Since the douche Spoiler tinger is going to be a douche, put him on the ignore list. I did and the thread is better for it.
Nike’s ad as seen in today’s Beijing News (Photo by Andrew Lih) The translation, from a version of the ad running in today’s English-language China Daily: Love Competition Love risking your pride Love winning it back Love giving it everything you’ve got Love the glory Love the pain Love sport even when it breaks your heart http://blogs.wsj.com/chinajournal/2...-from-liu-xiangs-sponsors/?mod=googlenews_wsj
That may be true but do we need to create these synchronized diving events so that Chinese can win more medals? How about if we add slam dunk or co-ed basketball to the list of ridiculous Olympic sports? BTW, I have no problems with China winning more medals than us this time. After all, they do have the home field advantage. Last time we had it in our backyard (Atlanta), we won 44 gold medals.
Do they really need beach volleyball? I know China is doing pretty good as well, but this wa done because US wanted more gold. Everyone want to increase the events they are good at. They did not have any 50 meter events in swimming but then they added those, do they really need these? Obviously added for countries like US, Australia.
Unbelievable. Olympic team photos put spotlight on Latin sporting 'racism' Images of Spanish and Argentine Olympians doing crude impressions of Chinese people have focused attention on the perceived acceptability of racial slurs in Latin countries. The sportsmen and women pictured in the photos have said they did not realise the gestures would cause offence, but their light-hearted approach to racial sensitivity is not unique in their countries. Spanish sport in particular has a poor reputation for taking allegations of racism seriously. Luis Aragones, then the Spanish football coach, was fined only a day’s wages after being caught on film describing striker Thierry Henry as a “black s***” during a training session. The British Government demanded "the firmest possible action" against Spanish fans who subjected English players including Ashley Cole and Shaun Wright-Phillips to monkey taunts during a friendly in Madrid in 2004, after Spanish sporting authorities offered only lukewarm condemnation. The previous night's under-21 clash between the two nations had also been marred by racist chanting. The Spanish Football Federation was eventually fined £44,750, which anti-racism campaigners dismissed as too low. The small number of black footballers playing in the Spanish domestic league have also been targeted. Barcelona’s Cameroon international Samuel Eto'o threatened to walk off the pitch during a match against Real Zaragoza in 2006 after being racially abused by the crowd. The referee had to stop play to arrange for an announcement over the tannoy calling for the chants to stop. British Formula One star Lewis Hamilton has also been the victim of racist insults in Spain, once being greeted by a group of white spectators with painted black faces wearing T-shirts saying “Hamilton’s Family”. The Spanish reaction to the subsequent controversy – criticism of the fans’ behaviour, mixed with confusion that their actions were taken so seriously – reflected a culture where racist insults are considered to be on a par with jibes about an athlete’s weight, personality and hair colour. Argentina, with an even smaller black population than Spain, has less of a history of sporting racism, although in 2005 footballer Leandro Desabato was arrested on the side of the pitch and held for 40 hours on charges that he racially insulted an opponent. The charges were later dropped. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...s-put-spotlight-on-Latin-sporting-racism.html
There is little hope that we can win in baseball, not when our best players are minor leaguers. Pay attention to water polo: team U.S.A. has been doing surprisingly well. I've been following track and field closely and I have to say that the results so far have been dissapointing.
Change the name of this thread to "Discuss Controversial things about the Olympics" Come on people, give it a rest.
IMHO, popularity should be one of the determining factors for creating new Olympic sport. Beach volleyball is very popular, not just in the US. Synchronized diving, OTOH, is not.
The goal of the Olympic movement: According to the Olympic Charter, established by Pierre de Coubertin, the goal of the Olympic Movement is to contribute to building a peaceful and better world by educating youth through sport practiced without discrimination of any kind and in the Olympic spirit, which requires mutual understanding with a spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair play. http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/index_uk.asp Having and debating a medal count seems to be in direct contradiction to the spirit of the Games. Does it really matter if total Golds mean more or total medals? Can't we just say that they are both impressive feats. My personal thought on the matter is if the Silver and Bronze medal didn't mean anything, then they wouldn't have them, period. Some of these athletes that you see that win a medal are just as elated as if they had one a Gold; they are happy to have earned the honor to just be up on that podium (see the US Men's Gymnastics team). Would you be able to stand in front of them, and say to their face that they are a loser just because they got Silver instead of Gold. Doesn't seem to be in the Olympic Spirit, just like that coached who berated Jenn Stuczynki for failing to surpass Isinbayeva in the pole vault. But of course that doesn't mean Bronze and Silver are as impressive as being the absolute champion at your respective sport. I'm sure everyone of these athletes, while happy with their accomplishments, are looking to the next competition, trying to find some way to be the best. Because while second certainly doesn't mean you are a loser as some have coldly put, it does mean that there is still one person that is better than you. And that would gnaw at me, as it would any athlete. For others, those athletes that won't have a tomorrow, like Alicia Sacramone, it's a bittersweet moment; happy for what you have accomplished, but always wondering "what if." I'll admit it's nice to see how many medals the US has won...but is it really necessary to see where we rank with other countries? Not really...maybe one day we can focus on these individual athletes' accomplishments entirely and not even care which country they represented and how many medals your homeland received.
watching these women's 200m and listening to ato boldon, how do you look and go "oh no, we let up too early, now we're 3rd" in these 200m type races? how hard can it be to run to the end? you've run 175 or so meters already, is keeping it going for another 25m going to kill you? hell, you don't even have to go all out, just don't completely let up. i don't understand it. are you not aware other people out there are also running fast?
GO WORLD Wei Shengchu, 58, a practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine, poses for photos with his head covered with acupuncture needles representing 205 national flags and an Olympic torch
Some of the muscles on his right cheek were not functioning well, he looked paralysed. That's why you don't get your head accupunctured with 206 needles.
Bolt didn't even look like he was trying at the turn. What other events is he in? Is he in any relays?
