Official Olympic Thread

[mudyez]

Let's have this one for the smaller sports (soccer and basketball will have its own threads anyway) and all the stuff happening next to the courts, lanes, pools ect.

Comparing the opening ceremonies, which one did you like more Beijing or London?

Just saw the Beijing one yesterday and then the London one too, and I have to say: Beijing was 1000% better!!!

Some may say: "Oh, London had so much more heart." or "Bigger isn't always better.", but London turned a monumental effort into something that felt like watching a boring disco party (that middle "music"-part was nice for about 2 songs before just taking to much time...and I really tried to see some nice stuff from the dancers but either they hadn't have any, there where to few of them or they just where lacking some real lightsuits as they got lost in the dark).

Furthermore the video clips really skrewed it up, especially because sometimes you didn't even know if it is live or just another tape (what about the boat with Beckham?...pretaped?...And how can you skrew the day/night thing with Bond up? :/ ).

Not saying it wasn't nice to follow, but I want 2008 simultaneous drums and firework footsteps and not a f***in' Mary Poppins army letting the air out of Voldemor or this...
http://www.abendblatt.de/multimedia/archive/00415/Maibaum_1_HA_Sonsti_415731c.jpg.

Not sure about other former ceremonies but I'd rather watch 2008 three times in a row than watching 2012 once again.



...Womens Beachvolleyball on right now...Not that much into Asians but these two Chinese look hot!

[mudyez]

btw.: I'm ok with the teenagers lighting the gauldron...but it was funny with all the hype of who is going to do it.

Commentator: "Lets see who they give the fire to and who is lighting the gauldron...So much speculation...Only moments to go and we will see who is doing it...Uuh wait, THEY are lighting it!" :D

[Libri]

Hopefully they will show some weightlifting.

[wut]

As far as the opening ceremony goes, I thought it was alright. I mean you have to realize that for China the opening ceremony was a big political statement that was intended to shape their international vision of how they want the world to view their country. The only thing I really disliked in the London opening was that the procession was very rushed...although it was nice for time reasons, I wanted more time to be spent on each of the nations participating.

Also, much needs to be said about the power of the Olympics and the opening ceremonies. You have the world's stage to educate the world of your nations history, beliefs and behaviors. Whether or not nations like North Korea get to even see an unedited version of the opening ceremony is beyond me, but nevertheless it can be a powerful tool.

It makes you wonder what athletes participating in the Olympics from certain non-democratic/non-western societies think when they travel to a place like London to compete. They must see the vast wealth of the UK in awe. Imagine for example what someone from North Korea must feel, or Cuba for that matter.

We may concern ourselves with the true value of our society and the US dollar, but there is no mistake that democracy has brought stability and wealth to the masses.

[NASpurs]

Holy shit, that archery match between the U.S. and Italy was intense. It came down to the last archerer for Italy. :wow

Didn't know freaking archery could be so intense.

[MannyIsGod]

Holy shit, that archery match between the U.S. and Italy was intense. It came down to the last archerer for Italy. :wow

Didn't know freaking archery could be so intense.

I know right! I yelled when he made that last bullseye. Fucking MILLIMETERS!!!!!

[MannyIsGod]

BTW the fact that everything is being streamed live online is so awesome. I've watched every event I could so far today.

[NASpurs]

BTW the fact that everything is being streamed live online is so awesome. I've watched every event I could so far today.

:tu I have the Live Extra app on my tablet and moving around the house.

[Slomo]

Holy shit, that archery match between the U.S. and Italy was intense. It came down to the last archerer for Italy. :wow

Didn't know freaking archery could be so intense.

My favorite part of the Olympics is watching sports that usually don't get much media attention or live transmissions. I often pleasantly surprised - much more than by the "main" sports.

[TheRealCB]

BTW the fact that everything is being streamed live online is so awesome. I've watched every event I could so far today.

Son how can you do that? I only know the usual illegal streaming sites tbh.

[MannyIsGod]

NBCOlympics.com is streaming everything. I had to put my Comcast info in but that was it. I also got their app on my android phone and they also asked me to log into my comcast account.

[TheRealCB]

NBCOlympics.com is streaming everything. I had to put my Comcast info in but that was it. I also got their app on my android phone and they also asked me to log into my comcast account.
Well I am from Greece so I don't have that kind of cable..There is no other way around it?

[MannyIsGod]

I have no idea. I'm sure there are the usual streaming sites on the net but I have't looked into it.

[Slomo]

Has anybody watched the road cycling race? The British dominance of the Tour put them in a position where everybody was against them. It was funny to see how team after team attacked the British, while refusing to do anything that might help them.

There's no doubt in my mind that the English team is by far the strongest one, but everybody else's tactics where against them and they executed to perfection. Probably the most entertaining Olympic bike road race ever.

[baseline bum]

Why is getting on a horse in a blazer and a top hat considered an olympic sport?

http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/bwIMay2dhNs.AIxvrCX6sg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTYzMA--/http://l.yimg.com/os/388/2012/07/12/AP100929031068-jpg_030345.jpg

Can we have NASCAR come to the Olympics next? Or maybe COD deathmatch?

[Jodelo]

Well I am from Greece so I don't have that kind of cable..There is no other way around it?

Well for us europeans everything is here: http://www.eurovisionsports.tv/london2012/index.html?

Choose the sport you want to watch and enjoy!

[Reck]

Why is getting on a horse in a blazer and a top hat considered an olympic sport?

http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/bwIMay2dhNs.AIxvrCX6sg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTYzMA--/http://l.yimg.com/os/388/2012/07/12/AP100929031068-jpg_030345.jpg

Can we have NASCAR come to the Olympics next? Or maybe COD deathmatch?

This is no different than someone doing tricks on a skateboard.

What's teh point of that I ask?

[TheRealCB]

Well for us europeans everything is here: http://www.eurovisionsports.tv/london2012/index.html?

Choose the sport you want to watch and enjoy!
God bless you son :toast

I got tired of watching women's volley and missing the swimming finals:depressed

[wut]

For those outside the U.S. or without cable, may want to read this:

http://gizmodo.com/5928992/how-to-watch-every-second-of-the-olympics

Basically you can use a proxy service that is in the UK and stream the Olympics from the BBC website.

[AussieFanKurt]

Why is getting on a horse in a blazer and a top hat considered an olympic sport?

http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/bwIMay2dhNs.AIxvrCX6sg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTYzMA--/http://l.yimg.com/os/388/2012/07/12/AP100929031068-jpg_030345.jpg

Can we have NASCAR come to the Olympics next? Or maybe COD deathmatch?

:toast truth

[wut]

yeh to make even more sense of it, think about the fact that they won't accept American Baseball or American Football as an Olympic sport, yet Equestrianism accepted? wtf

[Nathan89]

Phelps fucking sucks. He lost his edge.

[ace3g]

If only he had the super "cheating" swimsuit ...

[Nathan89]

If only he had the super "cheating" swimsuit ...

Can they not wear those suits anymore?

[Nathan89]

Congrats to Lochte. He was busting his ass for four years while Phelps was relaxing/smoking weed.

[wut]

Phelps fucking sucks. He lost his edge.

you're talking about the Gillette commercials, right? :lol

http://cdn.swimswam.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Screen-Shot-2012-05-18-at-11.34.42-AM-640x402.png

[ElNono]

My favorite part of the Olympics is watching sports that usually don't get much media attention or live transmissions. I often pleasantly surprised - much more than by the "main" sports.

That's kind of hard here in the US thanks to NBC... They cut off smack in the middle of any sport to show us Bob Costas commenting on what food tastes like in the UK... followed by the life story of some gymnastics girl raising from the evils of her family's crack cocaine addiction to shine in the Olympics...

You either A) Watch the event uninterrupted online or B) Wait until 1 in the morning where they might air the whole thing uninterrupted.

[Reck]

That's kind of hard here in the US thanks to NBC... They cut off smack in the middle of any sport to show us Bob Costas commenting on what food tastes like in the UK... followed by the life story of some gymnastics girl raising from the evils of her family's crack cocaine addiction to shine in the Olympics...

You either A) Watch the event uninterrupted online or B) Wait until 1 in the morning where they might air the whole thing uninterrupted.

MSNBC also has Olympic schedule programming.

I find them to be more complete in their showings.

The bad thing is they usually get the worse events. lol

[ploto]

BTW the fact that everything is being streamed live online is so awesome. I've watched every event I could so far today.

You are lucky. It keeps going out on me. I have missed several events because it won't load right or gets stuck. I see the commercials perfectly, and then it goes back to the event and I get the circle of doom! :bang

[ploto]

That's kind of hard here in the US thanks to NBC... They cut off smack in the middle of any sport to show us Bob Costas commenting on what food tastes like in the UK... followed by the life story of some gymnastics girl raising from the evils of her family's crack cocaine addiction to shine in the Olympics...

I have no clue why in an event that is taped earlier in the day we still see people standing around or gymnasts waiting for their scores. They could condense the sports into half the time and show a little bit of some of the other sports, but they think they have to try to make it look live or something.

[Jodelo]

God bless you son :toast

I got tired of watching women's volley and missing the swimming finals:depressed

Have fun, i watched what i want the whole day. ;)

[velik_m]

I have no clue why in an event that is taped earlier in the day we still see people standing around or gymnasts waiting for their scores. They could condense the sports into half the time and show a little bit of some of the other sports, but they think they have to try to make it look live or something.

For the drama.

[MannyIsGod]

If you have trouble with the online streaming, try switching the audio feed to something other than English. I've been using the natural audio setting and I've not had any problems. It just seems to be that the most popular sports have this issue because the only time I've had it is with the swimming.

[Girasuck]

I hope every women's beach volleyball team that wears those god awful stretch pants over their bikini's loses. The only reason beach volleyball is on primetime is for the asses.

[ploto]

If you have trouble with the online streaming, try switching the audio feed to something other than English. I've been using the natural audio setting and I've not had any problems. It just seems to be that the most popular sports have this issue because the only time I've had it is with the swimming.

I only tried swimming and gymnastics and I gave up. Thanks for the tip.

[ploto]

I am sure almost no one cares about gymnastics but I am happy for Ally Reismann. I know it is tough to be in fourth and not qualify but everyone knows the rules coming in. Griping about Jordan's scores looks like bad sportsmanship. They judged the other Americans really tough on beam and floor, as well. This is why you have the competition.

[Nathan89]

Whoever made that rule about only two per country should be shot. Just crush that girl's dream for gold in all around despite being in the top 5.

On another note how come none of the girls from the previous Olympics participates in this one? The were teenagers.

[ploto]

Whoever made that rule about only two per country should be shot. Just crush that girl's dream for gold in all around despite being in the top 5.

On another note how come none of the girls from the previous Olympics participates in this one? The were teenagers.

Not a new rule. Been in place since 2004. It is not as dramatic, but the same issue is there for Kyla Ross. She was 6th on beam but she does not qualify for the beam finals because 2 Americans scored higher.

In the men's competition, the three-time world champion missed out because 2 other guys from Japan outscored him. Although I will not be surprised if the one develops a mystery sprained ankle so the other guy can be in the all-around.

[DesignatedT]

NBCs coverage fuckin sucks. Makes watching this shit unbearable.

[Venti Quattro]

Where can I track the medal tally?

[DesignatedT]

http://espn.go.com/olympics/summer/2012/medals

[Reck]

Keeping pace with China but they got the gold so far.

[Venti Quattro]

Thanks for the link. The Olympics website's medal tally table sucks.

[DesignatedT]

2008 results:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics_medal_table

China killed it in golds four years ago as well. Don't expect it to be any different this time around. Especially without Phelps' 8 lol

[Brazil]

:lmao athletes and twitter

a new episode

"Michel Morganella, joueur de l'équipe suisse olympique, a insulté les joueurs Sud-Coréens sur Twitter, les qualifiant de «trisos» et les exhortant à aller «tous (se) brûler», après la défaite (1-2) dimanche soir lors des Jeux Olympiques à Londres. «Je fonsde out les coreen allez sout vous lebru. Ahahahhahahaah deband zotre», a écrit en verlan le joueur. Traduction : «Je défonce tous les Coréens, allez tous vous brûler. Ahahahhahahaah bande de trisos». Morganella a présenté ses excuses et a fermé son compte a indiqué Florence Horisberger, porte-parole de l'équipe. D'éventuelles sanctions pourraient être prises à l'encontre du joueur. (Avec AFP)"

The Swiss player Morganella has tweeted that he fucked the Koreans, he sent them go to burn and said they are a bunch of mongoloids

[lefty]

:lmao athletes and twitter

a new episode

"Michel Morganella, joueur de l'équipe suisse olympique, a insulté les joueurs Sud-Coréens sur Twitter, les qualifiant de «trisos» et les exhortant à aller «tous (se) brûler», après la défaite (1-2) dimanche soir lors des Jeux Olympiques à Londres. «Je fonsde out les coreen allez sout vous lebru. Ahahahhahahaah deband zotre», a écrit en verlan le joueur. Traduction : «Je défonce tous les Coréens, allez tous vous brûler. Ahahahhahahaah bande de trisos». Morganella a présenté ses excuses et a fermé son compte a indiqué Florence Horisberger, porte-parole de l'équipe. D'éventuelles sanctions pourraient être prises à l'encontre du joueur. (Avec AFP)"

The Swiss player Morganella has tweeted that he fucked the Koreans, he sent them go to burn and said they are a bunch of mongoloids
Holy crap


He's gonna get it

[mudyez]

have any non-germans seen the 2nd womens-fencing-semi?

if Fisher can hit the winner in 0.4, Heidemann can start 3 attacks in 1.0!!!

[The Gemini Method]

I was watching fencing the other day and the Hooper(sp?) guy...I had no idea what was going on, but it looked pretty cool since I've never had caught a fencing match on T.V. before.

[rascal]

Indoor Cycling begins Thursday. Lots of events this weekend.

[Nathan89]

China dominating the diving already. Crazy how easy it is for them. I guess getting gold for them is life or death. That motivation really brings out the best in them tbh.

[Reck]

China dominating the diving already. Crazy how easy it is for them. I guess getting gold for them is life or death. That motivation really brings out the best in them tbh.

Why is it life or death?

China is not North Korea. :lol

[Libri]

Albanian weightlifter, Hysen Pulaku, becomes first athlete ejected for failed drug test.

[CubanMustGo]

Why is it life or death?

China is not North Korea. :lol

China pulls kids out of homes at very early ages if they have certain physical characteristics and they end up in sports camps full-time until they either succeed or wash out. Maybe not life or death but pretty serious shit.

[Libri]

GB wins the silver in gymnastics.

Japan is pissed and immediately protests and applies for an inquiry.

[Libri]

Strange that he had money in his hand but they said that it is part of the process. lol

[Libri]

It worked. Japan wins silver and GB gets the Bronze.

[Girasuck]

Gymnastics is a fucking joke. I know the cash fee is part of the process, but that just looks terrible.

[ploto]

Major choke job for USA men's gymnastics team. I can not believe how bad they were. Kudos to Great Britain.

Ironic that Lochte came in fourth.

[The Gemini Method]

The women are heavy favorites to win the team gold...nice to see Missy Franklin win a gold only mere minutes after racing another race.

[Brazil]

Tony Estanguet with a third olympic gold medal in slalom after 2000, 2004 and 2012 :tu

[Slomo]

Tony Estanguet with a third olympic gold medal in slalom after 2000, 2004 and 2012 :tu

Congrats!

Urska Zolnir (SLO) Wins gold in Judo W63kg class. After bronze in Athens this is very deserved.

[Slomo]

Whoever made that rule about only two per country should be shot. Just crush that girl's dream for gold in all around despite being in the top 5.
...


Not a new rule. Been in place since 2004. It is not as dramatic, but the same issue is there for Kyla Ross. She was 6th on beam but she does not qualify for the beam finals because 2 Americans scored higher...

Heard an interesting comment today about how she didn't make any mistakes, the other two Americans were simply better. The rule is harsh but hardly unfair. Let's see how she does today, since she is competing only for the team and her country, not for herself. If she goes all out and does good that will be a true test of her character.

And if she does will the US reward her for it? Or will the individual medal holders reap all the glory (as they so often do)?

On a related note, I love watching Gabrielle Douglas. She's still a bit too "youthfull" (for lack of a better description) and not as polished as some of the other competitors (Chinese, Romanian), but she's just fun to watch. She definitely looks as though gravity has a hard time keeping its hold on her :)

[mudyez]

actually I'd love to have (nearly) all events ko-tournament style...some of the events like fighting stuff, table tennis and tennis use it anyway, but how about using it in basketball and other sports too? (in that case there could be more nations in it, which some people might not like, but which should be a good thing)

that way an olympic winner had to go win at all times.

only problem would be stuff like swimming and track and field.

[velik_m]

actually I'd love to have (nearly) all events ko-tournament style...some of the events like fighting stuff, table tennis and tennis use it anyway, but how about using it in basketball and other sports too? (in that case there could be more nations in it, which some people might not like, but which should be a good thing)

that way an olympic winner had to go win at all times.

only problem would be stuff like swimming and track and field.

IOC tries to keep the number of participants as low as possible (less expenses). That's why most sports feel more like exhibitions done by top athletes/teams than actual tournaments.

[tlongII]

Women's gymnastics team was AWESOME today! They crushed the competition.

[The Gemini Method]

That was a dominant performance by the U.S. Women Gymnastics...wow...it was like the dream team dominance so to speak.

[mudyez]

That was a dominant performance by the U.S. Women Gymnastics...wow...it was like the dream team dominance so to speak.

true...but in gymnastics you can skrew it up easier, so it was more fun to watch (since I'm from germany, I'm not rooting for the US all the time, but I liked those girls a lot).

[lefty]

Fencing controversy forces Korean to sit on piste for ages, eventually costs her medal

By Cameron Smith | Fourth-Place Medal (http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olympics-fourth-place-medal/) – Mon, 30 Jul, 2012 3:12 PM EDT



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http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/_fwQhMeK0B1xFSfJuI6yNg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTYzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en/blogs/sptusolyexperts/South-Korean-fencer-Shin-A-Lam-waits-out-the-Korean-protest-of-her-loss-AFP.jpg (http://yhoo.it/OEH1Wd)South Korean fencer Shin A Lam waits out the Korean protest of her loss — AFP
The Olympic fencing tournament was thrown into an incredibly emotional, dramatic and elongated controversy when a semifinal bout of the women's individual epee competition (http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/fencing/womens-individual-epee-few002.html) was won on a final touch with 1 second remaining and the losing fencer launched an appeal of the decision which eventually cost her a place on the podium.
Yet it was the appeal of the decision itself which led to incredibly acrimony and one of the lengthiest delays in recent Olympic memory. Here's how everything unfolded:

[ Photos: Fencing controversy causes long, unusual delay (http://yhoo.it/OEH1Wd) ]
With time running out in one of the two semifinal matches for the women's individual epee competition, South Korea's Shin A Lam led Germany's Britta Heidermann by a single point. Officially, Heidermann had just one second to launch an attack and score a touch, which would advance her on to the gold medal match to face the Ukraine's Yana Shemyakina, a lack of time which all but ensured that Shin would advance.
Instead, the timing mechanism on the piste became stuck, giving Heidermann extra time to complete her attack and win the bout, which earned her the spot in the gold medal bout. Officials, unsure what to do without a true, official protocol to follow, eventually decided to award the victory to Heidermann.
http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/dPnzC0VgLVUUB5m8LchDbQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTMxMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en/blogs/sptusolyexperts/South-Korean-fencer-Shin-A-Lam-during-her-countrys-protest-AP.jpg (http://yhoo.it/OEH1Wd)South Korean fencer Shin A Lam during her country's protest — AP
As one might expect, Shin and her coaches were enraged with the decision, and launched an immediate appeal. Yet the appeal itself proved to be incredibly lengthy and also contained a unique bylaw that required Shin to remain on the piste throughout its duration. Unable to leave the playing surface, Shin bawled uncontrollably for the first 10-15 minutes, often shading her head in a towel while occasionally looking out to the crowd before rubbing her eyes again.
At long last, after more than 30 minutes of a delay that included the Korean federation having to expedite a payment for the use in the official appeal, Shin's attempt to overturn the result failed. That brought a crushing end to a ridiculously long period marked by piquant discussion between Olympic and Korean officials and occasional announcements trying to explain what was going on to the spectators in the crowd.

Clearly, Shin should have had a chance for the gold medal; if the timing mechanism didn't get stuck, the clock would have run out and she would have advanced. Yet denying Heidermann a shot without some kind of a playoff-style bout might have been equally cruel.

[ Related: Banned Greek jumper bitter, upset after racist tweet fallout (http://yhoo.it/MLlv07) ]
Either way, the fencing tournament somehow ended up with an unfortunate and completely unforeseen loser which will lead to plenty of gripes and arguments going forward from multiple national federations, to be sure.
Just to rub salt in the wound, Shin was forced to come back out and fence for the bronze medal almost immediately. In that bout, after jumping out to an early lead, the Korean fell to China's Sun Yujie, who claimed the bronze by a score of 15-11.

[ Related: Americans risk DQ over IOC social media ban (http://yhoo.it/ODkwkE) ]
There was little consolation for that result for Shin, particularly after she quite rightfully should have been fencing for a gold medal, a position which would have guaranteed her at least a silver. Still, throughout her bout — just as during the delay — the Korean was applauded and cheered by fans, and she earned a rapturous applause as she went and was consoled by her coach after the bronze medal defeat.
Somehow, that might not go far enough to making the Korean federation feel better about being royally worked over en route to missing out on a medal.

[mudyez]

thats what I was talking bout.

but don't blame the player...blame the game!

[ploto]

Heard an interesting comment today about how she didn't make any mistakes, the other two Americans were simply better. The rule is harsh but hardly unfair. Let's see how she does today, since she is competing only for the team and her country, not for herself. If she goes all out and does good that will be a true test of her character.

And if she does will the US reward her for it? Or will the individual medal holders reap all the glory (as they so often do)?...

She will get a chance on the finals of the floor exercise. I hope she does great that day!

It has to be hard on Aly, as well. She wants to celebrate getting to the all-around finals, but her best friend and Olympic roommate is crushed and was eliminated from doing so herself in the process.

You also have put a little blame on the US. If they wanted to make sure of who would get to the all-around, then they could have chosen to have only 2 girls do all 4 events in the qualifying round. That is what the men did with their 6 events. Only the top 2 men did all 6.

[tlongII]

Personally I feel worse for the Korean fencer.

[Reck]

This is not the first issue with the timing mechanism.

That shit happened on the women swimming too. The horn went off before the "take your mark" announcement.

London fails.

[wut]

The fencing controversy was flat out mesmerizing.

As for the gymnastics rule of only two compete for the all-around...rules are rules, but it doesn't make any sense to allow 20 other people who finished below her to compete for a medal over the current world champion who ended 4th of 24 (and clearly would have had a very good chance of winning a medal).

[Nathan89]

Wow. That fencing story enraged me.

[Libri]

USA women win gold in gymnastics.

:cry Russia :cry

[apalisoc_9]

Does anyone play fencing around here? Clock issue, and they dont change their ruling? how is that even possible..Really pissed at this shiiit. I remember crying my ass of when i was 15 after losing a final in a badminton match back home...all that hardword watsted..

[mudyez]

Does anyone play fencing around here? Clock issue, and they dont change their ruling? how is that even possible..Really pissed at this shiiit. I remember crying my ass of when i was 15 after losing a final in a badminton match back home...all that hardword watsted..

overall it seemes like a very gentleman like sport where they don't get mad about seconds. if there is to much passiveness, they just skip the last minutes of a period and so on...I guess nobody usually has a problem with stuff like that. but when it all of a sudden is about an olympic medal things change.

[mudyez]

did anyone see the badminton match between south korea and china?...both teams tried to lose!!! what a disgrace!

[Reck]

^ Dont know about Korea history of cheating but I know for sure China has had a long one.

[apalisoc_9]

did anyone see the badminton match between south korea and china?...both teams tried to lose!!! what a disgrace!

The reality is that, tanking is a common practise in sport. Pussy call..Instead of disqualification, let it go and change the damn system. Unfair decision..everyone just wants to win medals..their is absolutely nothing illegal in trying to lose game to get a better match-up..You basketball fans should know.

[Reck]

The reality is that, tanking is a common practise in sport. Pussy call..Instead of disqualification, let it go and change the damn system. Unfair decision..everyone just wants to win medals..their is absolutely nothing illegal in trying to lose game to get a better match-up..You basketball fans should know.


Dropping a few basketball game in the regular season doesn't even come close to dropping a match to get gold....for your country.

Not only does that expose you, but it makes your country look like a bunch of cheats.

[apalisoc_9]

Dropping a few basketball game in the regular season doesn't even come close to dropping a match to get gold....for your country.

Not only does that expose you, but it makes your country look like a bunch of cheats.

It really does not matter. Both the koreans and the chinese were trying to avoid the number 1 seed not because they are chinese but because they are seeded number 1. It is not something to be proud of, absoultey not. but it is what is..As an ahtlete specially on this kind of event you would do whatever it is that you need to do to win games legally. Nothing illegal with what they did at all.

The reall difference in opinion and on the decision is the fact that fans would much rather watch a fun game at least neutrals that is and not givve a fck about the resluts while yerspl in general would rather win. This is not our games, this is IMO is an event for the athletes..fans get what they can get...

And the severity does not change the fact that it is a common practise. Moral win, moral lost..all you really need to do is make sure you dont do something illegal..play by rules..not the players fault but the system..


Been happening in badminton games for as long as i can remember..change the damn system to a knockout phase and eliminate tanking.

[Reck]

Its not illegal but its considered cheating and if they were to advanced and win the gold it would have been a shallow win.

And actually the officials had warned them before and they kept doing it so they had it coming.

[apalisoc_9]

Its not illegal but its considered cheating and if they were to advanced and win the gold it would have been a shallow win.

And actually the officials had warned them before and they kept doing it so they had it coming.

So they did something that is legal and you would still consider it cheating..C'mon. you might as well disqulity the Japanese woman soccer team who applaud the tanking that they just did..Severity does not matter...

they had to lean on something..Man up and accept the fact that shit like this would happen if you dont fix it..or act like shit like this doesnt happen in badminton...i've been watching badminton for as long as i can remeber..and they do this now? weak sauce

[Reck]

Just because its not illegal doesn't mean you can do it and not be punished for it.

Dropping games is not taken seriously when doing it in your sport, in a long season. This is the Olympics if you hadn't figure that out.

It is even more stupid of them to keep doing that shit when they were forewarned before.

The idiots kept doing it despite warnings. That's like saying fuck you to the officials.

They got what they got and are lucky not to be banned from ever going to the Olympics. Period.

[apalisoc_9]

Just because its not illegal doesn't mean you can do it and not be punished for it.

Dropping games is not taken seriously when doing it in your sport, in a long season. This is the Olympics if you hadn't figure that out.

It is even more stupid of them to keep doing that shit when they were forewarned before.

The idiots kept doing it despite warnings. That's like saying fuck you to the officials.

They got what they got and are lucky not to be banned from ever going to the Olympics. Period.

Severity does not matter at all. Well fck the officials then..they have been tolerating this kind of shit so its their fcking fault. change the damn system. Alot of shit are frown upon hakc-a-shaq, etc...it does not matter where it happens..all that matters to the athletes is to win games.

they got fcked hard by an incompetent body..that is all


I guess we should punish the spurs for doing the hack-a-shaq since no one wants to watch that shit right?

If you want to push for something at least be consistent with it.

[Reck]

Basketball has nothing to do with the Badminton so what is your point?

The Olympics have their own rules. If they deem it cheating or abusive then that's their right to do so.

And just to be clear, if Stern was to put a rule that DQs a team for doing something liek you mentioned then they wouldn't do it.

[sinok]

Croatia Strikes again...

Antonija Mišura (https://www.google.fr/search?hl=fr&safe=off&psj=1&q=misura%20croatia&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&biw=1024&bih=518&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&authuser=0&ei=P40ZUJ7wMeeU0QXGzoDQCg)

Ouch
Painfully hot

[apalisoc_9]

Basketball has nothing to do with the Badminton so what is your point?

The Olympics have their own rules. If they deem it cheating or abusive then that's their right to do so.

And just to be clear, if Stern was to put a rule that DQs a team for doing something liek you mentioned then they wouldn't do it.

both sports and both are meant to be competitive maybe?

[Brazil]

France is having a nice start, 4th on medal total and gold ! :tu
USA and China are just untouchable
and :lol Spain

[Reck]

France is having a nice start, 4th on medal total and gold ! :tu
USA and China are just untouchable
and :lol Spain

The Chinamen are pissing me off honestly. lol

Those fuckers are unshakeable.

The Koreans are also coming up.

Overall, the USA is underachieving. Just earlier one of those fencing chicks choked a gold for USA.

She got so shelled shocked she didn't only loss gold but didn't even medal. :lol

[Brazil]

The Chinamen are pissing me off honestly. lol

Those fuckers are unshakeable.

The Koreans are also coming up.

Overall, the USA is underachieving. Just earlier one of those fencing chicks choked a gold for USA.

She got so shelled shocked she didn't only loss gold but didn't even medal. :lol

don't tell me about fencing... usually France is collecting medals with fencing same as judo but this year we have absolutely 0 medal ! :depressed

[Pelicans78]

Pakistan 2 - Argentina 0 in hockey.

Huge win for the Pakis.

[velik_m]

Does anyone play fencing around here? Clock issue, and they dont change their ruling? how is that even possible..Really pissed at this shiiit. I remember crying my ass of when i was 15 after losing a final in a badminton match back home...all that hardword watsted..

I think the issue was beacause the time is started on refs' command manually while stopped automatically by the machine as soon as the contact is made, also i believe the error was made in between and the time run out and the clock was reset (back to full second). But tbh i didn't watch it as women's epee is as boring as fencing gets.

[velik_m]

don't tell me about fencing... usually France is collecting medals with fencing same as judo but this year we have absolutely 0 medal ! :depressed

There is still team events in fencing, although no epee men's team this year (probably France's best bet).

[ElNono]

Well, at least Del Potro got to avenge the basketball/handball losses, only to get trounced by Federer in the next game...

[mudyez]

Dropping games in general may be a common practice, but with the olympic oath there is any reason to disqualify them!

[tlongII]

That USA judo chick was impressive beating the Brazilian this morning. Submission by armbar. She could be the first American woman to win judo gold in history.

[mudyez]

five rings/ways to improve the olympics:

red ring...as in "who gets the red traffic light":
Get rid of some of the shooting events and horse riding events (never liked horses being more important than humans in the olympics...feels a little like f1 or nascar)...nothing against them but who is watching them anyway and we will need room for...

green ring...as in "who gets the green traffic light":
...rugby and karate need to be in (rugby will be in 2016...karate does not)...maybe bring back baseball too!

blue ring...as in "blue chips":
Either have all sports use age limits and other restrictions, or no sports at all...I don't like soccer players having harsh restrictions but basketball or tennis players not...no problem with all of them having something like an "amateur or under-23years"-limit, but its just stupid to have it one way here and another there (and that also would include pro-weightlifters and so on)!

yellow/golden ring...as in "for the gold":
Have different sizes of medals (yeah, thats stolen from bill simmon's mvp-trophy idea)...make it huge for sports where you have to put in a lot of effort in order to win a single medal (thing tennis), small for sports where you can win multiple medals in a few days (think swimming) and medium for everything in between. Actually I don't like my own idea, but doesn't it suck that the team-usa-basetball-medal is basically worth as much as a one minute effort of one of the swimmers, which also starts in like 6 other events too?...at least get rid of the medal table or count medal winners (team-usa=12...phelps in beijing=1) and not medals!

black ring as in "black sheep" and "blackout":
- Enhanced drug testing!...but thats another story...At least dq all prior drug users lifetime from the Olympics (it hurts the games, when the drug-biker wins or this cesar-swimmer would make it)!
- Make more disciplines ko-style (for example badminton ^^)!
- Increase it to at least three weeks in order to make it possible to follow more events...right now there are like 4-5 things happening at the same time...2-3 would work better...the soccer world cup has it 3 weeks, so the olympics can too! TV is doing a bad job right now but even if they didn't its just impossible to follow enough of the events if you are really interested! also there would be one more week of world peace every three years....what, there is still war at the moment??? :O

[The Gemini Method]

That USA judo chick was impressive beating the Brazilian this morning. Submission by armbar. She could be the first American woman to win judo gold in history.

Very impressive victory by her and I'm surprised that's the first ever gold in Judo for the USofA. She beat the home country Judo representative, tlong, not a Brazillian. She beat a Brazillian in the semis

[tlongII]

Very impressive victory by her and I'm surprised that's the first ever gold in Judo for the USofA. She beat the home country Judo representative, tlong, not a Brazillian. She beat a Brazillian in the semis

Yes, I know it was the semis. That's why I said she "could" be the first to win gold. The Brazilian was the tougher opponent though.

[tlongII]

Gabby Douglas wins Gold in Women's All Around!

[The Gemini Method]

Yes, I know it was the semis. That's why I said she "could" be the first to win gold. The Brazilian was the tougher opponent though.


My bad. I didn't see the last part...I posted the reponse from the ol celly. Yeah the Brazillians are the tougher out--that's an impressive win nonetheless.

[Brazil]

New gold medal for FNT kayac with Emilie Fer ! literally Emilie Iron.

[Venti Quattro]

:lmao Barbosa

[Venti Quattro]

:lmao PRK has more gold medals than Russia

[Brazil]

:lmao Spain 2 medals 1 silver 1 bronze

Columbia > Spain

[mudyez]

btw.: can anyone explain the tiebreaker rule in gymnastics?

[Reck]

USA is getting going.

Ties China for most golds so far and most medals overall by 2.

[Spurtacus]

Worst sport so far is Boxing. The judges are blind. The refs are stupid. And matches are fixed.

I want MMA to replace Boxing.

[ploto]

btw.: can anyone explain the tiebreaker rule in gymnastics?

Women's all-around? They take the scores from your three highest scoring events and add those up to break the tie.

[MannyIsGod]

:lmao PRK has more gold medals than Russia

:lol Yeah but PRK you have to worry about being killed if you go home without a medal. Thats some serious fucking motivation.

[MannyIsGod]

I'm gonna have to watch some Judo matches. For whatever reason I didn't realize it was like jujitsu where they have submissions. Thats fucking cool.

[TDMVPDPOY]

lol former olympians living on past glory calling out current team members for not winning, fkn why cant these former wankers just stfu and stay away from the media...you had ur time, now let the current prop have their media 15min of fame bullshit whether they are winning or choking

[mudyez]

Women's all-around? They take the scores from your three highest scoring events and add those up to break the tie.

thanks!

[mudyez]

did you like the fixed boxing matches? :)

[Venti Quattro]

:lol Yeah but PRK you have to worry about being killed if you go home without a medal. Thats some serious fucking motivation.
I read an article in Yahoo that states that North Korea rewards their winners with cars and refrigerators and punish losers with labor camp. :rollin

[Slomo]

I'm gonna have to watch some Judo matches. For whatever reason I didn't realize it was like jujitsu where they have submissions. Thats fucking cool.

I know I'm not completely objective, but if you can watch Urska Zolnir's medal run. 2 submission and I believe 2 ippons. The comentator called it a lesson in judo ( and it wasn't even a slovenian comentator).

[Brazil]

I know I'm not completely objective, but if you can watch Urska Zolnir's medal run. 2 submission and I believe 2 ippons. The comentator called it a lesson in judo ( and it wasn't even a slovenian comentator).

:tu saw that !

in the other news Teddy Riner with the Gold !!! great French tradition after Douillet, Riner is dominating the category !!!! :toast

[Slomo]

:tu saw that !

in the other news Teddy Riner with the Gold !!! great French tradition after Douillet, Riner is dominating the category !!!! :toast

Unfortunately I missed the fight (i'm travelling), but I was definitely rooting for Teddy. :tu

[01Snake]

What's the deal with every "athlete" from Brazil going by only one name??

[Brazil]

What's the deal with every "athlete" from Brazil going by only one name??

they are using kind of nicknames often. Marcelo is becoming marcelhino.

[Muser]

Team GB dominating the cycling :)

[lefty]

lol England's women soccer team


Losing at home to Canada :lol

[Brazil]

Team GB dominating the cycling :)

:tu impressive job so far

[Reck]

Anyone care to explain why the China women's basketball team has a record of 3-1 to the US 3-0 and still have one more point than the Americans?

What kind of fuckery is that?

[rascal]

I read an article in Yahoo that states that North Korea rewards their winners with cars and refrigerators and punish losers with labor camp. :rollin

Propaganda

[rascal]

I read an article in Yahoo that states that North Korea rewards their winners with cars and refrigerators and punish losers with labor camp. :rollin

propaganda

[apalisoc_9]

http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/eh-game/british-cycling-gold-medallist-admits-crashing-purpose-142149173.html

If you're going to disqualify the chinese, why not disqualify this guy? apparently it's only cheating if you're Asian.

[Reck]

^ LOL are you chinese?

It wasn't smart of this little idiot to admit to crashing on purpose, the next time they'll have this guy on lockdown.

Nothing you can do now.

[apalisoc_9]

I guess you can take away his medal and show some consistency. For the record though, I dont think this dude did anything wrong, he was just stupid.

[TheRealCB]

Anyone care to explain why the China women's basketball team has a record of 3-1 to the US 3-0 and still have one more point than the Americans?

What kind of fuckery is that?

It's the system.A win is 2 points and a loss is 1.US just has one game less.

[mudyez]

wow...this british triathlete will crash by purpose too!!!

they need to restart!

[mystargtr34]

:lol Bolt jogging half the race and winning..

Ryan Bailey was damn impressive in Heat 2... ran 9.88

[MannyIsGod]

What's the deal with every "athlete" from Brazil going by only one name??

Just a cultural thing IE Nene and the entire soccer team.

[MannyIsGod]

I know I'm not completely objective, but if you can watch Urska Zolnir's medal run. 2 submission and I believe 2 ippons. The comentator called it a lesson in judo ( and it wasn't even a slovenian comentator).

I'll check it out for sure!

[BRHornet45]

sons when will Lolo be running?

[tlongII]

Galen Rupp wins Silver! Awesome! Great kid. I see him and Mo Farah training all the time.

[rascal]

Anytime I see a taped event on NBC with a Russian or North Korean(fencing, ping pong, women beach volleyball ect) in it I already know they will not win.

[ploto]

Galen Rupp wins Silver! Awesome! Great kid. I see him and Mo Farah training all the time.

Was fun to see them get gold and silver!

[mudyez]

Anytime I see a taped event on NBC with a Russian or North Korean(fencing, ping pong, women beach volleyball ect) in it I already know they will not win.

:lol

[lefty]

Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooolt

[Reck]

USA back to where they belong. Second in medals to the chinamen. :lol

[spurs1990]

http://www.francetvinfo.fr/live/message/501/ee0/41a/399/163/8b9/000/b63.html

Bolt 100m

[lefty]

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/8950/1343497352969.gifhttp://i.minus.com/iL8KEet4hiMZd.gif

[Reck]

LOL nice work on that first gif. rofl

[ploto]

One of my favorite moments from these Olympics:

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/About/General/2012/8/5/1344201553571/Oscar-Pistorius-008.jpg

[Nathan89]

Who are the retards that made these gymnastics rules?:bang

To settle a tie the winner is the person with the fewest deductions(something like that... I caught the end). A tie is a tie.

[Muser]

GB are doing really fucking well :hungry:

[Libri]

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/8950/1343497352969.gif

:lmao

[mudyez]

:lmao

I don't get it! ???

[Jodelo]

I don't get it! ???

Try thinking that he did the hand wave with the other hand...

[mudyez]

Try thinking that he did the hand wave with the other hand...

still don't get it!

[Trainwreck2100]

still don't get it!

when i say zieg you say?

[smaka]

Wow, that was really emotional from Felix Sanchez. Big respect to him!

[mudyez]

when i say zieg you say?

einigkeit und recht und freiheit!

[Reck]

Watching vaulting scare the shit out of me.

I always flinch when they are in the air with that pole.

Has anyone gotten impaled with one of those?

[mudyez]

This Olympics will go down as the most rigid games since the fall of GDR!

It's embarrassing.
Shame on you London!

[lefty]

http://bootyoftheday.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/olympic-ass-1.gif

[tlongII]

http://bootyoftheday.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/olympic-ass-1.gif

That girl could hurt you. :lol

[lefty]

1500 meters Gold Medal BITCHES !!!!!

[Jodelo]

1500 meters Gold Medal BITCHES !!!!!

Congrats lefty, you deserved it. :toast

[resistanze]

1gW_E_Zf8Og

[lefty]

Congrats lefty, you deserved it. :toast
Thank you Sir :toast

[Reck]

Damn, one too many flips.

[AussieFanKurt]

Oss0bTL14eE

[DAF86]

Las Leonas en la final.

Second medal for Argentina thanks to girls' hockey. Could be gold or silver.

[lefty]

Fuck yeah .........



https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/182104_447326771956655_1466134575_n.jpghttps://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/399558_271276906320329_885845700_n.jpg

[The Gemini Method]

Oh look, he faux bites the medal...so originale.

[Venti Quattro]

Please try something new like throwing the medal into the air. :lol

[DAF86]

Oss0bTL14eE

I need subtitles, tbh.

[NASpurs]

He's probably going to trade it in for 2 goats and a camel when he goes home.

[lefty]

Oh look, he faux bites the medal...so originale.

Like every gold medalist before him

[lefty]

He's probably going to trade it in for 2 goats and a camel when he goes home.
At least he will spend something unlike the Zionist Wankers :lmao

[The Gemini Method]

Like every gold medalist before him

Nigga. Lochte only did it to get his impression set for his new grill...str8 gangster.

[lefty]

Nigga. Lochte only did it to get his impression set for his new grill...str8 gangster.

:lol

[NASpurs]

At least he will spend something unlike the Zionist Wankers :lmao

:lol

Loosen your turban Rafik, it's cutting the circulation to your brain.

All that sand in your ears and asscrack has you bitter against Arsenal, only Chelsea has spent more than Arsenal this summer window. Try again you dumbfuck. :lmao

[Reck]

^ Damn. You really went in. :lol

[symple19]

just wanted to put it out there that i want to bang this chick

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/c16.0.403.403/p403x403/578645_387945067927131_2001651950_n.jpg

[lefty]

:lol

Loosen your turban Rafik, it's cutting the circulation to your brain.

All that sand in your ears and asscrack has you bitter against Arsenal, only Chelsea has spent more than Arsenal this summer window. Try again you dumbfuck. :lmao

So Arsenal spends money every 50 years :lmao

Omg Zionist wankers spent money in 2012 :wow


















Piers Morgan :lmao
Wenger and his stinky face :lmao
RVP stat padding :lmao
Jizzing over Giroux and Cazorla :lmao

Nasri telling the truth about those losers and winning the EPL with his new team in the process :rollin

[NASpurs]

Nasri telling the truth about those losers and winning the EPL with his new team in the process :rollin

"It is unfair because I think we have more merit as a club than those who have built their teams with millions of pounds whereas Arsenal have brought in young footballers, who have come here to play a certain kind of football and who have developed." - Samir Nasri

He's a fucking hypocrite lesbian looking faggot. You sure you want to use what he says as your retort? :lmao

[lefty]

He is fucking hypocrite lesbian looking faggot, I agree

Lol being shitted on by a fucking hypocrite lesbian looking faggot :lmao

[resistanze]

rnnhTDnyH5g&

[SAtown]

Fuck Alex Morgan and Hope Solo (literally and fig), who is dat hot Canadian blonde, eh?

[The Gemini Method]

Fuck Alex Morgan and Hope Solo (literally and fig), who is dat hot Canadian blonde, eh?

I was hoping they'd just go at it on the pitch. But alas...will have to only dream about such an event.

[LakerHater]

http://uppix.net/d/0/f/2d077cc69d7c41ecff18e9e0a15a6.gif

[mudyez]

lol tramp stamp

[BRHornet45]

http://i50.tinypic.com/2m9yma.jpg

[TDMVPDPOY]

amazing how the lesser known sports and less funded are winning medals, while the popular sports alot of athletes are choking like a bitch, cant wait for them to return home and beg the govt for more funding for these self entitled prima donas

[Libri]

The rythmic gymnasts are pleasing to the eye.

[ace3g]

Olympian Doppelgangers

http://sports.yahoo.com/photos/olympics-olympian-doppelg%C3%A4ngers-slideshow/miley-ray-cyrus-natalie-coughlin-photo-1344610267.html

[Reck]

amazing how the lesser known sports and less funded are winning medals, while the popular sports alot of athletes are choking like a bitch, cant wait for them to return home and beg the govt for more funding for these self entitled prima donas

Which more popular sports are the athletes choking at?

[Avante]

Jamaican men win break the world record in the 4x1 relay.

[IronMaxipad]

http://uppix.net/d/0/f/2d077cc69d7c41ecff18e9e0a15a6.gif

http://i.minus.com/ipMo3BvPCyOi.gif

[Venti Quattro]

:lol women's volleyball
:lol massive choke job
:lol Destinee Hooker

[resistanze]

PAINFUL DQ for the Canadian Men's 4 x 100m relay. They were all in tears. Just terrible.

[lefty]

PAINFUL DQ for the Canadian Men's 4 x 100m relay. They were all in tears. Just terrible.

Yeah I saw that

It really sucks

[ALVAREZ6]

:lol brazil, still can't get that olympic gold. the players even said it was a mission of theirs this time around since it's the only championship they don't have :lol.

[MannyIsGod]

Sup now China?!!?!?!?!!!

[symple19]

http://i.huffpost.com/gen/723844/thumbs/r-VOLLEYBALL-PORN-large570.jpg

[The Gemini Method]

http://i50.tinypic.com/2m9yma.jpg

Is it wrong of me to secretly wish for a threesome porn video involving these three to somehow make its way to the internetz?

[Avante]

Jamaican men win break the world record in the 4x1 relay.

Bingo!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Slomo]

:lol women's volleyball
:lol massive choke job
:lol Destinee Hooker

Yep.

Although Brazil's defense was incredible and the US forgot about Hooker - not that it would have made a difference in this game.

[Reck]

We still got det gold pat.

[TDMVPDPOY]

i just had to post this, aussie synchonised swimmin team

http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/405198_447251265307486_1355215415_n.jpg

[Reck]

With that said, these Olympics were pretty boring and non-exciting.

[Slomo]

I disagree. There was a lot of good sports to watch, and a lot of athletes to cheer.

[tlongII]

It was a great Olympics.

[lefty]

It was a great Olympics.

Would Greg Oden and Roy have participated if they werent drafted by the Blazers ?

[Slomo]

I already posted this in the club, but it should be in this thread for continuity reasons :D

http://i.minus.com/iAzASPnShhwve.jpg

[lefty]

:lmao

[velik_m]

:lol

So what is the over/under for medals taken away because of doping?