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08-07-2016 , 01:03 AM

#451

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Alright Clark, just pitch us the timeshares already

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08-07-2016 , 01:18 AM

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Olympic Kayaker capsizes after htiting submerged sofa

hahahahahahahaha

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08-07-2016 , 01:19 AM

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do the people whove been to rio reccomend young women going?

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08-07-2016 , 01:20 AM

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Stray bullet enters media tent at equestrian event

nobody hurt, but lolwtf

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08-07-2016 , 01:47 AM

#455

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Heard today from two girls I know down there. One (American) said the city is abuzz with amazing energy. The other (Brazilian from São Paulo) said the city was the cleanest she had ever seen it and was super gorgeous and everyone was having a blast.

deets

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08-07-2016 , 02:59 AM

#456

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Originally Posted by mw828

Alright Clark, just pitch us the timeshares already

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08-07-2016 , 04:50 AM

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Lol her using abuzz

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08-07-2016 , 07:17 AM

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Paramedics drop stretcher of French gymnast who suffered horrific leg break

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08-07-2016 , 08:01 AM

#459

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Aussie swimmer getting hammered from Chinese trolls for calling their swimmer a drug cheat lol this maybe a record for most comments on an Instagram post

https://instagram.com/p/BIzADM_jzFk/

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08-07-2016 , 09:40 AM

#460

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Looks like rowing has been suspended for a day due to high winds. Seems pretty crazy these problems weren't anticipated.

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08-07-2016 , 10:45 AM

#461

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Looks like rowing has been suspended for a day due to high winds. Seems pretty crazy these problems weren't anticipated.

Pretty boned for the next few days as well.

Not just rowing

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08-07-2016 , 11:56 AM

#462

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Looks like rowing has been suspended for a day due to high winds. Seems pretty crazy these problems weren't anticipated.

were they supposed to turn the wind off?

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08-07-2016 , 12:03 PM

#463

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Originally Posted by wiper

were they supposed to turn the wind off?

No, but they should at least have organised the rowing such that a day off wouldn't potentially impact the structure of the event as now might be the case (i.e. they were discussing getting rid of some repechages due to lack of time).

Also, potentially consider courses that wouldn't be affected by high winds although I have no idea how feasible that would have been to be fair.

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08-07-2016 , 12:05 PM

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China would have turned off the wind

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08-07-2016 , 12:24 PM

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It's usually not windy at Lagoa fwiw. But yeah better scheduling with cushion doesn't seem crazy.

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08-07-2016 , 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by ClarkNasty

It's usually not windy at Lagoa fwiw. But yeah better scheduling with cushion doesn't seem crazy.

Hmm fair enough, kinda unlucky then I guess, still poor organisation though imo.

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08-07-2016 , 12:32 PM

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Aussie swimmer getting hammered from Chinese trolls for calling their swimmer a drug cheat lol this maybe a record for most comments on an Instagram post

https://instagram.com/p/BIzADM_jzFk/

That's great they're trolling him mostly in Chinese or broken english. Nothing says revenge like making someone try to translate.

I was looking forward to loling at his Sun dude, but reviewing the case history it seems pretty meh; the substance was unbanned as of the end of that year and was on the list of allowed out of competition, but not in-competition at the time. 3 month suspension for something that apparently had an actual medical need.

https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.co...g-doping-case/

Of course, the same article vomits out:

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John Ruger, U.S. Olympic Committee Ombudsman, Tackling Doping in Sport, Global Conference, March, 2013, in the UK stated, “between 40% to 60% of positive test doping results were inadvertent (non-deliberate) cases.”

With no indication of who judges whether it was deliberate or not.

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08-07-2016 , 12:42 PM

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400k comments isn't close to most comments ever but if it keeps at the current rate it could get there in a few days.

Hilarious that the Aus coach said that our swimming organisation has zero tolerance to drugs when the six that took Stilnox in London got a slap on the wrist

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08-07-2016 , 12:46 PM

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08-07-2016 , 02:30 PM

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I was watching the swimming today. The commentators made no bones about the fact they hated Sun Yang. As well as the doping (he was taking medication for a heart condition, which has now mysteriously vanished), there's a drinking driving ban, and reports of him exposing himself to other athletes.

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08-07-2016 , 03:32 PM

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I was watching the swimming today. The commentators made no bones about the fact they hated Sun Yang. As well as the doping (he was taking medication for a heart condition, which has now mysteriously vanished), there's a drinking driving ban, and reports of him exposing himself to other athletes.

I've taken medication for chest pains, which just went away and stopped taking the meds. It's not uncommon at all.

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08-07-2016 , 03:48 PM

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A heart condition is not the same as chest pains.

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08-07-2016 , 04:04 PM

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defining picture of the games imo

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08-07-2016 , 04:33 PM

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A heart condition is not the same as chest pains.

From the story I linked earlier:

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according to sources, Sun apparently had been suffering from chest pains. The medication Sun received containing trimetazidine was for “angina pectoris” which is improper contractivity of the heart muscle and/or coronary heart disease, or a problem with blood vessels that causes the chest pain.

The literal translation of "angina" is chest pain...so chest pain chest, is his "heart condition".