Your Rio 2016 Summer Olympics anticipation thread!

Kayla Harrison is such a badass

judging by the expression on russian gymnast aly mustafina's face when she was preparing her vault she is absolutely not to be fucked with . i like her.

It's vaguely interesting as a side note that, with most of the track and field team banned, Russia's main Olympic heroes so far - Efimova, Mudranov, Mustafina, Khalmurzaev, Deriglazova (i think), Tutkhalian, Dashidorzhieva, Timur, etc, etc are from regional ethnic minority groups.

Another great win for Korea in the women's archery.

Kayla baaaaaak to back

Mustafina kinda bombed her beam routine

13.866 ouch

that opening tumble by Raisman on the floor is absolutely insane

Fiji absolutely murdering Britain at the Rugby Sevens.

every highlight of Fiji rugby I've seen from this olympics has been dudes just absolutely trucking dudes

29-0 ... at half time

pretty awesome theyve never won a medal!!

Also hard to believe, those guys could run through brick walls.

well done Fiji. theyll be sickened they didn't keep a clean sheet

Olympic Volleyball is crazy - it's like basketball tennis

bears no relation to my painful efforts in high school, thank god

also very bro-y in offputting ways

OMG THAT 100m FINAL

sorry, never saw a dead heat of that kind.

I've managed to completely miss the Olympics so far, but they found something to rope me in...

Rogue One!!! Woooo!!!

Next up, 500 mile Olympic Death Star run

nbc color commentator for swimming is like some kind of coke-fuelled mega swimfan, it's v scary

This is pretty funny:
http://www.mtv.com/video-clips/asekhp/mtvnews-series-gymnastics-have-changed-for-the-better

Simooooooooooone!

that was for simone manuel btw

what an awesome result, wtg simone

she was so shocked, love those kind of genuine reactions.

yeah, that "omg wtf yay" between her & the Canadian was so great

i also need to say that i like watching phelps swim. he has a v graceful style imo

tho i hate the weird intensity he has when he wins. he looks so mean. but then he smiles & cries on the podium. its weird

def gonna miss phelps when he finally decides to hang it up.

for sure

Was talking to a gymnastics fan about how Biles is so amazing and comparing her to Douglas - he said Biles is way better, she's not just doing more difficult moves but operating at a level of consistency that shouldn't even be possible in gymnastics - but he prefers Douglas because she's more aesthetically elegant (Raisman is apparently the opposite of this). Which is about how I (knowing nothing about it) instinctively feel too. I really, really loved Rebeca Andrade's style! Apparently she tore her ACL last year which meant that she's confined to routines here that don't allow for huge points scoring, which is sad in front of her home crowd.

What I find amazing about Biles is that basically all of the lead-up press said, this is the greatest female athlete in the world and she will demonstrate it - unbelievable pressure on any athlete in any context let alone in your first Olympics. And then she lived up to every expectation like it was nothing.

yeah it was weird i was never nervous watching her.

if they allowed more than two per country i bet the US woulda swept the podium w gabby

Well I never thought I'd see an Olympic medallist say "Tiocfaidh ar la"

Loved Andrade's Beyonce megamix floor routine.

Huge shocker in the women's 100 free! Great for Simone and Penny but I feel for poor old Cate Campbell (thought to be almost as much a nailed-on favourite as Ledecky, finished out of the medals). The pic of Sjostrom and Ottesen helping her out of the pool was heartbreaking. Unfortunately she has the opposite mentality of Biles.

Well I never thought I'd see an Olympic medallist say "Tiocfaidh ar la"

What wait what?

O'Donovan brothers in the rowing.

Alma Ayana! and a bronze for Tirunesh <3

That women's 10 k was insane!! World record obliterated! Love when they go off super fast rather than loafing around until a sprint finish.

Four of the five fastest times ever run.

I think the top seven all beat the Olympic record.

Well I never thought I'd see an Olympic medallist say "Tiocfaidh ar la"

Some accents those lads have got.

Ah man, I missed the 10K, somehow blanked and thought athletics/track and field started tomorrow. Well, I know what I'm watching for the next week...

oh shit, teddy riner in the judo. last bout was like watching a leopard take down a wildebeest

think that gold medal match is in an hour or so? gonna watch that/

women trampoline just started. such a bizarre olympic sport but also pretty fun to watch.

Mens indoor cycle one on one sprints start today. that is must watch tv

Sweden just scored against the US in women's soccer for a 1-0 lead, thirty minutes to go in a quarterfinal. Crunch time.

what a pass

so proud of penny

Monica Puig serving for Puerto Rico's first ever tennis medal

US just tied up Sweden, pretty great goal.

Amazing scenes, Puig into the final and a medal guaranteed!!