London 2012 Olympics discussion (keep it here)

I found it amusing how many people have been over-rating Phelps. The man has been doing the Olympic grind since he was around 15 years old. Frankly, he seems to not have it in him anymore. From a biological perspective, he could kick butt into his 40s, but the mind is a much bigger problem, and can't go as long. Never mind that in previous venues, he has lost quite a few time to Lochte. His downfall could be seen miles away. But it seems so many didn't see the writing on the wall, and are surprised that Phelps is faltering. Still, he has a few good races left in him, I just don't unreasonably expect gold.

Anywho, I can't wait for the running events to start. I especially look forward to seeing Bernard Lagat in the 5000, Galen Rupp in the 10000, and Nick Symmonds in the 800. The marathon will be exciting, but I doubt that Meb or Ryan Hall will get a medal. August can't come soon enough, as that is when the games truly begin.

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[QUOTE="lonewolf604"]Is it wrong to be attracted to some of these 16 year old gymnasts? Talk about jailbait lonewolf604

A lot of them look like little kids.

I don't know if anyone here watches fencing, but I just watched the most incredible semifinal bout between Heidemann and Shin. Two double touches and 1 single touch in the last second of extra time lol.

I am still mad that US lost last night against the French. Lochte wanted to be the top dog but couldn't deliver. Smfh. So maad.Bloodseeker23

Anyone know what happened with the South Korea/Germany fencing?SaintLeonidas

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LMAO Spain is so bad in OLYMPICsoccer. Honduras shat on them lawl

killa4lyfe

Fixed (...since they are the reigning world champions and just defended their European championship.)

Even though it's the U-23 team, this is kind of disappointing :(

yeah, give graham hunter's barca book a read, pep, xavi and messi all say how much they enjoyed and learnt from the olympics so they must be disappointed, its a good team too

as for NBCs coverage, ive seen a list of what their 24 advert breaks cut out of the opening ceremony, still cant get my head around why they didnt do a time delay and then edit the parade, the cutting out of the 7/7 victim tribute is piss poor IMO

over here the BBC stuff is probably as good as it can get, havent checked out the online stuff which is meant to be equally briliant but the red button and sky channels stuff really is superb, shame some sports have 3 commentators whilst others have none but thats nit picking

i think my only complaint so far (other than the bloody japs "he fell off the horse, but he did it with style") is the decision to drop the scores from the boxing, doesnt make sense to me

I really hope she can fence the next bout and get the bronze at least.

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[QUOTE="Aljosa23"]

LMAO Spain is so bad in OLYMPICsoccer. Honduras shat on them lawl

villa4europe

Fixed (...since they are the reigning world champions and just defended their European championship.)

Even though it's the U-23 team, this is kind of disappointing :(

yeah, give graham hunter's barca book a read, pep, xavi and messi all say how much they enjoyed and learnt from the olympics so they must be disappointed, its a good team too

as for NBCs coverage, ive seen a list of what their 24 advert breaks cut out of the opening ceremony, still cant get my head around why they didnt do a time delay and then edit the parade, the cutting out of the 7/7 victim tribute is piss poor IMO

over here the BBC stuff is probably as good as it can get, havent checked out the online stuff which is meant to be equally briliant but the red button and sky channels stuff really is superb, shame some sports have 3 commentators whilst others have none but thats nit picking

i think my only complaint so far (other than the bloody japs "he fell off the horse, but he did it with style") is the decision to drop the scores from the boxing, doesnt make sense to me

There is also an App on the PS3 that allows you to watch EVERYTHING.

Last second basket from own half in the womens basketball .Australia v France

nice

Wow, that Korean girl got really robbed. Embarrassing moment for the Olympics. JML897

[QUOTE="Bloodseeker23"]I am still mad that US lost last night against the French. Lochte wanted to be the top dog but couldn't deliver. Smfh. So maad.sonicare

Wow, that Korean girl got really robbed. Embarrassing moment for the Olympics. JML897

Indeed...after such an exciting and awesome individual foil competition, it's shocking and embarrassing that without any protocol that nobody in charge was able to offer up any kind of common sense solution like...I dunno...resetting the clock to 1 second and going at it again? So you're all just fine with shrugging your shoulders over an obvious equipment failure on your part and just crushing the dreams of the obvious winner? Yay you judges.

I'm disappointed in the US mens gymnastics team. But Great Britain winning their first medal in mens team gymnastics in 100 years was pretty cool. And poor Ukraine.

Anyone hear about the idiot who lost to South Korea in soccer and tweeted a racist comment ... lol he's disqualified now from every event.JasonDarksavior

Indeed...after such an exciting and awesome individual foil competition, it's shocking and embarrassing that without any protocol that nobody in charge was able to offer up any kind of common sense solution like...I dunno...resetting the clock to 1 second and going at it again? So you're all just fine with shrugging your shoulders over an obvious equipment failure on your part and just crushing the dreams of the obvious winner? Yay you judges.

Lord_Daemon

I don't think that anyone would be happy with fencing again because the original bout should've already ended with a winner, and both fencers would claim that they had won. Neither fencers are at fault and no matter what the result is, there would be complaints. I do think that Shin deserved to win, but the main problem is that they decided not to stop the bout and try to solve the timing issue before Heidemann scored her single touch. After awarding Heidemann the point on two different occasions, to change that decision would be extremely difficult. With that said, I do feel bad for Shin and the timing system should definitely be changed in some way

[QUOTE="JasonDarksavior"]Anyone hear about the idiot who lost to South Korea in soccer and tweeted a racist comment ... lol he's disqualified now from every event.sonicare

Wow, that Korean girl got really robbed. Embarrassing moment for the Olympics. JML897

[QUOTE="JML897"]Wow, that Korean girl got really robbed. Embarrassing moment for the Olympics. harashawn

[QUOTE="JML897"]Wow, that Korean girl got really robbed. Embarrassing moment for the Olympics. harashawn

This happened...but in short in a battle for the gold medal round the So. Korean girl was ahead by a touch with 1 second left on the clock, the clock stuck which allowed her German opponent to register multiple touches gaining her the win. The So. Koreans protested which for some odd reason failed as I feel they should have just gone again or at least applied the second to the actions they have taped. But what made it even more painful was due to a unique bylaw the distraught and confused So. Korean girl had to sit on the mat for around a half hour as leaving would indicate her acceptance forcing us to watch her cry and suffer under the confusion of her status.

After such a magnificent women's individual foil competition it kind of stained the enjoyment of the remaining rounds for me, but hopefully the sabre matches will help me to wash away the memories.

Also...watching the American lose those judo matches was pretty rough. Ah well...the matches go on.

[QUOTE="harashawn"][QUOTE="JML897"]Wow, that Korean girl got really robbed. Embarrassing moment for the Olympics. Lord_Daemon

This happened...but in short in a battle for the gold medal round the So. Korean girl was ahead by a touch with 1 second left on the clock, the clock stuck which allowed her German opponent to register multiple touches gaining her the win. The So. Koreans protested which for some odd reason failed as I feel they should have just gone again or at least applied the second to the actions they have taped. But what made it even more painful was due to a unique bylaw the distraught and confused So. Korean girl had to sit on the mat for around a half hour as leaving would indicate her acceptance forcing us to watch her cry and suffer under the confusion of her status.

After such a magnificent women's individual foil competition it kind of stained the enjoyment of the remaining rounds for me, but hopefully the sabre matches will help me to wash away the memories.

Also...watching the American lose those judo matches was pretty rough. Ah well...the matches go on.

Stupid posting Olympics spoilers to my news feed... :evil:The-Apostle

LOL @ the butthurt US comments about Ye:lol:

your men got pwned by a sixteen year old girl.

[QUOTE="The-Apostle"]Stupid posting Olympics spoilers to my news feed... :evil:SaintLeonidas

Something kicked off big time in the Badminton, i knew i heard booing in the arena, but it wasn't from the game i was watching.

Think someone lost on purposeto get a better draw or something. Commentator was furious.

Also, i'm barely watching the Olympics but i'm quiter enjoying the womens football.

The butthurt Americans are always funny too.

"Shes young and great at swimming, drugs!!"

Olympic team size:

Great Britain (541)
United States (530)
Russia (436)
Australia (410)
China (380)
Germany (392)
France (330)
Japan (293)
Italy (284)
Spain (282)
Canada (277)
Brazil (258)
South Korea (245)
Ukraine (237)

Britain has the biggest team size and home field advantage, yet still doesn't even have one gold medal...

What's going on here, guys? Why can't Britain into Olympics?

Olympic team size:

Great Britain (541)
United States (530)
Russia (436)
Australia (410)
China (380)
Germany (392)
France (330)
Japan (293)
Italy (284)
Spain (282)
Canada (277)
Brazil (258)
South Korea (245)
Ukraine (237)

Britain has the biggest team size and home field advantage, yet still doesn't even have one gold medal...

What's going on here, guys? Why can't Britain into Olympics?

DerpyMcDerp

We're an embarrassment.

Have been embarrassing in many aspects of this event.

China is getting quite a few medals this time. Interesting to see how political and economic dominance slowly starts becoming dominance in sports too and in culture in general.kuraimen

[QUOTE="harashawn"][QUOTE="JML897"]Wow, that Korean girl got really robbed. Embarrassing moment for the Olympics. Lord_Daemon

This happened...but in short in a battle for the gold medal round the So. Korean girl was ahead by a touch with 1 second left on the clock, the clock stuck which allowed her German opponent to register multiple touches gaining her the win. The So. Koreans protested which for some odd reason failed as I feel they should have just gone again or at least applied the second to the actions they have taped. But what made it even more painful was due to a unique bylaw the distraught and confused So. Korean girl had to sit on the mat for around a half hour as leaving would indicate her acceptance forcing us to watch her cry and suffer under the confusion of her status.

After such a magnificent women's individual foil competition it kind of stained the enjoyment of the remaining rounds for me, but hopefully the sabre matches will help me to wash away the memories.

Also...watching the American lose those judo matches was pretty rough. Ah well...the matches go on.

LOL @ the butthurt US comments about Ye:lol:

your men got pwned by a sixteen year old girl.

Zaibach

Unless you're Chinese I'm not sure how you can talk sh*t since the US is dominating everybody except China.

Well that table tennis match betwixt China's Ding Ning and Feng Tianwei of Singapore was certainly...insane. :shock:

Also congrats to Khzakhstan in weightlifting giving their country two more medals for a total of 3 medals...but all of them gold.

LOL @ the butthurt US comments about Ye:lol:

your men got pwned by a sixteen year old girl.

Zaibach

Chinese domination continuation.

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LOL @ the butthurt US comments about Ye:lol:

your men got pwned by a sixteen year old girl.

JML897

Unless you're Chinese I'm not sure how you can talk sh*t since the US is dominating everybody except China.

[QUOTE="Zaibach"]

LOL @ the butthurt US comments about Ye:lol:

your men got pwned by a sixteen year old girl.

JML897

Unless you're Chinese I'm not sure how you can talk sh*t since the US is dominating everybody except China.

[QUOTE="Zaibach"]

LOL @ the butthurt US comments about Ye:lol:

your men got pwned by a sixteen year old girl.

JML897

Unless you're Chinese I'm not sure how you can talk sh*t since the US is dominating everybody except China.

Your tears, they sustain me:D

Lol in the spirit of the olympics, I dont have to be Chinese to realise incredible talent and congratulate it as opposed to projecting a collective hubris through insecurities.

CDC baby