08-08-08 The OFFICIAL Beijing Olympics Thread

Never thought I'd see USA v. Serbia in water polo...in prime time.

 

Australia women's basketball uniforms are el-oh-el. It took a whole quarter for me to determine they were a single piece.

 

Australia is bricking this. Dammit. Destined to never beat the USA.

At least we annihilated Netherlands in the hockey.

 

And how about Angel Matos kicking the referee in the face? Goooooooo spirit of taekwondo!

 

Talk about being a poor sport...

 

USA women's basketball has done it again. What a record for them. Lisa Leslie finishes her career with four consecutive gold medals and a win streak of 32-0 in Olympic play. Simply amazing. Those women play with such heart and with such a selfless attitude that it's really no wonder that they dominate like they do.

Men's basketball? You paying attention?!

 

The population of Jamaica is 2.7 Million. Anyone else getting a bit...suspicious?

 

Not really, but then, thats just me. Jamaica's been up at or near the top of running for a while, I think. Of course, I could be wrong...

 

I would like to think it's on the up-and-up...

 

lolz @ rhythmic gymnastics... not really sure where hula hoop dancing became an Olympic sport, but I suppose they're talented enough. It's like watching contortionists on a sugar rush.

 

I've always loved watching the rhytmic gymnastics.

 

They've had a lot of very successful exports to other countries. Donovan Bailey, for example.

And Ben Johnson...

But I'd wager that the U.S. athletes are just as or more likely to be doping.

 

Shawn Crawford - Clemson product

 

All righty. I'm game for the 0230 Stupid O'Clock Gold Medal Basketball Game. Be here to keep me company or else I'll just drool on my keyboard.

 

no, not in the least. jaimaca has always had extremely fast sprinters. so has trinidad and tobago(SP?), it's one of the few things that they can focus on because it costs so little compared to most other sports. so if you have a whole country that effectively focuses on that then you're going to produce not only some of the best trained sprinters, but also many of the most talented as well.

i'll be here for the men's ball game. been looking forward to it.

:snoopy

 

In one of the woman's races--the 1500--no less than 3 Russians were bounced for doping.

 

dang...

anyone see the women win the gold in the 4X400 relay? good race, and sanya richards finally gets her gold. well earned.

:snoopy

 

I'll be here, jinxing the team with my preemptive "are they better than '92" talk.


Oh, and I seriously think they need to add a 4 x Marathon relay to the Olympics.

 

dang... four times through 22 miles? ouch. that would be a LONG relay race.

see the men's 4x400? dominance. utter dominance.

:snoopy

 

You can bet they practiced the baton transfers...

 

four times through 22 miles?

4x26 miles, even worse

Well, I did get a bit of rest earlier, so I'll be up for the O'dark thirty basketball game. Hopefully my laptop will decide to accept internet tonight, or I won't be doing much posting unless I want to keep running between rooms.

 

ah, got the numbers wrong.

what time wil lit be for you? 1:30 here for me. and i didn't go to sleep til sometime after 2 last night, again due to the olympics. and was up and watched the women's b-ball earlier. well, was awake long before that.

definitely hope that you get the net to cooperate.

:snoopy

 

I'm trying to stay up for the basketball game, but I don't think I can stay up. My eyes are already drooping and it's still like an hour away!

 

it'll be 230 here when the game starts. So probably 430 by the time its over. Hence why I got a bit of sleep earlier.

And along the same lines as the 4xMarathon (104 miles... dang), you could add a 4x15km swimming event too. Not quite as long, but still long enough.

 

ick for lateness. and it's gonna be starting in about thirty minutes now. yay.

*blinks* to think that 104 miles could actually be RUN in a day, even if by four people, is amazing. that used to be farther than people could travel in a day.

on a different note, anyone looking forward to the men's indoor volleyball match? that should be a good one.

:snoopy