The Olympics Discussion Thread (ODT)

[Sycophant]

'Cause GTFO of my Random Thoughts. I want to post about sandwiches or something.

Also, is my memory failing me, or are people much more into the Olympics than usual this year?

[Kurosawa Fan]

I just posted a response to this in the Random Thoughts thread.

[Sycophant]

I just posted a response to this in the Random Thoughts thread.

You cad.

[Kurosawa Fan]

:lol:

[bac0n]

[Saya]

Just watched a summary of the women's team gymnastics. I feel bad for that poor girl from the US that screwed up her events. Shawn Johnson was really good though. But damn, some of those Chinese gymnastic girls look like 9 years old.

I also watched the diving earlier, which was pretty cool actually. Those two little Chinese girls were amazing.

The football is a little bit disappointing so far. The pitch is bad and the plays are boring. Maybe it's because it's mostly young guys.

Overall, I'm loving the Olympics so far. Bring on the rest!

[MadMan]

Phelps is a stud monkey. But people are forgetting that the rest of the US men's swim team is badass, too. Most of the US's medals have come from swimming, which is crazy.

Other events I've watched:

*Water polo, which is strangely interesting to see. I still don't quite understand it, but I'd like to play it one day.

*Gymnastics. The scoring is a bit strange to me, but I love the crazy moves people pull off in those contests.

*Swimming, of course. I've seen Phelps and the men's team swim a bunch of times. Plus the women's team swim as well.

*Volleyball. I've watched men's and women's doubles, and seen team volleyball as well. The sport is slowly growing on me for some odd reason. I can't explain why.

[Arthur Seaton]

Obsessively watching--on NBC, CNBC, MSNBC, USA here in the States.

Baseball (good game today between USA and S. Korea)
Swimming
Diving
Volleyball
Gymnastics
Water Polo
Archery
Tennis (Go Federer)
Kayaking (Bronze medal for Togo! Yay!)
Hell, I'm even watching the horsies (equestrian dressage).

Did anyone see that Hungarian weightlifter dislocate his elbow? Ouch.
Icky pictures here.

[DavidSeven]

As long as we're talking Olympics ... Spanish basketball team. Wow. What were they thinking?

Their refusal to acknowledge any actual wrongdoing is even more troubling. The sponsor who took the photo also plans to keep running the ad that it's a part of. Spain... not looking good right now.

[Duncan]

Their refusal to acknowledge any actual wrongdoing is even more troubling. The sponsor who took the photo also plans to keep running the ad that it's a part of. Spain... not looking good right now.

Yeah, I think Spain is kind of a racist country. At least, that's the impression I got while I was there. I even read a Spanish magazine article where the author was basically jumping up and down saying, look, we're about 4 decades behind most western countries when it comes to this stuff. There are also giant billboards in Barcelona advertising things using the caricatured faces of black people. Ghost World style. Not everyone approves, surely, but the fact is stuff like that is there and it's quite off putting.

[Kurosawa Fan]

James Blake defeats Federer!!!

ritch: ritch: ritch:

[Hugh_Grant]

James Blake defeats Federer!!!

ritch: ritch: ritch:

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great, what am I going to do for eye candy?

[Kurosawa Fan]

It was straight sets no less. Federer has fallen hard since Wimbledon. Blake now has a chance to medal.

[Arthur Seaton]

It was straight sets no less. Federer has fallen hard since Wimbledon. Blake now has a chance to medal.

Blake will probably have to face Nadal at some point, right? I'd root for Blake to beat Mr. Capri-wearer.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Blake will probably have to face Nadal at some point, right? I'd root for Blake to beat Mr. Capri-wearer.

If they both make the final. If Blake wins his next match, he's guaranteed at least silver. If he loses, he'll play in a bronze medal match.

[Benny Profane]

Blake now has a chance to medal.

You don't say?

[Kurosawa Fan]

You don't say?

:lol:

Yeah, that sounded funny. I didn't think he had much of a chance before considering he'd never beat Federer, and he needed to go through him to reach the medal stand.

We really need a smilie that's giving the middle finger.

[Arthur Seaton]

These pics are not for the faint of heart:

Hungarian weightlifter dislocates elbow.

Eeeee...

[Benny Profane]

These pics are not for the faint of heart:

Hungarian weightlifter dislocates elbow.

Eeeee...

That pansy needs to spit on that elbow, put some duct tape around it and get back underneath the bar.

[D_Davis]

This article is awesome:

http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer...ory?id=3534544

Gymnasts have to be 16 during the Olympic year to be eligible for the Games. He's birthday is listed as Jan. 1, 1992.

Really China? January 1, 1992? Could you pick a more suspect birth date?

He herself told reporters after Wednesday's final that "my real age is 16. I don't pay any attention to what everyone says."

:frustrated:

Asked whether the federation had changed their ages to make them eligible, Zhang said: "We are a sports department. How would we have the ability to do that?"

A state sponsored sports department perhaps?

"We already explained this very clearly. There's no need to discuss this thing again."

Well, if you say so!

Man, fake fireworks, walls being built to hide ugly shops, a prettier girl lip syncing to hide the uglier one who actually sang, and now this?

I guess when the government cheats for you, it's okay!

Crazy.

Another one:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/sp...=1&oref=slogin

[shaun]

Michael Phelps' daily diet. His lunch would last me 3 days.

Breakfast: three fried-egg sandwiches loaded with cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, fried onions and mayonnaise, two cups of coffee, a five-egg omelet, a bowl of grits, three slices of French toast topped with powdered sugar and three chocolate-chip pancakes.

Lunch: a pound of enriched pasta and two large ham and cheese sandwiches slathered with mayo on white bread, 1,000 calories of energy drinks.

Dinner: a pound of pasta and an entire pizza, 1000 calories worth of energy drinks.

12,000 calories

He must crap constantly.

[D_Davis]

Michael Phelps' daily diet. His lunch would last me 3 days.

He must crap constantly.

I don't eat that much in a month.

Man, if we got rid of Olympic athletes, we could feed the world's starving children!

[Fezzik]

He herself told reporters after Wednesday's final that "my real age is 16. I don't pay any attention to what everyone says."

I agree with the rest of your frustrations, but to be fair, the gymnast's name is "He."

He Kinan or something like that, so the article was correct there, as odd as it looks

[Benny Profane]

Michael Phelps' daily diet. His lunch would last me 3 days.

He must crap constantly.

He is not what you'd call "carbon neutral".

[D_Davis]

I agree with the rest of your frustrations, but to be fair, the gymnast's name is "He."

He Kinan or something like that, so the article was correct there, as odd as it looks

I know - just a little imperialistic joking.