Jeffiner said:

I saw some of it this morning on Canadian tv. Im going to watch the whole thing tonight though. I heard David Beckham had a role in the turnover. The Chinese have put on an Olympic games that has dwarfed pevious host countries in every way. Kudos to Beijing and all of China! It was a $40 billion success!!

uPtoWnNY said:

Yep. And Spain tried to "dirty-up" the game. Weak. They just simply found out them cats can play the game many ways - uptempo, physical, or finesse. Either way - didn't matter, they still got up in that ass and took home the gold. Bow the Spanish squad can go back home and take all the "loving" photos of the Chinese they want .

"Dame la pelota! Gimme the ball! Give it to me!"

"Nope!"

Spain did really well in that basketball game, though. I didn't expect them to be close, they've only got one guy I've ever heard of playing the top players in the NBA, and they got it to 2 points towards the end.

dreamfactory313 said:

Oh yes, David Beckham was there too! I've no idea how the UK is going to compete with that, we haven't got the money for one thing. I suppose we'll just have to do something 'different'

dreamfactory313 said:

Let's temper some of that enthusiasm, and remember China's poor record on human rights.

uPtoWnNY said:

I know. I know. We as a global community have got to put the pressure on.
btw, I left out the r in the word "previous" in my earlier post.

Um... Why has no one commented on how fine this woman is?

Lammastide said:

Cuz maybe she ain't?

MuthaFunka said:

Guo Jingjing is GORGEOUS!

Lammastide said:

Ok, the hair helps her out a lot

Jimmy Page was out there.

that "Beijing, Beijing" song will stick in my head, if I'm not careful.

I gotta cleanse the musical palate -- FAST!!!

ThreadBare said:

Gotta love Jackie Chan.

Lammastide said:

Nice. So many female athletes looked superb. All the workouts.

Leryn Franco of Paraguay

Olga Kaniskina of Russia races towards the finish line on her way to winning the 20km walk.





Kjersti Tysse Platzer of Norway collapses after winning the silver in the 20km walk.



Elisa Rigaudo of Italy celebrates third place in the Women's 20km walk.


















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Nice, July.

To me this was one of the best Olympics ever. The people of China really set the standard with the opening and closing ceremony and just making sure everyone had a great time. This was the first time I was really into watching everything. Now I could finally get some sleep at night. Ofcourse being Jamerican I'm besides myself with the Jamaican track and field team, but I was touched with a lot of athletes that won medals for the countries for the first time.
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Lammastide said:

Thank you.

wonder505 said:

It was an interesting Olympics for sure. Not just the athletics. Beijing included.

Medal Table based on Population v Medals

Country Total Medals Population Ratio 1: Rank
Bahamas 2 331000 165500 1
Jamaica 11 2714000 246727 2
Iceland 1 316252 316252 3
Slovenia 5 2029000 405800 4
Australia 46 21394309 465094 5
Cuba 24 11268000 469500 6
New Zealand 9 4275100 475011 7
Norway 10 4778500 477850 8
Armenia 6 3002000 500333 9
Belarus 19 9690000 510000 10
Mongolia 4 2629000 657250 11
Taipei 4 2630000 657500 12
Trinidan/Tobago 2 1333000 666500 13
Estonia 2 1340600 670300 14
Lithuania 5 3361000 672200 15
Georgia 6 4395000 732500 16
Latvia 3 2268000 756000 17
Bahrain 1 760168 760168 18
Denmark 7 5489000 784143 19
Slovakia 6 5402000 900333 20
Croatia 5 4555000 911000 21
Hungary 10 10043000 1004300 22
Netherlands 16 16445000 1027813 23
Khazakstan 13 15422000 1186308 24
Azerbaijan 7 8467000 1209571 25
Mauritius 1 1262000 1262000 26
Switzerland 6 7637000 1272833 27
Great Britain 47 60975000 1297340 28
Finland 4 5318000 1329500 29
Ireland 3 4422000 1474000 30
Bulgaria 5 7640000 1528000 31
Korea (South) 31 48224000 1555613 32
France 40 64473140 1611829 33
Ukraine 27 46059000 1705889 34
Czech Republic 6 10403000 1733833 35
Sweden 5 9215000 1843000 36
Canada 18 33355000 1853056 37
Russia 72 141888900 1970679 38
Germany 41 82191000 2004659 39
Italy 28 59619290 2129260 40
Spain 18 46063000 2559056 41
Krygyzstan 2 5317000 2658500 42
Romania 8 21438000 2679750 43
Kenya 14 37538000 2681286 44
USA 110 304952000 2772291 45
Austria 3 8340000 2780000 46
Greece 4 11147000 2786750 47
Serbia 3 9858000 3286000 48
Zimbabwe 4 13349000 3337250 49
Panama 1 3343000 3343000 50
Tajikistan 2 6736000 3368000 51
Moldova 1 3794000 3794000 52
Poland 10 38116000 3811600 53
Korea (North) 6 23790000 3965000 54
Uzbekistan 6 27372000 4562000 55
Singapore 1 4599000 4599000 56
Dominican Republic 2 9760000 4880000 57
Japan 25 127690000 5107600 58
Portugal 2 10523000 5261500 59
Belgium 2 10584000 5292000 60
Togo 1 6585000 6585000 61
Argentina 6 40301000 6716833 62
Israel 1 7303000 7303000 63
Turkey 8 70586000 8823250 64
Tunisia 1 10327000 10327000 65
Ethiopia 7 79221000 11317286 66
Brazil 15 187536000 12502400 67
China 100 1325712000 13257120 68
Equador 1 13341000 13341000 69
Morocco 2 31224000 15612000 70
Thailand 4 63038000 15759500 71
Chile 1 16763000 16763000 72
Algeria 2 33858000 16929000 73
Cameroon 1 18549000 18549000 74
Columbia 2 44513000 22256500 75
Afghanistan 1 27145000 27145000 76
Malaysia 1 27170000 27170000 77
Venezuela 1 27953000 27953000 78
Iran 2 70495000 35247500 79
Mexico 3 106682000 35560667 80
Nigeria 4 148093000 37023250 81
Sudan 1 38560000 38560000 82
Indonesia 5 231627000 46325400 83
South Africa 1 47850000 47850000 84
Egypt 1 75234000 75234000 85
Vietnam 1 87375000 87375000 86
India 3 1137129800 379043267 87