Anonymous wrote:Even when they win they are not great. This women's gymnastics team that won, not impressive. So maybe talent is decreasing worldwide in sport. Maybe too much time on phones, not enough at practice.

I think something broke your brain. The US womens' gymnastics team is unquestionably the best in the world with 2 olympic all-around champions who are still somehow at the top of their game 4 and 8 years later. Simone Biles is considered by everyone who matters both inside the sport and out to be the greatest womens gymnast of all time. She has pushed the sport to levels I don't think people previously though possible and the fact that she is still able to compete at this level so far above even the best gymnasts from every other country at 27 is just unheard of. She has Phelps level dominance in the sport.

Put Simone next to any prior gymnastics great and she would absolutely dominate them. She does things no one has ever done before and she does them with perfect execution and power and even is artistically strong. If you don't understand that then you don't understand the sport at all.

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Anonymous wrote:Why not just enjoy watching talented athletes from all over the world?

Because China tries to take it a lot more seriously as some sort of display as soft power projection.

Wut

DP. I love watching athletes from all over the world, but if you're old enough to remember the Cold War, you appreciate the soft power of Olympic success.

that was like 50 years ago, and if you know anything about the era you understand it was just corrupt politics at play.

today, the olympics are an insanely corrupt commercial enterprise, where cheating is a requirement and the only thing matters is money. it's so gross that people watch it.

can't wait for ledecky's drug confession in about 18 months.

There's so much corruption and rampant drug use specifically because countries like China and Russia want to desperately best the US because they view the games as a projection of their power.

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Anonymous wrote:You are as dumb as a box of rocks. Men's gymnastics and women's rugby both won bronze medals, which are HUGE accomplishments.

But please go on with your discussion of our corporate and media overlords, you MAGA freak.

Ha, only in America do they celebrate coming in 3rd. You might as well just lose in 40th place. No one ever remembers the 3rd place winners 20 years from now. Only coming in first matters. You can lose by an inch or a mile. Losing is still losing.

How fast can you swim 100M? How's your floor routine?

I'm not competing in the Olympics, dimwit. How well could an Olympian build a house? How well could an Olympian do brain surgery? How well could an Olymian defend a client wrongly accused?

What a stupid argument. People who are bad at their jobs are allowed to be criticized by people who don't do the same line of work. Heck, the doctors and carpenters have greater impact on everyone's life anyway.

A bronze makes them the third best in the world at their job and probably the best in the country. Are you the best in the country at your job?

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Anonymous wrote:You are as dumb as a box of rocks. Men's gymnastics and women's rugby both won bronze medals, which are HUGE accomplishments.

But please go on with your discussion of our corporate and media overlords, you MAGA freak.

Ha, only in America do they celebrate coming in 3rd. You might as well just lose in 40th place. No one ever remembers the 3rd place winners 20 years from now. Only coming in first matters. You can lose by an inch or a mile. Losing is still losing.

The US as a whole does not care. The USOC pays out $37,500 per gold medal. Country that care pay far more.

https://news.sky.com/story/the-prizes-olympic-athletes-can-win-if-they-bring-home-medals-13187504

Once preseason football starts, even NBC will forget about the Olympics

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Anonymous wrote:You are as dumb as a box of rocks. Men's gymnastics and women's rugby both won bronze medals, which are HUGE accomplishments.

But please go on with your discussion of our corporate and media overlords, you MAGA freak.

Ha, only in America do they celebrate coming in 3rd. You might as well just lose in 40th place. No one ever remembers the 3rd place winners 20 years from now. Only coming in first matters. You can lose by an inch or a mile. Losing is still losing.

How fast can you swim 100M? How's your floor routine?

I'm not competing in the Olympics, dimwit. How well could an Olympian build a house? How well could an Olympian do brain surgery? How well could an Olymian defend a client wrongly accused?

What a stupid argument. People who are bad at their jobs are allowed to be criticized by people who don't do the same line of work. Heck, the doctors and carpenters have greater impact on everyone's life anyway.

Anonymous wrote:You are as dumb as a box of rocks. Men's gymnastics and women's rugby both won bronze medals, which are HUGE accomplishments.

But please go on with your discussion of our corporate and media overlords, you MAGA freak.

You prove my point. According to you (and whoever you are working here for), we are only allowed to say "great!" to whatever the overlords out in our face.

MAGA? What does that have to do with anything? Politicians benefits from suffocated public discourse. MAGA and progressives love silencing the public both.

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Anonymous wrote:You are as dumb as a box of rocks. Men's gymnastics and women's rugby both won bronze medals, which are HUGE accomplishments.

But please go on with your discussion of our corporate and media overlords, you MAGA freak.

Ha, only in America do they celebrate coming in 3rd. You might as well just lose in 40th place. No one ever remembers the 3rd place winners 20 years from now. Only coming in first matters. You can lose by an inch or a mile. Losing is still losing.

Way to double down on the "dumb as a box of rocks" description, PP.

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Anonymous wrote:Why not just enjoy watching talented athletes from all over the world?

Because China tries to take it a lot more seriously as some sort of display as soft power projection.

Wut

You haven't paid attention. China got pissed in the 90s about getting their behinds kicked so bad in the Olympics and regulary. Their communist party made it a top priority to start winning more at the games to display the power of the CCP on the world stage. You vastly underestimate how important coming in first is for countries like China, Russia, etc. to show how great and powerful their countries are compared to the US. They desperately want to show they the US is weak and can be defeated. Doesn't matter if it is on the battlefield or in sport. They love to politicize it.

This team USA is stinkin and letting Chinese soft power take over the world.

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Anonymous wrote:You are as dumb as a box of rocks. Men's gymnastics and women's rugby both won bronze medals, which are HUGE accomplishments.

But please go on with your discussion of our corporate and media overlords, you MAGA freak.

Ha, only in America do they celebrate coming in 3rd. You might as well just lose in 40th place. No one ever remembers the 3rd place winners 20 years from now. Only coming in first matters. You can lose by an inch or a mile. Losing is still losing.

How fast can you swim 100M? How's your floor routine?

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Anonymous wrote:Why not just enjoy watching talented athletes from all over the world?

Because China tries to take it a lot more seriously as some sort of display as soft power projection.

Wut

DP. I love watching athletes from all over the world, but if you're old enough to remember the Cold War, you appreciate the soft power of Olympic success.

that was like 50 years ago, and if you know anything about the era you understand it was just corrupt politics at play.

today, the olympics are an insanely corrupt commercial enterprise, where cheating is a requirement and the only thing matters is money. it's so gross that people watch it.

can't wait for ledecky's drug confession in about 18 months.

Anonymous wrote:You are as dumb as a box of rocks. Men's gymnastics and women's rugby both won bronze medals, which are HUGE accomplishments.

But please go on with your discussion of our corporate and media overlords, you MAGA freak.

Ha, only in America do they celebrate coming in 3rd. You might as well just lose in 40th place. No one ever remembers the 3rd place winners 20 years from now. Only coming in first matters. You can lose by an inch or a mile. Losing is still losing.

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Anonymous wrote:Why not just enjoy watching talented athletes from all over the world?

Because China tries to take it a lot more seriously as some sort of display as soft power projection.

Wut

DP. I love watching athletes from all over the world, but if you're old enough to remember the Cold War, you appreciate the soft power of Olympic success.

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Anonymous wrote:becasue all you've been watching is the NBC narrative, which is that the US is great, even when it isn't.

the US is still -550 to finish with the most gold medals. China is +350.

Are you a gambler

Vegas is almost always right when the odds are that skewed. Anyone saying the US sucks is just pushing a narrative. Both the european books and vegas are almost certain the US will win and they're the ones with money on the line. I'm not taking -550 odds for anything, the bet isn't worth it

You are as dumb as a box of rocks. Men's gymnastics and women's rugby both won bronze medals, which are HUGE accomplishments.

But please go on with your discussion of our corporate and media overlords, you MAGA freak.

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Anonymous wrote:becasue all you've been watching is the NBC narrative, which is that the US is great, even when it isn't.

the US is still -550 to finish with the most gold medals. China is +350.

Are you a gambler