The Olympic Games Rio-2016 Thread

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Rugby's rubbish anyway... Syncronised diving is where it's at.
As long as GB are in with a medal chance, I love any sport. All are interesting in their own way. Synchronised diving was good to watch, but I also enjoyed dressage, archery, and trap shooting. I find it amusing when a grown man celebrates wildly after winning a point in ping pong. And team cycling in the velodrome is quite frankly scary. Love it all.
 
I remember watching the synchronised swimming in London, and that's pretty scary. They spend fairly long spells underwater while doing some quite physical stuff, I've no idea how they manage to hold their breath let alone be doing half that stuff. This was the British pair then:

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Good recovery and win by Muzza.
Anyone else take a look at the ball "boys and girls" and think "They must have been sent along by the Brazilian equivalent to the Jobcentre"?
I'm sure, towards the end, one of them looked at Murray as if to say "You throw that towel at me again, and I'll deck you".
 
On holiday and bbc highlights only available to UK users, so thanks for the updates!