Another Olympic Update: Mens Decathlon Results Spoiler American Bryan Clay takes the gold and also gets the customary title of "World's Greatest Athlete" that goes along with it. Link: http://www.nbcolympics.com/trackandfield/resultsandschedules/rsc=ATM900000/eventstandings.html Congrats to Bryan on the gold!!!
NBC in 30 minutes. They're delaying it 45 minutes because of the Today show. WTF??? Or you can watch it online with no commentary. http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/player.html?assetid=BK1H-BJ-SD02-082208-220506
Olympic Curse? http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/be...-of-quot-A-Shot-at-Glory-quot-?urn=oly,102409 Before the Olympics began, the HD television station Mojo ran a miniseries, "A Shot at Glory," which told the stories of eleven American Olympians. I enjoyed the series, but looking back, things did not go well for the athletes profiled. Consider: - Wrestler Daniel Cormier had to drop out of the games after he was hospitalized just hours after weigh-in with kidney failure and other physical problems from cutting weight. - Wallace Spearmon ran the finals in the 200m, but was disqualified for crossing into a competitor's lane. - Boxer Gary Russell Jr., a medal threat for the United States, dropped out of the games when he passed out while trying to make weight. - Gymnast Samantha Peszek sprained her ankle minutes before the women's qualification round, relegating her to one performance on the uneven parallel bars. - Runner Tyson Gay injured his leg at the Olympic trials and didn't qualify for the 200m. He then didn't make the finals for the 100m, a race he was expected to medal in. - Swimmer Kate Ziegler did not make the finals in any of her events, though she was expected to medal. That's a pretty frightening record. To future Olympians, if you are approached to participate in this series, you might want to think twice.
Wow...this frikkin sucks...I'm at work right now and my computer won't play it and I need to download a plug in but I can't...guess I have to wait 20 more mins
I was just thinking about an old Olympic moment that happened back in 1992 I believe. Does anybody else remember something about "Dan or Dave" and some kind of rivalry they had going into or in the Olympics during the Barcelona games?
Amanda Beard was on the cover of Bejing Olympic Games '08 and she didn't even make it into the semis of her only event. And it looks like Tyson Gay was on that cover too.
Stayed up to watch the Men's beach volleyball...Phil Dalhausser dominated... Right after the match, Costas reported "new info" regarding the underage Chinese women gymnist...hmmm...
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Bolt update. Spoiler Lightning strike again as Bolt and his teammates win the 4x100 relay while breaking the world record. Like there was any doubt before the race started.
Has Jamaica ever been tested for some sort of performance enhancing drugs? It is just too amazing to me that they are blowing away the competition. No, I 'm not screaming foul. They are all running freaks.
