Patrick Burns Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 HOLY CRAP that relay race was amazing. Take that France. I think that race permanently disabled my adrenal glands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jam Stunna Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 I think that race permanently disabled my adrenal glands. Hell yes. Fuck you, France. USA is amazing. I still love you Doulifee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vivi22 Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 Hell, the only three interesting sports to even watch are American football, football and hockey. Don't lie; Hockey is boring as hell and American Football is 2 minutes of play followed by 30 of time outs. You also don't watch enough sports obviously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malaki-LEGEND.sys Posted August 11, 2008 Author Share Posted August 11, 2008 Wow... Fencing is interesting thus far. Hannah Thompson just got brutally owned by Germany's girl Carolin with 5-13. She was coming back towards the end, but in the end she was outplayed. That German girl can scream loud as hell though... Fun times. Go Germany! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 I like how the US set a world record for the 400m freestyle relay in swimming, without Phelps. Goes to show how AWESOME US swimming is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixto Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 Fuuuuuuuck that relay race had me on the edge of my seat! I went absolutely nuts, I'm sure the neighbors heard me shouting. And the look on France's face...sooooo good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sole Signal Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 I like how the US set a world record for the 400m freestyle relay in swimming, without Phelps. Goes to show how AWESOME US swimming is. US swimming is awesome, but Phelps was the lead man in the relay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarvi Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 How is Phelps doing anyways? I was watching the Olympics a bit, and saw him break the record for... mens 400m swimming? IDK, it was whatever the first medal he won was. I remember it said he had a shot at 8 golds, which would break the records for the number of golds in one olympics and I'm curious to see if he'll do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sole Signal Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 How is Phelps doing anyways? I was watching the Olympics a bit, and saw him break the record for... mens 400m swimming? IDK, it was whatever the first medal he won was. I remember it said he had a shot at 8 golds, which would break the records for the number of golds in one olympics and I'm curious to see if he'll do it. He's 2 for 2 so far. He already gold medaled the two toughest events he had to swim and is favored for the final 6 events he's in. Pretty cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maco70 Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 A rich Chinese girl from my Bio class is there in china right now, rooting for team USA. That is all I have to say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I-n-j-i-n Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 That swimming relay race was crazy. It literally came down to the length of a hand. Nice touch for the second black swimmer ever on the US team to win too. Nice touch from the broadcast showing the French team talking crap about the US team beforehand. I think most up-for-the-medal competitions are pretty good. Most of them do come pretty close in the end. I hope they do a better job of announcing which events have the medal on the line at the end of a specific competition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jam Stunna Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 Ha, I watched the US Women's volleyball team get served by Cuba last night. Those wily communists tore us a new one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 US swimming is awesome, but Phelps was the lead man in the relay. Oh I meant the qualifier round for the relay. However, I finally saw the finals and went nuts. LOL@the French. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Burns Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 I never watch gymnastics, but watching them in the olympics has been twisting my stomach into knots. It has made me remember for the first time in a while why I quit so long ago: I was scared out of my mind. I had been doing it since I was 5, but it was only a month or two after our coach started teaching us front giants when I split. What a wuss... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey Taucer Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 GOOOO SASHAAAAAAAAAA ARTEMEV SAVES THE DAY! USA BRONZE! That was fucking intense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyan_Ide Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 GOOOO SASHAAAAAAAAAAARTEMEV SAVES THE DAY! USA BRONZE! That was fucking intense. No kidding. Good on them. Their high bar work was simply electrifying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixto Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 Jesus Christ, Sasha was incredible on the pommel horse. I wasn't expecting USA to medal at all in men's gymnastics. Also, ONE MORE GOLD AND WORLD RECORD FOR PHELPS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 SHIT. Talk about pressure. Good fucking job Artemev. Good on the USA gymnastics team to get a medal. There were so many good performances out of USA. Also, China was just mindblowing. On another note can you imagine how it must feel to be one of the swimmers left in the wake of Michael Phelps in the 200m Butterfly, knowing he just swam a gold medal race an hour ago? I'd feel sick to my stomach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I-n-j-i-n Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 Disappointing that the typical Chinese teams are getting high ranks and the US just *had* to lose both its Hamm brothers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arek the Absolute Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 i really wanted to see the hamm bros too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike911 Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 Man, the US mens gymnastics teams were a whole bunch of cocky pricks. Man they pissed me off! They were cheering and saying "U-S-A" like they'd won gold. For crying out loud, even the chinese were humble in winning their Gold and we have our noob gymnists acting like retards with way too much camera time. Geez. Seriously, I can handle a little bit of national pride and happiness when you've won but they got a freakin' bronze and were making a bigger ruckus than the gold and silver medalists combined. >_< The Chinese mens gymnastics team was freakin' incredible. I've never really been a fan of gynastics but damn, some of that stuff they did was crazy!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueMage Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 I ended up watching a bit of the Women's Judo matches last night. Now, I don't mean to be presumptuous here but ... well, I'm a giant hulking male, fairly powerful and able to overpower most opponents by strength. That said, it's beyond me why in most of the judo rounds, both women seemed to be trying to overpower each other rather than throw each other. Against someone of equal bulk, there's little point that I can discern in trying to overpower them, as at best we'll both get tired and at worst, I'll have severely underestimated their strength. Can any explain this to me? Also, I was impressed that the little Italian girl got her arm almost torn off and handed to her, and then continued the match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I-n-j-i-n Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 Man, the US mens gymnastics teams were a whole bunch of cocky pricks. Man they pissed me off! They were cheering and saying "U-S-A" like they'd won gold. For crying out loud, even the chinese were humble in winning their Gold and we have our noob gymnists acting like retards with way too much camera time. Geez.Seriously, I can handle a little bit of national pride and happiness when you've won but they got a freakin' bronze and were making a bigger ruckus than the gold and silver medalists combined. >_< The Chinese mens gymnastics team was freakin' incredible. I've never really been a fan of gynastics but damn, some of that stuff they did was crazy!! But why the heck wouldn't the USA team try to psyche up? They lost two of the Gold-medal allstars in the Hamm brothers and they did squeak by with a few heroic attempts and eventually got Bronze. With all the talent they've lost, you'd think they would have no chance but they hung in there. I ended up watching a bit of the Women's Judo matches last night.Now, I don't mean to be presumptuous here but ... well, I'm a giant hulking male, fairly powerful and able to overpower most opponents by strength. That said, it's beyond me why in most of the judo rounds, both women seemed to be trying to overpower each other rather than throw each other. Against someone of equal bulk, there's little point that I can discern in trying to overpower them, as at best we'll both get tired and at worst, I'll have severely underestimated their strength. Can any explain this to me? Also, I was impressed that the little Italian girl got her arm almost torn off and handed to her, and then continued the match. Isn't that because simply throwing someone alone isn't equatable to a Judo technique? Also, they keep grappling that gi suit, so they tend to get tangled a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueMage Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 In order to get someone down, you either force them down or throw them down. Once they're down, you effect a pin. Granted, it's easier if they're tired, but not if you're tired as well. Furthermore, some of the best pins (and throws) can be effected by the tangling effect of grabbing a gi (either on the attacking or defending). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwaltzvald Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 In order to get someone down, you either force them down or throw them down. Once they're down, you effect a pin. Granted, it's easier if they're tired, but not if you're tired as well. Furthermore, some of the best pins (and throws) can be effected by the tangling effect of grabbing a gi (either on the attacking or defending). Or you know... neither opponents could have thrown one another down and settled with strength alone ala arm wrestling..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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