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Official 2008 Olympic thread

Discussion in 'Other Sports' started by Faos, Aug 6, 2008.

  1. Lil Pun

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    Nobody filed a protest it looks like. Would get an extra medal if somebody did.
     
  2. Storm Surge

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    what are you talking about the official results are johnson and dix silver and bronze this wasn't live the results were up by 10 AM this morning
     
  3. ivanyy2000

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    United States should file a protest. That usain bolt guy definitely is not a human. I bet there is an alien inside of him.

    Human can't race against alien.
     
  4. francis 4 prez

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    no ****, sherlock. maybe some people like to watch it on tv?
     
  5. Lil Pun

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    Exactly.
     
  6. yuantian

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    LMAO these Chinese fans sure likes runners now. :) first it was Bolt, now Sheena. :D
     
  7. francis 4 prez

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    would medals from DQ really make you that happy? i mean you'd be glad to have them but you'd know you weren't really the fastest. granted, when you trip on a hurdle even though you're the fastest, you don't feel good even though you know you were the best.


    lol, he did say "i still lost."
     
  8. yuantian

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    yams? :D i will go eat some yams!
     
  9. Storm Surge

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    Not everyone is intelligent like you some people might have thought this was live ya know, no need to get all jumpy.
     
  10. yuantian

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    anyone jumped off these platforms before? i am scared of height! :eek:
     
  11. JunkyardDwg

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    Seriously.
     
  12. francis 4 prez

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    do they ever let the chinese divers leave the pool? they're like cold, emotionless, robots on these damn dives. they couldn't miss if they wanted to.
     
  13. Cannonball

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    Yes. The first time I did it, I took a breath as soon as I jumped and it seemed like it took 30 seconds before I hit the water. By the time I got back to the surface, I was out of breath.
     
  14. francis 4 prez

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    not only did you jump in and act like it was weird that people didn't know the result since it already happened as if we aren't all well aware of the time difference, then you told us the result. as has already been mentioned about 5 times in this thread, most people watching on tv want to find out what happens as they are watching it on tv, not 5 minutes before they're going to see it to take away all the suspense.
     
  15. Lil Pun

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    I've heard/read some pretty crazy stories.
     
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    So why ruin it for them rookie ?
     
  17. yuantian

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    lol, it's not bad at all. one of the olympic diving champion, fu minxia, lived a few streets away from my neighborhood when i was still a kid. there is a training center not far. they just train there. it's open to the public too. it's not bad. we were jealous of them cause they never have to go to school. going to school is way worse.
     
  18. GlassHalfFull

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    The Equestrian events at the Olympics were held in Hong Kong due to problems with quarantine requirements for the horses. Quite frankly, this is pretty crappy. The riders do not get to be a part of the olympic village experience.

    Australia has very strict animal quarantine regulations and were able to make accommondations in order to have the equestrian events held in Sydney. It seems like if China wanted the Olympics, they should have been able to figure out a way to have all the athletes in Bejing.
     
  19. yuantian

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    really? i always thought hong kong wanted a piece of the olympic pie. that's why beijing give to them. meh, equestrian don't belong in the olympics anyways.
     
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    It seems that way in the other sports as well. Like programmed robots or soldiers assigned to their sport like a war mission.
     

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