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[Y2Kev]

Yeah! Just noticed we passed Chiner. EAT IT CHINER

*chinner

 

[Vespene]

I've been watching the Olympics all week and I really hate the Nike outfit Team USA has to wear on the podium. It's $450 on their store! WTF?

Anyway, I love the one they do prefer to wear otherwise, from Adidas.

Can someone help me find this for sale?

Adidas Team USA Jacket

 

[owlbeak]

Missed most of today's live stuff.

Hopefully NBC's primetime coverage is decent tonight. I heard this was a great volleyball match (Brazil-US).

 

[Victory Red]

I'd love to know how many broken noses these volleyball-ers have had over their careers

 

[Trey]

Volleyball is amazing.

 

[weekend_warrior]

Missed most of today's live stuff.

Hopefully NBC's primetime coverage is decent tonight. I heard this was a great volleyball match (Brazil-US).

It's on right now (eastern), although they skipped right to the 3rd set.

 

[Kjellson]

Exactly. If we have to put up with stuff like Badminton and Table Tennis......... I think basketball is ok.

This again? Don't get why some people are questioning badminton and table tennis as Olympic sports.

 

[mclem]

The light goes on when you get touched. It's automatic.

In 1976, in the Modern Pentathlon fencing, a russian contender got caught using a specially-modified weapon with a button in the hilt that made the lights go off.

Which cheating is reprehensible, an' all, that's an *awesome* way to do so.

 

[Gorillaz]

Missed most of today's live stuff.

Hopefully NBC's primetime coverage is decent tonight. I heard this was a great volleyball match (Brazil-US).

Look up the Basketball game between USA and Nigeria. It was a pretty close match.

Spoiler

during the first 30 seconds lol

 

[Parch]

Embarassing scores are not good. If there are not enough countries capable of fielding a reasonably competative team in basketball, then something has to change or the sport should be removed from the olympics.

Most athletes know they have no chance of winning, but at least they can compete without being completely embarassed. Olympic basketball is a joke.

 

[owlbeak]

Look up the Basketball game between USA and Nigeria. It was a pretty close match.

Spoiler

during the first 30 seconds lol

Hate basketball with a passion, but I imagine that was a funny match.

 

[Chumly]

This again? Don't get why some people are questioning badminton and table tennis as Olympic sports.

No its in reference to everyone bitching about stuff like swimming and basketball. Basketball only gives two golds.

 

[mrklaw]

Yeah! Just noticed we passed Chiner. EAT IT CHINER

*chinner

Bu.......no, I'll leave it.

 

[Draconian]

Embarassing scores are not good. If there are not enough countries capable of fielding a reasonably competative team in basketball, then something has to change or the sport should be removed from the olympics.

Most athletes know they have no chance of winning, but at least they can compete without being completely embarassed. Olympic basketball is a joke.

You do realize if you applied this same logic to other Olympic events, you'd be eliminating quite a few of them, right?

 

[Kjellson]

No its in reference to everyone bitching about stuff like swimming and basketball. Basketball only gives two golds.

Oh, okay. Sorry.

 

[SyNapSe]

Russian dude should have got the foul on that 3. Great shot to win the game for his team.

 

[Y2Kev]

Bu.......no, I'll leave it.

if you dont like it you can GIT OUT

 

[theignoramus]

those girls in gymnastics are amazing and make me feel self conscious as fuck, lol. 16 or 17, amazing athletic ability, Olympic medalists. feel like a scrub sitting here with my beer, messy room, bummy and shit.

 

[weekend_warrior]

Question about vollyball:

Why is there always a short person on each team with a different colored jersey?

 

[matt360]

Thanks for this!! Didn't know Ryan was a New Yorker, any states there doing impressive numbers? Ohio I imagin?

He was born in NY, but he's a Floridian through and through. He's lived in Daytona since he was little. I should know, he's good friends with my sister and we all went to high school together.

 

[Nekki]

Damn i'm on call tomorrow so i'll miss most of the stuff :/ might be able to catch some during quiet times tho, i hope!

 

[Chris R]

Question about vollyball:

Why is there always a short person on each team with a different colored jersey?

Team Captain I think.

edit: never mind then, I'm totally wrong. See below for the true reason.

 

[SyNapSe]

Question about vollyball:

Why is there always a short person on each team with a different colored jersey?

They are a specialist. Not allowed to play above the net

 

[Korey]

For bike/rowing races, why are there spectators who go to the effort of parking themselves on the route sidelines to get a 1.4 second glimpse of the action?

Seems ridiculous to me.

 

[Gorillaz]

those girls in gymnastics are amazing and make me feel self conscious as fuck, lol. 16 or 17, amazing athletic ability, Olympic medalists. feel like a scrub sitting here with my beer, messy room, bummy and shit.

Same thing....I feel terrible because I use to be pretty athletic but with college I just got lazy.

 

[Big-E]

Do they have a special podium for that? Do they play both anthems at the same time?

Haven't seen someone share gold but I assume they play both anthems. In the case of the most recent silver medal share, the athletes stand on the same place (the silver step) and the bronze area is empty.

 

[Tom Penny]

This is legal? If so 0_0.

 

[Big-E]

This is legal? If so 0_0.

You just can't trap the ball in volleyball, which is why they don't like having open hand on the ball as it means you could be palming it. Whole body can be used.

 

[clemenx]

I think it is. I remember seeing my HS voley team do it a couple of times. Of course that we weren't on the highest level of competition, lol.

 

[linsivvi]

This is legal? If so 0_0.

She's on the wrong team. Looks like she couldn't find her way to the soccer stadium.

 

[Tom Penny]

You just can't trap the ball in volleyball, which is why they don't like having open hand on the ball as it means you could be palming it. Whole body can be used.

Didn't know that. A bunch of Asian dude used to play this at the park when I was a kid. Pretty sick. Dude get nasty with it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqXoK7u2exI

 

[datruth29]

Didn't know that. A bunch of Asian dude used to play this at the park when I was a kid. Pretty sick. Dude get nasty with it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqXoK7u2exI

HOLY CRAP! That looks AWESOME

 

[Koodo]

This is legal? If so 0_0.

lmao, how versatile.

 

[Amir0x]

Didn't know that. A bunch of Asian dude used to play this at the park when I was a kid. Pretty sick. Dude get nasty with it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqXoK7u2exI

that is the coolest looking game ever

 

[Psychotext]

It's the semis. Anyone who loses there still gets to go into the bronze medal match. So not *out* out.

Bronze seems fairly apt for Murray.

 

[Blair]

Just got back from seeing GB vs Spain and USA vs Nigeria. GB game was great, final quarter the crowd was going crazy.

USA game... madness.

 

[3Sixty]

Just read that the BBC did a story about how Azerbaijan had paid $10,000,000 to ensure that two of its boxers would receive gold medals in London. After a lengthy investigation, they found that the BBC's claims had no merits.

Looks like the BBC was right. Fuckin sham of a sport.

Edit, beaten.

Well its no coincidence the World Championships were held there last year

 

[weekend_warrior]

Russian girl should have been deducted more points then that. She took 3 full steps off the pad!

 

[JJDinomite]

Late to the party, but I found this funny.

Ten of the other 11 teams that played today scored 82 points or less. The US just WON BY 83.

 

[Koodo]

Lord, Gabby Douglas on the beam was amazing. Not quite up there with Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin, but amazing nonetheless.

 

[elty]

I think USA and China should be assigned multiple IOC membership to make other country looks better.

Spoiler

just joking

Not sure why would people worry that US may win less medal than China though. Even if the number of swimming event is cut in half USA should still be ahead on a neutral ground.

 

[weekend_warrior]

Soni just crushed the WR.

 

[zero_suit]

Soni just crushed the WR.

Old

 

[Gorillaz]

Did Costas on NBC really just call Gabby "The Flying Squirrel"

what in the world.....

 

[U2NUMB]

Ok that ATT commercial right after Soni's swim was very cool. I know its tape delayed but it was a cool thing to watch and then have integrated into a commercial like that.

 

[Knux-Future]

Did Costas on NBC really just call Gabby "The Flying Squirrel"

what in the world.....

That's her nickname.

 

[Oozer3993]

AT&T with the incredibly quick turn around on that commercial.

Lord, Gabby Douglas on the beam was amazing. Not quite up there with Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin, but amazing nonetheless.

McKayla Maroney on vault >>>>>>>>> *

 

[Y2Kev]

Well McKayla had the only literally perfect routine of the entire games so hard to top that.

 

[Jake.]

kbb isn't going to be in the olympics again, right?

 

[Gorillaz]

That's her nickname.

I know but it's...interesting lol