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Favorite Summer Olympic sports?

Dove said:
Squats, not benches.

Go back to sleep, Chinny.
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They definitely said benches first. They may have corrected it later but I was completely shocked and actually went back to re-listen so maybe I missed the correction.
 
Chin Diesel said:
I was in and out of sleep last night watching the finals. If I heard correctly last night, Kovacs benches close to 800 lbs???????
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A friend actually texted me that last night as well so they definitely said it but it can't be accurate. Nobody has ever benched 800 lbs. before. He's unbelievably strong and so is Joe Kovacs, they're probably like world's strongest man type strong but even those guys can't come close to that...

This got me interested so I looked up Ryan Crouser's instagram and he has video from a year ago benching 440 lbs. for 6 touch and go reps and a video from a few years ago where he benches 500 lbs. touch and go for a single, his butt comes off the bench in them but the weight goes up easily. I also read Joe Kovacs can do a 650 lb. bench for 5 reps which can't be true because it would put him right there with the best bencher ever. There is video of him doing an 870 lb. squat for 4 reps though which is totally insane.

There's videos of Crouser jumping around and twisting his body on the olympic rings. It's impressive for a normal size athlete and then you realize he's 6'8 320 lbs. and it's freakishly impressive. I'm not sure most people realize what kind of absolute athletic freaks shot putters are.
 
TheChamps990411 said:
Boxing is the only thing ive watched this Olympics and it was a couple fights. This has been the least interested in the events that i can remember and my usual interest isnt that high to begin with.
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Not always that exciting to watch to begin with, but the time offset, coupled with no fans on hand....makes it depressing, in a 'remember the cardboard cutouts?' kind of way...
 
That was awesome seeing that Gable Stevenson back flip, after the last second takedown to win gold.
 
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Scoe said:
That was awesome seeing that Gable Stevenson back flip, after the last second takedown to win gold.
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4 points in last 10 seconds. His opponent was GASSED.
 
Wonder how much longer they keep equestrian in the Olympics?? Talk about an exclusive sport and lets not get started on the stress is causes the horses being shipped across the Pacific.
 
I woke up from a nap, and the nbc coverage has switched to rhythmic gymnastics. Couldn't help but picture Will Farrell prancing around with his ribbon, but these women were impressive. One girl dropped her ribbon, one had hers in a knot. Quite the drama, then with the Israeli shocking the Angel and demon identical Russian twins - heavy favorites. Scandalous upset, the russians are demanding an inquiry
 
I enjoyed both the US Women's Water Polo and Volleyball gold winning performances. Both were dominant wins. I like watching sports like this that are out of the limelight. Congratulations to Karch for the first gold ever for the Volleyball team. He is also the first to win a gold as a participant for both beach and indoor volleyball as well as a gold as a coach.

I also watched a bit of the artistic swimming aka synchronized swimming. I am not sure if this should be Olympic sport but the way they move effortlessly in the water is truly amazing.
 
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Fantastic showing by USA in these Olympics, already looking forward to Paris in 3 years then LA in 28
 
not sure if already posted, but if 3x3 basketball has legs, why not dunk contest? diving, gymnastics, skateboardin, etc…is based on a performance scale.
we all know dunking is international
 
Chin Diesel said:
Both those last laps were straight up 'nother gear level swimming. He did great in the team medley too on his butterfly lap after the breast stroke swimmer gave up the lead from the back stroke first leg.
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As awesome as Finke was, Sifan Hassan’s 1500 comeback in the qualifier after being tripped up on the last lap was the most incredible run I’ve ever seen. She spotted world class runners at least 30m and caught them in the last 400m after running about 1100m and falling to the ground. And she was near the back of the pack when it happened. Also doubled gold in the 5000 and 10000. With a bronze in the 1500.
 
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