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[Meadows]

watching a bit of ping pong

supporting hong kong

 

[Koodo]

The men look so bored rowing these boats whenever the camera zooms in on them.

 

[Kurtofan]

watching a bit of ping pong

supporting hong kong

They're not British anymore you know

 

[Meadows]

They're not British anymore you know

They wish they were

Fuck me HKers hate Chinese people.

Turned it off now, watching rowing, it was a bit bring

 

[Kobalty]

watching a bit of ping pong

Don't you mean Wiff Waff lol

 

[pappe]

Wooohoo. Indian Badminton player- P. Kashyap through to Qf's in mens singles.

 

[Koodo]

South Africa and China currently neck on neck in the Rowing Women's Pair final.

 

[Majine]

Judo seems pretty bullshit to me, but I've only seen a couple of matches. The one dude who clearly took the initiatives was punished and the one who answered by lying flat on the floor won.

 

[Zaph]

Ha, I knew there was something shady going on with all the Beats headphones.

So many swimmers using Beats headphones. Are they sponsors or are they just really popular among athletes?

Dr. Dre skirts Olympic rules with Beats marketing campaign

The IOC and London Olympic organizing committee have gone to great lengths to protect their official sponsors from outside competition, but Dr. Dre appears to have circumvented these regulations with an ambush marketing campaign for his Beats headphones. As the Guardian reports, Beats representatives have been handing out specially branded headphones to select athletes, despite the fact that the IOC prohibits non-official sponsors from advertising around the Olympics.

Official sponsors gonna be pissed!

 

[linsivvi]

South Africa and China currently neck on neck in the Rowing Women's Pair final.

Losers final.

The real final is the next one.

 

[Kikujiro]

There are so many things to watch right now.

 

[Koodo]

Losers final.

The real final is the next one.

OH.

I was wondering what that Final B meant. :lol

 

[Meadows]

okay guys I've had more thought on my quest to get to the olympics in 2016.

I can marry my GF, and thus qualify for Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) because I automatically get permanent residency.

Now I'm pretty good at football, so I could probably play for their football team. Help me out here guys.

 

[Kurtofan]

Thing is Chinese Taipei are pretty bad at football and won't qualify

 

[pappe]

News is that the Chinese and Korean pairs who cheated and lost/tried to loose on purpose might be disqualified

 

[Oxx]

When you buy tickets now you get two options. Pick up at the venue or print off ticket.

Thanks. Now all I have to do is get lucky.

 

[killer_clank]

Thing is Chinese Taipei are pretty bad at football and won't qualify

are they good at anything other than badminton or table tennis?

 

[linsivvi]

OH.

I was wondering what that Final B meant. :lol

It's funny. There are only 10 teams for the whole event and so these teams in the "Final" are the 4 worst teams.

 

[numble]

They wish they were

Fuck me HKers hate Chinese people.

Turned it off now, watching rowing, it was a bit bring

Jiang Tianyi isn't even an actual HKer. He's from Shandong and got HK residency to get into the Olympics.

 

[A Black Falcon]

Women's handball between South Korean and Norway is on, for those interested. Both are serious gold contenders. This is how it went in 2008 when they met in the semi.

On the note of the US winning in everything, I believe that I've read that handball and table tennis are the two summer olympic disciplines that the US has never medaled in...

 

[Kikujiro]

okay guys I've had more thought on my quest to get to the olympics in 2016.

I can marry my GF, and thus qualify for Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) because I automatically get permanent residency.

Now I'm pretty good at football, so I could probably play for their football team. Help me out here guys.

But you have to qualify for the Olympics and I don't think Chinese Taipei football team has any chance.

 

[LTWheels]

What is a good iPhone app to upload photos? Going down to the cycling time trials this morning.

 

[Igo]

News is that the Chinese(?) pair who cheated and lost on purpose along with the their compatriot and opponents might be disqualified

Surprisingly good news.

Losing on purpose just because one of the stronger teams lost in the earlier rounds, or because of medal manipulation, definitely deserves disqualification.

 

[Wafflecakes]

News is that the Chinese and Korean pairs who cheated and lost/tried to loose on purpose might be disqualified

Good. So unsportsmanlike.

 

[Kurtofan]

On the note of the US winning in everything, I believe that I've read that handball and table tennis are the two summer olympic disciplines that the US has never medaled in...

US doesn't even have handball teams in the competition, they finished bottom of their qualification tournaments in Americas.

It's hard to be good at a sport you don't know exists.

 

[Wafflecakes]

But you have to qualify for the Olympics and I don't think Chinese Taipei football team has any chance.

This. You need to become a citizen of either a 3rd world country or the host nation. Then find a sport they don't compete in.

They will take anyone with a pulse.

 

[Meadows]

Thing is Chinese Taipei are pretty bad at football and won't qualify

But you have to qualify for the Olympics and I don't think Chinese Taipei football team has any chance.

I looked at their U23 (olympic) team. They only have 4 players out of 21 that play for clubs. And 3 of those are shit Taiwanese ones, the other played for a Japanese 2nd Division club but doesn't anymore.

 

[Majine]

Heja Norge!

 

[CrunchinJelly]

What is a good iPhone app to upload photos? Going down to the cycling time trials this morning.

Picup

 

[SolidSnakex]

News is that the Chinese and Korean pairs who cheated and lost/tried to loose on purpose might be disqualified

So, this is how they get around having a glaring hole in their ruling system? Fix the rules instead of punishing the athletes just because they take advantage of said rules. They didn't cheat at all. They played by the shitty rules that exist in badminton.

 

[mclem]

If only that schedule was navigable from within the iplayer.

They really get it though. not like nbc

They should start giving olympic medals for broadcasting. That'd get some countries to shape up!

(Not sporty enough? In the past they have awarded olympic medals for architecture.)

 

[Touch]

watching a bunch of stuff I missed. dat vault!@ dat phelps! USA!

 

[Kikujiro]

Surprisingly good news.

Losing on purpose just because one of the stronger teams lost in the earlier rounds, or because of medal manipulation, definitely deserves disqualification.

I don't know if they can prove it, this is always a grey area. I remember during an Euro Cup when Denmark and Sweden went through by equalizing 2-2 (the only possible result for both of them to get through) and Italy went home because of that. Obviously nobody did anything because there wasn't any way to prove they did it on purpose, even if they did.

 

[Koodo]

It's funny. There are only 10 teams for the whole event and so these teams in the "Final" are the 4 worst teams.

Eases the pain of losing, I noticed. The "winners" of these finals have looked happy so far. :lol

 

[Wafflecakes]

Any rowing results yet this morning?

 

[bjaelke]

(swimming) What's that stuff of Tyler Clary's right cheek?

 

[demigod]

So, this is how they get around having a glaring hole in their ruling system? Fix the rules instead of punishing the athletes just because they take advantage of said rules. They didn't cheat at all. They played by the shitty rules that exist in badminton.

Yep, why is this only in badminton when every other sport has top dog playing against the lower seed?

 

[Meadows]

lol the Chinese Taipei GK is known as "Taiwanese Buffon". He played one game for a J2 team.

 

[mclem]

Any rowing results yet this morning?

At the moment they're going through the B finals, filling out the bottom parts of the rankings. I think the main finals will be about half an hour away or so.

 

[numble]

okay guys I've had more thought on my quest to get to the olympics in 2016.

I can marry my GF, and thus qualify for Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) because I automatically get permanent residency.

Now I'm pretty good at football, so I could probably play for their football team. Help me out here guys.

Permanent residency alone might not qualify you to play for their team.

 

[evilhomer]

Any rowing results yet this morning?

Some finals should be coming up soon. There were some semi-finals earlier but right now it's races between teams that didn't make the finals.

Getting them out of the way, should be soon when some finals start though!

 

[giga]

Funniest thing of yesterday? When the BBC interviewer asked the GB swimming relay team how much pressure did they think was on Phelps to win Gold. Their response?

"Well I think he'll be fine with his 18 other medals."


LOL Salt in its purest form.

I saw that live. He was joking and smiling about it despite just having lost. Not salty at all.

 

[Brinbe]

Wake up to a loss to France... damn =\

 

[Sealda]

How the hell do you even decide if they lost on purpose or not. Its a completely subjective fact. loosing on purpose happens all the fucking time. Its called being smart. Are we gonna punish the american gymnast males since they obviously did not do their best 2 days ago.

 

[mclem]

So, this is how they get around having a glaring hole in their ruling system? Fix the rules instead of punishing the athletes just because they take advantage of said rules. They didn't cheat at all. They played by the shitty rules that exist in badminton.

Well, I guess they could argue that it's a breach of the Olympic Oath:

In the name of all the competitors I promise that we shall take part in these Olympic Games, respecting and abiding by the rules which govern them, committing ourselves to a sport without doping and without drugs, in the true spirit of sportsmanship, for the glory of sport and the honor of our teams

Handy loophole, that!

 

[John Dunbar]

so i'm guessing the german doesn't have much of a chance against this guy? (table tennis)

 

[Meadows]

Permanent residency alone might not qualify you to play for their team.

I just looked, if I wanted citizenship I'd have to renounce my UK nationality AND do Military Service...

nah you're alright mate.

 

[giga]

How the hell do you even decide if they lost on purpose or not. Its a completely subjective fact. loosing on purpose happens all the fucking time. Its called being smart. Are we gonna punish the american gymnast males since they obviously did not do their best 2 days ago.

It was pretty clear from the clip I watched linked back. They even said they were trying to "conserve energy".

 

[talisayNon]

Judging you.

fucking boss.

So much swag

 

[mclem]

C'mon, get through this semi!

Edit: Woo! First quad to get through to the final... and incredibly close behind the Australians.