2008 Beijing Olympics Thread

laprimamirala wrote:

catbox_9 wrote:

laprimamirala wrote:

Yeah, and if all those female gymnasts on the Chinese team are over age 16, I have a hot date with Magglio tonight!

and if you've got a hot date tonight then...umm...sorry, I can't think of anything creative

That pic of them all in line looks like a nursery class!

The IOC is a joke

They won't do nothing about this



When China runs the World in 20 years, we can all blame the IOC and the leaders of the West for not standing up to the yellow horde

Phelps has done it! He wins by just one-hundredth of a second! Sadly, he did not set the world record and had to settle for an Olympic record. He has tied Spitz with 7 gold medals 1 event to go, the 4X100 medley relay.

7 events, 7 golds, 6 world records, 7 Olympic records.

catbox_9 wrote:

Phelps has done it! He wins by just one-hundredth of a second! Sadly, he did not set the world record and had to settle for an Olympic record. He has tied Spitz with 7 gold medals 1 event to go, the 4X100 medley relay.

7 events, 7 golds, 6 world records, 7 Olympic records.

Poor Spitz!

be funny if Phelps finished second

gs78 wrote:

catbox_9 wrote:

Phelps has done it! He wins by just one-hundredth of a second! Sadly, he did not set the world record and had to settle for an Olympic record. He has tied Spitz with 7 gold medals 1 event to go, the 4X100 medley relay.

7 events, 7 golds, 6 world records, 7 Olympic records.

Poor Spitz!

be funny if Phelps finished second

Spitz is cheering for him.

People at Comerica Park Cheered when they announced Phelps had won his 7th gold medal on the scoreboard during the game tonight

GO PHELPS!

gs78 wrote:

People at Comerica Park Cheered when they announced Phelps had won his 7th gold medal on the scoreboard during the game tonight

What American wouldn't? He's the hero of the Olympics.

catbox_9 wrote:

gs78 wrote:

People at Comerica Park Cheered when they announced Phelps had won his 7th gold medal on the scoreboard during the game tonight

What American wouldn't? He's the hero of the Olympics.

There are some Canadians that are Tigers Fans at Comerica Park

Canada sucks at Summer Olympic Games

Woe Canada

gs78 wrote:

Canada sucks at Summer Olympic Games

No medals so far

catbox_9 wrote:

gs78 wrote:

Canada sucks at Summer Olympic Games

No medals so far

I hope Canada wins a few


If I were not boycotting the games, I be watching them on CBC

They are much better than NBC's coverage

gs78 wrote:

catbox_9 wrote:

gs78 wrote:

Canada sucks at Summer Olympic Games

No medals so far

I hope Canada wins a few


If I were not boycotting the games, I be watching them on CBC

They are much better than NBC's coverage

They will...I hope. I like Canada Easily one of the 5 best nations in the world.

Canada is cool

USA beats Canada 5-4 in a very important game in baseball

They're now 2-2.

Canada rocks in winter games though

PHELPS HAS DONE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!

8 gold medals!!!
7 world records, 8 Olympic records!

Lifetime: 14 gold medals and 2 bronze medals

YAY MICHAEL

ROWING: U.S. women's eight wins gold
Posted Sunday, August 17, 2008 2:17 AM ET

BEIXIAOYING TOWN, China (AP) - The United States has won the gold medal in women's eight rowing, finally knocking off Romania and another crew for a win in the sport's signature event.

Erin Cafaro, Lindsay Shoop, Anna Goodale, Elle Logan, Anna Cummins, Susan Francia, Caroline Lind, Caryn Davies and coxswain Mary Whipple won on Sunday in 6 minutes, 5.34 seconds. They laughed and screamed as the crossed the finish line.

Femke Dekker, Marlies Smulders, Nienke Kingma, Roline Repelaer van Driel, Annemarieke van Rumpt, Helen Tanger, Sarah Siegelaar, Annemiek de Haan and coxswain Ester Workel of the Netherlands won silver in 6:07.22.

Romania was denied a fourth straight Olympic gold medal in the eight. The crew of Constanta Burcica, Viorica Susanu, Rodica Maria Serban, Eniko Barabas, Simona Dumitrita Musat, Ioana Cristina Papuc, Georgeta Andrunache, Doina Ignat and coxswain Elena Georgescu took bronze in 6:07.25.

GoGetEmTigers wrote:

ROWING: U.S. women's eight wins gold
Posted Sunday, August 17, 2008 2:17 AM ET

BEIXIAOYING TOWN, China (AP) - The United States has won the gold medal in women's eight rowing, finally knocking off Romania and another crew for a win in the sport's signature event.

Erin Cafaro, Lindsay Shoop, Anna Goodale, Elle Logan, Anna Cummins, Susan Francia, Caroline Lind, Caryn Davies and coxswain Mary Whipple won on Sunday in 6 minutes, 5.34 seconds. They laughed and screamed as the crossed the finish line.

Femke Dekker, Marlies Smulders, Nienke Kingma, Roline Repelaer van Driel, Annemarieke van Rumpt, Helen Tanger, Sarah Siegelaar, Annemiek de Haan and coxswain Ester Workel of the Netherlands won silver in 6:07.22.

Romania was denied a fourth straight Olympic gold medal in the eight. The crew of Constanta Burcica, Viorica Susanu, Rodica Maria Serban, Eniko Barabas, Simona Dumitrita Musat, Ioana Cristina Papuc, Georgeta Andrunache, Doina Ignat and coxswain Elena Georgescu took bronze in 6:07.25.

I for some reason am very excited about this sport....

I originally posted this elsewhere, but perhaps it belongs here....


This new scoring system is complete garbage
A 33 year-old German vaulter had two vaults with near perfect landings while a Korean vaulter landed out of bounds and took steps on each of her vaults.

The results:
The German gets a silver
The Korean gets a gold

Long gone are the days of the perfect 10.0. Instead there's two scores - an A score which is the degree of difficulty which can theoretically be up to infinity points (although it's generally 5-7) and a B score which is the execution which is out of 10.

With this new system, a very difficult but poorly executed routine is better than a difficult, but not exceedingly difficult, routine with perfect execution.

Isn't gymnastics (or more precisely ARTISTIC gymnastics) supposed to be about art/grace/beauty?


As I'm neither Korean nor German and neither one of those countries is a threat to the US in the medal standings, I'm not biased. Here's where the bias sets in....

A Chinese vaulter FELL DOWN on her stomach and did not even complete her vault yet still got a higher score (by 0.025 points) than the American who took two small steps on her vaults but otherwise executed them properly and landed in bounds. The Chinese get a bronze and the American settles for nothing.
Béla Károlyi, a Romanian, called this "a complete ripoff" and the worst scoring error he has "ever seen".

Chad Johnson Could Out-Swim Michael Phelps

Friday August 15, 2008
If there's one thing Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chad Johnson has never been accused of it's being short on confidence or being afraid of the spotlight.

Okay, that's two things, but I think you know where I'm going with this.

On Wednesday, Johnson happily displayed that confidence stating on ESPN’s Pardon the Interruption that he could beat Olympic swimming star Michael Phelps. You know, the Michael Phelps who has been winning gold medals and setting records on a nightly basis here recently?

“The problem with Michael Phelps is there’s no competition where he is,” Johnson said. “Now if he came to where I’m from, which is the inner city, Liberty City [in Miami], I was the three-time Charles Hadley Pool champ. . . . I know a couple people who could beat Michael Phelps right now. Seriously, I’m telling you. And I’m one of them.”

Yes, you read that right. Ocho Cinco, who never met a camera he didn't like, has swimming buddies that are faster than the record-setting, gold medal-hording Phelps. That's why they're competing for the Charles Hadley Pool championships while Phelps is off at this little even called the Olympics.

And Johnson can do it as well. Just ask him. Of course, he's busy with football right now, but perhaps a showdown with Phelps after the season is in order. I've never seen Johnson swim, but I suspect he would be handily defeated. The prospects of being publicly destroyed, however, might not stop him from agreeing to the spectacle.

Stephanie Brown-Trafton is the first American since 1932 to win gold in the women's discus throw. Not the most exciting sport I've ever seen, but gold is gold!

May and Walsh will play for the gold medal!

USA sweeps the medals in the men's 400m hurdles!!!

That's twice the US have swept the medals in 2008. China has yet to do it :haha:

Umm..WTF?!

In women's uneven bars a Chinese gymanst gets a 16.725. The American gets a 16.725. So they tie, right? Nope! The Chinese gymnast wins for some reason.

I thought maybe the tie-breaker was what they got in qualifying, but that's not it - the American got a better score in qualifying (15.950 vs. 15.725).

To make this even more screwed up - in every sport but gymnastics (other than stuff like basketball where a tie is impossible) they CAN award more than one medal of the same color. In fact, in boxing, judo, taekwondo and wrestling TWO bronze medals are awarded.

The Chinese have the Games rigged in a lot of ways.

I'm beginning to think they should get rid of "sports" with judges. Ever single Olympics there's controversy after controversy with these sports.

I mean think of the outrage if after winning by .01 seconds the judges would say "Phelps had poor form, his finish was bad needing half a stroke - that's a 0.1 second deduction, the other guy wins by .09 seconds".

SPOLER ALERT. Concerning tonight's gymnastics...

Spoiler:

The greatest soccer team ever, Brazil, has once again failed in their quest for Olympic gold losing 3-0 to Argentina. They have never won this tournament. They really wanted it this year - they even let Ronaldinho play.