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[elty]

During this set of tennis, Canada won 3 medals. I say keep playing Raonic.

Huh, what did we win? I only know syncho diving.

 

[brianjones]

anyone watching this tsonga match?

looks liker djoker kicked roddicks ass

 

[Clydefrog]

:bow

holy

 

[numble]

They are milking the gymnastics coverage since its always the most watched.

 

[Brazil]

Was that a perfect 10?

I'm not even watching it, but I don't think that was worth 10.

 

[davidsaurus]

I guess every other nation can afford to have attractive as well as talented gymnasts.

 

[Brinbe]

They must be exhausted.

 

[Majine]

They are milking the gymnastics coverage since its always the most watched.

Really? There's statistics on that?

 

[pxleyes]

They are milking the gymnastics coverage since its always the most watched.

How can you milk an event going on by simply showing it?

 

[SDBurton]

Women's Gymnastic's Team Final

Awesome. Thank you!

 

[Kikujiro]

Table tennis:

Anyone watch Ding Ning vs Feng Tianwei? Awesome match.

One thing I didn't get... in the last game, at like 10-4, the umpire didn't see the ball touch the table. Feng said it did, and the umpire was like "oh, ok" and awarded her the point. Is it as simple as that?

I watched it, match was fantastic, much closer than I thought it would be. For that point I guess since the Chinese player didn't say anything they just let her have the point.

 

[fuenf]

Was that a perfect 10?

16.233 and 9.75 for execution or something like that

 

[Brazil]

16.233 and 9.75 for execution or something like that

That's a higher difficulty score than I thought. Very nice.

 

[Sianos]

16.233 and 9.75 for execution or something like that

For reference, 16.500 is the highest score.

 

[nny]

(Archery)

Damn, this Korean is amazing.

 

[Majine]

(Archery)

Damn, this Korean is amazing.

That pretty much sums up archery

 

[OpinionatedCyborg]

feelsl ike I'm on a geocities webpage from the late 90s listening to this midi rendition of live and let die lol

 

[elty]

So I guess it is USA >= Russia > China right now?

 

[Koodo]

Good lord, this Chinese girl on beam almost fell a couple of times but she was not having it.

 

[ag-my001]

Did this get posted in the last thread?

LONDON (AP) — Olympic fencing officials said Tuesday they had no choice but to reject an appeal by South Korea following the defeat of Shin A-lam in the semifinals of the Olympic women's individual epee.

The South Koreans claimed that Shin's match against Britta Heidemann was already over when the German was awarded the decisive point in the final second Monday, earning her a 6-5 victory.

Fencing officials said in a statement that determining how much time remains in a match is up to the referee. They said they could not "change a question of fact."

The appeal delayed competition more than an hour. Competition rules forced Shin to wait on the fencing strip, leaving the South Korean crying before a crowd of 8,000, before the decision was announced.

Officials said Monday they needed the time to make sure they were following procedures correctly in what they called a "delicate situation."

In its appeal, South Korea questioned the timekeeping toward the end of the match. With one second left on the clock, the match was restarted four times as both players scored simultaneously each time, automatically stopping the clock.

The South Koreans said in their appeal that it impossible for all for actions to happen during one second.

"Who can believe this situation?" they wrote.

Shin later lost her bronze-medal match to Sun Yujie of China, while Heidemann, the defending Olympic champion, went on to lose the final 9-8 to Yana Shemyakina of Ukraine.

Summary: It wasn't something that could be reviewed, and the hour-delay was to make sure it wasn't something that could be reviewed.

Edit (source): http://www.nbcolympics.com/news-blo...ut-to-reject-korean-appeal-officials-say.html

 

[LTWheels]

I hope she is not out of the tournament with that ankle injury...

 

[DeathbyVolcano]

woohoo go USA girls!

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

Will american gymnasts use white suits for the all-around?

 

[LizardKing]

gymnastics feed needs to learn how to prioritize the better teams near the top rather than just showing everything randomly.

 

[Oozer3993]

feelsl ike I'm on a geocities webpage from the late 90s listening to this midi rendition of live and let die lol

All the floor routine music sounds like elevator Muzak renditions of the songs.

 

[MIMIC]

Sharapova in an early dogfight. Screaming louder than ever, too. =p

 

[dc89]

Team GB V Italy about to start, women's beach volleyball.

Zara Dampney!

 

[Wes]

Band at the GB hockey game keeps playing Is This The Way To Amarillo.

Love it!

 

[Sianos]

USA just BARELY leading over Russia right now.

 

[davidsaurus]

Team GB V Italy about to start, women's beach volleyball.

Zara Dampney!

Meow

 

[Sealda]

China lost the silver and gold on the beam...

Merely 42.932 meanwhile Romania got 45.249...

 

[Koodo]

Women's Gymnastics current standings:

1. USA
2. Russia
3. China
4. Canada (yass!)
5. Romania
6. Italy
7. GB
8. Japan

USA and Russia are neck on neck.

 

[Drakken]

Aaaaaggghhh. That Morgan shot was so close.

 

[nny]

(Archery)

Uh-oh, a 4.

 

[Diprosalic]

its funny how the 24 year old gymnast looks like a grandmother compared to the other contestants.

 

[LTWheels]

Team GB V Italy about to start, women's beach volleyball.

Zara Dampney!

Cheers for the heads up

 

[MIMIC]

 

[Officerrob]

USA just BARELY leading over Russia right now.

Squandered the vault lead already, not good

 

[Meadows]

Matt Baker is an amazing human

 

[Diprosalic]

british girl is cute. please tell me she's not 12.

 

[Sealda]

There is no point in comparing USA, Russia and China in the standings, right now...since the points in vault for instance, are always 2-3 points at-least higher than the rest of the apparatus etc.

 

[Sianos]

Kyla a bit wobbly on beam, but still amazing.

 

[ag-my001]

There's been a debate about this, but I don't think we've had the official explanation. The problem apparently is that she didn't officially challenge the decision during the match.

Oh I was there for the debate, I was just looking for sources other than the German press with their amazingly precise time-keeping (that no one else had access to).

 

[The Omega Man]

Table tennis:

Anyone watch Ding Ning vs Feng Tianwei? Awesome match.

One thing I didn't get... in the last game, at like 10-4, the umpire didn't see the ball touch the table. Feng said it did, and the umpire was like "oh, ok" and awarded her the point. Is it as simple as that?

I haven't watched it yet, CTV usually puts the matches up after they are finished, right now only the women's quarterfinals for this morning are showing up.

Looking forward to Ovtcharov vs Maze and Crisan vs Chuang, I am rooting for the westerners just for diversity sake, a lot of upsets so far.

I watched it, match was fantastic, much closer than I thought it would be. For that point I guess since the Chinese player didn't say anything they just let her have the point.

Now I want to watch it more, damn CTV put the match up!!!

 

[giga]

british girl is cute. please tell me she's not 12.

13

 

[Officerrob]

Why is the NBC online stream showing British vaulters instead of the Americans on beam?

 

[LizardKing]

There is no point in comparing USA, Russia and China in the standings, right now...since the points in vault for instance, are always 2-3 points at-least higher than the rest of the apparatus etc.

but US and Russia have both already vaulted

 

[weekend_warrior]

Is that for a gold or is that a pre-lim thing?

 

[mclem]

By my reckoning, I *think* a draw will be sufficient for GB to progress in the hockey now.

 

[Impeccable]

3 Bronze for Canada today. What a good day!

(Judo, Diving and now Weightlifting!)