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Entertainment & Artistry => Sports/Outdoors & Manpoon => Topic started by: hans on August 08, 2008, 08:23:42 PM
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I think we need them more often. I'm always impressed watching the opening ceremonies. It sort of gives us a break from all the war and crap that goes on in the world and brings everybody together as sort of a time out and makes you realize that we actually could all get along and that we all share quite a bit in common.
Oh, and "Go America!!!!"
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bah it was better when you got two every four years instead of 1 every other year. I missed the opening but they are reshowing it and I have the DVR setup to record all of the olympics shows.
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i dont think i have ever watched/followed/cared about them at all
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I haven't watched the openning yet -0 recorded for the morning, but I'm pumped. I love the Olympics. I always try to find some "different " sport to get into. Last time it was curling...I always thought it seemed rediculous, but after watchign a couple matches, I loved it. WSo much suspense. I think I'm going to check out the Modern Pentagathon this year...
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Watched the Opening Ceremony and I found it mighty impressive. I was actually glad for the commentators as the provided an explaination of the symbolism. I was really glad to see politics being put aside for a night.
I loved the response that the directory of the ceremony reportedly gave when asked about the number of performers (20k), "Well we got the people". The secret behind the moving printing blocks was just amazing.
Good show and it makes me look forward to watching some of the events.
Only negative: Kobe was there...
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Yep... an amazing opening ceremony. :dblthumb2:
I'm recording pretty much all the coverage I can. I love random sports. Great badminton match earlier today.
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I didn't see the ceremony :( we went to a wedding yesterday and didn't even make it for the midnight rerun :( anyone know if it is available on the net somewhere?
I saw some beach volleyball today and some cycling - but again, US Olympics TV coverage blows...kind of glad that I'll be overseas for half of it. I'll get to see some events that are never shown in the states.
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It's got to be available on the net... if not from NBC then from some overseas sites.
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Yep... an amazing opening ceremony. :dblthumb2:
I'm recording pretty much all the coverage I can. I love random sports. Great badminton match earlier today.
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Just about every event is availible on the net. I generally like the NBC coverage, I usually see what I want to on one of the networks. The net converage so far taht I've seen (obscure events mind you) were sans commentary - that kinda sucked, but they're there....
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I didn't see the ceremony :( we went to a wedding yesterday and didn't even make it for the midnight rerun :( anyone know if it is available on the net somewhere?
I saw some beach volleyball today and some cycling - but again, US Olympics TV coverage blows...kind of glad that I'll be overseas for half of it. I'll get to see some events that are never shown in the states.
I think I say like a 2am showing this evening on the listings. You know that is what they make DVR/VCRs for ;)
Oh and I've just been watching Womens Beach Vollyball and all I can say is :love:
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I'd prefer to watch on my new TV. :)
So far I've seen badminton and handball, fast forwarded through equestrian and cycling, and watched a bit of fencing, swimming, basketball and football. I'd say they are showing a good mix, you just have to have cable and a large hard drive on your dvr.
Oh and axon, I searched real quick and could only find opening ceremony highlights on nbc, but I didn't look too hard.
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The end of the men's road race was excellent!
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So far I've watched a bit of indoor and beach volleyball, fencing, and some gymnastics. They make me feel kind of lazy.
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Heh I know what you mean. Today I road for an hour and 20 minutes and was pushing it and these guys were riding for over 6 hours. Jebus
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Who saw the 4x100 relay for men's swimming tonight? That was one insane finish.
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I was at a bar, we were all yelling! Awesome.
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Holy crap that was close.
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motherfucker is terrifying
(http://cmsimg.freep.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=C4&Date=20080811&Category=SPORTS17&ArtNo=80811004&Ref=AR&Profile=1065&MaxW=550&MaxH=650&title=0)
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that was fucking great.
goddamn, he looks like a monster from some video game...
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Or a medical diagram of arm muscles...damn
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The race he just finished was sick. He was a full bodylength ahead of the other swimmers almost the whole time
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Our 100 back wasn't so bad either. :)
(Yay Park Taehwan!)
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Gymnastics has been pretty sick. Congrats to China for blowing everyone away and to the USA for being able to get that bronze without any former Olympians.
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Also, has anyone noticed the "drama" they like to stick into the events every so often? It gets kind of annoying.
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I think I've been watching too much TV lately.
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Also, has anyone noticed the "drama" they like to stick into the events every so often? It gets kind of annoying.
Nope, it is called skip :P Though I didn't watch any of the gymnastics and am currently like two days behind.
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I saw the gymnastics as well - no one could touch China - they are spectacular. We did very good as well, and bronze is nothing to snuff at. By far my favorite to watch are the still rings - wow.
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,402093,00.html
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Typical.
According to a former Chinese Olympic swimmer, they cheat like hell, and have some pretty sophisticated chemical farms to evade getting caught at it. Lots of other interesting stories too. She was in our wedding.
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Everybody does that
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http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/11/sexchange.athlete/index.html?iref=newssearch
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http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/08/12/fake.fireworks.ap/
edit: oh that first article said something about that
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That "cute girl" shit is on CNN's front page
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big fucking deal - you should be more upset everytime you pick up a women's/girl's american magazine...
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They don't try to pretend to be "real news" though
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my response was to ethic's " :( " not your "That "cute girl" shit is on CNN's front page" - and I agree with "They don't try to pretend to be "real news" though ".
:dunno:
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Ah my bad
Quote who you talkin to dawg
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I had no problem with the fireworks since the NBC announcers said they were showing a tape. The girl swap is a little annoying, though. Not surprising, but still annoying.
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Ah my bad
Quote who you talkin to dawg
fo sho.
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Who saw the 4x100 relay for men's swimming tonight? That was one insane finish.
Just watched it. HOLY FUCKING SHIT THAT WAS GREAT!
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Fail
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your gay
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BTW did any of you catch the piece talking about how China might have saved the Olympic movement by attending in '84? Kinda interesting to see how what is suppose to be a non-political event has so much politics.
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i havent been following. i just heard about the changing out of the little girl last night and thats fucked up
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ouch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uI0Zl-tMRf4
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At least he ended up being ok
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Anyone see Phelps' win last night? Wow...that was incredible I was screaming at the TV. Just insane, a record stays alive by .01 seconds!
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He should have lost taking a half stroke at the end. I really thought he wasn't going to do it when I saw him take the extra stroke at the end, but thankfully the other glided a bit too much on his stroke. Usually gliding better than the extra stroke. It looks like the other guy didn't give it a good last kick into the wall.
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Bah, sell Tibet!
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Think it'd get that much?
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pedophile
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Anyone see any of the 1000m sprint bicycle races? What a weird sport... they go around at almost walking speed for about 2 of 3 laps staring at each other... playing a sort of cat-and-mouse game of who's gonna lead the final lap (there's an aerodynamic advantage to being 2nd in the last lap). Then one makes a move and they gun it for the finish line.
Took me a while to figure out what was going on though, I didn't know if the race was actually going at first because they were almost stopped the whole time!
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Only cycling I watched was the road race, some of the time trails, and I caught a couple of races of the individual pursuit.
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I actually have a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, but I havent' done it for the past.. hmm, 13 years? (actually it was called "Poom" because I was too young to have a real black belt, but when you turn 15 they upgrade you).
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I did it right up until I left for boot camp. Haven't been back since. Kinda want to try another style though. Perhaps a soft art to compliment it?
Oh and from the guy's actions I say the ban is well earned.
And that video sucked
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>Kinda want to try another style though. Perhaps a soft art to compliment it?
I left Tae Kwon Do because I moved and the city I ended up in didn't have a WTF school, so I took Kung-Fu for about a year and a half (until I moved again :rolleyes:). It was pretty neat. I'd like to try Judo though, or Jujitsu.
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I wish there was something stronger than the ban. Could the Chinese arrest him on assault charges?
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I wish there was something stronger than the ban. Could the Chinese arrest him on assault charges?
I wouldn't be surprised if there was some type of international agreement that protected athletics from arrest by the host country for actions taken in the competitions. One would hope that Cuba would levy their own additional punishments though.
>Kinda want to try another style though. Perhaps a soft art to compliment it?
I left Tae Kwon Do because I moved and the city I ended up in didn't have a WTF school, so I took Kung-Fu for about a year and a half (until I moved again :rolleyes:). It was pretty neat. I'd like to try Judo though, or Jujitsu.
I was thinking Jujitsu or even Tai Chi
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No the video sucked because the editting was horrible.
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One would hope that Cuba would levy their own additional punishments though.
...i'm sure they'll never find the body.
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The closing ceremonies were awful.
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I'd like to try Judo though, or Jujitsu.
I have a blue belt (2 down from black) in Jitsu which is a style of JuJitsu here in the UK. I gave up for the following reasons:
1. I learnt at university. Once I left I travelled around a bit and never found a club to join.
2. Once you get to Purple belt you have to start training in defence against 'sharps' (real knives/swords). I saw a Brown belt whom I really respected make a mistake and get slashed across the wrist, losing the use of his hand, after this I questioned whether it was really worth it.
3. The constant pain. To get those last couple of belts you have to train really hard with people who are going to give you a really rough ride. I'd go to training on Monday night and then be bruised and sore all day Tuesday and Wednesday, then have to go and do it all again Wednesday night. In addition to this I never met a black belt who didn't have some sort of joint problem. Being slammed into a mat 100s of times a week causes long term problems.
Our style also incorporated some Judo. Each year our best Judo guys would have a go in the Judo nationals. Judo is really good fun and extremely good for fitness.
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To be fair they were pretty shit hot.
Though not as shit hot as the Jamaican mens 4x100 team. That was fucking awesome. Pissed all over the rest of the world.
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I'm almost caught up. Just the gold medal volleyball match and closing ceremonies to go.
I'm pissed I missed one of the evenings sessions with the 4x100 relays and end of the decathlon. Must have gotten deleted when my DVR filled up. :mad:
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LOL!
Now that's sport worth watching!
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Carnegie Mellon hazing?
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(http://s.buzzfeed.com/static/imagebuzz/2008/8/19/15/51eb6068f297f577576ae8d64f17b669.jpg)
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what's going on there???
the agonythe ecstasy