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Official 2008 Olympic thread

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

  1. JunkyardDwg

    JunkyardDwg Member

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    Now Sacramone needs to hopefully medal on vault during event finals and I think she'll be able to rest a lot easier.

    Women's All-Around >>>>> Men's All-Around


    More drama and better quality competition.
     
  2. yuantian

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    didn't Liukin have higher difficulty than Shawn?
     
  3. IROC it

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    Exactly, if anything Nas should have got about a 1.5 point higher score on vault...
     
  4. yuantian

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    NBC is doing a heck of a job gaining audience after today.
     
  5. Kam

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    cant wait to hear the ssb.
     
  6. RocketsHero

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    em, shawn had a difficulty of 6.5 while Liukin had a 7.7
     
  7. Why So Serious?

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    Yea I reread the article right after I posted it yea I guess it is live here...... embarrassing
     
  8. CometsWin

    CometsWin Breaker Breaker One Nine

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    First of all, that judging blew. Props to the Americans for keeping their cool. Second of all, that Nastia chick is beautiful to watch. She's a stone cold killer too, you can tell she owned it before it even started. Third of all, how cool is it that old Soviet gold medal winners move to the US and have kids that go win gold medals for the good ole USA, that's freakin awesome.
     
  9. Kam

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    whenever they play the SSB, do you guys cheer and yell when they say ROCKETS RED GLARE?


    i've been doing that alot.
     
  10. Oski2005

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    Out of curiousity I looked up the performance of the girl who won in Athens, she seemed a lot better than the top 3 today:

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  11. Why So Serious?

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    Now that is something I am looking forward to. :D
     
  12. yuantian

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    Liukin was born in Moscow. so she is sort of 1st generation. :)
     
  13. Kam

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    Didn't you hate Gymnastics earlier?

    thought you were waiting for track and field.
     
  14. francis 4 prez

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    they have a different anthem for gymnastics than for swimming? weird.

    also, we have a kickass national anthem. it's so much more forceful and to the point than all the other meandering anthems out there (except france, they have a pretty good one too).
     
  15. MADE

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    looks like they tried to get a shot of the gold medal...but panned out real quick b/c it was on her crotch :eek:
     
  16. yuantian

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    Chinese anthem is the best. :) i love the lyrics.
     
  17. CometsWin

    CometsWin Breaker Breaker One Nine

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    It's all that's on dude.
     
  18. real_egal

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    If they read this board, maybe the cheers will faint a little bit:)
     
  19. Kam

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    Does the Chinese anthem have the words ROCKETS red glare?





    cant wait for track and the 100m.
     
  20. AGBee

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    From Allen, TX...just north of Plano...must be something in the water there.
     

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