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[Wes]

Is that for a gold or is that a pre-lim thing?

"Final" tells you it's for medals.

 

[DeathbyVolcano]

woo! gabby nailing the beam

 

[Officerrob]

Is that for a gold or is that a pre-lim thing?

It's for gold, but after only 2 events

 

[Diprosalic]

13

fuuuuuuuuuuuu

 

[Kobalty]

13

 

[elty]

I hope Russia can beat USA and Canada can beat China.

Not sure how likely...

 

[Levyne]

Seemed like good beam routine for Douglas

 

[fuenf]

There's been a debate about this, but I don't think we've had the official explanation. The problem apparently is that she didn't officially challenge the decision during the match.

This article is actually pretty interesting too: http://www.kleinezeitung.at/sport/o...hterin-csar-habe-regelkonform-verhalten.story

"Csar betonte, dass der Kampfrichter keinen Einfluss auf die Zeitnehmung habe. Ihr Augenmerk gelte ausschließlich dem Geschehen auf der Planche. "Auf die Zeitnehmung und die in diesem Fall damit verbundene Problematik hatte und habe ich keinen Einfluss. Meine Konzentration gilt dem Gefecht und den damit verbundenen Vorgängen, die ich zu leiten habe, nicht dem ablaufenden Sekundenzeiger", führte Csar dazu aus."

She's basically saying that she's just the referee of the fight and has no control over the clock.
People should stop blaming her.

 

[MIMIC]

Gabby with a great beam routine! ^_^

 

[Meadows]

Sharapova does my head in with the grunting. It's basically cheating

 

[Sianos]

Gabby doing FANTASTIC on beam!

 

[Brazil]

Sharapova does my head in with the grunting. It's basically cheating

Yeah, no.

 

[numble]

but US and Russia have both already vaulted

Therefore they are 2-3+ points above most others?

 

[Kifimbo]

I hope Russia can beat USA and Canada can beat China.

Not sure how likely...

Canada is really unlikely. First time ever in a team final I think.

 

[Meadows]

Yeah, no.

it has to be distracting. it has to be.

 

[Sianos]

13

Not surprised. :U

 

[fuenf]

its funny how the 24 year old gymnast looks like a grandmother compared to the other contestants.

http://www.london2012.com/athlete/iovtchev-iordan-1055610/

he qualified for the rings final

 

[Diprosalic]

Yeah, no.

kind of.

 

[Kurtofan]

Anyone watching France vs Chinese Taipei archery match?

 

[mclem]

fuuuuuuuuuuuu

On the bright side, there's Beth Tweddle, who's 27, and a significant medal chance in the individual side of the sports. They don't all have to be minors!

 

[DrM]

Sharapova does my head in with the grunting. It's basically cheating

Vujacic loves moaners

 

[Diprosalic]

http://www.london2012.com/athlete/iovtchev-iordan-1055610/

he qualified for the rings final

yeah but the boys do not look as young as these girls do.

On the bright side, there's Beth Tweddle, who's 27, and a significant medal chance in the individual side of the sports. They don't all have to be minors!

she's not exactly good looking

 

[LizardKing]

This article is actually pretty interesting too: http://www.kleinezeitung.at/sport/o...hterin-csar-habe-regelkonform-verhalten.story

"Csar betonte, dass der Kampfrichter keinen Einfluss auf die Zeitnehmung habe. Ihr Augenmerk gelte ausschließlich dem Geschehen auf der Planche. "Auf die Zeitnehmung und die in diesem Fall damit verbundene Problematik hatte und habe ich keinen Einfluss. Meine Konzentration gilt dem Gefecht und den damit verbundenen Vorgängen, die ich zu leiten habe, nicht dem ablaufenden Sekundenzeiger", führte Csar dazu aus."

She's basically saying that she's just the referee of the fight and has no control over the clock.
People should stop blaming her.

uh, but the article above....

Fencing officials said in a statement that determining how much time remains in a match is up to the referee. They said they could not "change a question of fact."

 

[Brazil]

it has to be distracting. it has to be.

It's distracting for players who have zero concentration, and there are multiple athletes in the WTA circuit that grunt/scream much louder than her.

kind of.

Your avatar suggests you actually watch tennis. Come on.

 

[MIMIC]

Tsonga and Raonic about to break the record for longest Olympic tennis set (in terms of games played)

 

[ag-my001]

Anyone watching France vs Chinese Taipei archery match?

After her first set in the last round, Schuh has been completely dialed in.

 

[MasterShotgun]

Woke up late, but I'm still in time to watch USA dominate in women's gymnastics.

 

[Brinbe]

Longest game in Olympic history? goddaaamn

 

[Shadow780]

GOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL

 

[Diprosalic]

Your avatar suggests you actually watch tennis. Come on.

and play it, you can disguise the sound of the ball with your screaming.

 

[Slizz]

Alex Morgan stylin'

 

[fuenf]

I get the feeling they're all trying to get rid of their responsibility.

Sure but her point of view actually makes some sense, i mean that's what the timekeeper is for. I would love to see this piece from Spiegel confirmed: "Csar verlangte daraufhin beim Kampfgericht die Überprüfung der Uhr, bei der ein Fehler festgestellt wurde. Auf Nachfrage der Obfrau akzeptierten aber beide Fechterinnen die Entscheidung, die letzte Sekunde noch einmal zu fechten. Heidemann traf, die Südkoreanerin verlor regelkonform."

 

[nny]

Anyone watching France vs Chinese Taipei archery match?

Pretty close; French almost got it, but now we'll have a shoot-off

 

[Sianos]

Aly Raisman tearing up as well on beam. :O

 

[Brazil]

and play it, you can disguise the sound of the ball with your screaming.

Which is not considered cheating by the WTA or by the ATP rules.

 

[Battersea Power Station]

For reference, 16.500 is the highest score.

The highest score possible? So difficulty only goes up to 6.5? I thought it was more open ended than that.

 

[weekend_warrior]

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!! USA! USA! USA!

 

[dc89]

Dampney is really good at getting low and digging the ball up!

GB 13-12 with Italy in the beach volleyball.

 

[Clydefrog]

Wambach from Morgan

GOOOOALLLL

 

[Nesotenso]

US are last on floor.

 

[MIMIC]

16-15*

Record am got

 

[Shadow780]

smh NBC streaming is crapping out.

 

[Levyne]

NBC stream just decided to crap out on me. Can't do the expat shield thing at work.

Oh yeah, once I get the stream back on I won't be able to rewind either.

NBC

 

[Good Job Bob]

Aly Raisman tearing up as well on beam. :O

Score?

 

[LTWheels]

3> Dampney

 

[Officerrob]

smh NBC streaming is crapping out.

Same for me

 

[Sealda]

The highest score possible? So difficulty only goes up to 6.5? I thought it was more open ended than that.

No...

You take the difficulty score + execution (10-penalties)= final score.


Say, you do some extremely hard shit: The difficulty for the routine, is then say, 7.00

The execution, is almost perfect. The refs, find 0.5 flaws.

That means, total it becomes:

7+10-0.5= 16.5

 

[Kobalty]

Beach volleyball super tight match come on Team GB

 

[Sianos]

smh NBC streaming is crapping out.

Yeah, I lost a bit. Don't think I missed much, though.

 

[Diprosalic]

Which is not considered cheating by the WTA or by the ATP rules.

it can be punished but nobody does, same as it can be punished when you take to much time between points but nobody dares to. it's legally cheating.