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The Rio 2016 Olympics

Two weeks of awe inspiring human(and horse) endeavour from teamGB.

 
So Great Britain will finish second in the medal table. 66 medals at the moment and either a silver or gold later. An incredible achievement.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/37085511

So many great moments and I'm sure we all have our favourite(s). 

Mine in no particular order are:

Track cycling.

Rowing

Women's Hockey

Mo Farrer

 
Great showing by our team, highlights for me:

Kennys gold in the Kirin, such drama.

Cav, finally getting a medal

Whitlock in the gymnastics

But the whole team was fantastic.

 
Another great Olypics.

I will share, that now living in the States, the coverage that we get out here is very "USA-centric."  I don't think I saw much in the way of Badminton, or hardly any cycling.  The Prime Time stuff out here was all dedicated to the events that the US was competing in, or favoured to medal.

I saw some rowing, I think.

Anyway, it is great.  I just wish that the Olympics, when they've moved on, could somehow find use for everything that they are leaving behind.

Does anyone know what happens to a lot of the buildings?  I know in Barcelona, and Atlanta, they still have the Olympic Village, or Stadium as tourist destinations.  But it seems like that infrastructure could be put to better use

 
The Village in London is being turned into housing.

The Velodrome is still used regularly by cycling clubs.

Obviously the actual stadium is being used by the spammers.

I think the aquatic centre reopens next year.

All in all London has made good use of the Olympic park.

 
dkw said:
I dont get the tae kwon do, we used to play kicky at school and its exactly the same ha ha.
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Zola said:
Its so stupid isnt it?!
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As with all the combat sports (wrestling, boxing,judo, etc), taekwondo requires few resources to participate. As a result, you have a huge range of countries with genuine medal chances.

In Rio more countries were represented on the podium in taekwondo than in swimming despite swimming having many times more medals available.

Even Afghanistan has won Olympic medals in taekwondo; its taekwondo medals in Beijing 2008 and London 2012 are the only medals in their history. An Iranian woman won a medal this year.

Because it takes so little equipment, it costs little to run the competition. Lay down some mats in an arena that already stages several other sports, and you're good to go. It's not like golf where you need to spend loads of money making a venue specifically for it.

 
mad_mac said:
Another great Olypics.

I will share, that now living in the States, the coverage that we get out here is very "USA-centric." I don't think I saw much in the way of Badminton, or hardly any cycling. The Prime Time stuff out here was all dedicated to the events that the US was competing in, or favoured to medal.

I saw some rowing, I think.

Anyway, it is great. I just wish that the Olympics, when they've moved on, could somehow find use for everything that they are leaving behind.

Does anyone know what happens to a lot of the buildings? I know in Barcelona, and Atlanta, they still have the Olympic Village, or Stadium as tourist destinations. But it seems like that infrastructure could be put to better use
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To be fair, the US wins so many medals that quite a few American gold medal winners don't even get covered.

There is a HUGE problem with "white elephants" after the Olympics. London has generally made good use of the construction, but they're unusual in that regard.

In most cities, a lot of the construction goes to waste. It's a combination of poor planning, IOC requirements, and disappointing demand for the new buildings. In Athens they built the Olympic Village for people to live in permanently after the games, something that has worked well with other hosts, but the interest was far below expectations.

 
offside said:
To be fair, the US wins so many medals that quite a few American gold medal winners don't even get covered.

There is a HUGE problem with "white elephants" after the Olympics. London has generally made good use of the construction, but they're unusual in that regard.

In most cities, a lot of the construction goes to waste. It's a combination of poor planning, IOC requirements, and disappointing demand for the new buildings. In Athens they built the Olympic Village for people to live in permanently after the games, something that has worked well with other hosts, but the interest was far below expectations.
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It makes sense to stop asking Olympic hosts to spend fortunes of money on new venues, and instead award it to potential hosts with the venues already built.

 
shedpensioner said:
The Village in London is being turned into housing.

The Velodrome is still used regularly by cycling clubs.

Obviously the actual stadium is being used by the spammers.

I think the aquatic centre reopens next year.

All in all London has made good use of the Olympic park.
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Good to hear.  I'd imagine in London with space at a premium, it makes sense that they continue to be used. 

 
coco said:
It makes sense to stop asking Olympic hosts to spend fortunes of money on new venues, and instead award it to potential hosts with the venues already built.
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Yeah or take the money and invest it in the infrastructure of the host city.

 
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