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08-10-2008, 08:22 PM
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The other thread is full of too many loser faces.
The U.S. girls' gymnastics performance was a little tough to watch today. They qualified fine, but they have a lot of things they need to address.
Oh, and go U.S. basketball. Smoke show!
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08-10-2008, 08:38 PM
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08-10-2008, 08:44 PM
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08-10-2008, 08:44 PM
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Michael Phelps' performance last night was incredible. Let's hope he can keep it up.
It's a good thing I'm a night owl - I can catch a lot of these events live.
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08-10-2008, 08:45 PM
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Originally Posted by KennethB  I'm watching women's 100m breast stroke semis right now. |  |
08-10-2008, 08:47 PM
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Originally Posted by fenderhutz Quote:
Originally Posted by KennethB I'm watching women's 100m breast stroke semis right now. | | +1  even though you got there first
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08-10-2008, 08:56 PM
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08-10-2008, 09:18 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Sydney, Australia | | | I surprised my self yesterday. I watch the entire Womens Cycling road race, all 4-5 hours of it. I felt for those poor girls riding in the pouring rain. But it was nice to see them riding around the same section of the Great Wall that I visited earlier this year. Great Stuff.
I think the Aussies are going to struggle for medals this time around. Stephanie Rice grabbed Gold in the pool yesterday, but she had to smash a World Record to do it. Incidentally, so did the German who came second. Fancy swimming at that pace to not win - That's tough going.
Phelps was indeed fantastic yesterday. With Ian Thorpe retired, Phelps stands to win a lot of medals from now until he retires. He and Thorpe are freaks, and I can't see another freak in the pipeline.
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08-10-2008, 09:36 PM
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Eight one hundredths of a second. Holy ****.
Insane. Absolutely bonkers. Holy ****.
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08-10-2008, 09:43 PM
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08-10-2008, 10:26 PM
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Congrats to you Americans!! 
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08-10-2008, 10:29 PM
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Originally Posted by DigMe WOW!! Can there be a better moment in the rest of the Olympics than the men coming from behind to beat the smack-talking French?! That was insane...what a race.
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That was a pretty intense moment - definitely one of the best olympic moments I've ever seen.
The look on the French's faces were priceless.*
*I'm not some stereotypical francophobe, but if you're gonna talk hard smack like that you better back it up!
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08-10-2008, 10:30 PM
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08-10-2008, 10:35 PM
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08-10-2008, 10:36 PM
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Originally Posted by DigMe WOW!! Can there be a better moment in the rest of the Olympics than the men coming from behind to beat the smack-talking French?! That was insane...what a race.
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08-10-2008, 10:57 PM
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Originally Posted by MakiSupaStar I'm skeptical on the age of a couple of those chinese girls. | No kidding. I like the announcers totally making stuff up to conceal it as well. |
08-10-2008, 11:09 PM
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Originally Posted by DigMe WOW!! Can there be a better moment in the rest of the Olympics than the men coming from behind to beat the smack-talking French?! That was insane...what a race.
bc | "Crush the Americans? Really now French dude? Without America, your name would be Heinrich Von Farfignugen or something." That's what I said. |
08-11-2008, 12:40 AM
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Originally Posted by MakiSupaStar Stoked on the swimming and water polo. Grew up swimming and playing polo. Also have been enjoying the gymnastics thus far. | You forgot to add "Grew up wearing a unitard."
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08-11-2008, 12:43 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Waco, TX | | | I loved Lezak's (guy who swam the last leg) quote afterwards, ""I've been on the last two relays, where we came up short, and to be honest with you, I was tired of losing,"
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08-11-2008, 01:13 AM
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Originally Posted by MakiSupaStar Stoked on the swimming and water polo. Grew up swimming and playing polo. Also have been enjoying the gymnastics thus far. I'm skeptical on the age of a couple of those chinese girls. |
On the other side of the gymnastics age issue, I find myself kind of rooting for that 33 year-old German participating in women's vault. I thought you were supposed to be washed up at 19 in that sport. 
That 400 m swimming relay was one of the greatest Olympic events I have ever watched. It's truly a shame that morf isn't here any more.... I'd have loved to give him some grief about it.
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