London 2012 Olympics discussion (keep it here)

Lol!One of the disqualified badminton players has quit.

super600

The thing is, in China - and I assume Korea - it seems the governing body has complete control over which matches they win or lose. The players regard it not so much as a game rather as a job. She was probably a little miffed that the blame is falling on her when she was merely following orders.

Regardless, that game was ridiculous. I could have beaten them.

Hope I am not interfearing anything but did anyone caught the Zelda medley played today during today's events?

http://kotaku.com/5930983/olympic-gymnast-uses-zelda-medley-during-performance

Take a look.

Thug2Wasteland

Go China!!!!!!! 17 golds! go for it China!seahorse123

[QUOTE="seahorse123"]Go China!!!!!!! 17 golds! go for it China!chaoscougar1

[QUOTE="chaoscougar1"][QUOTE="seahorse123"]Go China!!!!!!! 17 golds! go for it China!seahorse123

Go China!!!!!!! 17 golds! go for it China!seahorse123

[QUOTE="seahorse123"]Go China!!!!!!! 17 golds! go for it China!chaoscougar1

[QUOTE="seahorse123"]Go China!!!!!!! 17 golds! go for it China!chaoscougar1

Disgusting but not surprising.

It really isn't much better in the US, fwiw. Olympic parents are totally insane.

[QUOTE="seahorse123"]Go China!!!!!!! 17 golds! go for it China!chaoscougar1

[QUOTE="chaoscougar1"][QUOTE="seahorse123"]Go China!!!!!!! 17 golds! go for it China!JML897

Disgusting but not surprising.

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[QUOTE="chaoscougar1"] Just saw this Worth itseahorse123

Disgusting but not surprising.

[QUOTE="seahorse123"][QUOTE="JML897"]

Disgusting but not surprising.

chaoscougar1

I wouldn't be at all surprised to find out that the Chinese Olympians can't even write their name on a piece of paper. Their win at all costs method gets them a bunch of medals in a bunch of sports nobody cares to watch, but it's sort of disgusting how important this is to them.dragonball3900

Oh my god. This is INSANE. Watch the video. It's so much worse than the badminton players losing on purpose.

http://deadspin.com/5931226/?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

[QUOTE="dragonball3900"]I wouldn't be at all surprised to find out that the Chinese Olympians can't even write their name on a piece of paper. Their win at all costs method gets them a bunch of medals in a bunch of sports nobody cares to watch, but it's sort of disgusting how important this is to them.seahorse123

Great Britain going good now 2 gold 3 silvers so far today up to 5th in the standings .

Kayla Harrison just won the first-ever US gold in Judo. Awesome. JML897

[QUOTE="seahorse123"][QUOTE="dragonball3900"]I wouldn't be at all surprised to find out that the Chinese Olympians can't even write their name on a piece of paper. Their win at all costs method gets them a bunch of medals in a bunch of sports nobody cares to watch, but it's sort of disgusting how important this is to them.dragonball3900

[QUOTE="seahorse123"]Go China!!!!!!! 17 golds! go for it China!chaoscougar1

[QUOTE="seahorse123"][QUOTE="dragonball3900"]I wouldn't be at all surprised to find out that the Chinese Olympians can't even write their name on a piece of paper. Their win at all costs method gets them a bunch of medals in a bunch of sports nobody cares to watch, but it's sort of disgusting how important this is to them.dragonball3900

Exciting women's beach volleyball match between USA and Spain!

[QUOTE="chaoscougar1"][QUOTE="seahorse123"]Sounds like you do by saying " sports nobody cares to watch " bet you would not be saying that if your country won a gold in a sport that no one watches.seahorse123

The Chinese like usual are coming off as insecure and have this need to win at ALL and ANY cost. While I commend their athleticism, they seem completely devoid of any joy for the sport.

But I love me some Ye :P

Wow. That little american girl won the gymastics gold medal. They call her the "flying squirrel". lol. Brilliant performance.

The Chinese like usual are coming off as insecure and have this need to win at ALL and ANY cost. While I commend their athleticism, they seem completely devoid of any joy for the sport.

But I love me some Ye :P

Zaibach

Kayla Harrison just won the first-ever US gold in Judo. Awesome. JML897

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The Chinese like usual are coming off as insecure and have this need to win at ALL and ANY cost. While I commend their athleticism, they seem completely devoid of any joy for the sport.

But I love me some Ye :P

sonicare

Thats my girl :P

Looks like Team GB is finally making strides, up to 5th place.

Now lets hope the Track and field guys can reel it in.

So far its been a pretty middle class Olympics, Volley ball, sailing, cayaking?, double tap shooting, hockey, badmintgton

and like 15 different types of Cycling :?

Jesus, are they still doing swimming, how many events can they have? They might as well add backwards running and bear crawls to the track events.

[QUOTE="JML897"]Kayla Harrison just won the first-ever US gold in Judo. Awesome. SaintLeonidas

Indeed it was pretty sweet stuff and well deserved although I especially loved that super quick arm bar victory she had from a few rounds earlier which was impressive. It's a shame about that Celtic stuff though. :P

Also congrats to the team from spooooky Latvia who quietly have been shocking fans by defeating all the highly ranked teams put before them.

Of course, Kayla Harrison's gold medal match wasn't on air unless you had the HD channels.

More exciting dominance:oops: from the Italian women in foil as having swept the individual competition went on and claimed the gold in the team competition with Russia getting the silver and South Korea claiming the bronze. Somewhat anxious for Friday's team epee competition as it will give A-lan Shin another shot at a medal after refusing to take a consolation medal from the International Fencing Federation for that bit of confusion in the individual competition.

I'm still waiting for Canada to obtain gold.....this is why I don't ever follow SUMMER olympics hehe....lonewolf604

Yeah I can understand that as I do believe they are the only country in the modern era that hosted the summer Olympics without getting even a single gold. I suppose it's kind of sad but honestly I always get so wrapped up in the massive victories of little countries managing to score even a bronze that I sometimes forget about the overall count from the major participants.

I'm still waiting for Canada to obtain gold.....this is why I don't ever follow SUMMER olympics hehe....lonewolf604

[QUOTE="lonewolf604"]I'm still waiting for Canada to obtain gold.....this is why I don't ever follow SUMMER olympics hehe....killa4lyfe

Actually we are 5th :P