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[Wes]

Come on Jess. Bring it home!

I think the noise is going to be simply incredible.

 

[Shadow780]

They need to add Star Craft 2, Dota, SF4, Mahjong, chess and poker into the next Olympics.

 

[Diprosalic]

why did swimming get that many events in the first place? is it popular anywhere outside of the olympics? i literally never see any swimming outside of the two olympic weeks.

 

[Y2Kev]

So after all that, Phelps > Lochte

 

[Meadows]

KJT!!!!

 

[Afrikan]

I'm in the U.S.

Does anyone know when they will have the medal ceremony for the Womens Heptathlon?

Is it soon after the event or later that night in London....and do these websites stream them live?

 

[Snakeyes]

Swimming is just ridiculous. Literally the same shit, same swimmers, same events every single night.

They need to either remove half the events or limit entry to three events per athlete or something.

Totally agreed.

 

[L1NETT]

90% of GB medals removed!

Swimming gone = 60% of US medals gone ;-)

 

[SuperBonk]

I agree they need to cut down on swimming.

Events I would cut:

50, 200, 400, and 1500m men's freestyle
100 and 200m men's breast stroke
200m men's butterfly
4x100m men's freestyle relay
50m, 100m, and 400m women's freestyle
100m women's breast stroke
200m women's butterfly
200 and 400m women's IM
4x100m women's freestyle relay

 

[PaulLFC]

KJT time! <3

 

[Dark Schala]

They need to add Star Craft 2, Dota, SF4, Mahjong, chess and poker into the next Olympics.

GAF could make its own international team.

 

[fly high ~ayunite~]

So much pressure on Ennis

 

[fuenf]

I think we can all agree that anything not on the track or field need to be gone entirely.

i find track & field far to chaotic to be exciting / enjoyable. too much stuff going on at the same time, cant tell whether they are showing something live or on tape delay. i'll take swimming over it any day of the week.

 

[The_Hitcher89]

I think we can all agree that anything not on the track or field need to be gone entirely.

No. Just no.

 

[Kikujiro]

Dont forget we need to remove badminton, table tennis also.

Tennis Table has 6 events, Swimming has 34. How can you even compare them.

They can let Swimming have 34 events, but give us more for the other events.

 

[Lanark]

I don't mind the swimming, but there's way too many events. Just crazy. Cut it back a bit like they did to cycling.

But with cycling they cut the wrong events. But yes, swimming could be brought back to 5 or 6 events easily.

 

[Subitai]

Now that Phelps is done and can go and play CoD, he has to resolve how he'll play le Clos in FIFA.

http://espn.go.com/olympics/summer/2012/swimming/story/_/id/8231855/2012-olympics-chad-le-clos-just-one-example-michael-phelps-impact-swimming

Before the night ended, le Clos and Phelps spent even more time together, arguing over who would win in a "FIFA" video game battle and discussing getting together someday to go cage diving in South Africa.



"He said he plays on PlayStation. I play on Xbox," Phelps said. "He says he could still take me. It's that competitiveness we both have. It's cool to see. It's been great getting to know him."

Anyway the main point of the article is that le Clos is the realization of Phelps greater dream.

When he was just 15, Phelps stated his goals to agent Peter Carlisle. They had nothing to do with gold medals, world records or becoming the greatest swimmer ever. Instead, Phelps said he wanted to change the sport of swimming; he wanted to motivate, inspire and push people to chase their dreams.

Two nights earlier, le Clos had shockingly out-touched Phelps to beat him in the 200-meter butterfly, a race he hadn't lost at a major international meet since le Clos was 8 years old. After the race, he mentioned how excited he was to beat his idol. The next morning, when Phelps relayed the story to coach Bob Bowman, the two of them got emotional.


The blond-haired, 20-year-old le Clos was the result of that goal. On Friday night, as he walked onto the pool deck with his idol for the last time, le Clos couldn't stop thinking about his place in this special moment.

 

[woolley]

tunlr.net

It worked! Thank you.

 

[LTWheels]

KJT!

 

[giga]

I agree they need to cut down on swimming.

Events I would cut:

50, 200, 400, and 1500m men's freestyle
100 and 200m men's breast stroke
200m men's butterfly
4x100m men's freestyle relay
50m, 100m, and 400m women's freestyle
100m women's breast stroke
200m women's butterfly
200 and 400m women's IM
4x100m women's freestyle relay

That's still not enough. I'd say just the 50m free is all they keep.

 

[MrPing1000]

So much pressure on Ennis

Pretty hard for her not to win, she'd basically need to pull out.

 

[Psychotext]

So much pressure on Ennis

All she has to do is not fall over. She can easily do the time.

 

[vas_a_morir]

I agree they need to cut down on swimming.

Events I would cut:

50, 200, 400, and 1500m men's freestyle
100 and 200m men's breast stroke
200m men's butterfly
4x100m men's freestyle relay
50m, 100m, and 400m women's freestyle
100m women's breast stroke
200m women's butterfly
200 and 400m women's IM
4x100m women's freestyle relay

I'd cut sports that are just pussy versions of other sports, like 'walking' (as opposed to running), ping pong (as opposed to tennis), Badminton (as opposed to volleyball), I mean, shit, they might as well have a slap-fighting event to go with boxing.

 

[Chumly]

why did swimming get that many events in the first place? is it popular anywhere outside of the olympics? i literally never see any swimming outside of the two olympic weeks.

Almost every swimming event has been run since the 60's? Where have you been? Its worldwide.

 

[Meadows]

YESSSSS KJT

 

[TrueBlue]

Unf. That Katerina Johnson Thompson is cute.

 

[mxgt]

fuck yeah KJT

 

[Kikujiro]

They need to add Star Craft 2, Dota, SF4, Mahjong, chess and poker into the next Olympics.

And Marvel, easy gold medal for the US.

 

[DeFiBkIlLeR]

KJT....damn, why do I find mixed race girls so damn hot, they're my kryptonite.

 

[Juicy Bob]

Katarina, I look forward to seeing you in 2016.

 

[mclem]

KJT gets a junior record!

 

[Forceatowulf]

why did swimming get that many events in the first place? is it popular anywhere outside of the olympics? i literally never see any swimming outside of the two olympic weeks.

I see swimming on TV just as much as I do track and field during the course of a year. Seriously...

So after all that, Phelps > Lochte

lol

I was ready to bow to our new water overlord, but Phelps made sure to set my my foolishness straight.

So much shit talking before and early in the Olympics too. And in the end.. Phelps is still King of the castle.

 

[PaulLFC]

2nd! Well done KJT!

 

[zero_suit]

KJT....damn, why do I find mixed race girls so damn hot, they're my kryptonite.

Because they are?

 

[fuenf]

why did swimming get that many events in the first place? is it popular anywhere outside of the olympics? i literally never see any swimming outside of the two olympic weeks.

why do we need to count medals and compare different sports / disciplines? like i said before, swimming is the main atteraction of the Olympics during the first week (together with gymnastics). who cares how many medals they hand out, just think of it as an entirely different branch of sports.

 

[L1NETT]

Katirina Thompson Johnson is such a great name

 

[Withnail]

Great run from KJT.

 

[Dance Inferno]

Surely you mean anything that's not archery/weightlifting/fencing needs to be gone entirely

Surely YOU mean anything that doesn't involve a volleyball need to be gone entirely

 

[jl4855]

ennis cant crash

 

[Diprosalic]

I see swimming on TV just as much as I do track and field during the course of a year. Seriously...

it was a honest question. track and field i see a couple of times over the summer. swimming never.

 

[Wes]

Great run by KJT but now it is time...

Jess! Jess! Jess!

 

[Psychotext]

who cares how many medals they hand out, just think of it as an entirely different branch of sports.

I don't care how many medals they hand out, but I do get sick of seeing so many of the same competitors day after day.

 

[Good Job Bob]

why did swimming get that many events in the first place? is it popular anywhere outside of the olympics? i literally never see any swimming outside of the two olympic weeks.

It was put in there so whiners like you would get pissed when a country like the US totally dominates.

 

[GeneralManager]

Swimming gone = 60% of US medals gone ;-)

Swimming is typically about 30-35% of US medals. Might be slightly higher this year though.

 

[Meadows]

how many montages do we need?!

 

[Kikujiro]

Surely you mean anything that's not archery/weightlifting/fencing needs to be gone entirely

Archery really needs more events, it's so fucking good and it's popular, no excuses.

 

[Adamm]

I think we can all agree that there aren't enough woman's archery events

 

[Withnail]

Ennis looks really nervous.

 

[Diprosalic]

It was put in there so whiners like you would get pissed when a country like the US totally dominates.

why would i care if the us dominates?

 

[Wax Free Vanilla]

ennis cant crash

she's going to pull her hamstring