Beijing Olympics 2008 Discussion Thread (4 Viewers)

[stazi]

the cycling's awesome. fun to watch

 

[Silver Persian]

Britain is kicking ass in the cycling...

 

[tigerian]

Gah Cant believe libby and liesel both lost

They didnt lose anything! They are both coming home with gold and silver. Thats not exactly a loss

 

[Silver Persian]

Shameful silver medallists should be exlied from Australia

 

[goony]

But bronze is fine right?


...well apparently not for that swiss wrestling guy

 

[karoooh]

Yay! Hackett's on!

 

[Rafy]

'we should be happy that they reward mediocrity in the form of silver medals'

 

[karoooh]

Whatever happened to Pieter van den Hoogenband? Has he retired or something?

 

[stazi]

Whatever happened to Pieter van den Hoogenband? Has he retired or something?

he's fucking swum multiple events. it's already been talked about in this thread.

 

[xxxx8888]

i just saw the video of that columbian weightlifter. it's so sad when you see his face just before his last attempt. it made me teary. lol.

now i'm watching all the swimming vids.

i hate it when they show water polo or hockey or any other team sports. takes up too much time and it is SO boring. they should ban time outs. there's like, 13 seconds to go. just finish it off already. oh god i hate it when there's like, 2 minutes left of the game and i get excited to watch something else after, and it ends up being like, 15 minutes.

anyway, michael phelps is so goddamn annoying. nobody's going to beat him. he ends up being like, 2 seconds ahead in every race. i just want someone to beat him. i wish ian thorpe was still around. lol.

i need to catch up on all the athletics i missed out on...

lol my post didn't work and i ended up reading over the new posts and ran to the tv when someone said hackett's on. i like how he's still around. i hope he gets an individual medal.

gtg back to watching swimming.

 

[chicky_pie]

i just saw the video of that columbian weightlifter. it's so sad when you see his face just before his last attempt. it made me teary. lol.

That made you teary?




THIS made me teary.


video: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=DKI79stWL64

images:

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/08/13/article-1044235-0242568200000578-317_468x573.jpg

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/08/13/article-1044235-02424D1300000578-830_468x314_popup.jpg

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/08/13/article-1044235-02424D0700000578-546_468x344.jpg

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/08/13/article-1044235-024273AC00000578-551_468x396.jpg

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/08/13/article-1044235-02425DB600000578-380_468x286.jpg

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/08/13/article-1044235-02426BAB00000578-429_468x327.jpg

 

[Rafy]

This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by a third party.

 

[stazi]

someone proposed a theory today: the chinese built the pool to be a little bit shorter than 100m so that more world records are broken at the beijing olympics than at any other olympics event

what does everyone think?

 

[Zrap]

Hackett dominated, velodrome is hectos

 

[Rafy]

I'm sure the length would have been certified by FINA.

 

[stazi]

I'm sure the length would have been certified by FINA.

who knows - the people certifying it may have been paid off. I've heard many stories of China making bribes in the past from a person who's received those bribes (used to be a boxing judge, and then I think on the IOC)

 

[stazi]

holy shit at the chinese weightlifter. that's got to be a dude

 

[Zrap]

FUCK I WAS JUST ABOUT TO WRITE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
She must be on some type of motherfucking performance enhancing drug.
She's a psycho

 

[Omnidragon]

we are doing so bad this yr

 

[Zrap]

Heaps of good stuff on today! woohoo, please someone beat Phelps today so the whole world can lol@him