[GT] Sunday August 7

[Mango]

Damn

[GirlySports]

The aussies took it with a great last dive

[CofR]

Damn...

[flames_fan_down_under]

Damn! Missing out by a point!

[GGG]

Tough, a half point on any category on any dive would have made the difference. Got to be crushing.

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by flames_fan_down_under

I think the Chinese divers should be tested for being robots.

They train alot in China. Failure means a trip to the Gulag

[DownhillGoat]

Originally Posted by Locke

Holy crap, what the hell happened to that woman on the bike?

Started raining a bit, came into the corner way too hot. Head smashed into the curb. It was ugly. There's a few vids on youtube now for the replay if you're into that sort of thing.

Horrible luck. She was hit by a car a few years back while training in Italy and had multiple fractures and a collapsed lung. Looked like she was a lock to get gold until that crash.

[browna]

From watching the whole thing, 1 great dive, 2 good ones, 1 below average (the last one) and then a terrible one to start for the Canadians. Only the screw up by the Malaysians on the 4th one had them with a shot on the 5th.

That said, one point after 5 dives is close. No idea, when replays are so quickly available right after, and the judgement is on 5 seconds that they're judged on, why they aren't used.

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by GGG

Tough, a half point on any category on any dive would have made the difference. Got to be crushing.

Yep. Thats diving. In 2012 canada won the bronze by 2 points

[craigwd]

Originally Posted by Derek Sutton

Yes, the cycling course could easily go into the Ongoing Rio Disaster thread.

I would say that it's difficult, but not a disaster.

Originally Posted by browna

That said, one point after 5 dives is close. No idea, when replays are so quickly available right after, and the judgement is on 5 seconds that they're judged on, why they aren't used.

That's just how the sport is.
Skating and gymnastics allow replays but boxing and diving does not.

[CofR]

Volleyball on TSN now!

[JayP]

Originally Posted by browna

From watching the whole thing, 1 great dive, 2 good ones, 1 below average (the last one) and then a terrible one to start for the Canadians. Only the screw up by the Malaysians on the 4th one had them with a shot on the 5th.

That said, one point after 5 dives is close. No idea, when replays are so quickly available right after, and the judgement is on 5 seconds that they're judged on, why they aren't used.

Especially when you see the discrepancy in the judges scores. There were consistently execution scores that whole competition where you'd see 3.0 point differences from the high judge and low judge (8.5 vs. 5.5). That's beyond ridiculous. Especially since the highest scores overall I think I saw were 9.0 and 4.5. So basically one judge thought they were near perfect and another thought they were completely awful. Hard to take the event seriously considering all that. Either its fixed or the judges need to use replay to get some consistent scoring.

[taco.vidal]

Originally Posted by kunkstyle

Started raining a bit, came into the corner way too hot. Head smashed into the curb. It was ugly. There's a few vids on youtube now for the replay if you're into that sort of thing.

Horrible luck. She was hit by a car a few years back while training in Italy and had multiple fractures and a collapsed lung. Looked like she was a lock to get gold until that crash.

https://twitter.com/raykerckhoffs/st...77347429502977

Official statement about Van Vleuten: 'She is conscious, able to communicate. Further medical checks currently being made at the hospital.”

[GGG]

The volleyball team is in tough with US, Brazil, France in their pool.

[CofR]

Canada takes the first set from the US!

[CofR]

Antoine Bouchard finished 4th in Judo... Two 4th place finishes today.

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by CofR

Antoine Bouchard finished 4th in Judo... Two 4th place finishes today.

He got ipponed fast. Its kinda 4th. There are 2 bronze medals in combat sports.

[keenan87]

Yeah, two 4th place finishes are dissapointing.

[GGG]

Women's Rugy Quarters 5-5 at halftime.

[chedder]

Originally Posted by GGG

Women's Rugy Quarters 5-5 at halftime.

This 7's format is great to watch for those of us with short attention spans. In all seriousness, I don't think I could watch an 80 minute match on TV.