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London 2012 Summer Olympics |OT2|
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Welcome to the Olympics?
Ya it's getting annoying...NBC coverage isn't just bad, the commentators are annoying and the random video segments seem out of place when they should just be showing the event.
Glad I watched the BBC stream earlier.
weekend_warrior
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disgraceful.
questionmark
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This goes against the Olympic spirit. Both teams should be disqualified.
A bit of both. The Koreans were trying to lose too. Whoever won would face a stronger team in the next round, meaning they're less likely to get through to the finals.
The Koreans won so they have to face another pair from their own country.
The fault really lies with the format. Top seeds are supposed to be separated and not face each other until late in the competition. Why fix something that's been working forever?
On the other hand, you would see teams doing that in football, basketball and yet they don't face the same kind of scrutiny. I guess it's easier to mask a tank job in team sports.
The problem is in the format. The format should never punish competitors by winning. Of course neither team wanted to win if it meant they would have to face tougher competition and they were already qualified.
They should fix the format for next time so top seeds are separated as long as possible.
They should fix the format for next time so top seeds are separated as long as possible.
Battersea Power Station
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They were probably instructed to lose by their coaches and/or federation. If they didn't, they might've been kicked off the team. I've seen disobedience thus punished in other sports.
Edit: Just to clarify, I do thing it's disgraceful, but not necessarily on the part of the athletes. In a country like China, they are employees, and they need to do their job to keep getting paid.
Amazing!
shira
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Slower, weaker, lower
RatskyWatsky
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Whoo! USA Women's Gymnastics rocked the house. Well deserved gold.
Phelps all time greatest olympian! Yay!
Yeah, they were really playing that shit out.
Phelps all time greatest olympian! Yay!
Yeah, they were really playing that shit out.
SolidSnakex
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Yep, medal counts are always important in Olympics. It sounds like you can manipulate the results in badminton and do it within the rules. By doing this that Chinese team has likely locked up gold and silver for their country in badminton.
RatskyWatsky
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I'm pretty sure it does.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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Depends on the event. They obviously don't have commentators for every single event that's going on.
LEST WE FORGET! *bald eagle tear*
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
They were even showing it in slow motion. lol
Shogmaster
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Just got caught up on the NBC broadcast for the night... Fantastic performance by the Fab 5
1) US ladies killed it on vault, especially Maroney
2) competition was not on the level it has been in the past
3) Raisman starting to cry before her floor routine was over was powerful stuff.
4) Maroney looks evil all the time.
Congrats to Phelps on all those medals.
The best reality television.
1) US ladies killed it on vault, especially Maroney
2) competition was not on the level it has been in the past
3) Raisman starting to cry before her floor routine was over was powerful stuff.
4) Maroney looks evil all the time.
Congrats to Phelps on all those medals.
The best reality television.
Here's a great article on the vault.
http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id...ymnastics-team-lies-vault-amanar-25-yurchenko
http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id...ymnastics-team-lies-vault-amanar-25-yurchenko
Chun-Li On A Bike
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I hope someone can gif the guy trying to slam and getting the ball stuck on the rim
USA VS SUN It was somewhere before the 7:00 mark in the 2nd quarter. Don't fail me!
I laughed my ass off, I'm sure you guys talked about it before but I just saw it
USA VS SUN It was somewhere before the 7:00 mark in the 2nd quarter. Don't fail me!
I laughed my ass off, I'm sure you guys talked about it before but I just saw it
The competition level was actually really quite high, NBC just only showed the Russians when they messed up, but they did well overall. They were very much in competition for the gold but the USA team just never made much of a mistake so the broadcast made it look easy for them, it could have been somewhat close. One of the Russians is a strong contender to win individual gold.
I don't think NBC showed much of the Canadians either who performed well finishing just behind China. I wasn't expecting Canada to have that strong of a gymnastics team so congrats to them!
Is it just me or is the USA the best at everything? Why do other countries even try? ¯\_(ツ
_/¯Yea, it was a little weird when the interviewer lady closed with "Congratulations to you all for being part of Michael's historic achievement" as the other guys grumbled "thank you" and left. lol wat.
Sviatoslav
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Is it just me or is the USA the best at everything? Why do other countries even try? ¯\_(ツ
There are plently of sports the US sucks at. Weightlifting for example. That's why they don't show it on NBC.
RBelong2Us
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Is it just me or is the USA the best at everything? Why do other countries even try? ¯_(ツ
Definitely just you, they heavily play sports that USA are great at on tv for the most part (Gymnastics, swimming, bball, volleyball) but they arent killing at everything, a good amount though.
RBelong2Us
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Thats kinda surprising to me.
Book her for the closing ceremony.
Is it just me or is the USA the best at everything? Why do other countries even try? ¯\_(ツ
That's why you have won all the gold medals so far
oh wait
Sviatoslav
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China has more weightlifting medals already these Olympics that the US has total in the last 20 years.
Joel Was Right
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Woah I just read about the badminton conspiracy claims from yesterday. Shady stuff indeed
even during the swim, the commentators made it sound like they were swimming for him or something
and then you have the commercial talking about lezak moment using phelps footage
it's no wonder some of them seem to resent him, through no fault of his own
Hypereides
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The tennis match between Wickmayer and Wozniacki recently was amazing. There were like 10 chances for matchpoint, the advantage was going back and forth between the 2. Havent seen an exciting match like that for a while.
Wait, men or women?
Nope. It's odd how she only specializes in the medley.
The US, for instance, sends people that specialize in other swims to do the medley.
Gonna miss out on some Olympics! GAH!Apparently she's a free style specialist, that's why she always surges in the final lap. Hopefully we see her back in 2016 in more events.
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