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2008 Summer Olympics - China

Discussion in 'Other Sports Forum' started by Stitches, Aug 8, 2008.

  1. Sethdaddy8

    Sethdaddy8 Well-Known Member

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    aww...shelley ann fraser is a cutey.
     
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  2. Eop05

    Eop05 Junior Member Club Member

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    Anybody see the gymnastics tonight?

    The one where the Chinese girl pretty much fell over and did everything wrong on the landing, but the judges neglected to deduct the correct amount of points thus giving her the bronze.

    The analyst (not sure of his name. guy with the accent) talking to Bob Costas was absolutely furious. He called it the biggest mistake he may have ever seen by judging and by far the biggest of this olympics. He was actually fighting back tears....that's how mad he was.

    I believe the American Girl finished 4th behind the Chinese girl.

    EDIT: now that I'm reading more about it, I see that the they took the average of the three and that the Chinese girl's vaults were harder therefore her score starts higher.
     
  3. High Definition

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    I know, Lol. I think my girlfriend was jealous of how I was staring at the television. I mean, she's not sexy, sexy.. she's take you home cute, like a puppy. :lol:
     
  4. Regan21286

    Regan21286 MCAT's, EMT's, AMCAS, ugh

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    That would be Bela Karolyi, a world-renowned gymnastics coach whose wife is currently head coordinator for USA gymnastics. Considering his long expertise and career, he certainly brings clout to his arguments. I could tell he wishes he were back as coordinator though I guess he was too strict at times.
     
  5. High Definition

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    Btw, after that Kobe/Bron interview, I will be shutting the TV off right after the gold is won.

    Not watching those two pieces of trash celebrate.

    "me" this "me" that "I" this "I" that. Garbage, man. Just garbage.
     
  6. dolfan06

    dolfan06 New Member

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    the one that ipressed me the most was the swimmer dara torres, this is her 5th olympics , missing 1996 and 2004. at 41 she still won 3 silver in 2008. she's not hard on the eyes either.:yes:

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  7. HardKoreXXX

    HardKoreXXX Insensitive to the Touch

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    Is it in you?

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  8. High Definition

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    I noticed you've been quite attached lately. I'm going to ask you to allow me to breathe.

    Act like the entire world doesn't know how selfish Kobe and LeBron are.
     
  9. HardKoreXXX

    HardKoreXXX Insensitive to the Touch

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    Relax bro I was just messin with you. I also dont know where you got that I was attached. You made a statement about Kobe and Lebron and I responded to it in a joking manner, as I usually do with posters on this site. :wink2:

    And if you mean Kobe and Bron are selfish because they are fierce competitors and will accept nothing less than Gold then yes, they are selfish.
     
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  10. High Definition

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    I was joking back. I'm sure you heard the "get off my blah" before, but that's how we joke back. Sometimes I forget that I'm not talking to my friends, lol. "Attached" is more TOS appropriate with these old folks modding and not catching the drift. :wink2:

    I'll comment on Kobe/LeBron thing later. There was an interview that rubbed me the wrong way.
     
  11. finswin56

    finswin56 Get a mop

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    Not many sprinters I can remember wanting to give a hug to :lol: I was smiling ear to ear watching her celebrate.
     
  12. HardKoreXXX

    HardKoreXXX Insensitive to the Touch

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    Haha gotcha bro. Im interested to know what you didnt like about the interview, assuming we watched the same one with Jim Lampley. It sounded pretty straight forward to me.
     
  13. wpgfishfan

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    2 more silvers for the Canucks

    Trampoline and Horse jumping

    We are an athletic country:tongue2:
     
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  14. unluckyluciano

    unluckyluciano For My Hero JetsSuck

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    I look for canada to go 1-2-3 in the shuffleboard competition.....
     
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  15. Regan21286

    Regan21286 MCAT's, EMT's, AMCAS, ugh

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  16. Section126

    Section126 We are better than you. Luxury Box

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    USA vs. China in baseball...WW3 I think has started....LOL
     
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  17. HardKoreXXX

    HardKoreXXX Insensitive to the Touch

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    And this is what pisses me off about the Asian game. They don't consider baseball a "contact" sport. They know the fundamentals well and are fluid in all aspects of the game except this one.

    Sliding hard to break up a double play and taking the catcher out at home are part of the game. For the Chinese coach to say Sheurholtz should be thrown out for a hard slide at the plate is laughable at best.

    Not too mention the coach for the Chinese team is Jim Lefebvre, an American! He should know better.
     
  18. Section126

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    A traitor.
     
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  19. Boomer

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    Dude, one of your showjumpers was SIXTY ONE years old!

    And he jumped a clear round.
     
  20. Regan21286

    Regan21286 MCAT's, EMT's, AMCAS, ugh

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  22. dolfan06

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    this might change things a bit. the chinese have 43 gold medals but they only have 21 when they are actually competing against other participants. those are in shooting, archery, badminton, wrestling, pingpong, swimming and rowing. the rest came from judges where you get style points. they have no medals in track and field. kinda makes you wonder, huh? last night on the uneven bars the australian judge took a full point away from nastia and only .7 away from the chinese performer. the chinese girl had way more errors.

    in the vault for women, one of the chinese girls actually landed on her knees and beat alicia sacramone for the bronze.:angry:
     
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  23. wpgfishfan

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    Big day for Canada. 4 more medals

    Yes we got a silver in trampoline again but we also scored a silver in

    Triatolon
    Diving

    and a Bronze in womens hurdles. Our first track medal in 12 years (Donovan Bailey)

    Up to 13
     
  24. Boomer

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    Key words there are "Australian judge". You also have to factor in the level of difficulty for each routine.
     
  25. Boomer

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    ANOTHER big day for Britain with 4 more golds. We OWN the velodrome winning 10 out of 12 golds. Great to see Christine Ohorugu beat Sanya Richards to win the 400m especially the way Richards has been jawing.
     
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  26. PMZQ

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    As far as I am concerned, he is a traitor, and should have his citizenship revoked. :angry:
     
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  27. HardKoreXXX

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    Well, they probably paid him good money to coach that team. So in a sense he is only taking advanatage of a free market. Capitalism...pffftt!
     
  28. unluckyluciano

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    I read an article earlier. In it they asked him if the shot to the head was intentional and he said no, but he added that the us player that ran over the catcher started it . :lol:
     
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    The US players said had it not been the Olympics they would have cleared the benches and retaliated. Nice to see them keep it under control and not embarass their country or USA Baseball.
     
  31. Cuban Dave 9

    Cuban Dave 9 Lane Kiffin = A-Clown

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    I was pissed. I watched him play in UF. He made it to the World Series CHampionship one year and lost to Texas...now he has to worry about getting his bell rung again in the Indians system because of a bean ball by the Chineese in the olympics
     
  32. Cuban Dave 9

    Cuban Dave 9 Lane Kiffin = A-Clown

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    I wouldn't have been embarassed...I would've been happy if they cleared the benches. Show some spine! I wish they would've cleared the benches in the game against Cuba too! A Cuban pitcher throw a bean ball too and caused a US player to bleed from his face. TWO COMMUNIST COUNTRIES
     
  33. Cuban Dave 9

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    An I stress the first syllable of the last word
     
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    The Baseball player in me agress with you 100%. But the American in me thinks it would be best to use it as motivation to go on a run for Gold.
     
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  35. Cuban Dave 9

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    We could fight and still have the same fire for run
     
  36. PMZQ

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    You and I don't agree very often, but on this one we agree 100% :up:
     
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    Frumundah Finnatic U Mad Miami?

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  38. High Definition

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    See now. If I was Dwyane Wade and that Aussie was coming down the fastbreak trail after talking trash in my face, I'd of flagrant fouled him (rightfully so) right to the deck to send a message.

    Coach K should use Boozer or Prince to send that message. Show those Aussies who is boss. :cool:
     
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    Is NBC really not going to show the 200M final live? Not even on their website?
     

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