ParanoidPatriot
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Do they take their shells off?you've not seen the turtles. Your not qualified to have your opinion perhaps. I personally see turtles mating as 2 or 3 times more exciting than these dumb events.
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Do they take their shells off?you've not seen the turtles. Your not qualified to have your opinion perhaps. I personally see turtles mating as 2 or 3 times more exciting than these dumb events.
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The USA's men's basketball team saw their 25-game Olympic winning streak ended as they were stunned 83-76 by France in their Tokyo opener.
Evan Fournier poured in 28 points for the French as the Americans, who have won gold in the past three Games, were beaten for the first time since 2004.
A strong third quarter, where France outscored Gregg Popovich's star-studded team 25-11, proved decisive.
Rudy Gobert was also influential with 14 points and nine rebounds.
It was a disastrous start for Team USA who struggled in their preparation for the tournament, losing warm-up matches to Nigeria and Australia.
They looked to have taken control of the game with an eight-point half-time lead.
But, with Kevin Durant in foul trouble early on, they could not maintain that momentum as a flat third quarter saw them score just 11 points.
Jrue Holiday, with 18 points in just under 28 minutes of action coming off the bench, was a bright spot in their struggles and helped them to a six-point lead in the fourth quarter.
But the Americans missed four open three-point attempts in the final 30 seconds to hand France the advantage and Boston Celtics guard Fournier led them to an impressive victory.
Popovich will now hope his side can respond against Iran on Wednesday, with France taking on the Czech Republic.
The US Basketballers lost to the French?? How does that happen??
They've lost to Nigeria, Australia and now France. They're a mess it seems like.
We have watched some of the beach volleyball. The mens USA vs Brazil last night was a fantastic game..... other than that we haven't watched much either. We tried to watch some of the surfing and it was so boring I nearly fell asleep lol. They sit for several minutes waiting for a big wave to come so they can make a move..... Not my thing lol.I am not intentionally boycotting the Olympics but I just haven't had a moment to tune in.
I don't feel like I am missing anything.... Am I?
Decisions, decisions. Do I want to help my friends win a gold for my country or maybe I should just be a victim.I see Biles is nows saying she pulled out due to mental health pressures...She said she wasn't in a good place mentally to compete after facing so much pressure to win...
FFS, this is getting ridiculous with these female athletes.
I see Biles is nows saying she pulled out due to mental health pressures...She said she wasn't in a good place mentally to compete after facing so much pressure to win...
FFS, this is getting ridiculous with these female athletes.
It’s the example it sets that worries me as well. You can imagine a young person taking an important test in school or college and it’s not going well and then trying to walk away because of “mental health issues” and being “under pressure”.
Shall we allow solders on the battlefield to do the same? “Sorry sarge, I can’t take that hill as I feel anxious and under pressure”.
Where does it end??
As the saying goes... I'm paraphrasing "hard times make strong people. Strong people make good times. Good times makes weak people. Weak people create hard times"
Simone Biles took the spot from another athlete and then quit of her team. Send her home.
Biles:
"Today has been really stressful, we had a workout this morning; it went OK but during that five-and-a-half hour wait I was shaking - I could barely nap. I had never felt like that going into a competition before. I tried to go out here and have fun; the warmup in the back went a little bit better but once I came out here I was like, 'no, mentals [sic] not here so I just need to let the girls do it and focus on myself.’""
This goes to my earlier point about the athletes themselves destroying the Olympics for me. Being so weak mentally (or selfish and weak) is a component of being an athlete. Can flip your body , but can't handle pressure? Don't go to the Olympics.
Somewhere Larry and Michael are shaking their heads...
All sportspeople get nervous. You read of guys puking their guts up before games. You can imagine the tennis playing men or golfers who play on their own, before a big major. Of a golfer leading on the final day of the Masters. Or a boxer before a huge bout. They'd all be nervous, losing sleep in the build-up, full of self doubt....but they get on with it and turn up and compete.
If you've made the decision to go pro in sports, this goes with the territory. It is not an option to chicken out.
It's so disappointing to see Biles doing this, following Osaka. What kind of role models are they going to be to young girls?? This has to stop.