2021 Summer Olympics

[dodint]

Tomas also repeated what I said but with more words.

[genoscoif]

Tomas also repeated what I said but with more words.

Well, counselor, looks like you need more lawyerin' learnin' then.

[Gaucho]

[blackjack68]

Born To Ride?

[Dickie Dunn]

I'm just happy to see someone finally pave the way for privileged white women in horse related competitions.

[shafnutz05]

I'm just happy to see someone finally pave the way for privileged white women in horse related competitions.

But those English riding outfits are the best Jerry, the best!

[Tomas]

Richardson not nominated for US relay team. Right decision IMO.

[Gaucho]

There will be no spectators at the Games. Right decision IMO.

[dodint]

I still say the games should have been decentralized. What's in it for Japan at this point?

[Beveridge]

What's in it for Japan at this point?

The ability to lose more money on the Olympics than anyone ever.

[dodint]

Yes.

Ban the press, too, and maybe Osaka will play.

[shafnutz05]

Yes.

Ban the press, too, and maybe Osaka will play.

[dodint]

What Olympic 'bubble'? Entry loopholes result in contact between athletes, fans

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20 ... 6IK4BQX430

NARITA, Chiba -- As foreign Olympic delegations arrive in Japan one after another ahead of the games' opening on July 23, a "bubble system" to separate them from outside parties to prevent the spread of the coronavirus is showing its own limits, with some athletes coming close to general travelers at an airport and fans asking for autographs from delegates.

According to related parties, the number of athletes and other individuals connected to the games slated to arrive at Narita International Airport in Chiba Prefecture peaked on July 18, at a total of some 2,500.

The arrival of foreign delegations got into full swing on July 1, and the afternoon of July 17 saw the airport in the most disarray this reporter has witnessed.

When the national soccer squads from Argentina, France and South Korea came out at the arrival lobby one after the other, several fans forced their way past staff from the organizing committee to barge into the exclusive paths created for athletes, hopping over keep-out chains.

[Beveridge]

I don't know why but I laughed uncontrollably at the last part: keep-out chains.

Yeah, that will stop them!

[robbiestoupe]

Do not pass these chains, please. Or we'll send our white-gloved police force after you. /head bow/

[Ad@m]

[shoeshine boy]

my shoulders and back ache just looking at that.

[NAN]

I tried to pole vault once in high school during track practice. It didn't go well.

[Dickie Dunn]

When I was a sophomore in HS our track and field team added pole vaulting to its mix of events. Two weeks in the newly hired pole vaulting coach was busted banging a junior after practice and that was the end of pole vaulting.

[NAN]

When I was a sophomore in HS our track and field team added pole vaulting to its mix of events. Two weeks in the newly hired pole vaulting coach was busted banging a junior after practice and that was the end of pole vaulting.

He used the wrong pole.

Thank you, thank you. I'll see myself out.

[Beveridge]

But was she hot.

[Dickie Dunn]

Yes. Has also exclusively been in relationships with women ever since. Maybe he did her a favor?

[tifosi77]

I don't know why but I laughed uncontrollably at the last part: keep-out chains.

Yeah, that will stop them!

Do not pass these chains, please. Or we'll send our white-gloved police force after you. /head bow/

You guys laugh, but it actually will be pretty much enough to keep locals at bay. It will just be visiting people who don't comply.

[RonnieFranchise]

Opening ceremony this morning. So weird in an empty stadium.

7 AM ET is 8 PM in Japan. Should see some decent live content in the mornings if NBC does things right, which they won’t.

[Tomas]

@Gaucho : I just saw the official attire of Team Germany. Is there any special meaning behind that?