Rio Olympics.

[Tazz]

[TheDemonLord]

most hobbies aren't corporately sponsored, televised etc

Beg to differ - the key delimiter is that they aren't televised nationally

as for the population bettering themselves: (laugh a lot)
citation required.

Well as an indicator - Aussie Obesity rates (21%) Vs the US (31%) would be a good indicator

[EJK]

Possibly. I'll leave you to use your imagination...

Read again. He said ladies not gorillas.

[Banditbandit]

I barely scrapped up the energy to reasd this tread - was mildly intrigued to see what everyone said ...

I suppose I'll watch some of it, but I don't have sky .. so it might be the edited highlights - If I can be bothered

[jasonu]

I barely scrapped up the energy to reasd this tread - was mildly intrigued to see what everyone said ...

I suppose I'll watch some of it, but I don't have sky .. so it might be the edited highlights - If I can be bothered

That post nicely sums up the gaylympics!!!

[BuzzardNZ]

Not so sure on the gymnastics front - most of them look twelve

[JimO]

i haven't given a fuck about the olympics since... ever.
i mean really. who the fuck cares about ("professional"/) sport.

you could say the same thing about televising motorcycle racing

[oldrider]

Of course "all" the Russians were on dope - charged by "USA" and not even a whimper of surprise by the rest of the world - ffs!

[awa355]

A bit of a mixed fortunes to date. I'm pleased to see Bond and Murray get the gold. Had a feeling the men's sevens were going to miss out. They haven't been up to speed for a while now.

[Maha]

I bet Dave Dobbyn was pleased that he wasn't asked to be on standby to sing Loyal at any Gold medal ceremony.

[george formby]

Ah, yes. That lovely Chinese weight lifting athlete who smashed two World Records with her snatch. Delicious.

Must admit I am stoked for Fiji, the country is going nuts and the players receiving their medals was a lovely watch. Well done.

[oldrider]

Ah, yes. That lovely Chinese weight lifting athlete who smashed two World Records with her snatch. Delicious.

Must admit I am stoked for Fiji, the country is going nuts and the players receiving their medals was a lovely watch. Well done.

True - Fiji always was the great sevens development side and deserve to be recognised as such - fantastic!

[mashman]

Gotta feel for the Kiwi Kayaker after picking up a superb Silver, only mired by the officials flying the Ozzy flag for her at the medal ceremony.

[Katman]

True - Fiji always was the great sevens development side and deserve to be recognised as such - fantastic!

It wasn't that long ago that Fiji was routinely superior to New Zealand in the sevens.

(Pre-Tietjens era).

[Maha]

Tietjens has been coach of the Sevens team for 22 years. In vehicle terms, that's a classic.