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Well, folks, highlights from Day 5 at the Olympics:

1. Michael Phelps announced that he will begin racing dolphins because "humans are just too boring," while all the sports pundits who loudly proclaimed that Phelps is too old and merely riding on his past achievements are finding out how hard it is to scrub your words off the internet and googling recipes for crow.

2. Black people are taking over gymnastics. The Baltimore Police Department vows to put a stop to it.

3. For the first time in history, a black female American has won a gold medal in swimming. The Baltimore Police Department vows to put a stop to it.

4. Fiji won its first gold medal ever by giving Britain a curbstomping in rugby, 43-7. This continues Engerland's great tradition of taking humiliating asswhoopings from no-hope islands, as they did in Euro 2016.
 

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And you've made it no secret. I'd be here all night criticizing you because I disagree that it is wrong.

I'd rather criticize you on how bad the Brits suck at the Olympics.

I love busting the libs when they, in the heat of the moment, let slip their true feelings of racism and bigotry. How they weaponize homosexuality, their support of segregation, and straight up bigotry. It's even funnier seeing them try to walk it back as was done in this thread.

The British don't suck at the Olympics. It looks like we're going to have another very successful Olympics this time around like we did four years ago. The British are now more successful in the Olympics than they've ever been. In the 1904 St Louis Olympics we won just one gold and one silver. In 1936 we won just 14 medals, including 4 golds. In the 1996 Atlanta Olympics we finished 36th in the medals table with just one gold. Even as late as Athens in 2004 we only won nine golds and finished 10th in the medals table. Compare that to now where we have already won six golds. But throughout the 2000s a lot of investment started going into the British Olympic team and now the results of that are showing: since 2008, Britain has just become an Olympic powerhouse. In the Beijing Olympics of that year, we finished fourth in the medals table with 19 golds, 13 silvers and 15 bronzes. Then in London, we finished third, with 29 golds, 17 silvers and 19 bronzes. And already in this Olympics we have more medals than we did at this stage of the 2012 London Olympics.

As for the liberals, they support all the things that are bad and evil: homosexuality, multiculturalism, Islam, the EU, to name just a few. They're a bad, bad lot.

Oddly enough, Canada is the defending gold medal holder for individual (mens) golf at the Olympics, dating to 1904.

That's because there was no golf at the Olympics between 1904 and 2016.

Canada is the only country never to have won a gold medal whilst hosting the Summer Olympics. Brazil has won one gold so far at Rio 2016.

So, you've tried it then?
No. Definitely not. It's disgusting, and I don't fancy going to hell.

Did you watch Switzerland playing the US yesterday? The Swiss wore long sleeved tops and long pants. The US wore long sleeved tops but the same shorts as normal.
Probably because it was cold. This is the first Summer Olympics to be played in winter.

It's another Olympic and, yet again, Great Britain are winning gold in the cycling in the velodrome - a sport Britain has dominated the world at in recent years.

Great Britain set an Olympic record to win a third straight men's team sprint gold with a shock victory against world champions New Zealand.

Philip Hindes, Jason Kenny - who claimed his fourth Olympic gold - and Callum Skinner won in 42.440 seconds.

It was Britain's fourth gold at Rio 2016, taking their overall tally to 15.

Great Britain beat the Kiwis by just 0.102 seconds in the final to win the gold and set a new Olympic record.

One of theBritish cyclists was Jason Kenny - from my hometown of Bolton - who is now set to become one of the British Olympic greats.

His gold last night means only rower Sir Steve Redgrave and fellow cyclist Sir Chris Hoy have now won more gold medals for Great Britain than Jason Kenny.

The 28-year-old won team sprint at Beijing 2008 and London 2012, along with the individual sprint four years ago.

He also races in the individual sprint and keirin in Brazil, with the now-retired Hoy believing Kenny can add more to his personal tally.

Before the British men won gold, Great Britain's Laura Trott, Joanna Rowsell Shand, Elinor Barker and Katie Archibald set a world record in the women's team pursuit.

Rio Olympics 2016: Great Britain win third straight team sprint gold


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11 August 2016


GB's men's team sprint wins gold for third successive Games

Great Britain set an Olympic record to win a third straight men's team sprint gold with a shock victory against world champions New Zealand.

Philip Hindes, Jason Kenny - who claimed his fourth Olympic gold - and Callum Skinner won in 42.440 seconds.

It was Britain's fourth gold at Rio 2016, taking their overall tally to 15.

Earlier, Laura Trott, Joanna Rowsell Shand, Elinor Barker and Katie Archibald set a world record in the women's team pursuit.


Callum Skinner celebrates


"We were outsiders coming into the Games so it is great for it all to come together," said Kenny, who joins Sir Bradley Wiggins, Ben Ainslie, Matthew Pinsent and Paulo Radmilovic as four-time British Olympic champions.

Britain have dominated track cycling at the past two Olympics, winning eight out of the 10 gold medals at London 2012 and claiming seven in Beijing four years earlier.

And they started strongly on day one in Rio's Olympic Velodrome.


The medals are awarded - gold for Great Britain, silver for New Zealand, bronze for France. Credit: PA


Despite winning the team sprint in Beijing and London, Britain were not considered one of the favourites for gold having failed to earn a podium place at any of the World Championships since 2012.

Six-time Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy retired following the London Games, leaving 23-year-old Skinner to fill the 'third man' void.

Questions had been asked whether Skinner could step up after a series of unconvincing performances, but the Scot produced a stunning last lap to see Britain home by a tenth of a second.

New Zealand's Ethan Mitchell, Sam Webster and Eddie Dawkins - the same trio who won gold at this year's World Championships in London - finished in 42.542 seconds.

France's Gregory Bauge, Francois Pervis and Michael D'Almeida took bronze by beating Australia.

Kenny closes on British Olympic greats


Jason Kenny celebrates

Victory means only rower Sir Steve Redgrave and fellow cyclist Sir Chris Hoy have now won more gold medals for Great Britain than Jason Kenny.

The 28-year-old from Bolton won team sprint at Beijing 2008 and London 2012, along with the individual sprint four years ago.

He also races in the individual sprint and keirin in Brazil, with the now-retired Hoy believing Kenny can add more to his personal tally.

"Jason Kenny really looks in great form now and he has to be a favourite for the sprint," the 40-year-old Scot said on BBC One.

"The keirin is a bit of a lottery but he has to be in with a shout."

'No-one expected us to win gold'


Four-time Olympic champion Wiggins watched GB's win moments after competing in the team pursuit


Two-time Olympic champion Trott was also impressed with what she saw from her team-mates - particularly her fiancé Jason Kenny


Hindes, part of the London 2012-winning team alongside Kenny and Hoy, on his second Olympic gold medal: "It is unbelievable. No-one expected us to win an Olympic gold medal after our World Championships performance. But we always believed in each other and we stepped up as a team."

Kenny on beating the world champions: "The Kiwis went fast in the semi-finals and broke our Olympic record so to be honest I was relying on them to fall to bits. But they didn't and we went out and beat them. That's what makes me proud."

Skinner on winning his first Olympic gold: "It's not been an easy road. So to come here and be Olympic champion is incredible. We've been working so hard and it shows it pays off. I've been training day in day out to improve my start and keep up with these boys."

World record joy for GB women

The men's team sprint victory capped a stunning day for Great Britain, which started with Trott, Rowsell Shand, Barker and Archibald setting a world record in their qualifying ride.

Trott and Rowsell Shand were part of the trio who won gold in London, with Barker and Archibald joining them in the new format of four riders.

Going seventh out of the nine teams, they shaved more than four tenths of a second off the previous best of 4:13.683 set by Australia in 2015.

GB will now meet Canada, runners-up at the 2015 World Championships, on Saturday (19:34 BST) for a place in the gold-medal race.

In the men's team pursuit, Britain set the fastest time in qualifying after finishing just three-tenths of a second outside their own world record.

Ed Clancy, Steven Burke, Owain Doull and Sir Bradley Wiggins clocked 3:51.943, almost three and a half seconds clear of second-placed Denmark.

They will face New Zealand in the semi-final on Friday.

Clancy and Burke, along with Peter Kennaugh and Geraint Thomas, set the previous best of 3:51.659 at London 2012.


Rio Olympics 2016: Great Britain win third straight team sprint gold - BBC Sport
 
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CONservatives on the other hand are very cryptic and only when they fly off the handle in a moment of passion does the true nature of their hatred, bigotry, racism, and propensity for violence rise to the surface.
The old back at you retort when a child has no good argument...
 

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Y'all certainly love getting curbstomped at your national games by tiny islands with no significant sports histories.

You seem to forget - or perhaps don't realise - that Fiji beat the USA in the women's rugby sevens.

And this is rugby we're talking about, a sport Fiji are strong in. And it's the first rugby sevens at the Olympics.
 

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You seem to forget - or perhaps don't realise - that Fiji beat the USA in the women's rugby sevens.
You seem to forget - or perhaps don't realize - that America don't give two hoots about rugby.

And this is rugby we're talking about, a sport Fiji are strong in. And it's the first rugby sevens at the Olympics.
Stronger'n Briddin, that was just proven beyond the faintest shadow of a doubt.

Just like Iceland is stronger than England in soccer.
 

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You seem to forget - or perhaps don't realize - that America don't give two hoots about rugby.

You still got beat by a group of islands the size of Wales with a population of 880,000.

Stronger'n Briddin, that was just proven beyond the faintest shadow of a doubt.

Just like Iceland is stronger than England in soccer.
Fiji are a strong side in rugby union, whether seven-a-side or normal 15-a-side. And this Great Britain team were hastily cobbled together just before the Olympics and weren't even expected to reach the gold medal final.
 

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You still got beat by a group of islands the size of Wales with a population of 880,000.

Fiji are a strong side in rugby union, whether seven-a-side or normal 15-a-side. And this Great Britain team were hastily cobbled together just before the Olympics and weren't even expected to reach the gold medal final.
Well, you certainly do suck, that's for certain sure.
 

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Well, you certainly do suck, that's for certain sure.

You're just jealous that, relative to size of population, Britain is better and wins more medals than America.

You only have to bow! Fijian rugby players KNEEL and clap three times before Princess Anne as she presents them with gold medals after they thrashed Team GB in the 7s final



Fiji's rugby players have shown Britain's Princess Anne the deepest respect during their award ceremony after they walked away with the nation's first ever Olympic medal. On Friday, the men's rugby sevens team sang in celebration after claiming victory over Britain 43-7 - their first Olympic rugby win in 92 years. After awarding Britain with their silver medals, Princess Anne - the patron of Scottish Rugby Union - stepped over to place gold around the 12 Fijians' necks and each player respectfully knelt and bowed for the royal.


Prince Anne hands silver medals to the Great Britain players



Fiji's Vatemo Ravouvou (left) challenges Great Britain's Mark Bennett during the Rugby Sevens Men's Gold Medal Match


Fiji's Osea Kolinisau, left, scores a try as Britain's Tom Mitchell defends


Fijians celebrated the victory of their Sevens rugby team at ANZ Stadium in Fijian capital Suva


Fiji's gold medal at the men's rugby sevens is the first medal the country has ever won in any sport at the Olympics


Osea Kolinisau posed with the Fijian flag following the historic win











 
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Blackleaf

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Obviously, since he's always going on about homosexuality and the number of gay British Olympians, so there's quite a lot of sucking going on in his brain.

You're the one who thinks that child sex molesters should be executed but child murderers shouldn't be.
 

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GOLD - Great Britain.



Olympic champions Heather Stanning and Helen Glover easily win gold in rowing's women's pairs.

London 2012 title defended.

You're right, I do think that.

So if you have sex with a child - even if the child enjoyed it - you should he hanged, but if you don't have sex with a child and instead brutally stab it to death, you should merely be imprisoned?

Britain now up to fourth in the medals table - and Britain's Jo Pavey is doing well in the women's 10km.

GOLD - Great Britain



Great Britain win gold in the men's fours in rowing.
 

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So if you have sex with a child - even if the child enjoyed it - you should he hanged, but if you don't have sex with a child and instead brutally stab it to death, you should merely be imprisoned?



A very British attitude. 'even if the child enjoyed it'.


Only a Brit would think that having sex with a child is acceptable if the child enjoys it.


No wonder your country is a stinking hellhole.
 

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A very British attitude. 'even if the child enjoyed it'.


Only a Brit would think that having sex with a child is acceptable if the child enjoys it.


No wonder your country is a stinking hellhole.


Sorry, but I'm right. Your argument makes no sense and is highly illogical.
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Sir Bradley Wiggins became Britain's greatest Olympian of all time last night after he and his three team mates won another gold for Great Britain in the Velodrome.

He combined with Ed Clancy, Owain Doull and Steven Burke to complete the 4km race in a world record three minutes 50.265 seconds to beat Australia by almost a second in the gold medal final despite Australia having a fairly handsome lead at one point.

It means that Wiggins has become the first Briton to win eight Olympic medals - five golds, one silver and two bronzes - although he has one one gold less than fellow cyclist Sir Chris Hoy, who has seven medals in total.

That gold medal for Great Britain means they overtook Japan into third place in the medals table.

Rio Olympics: Sir Bradley Wiggins claims eighth Olympic medal in team pursuit win


BBC Sport
13 August 2016


Wiggins sticks out tongue during anthem after Great Britain once again dominated in the Velodrome

Cyclist Sir Bradley Wiggins became the first Briton to win eight Olympic medals with victory in the team pursuit in a new world record time.

Wiggins, 36, has five golds, one silver and two bronzes to surpass fellow cyclist Sir Chris Hoy's tally of seven.

He combined with Ed Clancy, Owain Doull and Steven Burke to complete the 4km race in a world record three minutes 50.265 seconds to beat Australia by almost a second.

"It was gold or nothing. I'll be hungover tomorrow," said Wiggins.

"I'm trying to soak it all up. It was a horrible race to be in. It's over in a flash.

"It's a relief. Eighteen months ago there were doubts about whether I could come back and do this."

Asked whether he will now retire, the 2012 Tour de France winner said: "My kids need a proper dad in their lives. My wife needs a proper husband.

"I wanted to go out on top, and it was one of the best finals ever. Hats off to the Australians.

"I'm not doing Tokyo 2020. I'm happy and content with everything I've achieved."

GB kings of Olympic pursuit


Great Britain - Clancy, Doull, Burke and Wiggins - won the men's team pursuit in world record time in a thrilling gold medal final​

GB's second track gold of the Games, following the men's team sprint victory, came in thrilling fashion, as world champions Australia led by 0.7 seconds at the halfway mark, before GB reeled them in and then pulled away in the final 500m to win by 0.83 seconds.

It cemented Britain's recent dominance in this event at the Olympics, having won gold at the past three Games. Wiggins was part of the 2008 success, but focused on the road to take time-trial gold at London 2012.

Clancy and Burke were part of the team that set a new world record at London 2012 and, along with Doull and Wiggins, sent that mark tumbling twice in Rio - in the semi-final victory over New Zealand and then again in the final.

Australia came into the contest on the back of a victory over Britain at the World Championships in March, but Wiggins said at the time he would "put my house" on his team claiming gold in Rio - and he was proven right.

Denmark won the bronze medal-race against New Zealand while, earlier in the session, Britain's defending individual sprint champion Jason Kenny progressed to the second round, where he will be joined by team-mate Callum Skinner.



Clancy, 31, now a three-time Olympic gold medallist, said: "This is the best gold of them all. If truth be told we haven't won a fat deal between London and now.

"We had some big downs and crossing the line there has made every single pedal revolution and every training session worthwhile."

Welshman Owain Doull, 23, said: "It's surreal. To pull it off now is unbelievable."

Burke, 28, a two-time Olympic gold medallist, said: "I really wanted to defend the title. It all came together at the right time. We've got the best team ever."

Wiggins celebrated with hugs for BBC Sport pundits Hoy and Sir Steve Redgrave - three Britons who have 21 Olympic medals between them - before performing an impression of British sprint cyclist Philip Hindes and sticking his tongue out during the national anthem on the podium.

Where is Wiggins in a British medal table?


Wiggins' tally of five gold medals is still one fewer than Hoy's six, with the Scot winning all of his on the track, but he draws level with rower Redgrave.



Analysis - 'Wiggins is the greatest British cyclist of all time'


The three knights: Sir Bradley, Sir Chris and Sir Steve share a man hug

Sir Chris Hoy, six-time Olympic track cycling gold medallist:
"Sticking his tongue out during the medal ceremony showed what a release of pressure it was. He's happy, relaxed and loving the moment.

"He's the greatest British cyclist of all time because of what he's done across the board in so many disciplines. Chris Froome has won three Tours de France, which is no mean feat, but Bradley has won road world titles, Tour de France, track titles and set the world hour time record.

"Tonight hasn't really changed that because he was the greatest before tonight."

Sir Steve Redgrave, five-time Olympic rowing gold medallist: "It was fantastic to be here. The atmosphere was very special. I wanted to be here to see the team pursuit win and to see Brad win.

"I admire him so much. For his character - he's very different, fresh and special.

"I am getting annoyed these cyclists are pushing me down the list!"

British Olympic Association chief executive Bill Sweeney: "Amazing, fantastic achievement. Our most decorated Olympian of all time and to do it in that fashion, one of the tightest men's pursuits you are ever likely to see.

"He is a great leader, fantastic athlete. He keeps coming back, the ultimate professional, always staying in shape and he inspires people to come in the sport and do the same."

Wiggins' route to history maker


Wiggins famously posed on a throne in front of Hampton Court Palace after winning gold in the men's time-trials at the 2012 London Olympics

Wiggins' historic medal haul Wiggins' move to the top of the combined British medal charts comes in the event in which he claimed his first Olympic medal 16 years ago.

Aged 20, Wiggins joined Paul Manning, Chris Newton and Bryan Steel to take team pursuit bronze at Sydney 2000.

He added three more in Athens four years later, taking individual pursuit gold, team pursuit silver and Madison bronze with Rob Hayles.

Beijing 2008 produced double gold in the individual pursuit and team pursuit and, with 10 world track medals to his name, Wiggins opted to change discipline and prove his skills on the road.

It was a spectacularly successful move, culminating in 2012 when he became Britain's first Tour de France winner and then took Olympic time-trial gold at the London Games 10 days later. He is the only cyclist to win both the Tour and an Olympic gold in the same year.


The first of eight Olympic medals for Wiggins came at Sydney 2000

Wiggins' celebrity was launched in Britain, not only for his superb victories, but for his cool, laid-back demeanour. The trademark sideburns and his penchant for the mod style, made famous by bands such as The Who and The Jam, contributed to "Wiggomania" in the summer of 2012, as did his vibe of working-class boy done good.

His popularity with the British public was reflected by his BBC Sports Personality of the Year victory in 2012 and in the next year he was knighted to become Sir Bradley, although he admitted he felt "a little bit inferior" to others who received the title.

The relationship with Team Sky, with whom he won his Tour title, would become strained as Chris Froome's emergence pushed him to the sidelines, but he won the World Championships time trial title in 2014 before moving back to track racing and breaking the gruelling one-hour record.

Earlier this year he won a second Madison track world title with long-time friend and team-mate Mark Cavendish, before sealing his legacy as one of Britain's greatest ever Olympians by helping GB to team pursuit gold at Rio 2016, claiming the fifth gold of his career.


Rio Olympics: Sir Bradley Wiggins claims eighth Olympic medal in team pursuit win - BBC Sport
 
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Fourth? Man you guys suck bad at this Olympic stuff.

An embarrassing result for you against Sweden in the women's football yesterday, wasn't it, my old mucker?

Although the Yanks haven't been very sporting in their defeat - goalkeeper Hope Solo later called the Swedes "a bunch of cowards."

Shameful gamesmanship by Solo, too, with her needless and rather long change of gloves before the winning penalty.



Women’s football world champions the United States’ bid for a fourth consecutive gold medal was ended by a shock 4-3 defeat on penalties to Sweden after a 1-1 draw in Brasilia on Friday.

Defeat is the Americans’ first in 15 games at the Olympics and only their third ever in Games history having won four golds and a silver since women’s football was introduced to the Olympic programme.



Star striker Alex Morgan and substitute Christen Press missed penalties before Lisa Dahlkvist converted the winning spot-kick for a Sweden side coached by Pia Sundhage, who led the USA to gold in 2008 and 2012.

Sweden will now face either hosts Brazil, who thrashed them 5-1 in the group stages, or Australia in Tuesday’s semi-final in Rio.



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