That gymnast should not feel so bad. I know it's easy for me to say, but there were other mistakes made by other athletes. She helped get them the silver, she didn't cost them the gold.

I hate gymnastics for that reason. It hardly matters that they're flying through the air doing things humans shouldn't be able to do. It only matters that they stepped on the landing.

Yet Michael Jordan is able to miss half of his shots & he's the greatest player ever.

728huey said:

I was thinking that this morning. Maybe they're not on drugs, maybe it's the suits. Not to say they're not amazing swimmers, but it's pretty odd that they are seconds in front of these world records. Every race is a new world record. Maybe the suit has tiny propellers in it.

Anyone watching synch men's diving?

Two words; JEVON TARANTINO

This woman's a participate in the games. She's stunning. She's with Paraguay, and I missed when her country walked in during the opening ceremonies. I bet many will tune in to watch Javelin now.

728huey said:

It's not black or white, it's not just the suits or just doping. It's the suits and doping, better training, better nutrition etc etc.

Has this Milli-Vanilli thing been dicussed?

http://www.telegraph.co.u...emony.html

Horrible

I'd like to say I'm really pround of the US olympians! Micheal Phelps you're amazing!

Congrats to Denmark on their 1st ever ( I am pretty sure ) Team Dressage medal

Germany won the gold medal in the dressage grand prix.
The Netherlands won the silver medal and Denmark won bronze.

Amazing riders and animals

THE Man

wtg Denmark!

Phelps wins gold #7 by .01 sec!

Genesia said:

Phelps given gold by .01 sec.

Mars23 said:

The Serbians appear to agree with that sentiment. They're protesting his win.

I have to say, though, the Serbian swimmer Phelps (arguably) beat is being a really good sportsman about it. He looks genuinely happy for Phelps and he's conducting himself perfectly.

Lammastide said:

True and that was good. I just have not heard anyone that watched the race that would say he won. Even his own mother knew he was 2nd.

The protest was squashed before the medals were even handed out though. They only looked at the overhead cameras and declared Phelps the winner.

newpower99 said:

A little airbrushing might've been a good idea here.

And Carol Huynh, female wrestler, just secured Canada's first medal placing!! She's going into a finals match for the gold, but she's guaranteed at least silver!
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Lammastide said:

woohooo!!!

The interview between Spitz and Phelps was very enjoyable.

dreamfactory313 said:

I'm wrong. She's guaranteed at least silver!

Mars23 said:

Apparently pitz is in Detroit this weekend. I wonder what for.

dreamfactory313 said:

From what I heard, he was super pissed no-one thought to invite him to Beijing. He was very classy tonight though.

Mars23 said:

I know. Maybe the should have invited him though, you know.Its a sign of respect. He does seem like a class act though, unlike that douche from Sweden that threw away his bronze medal.

Team GB is kicking ass today!

Looks like we could well surpass our hoped for medal total. Got 7 golds already and Ainslie should get one in sailing soon enough.

Here's hoping for the women's hockey.

Tyson Gay doesn't even make the 100m finals. Bolt looks good for the final later. Whatever happened to US sprinting? Or British sprinting for that matter. Our current crops sucks compared to the athletes 4-10 years ago.

Is Mark Lewis Francis injured? No good anymore?

Dayum! That was the most astonishing 100m run I've ever seen. Average start at best, looking around, easing up with 15 metres to go and crossing the line almost sideways and beating your chest for a 9.69?

Take away the easing up and throw in a dip for the line and you're looking at maybe 9.62 or so. Throw in the fact that there was no wind in favour or against and I think Bolt could run a 9.5 something in the right favourable conditions. A legal wind of +2.0 would knock another four or fifth hundredths off. Just scary!

Maybe now that 200m record of Michael Johnson isn't as out of this world and untouchable as we thought.

Huynh wrestles to Canada's first gold!!!

Cracks me up how on other Yahoo Olympic pages the medals table ranking is done with gold medals given prominence, but on the US page they just do a total medal count so that USA (with its gazillion bronzes) can be above China (and its billion golds).

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Fauxie said:

You've notice too, eh?

Lammastide said:

I han't noticed.



GO U.S.A.!!!!

So did they broad cast the wrestling boys?


the images on yahoo of the rough wrestling boys are hawt!

Fauxie said:

As for US sprinting, I think that a lot of potential sprinters are going to other sports like football and basketball where they can play wide receiver or point guard and get more money. Plus for some reason Tyson Gay has been hampered by hamstring injures this year, and I think psychologically that may have been a reason his times weren't that great in the sprints. Even so, the Jamaicans were most likely the favorites to win the gold medal.

As for the British, Canadian and other European sprinters, most of those who competed for those countries in the past have actually come from Jamaica or the other Caribbean nations and got citizenship just to compete in the Olympics. Both Linford Christie of Great Britain and Donovan Bailey of Canada who won the gold medal in the 100 meters in 1992 and 1996 respectively were actually Jamaican transplants.

Now as for Usain Bolt, that time is unreal! I didn't think that it would be possible to run that fast. I thought that these sprinters were approaching the maximum limit a human being could run without completely destroying the body, but I guess I was wrong.


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