2016 Summer Olympics

by **Feces.Hurling.Monkey** Sat Jul 02, 2016 11:04 am

Did you all see the Track & Field trials last night? SLA: There's this University of Oregon runner who's insanely awesome - Galen Rupp. He's already qualified for the Marathon, and last night he kicked everybody's butt in the 10K - he practically lapped 1/3 of the field. On Monday he will try to qualify for the 5K. Think about it; from 26.2 miles to 6.2 miles to 3.1 miles

They said his training program consists of running 145 miles per week @?@#? Holy Crap; if he just medals in all three events that will be an amazing accomplishment, but if he wins gold in all three, it would be unbelievable - probably one of the greatest achievement in track history.

http://www.teamusa.org/News/2016/July/01/US-Olympic-Team-Trials-For-Track-And-Field

by **SLA44** Sat Jul 02, 2016 11:28 am

Yes I did and I set up a forum for the Olympics I will move this over there.

by bluechipdude Sun Jul 03, 2016 10:22 am

I know this is about the Tour de France, but cycling is an Olympic sport and we will see some of the people in this years Tour at the Olympics. Stage one Saturday ended at Utah beach the site of the D-Day invasion some 72 years ago. Anybody who follows the Tour yearly knows the photography is spectactcular as is the countryside they film. Just the history of some these old buildings just blows your mind.For example yesterday they passed this large abbey that was built in 1064 as well as the Church that hung up some of the paratroopers on their spires. They did show the church in the movie The Longest Day and there are people living around the town when the Yanks invaded and remember it.Anyway if you want to watch a great travelogue and some sports mixed in, tune in the Tour.It's carried by NBCsn beginning 5:30 am CT and will be on for almost 3 more weeks.

by **Feces.Hurling.Monkey** Mon Jul 04, 2016 10:01 am

Here's the results of yesterday's trials. Gatlin ran the 2nd fastest time of 2016 and with Usain Bolt injured, Gatlin may have an opening for Gold:

Men's 100

Justin Gatlin: 9.80
Trayvon Bromwell: 9.84
Marvin Bracy: 9.98

Women’s 100m
English Gardner: 10.74 Tianna Bartoletta: 10.78
Tori Bowie: 10.78

Men’s 400m
LaShawn Merritt: 43.97 Gil Roberts: 44.73
David Verburg: 44.82

Women’s 400m

Allyson Felix: 49.68
Phyllis Francis: 49.94
Natasha Hastings: 50.17

Men’s Long Jump
Jeffery Henderson: 8.59m (28’2 1/4″)
Jarrion Lawson: 8.58m (27’1 3/4″)
Will Claye: 8.42m (27’7 1/2″)

Men’s Decathlon
Ashton Eaton: 8,750 points
Jeremy Taiwo: 8,425 points
Zach Ziemek: 7,784 points

by **Feces.Hurling.Monkey** Mon Jul 04, 2016 10:01 am

Usain Bolt - the Jamaican 2-time Gold medal winner 100 meters:

by **Feces.Hurling.Monkey** Mon Jul 04, 2016 10:06 am

bluechipdude wrote:I know this is about the Tour de France, but cycling is an Olympic sport and we will see some of the people in this years Tour at the Olympics. Stage one Saturday ended at Utah beach the site of the D-Day invasion some 72 years ago. Anybody who follows the Tour yearly knows the photography is spectactcular as is the countryside they film. Just the history of some these old buildings just blows your mind.For example yesterday they passed this large abbey that was built in 1064 as well as the Church that hung up some of the paratroopers on their spires. They did show the church in the movie The Longest Day and there are people living around the town when the Yanks invaded and remember it.Anyway if you want to watch a great travelogue and some sports mixed in, tune in the Tour.It's carried by NBCsn beginning 5:30 am CT and will be on for almost 3 more weeks.

What's up Dude; yeah I was watching a little of the Tour and the historic sites. That's really cool they ended at Utah Beach. They had a summary of the first leg, with some of the historic pictures you mentioned:

by **Feces.Hurling.Monkey** Tue Jul 05, 2016 9:38 am

My Hometown Houston Gymnast, Simone Biles won her 4th consecutive national championship; first time ever done in 42-years.....Don't anybody tell GymJanie; her head will explode:)

ST. LOUIS -- Simone Biles’ cruised through the U.S. championships this weekend on her express ticket to Rio de Janeiro.

The three-time defending U.S. all-around gymnastics champion easily won a fourth on Sunday. Her score of 125 points outpaced second-place Aly Raisman by 3.9 points. Laurie Hernandez, Gabby Douglas and Madison Kocian rounded out the top five.

http://www.teamusa.org/News/2016/June/26/Simone-Biles-First-To-Win-Four-Straight-National-Championships-In-42-Years

by **Feces.Hurling.Monkey** Tue Jul 05, 2016 9:55 am

Sweetheart Allyson Felix is going to her 3rd Olympics, but her first 400m - she won the US trials. I'd love to pass my baton to her:

http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/allyson-felix-qualifies-rio-olympics-400m

by **Feces.Hurling.Monkey** Tue Jul 05, 2016 10:05 am

Big drama of the day was "Running Mom', Alysia Montano, who was favored to win the 800m, tripped and fell while leading the pack and didn't qualify for the Olympics. What a heartbreaker - to wait 4 years and then trips.

by GymGirlJane Tue Jul 05, 2016 10:21 am

Feces.Hurling.Monkey wrote:My Hometown Houston Gymnast, Simone Biles won her 4th consecutive national championship; first time ever done in 42-years.....Don't anybody tell GymJanie; her head will explode:)

Mu head has been exploding over Simone since 2013 Monkey bars. She won her 3d worlds championships last fall . She is simply on a completely different level than even the most talented elite girls.

On floor she leaves everyone gasping no matter how many times they have seen her basically saunter into tumbling passes that on are difficult as the ones the guys do. Her 4th pass (elite gymnasts do 4 passes v.s. college gymnasts who do 3) is more difficult than most girl's first pass. Its just astonishing.

Unless she melts down she will take home 5 medals -- team, AA, floor, beam and vault. And 3 of them are almost certain gold -- team, AA and floor. Vault is now likely gold (since she upgraded her 2d valut to a cheng) and beam is a possible gold but could be silver or even bronze.

As Aly Raisman (2012 Olympic floor -- and team -- champion -- headed to Rio for her 2d Olympics) says 'there's Simone and then there are the rest of us."

by bluechipdude Tue Jul 05, 2016 11:23 am

Hi FHM maybe mr.Rupp will finally make a dent into the Kenyans domination of the distance events.I haven't been following track and field for a while,so I never heard of him before. I sure hope Bolt is ready for Rio because with Gatlin in there we could see a world record time.There was a thrilling finish yesterday in the Tour that eneded in a photo finish.Stage 4 today just ended in another photo finish.Montano is pee odd because she lost out to 2 Russians in a previous Olympic who have been stripped of their medals because of doping.All that prep work done for nothing.Jane who are the countries that have any chance against our gymnastic team?I know Canada has a gal I saw in the Pan Am games that's pretty good. Any event that Simone is in is pretty much a lock for her.

by GymGirlJane Tue Jul 05, 2016 1:06 pm

Tango, there is no WAG team that presents a serious challenge to USA. Especially since the Russians lost Viktoria komova (she is not competing in the Olympics due to back pain) and the Romanians did not qualify a team. (larissa Iordache is arguably the 2d or 3d best AAer in the world). The only question is who takes 2d and 3d place on TF -- Russia?? China?? and who takes 3d on AA (the two Americans who qualify for AA are likely to take gold and silver although frankly, i can see Musty or Shang getting silver. It depends on qwho our 2d AAer is

On EFs there are some serious challenges of course. We are weak on UBs. (Simone will not make EFs on bars)

The serious challenges from other teams are: Aliya Mustafina (Russia); Ellie Black (Canada); Angelina melnikova (Russia); Shang Chunsong is a serious AAer (China) ; Larissa Iordache (Romania); Rebecca Andrade (Brazil); Guilia Steingurber (Swiss)

And then there is Oksana Chusovita. Competing from Uzbekistan this year. Girl is over 40. She is going to EFs on vault for sure and may medal. She's got a Produniova and she could medal. Chuso is a goddess. 7 consecutive Olympics

by **Feces.Hurling.Monkey** Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:35 pm

GymGirlJane wrote:
Mu head has been exploding over Simone since 2013 Monkey bars. She won her 3d worlds championships last fall . She is simply on a completely different level than even the most talented elite girls.

On floor she leaves everyone gasping no matter how many times they have seen her basically saunter into tumbling passes .....As Aly Raisman (2012 Olympic floor -- and team -- champion -- headed to Rio for her 2d Olympics

Simone was honored this weekend with the ceremonial 'first pitch' of the Houston vs Seattle game. She took the ball out the pitcher's mound, then did a Cartwheel, no hands touching the ground, then threw a (slightly off) pitch to the catcher. Standing O from the crowd !! She then said in the interview she's leaving today for San Jose (??) to the Gym trials. ....

She's a real sweetheart when interviewed - you were right, totally grateful and grounded; I"m cheering for her!!

I guess you misspoke when you said Aly is "headed for her 2nd" Oly, since she hasn't made the team yet....but I'll take your *Expert* opinion ( ) that she will - all the other experts think she'll make it too.....

by **Feces.Hurling.Monkey** Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:40 pm

bluechipdude wrote:Hi FHM maybe mr.Rupp will finally make a dent into the Kenyans domination of the distance events.I haven't been following track and field for a while,so I never heard of him before. I sure hope Bolt is ready for Rio because with Gatlin in there we could see a world record time.There was a thrilling finish yesterday in the Tour that eneded in a photo finish.Stage 4 today just ended in another photo finish.Montano is pee odd because she lost out to 2 Russians in a previous Olympic who have been stripped of their medals because of doping.All that prep work done for nothing.Jane who are the countries that have any chance against our gymnastic team?I know Canada has a gal I saw in the Pan Am games that's pretty good. Any event that Simone is in is pretty much a lock for her.

Hey DudeGuy! I'd be very surprised if Rupp can break the Kenyan's dominance on Marathon gold, but wouldn't it be awesome if he did. This will be his first Olympic marathon event, so I doubt he has the experience. But he should kick butt in the 10K.

I saw the Stage 4 was another 'photo finish'. I didn't realize they are back to awarding 'bonus time' this year. I did find this Tour '16 chart that had a bunch of cool info I'd thought you find interesting; especially all the historic sites for the upcoming stage finishes:

by **Feces.Hurling.Monkey** Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 pm

bluechipdude wrote:Montano is pee odd because she lost out to 2 Russians in a previous Olympic who have been stripped of their medals because of doping.All that prep work done for nothing.Jane who are the countries that have any chance against our gymnastic team?I know Canada has a gal I saw in the Pan Am games that's pretty good. Any event that Simone is in is pretty much a lock for her.

Did you see the entire Russian Track & Field Team is banned for Doping - DOOH!

The IAAF, track’s world governing body, suspended Russia in November after a World Anti-Doping Agency report detailed widespread, state-sponsored doping in Russian track and field. The ban was upheld by the IAAF in a vote last month.

The IAAF ban already allows a small number of Russians to compete at the Rio Olympics if they can show they have been based outside the country and subject to testing from a respected, non-Russian anti-doping agency.

by GymGirlJane Tue Jul 05, 2016 6:15 pm

Feces.Hurling.Monkey wrote:

I guess you misspoke when you said Aly is "headed for her 2nd" Oly, since she hasn't made the team yet....but I'll take your *Expert* opinion ( ) that she will - all the other experts think she'll make it too.....

My con-law lawyer friend told me Aly would make the team. So I figured he knew.

But seriously, Simone is a 100% lock. Aly at this point (after her performance at nationals) is a 98.5% lock. Gabby is a 96% lock. Laurie Hernandez is a 98.5% lock. The only real question is who the 5th person will be and the smart money is on madison Kocian.

by GymGirlJane Wed Jul 06, 2016 6:14 am

Feces.Hurling.Monkey wrote:

She's a real sweetheart when interviewed - you were right, totally grateful and grounded; I"m cheering for her!!

Of course I was right Monkey Bars. Get used to it. ROFL

by **Feces.Hurling.Monkey** Wed Jul 06, 2016 8:47 pm

GymGirlJane wrote:
Feces.Hurling.Monkey wrote:I guess you misspoke when you said Aly is "headed for her 2nd" Oly, since she hasn't made the team yet....but I'll take your *Expert* opinion ( ) that she will - all the other experts think she'll make it too.....
My con-law lawyer friend told me Aly would make the team. So I figured he knew.

But seriously, Simone is a 100% lock. Aly at this point (after her performance at nationals) is a 98.5% lock. Gabby is a 96% lock. Laurie Hernandez is a 98.5% lock. The only real question is who the 5th person will be and the smart money is on madison Kocian.

It's understandable how embarrassing this must be for you, being the gymnastics expert and all that, but not knowing that the Women's Oly trials start this Friday and then having to be corrected by Me was really a *DOOH* moment. But hey, dontcha worry Janie, I got your butt covered, no matter what they're saying about you in that other thread....

by GymGirlJane Thu Jul 07, 2016 6:32 am

No clue what you are talking about MB. Of course i know that trials are this weekend and that the team has not been officially announced or even definitively selected. But with Simone, Gabby AND Aly as good as locks, it was perfectly reasonable to say Aly is headed to Rio for her 2d Olympics. Many professional commentators are saying the same.

I have no problem admitting the times when I am mistaken about something. But this is not one of those times. Back to the drawing board Monkey Bars.

by GymGirlJane Thu Jul 07, 2016 6:46 am

For example:

"Rio will be big for Raisman and Douglas making long-awaited Olympic returns," Sports On Earth July 6

"Carly Patterson, the star of the 2004 Olympics, has little doubt who will lead the U.S. gymnastics team in Rio this summer.

It's the same three gymnasts almost everyone raves about -- Simone Biles and 2012 Olympic gold medalists Gabby Douglas and Ally Raisman.

But Patterson, the all-around champion in Athens 12 years ago, isn't nearly as sure about who will grab the final two spots when the team is picked at the U.S. trials Friday and Sunday at the SAP Center."
Mercury News July 6

Anyone who knows even a little about WAG, at this point pretty much assumes both Aly and Gabby are making their 2d trip to Olympics. Is it possible one or both will totally crash and burn this weekend thus forfeiting their berth? Yes. Likely? Not even remotely.

Even USA Gymnastics has posted the following on its facebook page "Raisman relishes role as 'Mama Aly' with second Olympic berth nearing in San Jose. "

As I said Monkey Bars, try again. Unless of course you feel you have to also "correct" the national governing board for women's artistic gymnastics in the U.S.

by **Feces.Hurling.Monkey** Thu Jul 07, 2016 12:27 pm

GymGirlJane wrote:
Anyone who knows even a little about WAG, at this point pretty much assumes both Aly and Gabby are making their 2d trip to Olympics.
Even USA Gymnastics has posted the following on its facebook page "Raisman relishes role as 'Mama Aly' with second Olympic berth nearing in San Jose. "

As I said Monkey Bars, try again. Unless of course you feel you have to also "correct" the national governing board for women's artistic gymnastics in the U.S.

Well that settles it Gymmie. Why even have the trials and competition? the *experts* have decided who makes the team...Ya see, this is why Gymnastics, like Ballet, is not a true competitive sport - you just need the opinion of a self-proclaimed expert to decide who wins..

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by GymGirlJane Thu Jul 07, 2016 5:23 pm

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by **Feces.Hurling.Monkey** Thu Jul 07, 2016 10:09 pm

GymGirlJane wrote:This is me, ignoring the Monkey

I don't know why you treat me this way; after all I've done for you! You're not even posting Monkey pictures anymore; you're not the same as when we first started posting, something has changed. And I've given you the best Posts of my life!!!

So here's another thing I'm gonna do for you; here's this weekends Women's schedule (since I had to remind you the trials are this weekend). Notice it's only on NBC on Friday and Sunday (no Sat events).......It just seems like I do all the giving in this CyberRelationship....

by **Feces.Hurling.Monkey** Thu Jul 07, 2016 10:15 pm

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Awesome Job SLAw!!! I wish I would have seen this earlier in the day, because I missed the men's High Jump. Looks like most of the women's events are Sat.

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