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London 2012 Summer Olympics |OT|

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We be sailin'
 
They're using Charriots of Fire during the cycling award ceremony, how awesome is that?

First gold for the Dutch, here's to hoping there will be many more.
 
oh ffs! here we go again. US media at it again like last time 2008.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/olympi...400-im-of-china-s-16-year-old-ye-shiwen-.html

She's 16 years old, and for 50 meters on Saturday night, she swam faster than U.S. superstar Ryan Lochte. And now China's Ye Shiwen is at the center of some controversial buzz at the Aquatics Center of these Olympic Games.
Shiwen smashed the world record in the women's 400-meter IM and took gold Saturday night, torching the final 100 meters in the event and coming from behind to beat U.S. 400 IM champion Elizabeth Beisel. Shiwen shaved more than a second off Australian Stephanie Rice's world record in her win, finishing at 4:28.43. But it was her final 100 meters – the freestyle leg of the event – that raised eyebrows. Not only did Shiwen go virtually stroke-for-stroke with Lochte – who had won gold in the men's 400 IM earlier in the night – she beat Lochte in the final 50 meters.
Shiwen went 28.93 in her final 50 and 58.68 in her final 100 of her 400 IM. Lochte went 29.10 in his final 50. And the final 100 meters of the pair? Lochte went 58.65 to Shiwen's 58.68. That was such intriguing fodder that when Lochte was in the mixed zone Sunday morning, he said Shiwen had been a topic of conversation the previous night.

"We were all talking about that at dinner last night," Lochte said. "It was pretty impressive. And it was a female. She's fast. If she was there with me, I don't know, she might have beat me."
Added U.S. men's swimming coach Gregg Troy, "Heck of a swim. You notice stuff like that... You guys can do the research. I think that's probably the fastest women's split ever."
By Sunday morning, most had noticed. The stunning final 100 meters had multiple swim insiders privately questioning how Shiwen could have beaten Lochte in the last 50 meters or managed a virtual dead heat in the last 100. Particularly in such a grueling race. The buzz was so prevalent, SwimmingWorldMagazine.com blasted those who had been speculating about Shiwen.
"It was going to happen," the magazine said in a piece Sunday morning. "It was only a matter of when, and with how much force. Not minutes after Chinese youngster Ye Shiwen captured the gold medal in the 400 individual medley on the opening night of Olympic competition, accusations started to fly. You know the type. She must be doping.
"What a bloody shame."
Shiwen wasn't among the race favorites, yet she effectively peaked in the 400 IM on the Olympic stage despite never having won the event in a long-course international event. She also had never won a medal at a world championships prior to taking gold in the 200 IM in 2011.
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LTWheels said:
I wish 7s was at London. Such an great sport to watch. Every 7s tournament I have ever been to has a great festival atmosphere. If you ever get a chance to go, Hong Kong Sevens is a fantastic experience.
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Is it going to be in the next summer Olympics? I saw the national college tournament on TV in the US for rugby sevens and I had so much fun watching it. I've never really watched any form of rugby before. I don't even know how I could get started watching rugby in the US since I think it is only shown on specialty channels.
 
Zaraki_Kenpachi said:
:lol Guy on BBC said US was up by 32 when they were up by 28. Math.
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There was a guy going on about how a swimmer born in 1991 supposedly was "11! She's 11 years old?!" in a Brazilian broadcast earlier today. I was shaking my head so goddamn hard blood came out of my nose.
 
planar1280 said:
Shiwen wasn't among the race favorites, yet she effectively peaked in the 400 IM on the Olympic stage despite never having won the event in a long-course international event. She also had never won a medal at a world championships prior to taking gold in the 200 IM in 2011.]
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She's 16. How far back do they expect to go for her medal history?

"She won a gold medal last year but that's it, she must have doped!"
 
sazabirules said:
Is it going to be in the next summer Olympics? I saw the national college tournament on TV in the US for rugby sevens and I had so much fun watching it. I've never really watched any form of rugby before. I don't even know how I could get started watching rugby in the US since I think it is only shown on specialty channels.
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Yep, Rugby 7s and Golf will be at 2016.
 
Taipei started off the shoot off very well with their first arrowing hitting dead center. But then their other archers choked and got two 8s, one of which was very close to a 7. Russia kept close to the 9 and won it.
 
yeah like how that female Chinese gymnast was definitely underage during 2008 competitions

don't think this chick was doping but who knows, everyone seems to be doping these days
 
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