Official 2008 Olympics Thread
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- Jaline0
If Canada doesn't get the gold for rowing, the country will weep.
I can't wait to see Sherraine Schalm and Women's Epee (fencing)
- Jaline0
Another thing....I hope the Chinese get the #1 spot in the end. I'd love to see more of Canada, but that's not going to happen until the Winter Olympics.
- BattleAxe0
suddenly swimming is kickass , cant wait for track
- it always has :) of course this is coming from a former swimmer :Pdesign_bitch
- I don't even like most of these sports but I don't mind watching the Olympics.Jaline
- Haha yes, as a former swimmer as well - swimming has always kicked ass.flavorful
- that relay last night was fucking awesome.grunttt
- Yea, pretty much the most insane thing I've witnessed in quite some time.flavorful
- OnesandZeros0
Been watching fencing footage all day long. God I miss fencing so bad!!!! I once trained with Hungary's Olympic foil coach.
- grunttt0
i'm hooked. the opening ceremony was fucking incredible. i'm digging the swimming. watched team archery at lunch. gymnastics are always pretty dramatic. will bmx be televised? side note: water polo might as well be called "splishy splashy" (from a spectator standpoint).
- I was looking for somewhere to watch the games at lunch. Where did you go?OnesandZeros
- home. =)grunttt
- probably beats the Bier Garden or ScullysOnesandZeros
- i bet Beir Garden would have it on during lunch... but you'd have to eat their food.grunttt
- lol - i was typing as you were typing. I like Scully's.grunttt
- Water Polo is real fun to play, but watching that woman's match was mystifying.flavorful
- US/China. I mean ... it was just whistle, after fucking whistle, after fucking whistle and the participants look like monsters, haha.flavorful
- DogsBreath0
What a bunch of tools the US 100m freestyle relay team were...Phelps at the top of the list. Complete and utter disregard for their opponents when they won. So caught up in themselves and their patriotic frenzy, they forgot to congratulate any of the other teams.
Typical.
- Uhm, just because you want that to be true does not mean that happenedflavorful
- Phelps even went over to the French team to personally congratulate them on ... not following through!flavorful
- Bollocks...took them ages to get over their frenzy.DogsBreath
- That comeback was fucking insane. Literally insane. What'd you expect? A fucking simple high five, haha?flavorful
- Gimme a t..."T"
Gimme an o..."O"
Gimme an o..."O"
Gimme an L..."L"DogsBreath - Oh quit being a fucking crybaby.flavorful
- seriously, stop crying. TV doesn't always show you everything that happens.refunktion
- nicole_marie0
I watched the gymnastics trials, usually the only sport I make an effort to watch. I felt so bad for the girl who fell on her face off the uneven bars.
- OSFA0
- yaaaaaaay!!!
yeah... right snacky little bitch indeed - kid is made of cupcakes and steroids.PonyBoy - reminds me of this guy:
http://media.moviewe…OSFA - dude I was thinking the same thing, looks like the kind of guy that will smash a can of coors light on his foreheadMeeklo
- yaaaaaaay!!!
- omgitsacamera0
Some country is pissed that they don't dope enough...
- Seriously, could you do a better job than what these guys are doing?omgitsacamera
- DogsBreath0
- Some people like to sort them by nº of gold and some by total?omgitsacamera
- what happened to the pics?ephix
- boobs0
I don't get the Olympics at all. Why would I want to watch all these really tedious sports that no one likes, just because they're only on every four years?
Honestly, how many people, outside the families of the participants, would go watch swimming, if it wasn't in the Olympics? About 11, worldwide?
Or men's gymnastics? Or wrestling? Outside the Olympics, you can't give away tickets to this stuff. Honestly, you could have the top 200 wrestlers in the world, wrestling their wee torsos off, but if it's not the Olympics, no one would walk across the street.
"Joe, there's a big, big wrestling match Saturday down at the arena? Wanna go?"
"What, the guys the with the capes and shit, and the tag-teams business?"
"No real wrestling. The wee guys. The world champions."
"Fuck that. I've got beer to drink here."
- Its called national pride.ETM
- well, because they ARE only on every 4 years and you can see all the determined people slaving away...Greedo
- ...in obscurity and pretend you're patriotic and bask in the collective glory of the achievements of your countryGreedo
- I actually with Greedo. Some of the American athletes are damn annoying (yes, they are in particulary), but it's still fun to watchJaline
- watch. Plus, all of these athletes have put so much effort and their own money (at least in Canada) for this event.Jaline
- utopian20
India has won it's first Gold metal ever, pretty inspiring.
- what comp?digdre
- before Canada, crazy!Jaline
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that's adorable. and they got the national anthem played.Jaline - Is there insane Bollywood dancing with that anthem? If not, there should be.TheBlueOne
- It's actually a nice anthem. One of the better ones (it's strong and makes it easy to feel proud of anything)Jaline
- "(it's strong and makes it easy to feel proud of anything)" - Including 'Air Rifle' ? Seriously?ghandolf
- digdre0
phelps for the 8
- refunktion0
boobs... you are displaying a very narrow american perspective, You should there are a number of other countries beside the US that watch the events.... outside the olympics.... and are crazy about them. I also think you would be surprised to see the amount of people to watch on tv or attend smaller competitions, including within the US. For example, if you are a professional swimmer in Australia, you are a superstar. Its pretty dim to say "really tedious sports that no one likes" You have the internet... its pretty easy to notice what the rest of the world does.
- There are many sports that are popular around the world that aren't in the Olympics. Cricket, soccer, auto racing, etc.boobs
- It's not just an American viewpoint I'm voicing here. The Olympics are a very peculiar selection of events.boobs
- Fuck, they do have soccer. But No auto racing though. No golf. No Demolition Derby. No Donkey Basketball.boobs
- No Donkey Kong either.ghandolf
- lol. yes, nascar... it should be in the olympics. sigh. sit. drive. turn left, turn left, turn left, etc.refunktion
- and they keep adding shit events.epete22
- i_monk0
I remember the Lillehammer coverage we had to watch when my family was living overseas. It was on a US military station so they carried the NBC or whatever coverage. They only showed games where Yanks were competing, so when they got eliminated you never saw the conclusion or heard the podium results. If no Yank was competing that day, no coverage.
- That's how they always do it.ETM
- they have been doing a pretty good job of covering more than just the americans.... but american media... american athletes.refunktion
- OSFA0
Is Phelps retiring after these games?
- refunktion0
doubt it.
- mcLeod0
Half of the US gymnasts had no tact, mugging for the camera, giving shout outs and saying stupid things. My wife and I muted the TV whenever they had them on screen talking. Top ignorant quote was the guy who said "that's how we roll" after getting 3rd".
It's one thing to cheer each other on and be excited for your success, but the Olympics is not a frat house.
no class.
- refunktion0
"thats how we roll" how is that ignorant?!??!!!? these are kids, they are excited. They were expected to get nothing and they knew it, it was a team of backups, i would have been excited too.... i dunno if i would have been talking into the camera... but jeez man, calm down, they are teenage athletes. do you have kids? are they teenagers?
- i would be excited too if i just participated.omgitsacamera
- there's a difference between being excited and a moron. Besides, they are not kids, for a month, they are athletes and they areOSFA
- they are representing their country. The least you could ask for is a little bit of professionalismOSFA
- they aren't kids, they are in their 20s. Celebrating is ok, but do it with some class when you;re on the world stage, not like you're drunk at a college football game.mcLeod