2016 Rio Summer Olympics
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I like those, too. Liked a lot of the countries with bold colors/designs.
I wasn't able to make notes about the clothing as I watched. Otherwise I'd probably have a ranked list in the works.
You talking about Robbie Smith? Guy with a beard, looks like a lumberjack? Greco-Roman Heavyweight. Threw Adam Coon (2015 NCAA Heavyweight runner up) for a 4 point throw like he was made of paper.
No - the guy we were talking about was baby-faced & clean shaven, looked more pudgy than bulked.You talking about Robbie Smith? Guy with a beard, looks like a lumberjack? Greco-Roman Heavyweight. Threw Adam Coon (2015 NCAA Heavyweight runner up) for a 4 point throw like he was made of paper.
Wanting to see swimming, stuck with biking (sorry, Boxster & Velo). Question, though - are those cars on the course camera cars & med support? They seem to be kind of crowding the riders.
You talking about Robbie Smith? Guy with a beard, looks like a lumberjack? Greco-Roman Heavyweight. Threw Adam Coon (2015 NCAA Heavyweight runner up) for a 4 point throw like he was made of paper.
No he was a black guy and about 50 lbs heavier.
Okay, then you & I were talking about two different people also, because I was talking about a white guy.
I think this might be the guy I was talking about.
https://worldarchery.org/athlete/8446/daniel-mclaughlin
https://worldarchery.org/athlete/8446/daniel-mclaughlin
There's a 6-3, 320# shot put thrower, Darrell Hill, who I think BC was talking about.
The only other heavy set person with a "baby face" I can see is a weightlifter. However, her name is Sarah Robles, so I don't think that's who KC was talking about.
The only other heavy set person with a "baby face" I can see is a weightlifter. However, her name is Sarah Robles, so I don't think that's who KC was talking about.
That guy isn't on the Rio Roster for USA...
http://www.teamusa.org/road-to-rio-2016/team-usa/athletes
This is a weird URL and I can't seem to make it back to the "parent" URL, but I'm bookmarking this!
https://www.google.com/search?q=usa...,null,"/m/05zppz",null,null,null,null,null,0]
This page shows headshots of the major team USA athletes in the competition...if you filter by male/female and/or sport you get ALL of the athletes of that gender and/or sport.
https://www.google.com/search?q=usa...,null,"/m/05zppz",null,null,null,null,null,0]
This page shows headshots of the major team USA athletes in the competition...if you filter by male/female and/or sport you get ALL of the athletes of that gender and/or sport.
My bad. I found an archery dude that could have been him but had a beard. I saw this dude's face in an attached link and followed it. I missed the fact that I left the Olympic roster when I followed the link.
Yay - SWIMMING!!!
Side note 2: the Chinese Tramper-Tramplinest-Trampoliner is Dong Dong.
Yeah, I have a middle schooler's sense of humor on occasion, but it made me giggle.
Side note 2: the Chinese Tramper-Tramplinest-Trampoliner is Dong Dong.
Yeah, I have a middle schooler's sense of humor on occasion, but it made me giggle.
Yea, it sounds weird, but I think it's a gymnastics event. It actually looks hard as hell, so I give it a pass. Especially since we give medals to horses.
It's actually listed as an individual sport, separate from gymnastics. I'm sure the level of skill is much more than bouncing around on a backyard trampoline...probably along the levels of the table tennis players vs Lew & I playing pingpong in the basement. I was just fascinated by the random competitions listed on that website - we rarely hear about those sports, but they're probably huge elsewhere.
And I've never really understood the equestrian events. The best rider in the world would suck on a broken-down old nag, and in reverse, a well-trained horse can make a novice rider look good. How much of it is actually human skill?
Yea, I'm pretty biased against those equestrian events because they wanted to add more of them and ax wrestling, but your statements are pretty much my thoughts as well.
I went through this entire roster but didn't spot him. Couple of possibilities, but again...beard vs clean-shaven. That's really going to bug me now.
Fun fact I learned while doing that: Apparently Americans only play water polo well in California. Of the 13 men & 13 women, one man was from Italy, one man was from Connecticut, and one woman was from Florida. The other 11 men and 12 women were from California, mostly Southern California.
There's a 6-3, 320# shot put thrower, Darrell Hill, who I think BC was talking about.
The only other heavy set person with a "baby face" I can see is a weightlifter. However, her name is Sarah Robles, so I don't think that's who KC was talking about.
Think this but, no beard and much shorter.
