I don't think a woman over 5'5" could ever compete in gymnastics. The uneven bars can't accommodate someone that size.

Simone is medically a dwarf at 4'8". That's crazy.

Why isn’t NBC showing any stuff live in prime time?

Why do I have to go to NBCSN, CNBC and USA to find live in prime time?

The bar heights are adjusted for gymnast height.

I was thinking spacing, not height. That seems to be a huge disadvantage to taller gymnasts.

Is the Katie Ledecky 400M going to be on NBC or one of the sister channels?

As a fellow one……..Why are all the gymnast families a bunch of fat ass’s?

The tallest Gymnist is 5'7. Bronze in 2016.

Ok. Is she competitive? I bet not in all-around. She might be a specialist.

Kayla whatsherface that does the commercial with the frisbee on the roof said she was amazed how little the girls were when she was in 5th grade. She watched nationals in person and kind of freaked out. She finally stopped growing at 5'3" and became a specialist on the vault. It's a freak show, just like basketball players.

Uneven's. Bronze. 2016.

46 year old gymnast. Some people will do anything to avoid a real job.

gymnastics not putting their best out there tonight

I quit playing full court Rec league basketball at 39 with balky knees. Doing an Olympic caliber vault at 46. Pretty impressive. :thumb:

I thought Huske had it

Do I have to skip work to watch wrestling, weightlifting, shotput?

Then she, and her team are to blame.
No race radios in the Olympics. It is incumbent on the racers, and the team to be aware of race situation. At any time a rider can go back to team car to get info.
The Dutch team was strongest but they failed to communicate and see some vital signs that someone was up the road. Items like the motorcycle showing time gaps and even more importantly lack of lead car on indicating they were chase group not lead group.
**** the Dutch. They didn’t even congratulate the winner and their excuse is amateur.

There was some lifting earlier. The little guys.

14 hours ahead.

Swim Men’s 4x100 relay. Gold for USA!!! Yes!

Girls skateboarding street. So many wipeouts, I feel like I’m watching bloopers or an episode of jackass.

And they claim weed is a performance inhancing drug.

It's really unimpressive. The guys weren't much better.
I see people that seem just as good at a nearby local skate park.

Just turned it over and she immediately lost the grind on the drop.

The American girl skater is 34 years old. Competing against 13-14 year olds.

I’m pretty sure Doncic could beat the US team by himself right now. Torching Argentina.

NBC last night-blaming the Bball loss on the last two compressed NBA seasons and the fact that they just joined together as a team.

That last part I can believe. I also believe the rest of the world is not scared of the NBA players.

Certainly doesn't enhance your spelling

Lol...they lost to the French. Oy veh.

Synchronized diving is stupid.
Doing something at the same time as someone else shouldn't be a competitive event.

It certainly enhances my ability to not give a **** about it.

But nice dig, bro. And well done with the originality and complexity.

So teamwork isn’t a thing in sports? Got it.

Water polo is pretty fun. It's like watching water soccer with real athletes.

Team USA men’s water polo vs South Africa live over on CNBC

Cool thanks was watching the women earlier

There’s this Russian gymnast who apparently had surgery from a torn Achilles in March… and now he’s flipping and flopping all over the place…

If that doesn’t scream performance enhancement drugs idk what does


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It’s way more violent than soccer. They’re grabbing and kicking each other under there.

Wow, that's a dumb response.

US swimmers are not having a good olympics, another medal missed


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Rugby coming up. CNBC
USA vs. South Africa

I had no idea Americans played rugby at this level. Do these guys play professionally in Australia or something?

High schooler Lydia Jacoby from Seward, Alaska just won Gold in the 100 meter breaststroke!!! So proud of her and the way she represented us in Alaska!! The ALASKA ASSASSIN!!

Osaka eliminated.

That was awesome. Watching the feed into her high school or whatever was really fun.

Yeah it’s all over up here. Which is pretty awesome.

As far as I can tell, diving is about not making a splash when you enter the water.

She’s not only from Alaska, she’s from an Alaskan small town, which means it’s REALLY small. Not watching much of the Olympics but really cool to see her rep our state well.

Haha. Yes. A splash means you ****ed something up on the way to the water.

Not really sure how a team can botch a dive and still score 9s and 9.5s yet another team makes the smallest mistake and gets 7s. So confusing trying to follow the scoring on this.

The fact that she’s from Seward where there are only 160 students at her high school and there is only one 50 meter pool in the whole state (Bartlett) makes it that more impressive.

:usa: I could live in Seward, Alaska. But ONLY from June to September. Nice town. If you are ever in Seward be sure to visit the best bar in town, GENE THORN'S SHOWCASE LOUNGE - Where the "Funshines"! :usa:

Diving is one of those sports where I watch and think "Wow, that was awesome!" and then the commentator comes on and says "woah he really shit the bed on that one. Yikes!"

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">ELECTRIC.<br><br>Relive the moment Lydia Jacoby&#39;s friends and family cheered her on to GOLD from Seward, Alaska. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TokyoOlympics?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TokyoOlympics</a> <a href="https://t.co/jjLWAlaljy">pic.twitter.com/jjLWAlaljy</a></p>&mdash; #TokyoOlympics (@NBCOlympics) <a href="https://twitter.com/NBCOlympics/status/1419855163251118080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 27, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I'm watching the woman's USA vs. Australia soccer game on now. LIVE! SCORE 0-0 - 35 minutes remaining

is that at the aquarium in Seward?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A Team USA coach said that Simone Biles&#39; exit from the gymnastics team event &quot;is not injury related.&quot; Coach said it is a &quot;mental issue she is having,&quot; per NBC broadcast.</p>&mdash; Al Butler (@ALaboutSports) <a href="https://twitter.com/ALaboutSports/status/1419987613755314179?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 27, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Ended in a tie..Hopefully they get their asses kicked next game.

That sucks. Even the GOAT isn’t immune to mental pressures

USA vs Japan in gold medal game in softball.

There is a black guy playing on Japan’s 3 v 3 BB team. How does that happen?

identifies as Japanese. Sort of like Steven Segal.

Unless Biles told him to announce that, that's a ****ed up thing for the coach to release.

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So, you don't want the US to lose, you want them to get their asses handed to them?? ... what

What's weird about that? There are black people all over the world.

Yea. I know that. I meant more in what’s his connection to Japan? I remember Kyrie Irving played for Team Australia one year because he was born there.

Found a story about him. Pretty interesting. He’s originally from Texas. Was originally a baseball prospect. Even got drafted by the Royals. Is now a Japanese citizen


https://sports.yahoo.com/meet-the-te...111905913.html

Happens all the time. In rugby the majority of the Japanese team were born in South Africa.

When did skateboarding or surfing become more of a sport than weightlifting? Just because Americans are better at it, it gets more primetime coverage? Come on NBC. Don't be so nationalistic and yet whine about diversity all the time. I don't care if the best wrestlers or weightlifters are from other countries. Those are two of the oldest sports. Rather watch that over pothead sports.

They have pushed a ton of what they perceive as ‘lesser’ sports off to their apps or sister networks like CNBC and USA.

NBC only cares about what gives them the highest ratings. Didn’t even show any of the women’s gymnastics live during the today show this morning. Holding it back until prime time tonight

I enjoyed watching fencing and ping pong over the weekend, but to watch it live I had to hunt it down on USA or NBCSN at midnight.

Thats kind of the job isn't it? The mental pressure is inert to the sport is it not?

Everyone of those competing can do 99.9% of the moves. It's who can do it under the pressure of the moment. It's not a best of 7 playoff. You spent years training for this moment, who can perform under that pressure wins. Thats pretty much true for all the sports in the Olympics.

The women's soccer team, yes.

I was excited to watch but it was completely boring...disappoint

I always tell myself I like the Summer Olympics more than the Winter Olympics. Maybe not. Having a hard time getting into this. Maybe it's because Team USA sucks so bad at basketball this time around.

It's a **** load more entertaining than weight lifting.

Yeah but watching them eat shit is hilarious.

Whatever. Weak person. Pressure is life and death situations and family stuff. .

Count me in on being unimpressed with synchro diving and skateboarding. Yawn.

Now if the surfing is anything like the King of the Mavericks competition I'm all in.

I will say this.............team handball is pretty cool.

Put Biles in the Osaka category of snowflake athletes who enjoy all of the accolades of being famous... i.e. magazine covers, endorsements, media appearances, etc., however apparently they don't want to deal with the actual pressure of maintaining that fame with their athletic performances.

Or maybe it's just the fact that the pressure is just too ****ing insane.

How do you think a guy like John McEnroe would have handled the internet and 24/7 paparazzi that encompasses athletes these days?

There is an enormous amount of pressure on these people, who just want to play their sport.

Not everyone wants to be "famous".

The era of the quitter Olympian. Should be a contradiction in terms.

Just fine, and would've been a great watch :)