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josh

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Olympics
« on: July 25, 2021, 12:22:00 PM »
Did you know about the Refugee Olympic Team?

29 athletes from 11 different countries, competing under a single banner.

It is so terrible that it needs to exist and so wonderful that it does.

https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more-sports/ny-olympics-refugee-team-meet-athletes-iran-iraq-syria-venezuela-congo-sudan-20210723-x4mdbjnm4vckhpmuqu74vjwaha-story.html
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Re: Olympics
« Reply #1 on: July 26, 2021, 11:58:11 AM »
Is the US Basketball team in trouble, given their loss to France?

Or do you think they'll be fine?
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Re: Olympics
« Reply #2 on: July 26, 2021, 12:08:58 PM »
Caeleb Dressel got his first gold in these Olympics, last night. Expect more.
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Re: Olympics
« Reply #3 on: July 26, 2021, 10:05:26 PM »
I have to ask:  in the future will they call a test of freestyle swimming skill... a titmus test?

https://slate.com/culture/2021/07/olympics-dean-boxall-swimming-coach-jerk-ariarne-titmus.html

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Re: Olympics
« Reply #4 on: July 27, 2021, 01:16:47 PM »
https://apnews.com/article/2020-tokyo-olympics-gymnastics-simone-biles-injured-463f9be556246eada6dec265297df4d2

At some point,  people realize they aren't trained seals.   And when mental health must take priority over trophies.   
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Re: Olympics
« Reply #5 on: July 27, 2021, 04:15:20 PM »
Simone Biles quit on her team. 

Few in this generation show that they are willing to persevere.

Generation Wimp.
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Re: Olympics
« Reply #6 on: July 27, 2021, 04:17:32 PM »
Quote from: Hamilton Samuels on July 27, 2021, 04:15:20 PM
Simone Biles quit on her team. 

Few in this generation show that they are willing to persevere.

Generation Wimp.

Your tolerance for mental health issues is striking and ironic.
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Re: Olympics
« Reply #7 on: July 27, 2021, 04:19:46 PM »
Quote from: josh on July 27, 2021, 04:17:32 PM
Quote from: Hamilton Samuels on July 27, 2021, 04:15:20 PM
Simone Biles quit on her team. 

Few in this generation show that they are willing to persevere.

Generation Wimp.

Your tolerance for mental health issues is striking and ironic.
And utterly anticipated.
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Hamilton Samuels

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Re: Olympics
« Reply #8 on: July 27, 2021, 04:40:27 PM »
Quote from: josh on July 27, 2021, 04:17:32 PM
Quote from: Hamilton Samuels on July 27, 2021, 04:15:20 PM
Simone Biles quit on her team. 

Few in this generation show that they are willing to persevere.

Generation Wimp.

Your tolerance for mental health issues is striking and ironic.

It's all about HER, not the team, not the country. HER. Got it?

The mental health "issues" are from a lifetime of coddling by "educators" like you, josh.

Harry Truman: "If you can't handle the heat, get out of the kitchen."

Josh and the Wokie World Wimps: "If it's, like, uh...hot, then, like, you should go to the living room or someplace cooler, and we can get take-out, okay? I mean, you tried, so, um, here. Try this CBD oil. It's good for your anxiety."

"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take." Michael Jordan.

"So, you didn't take a shot at it, and, like it's okay, because we, like, still love you, and that feels good, too, doesn't it?" Josh and the Wokie World Wimps.

"Champions keep playing until they get it right. Then they play more." – Billie Jean King


"Coming to the Olympics and being head star isn't an easy feat."---Simone Biles


Translation: "It's hard. Hard! I mean... don't you get it?"

An American embarrassment. Message sent to the rest of the world. Americans of this generation are weak.

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Re: Olympics
« Reply #9 on: July 27, 2021, 05:46:39 PM »
Quote from: Hamilton Samuels on July 27, 2021, 04:40:27 PM
Quote from: josh on July 27, 2021, 04:17:32 PM
Quote from: Hamilton Samuels on July 27, 2021, 04:15:20 PM
Simone Biles quit on her team. 

Few in this generation show that they are willing to persevere.

Generation Wimp.

Your tolerance for mental health issues is striking and ironic.

It's all about HER, not the team, not the country. HER. Got it?

The mental health "issues" are from a lifetime of coddling by "educators" like you, josh.

Harry Truman: "If you can't handle the heat, get out of the kitchen."

Josh and the Wokie World Wimps: "If it's, like, uh...hot, then, like, you should go to the living room or someplace cooler, and we can get take-out, okay? I mean, you tried, so, um, here. Try this CBD oil. It's good for your anxiety."

"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take." Michael Jordan.

"So, you didn't take a shot at it, and, like it's okay, because we, like, still love you, and that feels good, too, doesn't it?" Josh and the Wokie World Wimps.

"Champions keep playing until they get it right. Then they play more." – Billie Jean King


"Coming to the Olympics and being head star isn't an easy feat."---Simone Biles


Translation: "It's hard. Hard! I mean... don't you get it?"

An American embarrassment. Message sent to the rest of the world. Americans of this generation are weak.
Your tolerance for mental health issues is striking and ironic.


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Hamilton Samuels

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Re: Olympics
« Reply #10 on: July 27, 2021, 09:07:48 PM »
“I don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run towards it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your foot”---/i] Nadia Comanici[

A real champion.

Like Keri Strug: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bwa5Bf656As

But, Ms. Biles? Made it ALL about HER.

IN true fashion of today's youth, she QUIT.




Champions don't quit. They persevere.


Take the GOAT off the leotard, loser.




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Re: Olympics No Mas
« Reply #11 on: July 27, 2021, 09:49:06 PM »
Simone Biles is the Roberto Duran of gymnastics. Worse, actually, claiming she did it for the team.


Biggest woman athlete at this games so far? The swimmer, Titmus, from Australia.

 
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Re: Olympics
« Reply #12 on: July 28, 2021, 12:55:53 AM »
Piggy has expanded his mind-reading skills to reach all the way to Japan.

The people who screwed up are the coaches, whether you are right about her or wrong about her, Piggy.

Ever compete internationally, Piggy?

Ever been at the top or anywhere near it?
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Re: Olympics
« Reply #13 on: July 28, 2021, 07:43:09 AM »
Weird to see that Dressel wasn't on the 4X200 free relay.  He's a sprinter, I know, but I imagine his 200 is still among the fastest four guys and it's not like he hasn't done that event before.  I can only imagine that the coaches don't want him to burn out and they'll try to limit his pool time as much as they can.

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Re: Olympics
« Reply #14 on: July 28, 2021, 09:25:47 AM »
https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/28/opinions/simone-biles-naomi-osaka-olympics-mental-health-ives-rublee/index.html

A former top athlete's perspective on Simone Biles' decision, among others.
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