Rio 2016
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Re: Rio 2016
Christ, what a failure Rio has been for Australia. Too many Aussie athletes were just "happy to be there".
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Re: Rio 2016
Goodness people. I should hope the athletes are happy just to be there. Winning is a bonus.
Is there really such an effort/attitude problem amongst athletes who train for years for a two week period? It'd surprise me.
Is there really such an effort/attitude problem amongst athletes who train for years for a two week period? It'd surprise me.
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Re: Rio 2016
Its flogging rain at the closing ceremony...
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Re: Rio 2016
Nothing I didn't expect. Now for the fallout and every armchair critics opinions on what went wrong.Pigman wrote:Hahaha, what a fiasco
**** you, Woodgers.
**** you.
We continue to **** about with blokes that are part of some fraternity. It's infuriating.
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Re: Rio 2016
See ya in Tokyo GE.
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Re: Rio 2016
This is a fairly reasonable summary: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/ ... MP=soc_567
We continue to **** about with blokes that are part of some fraternity. It's infuriating.
Re: Rio 2016
Worst since 1992: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_at_the_Olympics
Also, in terms of focus on what's not been achieved... isn't it the sports bodies themselves who told taxpayers that the investment is worth it, and success would come in terms of medals and placing on a medal tally? They're understandably being held to account now.
Also, in terms of focus on what's not been achieved... isn't it the sports bodies themselves who told taxpayers that the investment is worth it, and success would come in terms of medals and placing on a medal tally? They're understandably being held to account now.