ParaCanKor
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I wish they'd drop football and bring back baseball.
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London 2012 Summer Olympics |OT2|
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BertramCooper
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I have pretty much zero interest left in swimming at this point. It's the most overexposed sport at the Summer Olympics.
But isnt that exactly why swimmers like Franklin, Phelps etc. stand out? Bolt has to win one race and he's the King of the World, Phelps only became relevant by winning 8.
that's only because there's no track & field in the first week, it'll be exactly the same next week. they should alternate between competitons more.
Wafflecakes
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Its great, thats what it is.
Also impressed China didn't fight it. They know they dun fucked up and are manning up.
On what grounds?
Tomorrow has the women's Archery finals. Thus, tomorrow is awesome.
Uh... Why wouldn't it be?
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
The trick is to only watch a couple of the finals and spend the rest of the time watching literally any other Olympic sport. There's plenty to choose from.
Phelps may win 8 but there were people before who won multiple events. It is common in the pool. 8 isn't and should be applauded but I really don't see how someone can't say that the swimming medals are over represented.
The Chinese statal press had already condemned the players' actions and had suggested that, in case they ended up getting medals, no one should applaud them.
Those guys are fucked.
It was the head coach's decision anyway. It had nothing to do with the players.
bloodforge
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This China vs China match has been interesting to say the least.
Women's Gymnastics Individual All-Around. Don't miss it.
OMG.
Thanks for reminding.
Diprosalic
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switching between disciplines is a 1000 times easier in swimming. in the 2008 olympics 8 out of the top 10 medal earners where swimmers. just one athletic guy in the top ten: usain bolt and what he did was unreal.
sorry if i wasnt clear enough. i meant that the medals in swimming are already devalued in the public's eye; you've to win 8 in order to get the same kind of attention a 100m sprinter gets.
*raises hand
Wafflecakes
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Hopefully the coach gets removed as well.
BertramCooper
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Oh, I know. I've been watching archery almost nonstop the past couple of days. Beach volleyball, too.
FlashbladeGAF
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BertramCooper
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So is the opening ceremony buried somewhere on NBC's website? For the life of me, I can't find it.
HoodWinked
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im sorry but throwing matches to get favorable seeds is smart mechanics. its the stupid round system thats in place is whats wrong.
it was even more interesting that in the indonesia vs korea match both teams were deliberately trying to lose. it was like that malcom in the middle episode where they were trying to lose in billards.
anytime there is META like this its just makes it more amazing.
it was even more interesting that in the indonesia vs korea match both teams were deliberately trying to lose. it was like that malcom in the middle episode where they were trying to lose in billards.
anytime there is META like this its just makes it more amazing.
Fuck yeah. The coolest looking Olympic events.
Tell that to the people who paid big money to watch actual matches.
And, well, no. Stuff like this isn't "smart" anything. It's just a way of crapping all over everything the Olympics are supposed to represent.
Isn't this exact system why FIFA makes the last game of group play simultaneous? I support the decision to kick them out, but I'd also be OK if both teams were given a "loss/forfeit" so that their whole goal was for naught.
The 2 silver medalists from men's 200m freestyle are going to be in 1500m freestyle. In fact, one of them holds the world record for 1500m.
The correct answer should be: because people love watching it. It makes no sense to cut down the number of events on a sport that draw huge ratings around the world.
Jeff Albertson
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What do people think is the most expensive piece of induvidual olympic apparatus is?
Just curious really after the discussion about the bikes today
Just curious really after the discussion about the bikes today
Does horse count?
Actually, the most recent match with the GB women's team had the highest attendance (70,000) of any post-war women's football match.
Football should not go, why should the most popular sport in the world not be contested in the largest sporting championship in the world? Nobody watches it because usually there are only 3 players worth watching in each team, and because there are other bigger football tournaments where we can see all the best players. The Olympics has been traditionally been more about events that don't see much coverage outside of the Olympics like track & field and swimming any way, but that doesn't mean sports like football shouldn't be in the games. It's a small event in comparison to other football tournaments, but it still counts.
Probably those boats, or competition horse?
weekend_warrior
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The disqualification seems a lot more appropriate after actually seeing them "play".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsjDEGPIIZo
Uh huh, I wonder what's happening in the village.
Jeff Albertson
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Any stats on the male / female divide in that 20 or the sports they compete in?
Just be interesting to see a breakdown, also there are probably more openly gay but just not known about
Napoleonthechimp
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What were the Chinese reactions to the badminton disqualifications? I'm always interested in hearing how they react to things like this.
3 Men, 17 Female, 1 Team GB and 1 Team Aus, 1 Team Netherlands.
Matthew Mitcham (Australia, diving);
Edward Gal (Netherlands, equestrian);
Lisa Raymond (U.S., doubles tennis);
Judith Arndt (Germany, cycling);
Seimone Augustus (U.S., basketball);
Imke Duplitzer (Germany, fencing);
Megan Rapinoe (U.S. soccer);
Marilyn Agliotti (Netherlands, field hockey);
Carl Hester (Britian, equestrian);
Carlien Dirkse van den Heuval (Netherlands, field hockey);
Mayssa Pessoa (Brazil, Handball);
Rikke Skov (Denmark, handball);
Maartje Paumen (Netherlands, field hockey);
Natalie Cook (Australia, beach volleyball);
Alexandra Lacrabère (France, handball);
Jessica Landström (Sweden, soccer);
Hedvig Lindahl (Sweden, soccer), Lisa Dahlkvist (Sweden, Soccer)
and Carole Péon (France, triathlon) and Jessica Harrison (France, triathlon).
HoodWinked
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ticket holders watch more than one match. plus the system is whats broken, because of the way the draws works you could essentially have #1 and #2 teams face off at the start of elimination and that means whoever loses will place something like 8th which is just complete nonsense. make a system where teams are drawn accordingly.
they dont even have a respchage to compensate for stupid seeding.
It starts 4:00am Eastern, wrapping up around 10:30 for the Gold Medal match.
Highlighted selections:
Schuh (FRA) vs. Choi (KOR) 4:13 am (This is Queen Glasses from the .gif)
Ki B.B. (KOR) vs. Hayakawa (JPN) 4:39 am (Princess String-mark. Also, be careful with Google searches for Hayakawa, seems to be someone else with a similar name that causes an auto-correct)
CrunchinJelly
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She's our goalie and the best player in the team.
HoodWinked
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they put a good media face and denounced it when they were essentially the ones that started the domino of events by having the #1 pair in the world to lose deliberately.
Half of them blame the coach, half of them blame the new rule change, which clearly backfire on the face of Badminton league. Also a big potion think the athelics deserved to be DQ'd.
I would like to read more but the thread was promptly deleted.
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