28th Olympics gets underway in Athens

[Viceroy]

I love these huge events. Here's hoping for more than 11 Golds for Britain this year.

Update: That was a very impressive opening ceremony. On par with Sydney I'd say.

Final Medal Tally:

1st United States - 35 Gold, 39 Silver, 29 Bronze
2nd China - 32 Gold, 17 Silver, 14 Bronze
3rd Russia - 27 Gold, 27 Silver, 38 Bronze
4th Australia - 17 Gold, 16 Silver, 16 Bronze
5th Japan - 16 Gold, 9 Silver, 12 Bronze

10th Great Britain - 9 Gold, 9 Silver, 12 Bronze
21st Canada - 3 Gold, 6 Silver, 3 Bronze

[reptilian_storm]

Impressive intro!

I'm glad the intro didn't get terrorised.

Did u hear the cheer and applause the afgans got??? I was expecting boo's from all over the stadium! (maybe a ploy for us to get the afgans sympathy)

Who cares...WICKED intro!

Let's hope the rest of the games go ahead untouched.

[Jay]

I must have missed the opening, what time was it on? NBC right??

[Viceroy]

Roughly between 6pm and 10pm GMT on BBC1.

[Dasani]

Hey anyone see that I (Dasani) was recognized in the opening ceremony..

One commercial said You cant live without Dasani :)

[Chewy]

There is a healing quality of these games, to all those and their respected countries I wish them luck.

[TheRealNapster]

i hope the terrorist dont try to kill ne1. there is a great thing about the olympics in georgia whenever it was last time in georgia. its funny. this guy is talking about how they are rednecks and how they are gonna mess everything up. its by jeff foxworthy. funny guy.

[King_Nothing]

is it just me or does anyone else find the olympics incredible uplifting? especially the opening ceremony...

Although i find the opening ceremonies a little to artsy for me, i still enjoyed it and was impressed compared to the previous olympics that i have seen

[Dual]

I thought it was quite impressive and very well planned

[Dasani]

I thought a few of the things where a little weird like the body painting and stuff. But I loved it. I like how people where able to cheer for iraq and to see the smiling faces on them, it seemed the cheer was pretty loud for Iraq also. It makes me want to give everyone a hug. I love you guys so no matter what you think someone out there loves you.

[Viceroy]

Yay, another 2 Silvers for Britain. That makes a total of 3 medals for us so far.

Incidently China currently lead with 4 Golds, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze.

[moosenuts]

Being an American I was suprised of the cheers we recieved. Our politics aren't the most accepted in Greece, but fortunatly they were able to put that aside. Unlike the dumbass Muslim who withdrew from the Olympics just because he would have had to wrestle an Isreali.

[S10000]

I thought the opening ceremony was spectacular. Well planned, and the representation of the greek god flying above the parade was cool.

China is on fire. Womens and Mens Synchronized Diving. Dizzamn.

Why wasn't armstrong in the cycling race today? Is he even participating in the olympics? Some Italian or hungarian guy won, I don't remember.

[poopchow]

yea, now you guys are saying it was great after critisizing...but whatever.

what was with the "my sweat is salty"?? the openning ceremonies never make sense.

i liked it though, and we are going to athens tomorrow on our trip back from this island.

I didnt hear any english commentating and my mom said that the commentator said 8 billion people were watching....cough. also he said like "larry byrd, magic johnson, charles barkley" when the USA was coming out...so im a little iffy about greece's up to dateness on the world.

[Viceroy]

my mom said that the commentator said 8 billion people were watching....cough.

I heard the commentator too. He unmistakably said four billion people were watching.

Update: Aww, poor girl. One of our British swimmers ripped open her leg on an underwater camera in a training session but still did the semi finals. She didn't make it unfortunately.

[Chungin]

DJ Tiesto was huge. If only the stupid CBC commentators didn't interefere with the great music, I wouldn't say that I would want 90 minutes of my life back.

[Viceroy]

United States are lagging a bit. Phelps vs Thorpe tonight is gonna be amazing.

[puppyroach]

92-73 against Puerto Rico... but that has to be just pure unluck, don´t you agree?

[Viceroy]

92-73 against Puerto Rico... but that has to be just pure unluck, don´t you agree?

Not really. The Puero Ricons had one really amazing player and a great team. The United States weren't really working as a team. Also, you didn't even have your best players. From what I heard your best players opted out due to security fears.

[puppyroach]

Not really. The Puero Ricons had one really amazing player and a great team. The United States weren't really working as a team. Also, you didn't even have your best players. From what I heard your best players opted out due to security fears.

By "you" I suppose you mean americans, not swedes... we suck so far...:)

It´ll be interesting to see how the basket tournament turns out... who do you think will meet in the finals?

[Viceroy]

By "you" I suppose you mean americans, not swedes... we suck so far...:)

It´ll be interesting to see how the basket tournament turns out... who do you think will meet in the finals?

Dunno, don't care. I was just watching the swimming. Thorpe first, Hoodenberg (sp?) second and Phelps third.

Coughlon won the 100m backstroke, but only by 0.13 of a second.

[boney]

i can't wait till the mens 4x400m relay.

my best mates bro is running in it. Matt Elias for GB :D

[Viceroy]

i can't wait till the mens 4x400m relay.

my best mates bro is running in it. Matt Elias for GB :D

That so? Well I'll look out for him.

[quazy50]

ne of you guys/girls watch the gymnastics? im a huge gymnastics fan seeing as i am a gymnast. the US girls and guys have a good chance but the girls probably have it better. specially with carley patterson leading. but i think the guy can pull it off with paul and morgan hamm they just need to hit. ne one else here a gymnastics fan? ne thoughts?

[JerkyMyTurky]

I'm more of a greco-roman wrestling, weighlifting and soccer fan.

[Viceroy]

ne of you guys/girls watch the gymnastics? im a huge gymnastics fan seeing as i am a gymnast. the US girls and guys have a good chance but the girls probably have it better. specially with carley patterson leading. but i think the guy can pull it off with paul and morgan hamm they just need to hit. ne one else here a gymnastics fan? ne thoughts?

I reckon the Americans have a good chance, but the Romanians came out of qualifying ahead. I love gymnastics, it looks great.

[poopchow]

I heard the commentator too. He unmistakably said four billion people were watching.

Update: Aww, poor girl. One of our British swimmers ripped open her leg on an underwater camera in a training session but still did the semi finals. She didn't make it unfortunately.

it was in greek


i am nn athens rightnow in the arport, saw stuff ill post tomrrow when i get home. 3` hr day tomorrow

[Viceroy]

The Japanese, Chinese and Romanians are all giving the USA team a good run for their money.

[quazy50]

I reckon the Americans have a good chance, but the Romanians came out of qualifying ahead. I love gymnastics, it looks great.

yeah the romanians are surprisingly really good this year. also the chinese men are fenomanal on pommel horse. the romanians tho really kicked it into gear haveing not been favorites compaired to the romanian girls.

[Viceroy]

China are doing amazingly well. I wonder how they'll do in the later events.

[Tucker1616]

Canada sucks. We've only won 1 medal so far and that was a bronze in synchronized diving. All our good swimmers from the previous olympics have retired too, so we don't have much of a chance in swimming. One of our boxers did beat the '96 gold medalist from Thailand though :cool: And our mens beach volleyball team beat the US today. But other than that, we suck. It's still fun to watch though.

[moosenuts]

Canada sucks.
Your 8 man rowing team is in contention for the gold medal. Other than that.. yeah Canada sucks.

Anyone watch the USA women's beach volleyball? We are kick ass.

[Chewy]

Canada sucks. We've only won 1 medal so far and that was a bronze in synchronized diving. All our good swimmers from the previous olympics have retired too, so we don't have much of a chance in swimming. One of our boxers did beat the '96 gold medalist from Thailand though :cool: And our mens beach volleyball team beat the US today. But other than that, we suck. It's still fun to watch though. Canada's baseball team is doing well. The womens softball team looks strong too, but the reall games don't begin for Canada till Aug. 30th anyhow...

[Dual]

Damn....Japan got gold, US got silver, and Romania got the gold in Men's gymnastics. I expected the Chinese to get gold again.....damnit.

[quazy50]

Damn....Japan got gold, US got silver, and Romania got the gold in Men's gymnastics. I expected the Chinese to get gold again.....damnit.

u mean romania got bronze? lol i know the japanese did good but its really good that the US got the silver first mens team medal in 20 years baby YEAAAAAAHHH since 1984 with faggit tim daggit. damn i hate tim daggit he cant comentate gymnastics and shudnt be allowed back.

lets hope the girls pull it off. they are doin good. my gf is a gymnast also and she keeps tellin me girls is more entertaining? waht do u all think? neways go carly patterson ur hot lol. i hope they do good

[Viceroy]

The top five on the medals table are as follows:

1st China - 10 Gold, 4 Silver, 1 Bronze
2nd Australia - 6 Gold, 2 Silver, 5 Bronze
3rd Japan - 5 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
4th United States - 3 Gold, 5 Silver, 5 Bronze
5th Russia - 2 Gold, 5 Silver, 2 Bronze

[Tucker1616]

Yeah we are now 3-0 in baseball and we just beat Japan, the 2nd ranked team in softball. So we're doing ok, and hopefully we can get a medal in the swimming relay tonight.

[Viceroy]

What the......

Those Japanese cheat infinitely more than British swimmers. How come we get DSQ'd and they don't.

[Chewy]

Ahhhh ! somehting to be proud of at the Olympics eh?
Canada wins (http://sympatico.msn.cbc.ca/story/olympics/national/2004/08/17/Sports/athens-security040817.html) Gold in dipshit stunts!! :rolleyes:

[Chewy]

Japan beats Cuba in baseball, now Japan ties with Canada in round robin.. Great Game! I suspect Cuba can't be ruled out just yet.

[Tucker1616]

Who won the basketball game US or Greece? It was 71-67 with about 20 seconds left I think but then CBC went to the news at 5.

Edit: Thanks Viceroy.

[Viceroy]

Who won the basketball game US or Greece? It was 71-67 with about 20 seconds left I think but then CBC went to the news at 5.

United States 77, Greece 71

[Viceroy]

Yay, Britain's third medal. We win so few these days it's great when we win something, even when it's a Bronze.

[Tucker1616]

We beat the #1 ranked US in water polo! We were down 5-1 going into the 4th quarter and then we got 5 unanswered goals. Our 2 men sculling team came 2nd in the heat to make it to the finals but then got disqualified for hitting the other boat :mad: And our beach volleyball men team lost, and our women's team won.

[Viceroy]

Just in case anyone's new to this thread I'm mainitaing a regular update of medal scores in the topic post. If you want your country added, I'll gladly do so. I'll put in Canada now.

[Jacksplat]

N/M I'm still tired I see it. Thanks for doing that Viceroy.

[Chewy]

Just in case anyone's new to this thread I'm mainitaing a regular update of medal scores in the topic post. If you want your country added, I'll gladly do so. I'll put in Canada now.
Thx I think we have one so far....Wahoooo! Yeah! Bring home the BRonze!!!!! :D
Canada'a baseball team wins 4 in a row!

[Tucker1616]

Well our 2 men rowing team who got disqualified has already protested twice and is going for a 3rd protest tommorrow. They really want to get in this race, one of the guys was crying and said this was his last olympics and his dreams were ruined. Theres not much of a chance of them getting into the finals though because they already added 1 extra team in because of a dead heat between US and Norway.

[quazy50]

holy shit did ne of you watch allaround finals for men's gymnastics? paul hamm took first after being in 12th after four rotations. he won by like .021 of a point. thats so damn near impossible. i have been in this sport for 10 years and havent seen anything like that. its insane. his reaction was great tho. good job paul.

[Bartok]

Yeah, I watched Paul... his fall on the vault made me think he had no chance of even medaling.

But, then everyone else screwed up here and there (except the Koreans), and Paul's last two routines were near-perfect. Wow.

First post on these forums... what a strange place to have it...

[Viceroy]

United States takes the lead. Still no Golds for Britain.

[sweetheart16]

i'd like to have a HAMM sandwich!! that would be very yummy. :p :D what a crazy come back by Paul tho. i was soo impressed.

[quazy50]

yeah pual was great. Also Carly Patterson takes gold for the girls allaround too. that was awsome. how ironic both teams take second then the favorite for the team takes first individually. thats really cool. pual and carly will definatly be on the cover of USA gymnastics magazine. lol its awsome.

[Viceroy]

Oh yes, 2 Golds for Britain.

[Chewy]

Silver for Canada!!
metal count
1 silver
1 bronze

Like I said the REAL games for us don't start till the end of the month anyhow. :D

US vs Canada Aug 31.. bring it on!!

[Tucker1616]

Yup 2 medals now and we're going for medal 3 and 4 in rowing this morning. It starts at 2 and I'm gonna stay up to watch it.

[Viceroy]

Oh yes, we won the Three Day Eventing appeal. That means a Silver becomes Gold and a Bronze becomes Silver for us.

Update: Britain in the top ten.

[Viceroy]

United States were twatted again in Basketball, this time by Lithuania.

[steakii420]

In my opinon the Olympics arnt as great as there made out to be. Most of the sports are ones that no one even watches/cares about untill the Olymipics come along, but it is cool how all the countries come together and play each other.

[Dual]

IMO Hamm shouldn't have won the gold. Now before some bitch accuses me of hating America consider this:

The man fell off the mat after that vault and even had to be helped up by a judge. Yet he still got a 9.1 when he should have received a score in the 8's. Meanwhile, the Chinese gymnist missed the bar with one hand on the high bar (he didn't fall) and got an 8.9 when he should have gotten a low 9. Also, the judges messed up when scoring his other two events...which were awesome and almost perfect. However the Koreans were almost perfect too and the Korean who finished second should have won. Hamm should have gotten bronze at most.

[quazy50]

IMO Hamm shouldn't have won the gold. Now before some bitch accuses me of hating America consider this:

The man fell off the mat after that vault and even had to be helped up by a judge. Yet he still got a 9.1 when he should have received a score in the 8's. Meanwhile, the Chinese gymnist missed the bar with one hand on the high bar (he didn't fall) and got an 8.9 when he should have gotten a low 9. Also, the judges messed up when scoring his other two events...which were awesome and almost perfect. However the Koreans were almost perfect too and the Korean who finished second should have won. Hamm should have gotten bronze at most.

Ok i have been in this sport for 10 years and i know that the scoring is a little confusing and vault is completely different from every event. on every event except vault there are skill groups A, B, C, D, E , and super E. on vault each skill is just givin a point value. Paul does a Kazamatsu (sp) with 2 and a half twists. I am pretty sure that is worth a 9.8-10.0. Now he took about 4 steps sideways and fell over and the most u can take off on 1 skill/fall is 5 tenths so he got that off forsure. puts him at about a 9.3 (going from a 9.8) plus maybe a knee bend or missed toe point puts him at the 9.1.

then on the other events you talk about the koreans being near perfect. well that is true but i think they had a slip up on parallel bars if i rememeber right. Plus their start values are low. (start value is all the skills in your routine and what they are worth added together) they do not do very big skills.

what really brought paul back was highbar. with the 3 tekachevs (the release skills) all worth D's plus connection bonus he gets about 5 tenths back and that bumps up his start value. also paul was perfect of parallel bars and highbar sticking each dismount perfectly. not to mention that his dismount on highbar also gets him like 2 thenths back.

also, the chinese gymnast that missed his hand - missing your hand on a skill and completely falling off r the same thing in this sport. no matter what he got docked 5 tenths for that and is considered a fall. plus he did one release with not that much connection bonus bringing down his start value.

let me know if i need to clerify anything its kind of confusing.

[Viceroy]

Curses....

Poor Radcliffe....

[Chewy]

Canada wins first GOLD!!!
1 gold
2 silver
1 bronze

[Viceroy]

Canada wins first GOLD!!!
1 gold
2 silver
1 bronze

Yeah, I think you beat us in rowing. :o

[Chewy]

Yeah, I think you beat us in rowing. :o
not in men's 8 I think you guys beat us.

[j.elohim]

...and the 100m final winner is... Justin Gatlin (9.85)


(what's with all the Ghey suits they wear now???)

[Viceroy]

(what's with all the Ghey suits they wear now???)

They're more aerodynamic.

[Charon]

thx quazy50 for your explanation.
I was perplexed that Paul Hamm could have won gold even after falling into the judges table. At the time I thought his 9.1 score was overly generous.

[j.elohim]

They're more aerodynamic.


What next tear drop helmets :D

All i wanna see in a race is a bunch of guys ripping down a track like shit off a shovel... not a bunch of guys wearing silly skin tight suits

[quazy50]

thx quazy50 for your explanation.
I was perplexed that Paul Hamm could have won gold even after falling into the judges table. At the time I thought his 9.1 score was overly generous.


no problem. gymnastics is my subject. :D

[Viceroy]

Whoa, Britain is now in 7th place in the medals table thanks to Kelly Holmes.

[Chewy]

Canada
1 gold
3 silver
1 bronze


our baseball team looks promising too.

[Bartok]

Just a note on Hamm, and all this controversy about the judges, giving up his medal, sharing a gold, etc.... An article for those interested:

Despite judging error, Hamm's gold medal shows no tarnish

Posted: Monday August 23, 2004 6:55AM; Updated: Monday August 23, 2004 10:13AM

Paul Hamm fought back to defeat Kim Dae-eun (left) and and Yang Tae-young in the all-around competition.
AP

Let me be clear here, since some self-righteous columnists who wouldn't know a handstand from a night stand have entered the fray: Paul Hamm should not give up his gold medal.

Nor is his gold medal tarnished, as the headline writers have suggested. Nor should a second gold medal in the men's all-around competition be awarded to South Korea's unfortunate Yang Tae Young. This is not another Skategate, where judges in the pairs competition in Salt Lake were caught colluding. It's time for the media to back off.

Here's what happened -- and I warn you in advance, it's not easy to follow. Yang did his parallel bars routine, and was scored a 9.712 -- a pretty good score. To put it in perspective, in the team finals two nights earlier, he had a 9.687 on the same apparatus with a similar routine.

The two judges in charge of assigning start values for parallel bars in the all-around, Spain's Benjamin Bango and Colombia's Oscar Buitrago Reyes, decided Yang's start value was 9.9. The head judge on the parallel bars, George Beckstead, didn't overrule them.

It was these three judges who eventually were suspended by the International Gymnastics Federation when, after studying the videotape, it was determined the start value for Yang should have been 10.0, as it had been in the team competition finals. Had it been, Yang would have scored 9.812 on the apparatus, and his total would have been .10 higher heading into his final event, the high bars.

That is not to say Yang would have finished .10 higher at the end of the night, which some are suggesting. Gymnasts don't operate in a vacuum, nor do judges score in a vacuum.

Everyone knows exactly where they stand relative to the other competitors. Yang might have relaxed with the bigger lead; he might have become uptight and choked; or he might have been perfectly brilliant. We will never know. But it's fair to say his mental outlook would have been altered.

Judges, too, might have scored his high-bar routine differently had he been further ahead than he was at the time. It's not the way it's supposed to work, but judges are human. They have their favorites. That's why the FIG rules state that any protest must be filed before the end of a rotation -- in this case, the parallel bars -- which the Koreans failed to do.

A couple of points: a 9.9 start value is not unusual. The night of the all-around competition, Yang also had a 9.9 start value on his vault, and -- even lower -- a 9.8 start value on his high bar routine.

What's in a score?
How gymnastics scores are determined:

-- Gymnasts and coaches assemble routines after consulting the Code of Points, an extensive guide to the difficulty value assigned to every move and combination of moves.

-- In competition, there are eight judges for each event and a chief who oversees them.

-- The two-judge "A" Panel establishes the "start value," representing the maximum score the routine can earn. Most top gymnasts perform routines with start values between 9.7 and 10.

-- The six-judge "B" Panel evaluates the routine for execution faults, rhythm, presentation and artistry. Each judge takes deductions from the start value to determine a score.


-- The high and low scores from the "B" Panel are thrown out and the remaining scores are averaged for one final score.


The Associated Press




Disputes over start values occur all the time. Blaine Wilson of the U.S. was furious after the preliminaries of the team competition because the start values for him and two of his teammates had been lowered in the high-bar rotation. In this case, the disagreement was magnified because a gold medal hung in the balance.

The two judges charged with determining a start value must do so in real time, and they make their assessment on the basis of what the gymnast actually does: difficulty of elements, grip changes, releases and positions, to name a few. Not what's planned on paper.

It's incredibly complicated stuff. The head judge, in this case Beckstead, a veteran official from Los Angeles, generally only weighs in if there's a disagreement between the two officials assigning the start value. In the case of Yang, there was no disagreement.

Was a mistake made? Yes, they admitted as much. Did it decide the competition? Well, it affected it, no question. But it is flatly untrue to say if they'd had the start value correct at 10.0, then Yang would have won.

Was there corruption or collaboration on the part of the judges? No one has even suggested as much. As long as a sport is judged, subjectivity will play a role, and there will be accusations of bias. All gymnasts know this.

All gymnasts have suffered from bias, and sometimes, whether they admit it or not, have benefited from bias. It's part of gymnastics. Heck, it's part of all sport. It's the human element that gives athletics their great, universal appeal.

So why not a second gold medal? Why not accommodate the upset Koreans and send everyone home happy? Well for one thing, you can make a pretty good case that, if you're going to go to the videotape, Yang shouldn't have won.

Yes, the videotape of the parallel bars showed the judges erred by assigning a 9.9 start value. But it showed something else, too. In the course of his routine, Yang had four holds on the bar, when the rules allow for a maximum of three. The deduction for that mistake? Two-tenths of a point.

The judges missed it.

It is not enough to say Paul Hamm should keep his gold medal. He's a deserving champion. Period.

[quazy50]

great post. and the whole time i read it i was thinking about the four holds thing. i was gunna mention it but then at the end they put it in. im glad he wrote that peice now ppl will finally shut up about it buecause paul did deserve to win. also its crazy he got silver on highbar when he tied i be he was feeling like everyone hates him after alexe nemov's low score.

[Viceroy]

Another Gold for Canada in Women's cycle sprint.

[Tucker1616]

And a silver for Canada in diving. Peditra Felicien (sp?) the hurdler was a huge favourite and FELL on her first hurdle. I'm pissed, our baseball team lost too but we're going for a bronze tomorrow.

[Chewy]

And a silver for Canada in diving. Peditra Felicien (sp?) the hurdler was a huge favourite and FELL on her first hurdle. I'm pissed, our baseball team lost too but we're going for a bronze tomorrow.
I'm not pissed that was a great game, 11 more inches and it would have been tied. That's a close one.

[Viceroy]

Medals updated. Canada are at their highest point yet.

[Chewy]

Medals updated. Canada are at their highest point yet.
yeah but I think in 84 (LA) Canada took 44 medals in the summer games.
Our team is about 40 athletes smaller this year.

[Tucker1616]

I'm not pissed that was a great game, 11 more inches and it would have been tied. That's a close one. I'm not too mad about that, just the hurdles. That was our only clear favourite we've had this whole olympics.

[Viceroy]

yeah but I think in 84 (LA) Canada took 44 medals in the summer games.
Our team is about 40 athletes smaller this year.

Well I meant highest point yet in these Games. Not in all time.

[Chewy]

Well I meant highest point yet in these Games. Not in all time.
Np problem, with the Winter Olympics in Vancouver Canada in 2010 we are expecting a few then too. I can't wait.

[Thurst]

Yea when Felicien fell over the first hurdle it was horrible. She also knocked over some other runner so it must have been worse for her. She grew up about 10-15 minutes away from where i live so it sucks when you see a hometown athlete blow their chances of a gold medal like that.

[Chewy]

Yea when Felicien fell over the first hurdle it was horrible. She also knocked over some other runner so it must have been worse for her. She grew up about 10-15 minutes away from where i live so it sucks when you see a hometown athlete blow their chances of a gold medal like that.
yeah I think its gotta be hard on her.
But she's young enough she'll be in in the next one.

[Tucker1616]

The US just lost to Argentina in basketball. Gotta cheer for the underdogs, go Argentina!

[Chewy]

The US just lost to Argentina in basketball. Gotta cheer for the underdogs, go Argentina!
Was that Argentina's Dream Team too?

[garnett4mvp]

The US just lost to Argentina in basketball. Gotta cheer for the underdogs, go Argentina!

no you fucking dont have to cheer for them. bah im so pissed we lost. god our team is awful. theyre all good but they just suck at playing as a team. damn i wish we had some good team players on our team. like j kidd who knows what it is like to share and how to be a team player.

[quazy50]

cant find a link, but the international gymnastics federation asked paul hamm to give back his gold medal. fuck, seriously why cant they let this go? they already went against the rules and reveiwed the tape efter the fact. while reviewing the tape they noticed that the korean gymnast had one more hold then he is allowed (2 tenths off) that the judges missed so either way paul wins end of story. if i were paul i would say hell no!

[Chewy]

cant find a link, but the international gymnastics federation asked paul hamm to give back his gold medal. fuck, seriously why cant they let this go? they already went against the rules and reveiwed the tape efter the fact. while reviewing the tape they noticed that the korean gymnast had one more hold then he is allowed (2 tenths off) that the judges missed so either way paul wins end of story. if i were paul i would say hell no!
I think FIG asked the US body to give Hamm a letter asking him to give up his medal and the US body said they wouldn't give Hamm the letter. Right now its still in the he said she said phase.

[quazy50]

I think FIG asked the US body to give Hamm a letter asking him to give up his medal and the US body said they wouldn't give Hamm the letter. Right now its still in the he said she said phase.

oooo alright i get it. but still hamm should not have to give the medal back.

[poopchow]

no you fucking dont have to cheer for them. bah im so pissed we lost. god our team is awful. theyre all good but they just suck at playing as a team. damn i wish we had some good team players on our team. like j kidd who knows what it is like to share and how to be a team player.


Yeah look at your avy, thats who fucking chickened out.


Anyone see the 200m booing fest? I didnt but i know why.

The greek guy won in 2000 and it was a huge deal. He isnt allowed in the olympics becuase he MISSED a drug test, he didnt fail it. So there was almost a tribute/protest.

[Tucker1616]

Holy shit Canada already won 3 medals today! Hey that's alot for us, we only have 12 this whole olympics.

[Chewy]

I think it would be a great idea if the made more medal standings. There are more countries competing now than when they first began so it makes sense.
medals could go:
gold
silver
bronze
nickel
tin

That way we in Canada could have more medals :p

[Tucker1616]

I think it would be a great idea if the made more medal standings. There are more countries competing now than when they first began so it makes sense.
medals could go:
gold
silver
bronze
nickel
tin

That way we in Canada could have more medals :p lol yeah we've been getting alot of 4th's and 5th's. If they included those, we'd probably be up in the top 10 in the medal standings!

[boney]

GB just dicked on the yanks in the 4x100m relay :p :D

EDIT: first time we've won it since 1912! :eek:

[poopchow]

I think it would be a great idea if the made more medal standings. There are more countries competing now than when they first began so it makes sense.
medals could go:
gold
silver
bronze
nickel
tin

That way we in Canada could have more medals :p


So if ther is a 8 man race, over 1/2 would get a medal? That is quite lame.

Also, get some other metal...nickel, tin??

[Chewy]

So if ther is a 8 man race, over 1/2 would get a medal? That is quite lame.

Also, get some other metal...nickel, tin??


Poop it was a joke ;)

[poopchow]

Poop it was a joke ;)


Well how i can trust you Canadians!? Always popping in and out.

Listen up all you Canadiarns out there, if you make a joke do what all canadians do: put "ay" at the end of your comment. Eh is not ay, why do people say "eh"??? Eh is e-h, where the hell do people get the A from the EH.

[Dual]

China's doing awesome these days. The only Chinese guy in track won the gold in the 110 m hurdles, the only Chinese girl in track won the gold in the 10,000 m, and the women's volleyball team beat Russia. Cool stuff

[Viceroy]

Fucking spectacular evening for Great Britain. My dad was screaming like mad at the 4x100 Relay. At the last few moments I was shouting so much.

That was amazing. I've got some medals to update.

[Chewy]

Listen up all you Canadiarns out there, if you make a joke do what all canadians do: put "ay" at the end of your comment. Eh is not ay, why do people say "eh"??? Eh is e-h, where the hell do people get the A from the EH.
Canadians say "eh" in the exact same scenerios that Americans would find themselves saying "huh". There is absolutely no difference. So you Americans inquiring about this: use some introspection to explain why you say "huh" and there's your answer. It's just used in place of "you know?" or "right?"

Examples:
"This computer is pretty shiny, right?"
"This computer is pretty shiny, eh?"
"This computer is pretty shiny, huh?"

"The sky is blue, you know?"
"The sky is blue, eh?"
"The sky is blue, huh?"

Also "Eh" can also often be used in place of the traditional American "y'all" and "y'hear":
"You come back real soon, y'all"
"You come back real soon, y'hear?"
"You come back real soon, eh?"


I can also say " I think POOP overanalyzes linguistics to much, eh?" :D

[macks_shedroom]

i thought it was boring. very very boring and a waste of time and money. i think watching people running around in a circle for medals boring. weightlifting = borning. watching people swim in a line = borning. man throws a javelin = yawn. seen it before every 4 years.

[Viceroy]

Just thought I'd bump this topic up for the final day. In case you don't know I'm keeping a medal tally on the front page. At the end of the tournament I'll post the entire medal list, god help me.

[Chewy]

The olympics have begun to fizzle out here the new talk is around the World Cup which begins tomorrow.

[moosenuts]

Man I feel sorry for that Brazilian who got jipped running the marathon. Some asshole pushed him off the course into the crowd.

[Chewy]

Man I feel sorry for that Brazilian who got jipped running the marathon. Some asshole pushed him off the course into the crowd.
Holy crap really... that sucks

[Viceroy]

It was those moron policemen who weren't doing their job. He could have won Gold were it not for that.

[moosenuts]

It was those moron policemen who weren't doing their job. He could have won Gold were it not for that.
Funny there was a policeman on a bicycle right behind him...

Yeah it completely messed up his pace.

[Viceroy]

Funny there was a policeman on a bicycle right behind him...

Yeah it completely messed up his pace.

Well at least that protestor will be able to sleep comfortably tonight knowing that several million Brazilians are after his blood.

[moosenuts]

Well at least that protestor will be able to sleep comfortably tonight knowing that several million Brazilians are after his blood.
They say he had a sign on his back which read... "Isreal to fulfill the prophecy" or something of that sort.

And the Brazilian runner he said he wouldn't have been able to finish in first anyways... he is quite satisfied with bronze.

EDIT: EXACT words of his sign: Isreal is the fulfilment of the prophecy. The Bible is True. The man who did it is an Irishman who has a history of interupting races for Biblical purposes.

[poopchow]

Well at least that protestor will be able to sleep comfortably tonight knowing that several million Brazilians are after his blood.

Isreali prophecy fufilled was on his shirt or something, what an ass

[Viceroy]

The guy was drunk Irish priest, Cornelius something. He turned up on the British grand prix track last year.

[Viceroy]

Final Medal Tally:

1 United States - 35 Gold, 39 Silver, 29 Bronze, 103 Total
2 China - 32 Gold, 17 Silver, 14 Bronze, 63 Total
3 Russia - 27 Gold, 27 Silver, 38 Bronze, 92 Total
4 Australia - 17 Gold, 16 Silver, 16 Bronze, 49 Total
5 Japan - 16 Gold, 9 Silver, 12 Bronze, 37 Total
6 Germany - 14 Gold, 16 Silver, 18 Bronze, 48 Total
7 France - 11 Gold, 9 Silver, 13 Bronze, 33 Total
8 Italy - 10 Gold, 11 Silver, 11 Bronze, 32 Total
9 South Korea - 9 Gold, 12 Silver, 9 Bronze, 30 Total
10 Great Britain - 9 Gold, 9 Silver, 12 Bronze, 30 Total
11 Cuba - 9 Gold, 7 Silver, 11 Bronze, 27 Total
12 Ukraine - 9 Gold, 5 Silver, 9 Bronze, 23 Total
13 Hungary - 8 Gold, 6 Silver, 3 Bronze, 17 Total
14 Romania - 8 Gold, 5 Silver, 6 Bronze, 19 Total
15 Greece - 6 Gold, 6 Silver, 4 Bronze, 16 Total
16 Norway - 5 Gold, 1 Bronze 6 Total
17 Netherlands - 4 Gold, 9 Silver, 9 Bronze, 22 Total
18 Brazil - 4 Gold, 3 Silver, 3 Bronze, 10 Total
19 Sweden - 4 Gold, 1 Silver 2 Bronze, 7 Total
20 Spain - 3 Gold, 11 Silver, 5 Bronze, 19 Total
21 Canada - 3 Gold, 6 Silver, 3 Bronze, 12 Total
22 Turkey - 3 Gold, 3 Silver, 4 Bronze, 10 Total
23 Poland - 3 Gold, 2 Silver, 5 Bronze, 10 Total
24 New Zealand - 3 Gold, 2 Silver, 5 Total
25 Thailand - 3 Gold, 1 Silver, 4 Bronze, 8 Total
26 Belarus - 2 Gold, 6 Silver, 7 Bronze, 15 Total
27 Austria - 2 Gold, 4 Silver, 1 Bronze, 7 Total
28 Ethiopia - 2 Gold, 3 Silver, 2 Bronze, 7 Total
29 Iran - 2 Gold, 2 Silver, 2 Bronze, 6 Total
29 Slovakia - 2 Gold, 2 Silver, 2 Bronze, 6 Total
31 Taiwan - 2 Gold, 2 Silver, 1 Bronze, 5 Total
32 Georgia - 2 Gold, 2 Silver, 4 Total
33 Bulgaria - 2 Gold, 1 Silver, 9 Bronze, 12 Total
34 Jamaica - 2 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze, 5 Total
34 Uzbekistan - 2 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze, 5 Total
36 Morocco - 2 Gold, 1 Silver, 3 Total
37 Denmark - 2 Gold, 6 Bronze, 8 Total
38 Argentina - 2 Gold, 4 Bronze, 6 Total
39 Chile - 2 Gold, 1 Bronze, 3 Total
40 Kazakhstan - 1 Gold, 4 Silver, 3 Bronze, 8 Total
41 Kenya - 1 Gold, 4 Silver, 2 Bronze, 7 Total
42 Czech Republic - 1 Gold, 3 Silver, 4 Bronze, 8 Total
43 South Africa - 1 Gold, 3 Silver, 2 Bronze, 6 Total
44 Croatia - 1 Gold, 2 Silver, 2 Bronze, 5 Total
45 Lithuania - 1 Gold, 2 Silver, 3 Total
46 Egypt - 1 Gold, 1 Silver, 3 Bronze, 5 Total
46 Switzerland - 1 Gold, 1 Silver, 3 Bronze, 5 Total
48 Indonesia - 1 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze, 4 Total
49 Zimbabwe - 1 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze, 3 Total
50 Azerbaijan - 1 Gold, 4 Bronze, 5 Total
51 Belgium - 1 Gold, 2 Bronze, 3 Total
52 Bahamas - 1 Gold, 1 Bronze, 2 Total
52 Israel - 1 Gold, 1 Bronze, 2 Total
54 Cameroon - 1 Gold, 1 Total
54 Dominican Republic - 1 Gold, 1 Total
54 Ireland - 1 Gold, 1 Total
54 United Arab Emirates - 1 Gold, 1 Total
58 North Korea - 4 Silver, 1 Bronze, 5 Total
59 Latvia - 4 Silver, 4 Total
60 Mexico - 3 Silver, 1 Bronze, 4 Total
61 Portugal - 2 Silver, 1 Bronze, 3 Total
62 Finland - 2 Silver, 2 Total
62 Serbia and Montenegro - 2 Silver, 2 Total
64 Slovenia - 1 Silver, 3 Bronze, 4 Total
65 Estonia - 1 Silver, 2 Bronze, 3 Total
66 Hong Kong - 1 Silver, 1 Total
66 India - 1 Silver, 1 Total
66 Paraguay - 1 Silver, 1 Total
69 Nigeria - 2 Bronze, 2 Total
69 Venezuela - 2 Bronze, 2 Total
71 Colombia - 1 Bronze, 1 Total
71 Eritrea - 1 Bronze, 1 Total
71 Mongolia - 1 Bronze, 1 Total
71 Syrian Arab Republic - 1 Bronze, 1 Total
71 Trinidad and Tobago - 1 Bronze, 1 Total

[poopchow]

Go America and Greece. 16 medal not bad

[Chewy]

Vice good work putting things together. thx. :)

[Viceroy]

No problem mate. :)

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Final Medal Tally:

66 India - 1 Silver, 1 Total

so much poeple only 1 silver medal :confused:

[Chewy]

so much poeple only 1 silver medal :confused:
Limited resources I think not too many mountain bike trails and paddling venues.

[Dual]

Yeah I saw the marathon too. That Brazilian guy should have won some kind of special award of unquestionable manliness. I mean, he came out with a medal even after that nutjob cunt pushed him off the road. That's skill and willpower there people

[poopchow]

Yeah I saw the marathon too. That Brazilian guy should have won some kind of special award of unquestionable manliness. I mean, he came out with a medal even after that nutjob cunt pushed him off the road. That's skill and willpower there people

hey got a sportsmanship thingy

[Dual]

hey got a sportsmanship thingy

Cool...I didn't know that.