Is your country a sporting country?

[MarcusA]

More people go to art galleries than the football in Australia.

[No one]

We play dodge the bullets.

[Tank]

We play dodge the bullets.

And often lose

[Icarus]

I think that it is safe to say that more people in my country go to gambling casinos than to Art Galleries.

[Asmodean]

I think my nation would like to think that it's on the sporty side of things, buuut... We do enjoy "least effort" as much as "everybody else."

There is some body pressure among the mid-teens-to-early-twenties, so they tend to hit the gym more. Good for them, I say. If they are lucky, they may even postpone getting them back issues until maybe their fifties.

[Icarus]

Hooray for Norway! A young Viking named Rooth has  won the Olympic decathlon gold medal.  That makes him the greatest athlete in the world.  The Asmo can be proud.

[Recusant]

Hooray for Norway! A young Viking named Rooth has  won the Olympic decathlon gold medal.  That makes him the greatest athlete in the world.  The Asmo can be proud.

Hear hear, and an admirably apposite post, Icarus!   

[Tom62]

Our own national hero

[Dark Lightning]

I saw that live. Just plain amazing!

[Icarus]

Femke Bol is a phenomenal athlete. I am one of her fans even if she is dutch and might sometimes wear wooden shoes.

I cant wait to see her go head to head with our superstar Sidney McLaughlin-Levrone. They will compete in the the 400 hurdles event. Both those women are rated as the worlds best at their craft.

[Asmodean]

Hooray for Norway! A young Viking named Rooth has  won the Olympic decathlon gold medal.  That makes him the greatest athlete in the world.  The Asmo can be proud.

Hear hear, and an admirably apposite post, Icarus!   

Cheers!

although to be completely transparent about it, I knew nothing of the event OR who the guy was until I looked it up after reading about it here.

Happyatheistforum.com. Your source of sports-related news!

*I don't follow the Olympics. While I do enjoy competitive archery, shooting, (sand-) volleyball and such-like, the differently-hued clouds of drama surrounding the whole affair are brain-corroding, even when the specific sports I enjoy are mostly-spared them.

[Recusant]

Yes. As Harry Shearer has been known to say:  "The Olympics. It's a movement. And we all need one . . . every day!"

[Icarus]

Hooray for Norway! A young Viking named Rooth has  won the Olympic decathlon gold medal.  That makes him the greatest athlete in the world.  The Asmo can be proud.

Hear hear, and an admirably apposite post, Icarus!   

Cheers!

although to be completely transparent about it, I knew nothing of the event OR who the guy was until I looked it up after reading about it here.

Happyatheistforum.com. Your source of sports-related news!

*I don't follow the Olympics. While I do enjoy competitive archery, shooting, (sand-) volleyball and such-like, the differently-hued clouds of drama surrounding the whole affair are brain-corroding, even when the specific sports I enjoy are mostly-spared them.

Some of the most accomplished archers do their sport at the Olympics. Shooting is a big deal at the Olympic event. They use super powerful air guns rather than powder guns but the demand for accuracy is the same. The Koreans seem to have the most talent for shooting paper bulls eyes. There were a lot of well covered volleyball games, both hard floor and beach volleyball with womens categories as well as mens.

The Olympics are one of the few places, perhaps the only place and time, when different people, from different cultures, all over the world get together in peace and harmony and mutual respect and admiration.

[Asmodean]

Yeah, it's that harmony and mutual respect what he missing, if the tabloids are anything to go by.

[Tom62]

What I do find abhorrent is that a Dutch beach volleyball player is a child rapist