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Official 2012 Olympics Thread

Discussion in 'Other Sports' started by ItsMyFault, Jul 6, 2012.

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I need to stop coming back to this thread. The smug is suffocating.

#1581 tehG l i d e, Aug 9, 2012

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US wins both overall and Gold medal count for this Olympics.
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America. **** yeah.

#1582 The Real Shady, Aug 9, 2012
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Probably made in China.
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Thanks for pointing out that you are such a hater and that you are such a douche who is lack of an iota sense of humor.

Good night, sir.

#1583 BornTexan, Aug 9, 2012
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Thanks for pointing out that you are such a hater and that you are such a douche who is lack of an iota sense of humor.

Good night, sir.
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You're probably made in China.

#1584 xcrunner51, Aug 9, 2012
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Tom Hammond just compared Usain Bolt to Muhammad Ali... Not sure what to make of that really...

#1585 VanityHalfBlack, Aug 9, 2012
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Probably made in China.
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get em xcrunner51, get em... Show the internet world what your key strokes are made of...

#1586 VanityHalfBlack, Aug 9, 2012
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HAHA, blaming Stalin is more like it.

Seriously, the US team were intimidated by the Japanese front court in the penalty area indeed because they lost to them in the world cup. They were in total loss of composure and don't even mention sportsmanship.
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So intimidated that they came out and scored in the 8th minute. Don't know what game you were watching but both teams played with class for the most part and the only big call missed was the hands violation.

Japan had plenty of opportunities to score. Bad calls happen. No excuses.

#1587 JunkyardDwg, Aug 9, 2012

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BornTexan said: ↑

Thanks for pointing out that you are such a hater and that you are such a douche who is lack of an iota sense of humor.

Good night, sir.
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We'll just blame China. Mmmkay, thanks.

#1588 CometsWin, Aug 9, 2012
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Shouldn't you be cheering for these guys?

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I'm not even sure I know which country that is.

#1589 ItsMyFault, Aug 10, 2012
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Are you even American? Your username says 'BornTexan' but your grammar is terrible and your sentences don't make any sense.
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He's just here to troll. He's been doing it for a while.

#1590 ItsMyFault, Aug 10, 2012
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Are you even American? Your username says 'BornTexan' but your grammar is terrible and your sentences don't make any sense.
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you just described most americans.

#1591 fallenphoenix, Aug 10, 2012
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I'm not even sure I know which country that is.
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Turkey???

#1592 VanityHalfBlack, Aug 10, 2012
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Looks like someone is butt hurt about Bolt's winnings...

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/olympics--usain-bolt-hurts-own-image-with-shot-at-carl-lewis.html

LONDON – Until 11:45 p.m. London time on Thursday, Usain Bolt had achieved something even more remarkable than turning the Olympic Stadium track into his own personal drag strip.

He'd managed to be the most toweringly arrogant, endlessly cocky, thoroughly likeable guy in sports.

Then he nuked Carl Lewis.

There went the American vote, Usain. Hope the endorsement deals in Jamaica and Europe stay strong.

Bolt's run as the most popular foreign athlete in the United States – maybe ever, or at least in the argument – might have ended abruptly Thursday night. After winning his fifth career Olympic gold medal and second of the London Games, he veered out of his way in the 200-meter news conference to savage Lewis, who merely won nine gold medals for America during his brilliant sprinting-and-jumping career. Them's fightin' words.

[ Related: Bolt blasts Lewis after track legend made critical comments ]

Bolt was asked about the great sprinters of all time, with the names Jesse Owens and Carl Lewis mentioned. Bolt gave props to Owens then announced, "I'm going to say something controversial."

Did he ever.

"Carl Lewis, I have no respect for him," Bolt said. "The things he says about the track athletes are very downgrading. I think he's just looking for attention because nobody really talks about him.

"I've lost all respect for him. All respect."

Bolt was asked what caused him to lose respect for Lewis.

"All drug stuff," he responded.

Four years ago, when Bolt exploded in Beijing by winning three gold medals, Lewis specifically questioned Bolt's huge time drop in the 100 meters, from 10.03 to 9.69 in the course of a year.

"If you don't question that in a sport that has the reputation it has right now, you're a fool," Lewis said. "Period."

Back to the present and back to you, Bolt.

"For an athlete to be out of the sport and be saying that is really upsetting," he said Thursday night.

[ Related: Bolt makes quick work of 200 field for historic double ]

Actually, Bolt took a shot at Lewis earlier in the night in the media zone just off the track. There, he was asked a drug-related question that did involve the name "Victor Conte" but did not involve the name "Carl Lewis." Yet Bolt went there on his own.

Usain Bolt, center, celebrates before receiving his gold medal for winning the 200. (AP)"It's really amazing when people talk stupid stuff," Bolt said. "Lewis, nobody remembers who he is. … We [the Jamaicans] work hard, we push ourselves to the limit. I shouldn't even have to respond to that."

This could be the tipping point for Bolt. A guy with a huge approval rating and the most mesmerizing performer in sports just gave a whole lot of people a fresh reason to appraise him much more critically.

There was fresh reason to celebrate Jamaican speed Thursday, and fresh reason to question it. The tiny island nation swept the podium in the 200, with Bolt taking gold, Yohan Blake silver and Warren Weir bronze. That fulfilled Bolt's pre-race marching orders to Weir: "One, two, tree," he said, to accurately quote Weir's Jamaican diction.

[Video: Usain Bolt blasts into history]

One-two-tree, indeed. With the sweep in hand, the announcer at Olympic Stadium spoke the truth: "It's going to be a long night in Kingston tonight."

But in London, there were questions to be asked and answered. Blake was asked about a three-month doping suspension in 2009 after testing positive for a stimulant.

"In life," Blake said, "you have obstacles."

In an epic news conference Freudian slip, an American sports writer mistakenly started a question about the Jamaican track team by referring to the "Jamaican drug team." After the laughter in the room died down, the question was asked: Usain, are you sure your team is clean?

"Without a doubt," Bolt said. "We train hard. … We do our best to show the world we are clean."

Until going after Lewis, Bolt had shown the world that it's possible to be the world's fastest man, have the world's biggest ego and still be the world's most enjoyable athlete.

This is normally a toxic combination. We like our superstars humble – even if the humility is false. We've bred an entire generation of athletes who will throw no-hitters, rack up triple-doubles or score four touchdowns only to blandly chalk it all up to great teammates and good luck. That has become the accepted, recommended and even enforced method of analyzing one's own greatness.

Not Bolt. Hell no.

[ Photos: 'Living legend' Usain Bolt | Athlete page: More on Usain Bolt ]

Maybe 20 times Thursday, he referred to himself as a "living legend," after becoming the first sprinter in Olympic history to win the 100 and 200 in consecutive Olympics. He agreed that he is now in the same category as Muhammad Ali and Michael Jordan in the pantheon of global sports icons. He put himself on the same level as Bob Marley in terms of importance to Jamaica.

And yet it all worked. Why? Because Bolt is the blazing ambassador of fun.

Everything is a laugh with Bolt. Everything is a joke. He is true to Jamaican stereotype in his ability to smile in the face of stress.

Best example: Before the 200, with the stadium dripping tension, Bolt looked at the girl volunteer who was in charge of his lane on the track.

"You're nervous," he said to her.

"Yes," she answered.

"Why?" he asked.

"I'm so excited!" she responded.

"That's the thing I like to do," Bolt explained later. "I'll bump a fist for the person carrying my bag, to show appreciation. I know they're over the moon."

[ Video: American runner breaks leg and still finishes race ]

What American athlete would matter-of-factly acknowledge the fact that he or she sends The Common People over the moon? Bolt does it, and it's fine, because that's just who he is.

Of course, it's a lot easier to be a character and a showman if you can back it up. When Bolt was introduced to the crowd before the 200, he mimicked the queen's restrained parade wave; that was big-screen gold. Then he smoked Blake, Weir and the rest of the field.

Bolt has backed up the bravado every time he's run an Olympic race. He's 5-for-5, with a relay race still to go here.

There's nothing worse than a big talker who can't walk the walk. Or, in this case, run the run. Bolt can run the run.

But then Usain Bolt, lovable egomaniac, ran outside his lane. At the height of his glory he stooped to petty shots at an American track legend – not a great look for a champion, not a graceful end to a glorious night.

Now we'll see what the fallout will be. It's all glory and celebration in Kingston tonight, but how will killing Carl Lewis play in Peoria?
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#1593 VanityHalfBlack, Aug 10, 2012

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Algeria

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VanityHalfBlack said: ↑

Looks like someone is butt hurt about Bolt's winnings...

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/olympics--usain-bolt-hurts-own-image-with-shot-at-carl-lewis.html

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Wow that is one butt hurt journalist, Lewis probably was his childhood idol.

His comments about Lewis will take him away from the US market and make him the most arrogant athlete ever, yea sure.

#1595 Yung-T, Aug 10, 2012
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VanityHalfBlack said: ↑

Looks like someone is butt hurt about Bolt's winnings...

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/olympics--usain-bolt-hurts-own-image-with-shot-at-carl-lewis.html

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i'm american and bolt is right. lewis should keep his mouth shut and not insinuate drug use by bolt. i'd be pissed too. frankly in my view bolt didn't hurt his image he help it. standing up for yourself while someone has been hating is all right with me.

so i guess bolt didn't lose the americans, well at least not this one.

#1596 ipaman, Aug 10, 2012
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When you tell your wife/GF you are goin out with your friends tonight:

#1597 Yung-T, Aug 10, 2012
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I'd like to thank the sport of Women's Water Polo for helping me overcome being impotent in the past 2 wks or so... Since then, I've now c*m more than a seaman during battle, thank you U.S Women's Water Polo Team...

#1598 VanityHalfBlack, Aug 10, 2012

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I'd like to thank the sport of Women's Water Polo for helping me overcome being impotent in the past 2 wks or so... Since then, I've now c*m more than a seaman during battle, thank you U.S Women's Water Polo Team...

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Meh. They would cure my 24 hour erection so I wouldn't have to call a doctor.

#1599 The Real Shady, Aug 10, 2012
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Meh. They would cure my 24 hour erection so I wouldn't have to call a doctor.
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Agreed, the B on the right of the spoilered picture looks great though.

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