceremonies? No I guess they want to cash in if they can. Do other athletes do the same or is this something unique to Japan?
I bet it's their sponsors wanting them back to cash in ASAP.
Is there really a rush though? We get months of them afterwards....
canman wrote:I always find it so interesting how Japanese medal winners seem to race back to japan as soon as possible. Don't they want to stay , relax and enjoy the closing ceremonies? No I guess they want to cash in if they can. Do other athletes do the same or is this something unique to Japan?
matsuki wrote:Samurai_Jerk wrote:canman wrote:I always find it so interesting how Japanese medal winners seem to race back to japan as soon as possible. Don't they want to stay , relax and enjoy the closing ceremonies? No I guess they want to cash in if they can. Do other athletes do the same or is this something unique to Japan?
I bet it's their sponsors wanting them back to cash in ASAP.
Is there really a rush though? We get months of them afterwards....
Samurai_Jerk wrote:matsuki wrote:Samurai_Jerk wrote:canman wrote:I always find it so interesting how Japanese medal winners seem to race back to japan as soon as possible. Don't they want to stay , relax and enjoy the closing ceremonies? No I guess they want to cash in if they can. Do other athletes do the same or is this something unique to Japan?
I bet it's their sponsors wanting them back to cash in ASAP.
Is there really a rush though? We get months of them afterwards....
I don't know. I'm not a marketing analyst.
American wrestler Helen Maroulis wins historic Olympic gold
United States wrestler Helen Maroulis made history in Rio de Janeiro Thursday, becoming the first American woman to win an Olympic wrestling gold medal.
Maroulis upset three-time Olympic gold medalist Saori Yoshida of Japan in the freestyle wrestling 53-kilogram gold medal match. Yoshida had won the 55-kilogram division in 2004, 2008 and 2012, but was beaten 4-1 by Maroulis in the 53-kg final Thursday (Weight classes were rearranged before the 2016 Games).
Japan has dominated women’s wrestling since it was introduced as an Olympic sport in 2004. In the flyweight, lightweight and middleweight divisions, it had claimed seven of the nine available gold medals. In the two events it didn’t win, a Japanese wrestler finished second.
Yoshida, 33, who now has three Olympic golds and a silver, is the winningest wrestler in history, male or female. She has won 13 gold medals at the World Championships.
Yokohammer wrote:But then ... you still have bronze and silver medal winners crying like babies because they didn't get gold. That's just undignified for an Olympic athlete, or any sportsman for that matter, but it does seem to be a growing trend, especially in combat sports like judo and wrestling.
Yoshida, 33, who now has three Olympic golds and a silver, is the winningest wrestler in history, male or female. She has won 13 gold medals at the World Championships.
But she was in tears after falling to Maroulis. She was even inconsolable while receiving her silver medal on the podium.
wagyl wrote:Having a cousin who used to bawl her eyes out when she got 97% in a test, I have a feeling that it is part of what drives some of these championship level people -- and that they wouldn't be where they were if they didn't have that drive. They are certainly not balanced, happy people, that is for sure.
matsuki wrote:wagyl wrote:Having a cousin who used to bawl her eyes out when she got 97% in a test, I have a feeling that it is part of what drives some of these championship level people -- and that they wouldn't be where they were if they didn't have that drive. They are certainly not balanced, happy people, that is for sure.
Definitely a part of it...but one must note we don't see nearly as many athletes from other countries doing the same. As to not being happy/balanced, the whole Yoshida and her slave driving father story constantly being portrayed as a heartwarming family tale is bizarre to me. Don't know anything about Helen Maroulis but taking a guess based on her bio info, she seems to just have genuine passion for the sport whereas I think Yoshida has/had serious daddy issues driving her to success.
Samurai_Jerk wrote:matsuki wrote:wagyl wrote:Having a cousin who used to bawl her eyes out when she got 97% in a test, I have a feeling that it is part of what drives some of these championship level people -- and that they wouldn't be where they were if they didn't have that drive. They are certainly not balanced, happy people, that is for sure.
Definitely a part of it...but one must note we don't see nearly as many athletes from other countries doing the same. As to not being happy/balanced, the whole Yoshida and her slave driving father story constantly being portrayed as a heartwarming family tale is bizarre to me. Don't know anything about Helen Maroulis but taking a guess based on her bio info, she seems to just have genuine passion for the sport whereas I think Yoshida has/had serious daddy issues driving her to success.
Uh oh. He's going down the rabbit hole again.
Wage Slave wrote:Trouble is you are saying he is guilty of child abuse and she is psychologically scarred for life by only being interested in the sport because she had to please daddy. I don't think you can judge that from the information you have and from what I have heard yes, he was certainly a very determined coach but actually she wanted that and did have a genuine passion for the sport. In any case he died two years ago FTR. What's a bit iffy is the fact that the Japanese public seemed to just expect that she would get gold yet again. This is her fourth Olympics. After 12 years at the very top of a sport like that it's not at all unreasonable that someone younger and better comes along.
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