London 2012 Summer Olympics |OT3|
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Damn, Scott-Aruda turns 40 in October? She's gotta be one of the oldest athletes outside of equestrian and shooting/archery participants ie stuff where you don't have to be an athlete to be good at it.
weekend_warrior
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Just found out we won a gold in women's water polo today too. So many gold medals we can't even keep track of them all! #USAproblems
Psychotext
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Oh hell no. Going to be so embarrassing.
Psychotext
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Hadn't seen this posted, but holy shit...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/aug/09/london-2012-usa-relay-broken-leg
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/aug/09/london-2012-usa-relay-broken-leg
Oldschoolgamer
The physical form of blasphemy
Fucking hardcore.
timetokill
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Damn, way to represent, man...
No hard feelings
I have some hard feelings. Tainted gold medal right there.
Please don't be a picture of the closing ceremony rehearsals...
First we shoehorned Macca into the Olympics, now we're wheeling out the Spice Girls.
They seriously still broadcast that? Jesus...
Hey hey now.... we have more crying bald eagle pics just waiting in the shadows bruh, don't make me....
That's the 4X100 relay. Mitchell was running on a broken leg in the 4X400, which is even more amazing.
I H8 Memes
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On Netflix. She went to bed now though. I didnt miss the mens 200 final or the 4x400 final did I?
Who will run in his place for the final?
Would be cool to see Eaton run and get another gold to go with his decathlon, he has a really strong 400m for a decathlete, if he went all out without worrying about saving energy for other events he could be competitive.
Might have no other option given the injury situation with Wariner and Merrit.
Simply imagine if you put Usain Bolt in a race against seven children and then toyed with Yohan Blake.
Adrenalin, how does it work?
I know. I'm hyped for the 4x100 and don't really care about the 4x400.
planar1280
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What are these things athletes wear on their muscles like straps. I saw some athletes and volleyball players playing them
Well, for what is worth, we already have 4 medals secured(at least 2 bronze in boxing and 2 silver in football and volley fem) with the possibility for another one in masculine volley, with the semis being tomorrow. The best result for Brazil ever was 15 medals and we already have got that, so, this could be the best edition of the summer olympics for Brazil ever. Lol
But no, it's crazy to even think that Brazil will make some noise in 2016. Perhaps top 15, if we're lucky.
So proud of our womens soccer team, a medal is a medal. Not going to whine about what could have been. These girls played their hearts out against teams rated higher than them. Christine Sinclair most goals of any player in the olympics with 6. She is arguably one of the best women soccer players ever. Go Canada!!!
And congrats to the US for the gold and Japan for the Silver.
And congrats to the US for the gold and Japan for the Silver.
demigod
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Americans should STFU about people doping, especially when you've been caught with it. Honestly I didn't know Carl Lewis was a doper until the guy in previous page said it. I don't buy it that he didn't know about it. American media, shun and accuse other nations of doping but when their own athletes do it, just slap their wrists and let them go out and represent us!
So proud of our womens soccer team, a medal is a medal. Not going to whine about what could have been. These girls played their hearts out against teams rated higher than them. Christine Sinclair most goals of any player in the olympics with 6. She is arguably one of the best women soccer players ever. Go Canada!!!
And congrats to the US for the gold and Japan for the Silver.
Sinclair's a local girl to boot. Doing the west coast proud.
I assume he would have to have been listed as an alternate all along to be able to do it. I don't think you can just throw just anybody in to fill holes.
Psychotext
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You wont be laughing when all the Jamaican swimmers turn up!
...ok, maybe you will.
If Jamaica starts to shit on us in swimming then we might have a problem lol.
Out. Unless another country caused the injury, as in South Africa's case, then they can be pushed through to the next round.
FFFF.... that's hardcore!!! They put so much strain that their bones can just snap like that?? Maybe a misstep (more likely now that i read it was on the 200m mark), but damn it was really early on.
Either that or he should be seeing a doctor..
vas_a_morir
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Like what?
Also, this thread got insane when the US Association Football team won the Gold. I hope world-GAF understands that Americans were being ironic with their over the top patriotic displays... Gold Medal in Trolling? Throw it on the pile.
ryutaro's mama
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Just got through trudging through all DAT SALT (good game, Japan) and this is my favorite post of the today:
And we put up 3 more since this magical post.
I love how when we were behind in the medal count, it was all about China and how they were beating us but now that we got dat double digit lead, peeps trying to act like the medals don't matter anymore.
Never change, haters.
Most gold, most silver, most medals, most everything. USA #1
Are you even trying rest of the world?
And we put up 3 more since this magical post.
I love how when we were behind in the medal count, it was all about China and how they were beating us but now that we got dat double digit lead, peeps trying to act like the medals don't matter anymore.
Never change, haters.
Didn't that just happen in the last WC...
You have to thank GB gfor taking two golds sway from China in boxing and Taekwondo where they had two world no. 1s. It's all very close at the moment, i thoug the US would really pull away when the track and field started.
Carl Lewis did act like a douche before the 100m race. :lol I thought Lewis was classy, I guess not. Go Bolt!
ryutaro's mama
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Carl Lewis is just mad his acting career never took off:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76KI6KcG9aI
People were hating on Phelps after '08 and then he passed his PEDs tests and all the hating went away.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76KI6KcG9aI
People were hating on Phelps after '08 and then he passed his PEDs tests and all the hating went away.
Mecha_Infantry
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As many have already said, I bought some Adidas stuff recently. Gonna see if I can find the volunteers shoes somewhere. Also they sponser the GB and German team, and we are going mad with purchases here. Maybe if you look outside your own country you might see something else?
Only thing that Nike have made me want to buy is the US windbreaker they wear on the podium. Are they available anywhere?
Yeah, should be a lifetime ban. Gaitlin's participation is almost a tacit approval. I guess it's part of a win at all costs mentality. I'm annoyed that Duane Chambers' ban was overuled, it shoul dbe our decision who runs for us and who doesn't.
I don't think there were ever 'haters' as you put it. There were mainly some posts pointing out that the US media seemed to be the only one using total medals as a measure (which out them top of the table above china) rather than total golds which everyone else uses.
Of course USA is a powerful sporting nation. Lovely. So how about having the confidence to show yourself in second place, looking forward to probably overtaking china when the track events get going.
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