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  1. Gunners

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    A 16 year old Romanian went 47.3 in 100 free(top time this year, 10th all time). Normal for women to start peaking in late teens, having speed like that in men’s is insane

    Dressel has a lot of competition in that event
     
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  2. Sir Phobos

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    I will say I forgot Jrue and Khris are a part of this team, the D should definitely improve once those guys get out there.
     
  3. Handcuffed

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    the defense would improve if they just stopped switching against everyone

    also, the Dame - Beal - KD - Draymond - Bam lineup was really good today. defense + shooting + pnr. i would expect that to be a closing lineup unless Jrue's defense is required.
     
  4. DeToxRox

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    This is going to be such a shit show
     
  5. It'sAlwaysSunnyInAthens

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    Is this shit about the anti-sex cardboard beds true?
     
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  6. killerwvu

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  7. BudKilmer

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    :roll: I hope so
     
  8. bwi2

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    they are rated for 440 pounds
     
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  9. bertwing

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    Well I guess that rules out devine ‘s mom getting laid in Tokyo :roll:
     
  10. 1

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    If the actual purpose of these is to "avoid intimacy among athletes" then what a genius idea because everyone knows the only place it's possible to have sex is a bed.
     
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  11. steamengine

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    I’d imagine if they really want to the athletes will have sex elsewhere.
     
  12. DeToxRox

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    It’s going to be quite an experience over the next few weeks
     
  13. seanofthedead86

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    This is the first Olympics in 9 years I'll be home to watch and it's going to be a cluster fuck. This sucks.
     
  14. Redav

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    Man this is going to be a disaster
     
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    I'm going to guess there will be some cases just like there are amongst the gen. pop. but overall it'll be manageable and the Olympics will be awesome albeit weird with no one there.

    #prediction
     
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  16. killerwvu

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    No crowds suck
     
  17. bertwing

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  18. Redav

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    Man it's nuts to me that you train for years trying to get to the Olympics but you put all that in jeopardy by not getting a vaccine?
     
  19. bwi2

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    She sounded eager to get one in April, and just looking at her schedule, it looks like she’s been out of the country since then
     
  20. Sportfan

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    Is it safe to assume if you’re vaccinated and test positive you aren’t immediately done olympics wise? Are they even they even testing fully vaccinated people?
     
  21. racer

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    Making time some time over course of 4 months to do the one thing that probably has the biggest impact on your ability to compete at the Olympics seems like it should be at the top of the priority list.
     
  22. pez

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    I think they’re testing everyone every day. Vaccinations are irrelevant.
     
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  23. bwi2

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    Her priority was competing at Roland Garros and Wimbledon. Even if she somehow cared about the Olympics as much as a major - which would be extraordinary for someone in her line of work - she wouldn’t have made the team but for multiple higher rated Americans withdrawing. The last time she was in the United States (and when the WTA gave out J&J shots) might have been literally right before she became eligible as a 17 year old. She’s been competing in Europe since then, and it’s not exactly a matter of taking an hour out of your day to go to CVS.

    A lot of people deserve shit for not getting vaccinated, but I don’t think Coco Gauff is on that list.
     
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  24. It'sAlwaysSunnyInAthens

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    I feel like a tennis star can get a vaccine in Europe if they really wanted to.
     
  25. Sir Phobos

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    I want to know if she was vaccinated, breakthrough cases are a thing. the vaccine works so damn good there's undoubtedly vaccinated people all over the place who contract it but if they aren't in a position where they get a PCR test every day they very well may never know because of how the vaccine tends to make many breakthrough cases asymptomatic and usually at worst COVID is as completely indistinguishable from a bad cold.
     
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  26. southlick

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  27. Gunners

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    Is NBC gonna put stuff on delay till prime time? Seem to remember that happening at least once
     
  28. Fran Tarkenton

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    Dont think so, but logical guess is at minimum anything and everything will be shown live on Peacock. This is NBC’s first ever showcase for their streaming platform.
     
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  29. Gunners

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    This offense is so bad

    absolutely no ball movement
     
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  30. Joe Withabee

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    I feel like a big part of US teams in the past just dominated the quick transition game, while here they are settling into shitty ISO situations
     
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  31. Shawn Hunter

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    Marc Gasol is starting to pack on the pounds
     
  32. Gunners

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    Joe Harris would be a lot more useful than a few redundant players
     
  33. tjosu

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    Opening ceremony is but you can stream it live first thing Friday morning. I assume this will be the case throughout
     
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  34. Sportfan

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    I don’t care how well Booker, Jrue and Middleton are playing. They’re gonna be wiped out. How can this team even medal if this is the Tatum and Lillard that show up in Tokyo? Dame is getting dominated by Rubio :loldog: and Tatum is completely worthless.
     
  35. DollarBillHokie

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    If I read the ad correctly, YouTube tv allows you to watch all events live and record them to watch at your convenience
     
  36. beerleagueman

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    nice run
     
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  37. Shawn Hunter

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    Based on this game tonight, it would appear Keldon Johnson is officially the future of USA Basketball
     
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  38. beerleagueman

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    that KD-Lavine lob was nice
     
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  39. bertwing

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    Eat shit Spain ya bums
     
  40. 1

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    Yeah, if you have YTTV just search Olympics and select the first option titled "Olympic Games Tokyo 2020" then Add to library and it'll DVR every Olympic event across all the different channels.
     
  41. BudKilmer

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    !Come mierda espana!
     
  42. Shawn Hunter

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    Well hot damn
     
  43. kinghill

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    We’re all patriotic when it comes to olympic sports.
     
  44. dblplay1212

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    It's in 4k if you add that option
     
  45. southlick

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  46. ButchCassidy

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    Stay away from Simone!

     
  47. Doc Louis

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    I would've thought all women's tour players were vaccinated. Shit you'd think people would learn from NC State's fuckup but I guess not.
     
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  48. AbeFroman

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    As a father of a daughter, I'm taking notes.
     
  49. pez

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