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Posted by: doiink Jul 13 2008, 12:37 AM

what sports will you be following/watching?





ONES I WANNA WATCH FASHO: SWIMMING + DIVING (for teh bodz) AND GYMANSTICS.

Posted by: Tungster Jul 13 2008, 12:38 AM

gymnastics, damn shawn johnson or w/e is f**ken goood!

and of course the men's basketball team. KOBEEEEEE

Posted by: Joannnnnne Jul 13 2008, 12:39 AM

Oh, I can't wait for this!!



I usually catch the badminton, table tennis, gymnastics, and diving.

I have a thing for the 'Asian' sports. =]

Posted by: doiink Jul 13 2008, 12:41 AM

^ my local asian tv channel does nightly specials on the Chinese athletes and last night they interviewed a track and field runner kinda cute.

will most likely be following that guy as well

Posted by: Tungster Jul 13 2008, 12:42 AM

MICHAEL PHELPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

all homo.

Posted by: Joannnnnne Jul 13 2008, 12:42 AM

Always a plus when they're fiiiiiiine. =D

Posted by: doiink Jul 13 2008, 12:43 AM

OHHHHHHH YEAH, MICHAEL PHELPS

dude guo jingjing is hella pretty T_T

well, decently attractive for a Chinese girl.

Posted by: Joannnnnne Jul 13 2008, 12:58 AM

I saw some pictures of her in full model make-up, and she looked REALLY good!! Like an actual model.

Posted by: doiink Jul 13 2008, 01:02 AM

^ not surprised :(


damn I take back what I said about the track and field guy; looked better on a mini television screen x_x

Posted by: tininja Jul 13 2008, 01:05 AM

Swimming, gymnastics, and tennis. I'm gonna have to be waking up at like 3 AM to watch tennis, but whatever. D:

Posted by: PrIncEoFSeXaPpeAL Jul 13 2008, 10:02 AM

wen diz shiet... wat chaneelll...

Posted by: freeridefight Jul 13 2008, 10:12 AM

Diving and Tennis bitches. I wanna see some kickass dives and at least one person hit the board, but if they're in the olympics, I doubt they will.

Posted by: Gigi Jul 13 2008, 03:41 PM

Diving, swimming, gymnastics. But I'm looking most forward to diving. It's my favourite. My mom and I make a game out of making fun of the crappy non-Chinese divers who make huge splashes. AZNPRYDE YEAH.

Guo Jingjing is pretty (and a HELL of a diver), and so is her boyfriend Tian Liang. (ex? I can't remember).

Posted by: Joannnnnne Jul 13 2008, 03:42 PM

^ Oh man, I forgot about him.....................

Posted by: Butterflyphoenix Jul 14 2008, 12:47 PM

swimming, diving, gymnastics, track, and possibily judo. =3

Posted by: PrIncEoFSeXaPpeAL Jul 15 2008, 09:41 AM

princc kanntt waitt.. gittaa finee wat channall..

uhh noo... lool..

4-5 fuu princc..

Posted by: Sandraaa Jul 15 2008, 09:42 AM

Tennis, football, gymnastics, athletics, badminton, swimming, table tennis.

Posted by: Teesa Jul 16 2008, 12:40 AM

swimming, diving, tennis, basketball...i love it all =)

Posted by: nikx618 Jul 16 2008, 04:26 PM

anyone know when this starts?
or when it shows on tv?
for people in la, ca?

Posted by: PrIncEoFSeXaPpeAL Jul 17 2008, 08:48 AM

calll da askk orr chekk u carrtooonn channall...

Posted by: sharerol Jul 23 2008, 03:35 AM

oh heyyyyyy he was my favorite 4 years ago
and i liked this one gymnastics girl, i forgot her name...

Posted by: Gigi Jul 23 2008, 04:16 AM

I just saw this spread of Michael Phelps in People Magazine. Holy crap, is he ever ugly. And full of himself.

The Olympics start on August 8 (8th month, 8th day, 2008) and end on the 24th, since the number 8 is considered lucky.

Posted by: Joannnnnne Jul 23 2008, 11:14 AM

^ Haha, so Chinese. xD

Posted by: PrIncEoFSeXaPpeAL Jul 24 2008, 10:14 AM

wat channaall..

Posted by: towntown2 Aug 6 2008, 02:22 PM

Swimming, gymnastics, badminton.
And diving, maybe.

Posted by: berrypop90 Aug 6 2008, 02:24 PM

I only ever watch gymnastics and diving.

Posted by: superstitious Aug 6 2008, 02:32 PM

Judo. I watch as many as I can. I wish I could find a printable schedule. :(

Posted by: Gigi Aug 8 2008, 11:16 AM

Who watched the Opening Ceremony?

FCUKING AWESOME.

Posted by: Joannnnnne Aug 8 2008, 12:15 PM

Ugh, I had a plan to wake up at 5 in the morning to watch it live EXCEPT MY ALARM CLOCK DIDN'T WAKE ME UP!!!! So I woke up when I heard my sister asked my mom why she didn't wake us up at 7.

Dammit. I guess I'll have to wait for the rerun later today. = =''

Posted by: Joannnnnne Aug 8 2008, 06:35 PM

Holy freaking hell. How do you top THAT?!

Posted by: angelrevelation Aug 8 2008, 11:20 PM

I just saw the opening ceremony... Very beautiful I totally wish I could have seen it in person!

Posted by: nikx618 Aug 8 2008, 11:31 PM

^double that.

it's amazing. but its too long for me. haha.

Posted by: Joannnnnne Aug 8 2008, 11:40 PM

Favourite part(s) of the entire ceremony?

For me, it's got to be the printing part! It was pretty flipping incredible...

Posted by: towntown2 Aug 8 2008, 11:48 PM

I'm watching it right now.
Palestinians are making their way around the track right now.

Posted by: Melie Aug 9 2008, 12:08 AM

i'll be watching the gymnastics, basketball and maybe swimming


but i'm so pissed about how the opening ceremony isn't being broadcast on youtube or on the nbc website.

Posted by: hollywoodawaits Aug 9 2008, 12:08 AM

Im excited!

I want Tom Daley to win his diving event, even though im from the US. he's pretty cute 2. lol

Posted by: Teesa Aug 9 2008, 12:28 AM

wow, great job nbc for delaying coverage and then (at least for colorado people) having major blackout problems.

anyhoo, caught almost all of it-AH-MAZING! the guys with the drums were unbelievable. some of the countries had horrible outfits (i think it was hungary who had the women in those ridiculous flowered outfits), but some looked quite classy =)

Posted by: Joannnnnne Aug 9 2008, 12:30 AM

^ Horrible outfits: CANADA!

What the hell???? = =''

Posted by: Teesa Aug 9 2008, 12:35 AM

haha for sure!

Posted by: Flaunted Aug 9 2008, 12:37 AM

HOOOOOOOOLY CRAP, the next olympics, whereever it may be.. i doubt they can ever top that.

Chicity has no chance

Posted by: Joannnnnne Aug 9 2008, 01:45 AM

^ Winter Olympics in Vancouver, BC. =(

Posted by: Tungster Aug 9 2008, 01:54 AM

You know Kobe Bryant had the loudest ovation. That's amazing. He got more cheers than the Chinese President, the Russian, and George Bush. The moment was so odd that even U.S. journalists were looking at each other in puzzlement.

Oh, and I was watching the Girls Gymnastic training earlier, and the girls were hot! I have white fever.

And oh, I'm watching badminton too since it's my favorite sport. And this Japanese chick literally broke this Iceland chick so she had to forfeit haha. Then I watched this Indonesian chick beat this German chick. It was a hella good match. Went down to the very last point.

Posted by: towntown2 Aug 9 2008, 01:56 AM

WOW!
OMG!
That was so amazing.
The torch runner? The last torch runner?
Incredible!!

London's gonna have to work really hard to top this.

Posted by: doughnut Aug 9 2008, 01:56 AM

as a chinese, i didnt watch it.

Posted by: Joannnnnne Aug 9 2008, 02:00 AM

Yeah, I just watched the rerun of that too! That has got to be the best way to light the final torch!!!

Hm, I should look for the full schedule of the events...

Posted by: doughnut Aug 9 2008, 02:03 AM

why is every chinese so patriotic? it's so irritating.

Posted by: Joannnnnne Aug 9 2008, 02:29 AM

Why the hell not? It's an incredible event.

Posted by: pandamonium Aug 9 2008, 03:53 AM

swimming tennis and gymnastics. the opening ceremony was awesomeness.

yea agreed they look like a bunch of red cherry blossoms lol. the US' outfits were nice but too bland to stand out from the whole, i did like the barretts though.i think i like the swedish womans outfit, it was simple and modern.

Posted by: rockguy Aug 9 2008, 08:44 AM

omfg that was some nice work the chinese did..
i liked how the torch was lighten at the end with the runner...
hell i liked everything haha... never seen something like it...
&the Bird's Nest, what an amazing work of architecture
what an amazing culture :)

Posted by: doughnut Aug 9 2008, 09:17 AM

i watched swimming heats which was quite intense.

Posted by: Gigi Aug 9 2008, 10:42 AM

As a Chinese person...f**k YEAH I'M PATRIOTIC. GO CHINA!!!!!!!

ZHONG GUO JIA YOU, AO YUN JIA YOU!

You know I would type Chinese if I knew how. Sorry for the fob moment. I can't help it. The atmosphere is electric in HK! Haha people stop in the streets to watch the huge TVs in malls and cheer China on.

FIRST GOLD FOR CHINA - girl from Guangzhou. Weightlifting. Friggin awesome. You know if it was Canada up against China, that I would TOTALLY cheer for China.

Opening Ceremony: totally loved how they painted the thing RIGHT THERE. And then the athletes coloured in the bottom bit with their footprints. I thought the whole thing was really creative.

The lighting of the Olympic Flame/torch runner dude was SO AWESOME. I loved the collective gasp in the audience haha.

I liked how the American outfits were the same for the men and women (I mean, in colour scheme. Obviously the cutting would be different). Pretty much all the other countries had different colours for the two genders. OH agree with whoever said that thing about the country with like, the Hawaiian shirts. Ew. Chinese outfits were so blah for the women - that garish shade of yellow. Eurgh. Should have made them all wear red. Then it would have been a huuuuuge sea of red, and a little bit of yellow, like the flag.

Joanne - haven't you seen those outfits at the Bay for the Canadians? They looked gross on TV, but they're actually not that bad. But they got criticised for having them made in China - lol.

The Olympics are always so intense for me, and yet I'm like the least athletic person ever haha.

Guys, since a lot of you love it so much - Diving tomorrow, Women's Synchronized 3m springboard final! 2:30pm Beijing time. You do the conversion.



That was an amazingly long post. Patriotism kicks in, sorry.

Posted by: Joannnnnne Aug 9 2008, 11:49 AM

^ A springboard final already? Good thing it's not sometime between 1-6am here. xD

I stayed up last night so I could watch the Canadians (or, at least mainly Kyle Shewfelt) compete in mens gymnastics... but I ended up falling asleep. Damn. And the different time zones really suck! I feel like I'm missing out on so many of the events... So far I've only watched a bit of womens beach volleyball (Russia vs Australia) and a bit of mens gymnastics (America).

Posted by: Gigi Aug 9 2008, 12:15 PM

There's events in Diving for the next 4 days (Sunday to Wednesday), all finals, all at 2:30pm Beijing time. I think it goes like Women's Sync 3m Springboard, Men's Sync 10m Platform, Women's Sync 10m Platform, then Men's Sync 3m Springboard.

WATCH ON WEDNESDAY FOR ALEXANDRE DESPATIE (CND). WOOTWOOT.

Full schedule here: http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/Schedule/index.shtml

Posted by: Teesa Aug 9 2008, 12:20 PM

i'm super excited for men's basketball and men's tennis to start tomorrow!!

Posted by: Gigi Aug 9 2008, 12:23 PM

^ MEN'S BASKETBALL!!!! China vs USA...Yao vs Kobe lol. It'll be intense!

Posted by: Teesa Aug 9 2008, 01:00 PM

but i feel really bad for yao because his body is so riddled with injuries and he's definitely not in top shape but go team USA!

Posted by: Gigi Aug 9 2008, 01:13 PM

^ Yeah. Honestly though, I expect the Americans to win.

Speaking of Yao, I love how they had a little kid walk next to him during the Opening Ceremony. The kid was actually 9, but next to Yao he looked like he was around 5 haha. If you saw him, you probably noticed a bald spot on his head - apparently he got it from an injury when he was saving someone in an accident (details fuzzy, and my Chinese translation is no good). But he's an orphan too. Poor kid.

Posted by: Hedonism Aug 9 2008, 01:15 PM

I watched Volleyball, Cycling, Rowing, and Beach Volleyball and I'm bored,

I kinda wanna see Diving, and fer SURE I gotta see Gymnastics.

Posted by: tininja Aug 9 2008, 01:19 PM

Lol, I'm watching women's volleyball with US vs. Japan. So freaking close.

Posted by: Joannnnnne Aug 9 2008, 01:21 PM

^ Haha, I'm kind of watching that one now too!

Ugh, I missed that part... my mom told me the kid looked like a little puppy next to Yao. She also said that he saved two other people during the earthquake. Crazy...

Posted by: Teesa Aug 9 2008, 01:23 PM

omg! that kid was so freaking adorable! he was a survivor from the earthquake and apparently, when he was rescued, he gave a little salute to the soldiers who found him. isn't that so cute? and i also heard the announcers say the little boy also saved a couple of his friends. amazing.
and i know, he barely went up to yao's waist!

Posted by: tininja Aug 9 2008, 01:30 PM

Aw, that kid was adorable! He did look like he was 5 compared to Yao. The story was touching. I think he got more attention than anyone else there.

Posted by: Gryffindor-Girl Aug 9 2008, 01:37 PM

Swimming, gymnastics,And diving.

Posted by: xoxo_proud Aug 9 2008, 02:00 PM

Definitely watching Gymnastics, swimming and soccer. The USA volleyball game was intense and winning all 3 medals in fencing (sabre) is great!

Posted by: Gigi Aug 9 2008, 02:25 PM

Thanks for explaining in detail about the kid - what a cutie! Amazing how he saved his friends as well. A truly touching story.

I was just watching the womens soccer game, China vs Canada, and omg it was the most boring thing ever. Oh, and the equestrian events are taking place in HK, and a ton of the locals here rushed to buy tickets to watch some events, but a lot of people fell asleep XD. And then they left early. So much for Olympic spirit.

Posted by: moninja Aug 9 2008, 03:36 PM

THAT LITTLE KID WAS SOOO CUTE! i would kidnap him haha ;x

Posted by: Sandraaa Aug 9 2008, 05:56 PM

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OLYMPIC CELEBRATION EVER. I had goose bumps! ><

Posted by: towntown2 Aug 9 2008, 07:51 PM

The swimming event is super exciting!

P.S.: The story about the kid who walked with Yao was really touching. Such a cute one.

Posted by: doughnut Aug 10 2008, 08:38 AM

i saw gymnastics today, poor chinese girl fell down the bars. she was still qualified but started crying.

Posted by: Gigi Aug 10 2008, 09:38 AM

^ She did pretty well despite falling though, but I still felt really bad for her.

Watching China vs USA basketball game right now.

Posted by: brooklyneast05 Aug 10 2008, 09:48 AM

i'm watching the basketball game right now. us vs china

Posted by: hi-C Aug 10 2008, 10:04 AM

Did anyone see those lady weighlifters earlier today? It was insane! One chick lifted 126kg!

Posted by: Gigi Aug 10 2008, 10:16 AM

China's behind 14 points

LOLS.

Posted by: BanDaSnowman Aug 10 2008, 10:50 AM

Damn if the USA would stop trying to do that AND1 shit they would blow teams out by 70. Also LOL @ how the fans were all over Kobe coming in. Let the dude breathe lol.


Oh is it true that someone from the US got murdered over there? Thats what I heard my parents talking about.

Posted by: hi-C Aug 10 2008, 12:01 PM

Yeah, someone did get murdered; http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/09/olympics.murder/index.html?iref=newssearch.

Posted by: Teesa Aug 10 2008, 12:07 PM

i was impressed that china stayed close until about the third quarter.

haha yeah, the fans all over kobe was cute.

Posted by: tininja Aug 10 2008, 12:29 PM

Someone that was a part of the US volleyball team got stabbed to death, I believe. They weren't an athlete, but a relative of someone? I dunno.

EDIT//

http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer08/news/story?id=3526793

Posted by: hi-C Aug 10 2008, 08:48 PM

OMG, did anyone see that girl fall on her ass after dismounting from the uneven bars? Or that other girl completely miss and fall on her back? What the hell is up with the US Women's Gymnastics team?

Posted by: mackenziee Aug 10 2008, 09:22 PM

Diving

Posted by: xoxo_proud Aug 10 2008, 09:51 PM

Ok. But Johnson was amazing in all of the events she was in. Did you see that Chinese girl fall? It was bad to.

Posted by: Hedonism Aug 10 2008, 09:58 PM

The commentators were getting on my last f**kin nerve

"Oh, the Romanians Sure suck nowadays" (In other Words)
"Yeah, those Chinese girls don't look 16 at all. More like 12" (In other words)

They said it like 15 times.

Posted by: Tungster Aug 10 2008, 10:00 PM

^ Yeah, there's been legal documentation proof that the Chinese girls on the Gymnastic team isn't 16 at all. 16 is the minimum age. But these girls are only 13-15 years old. What a shame.

Posted by: ArjunaCapulong Aug 10 2008, 10:03 PM

Aw c'mon, we all know Asian chicks just look younger than they really are. I bet they're legal, even.

Posted by: SkyliteX Aug 10 2008, 10:03 PM

I want to keep an eye for swimming and taekwondo:]

Posted by: Hedonism Aug 10 2008, 10:32 PM

I didn't give a f**k whether they were old enough or not, I just wanted to watch them perform.

That one girl was cute

Posted by: xoxo_proud Aug 10 2008, 10:38 PM

Woah! Did anyone just see the Men's relay with Phelps? France was about to win and the USA caught up right at the end. Damn exciting.

Posted by: hi-C Aug 10 2008, 10:47 PM

^ I slept through it. I woke to my dad freaking out about it.

Oh gosh, Shawn Johnson was absolutely fantastic. It's a good thing she was there, she held everything together. I DID see the Chinese girl fall. She was so sad (understandably). It was sad.

Posted by: brooklyneast05 Aug 10 2008, 10:50 PM

YEAH!!!!

Posted by: DoubleJ Aug 10 2008, 10:51 PM

I was jumping out my seat when it happened!

Posted by: Tungster Aug 10 2008, 10:52 PM

You sound too excited there JC.

Posted by: brooklyneast05 Aug 10 2008, 10:52 PM

that was crazy. france will think again before trash talking us

what a can't be proud of his country now

Posted by: xoxo_proud Aug 10 2008, 10:54 PM

I freaked out to. My brother and I were high-fiving and cheering. I felt bad whenever someone fell off. There was a Romanian girl who fell off the balance beam and didn't look to happy.


Exactly. Being cocky never gets anyone anywhere. I'm excited for Phelps! The relay was probably the hardest and most nerve racking event for him because it's not just him that had to do well.

Posted by: Tungster Aug 10 2008, 11:13 PM

No, you should be rooting for Zimbabwe! Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry set new swimming world records on Monday during another electrifying session in the Water Cube. Pay respect to your ancestor's country yo!

Posted by: brooklyneast05 Aug 10 2008, 11:15 PM

man, you are actually right. i should be rooting for them. plus i love that word zimbabwe.

Posted by: DoubleJ Aug 10 2008, 11:16 PM

Yo the French always talk shit, and then get it handed to them.

Posted by: Teesa Aug 10 2008, 11:21 PM

hahaaa, woooot!



even though china has more gold, it's cool

Posted by: SkyliteX Aug 10 2008, 11:29 PM

yess!!!! korea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: BanDaSnowman Aug 10 2008, 11:42 PM

Wait til track starts. But its not even a guarantee as far as the 100 M and 200M when you got Asafa and Bolt running with Gay.

Posted by: brooklyneast05 Aug 10 2008, 11:43 PM

volleyball is one of my most hated sports ever

Posted by: Teesa Aug 11 2008, 12:18 AM

^but why??

Posted by: brooklyneast05 Aug 11 2008, 12:22 AM

cause


i think it's boring to watch and i used to hate it when we'd have to play it p.e. in school.

Posted by: Teesa Aug 11 2008, 12:37 AM

great reason

mm, i think it's kind of fun to watch-i like how they set up and watching the sets and spikes.

Posted by: brooklyneast05 Aug 11 2008, 12:38 AM

i know

Posted by: doughnut Aug 11 2008, 03:16 AM

the diving is sooooooo good. i love the diving events, it's so fun to watch.

Posted by: Gigi Aug 11 2008, 03:23 AM

The Chinese just took it for Diving - Men's Sync 10m platform WOOOOOT.

And so:


China in first for gold, US first for total. But who really cares about those Bronze medals, eh?

jk;)

Posted by: DoubleJ Aug 11 2008, 03:31 AM

Like the Chinese are REALLY going to win more golds lmao!

Posted by: Gigi Aug 11 2008, 03:39 AM

^ Yeah right, when the Track and Field gets going we're totally f**ked HAHA. But we're a defo 2nd.

EDIT// But the way the Chinese steadily increase their Gold medal and total medal count at each of the Olympic games, you know that it'll only be a matter of time before we steamroll everybody. So you hold your tongue, honey.

Posted by: ojairus Aug 11 2008, 05:13 AM

joanne said f**k china, and go CANADA!

Posted by: Gigi Aug 11 2008, 05:40 AM

^ Canada is abysmal at the Summer Olympics. I am unwilling to support a team that continually fails (and gets no support from government funding)!

...I should take that back. Canada is not horrible, as they are good enough to compete at the international level, but never good enough to excel. *shakes head*

But I am going to cheer on Despatie on Wednesday, because he's actually good. :D And any other Canadians, especially if the USA are competing in that event.

Shit, I saw one that lifted 130kg. I think the Chinese girl actually lifted 138kg!!! It was insane.

Posted by: Joannnnnne Aug 11 2008, 01:10 PM

Did I? =\


Whatever, I'm rooting for both Canada and China. I don't see why I have to choose between the two anyway. I'll be happy whenever either one wins something. =]

Posted by: xSyncx Aug 11 2008, 02:06 PM

France sucks.

Posted by: ojairus Aug 11 2008, 02:46 PM

hey the china waterpolo goal keeper is kinda cute lol

Posted by: Joannnnnne Aug 11 2008, 02:50 PM

^ Are you serious? I actually thought she was the least attractive of the entire team. =\

That game was pretty close. =(

Posted by: ojairus Aug 11 2008, 02:57 PM

thhhe one they just put in?

Posted by: Joannnnnne Aug 11 2008, 02:58 PM

Oh haha didn't see that. =P

Posted by: ojairus Aug 11 2008, 03:09 PM

yea the first one was fugly lol.

Posted by: moninja Aug 11 2008, 04:03 PM

&i thought you didn't like the olympics.

Posted by: demolished Aug 11 2008, 09:03 PM

somehow, i cant trust China and their winnings?

Posted by: Joannnnnne Aug 11 2008, 09:08 PM

^ What do you mean?

Posted by: ArjunaCapulong Aug 11 2008, 09:12 PM

He means, THEY CHEATED.

Posted by: hi-C Aug 11 2008, 09:14 PM

I think he's implying some cheating is going on.

Edit:// LOL, too slow.

Posted by: Joannnnnne Aug 11 2008, 09:15 PM

Posted by: ArjunaCapulong Aug 11 2008, 09:18 PM

Naw, it ain't that you're too slow.








It's that I'm just 2Fast2Furious!

Posted by: brooklyneast05 Aug 11 2008, 09:19 PM

there goes phelps again

#11

Posted by: Teesa Aug 11 2008, 09:53 PM

michael is a BEAST.

Posted by: hi-C Aug 11 2008, 10:26 PM

Oh man, that Japanese dude f**ked up hardxcore on that vault. Jesus.

Am I the only one who thinks that, in comparison to uneven bars, the parallel bars are lame? The high bar isn't as lame as the parallel bars, but it's not as awesome as the uneven bars.

Posted by: Teesa Aug 11 2008, 10:30 PM

and yay for india for finally getting a gold medal :))

Posted by: hi-C Aug 11 2008, 10:30 PM

^ What event?

Posted by: Teesa Aug 11 2008, 10:32 PM

rifling!

Posted by: hi-C Aug 11 2008, 10:38 PM

Hey. That's cool.

Posted by: hi-C Aug 11 2008, 10:41 PM

Wait til track and field starts.

Posted by: xoxo_proud Aug 11 2008, 10:52 PM

5 of the bronze came from swimming. It's better than having no medals at all. I can't wait until track and field and women's gymnasticssss.

Posted by: jaeminnie Aug 11 2008, 10:56 PM

I'm just watching whatever's on at the moment. I really like swimming and gymnastics; haven't seen any diving yet.

I got so excited when SNSD's (So Nyeo Shi Dae) "Girls' Generation" was played after one of the men's swimming rounds. <3

One of my old schoolmates is in the Olympics! Sandra Fong, 18, a markswoman.

Posted by: towntown2 Aug 11 2008, 11:20 PM

OOh!
I'm watching Indonesia vs. Korea in mixed badminton right now.
The Indonesian team is really good.
I think we're tied now.

Posted by: xoxo_proud Aug 11 2008, 11:35 PM

Damn! I think the US Men's gymnastic team is going to finish 3rd :(

Posted by: towntown2 Aug 12 2008, 12:00 AM

Btw, there's a bunch of new hotties this year:
1. Alexander Artemev (Gymnastics)
2. David Boudia (Diving)
3. Thomas Finchum (Diving)
4. Peter Vanderkaay (Swimming)
5. Cullen Jones (Swimming)

and then there is, of course, Michael Phelps who looks eternally hot [to me, at least].

Posted by: Joannnnnne Aug 12 2008, 12:29 AM

Kyle Shewfelt's pretty okay too. And he kind of reminds me of my physics teacher. xD

Posted by: karmakiller Aug 12 2008, 12:34 AM

Mhmm...

I would think it'd be painful to have been him:

Posted by: Gigi Aug 12 2008, 12:20 PM

^ OMG that looks Photoshopped! Must have been horrible! Someone is SO gonna write FAIL on it and put it here: http://failblog.org/

And omg you guys, seriously? Michael Phelps? Hot? He looks better in action with that body, but dude. He totally got hit with the ugly stick.



Or, the ugly lower-half-of-the-face stick at least. Still, definitely an athlete I respect. Oh, but how I miss Ian Thorpe.

Can't wait til tomorrow! Women's Gymnastics Team Final and Men's Diving Sync 3m Springboard.

Posted by: Joannnnnne Aug 12 2008, 12:59 PM

His ears stick out even more than Channing Tatum. Which is not attractive.

Posted by: tininja Aug 12 2008, 01:08 PM

LOL, I swear all the swimmers look better with their caps on.

Posted by: hi-C Aug 12 2008, 02:23 PM

LOL! Awww, that's horrible.


Yeah. I'm not a fan of his face either. Oh man, when USA won the relay and he was yelling... NBC played it in slow motion and I swear he got hit with the 'tard stick.

Posted by: towntown2 Aug 12 2008, 03:45 PM

-gasp-
I love Phelps' face!

Thorpe shouldn't have retired so early in my opinion.
He could've competed in this Olympics too.

Posted by: demolished Aug 12 2008, 07:04 PM

Yes, cheating ruins my entire perspective for communist China's sports. How could their government let it slide? ;[

Posted by: ArjunaCapulong Aug 12 2008, 07:25 PM

The competitors are sooooo youuuuung

Posted by: Joannnnnne Aug 12 2008, 07:43 PM

Like Gigi said in the other thread, is there any proof that China cheated? If there was any suspicion that they did, the officials would have taken over and investigated everything.


It really really pisses me off when people just jump into conclusions about China. Yes, it's a communist country, but does this have anything to do with the Olympics? f**k that.

Posted by: hi-C Aug 12 2008, 07:53 PM

Well, the officials went by the athlete's passports, which said they were all (15 going on) 16, but when the country is the one issuing the passports...

People aren't really jumping to conclusions since the youngest Chinese athletes look YOUNG, like 13-14 young. Communism doesn't have anything to do with the Olympics, BUT putting out a strong showing means everything. They want to claim their place in the modern world (to which they have every right). Sometimes it seems like they'd amount to anything to look good in the world's eyes (i.e. the lip synching child in the opening ceremonies).

Posted by: towntown2 Aug 12 2008, 08:02 PM

We all know that China's doing almost everything possible to make sure that those who came for the Olympics get their money's worth, etc.

Knowing that, can you really put the whole gymnastics thing past them?
Sure, the girls are amazing, but a lot of them really look younger than sixteen. Some look like they're barely 13!
The suspicion is valid.
And it's not because China's a communist country or anything.

If America [or any other country for that matter] had chosen to send athletes that obviously look younger than the lowest alloted age, the same suspicions would arise.

Posted by: hi-C Aug 12 2008, 08:40 PM

... that's what I was saying...

Posted by: towntown2 Aug 12 2008, 09:06 PM

^
...then my post must've been redundant.
Whoops.

Posted by: demolished Aug 12 2008, 09:14 PM

I didn't say they cheated, but there was suspicions otherwise it wouldn't be display in worldwide. When the media publicize their suspicions, it does ruin my perspective.

With that question mark indicated in my post earlier, I didn't push the claim that it was true which means I wasn't sure if I could trust them with their winnings with their young competitors that looks like their body are still developing.

When the media are putting China down WHILE china put so much money into the Olympic, it confuses me. China was able to make such a great worthy event which pleases people.

At the same time, the media is putting them down. If the government didnt have anything with the competitors, why are they letting it slide by not defending them or do something (not that i heard of)? That's makes me so confused.

Why would such a economical country spend so much money into one thing and then they got a bad reputations for their competitors.


Maybe a communist country may possibly have anything to do with the Olympic? They were the ONE who host it since communism can pretty do anything they want OVER the people's will. As you know, I'm not very bold on this part.


and sorry to make you mad.

Posted by: brooklyneast05 Aug 12 2008, 09:23 PM

WOOHOO PHELPS, HISTORYYYY

Posted by: hi-C Aug 12 2008, 10:09 PM

The American women killed it on uneven bars.

Posted by: hi-C Aug 12 2008, 10:29 PM

This 800 relay isn't even right. The Americans SMASHED that record.

Posted by: brooklyneast05 Aug 12 2008, 10:30 PM

that shit was crazy, we were so far ahead. it was a wrap after phelps started it off

Posted by: hi-C Aug 12 2008, 10:32 PM

That lead that Phelps gave wasn't even right. The other competitors looked like turtles compared to it/him/the US team.

Posted by: brooklyneast05 Aug 12 2008, 10:34 PM

look at this chinese girl right now, there is no way that girl is 16 years old. she looks 10 wtf

Posted by: hi-C Aug 12 2008, 10:46 PM

She really does. Even if she's a gymnast, she's just way too small to be (15 going on) 16.

Posted by: towntown2 Aug 12 2008, 11:13 PM

Btw, did anybody hear about this yet?
http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/blog/fourth_place_medal/post/Spanish-basketball-team-poses-for-offensive-pict?urn=oly,100152

Posted by: Joannnnnne Aug 12 2008, 11:50 PM

Okay I was watching the womens gymnastics... sure the Chinese gymnasts look young, but pretty much all Asian girls look super young for their age PLUS they're gymnasts. And all female gymnasts are petite as hell.

But meh, I'll admit I might be a bit biased and refuse to believe they lied about their ages.

Posted by: salcha4u Aug 13 2008, 01:00 AM

Old...but the Phelps/Lezak 4x100 relay blew my mind :O
Umm I watched badminton for a bit...pretty intense.

Posted by: demolished Aug 13 2008, 01:10 AM

I dont know if you're talking to me, but i'll reply.

I think you may also be right about Asian girls do look younger than their age in general. The western media may not be familiar with a 16 years old looking girls. I mean, how much young Asians do you see on tv? Not much, but they are breaking into it the media, but there's no young Asian girls in it. I think it's also the factor that leads to accusation because the population of u.s isn’t mainly Asians. Of course, it's easy to make assumption to someone's age when you never seen them, see any familiar faces, or connect with them.


Growing up in California, I had never seen these darn young Asian girls.


and oh yeah, being skinnier does make people younger too.

Posted by: Joannnnnne Aug 13 2008, 01:17 AM

Haha, I wasn't talking to you... just thinking out loud. =]

It's not just the Asians... I think Shawn Johnson looks freaking young (but maybe it's just her height), and same with that Russian girl! *searches her up...* Ksenia Semenova. Yeah, she looks like a little kid.

Posted by: salcha4u Aug 13 2008, 01:33 AM

^Haha Shawn Johnson does not look 16 at all...but

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iijykFVAFX6xVxxPg_hd5poXwVkQD92H6NCG3

NoOOOoooooooooooo

Posted by: Tungster Aug 13 2008, 02:08 AM

Haha, China's win in gymnastics will only fuel more controversy about the girls age.

Lol @ USA for choking.

Posted by: hi-C Aug 13 2008, 08:04 AM

The US choked hard. Especially Alicia Sacramone. Shawn Johnson was excellent, for the most part (except she when stepped out of bounds during the floor exercise).

Posted by: doughnut Aug 13 2008, 08:49 AM

what is the age limit for female gymnasts?

Posted by: Gigi Aug 13 2008, 09:14 AM

^ 16

Agreed. From my own personal observation, I know of some girls that look that young, even in my own school. There are constantly 10th graders that look that young, and they're all Asian. I mean, look at Cheng Fei (the oldest girl on the Chinese Team). She's 20, but she could definitely pass as 16. On the other hand, a lot of the white girls look like they're 20! Holy crap. And also agreed with them being skinny - a lot of girls that are skinny even from a young age don't develop as quickly as other, more meaty girls.

The suspicion is valid though. And although only the passports count as proof of their age - I'm sure that if there was enough suspicion, more investigation would have been done. Also, I highly doubt that China would do something as shameful as that, because we all know how important it is for them to not lose face, especially on the international stage.

The Chinese want the Olympics to be PERFECT, and this would be a terrible dirty mark on their otherwise good record. As much criticism as China (constantly) gets for their government policies, environment, toxic crap in random toys (lol), I have to say that the Olympics have been a great success so far.

Was Alicia Sacromone the girl that fell off or something? She looked like she wanted to cry the entire time after that. I felt really bad for her. Although, Cheng Fei on the Chinese team bombed it too. The two teams were super close though - but the Chinese pulled through on the uneven bars. That one girl was flippin' AWESOME.


To each his (...her) own. And Ian Thorpe - better to quit while you're ahead, I think. If he competed this time, it would've sucked to be constantly compared to Phelps.

Posted by: Gigi Aug 13 2008, 09:29 AM

Sorry for the double post (can't edit right now for some reason).

But I was TOTALLY wanting Canada to win at least one medal in the diving event today. BUT NOO. Jesus. I just want us to win ONE MEDAL, be it Gold, Silver, heck, even Bronze. Despatie is a killer diver, but his 37-year-old partner bombed. wtf. The Chinese team was ahead Russia like...38 48 points or something. That's just wrong.

Posted by: Teesa Aug 13 2008, 09:51 AM

yep, she's the one who fell and the team in general made little mistakes here and there. they deserve their silver.

Posted by: xoxo_proud Aug 13 2008, 10:55 AM

I feel bad for Alicia. She must feel terrible.

So they have to be 16? Or can they be 15 going on 16? Because when one of the Chinese girls did the vault they put her age as '15' on the TV screen.

Posted by: Gigi Aug 13 2008, 11:10 AM

^ I think it was that you have to be 16 in that Olympic year. So, your birthday can be in December (and therefore you'd be 15 in August), but as long as you will be 16 in 2008, then it's fine.

Posted by: towntown2 Aug 13 2008, 04:58 PM

The U.S. was doing a great job. Especially Nastia Liukin.
But then maybe the pressure got to them.
It was kind of sad to watch.

Sacramone's actually really good.
But they got silver, so it's not all bad.

Posted by: Glamourouz Aug 13 2008, 05:55 PM

Track & Field...mainly to see my old boo...he's running in the 400m for the U.S. Virgin Islands...

Posted by: xSyncx Aug 13 2008, 09:54 PM

Im watching swimming, the water over them is like a wake almost

Posted by: salcha4u Aug 14 2008, 01:22 AM

Sacramone held her emotions well, even though it was obvious she was about to cry.

Watching swimming right now too...LOCHTE AND PHELPS!!!!

Posted by: fire Aug 14 2008, 02:07 AM

Bitches, did anyone see how Australia owned in the womens 4x200m freestyle?

Posted by: salcha4u Aug 14 2008, 02:59 AM

I saw that...world record too.

Posted by: xSyncx Aug 14 2008, 08:39 AM

Did you see that guy that fell off the rings?

Posted by: BanDaSnowman Aug 14 2008, 08:59 AM

http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Olympics/idUSPEK33138320080814

Am I reading that wrong. Federer lost to blake.


USA basketball dominated Greece. Knew that team was a fluke.

Posted by: hi-C Aug 14 2008, 09:58 AM

YES. I laughed. My mom looked at me like I was a horrible person.

Posted by: xSyncx Aug 14 2008, 10:56 AM

I hope he didn't break his arm. :(

Posted by: brooklyneast05 Aug 14 2008, 11:15 AM

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/olympics/2008/08/14/underage.gymnasts/index.html?cnn=yes

Posted by: xSyncx Aug 14 2008, 11:17 AM

Its kind of sad that they're pushing kids this little to do stuff this big.

Posted by: Gigi Aug 14 2008, 11:26 AM

LOL! Reminds me of the time I said that I liked it when figure skaters during the Winter Olympics f**ked up their jumps and landings (specifically, Sasha Cohen. Oh, how I loathe her). Does that make us bad people?

I JUST watched that guy on TV right now - it's too bad, he is such a cutie.

Posted by: hi-C Aug 14 2008, 12:30 PM

It just shows that we have an indiscriminate sense of humor.

And I don't like Sasha Cohen either

Posted by: xoxo_proud Aug 15 2008, 12:03 AM

Congrats to Nastia, Shawn and Yang (hopefully I spelled all of the names right =D)

They all did great! I feel bad for the girl who fell on vault. That must have hurt.

Posted by: Melie Aug 15 2008, 12:05 AM

it's funny but that girl that fell got bronze anyway.

Posted by: hi-C Aug 15 2008, 12:27 AM

^ That's not the one that fell, I don't think... =\

AND YAY!!!! NASTIA!!!!!

Posted by: Teesa Aug 15 2008, 12:28 AM

OMG.

Posted by: Gigi Aug 15 2008, 12:39 AM

She didn't fall, it was the other Chinese girl (Jiang Yuyuan). The girl who won Bronze was Yang Yilin. They weren't even wearing the same outfit...or the same color eyeshadow. LOL.

Totally thought Shawn Johnson was gonna take the gold! She's so feisty.

Posted by: salcha4u Aug 15 2008, 03:07 AM

I thought Johnson was gonna take gold too...I kinda think the scoring is rigged though. CHINA IS NOT THAT GOOD. I would have thought Russia or Romania would have gotten a higher score.

Both my parents and I laughed when she fell on the vault. Then my dad laughed some more at their ridiculous eyeshadow.


Also...what would the US do without Phelps?

Posted by: fire Aug 15 2008, 03:43 AM

Wow, Phelps is hot.

Posted by: Gigi Aug 15 2008, 06:52 AM

The Russians and Romanians, while technically alright, f**ked up some bits and really didn't have much of the elegance and lightweight feeling that the medalists had. And the Chinese girl WASN'T that good - that's why she got Bronze.

wtf is with all the China hate?!

Posted by: doughnut Aug 15 2008, 09:30 AM

its just not the most lovable country right now.

Posted by: xSyncx Aug 15 2008, 11:10 AM

They are communist after all.
and they have kids my brothers age in the olympics!
like 9-11 Year old kids in gmynastics

Posted by: Joannnnnne Aug 15 2008, 11:37 AM

Posted by: xSyncx Aug 15 2008, 11:42 AM

^what do you mean by that?

Posted by: Joannnnnne Aug 15 2008, 11:55 AM

I get annoyed with people just bring up China being a communist country for no reason.

And the girl is reportedly 14, not 9-11. If the FIG or IOC aren't going to do anything about it, I don't see what the big problem is. They could easily strip her of her medal like they did to the North Korean shooter. If the officials believed that these claims of fake ages are true, they would further investigate the situation.

Sure, someone argued earlier that the passports are accepted proof of the gymnasts' eligibility and that China could have easily changed their ages because the passports were made in China. But then it's also very easy for OTHER countries to change their athletes' ages too. I honestly think people are only targeting China because it's CHINA.

Posted by: Gigi Aug 15 2008, 11:58 AM

^ Yeah, and then their reason is that they're Communist.

And I'll say it again, I don't hate y'all because George Bush is a dumbass.

Posted by: xSyncx Aug 15 2008, 11:58 AM

The chinese women olympians are so f**king tiny. Especially the gymasts. Even though they're 14 they look like they're 10

Posted by: Joannnnnne Aug 15 2008, 12:00 PM

I can say the same about Shawn Johnson. She looks like she's 12.

Posted by: xSyncx Aug 15 2008, 12:02 PM

The romanian gymnasts remind me of mechanized robots.
So do the chinese soldiers "Right,left,right,left..."

Posted by: Tungster Aug 15 2008, 12:08 PM

Nastia Liukin sweeping house! Sorry Shawn, maybe next time.

Posted by: towntown2 Aug 15 2008, 12:11 PM

Damn right!

Nastia did really well last night.
Maybe the pressure got to the Chinese gymnast?
I don't remember her doing that shakily on the balance beam before the all-around games.

Posted by: Joannnnnne Aug 15 2008, 12:15 PM

Nastia was so amazing! Did anyone else notice how freakishly long her legs are? ... holy...

Posted by: towntown2 Aug 15 2008, 12:22 PM

^^ Totally.
Long and skinny.
Jealous.

What are the chances of Nastia and Shawn returning for London?

Posted by: Gigi Aug 15 2008, 12:30 PM

^ I can't say for sure since I don't know much about them, but from what I do know, they've had some prior experience. And with artistic gymnastics, the younger you are as a female, the more of an advantage there is for you (hence the whole Chinese age controversy). So I would say that they're probably going for London, but they might not do terribly well, and defo not 2016.

Posted by: Tungster Aug 15 2008, 12:31 PM

Nastia Liukin HAS nice legs yeah. That's what makes her HELLA fineeeeeeee.

Posted by: Gigi Aug 15 2008, 12:35 PM

Her long legs make her look really, really awkward on the beam though. Actually, in all the events. Shawn Johnson looked a lot more...gymnastic-y? Haha. But it didn't prevent Nastia from pwning.

The HK commentators here are retarded. They're like...OMG wow Western people are so open, they openly kiss their coaches. And I'm like...dude. That's her dad.

Posted by: Joannnnnne Aug 15 2008, 12:36 PM

^ LOL!

Posted by: Tungster Aug 15 2008, 12:37 PM

LMAO Yeah. I saw her coach slapped her ass and I was like WTF. This coach is lucky as hell, but then I realize it was her father. I wouldn't mind slapping that.

Posted by: Gigi Aug 15 2008, 12:50 PM

^ Yeah I have a problem with the American gymnasts landings. It's not that they're not clean landings or something, but when the raise their arms and move from one side to the other, they do it so fast, like they're twitching, or it feels really "cheerleader". I prefer one or two less frantic ones.

Posted by: xSyncx Aug 15 2008, 01:03 PM

^Like the ones that just stick there like an arrow in the ground

Posted by: Tungster Aug 15 2008, 01:05 PM

Yeah she needs to stand still, so I can check her body out better. It's always in motion so it's hard to check her out.

Posted by: xSyncx Aug 15 2008, 01:10 PM

Its called Slo-Mo tung.

Posted by: Tungster Aug 15 2008, 01:27 PM

I don't got TiVo, although my initials are T.Vo. uhhhhh...

Posted by: MolecularStudios Aug 15 2008, 01:53 PM

Can't you get like Dish DVR or Charter DVR?

Posted by: salcha4u Aug 15 2008, 04:09 PM

I don't hate China -_- really, I didn't think Russia (or was it Romania...nooo I always mix them up) underperformed the Chinese girl at all. She was pretty graceful...but WHATEVAAAA

I did think some of Shawn Johnnson's scores were a bit low...I remember the commentators saying something about that too. Haha Liukin looks kinda tall to be a gymnast, but she did well.

Posted by: KryMeARiver Aug 15 2008, 05:56 PM

China is an awful country with awful pollution, awful treatment of the religious, and awful treatment of people who they believe belong to them. They never deserved to host the Olympics.

Posted by: BanDaSnowman Aug 15 2008, 09:18 PM

That was a close race, Phelps deed it.

Posted by: KryMeARiver Aug 15 2008, 09:21 PM

f**king awesome. Phelps stole that one with that last push at the end.

Posted by: BanDaSnowman Aug 15 2008, 10:18 PM

@ Usain Bolt trotting and winning and running a 9.9. Tyson Gay better come with it if he want to beat this dude. Bolt was straight stylin.

Posted by: Teesa Aug 15 2008, 10:29 PM

.01.

omg! for a split second, i thought he got the silver. but then i realized, it's michael phelps and who was i kidding =)

Posted by: doughnut Aug 15 2008, 11:23 PM

its not about china being communist. communism can do great. its about them being so f**king corrupt.

Posted by: technicolour Aug 16 2008, 12:38 AM

HOLY SHIT MICHAEL PHELPS!

You're a god. Seriously. HOLY CRAP! AMAZING!

Posted by: Tomates Aug 16 2008, 12:44 AM

wait a hay.
I swear i posted here before but it got deleted.
Or i never clicked add reply.

Posted by: Boogie-Monster Aug 16 2008, 01:16 AM

Good thing he didn't trim his nails

Posted by: brooklyneast05 Aug 16 2008, 10:48 AM

USA is killin it in basketball right now.

Posted by: salcha4u Aug 16 2008, 01:07 PM

Nice last shot before halftime...

61-45!!1

Posted by: Tungster Aug 16 2008, 01:10 PM

^ lol you're watching the delay version on nbc huh? game actually started at 7:15am and ended at 9:07am pacific time.

Posted by: Joannnnnne Aug 16 2008, 01:11 PM

I'm guessing nobody watched/is watching the mens beach volleyball match (Austria vs. Latvia), huh?

Alexander Horst made a CRAZY save omfg...

Posted by: Tungster Aug 16 2008, 01:13 PM

Naw, I don't find watching Men half naked that entertaining. I watch women's volleyball though. Kerri Walsh is a beast!

Posted by: Joannnnnne Aug 16 2008, 01:13 PM

Haha, they're not half naked! These people are actually clothed. xD

Posted by: hi-C Aug 16 2008, 01:39 PM

She's only 5'3. It's not her fault that most other gymnasts are midgets, LOL. Svetlana Khorkina (retired gymnast; that platinum blonde chick they showed towards the end of the all-around) is 5'5. Svetlana was a beast back in the day. Her uneven bars routines were something to see.

Edit:// A Svetlana routine from 1996. Check the transition around 0:24.

Posted by: Gigi Aug 16 2008, 01:42 PM

Wow, only 5'3"? Could've sworn she was over 5'7". It's her long legs.

Posted by: Joannnnnne Aug 16 2008, 01:43 PM

^ Yeah, exactly what I was thinking! Holy crap...

Posted by: salcha4u Aug 16 2008, 02:00 PM

Yea...I'm not gonna wake up at 7AM

KERRI WALSH is from the Bay Area!!

Posted by: Teesa Aug 16 2008, 10:03 PM

uh-ohhh, torres missed the gold by .01 :(


GO MICHAEL!!

Posted by: Teesa Aug 16 2008, 10:15 PM

http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing;_ylt=Asc_it6S5j8bDpoRJDmucITQ1Zl4

Posted by: hi-C Aug 16 2008, 10:15 PM

That was awesome.

Posted by: technicolour Aug 16 2008, 10:21 PM

WHOOP! GO USA! GO PHELPS!

Posted by: Tungster Aug 17 2008, 12:34 AM

Woot who watch the running marathon?!!

Constantina Tomescu-Dita was crazy. She had the lead for so long. Woot. It was basically a race for silver and bronze between Kenya and China.

Posted by: Tungster Aug 17 2008, 01:15 AM

Posted by: misoshiru Aug 17 2008, 01:18 AM

f**k. i can't believe that USA won the saber semifinal like that.

Posted by: karmakiller Aug 17 2008, 01:23 AM

Phelps is inhuman. He was definitely built to be a swimmer.

Posted by: salcha4u Aug 17 2008, 01:34 AM

The gap was SOOO big when the helicopter flew over the distance between her and the 2 Chinese/Kenyans. It's crazy how she ran at a constant 5:18 min/mile or something. Good for her.

Posted by: ojairus Aug 17 2008, 03:59 AM

why is HKG there own team?

Posted by: doiink Aug 17 2008, 04:38 AM

^ loved how in the last couple seconds he was looking around and even pounded his chest. ah what confidence.


FREAKING AMAZINGLY FAST THOUGH wtf

Posted by: doiink Aug 17 2008, 04:43 AM

HI SALLY

Posted by: Gigi Aug 17 2008, 08:04 AM

Hong Kong is a part of China, but a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China. Hong Kong operates, in some areas, completely separately from China. So it's like one country with two different systems.

I suppose they could be part of the same team as China, but they are different regions, so...*shrug* And besides, no one from Hong Kong is good enough to compete on the Chinese team anyway.

Posted by: BanDaSnowman Aug 17 2008, 11:24 AM

Bolt was just trotting down field in the finals and ran a 9.69. I'm surprised no one is talking about how fast this dude really is. He slowed down to show off the last 25 meters and still set a world record. Thats more mind blowing than anything Phelps did IMO. The announcer even said he could run video game times.

Posted by: Teesa Aug 17 2008, 12:03 PM

my parents and i were watching that and we seriously laughed when we saw the lead. craaaazy!

i get so super jealous of olympists-even though i'm proud of them, i wish i could be as talented!




he has the most amazing body i have EVER seen.


edit//jason lezack is also awesome-michael couldn't have done it without him!

Posted by: salcha4u Aug 17 2008, 12:51 PM

That picture makes his face look hot.

Posted by: Gigi Aug 17 2008, 12:59 PM

^ A rare feat. But everyone looks better in extreme contrast.

I still want to Photoshop a hotter face on him though, because his body = hoooooot.

Posted by: Teesa Aug 17 2008, 02:01 PM

his face is definitely growing on me though it seems so cutely boyish somehow.

Posted by: MolecularStudios Aug 17 2008, 02:08 PM

I wonder why all the gymasts carry around honey?

Posted by: Teesa Aug 17 2008, 02:10 PM

^i was JUST reading about that-

http://www.yahoo.com/s/936860

Posted by: Joannnnnne Aug 17 2008, 02:12 PM

Me too! LOL

Posted by: MolecularStudios Aug 17 2008, 02:24 PM

the page doesn't load for me.. Odd.

Posted by: Glamourouz Aug 17 2008, 03:23 PM

Exactly...




Yea...but actually Jamaica's whole track team are some beasts; it's like USA vs. Jamaica on the track...

Posted by: demolished Aug 17 2008, 04:22 PM

phelps has a long ass hips. no matter how "deep" his pants/swimwear is ... it's really long.

i want long narrow hip

yeah, i understand he uses his hip alot in swimming which probably stimulate his hip growth.

Posted by: Joannnnnne Aug 17 2008, 04:42 PM

I'm so happy Canada's got 7 medals now!
2 Golds in Wrestling (Women's Freestyle 48 kg) and Rowing (Men's Eight)
1 Silver in Rowing (Men's Pair)
4 Bronzes in Swimming (Men's 1500m Freestyle), Wrestling (Women's Freestyle 55 kg), Rowing (Lightweight Women's Double Sculls), Rowing (Lightweight Men's Four)

And I was so sad we wouldn't win anything too. =D

Posted by: hi-C Aug 17 2008, 04:48 PM

Ohhhhhh... I had no idea that was honey. Interesting! The things you learn.

Posted by: Tungster Aug 17 2008, 04:50 PM

I want me some Nastia Liukin.

Posted by: KryMeARiver Aug 17 2008, 07:31 PM

Posted by: Gigi Aug 18 2008, 09:36 AM

Anyone watch Women's Pole Vault?

Isinbaeva was amazing! And she has a killer bod.

Posted by: hi-C Aug 18 2008, 10:36 AM

Hey now... she's Jamaican. That doesn't count.

Posted by: towntown2 Aug 18 2008, 09:55 PM

Man!
I miss swimming.

But at least there's still some event gymnastics.
And beach volleyball.
And diving.

Posted by: hi-C Aug 18 2008, 11:02 PM

In the next two weeks, I swear they're going to come out with some gymnastic voting scandal. It's been too all over the place. And that tie breaker between He and Liukin was bullshit.

Posted by: Tungster Aug 18 2008, 11:03 PM

I would bang the shit out of Nastia Liukin.

Posted by: brooklyneast05 Aug 18 2008, 11:16 PM

this dude i was talkin to was just tellin me that exact thing before when we were watching her.

Posted by: towntown2 Aug 18 2008, 11:23 PM

I haven't seen that yet.
But I do agree that the judges have been unfair in some of their scorings.

Posted by: towntown2 Aug 19 2008, 12:24 AM

What's with people butchering up their dismounts lately??
This has been happening after the event finals started.

Posted by: Gigi Aug 19 2008, 04:54 AM

I didn't watch it live, just the condensed version, so I don't really get how they chose between He and Liukin. So they had the exact same score, then what? Someone care to elaborate?

From what I understand (and my Cantonese is not excellent), they chose based on what category they lost marks on - apparently Liukin lost more points in a more important category? But I have no idea on the details.

Posted by: doughnut Aug 19 2008, 05:31 AM

yeah i heard that too, liukin lost more marks than he.

Posted by: hi-C Aug 19 2008, 08:57 AM

So you know how they automatically throw out each competitor's highest and lowest judge's score right? In the event of a tie breaker, they take away the next highest score. So even though it was a tie, with the tie breaker, it left He with 9.1, 9.1, 9.0 and Liukin with 9.1, 9.0, 9.0.

I hope I explained that well enough. That's what they said on the TV last night.

Posted by: Teesa Aug 19 2008, 10:08 AM

yes! i was really happy for her because that one USA person was like, we're going to kick some russian butt! uhmm, not so much! and she set an olympic world record. awesome.


hahaaa, i wish i lived in baltimore damn it.



that is serious bullshit. i read an article last night that said that judges had to scramble for the rulebooks because they didn't know how to calculate the scores. they should have just given out TWO gold medals. WTF.

edit//although i am SUPER happy for shawn johnson!

Posted by: Gigi Aug 19 2008, 11:20 AM

^ You know what, if they don't even know how to calculate the freakin' scores, then they totally should have given out two gold medals. HOW DO YOU NOT KNOW HOW? Especially in the event of a gold medal tiebreaker!

And thanks, Carrie, for the wonderful explanation.

lol Teesa, did you see Isinbaeva in-between her attempts? She hid under her white blanket, it was so cute!

Let me just say, I love Alexandre Despatie, but not enough for him to break the (hopeful) Chinese diving sweep. Silver is awesome though. CANADA WOOOOT.

Posted by: Tomates Aug 19 2008, 11:24 AM

Oh yeah i saw some of it, its really fishy and i was quite skeptical the whole time when i was watching the finals

Posted by: hi-C Aug 19 2008, 11:52 AM

No you don't. Baltimore SUCKS.

Unfortunately, the IOC rules stipulate that there can be no ties.


Well, the judges didn't calculate the tiebreaker, the computer did (I forgot to mention that). It does it automatically.

But the major problem with the judging is, according to the sports commentators last night, that -- in order to remove bias -- none of the countries with athletes competing have judges. So that means no judges from the USA, China, Russia, Romania, etc. Therefore the judging is left in the hands of countries like Brazil, South Africa, New Zealand, etc, countries that have never produced an award winning gymnast. They don't know what to look for, ergo, they're too inexperienced to judge the Olympics.

Posted by: Joannnnnne Aug 19 2008, 11:55 AM

^ Wow, that's weird and kind of unfair! Why do some other sports allow people from the countries of which the athletes are from to judge? (I hope that made sense) Or is it a FIG thing? =\

Posted by: MolecularStudios Aug 19 2008, 11:56 AM

Yeah 6' 6" inches.

a world record

Одно для России!

Posted by: hi-C Aug 19 2008, 11:58 AM

I'm sure it's a FIG thing. Since, you know, the voting scandal last Olympics with one of the Hamm twins.

Posted by: Gigi Aug 19 2008, 12:27 PM

Carrie, I think it's going a little too far to say that they're totally inexperienced, although I realize you're just quoting this from the commentators. Just because a country hasn't put out an award-winning gymnast, doesn't mean that they're not experienced enough to judge. (Don't quote me on this because I'm not sure): The judges should be following a standardized system of giving points, and they should have gone over that extensively before the Olympics even began. From what I imagine, I don't think the judges just meet up on the day and start judging. There's definitely some qualifications that need to be fulfilled in order to be a judge. The IOC would not allow anything otherwise, and neither would the FIG. They should be world-class judges.

I do agree that they would not be as experienced as judges from the gymnasts' countries though.

However, I have a bone to pick with the commentators. The competitors were judged by the same people, who, as I mentioned before, should have judged them fairly, objectively, and by the same standards. For arguement's sake, let's just assume that the judges were inexperienced. The Chinese team faced the same inexperienced judges as the American team. What the commentators are making it sound like is that the inexperienced judges only benefited the Chinese team, and f**ked over the American team. If anything, the judges would make the same errors in judgment for both teams, and therefore their inexperience in judging would be a moot point. But for the commentators to imply that it was the judges that gave the wrong points to America is to imply that there was outright cheating going on, cheating that only benefited the Chinese.

Isn't it a little funny that this comes up only after the tiebreaker controversy? How about all the times that the Chinese (or any other country, for that matter), came in to a close second or third to the Americans? There's no conceivable doubt that the American gymnast was more deserving. However, if this inexperience truly applies to all the gymnasts, then wouldn't all the times that Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin won their gold medals be in question? The point I'm trying to make is that all the gymnasts have both benefited and judged wrongly by these so-called inexperienced judges, and therefore it's an even playing field for everybody. The hope is that the net result of the judging should reveal the true winner. In He's case (and Johnson, and Liukin, and every other medal-winner in the gymnastics so far), I think that has been the case.

Sorry for the outrageously long post. Also, no one should take offense in what I say - it just seems like the American commentators are being nitpicky at something that's not really significant.

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Anyone read about the American silver medalist for Women's pole vault, Jenn Stuczynski?

She's the one that made the "I hope Americans would kick some Russian Butt" comment. Yelena Isinbaeva, the Russian gold medalist, replied with: "She must respect me and ... know her position ... Now she knows it."

Stuczynski's reply: "I think Yelena talks a lot ... I think she's told what to say so I don't really read anything that she says, that she might come out with." Stuczynski said her goal "isn't really to catch her."

What's your opinion? Honestly I think Stuczynski's being a sore loser, and Isinbaeva really f**king KICKED ASS that day.

Posted by: hi-C Aug 19 2008, 12:46 PM

Yeah, I think the commentators, although I agree with them in that Liukin should have won last night (I like her style better), are putting too much emphasis on judging mistakes. There's a reason why they're commenting and not judging the competition themselves.

LOL @ the exchange between Stuczynski and Isinbaeva. That's almost as good as that French dude and that Serbian dude hatin' on Michael Phelps.

Posted by: towntown2 Aug 19 2008, 02:40 PM

I have a feeling that Stuczynski's coach has something to do with her comments.
I don't know why, but it's mostly from the way he acted when she went over to him before Yelena broke the record.

Good for Yelena to win.
She did really good.

Posted by: Teesa Aug 19 2008, 04:39 PM

^ i know! her coach was maaaaaaaaaaaaaad, haha.

and gigi, i didn't know she hid under her blanket-how cute! yes, she definitely kicked major butt.

lol carrie, i've never been there, but i (like the rest of america) have michael fever.

yeah, i agree gigi-i've always been wary about the judging in sports that seem to be more subjectively judged (i.e. skating, gymnastics, etc.) i don't know. i don't have that much faith in the system, but hey, i don't have that much knowledge on the subject either!

Posted by: towntown2 Aug 19 2008, 09:18 PM

I think Nastia should be recognized for the grace she displayed while handling the situation.
She looked disappointed, but she remained a good sport about it.
She's gaining like a bajillion sympathy points now.

Posted by: brooklyneast05 Aug 19 2008, 09:20 PM

i would be mad if a 13 year old beat me too.

Posted by: Teesa Aug 19 2008, 09:46 PM

hahaaa, i know. that girl looked extremely young!

but i felt so bad watching nastia tear up. i would have been screaming and throwing a tantrum :)

Posted by: Tungster Aug 19 2008, 09:48 PM

i would have been there to lend my hand to wipe those tears away.

Posted by: salcha4u Aug 19 2008, 10:10 PM

She had such a good attitude about it...and the fact that she didn't even care about He's age.

Posted by: towntown2 Aug 19 2008, 10:48 PM

I'm sure she does.
She can't really say anything about it publicly, but I'll bet she and her teammates dish about it behind closed doors.

Posted by: doughnut Aug 19 2008, 11:30 PM

^haha i bet that she does.
but he actually looks older than most of the other ones, just not old enough

Posted by: Teesa Aug 20 2008, 01:19 PM

anyone catch the usa v. serbia volleyball game?? awesome!

Posted by: hi-C Aug 20 2008, 03:37 PM

Trufax, man.


Is anyone else looking forward to the gymnastics Champion's Gala tonight? It's my favorite part of the Olympics.

Posted by: Gigi Aug 20 2008, 05:27 PM

Although I've heard a shitload of controversy surrounding gymnastics, at the end of the day, I feel like Liukin and her teammates are great sports about it - none of this Stuczynski bullcrap. That's not to say it doesn't happen in the locker room XD.

The Chinese women's gymnastics team was weak this year - they only won the team gold because others choked. Liukin and Johnson are way better competitors - if you could make a team with just those two, they would win for sure. But all the Chinese girls f**ked up along the way in the individual events. So while they're (allegedly) using their young age as an advantage, their inexperience also bites them in the butt a bit.

Chinese men's gymnastics KICKED ASS though. I'm definitely curious to see what London 2012 will bring us.

Speaking of London - HOLY CRAP what an ugly logo.

It's ugly fosho. But I'm wondering if the numbers are supposed to look like something...like a dude holding a torch maybe? Confused.

Posted by: hi-C Aug 20 2008, 06:12 PM

^ Hey... it's a "2012" all funkified! I like it

Posted by: Joannnnnne Aug 20 2008, 06:14 PM

^x2 WTF at the logo. I think it looks so ugly... maybe they were trying to make it look like Greek lettering? LOL


btw, YAY FOR CANADA! 13 medals wooooot! =D