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I don't remember Catriona Le May Doan looking this good back when she competed. Makes Olympic morning worth staying up for.
 
These Brazilian beach volleyball players :o

Also, did I miss anything interesting with Team GB in the swimming heats this morning?
 
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/ol...s-speculation-over-doping-is-regrettable.html

Ye Shiwen passes WADA tests as BOA chairman Lord Moynihan says speculation over doping is regrettable
British Olympic Association chairman Lord Moynihan hit out this morning at those who had raised suspicions about Ye Shiwen, who having denied doping herself has been passed clean by WADA.

Ye's remarkable performance in the 400m IM, in which her final 50m was faster than Ryan Lochte, has raised many eyebrows with a leading American coach describing what was a world-record breaking race as "disturbing".

China's appalling past record for their swimmers failing doping tests has led to the inevitable speculation over the 16-year-old, who took five seconds off her personal best and more than a second off the world record.

But amid all those questioning whether or not the athlete was 'clean', Moynihan today said: "We know how on top of the game WADA are and WADA have passed her as clean. That's the end of the story.

"And it is regrettable there is so much speculation out there. I don't like it. I think it is wrong. That athlete or, indeed, any athlete that has never tested positive is an athlete who should be supported by her federation and, indeed, everybody in the Olympic movement.

"Let us recognise that there is an extraordinary swimmer out there who deserves the recognition of her talent in these Games."

Amid all the questioning over their athlete's achievement, China's anti-doping chief has hit out at the "biased" suspicions.

Jiang Zhixue said Monday that Chinese swimmers have undergone nearly 100 drug tests since they arrived in Britain for the Olympics.

"I think it is not proper to single Chinese swimmers out once they produce good results. Some people are just biased," he said.

While Ye's father said: "A lot of different people had to provide all kinds of help for this result to be possible," said Ye Qingsong, urging doubters to "look at her (drug) test results".

"It's normal for people to be suspicious," he added, saying "Western media has always been arrogant, and suspicious of Chinese people."

Also backing Ye, Seoul gold medallist Adrian Moorhouse labelled suspicion over the teenager as "sour grapes" and believes swimming may have uncovered a phenomenon to match Michael Phelps.

Asked what he though of American coach John Leonard use of the words ""disturbing" and "unbelievable", Moorhuose said: The one thing I will say is that history in our sport will tell you that every time we see something, and I will put quotation marks around this, 'unbelievable', history shows us that it turns out later on there was doping involved.

"I think it is sour grapes," he said. "I think it's insulting actually. "You saw the Chinese swimmers in 1990, they were the size of houses, this girl is quite small, light, she's just in good shape.

"The other thing to note is there are a lot of people in China and actually you know what, the base of their pyramid is so wide that if they train thousands and thousands of kids they've got more to draw on.

"They might have just found their Michael Phelps. They might have just found this really, really talented kid who can work really, really hard, and actually got the perfect shape and actually can cope with all the pressure that's thrown at her."
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good for her. Now I hope everyone can shut up about it (doubt it from some) and just enjoy her performances!
 
I really enjoy watching handball. Makes me want to find a club nearby that plays.

Close match on right now between South Korea and Hungary.
 
Ive noticed this twice now whats the blue tape on the volleyball player's stomach for??? Brazil Vs Germany women's beach match ????
 
Anyone watch the ladies France vs Australia basketball match?

The 3-pointer by Belinda Snell was outstanding, especially within the last 3.0 seconds.
 
on the one hand we have a good chance at a silver, but on the other hand I want to throw myself out of the window because this is so boring
 
"It's now mathematically impossible for anyone to catch Germany, so they are certain to win Olympic team eventing gold even before their final rider has gone.

"That's because each team's score is comprised of the top three rounds from their five riders - you can drop the worst two. So even if Germany's last rider ploughed haplessly through every fence, they would simply take the best three from the four who've already gone, and nobody else can catch that score either."
 
Spain got robbed again, this time in waterpolo. The ref didn't concede a legal goal in the last seconds...

LOL, shitty Olympics...
 
Zaph said:
I don't really follow swimming, but is there something about the sport which causes WR's to be broken so often? It seems to be advancing at an unreal rate.
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It was because of a new swimsuits they introduced, but now they are banned so you don't see a lot of record breaking anymore.
 
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