# Here is a thread about the 2016 Summer Olympics **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 6, 2016, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-is-a-thread-about-the-2016-summer-olympics/761911 "2016-08-06T05:00:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 29
**Author:** ![up\_the\_junction](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f1d935/32.png) [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-is-a-thread-about-the-2016-summer-olympics/761911/561 "2016-08-25T13:23:27Z")
LOL. Sorry, I read what you said entirely differently 🙂 It was breakfast … ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-is-a-thread-about-the-2016-summer-olympics/761911/562 "2016-08-25T14:12:31Z")
> [@Orwell](#): > > I really don’t care how soccer handles overtime, but penalty kicks seem to be so different from the normal game. In addition to the home run derby analogy, another analogy would be like having an overtime football game decided by the placekickers kicking field goals from 40 yards to decide the outcome. Actually I think the college football OT is probably most akin to PKs. In the college football OT both teams go back and forth, while starting from the 25 yard line. This completely takes out one of the most important parts of American football - the field position game. And sometimes that results in strange things where a 10-10 defensive struggle ends up being 50-49 because in OT teams start scoring in bunches because they don’t have to deal with going 50 yards before being in position to score. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-is-a-thread-about-the-2016-summer-olympics/761911/563 "2016-08-25T14:20:13Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > In Olympics fallout news, Hope Solo has had her contract terminated and been given a six-month ban for her post-game comments after the US loss to Sweden. Solo: > [@](#): > > Writing on her Facebook page, the Seattle Reign star said: “I could not be the player I am without being the person I am, even when I haven’t made the best choices or said the right things.” Translation: > [@](#): > > I’m a special snowflake. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-is-a-thread-about-the-2016-summer-olympics/761911/564 "2016-08-25T17:37:13Z")
The Kenyan Olympic team is now staying in a shantytown where they hear gunfire at night since the Olympic village closed. The reason? They’re looking for a cheap flight home! Didn’t someone think of this BEFORE they flew to Brazil? > **[Kenya athletes angry at Rio shanty accommodation](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-37183703)** > > Kenyan athletes express anger after being stranded in a Rio shanty town where gunshots could be heard, after the closure of the Olympic village. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-is-a-thread-about-the-2016-summer-olympics/761911/565 "2016-08-25T18:59:15Z")
[There’s a slight delay in the baggage claim area at Heathrow…](http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2016/08/24/great-britain-olympics-matching-luggage-baggage-claim) ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-is-a-thread-about-the-2016-summer-olympics/761911/566 "2016-08-25T19:01:36Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > [There’s a slight delay in the baggage claim area at Heathrow…](http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2016/08/24/great-britain-olympics-matching-luggage-baggage-claim) That’s pretty hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-is-a-thread-about-the-2016-summer-olympics/761911/567 "2016-08-25T19:23:21Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > [There’s a slight delay in the baggage claim area at Heathrow…](http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2016/08/24/great-britain-olympics-matching-luggage-baggage-claim) Did the baggage retrieval system not work correctly, because I’ve heard people express concern about such a thing. ---
**Author:** ![mrazyuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@mrazyuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrazyuka)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-is-a-thread-about-the-2016-summer-olympics/761911/568 "2016-08-26T19:22:50Z")
A bit too late, I guess, but just watched a rerun of women’s 800M race and was blown away by the ease with which a competitor from South Africa just left her competitors literally standing in the dust, as she accelerated to the finish. What an inspiration for all other athletes! ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-is-a-thread-about-the-2016-summer-olympics/761911/569 "2016-08-26T21:44:03Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > [There’s a slight delay in the baggage claim area at Heathrow…](http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2016/08/24/great-britain-olympics-matching-luggage-baggage-claim) [And I’m so worried about the baggage retrieval system they’ve got at Heathrow.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0e10baH6cE) Hey, somebody had to do it. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-is-a-thread-about-the-2016-summer-olympics/761911/570 "2016-08-26T22:24:38Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Hey, somebody had to do it. I thought somebody already did. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-is-a-thread-about-the-2016-summer-olympics/761911/571 "2016-08-26T22:43:34Z")
> [@mrazyuka](#): > > A bit too late, I guess, but just watched a rerun of women’s 800M race and was blown away by the ease with which a competitor from South Africa just left her competitors literally standing in the dust, as she accelerated to the finish. What an inspiration for all other athletes! She has been plagued by people doubting that she’s a woman, but evidently the judges are satisfied she is. ---
**Author:** ![Orwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/dfb087/32.png) [@Orwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orwell)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-is-a-thread-about-the-2016-summer-olympics/761911/572 "2016-08-29T13:06:01Z")
USA Today article saying the Ryan Lochte and the other three swimmers apparently were held up at gunpoint. [Questions about Rio cops, Lochte incident](http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/rio-2016/2016/08/21/investigation-ryan-lochte-rio-olympics-authorities/89082232/) So, we’ve had media barrages see-saw back and forth, but it looks like the truth leans more toward the original, perhaps. Maybe. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-is-a-thread-about-the-2016-summer-olympics/761911/573 "2016-08-29T19:18:59Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > She has been plagued by people doubting that she’s a woman, but evidently the judges are satisfied she is. I don’t think so. It’s that either the IOC or IAAF switched from chromosome gender testing (if you have a Y chromosome, you’re a male; if not, you’re a female) to testing testosterone levels to see if they were “too high for a woman,” but the Court of Arbitration for Sport said that the test was invalid as there was not enough proof that a testosterone level above a certain amount was considered too much of an advantage. I am not sure what the test is now; for all I know, it’s what they used in the early days of the Olympics - each athlete stripped in front of a committee, which then decided if the athlete was male or female. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-is-a-thread-about-the-2016-summer-olympics/761911/574 "2016-08-29T22:20:53Z")
From what I read, there is no test now. After the testosterone testing was rejected, they just kind of threw their hands up in the air. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-is-a-thread-about-the-2016-summer-olympics/761911/575 "2016-08-29T23:14:26Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > From what I read, there is no test now. After the testosterone testing was rejected, they just kind of threw their hands up in the air. Like they just don’t care? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-is-a-thread-about-the-2016-summer-olympics/761911/576 "2017-05-24T14:13:21Z")
Bumped. Rio medals are already revealing just how shoddy they are: [Damaged Rio Olympics Medals Soil Athletes' Memories of 2016](http://www.coinweek.com/coins/medals-and-tokens/damaged-rio-olympics-medals-soil-athletes-memories-of-2016/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-is-a-thread-about-the-2016-summer-olympics/761911.md?page=28)