Official Thread of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games (August 8-24)...

[bunnyfubbles]

Originally posted by: slsmnaz
Phelps with his first gold and a WR too

keep hearing about how he's improved so much on all of his supposed weaknesses...really think he's pretty much a lock for 8 golds barring some fluke disqualifications...

 

[hellokeith]

I'm in love with Kerri Walsh. Are there any surgeries that can make me a foot taller?

 

[Epic Fail]

Originally posted by: bunnyfubbles

Originally posted by: slsmnaz
Phelps with his first gold and a WR too

keep hearing about how he's improved so much on all of his supposed weaknesses...really think he's pretty much a lock for 8 golds barring some fluke disqualifications...

A few are relays, can't win them all if his teammates don't perform.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: hellokeith
I'm in love with Kerri Walsh. Are there any surgeries that can make me a foot taller?

Rent or buy the motion film Gattaca hellokeith!

 

[Atheus]

Originally posted by: MmmSkyscraper

Originally posted by: Skoorb
You gotta give it to the commies, they did a good job with the opening ceremony. They also have built a spectacular stadium and that water cube swimming pool is quite cool, too. I really will be surprised if London can match this. I don't think they can; I don't think England will put in the effort China has with snazzying up these Olympics. How could the opening ceremony really be beaten?

It's not England, it's the UK.

One of the London organisers already commented they haven't got the financial resources so don't expect them to try and match or beat the epic performance by China. We probably couldn't even if we tried, this country fails so hard. Even the 2012 logo was a fucking shambles and made us a laughing stock.

I'm not sure any country can ever beat that ceremony, it was off the scale in all areas :thumbsup:

You're probably right, but I wish you weren't. I mean... lets spend 20 billion £... who cares? I would happily ad 0.1% or whatever to my tax to pay for this.

 

[StormRider]

Is it wrong that I usually root for the pretty girls -- regardless of their nationalities?

 

[Xylitol]

Misty May and Kerri Walsh are kickass

 

[KLin]

Anyone know what's up with that black cover like thing on walsh's shoulder?

 

[Jeff7181]

When does women's beach volleyball start?

 

[bdude]

So why are Koreans so damn good at archery?

 

[zoiks]

Originally posted by: KLin
Anyone know what's up with that black cover like thing on walsh's shoulder?

The commentator described it as patch for her shoulder.

 

[KaOTiK]

Originally posted by: KLin
Anyone know what's up with that black cover like thing on walsh's shoulder?

It is a type of medical tape that improves circulation and relieves pain some. She had surgery on that shoulder not long ago.

 

[sunzt]

Originally posted by: bdude
So why are Koreans so damn good at archery?

Duh, they have those unique archer units in Rise of Nations! Of course they're good at archery.

 

[0roo0roo]

lol 40gb torrent of opening in hd has appeared in torrent land

 

[bunnyfubbles]

Originally posted by: Epic Fail

Originally posted by: bunnyfubbles

Originally posted by: slsmnaz
Phelps with his first gold and a WR too

keep hearing about how he's improved so much on all of his supposed weaknesses...really think he's pretty much a lock for 8 golds barring some fluke disqualifications...

A few are relays, can't win them all if his teammates don't perform.

yeah, but the relay's he's in have been dominated by Americans as is, and I'd actually say he's good enough to make up for some mediocre teammates as long as he has one or two others that are decent...

You're right though, in 2007 he only won 7 gold medals in the world championships because a teammate had a false start in the 4x100 relay and disqualified the team...

Originally posted by: KLin
Anyone know what's up with that black cover like thing on walsh's shoulder?

Some sort of tape meant to improve circulation and add a little bit of support/protection as she's had a couple surgeries in the past on that shoulder. Commentators were saying that its probably better now than in 2004 but the tape is just precautionary.

Originally posted by: bdude
So why are Koreans so damn good at archery?

Why are they so damn good at StarCraft?

Just a cultural thing...same reason why the USA is generally considered hands down the best in basket ball...

The more a people focus and support a particular sport, then the better they'll perform at it. Same holds true for poor performance. The USA in soccer for instance - we suck at it because we don't really care, heck, we even call it soccer instead of football, because that's what we call our most beloved sport...which we would absolutely dominate in national competition if there ever was such a thing.

 

[Baked]

ZOMG, Phelps is a fucking fish!

 

[sunzt]

wow they have some REALLY NICE camera angles for the women's gymnastics balance beam..... i mean wow.... especially on those close ups when they split..... very very..... artistic. Yup, not going any farther than that. Of course this is on CCTV5, so i don't know if NBC will have the same shots.

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Originally posted by: sunzt
Did anyone see the route for the bike race? OMFG!! 150 miles through the city and through the freaking mountains... I got tired just looking at the route being traced.

I watched approx 3 hours of it. It went right down to the wire :thumbsup:

 

[KLin]

Whoever was in control of playing the national anthem during the medal presentation for the 400m IM needs to be executed STAT.

 

[Cookie Monster]

Originally posted by: bdude
So why are Koreans so damn good at archery?

Ive also asked the exact same question... and im korean too!

edit - maybe its in our blood ;

 

[Ballatician]

That was a great mens volleyball game vs Venezuela.

I was watching some of the Greece vs Spain basketball game and had a few thoughts. The lack of illegal defense allows teams to play a sort of zone and it seems like every shot is something from the outside and usually a three, it gets repetitive. There's hardly any driving to the basket and no real big man play. I understand now why so many intl stars are such good jump shooters. I do like that its more physical though. Gonna have to somehow wake up to watch the USA vs China game in 7 hours..

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Originally posted by: KLin
Whoever was in control of playing the national anthem during the medal presentation for the 400m IM needs to be executed STAT.

At least they didn't play the wrong one

 

[IEC]

US women swept fencing

Portland, OR represent! (I know the two Oregonians are from Beaverton, but I say Portland since everyone knows where Portland is...)

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: bdude
So why are Koreans so damn good at archery?

dunno, but they were all thin
funny seeing athletes with a gut.

guess its decent that they have streaming. cuz they aren't using digital broadcast supplementary channels to broadcast extra content that they could be.


whats with the weird release of the bow at the end and letting it spin around, does it increase accuracy?

 

[elmer92413]

Originally posted by: Jeff7181
When does women's beach volleyball start?

They've already started.
And speaking of them, anybody know a good place to get 'em? nbc is only showing them on tv and not even all the games at that.