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urban 25 Jul 2016 08:26:36 13,148 posts
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Let the fun begin!

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IOC decision spineless

Australia refuse to move into athletes' village

Edited by urban at 08:27:02 25-07-2016

spindle9988 25 Jul 2016 08:27:50 5,222 posts
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Haven't seen any promotion for these olympics whatsoever

superdelphinus 25 Jul 2016 08:33:10 10,507 posts
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A major sporting competition hasn't really started until problems with things not being ready in time are reported

chopsen 25 Jul 2016 08:46:46 21,958 posts
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" This place is well and truly f***ked in every sense of the word imaginable." says NZ Olympic Jiu-Jitsu hard bastard.

urban 25 Jul 2016 09:12:22 13,148 posts
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“Thanks to economic and political crisis, this is not a time for national pride. It's like if you were ready to clean up your house and do some much-needed renovations, and all of a sudden you have all these guests who might see something you'd rather hide.”

DaM 25 Jul 2016 10:28:41 17,729 posts
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superbob85 wrote:
Not even started yet and it seems like a disastrous olympics.

They always are until they start - the Athens opening ceremony started with some workies coming on to finish building something IIRC

And London was slated until it started and everyone realised actually it was going quite well.

This one might be different though!

Deleted user 25 July 2016 10:30:49

That logo though. Somehow managed to make a worsererer logo than London, the fuck even is it?

Salaman 25 Jul 2016 10:56:04 24,162 posts
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I'd venture for 3 people holding hands.
and feet. Well Foot, they seem to have 1 fused together leg

You-can-call-me-kal 25 Jul 2016 11:34:09 23,013 posts
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graysonavich wrote:
That logo though. Somehow managed to make a worsererer logo than London, the fuck even is it?

I think it's three people with the Zika virus.

Deleted user 25 July 2016 11:39:09

I've heard they put a speed limit on all running events this year...

....No Russian...

/edit
Just realised that they actually let them in!!!

Edited by dfunked at 11:40:25 25-07-2016

urban 25 Jul 2016 13:02:33 13,148 posts
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Not all of them.

Just the one's they're definitely 100% sure are baddies. They'll retest all the athletes but the detection window on good shit these days is so small you'd basically need to test them 365 times a year.

Banjax 25 Jul 2016 14:02:13 236 posts
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Or an enemy. He might have threatened to send Anatoly and the boys round if he didn't agree.

Syrette 25 Jul 2016 14:11:12 51,181 posts
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The IOC can do one.

Syrette 25 Jul 2016 14:12:28 51,181 posts
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@superbob85

What, this guy?

urban 26 Jul 2016 08:04:23 13,148 posts
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More than half of the buildings still to pass safety tests

The Australian team, which was due to be housed in building 23, is refusing to use the Athletes Village until leaks and other problems are resolved and the checks are done to its satisfaction.

Recently, it was the first team to conduct a full stress test of the plumbing system, which involved flushing all the toilets and running all the taps at the same time. The result was water running down the walls.

Psychotext 26 Jul 2016 11:05:10 70,652 posts
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I love how this always happens. It's like a kid who keeps putting off doing his homework.

"We've got plenty of time, we'll build it tomorrow"

"They're moving in next week? What the fuck?!?"

nickthegun 26 Jul 2016 11:07:09 87,711 posts
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Apart from all out civil war, it's hard to imagine what else they could fuck up.

It is, however, the least surprising thing in the world that it's turning into a shambles.

Alastair 26 Jul 2016 11:14:14 24,828 posts
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superbob85 wrote:
Not even started yet and it seems like a disastrous olympics.

Could go either way

Deleted user 26 July 2016 11:20:00

graysonavich wrote:
That logo though. Somehow managed to make a worsererer logo than London, the fuck even is it?

Looks like a butt plug.

I didn't actually mind the London logo. Going for an angular, hard-edged design was a nice change from the softer-edged lines most Olympic logo's have been comprised of since the 90's

Alastair 26 Jul 2016 11:22:11 24,828 posts
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Once Sally Gunnell gets out and wins the 400h and Jonathan Edwards does some triple jumping it will all be fine.

the_milkybar_kid 26 Jul 2016 12:26:09 8,474 posts
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Seems the most relevant place to put this. Bernie Ecclestone's Mother In Law (who's 20 years younger than him *shudder*) has been kidnapped in Brazil

urban 26 Jul 2016 13:18:19 13,148 posts
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That genuinely took me a minute to figure out

Deleted user 26 July 2016 13:27:48

Heh yeah me too. Read the headline earlier, and thought "my god she must be ancien... oh."

urban 29 Jul 2016 16:18:47 13,148 posts
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SURELY weightlifting has to go red

Psychotext 29 Jul 2016 16:30:33 70,652 posts
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Yeah, but then in reality Triathlon should probably never have got past either.

Psychotext 29 Jul 2016 21:40:48 70,652 posts
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Well that's Weightlifting sorted then: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/36927077