dreamfactory313 said:

Thank God for steroids.

Team Handball? We were watching this on Saturday and it's off the Chain!!!

eikonoklastes said:

Are we casting aspersions?!!!
The entire U.S. squad is clean, clean, clean, I tell ya!
We don't need no stinking steroids to deal with the French!
The Russians and Chinese, maybe, but not the French.

Moonbeam said:

No, what's sad is that even dictating the schedule we still screw over 20% of the U.S. population on the West Coast.

I'm a fan. Track and Field, and Swimming. Not saying which country. But gee I'm impressed.

Im going to working tonight during the Mens Gymnastics Finals but Im going to find a tv anyway! I cant miss this!

I think I'm losing my mind. George Bush didn't seem like a complete moron in that interview!

That one Chinese gymnast can't be more than 12! I'm hoping a certain one of the Americans is 18 because she's pretty cute

Why do I want Michael Phelps to lose one of his races?

NDRU said:

You're a hater, DUH!



I want him to win them all. It would be a great achievement and one he's worked hard for. And he's American.

SUPRMAN said:

Well, the american thing doesn't matter to me, but yeah I must be a hater because why wouldn't I root for someone to achieve greatness? Oh yeah, because I'm old & bitter!

6'9 Dalhausser..... can I get a woot woot?

For Herman!

Ok, am I honestly the only one that thinks the overwhelming multitude of world record breakers are fishy? Mankind was made with a strong physical ability which has been tapped into for a good amount of time..... however, this is ridiculous. We've broken most all swimming records.. I smell human growth enhancement ..... I want to be wrong, really I do. IN the face of so many athletes presently being stripped of medals...

Mens Gymnsatics.

China came for blood and won the gold but USA had silver within reach, stumbled with the pummel horse and had to settle for Bronze. Japan, silver. Im kinda disappointed.

dreamfactory313 said:

But they were not expected to place at all after loosing 2 of their top members to injury

so

I am happy they earned any medal at all!

they really did excell Go USA!!!



now if we can get the girls to win

Mach said:

Yeah, I think you're right. Im happy for the team that they did as well as they have. Im glad for Raj!

Muse2NOPharaoh said:

I've been wondering about this a lot since the Olympics started. How in the world can they keep getting faster and faster?... very strange

JessieJ said:

I'd be lying of I said that I didnt think that as well.

Muse2NOPharaoh said:

Nothing fishy about it. They all use performance enhancing drugs. Just enjoy the show.

Muse2NOPharaoh said:

it's a bit odd. People used to break records by fractions of seconds. Now they're breaking them by seconds. Isn't that backwards? It seems to me that record breaking should be getting more incremental as more & more athletes get closer to that peak of performance.

JessieJ said:

that's like asking why buildings keep getting taller.
We are better at building them.
As humans we've developed techniques that enhance physical ability even without using drug supplements.
Year around training, and more knowledge of physiology lead to improvements just as more knowledge of building materials and structural integrity lead to taller building being possible that could not have been previously constructed.

SUPRMAN said:

So naive...

This is going to be a hell of a night. There are womens gymnastics finals and swimming finals.

Ooooooh...synchronized diving. Love it!

Genesia said:

The Canadians look kinda chunky. Where is the conditioning?

SUPRMAN said:

Mmm hmmm... Explain that to the last group of medal holders they just took back from,just prior to these games.

Congrats to Phelps. Most medals of all time. Wow. Such a huge accomplishment for a 23 year old. Just think if he comes back to the next games. I felt bad for Alicia Sacramone....she messed up big time twice.... on floor & balance beam. I'd still be happy with the Silver. The US girls can still come through with the individual events. I thought it was funny how Bela Karoyli called out China's team for having underage girls on the team. When Alicia kept messing up, I was thinking the same thing as Bela. Alicia's 20.....I was thinking that her nerves would rattle easier than a 15 or 16 year old's. I haven't seen rhythmic gymnastics in a long time. I wonder if they still have it.....with the ribbons & balls.

That poor Alicia Sacramone. She looked absolutely crushed -- almost intervention-worthy -- after her routines. I hope her teammates, friends and family were really supportive of her.

Lammastide said:

Gosh, that hurt. The Americans were so close to gold.

Lammastide said:

I saw her too. She looked like she was about to lose it after she fell off the balance beam, and after the floor exercise she looked like she was ready to slit her wrists. I felt bad for her, especially since she felt like she cost the USA the gold medal. In defense, both Shawn Johnson and Nastia Lukin messed up on the floor exercises too, and the Chinese girls were actually quite awesome. Even if the USA women hadn't messed up, I still think that the Chinese would have won the gold medal, but it would have been very close.

SUPRMAN said:

Michael Phelps may just be a freak of nature who's naturally fast, but with the other swimmers, has anyone noticed all of the high-tech NASA designed swimsuits they are all wearing? I kept suspecting that there may be some doping going on, but then again these swimsuits are designed to make all of the swimmers as aerodynamic as dolphins in the ocean. I've noticed that with not just the Americans but all of the swimmers. There are people who are breaking the previous world records who are finishing fourth.