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[linsivvi]

sadly he won't. the way this olympic is going for us were going out with no medals.

Well I am hoping for a rematch of the Wimbledon final at least. Should be fantastic.

 

[Zaph]

They seriously can't DQ for that.

Talk about punishment not fitting the 'crime'.

How many warnings did the badminton pairs get? 4?

 

[Diprosalic]

haha play a high level table tennis match and then tell me again that it's not exhausting.

 

[Hypnotoad]

And they are not even showing any cycling on Chinese TV. Sounds like a heated race, should switch Expatshield on.

 

[Threi]

Only medal table that matters, China/USA so bad.

Hell yes.

 

[Xun]

Or they are having a big population and good talent selection and training programs.

Oh I know, but still.

I don't personally think China can be trusted.

 

[Mecha_Infantry]

I LOVE in team pursuit the way the front guy peels off to the back

Awesome

 

[midonnay]

If table Tennis is a sport. Why the hell is not pool/billiards or darts a sport?

they're all sports >_<

and its not physically exerting? wtf?

this isn't backyard ping pong..... they hit so fast that they had to introduce bigger balls so that television viewers could see the ball properly

 

[Adamm]

I'm a fan of the "throwing stuff in the air" contests, so I've got shotput, discus, javelin, et al to look ahead to.

Lots of events still to come!

Yeah, there's still plenty more I want to watch (there's still more archery tomorrow).

But I enjoyed supported Ki Bo Bae

Time to take up archery I think!

 

[zephervack]

They seriously can't DQ for that.

Talk about punishment not fitting the 'crime'.

How many warnings did the badminton pairs get? 4?

The hell is going on, who is getting DQ on what sport? Is it live right now?

 

[davidsaurus]

I LOVE in team pursuit the way the front guy peels off to the back

Awesome

Lol, yeah it's sort of mesmerizing.

 

[Hunter S.]

It's a large part of the Olympics. Always has been (for the nations that actually have a chance).

Exactly, (to who asked originally) before Beijing, Russia was our main rival. They still our in terms of history, but they are no longer as strong in many ways.

 

[KingItachi]

For those who the U.S. is strong in track and field what events in track and field are they strong in.

 

[Hoo-doo]

China are definitely doing something.

A new type of untraceable drug?

Is it that hard to appreciate the skill of the athletes without immediately jumping on the doping bandwagon?

 

[andylsun]

4k team pursuit - love it.

 

[Threi]

Oh I know, but still.

I don't personally think China can be trusted.

Why not

 

[numble]

China didn't have much of a sprint team in 2008. 1 bronze for an individual woman, nothing else.

But it doesn't look like many countries concentrate on this specific sport.

 

[Brinbe]

I wish Pool were an Olympic sport. Philippines would be all over that shit haha.

And smfh @ all the doping idiocy. Just stop it. If there's some shit going on, they'll get found out and DQ'd/banned accordingly. Until then, there's zero reason to worry.

 

[LTWheels]

This could be a big black cloud over our day....

 

[Zaph]

The hell is going on, who is getting DQ on what sport? Is it live right now?

Track cycling. GB. Overtaking in the wrong place.

 

[MIMIC]

Interesting how some girls need a spotter during their bar routine and some don't

 

[Wes]

"Jess Varnish pulled off outside of the box." Seems to be the issue according to twitter but no one really knows what is going on.

Discussions still going on. Seems like GB may have been relegated?

 

[Nesotenso]

For those who the U.S. is strong in track and field what events in track and field are they strong in.

I am not overly familiar with the squad, but Michael Johnson thinks that the women will be dominant in sprint.

 

[AngryMoth]

FUCK. Bbc1 says they aren't getting DQed and then cut to track side reporter who says they are D:

 

[elseanio]

Racing for Gold, not DQd

 

[Jensen]

We aren't DQ'd

 

[MrPing1000]

oh ffs BBC

 

[Subitai]

When you're from larger countries like the US/Russia/China you certainly care about overall medal count because you expect to be #1.

I don't understand why people think America deems itself to be #1. The United States has almost always been behind the Soviet Union/Russian Federation, and East Germany in the summer Olympics. It is why we approach everything as underdogs. Now we're probably gonna be behind China for the foreseeable future.

 

[LTWheels]

We are DQed?!

 

[linsivvi]

Is it that hard to appreciate the skill of the athletes without immediately jumping on the doping bandwagon?

Didn't half of the teams in men's team sprint beat the previous Olympic record as well? And they are only 0.15 behind the world record so it'll probably be broken in the final. It must be the track.

 

[Wax Free Vanilla]

GB DQed

 

[Zaph]

In? Out? WTF?

 

[davidsaurus]

China didn't really care that much about the olympics until they hosted it. They had like 7-8 years to prepare for 2008 and the effect of that is that now they have great athletes.

 

[Gareth Bale]

Racing for Gold, not DQd

We aren't DQ'd

You jinxed it

 

[elseanio]

Nevermind... booo

 

[Jensen]

We are getting DQ'd

You jinxed it

I was just following elseanio's lead

 

[keit4]

The spanish girls in beach volley really like the bananas (no pun intended).

 

[Ark]

For fucks sake.

Saying this as someone who doesn't watch indoor cycling, but what shitty retarded rules.

 

[Nolan.]

Oh I know, but still.

I don't personally think China can be trusted.

I think it's unfair how suspicious quite a majority of people call foul if China dominate anything even if you can't really dope to win said thing

 

[killer_clank]

fuck How did they make such a rookie error? and instant dq seems insanely harsh

 

[Battersea Power Station]

Did someone just imply that table tennis requires a similar level of physical prowess as billiards and darts?

 

[davidsaurus]

Did we ever get a replay of the DQ?

 

[Biggzy]

Bollocks!

 

[Levyne]

Whoa

 

[numble]

What are the rules about shedding riders? I don't get how this sport works...

 

[Simplet]

I'm guessing this is like missing a relay in swimming; automatic DQ...

But really GB already fell and got another chance, might have been a bit much to give them a pass here.

 

[Wes]

"British pair eliminated from competition."

Can't appeal.

 

[LTWheels]

 

[Brinbe]

Isner goes up on Fed

 

[MIMIC]

Varejao with his famous flops. lol