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Official 2008 Olympics Thread - 1936, the Remix

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OatmealMu

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Just look at these awesome names. Lord Killinghurst? Ringwould Jaguar? And Fernhill Clover Mist brings up the rear.

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calder

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Fencing is such a disappointment every time, you'd think a sport built on trying to stab people with swords would be pure awesome, but it's boring as shit to watch. I was briefly hoping that HD would make it more entertaining by letting me actually see what happens when it's happening - or at least have excellent replays - but no luck. I think they should have team competitions where like 4 groups of 5 ppl all run into a field and last team standing wins.
 
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Y2Kev said:
Yikes, the fencing celebrations are really over the top.
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It was so weird having judo and fencing on at the same time.
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Both martial arts, but Judo everyone seems to be really reserved and respectful and fencing all the women were yelling.
 
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NetMapel said:
w00t more sports coming soon !
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Yea, I can't wait for swimming.

So a ride in equestrian is called a "test", and you get judged on how calm and smooth the horse's moves are based on what you have to command the horse to do?
 
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NewLib

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The_Inquisitor said:
Yea, I can't wait for swimming.

So a ride in equestrian is called a "test", and you get judged on how calm and smooth the horse's moves are based on what you have to command the horse to do?
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In Dressage, the rider is judged by how well he controls the horse.

Edit: To more clear, there are certain moves the horse is suppose to do. The rider is judged on how well these moves are accomplished.
 
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Just caught the end of the men's cycling road race finally! Samuel Sanchez is one of those guys who has been great for years, but never really broke through. He's Basque, by the way.. he rides for a team called Euskaltel-Euskadi which only signs riders from the Basque Country. He can't sprint, so he was lucky to come up against four other guys who can sprint even worse than he can..
 
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calder said:
Fencing is such a disappointment every time, you'd think a sport built on trying to stab people with swords would be pure awesome, but it's boring as shit to watch. I was briefly hoping that HD would make it more entertaining by letting me actually see what happens when it's happening - or at least have excellent replays - but no luck. I think they should have team competitions where like 4 groups of 5 ppl all run into a field and last team standing wins.
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From what I've read, epee is the best event in fencing. These saber matches are terrible to watch and seem to focus on who can yell the loudest and quickest.

The good news is there'll be epee tonight!!
 
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NetMapel

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The olympics is truly inspiring. I now feel I must pick up where I left off with sports such as badminton and get much better.

GAF, what sports do you want to either re-learn/learn and get much better at ?
 
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giga

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woodchuck said:
men's gymnastics qualification. yeah, but they're all like 5'2




6th. so at least they qualified for the team final
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i looked too.

horton got 8th in individual so he should qualify right?
 
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woodchuck said:
men's gymnastics qualification. yeah, but they're all like 5'2




6th. so at least they qualified for the team final
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I'm not too worried, they took the top 18 I believe. Besides, you don't want your qualifiers to be your best

Edit: See, we are within what the announcer thinks is ok.

Edit2: Wow....
 
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Google search time

http://stuff.co.nz/4650078a26500.html

Sex and sport. It's an irresistible mix and one that Olympians are no longer shy of using to fund their sporting careers.


American Olympic swimming champion Amanda Beard posed naked in Playboy magazine last year and at Beijing stripped off for an advertising campaign to protest against fashion furs.

British athletes triple jumper Phillips Idowu, cyclist Rebecca Romero and swimmer Gregor Tait were photographed naked in sporting poses for a sports drinks advertising campaign.

Female beach volleyball players are first to admit that wearing bikinis has helped boost their popularity - and envious male players have joked about following by playing bare-chested.

"In this competitive marketplace you have to separate yourself from other athletes and the taboo of posing for Playboy or modelling has started to wane," Richard Deitsch, associate editor at Sports Illustrated's website, said.

"People hardly batted an eyelid when Amanda Beard appeared in Playboy but 10 or 15 years ago this would have caused much more of an uproar in the (United) States."

With the Beijing Olympics underway featuring over 10,500 athletes in perfect shape, websites galore are carrying photo galleries and lists of the hottest Olympians.

Playboy spokeswoman Lauren Melone said they have published a special spread of Olympians who have appeared in the magazine over the years such as Athens gold medallist Beard, four-time Olympic high jumper Amy Acuff and figure skater Katarina Witt.

Swimmer Dara Torres, the oldest US swimmer at 41, has appeared in a sexy photo shoot in Maxim magazine.

Australian swimmer Stephanie Rice was featured on the front cover of men's magazine FHM as well as posing for some underwear advertisements with her former boyfriend, fellow Aussie swimmer Eamon Sullivan.

Leryn Franco, 26, a javelin thrower from Paraguay, is competing in her second Olympics at Beijing, thanks to her second career, modelling.

"Modelling is a way for me to continue with my sport, the hours are flexible, and you can earn good money through photographic modelling and the catwalk," Franco told Reuters.

But Deitsch said for hard-core sports fans the appearance or sex appeal of an athlete might make them more interesting, but only if they were winning at their sport.

He said two good examples of sports stars who had used their looks to build a brand were English footballer David Beckham and Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova.

"Ultimately it does not get away from the fact that you have to be an athlete first and a beauty second," he said.

"But when you have someone who is fantastic at both, then you are looking at a global brand."
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Leryn Franco .. oh my.

http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/olympians-funding-careers-with-their-sex-appeal-19267
 
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TDG

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DarthWufei said:
Yeah gymnastics isn't airing here, yay. Guess it's field hockey for me.
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So wait, the gymnastics aren't live, right? Because all I can stream is field hockey and equestrian.
 
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the disgruntled gamer said:
So wait, the gymnastics aren't live, right? Because all I can stream is field hockey and equestrian.
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I'm fairly certain that if an event is live on TV, there'll be a giant Live sign next to the NBC logo.
 
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