Prons watches the olympics (So you don't have to)

[The Million Dollar Prons]

The last olympic thread was like 9 years old so I thought I'd just make a new one, and because the olympics are too long for most people to pay attention to, I'll provide a short but sweet Prons commentary on it so you guys can just read this thread while having it on your TV or whatever.

Anyway, the olympic games don't actually open to tomorrow, 8/8/8 at 8 PM and 88 seconds, and China is pumped, and I mean pumped. Usually when the olympics comes to a country it's like "Crap, there will be nothing else on TV For a week" but China is all like "Hell yeah, finally something on Chinese TV beside the NEWS!"


But even though the olympics haven't even started yet, they already kicked off the soccer events. Here's my thoughts so far.

In women's soccer, North korea owned Nigeria. Which was a really weird matchup, I mean just the thought of North KOrea fighting Nigeria in anything. This was a fun match for me to watch because all those north korean women running around in shorts rolling all over the place getting dirty.

In men's soccer, I watched America ruin Japan's Olympic dreams. The weirdest part was when Japan tried to pull down an african american's soccer shorts, I know japan is excited about cultural differences and all, but no need to do that when the entire world is watching!

Did I mention the olympics are pretty boring without comercials? I watched it LIVE! with a live text commentary (and the commentator sure was smarmy, damn.) and man I missed the comercials.

And the commercials are all about how GE made this the most economical clean olympics ever, and I'm like Are we talking about the same Beijing?

Anyway today is the opening ceremony, and beijing will put on it's best beijing for the entire world to gawk at. :)

[J.Mizuno]

damn cool dude

[ladyshiro]

That is really good.

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Glad to have you back Prons you've been missed

[superplough]

My dad told me New Zealand came equal with China in the women's soccer.

[J.Mizuno]

now is the US women done with soccer?

[The Million Dollar Prons]

My dad told me New Zealand came equal with China in the women's soccer.

I'm not totally sure how the soccer scoring ranking thing works (Even wiki described it as "only makes sense to europeans")

But the US women's team lost so I guess they're out.

The mens team owned Japan, so I guess japan is out.

Maybe someone who knows soccer can explain what's going on.

It's also worth noticing the Chinese women soccer team owned Sweden.

[superplough]

I'm not totally sure how the soccer scoring ranking thing works (Even wiki described it as "only makes sense to europeans")

:lol: Well he was only talking about one match.

[germanturkey]

abby is out for the US women's team, so they're missing their best player.

i'm excited for the op ceremony tomorrow.

[Ken-Ohki]

This is the way to watch the Olympics, thank you Prons.

[The Million Dollar Prons]

As of this posting, the opening ceremony is going on, and I'm waiting for KCRA (Our local nbc affiliate) to show some damn footage.

So many Chinese people wanted to watch the program online, that the China Central TV blocked web video access to people outside Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau.

But believe me I tried anyway, I don't know what they used to block out foriegners but it was hardcore, I even had anime nation forum legend "Soluzar" help me out, but it didn't work.

So Prons couldn't watch the opening ceremony live like most of China is now.

Yes the opening ceremony was that big of a deal.

But there is good news, tonight NBC will be showing the opening ceremony. Tune in at around 7:30 PM (PST time, I think) and give it a look.

The sports itenerary for today includes:
Horse riding (from Hong Kong)
Badmiton men & women singles.
Fencing
Weight lifting
Handball
Cycling.

Assuming the weather is good, the morning of 8/8/08 was a hazy mother.

I just wish they would have broadcast it live here in america, and replayed it later in the day. I was hoping to see it live, guess there's not much I can do about that :)

[Raziel_MGS]

horseriding? wtf, they just got rid of baseball cuz the europeans keep losing to 4 coutries, us, korea, china, and japan

[The Million Dollar Prons]

horseriding? wtf, they just got rid of baseball cuz the europeans keep losing to 4 coutries, us, korea, china, and japan


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics They have baseball?

[tenshi_a]

I was listening to BBC Radio 5 Live this morning, coverage of the Beijing Olympics. It was breakfast time here, but nearly 3pm there. The presenter (who is normally angry and annoying) wanted to stop people and interview them, but just about everyone was "No I can't talk now, I'm working!" and he was all "so am I! Please talk to me!" :'(

Eventually he got to talk to some people about what they do for a living. "I deliver Instanoodle!"

He tried baiting people, to get them to say something negative, but everyone was completely saying that everything is golden happiness opportunity hard-working joy.

Yeah, not much sports reporting was achieved... -_-; It was amusing, though. ^_^

[Hara!]

I just know Wakanda is going to win all of the medals this year. The WHITE MAN is just going to act like they don't exist. It infuriates me to see that king T'challa isn't exacting revenge on these western inferiors.

[tenshi_a]

You can watch what's left of the opening ceremony live online via the BBC:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/live_action/7549103.stm

[Meggles]

The events are on at like 2am right? wtf? China should do the events at like 2am so I can watch them during the day. ^_^

[The Million Dollar Prons]

The events are on at like 2am right? wtf? China should do the events at like 2am so I can watch them during the day. ^_^

WEll in american time they're on inbetween around 2 pm and late evening :) I'm sure they'll show repeats during the day though, wherever you are.

[Hara!]

I wonder how it must feel to be Chinese right now...

[Naraku]

On the TV guide it says 6:30 pm central time for the Olympics on NBC. I'll probably watch most of it tonight.

[Chopin]

Lol, womens soccer.

[goddessofanime]

I"d totally would watch the Olympics if Prons did the commentary. :D

[Broand]

I just saw the opening. Holy **** that was awesome.

[Soluzar]

I"d totally would watch the Olympics if Prons did the commentary. :DI think only Fox would be able to broadcast it though.

[ryushe]

That Drumming light show was amazing...

[Victory]

"Well Peter we have a really strong team and if people are looking for something to be excited about there's the women's socc..." I changed the channel at that point
We are not a summer country
I think I'm going to start pretending I'm Australian during the summer olympics
I'd cheer for China like lots of people but I can't read a word of mandarin

I saw Mr. Rudd, Mr. Fukuda as well as Mr. Bush and his wife and finally Henry Kissinger... what.

[The Million Dollar Prons]

Watching Tom Brokav talk about China is kind of XD.

While NBC is finally showing the opening ceremony, I'm watching a live stream of the Women's Air Gun Target Shooting event.

First of I'm surpirsed there's a chinese athlete here, as regular citizens can't own guns in China. Maybe airgunning is becoming a popular alternative. She sure is a hottie though.

Those russian can SHOOT, it's really impressive. Currently the Czech republic is in the lead, followed by Croatia and then Russia. These russian women with guns are real hotties too. How can america be in 5th? I thought all americans loved guns! XD

[Nami]

The open ceremony is indeed awesome. I plan to watch a basketball match between US and China on Sunday now. ^^

[The Million Dollar Prons]

The Parade of nations is going on right now.

It's really nice except NBC had to explain where Malaysia was.

Anyway it's interesting to see everyone wearing their own colors and clothes. Some of 'em are pretty funny. Funny how when the Cayman Islands walks out it's like "TIME FOR COMERCIALS!"

The only problem is I don't think they showed the entire opening ceremony, I think they "trimmed down" the boring parts.

But still it was a really impressive show, it was even pretty touching. I was glad to watch it with the NBC commentary because a lot of the cultural bits would have been lost in translation.

But it was an extremly impressive opening ceremony, the part with the moving blocks was great, especially when you found out it wasn't a machine doing it, they literally had like a few hundred chinese people in boxes moving in motion.

There was also probably the world's bigest tai chi thing ever, and it sure was great.

If they replay it or something I sugegst you guys watch it, it was impressive.

Also I missed Women's Fencing because the opening ceremony was on tv at hte same time. I did watch some of it, and it was pretty interesting. I'll watch that again when they show it.

Japan has the oldest competitor, at 67 years old, he's riding in the horse riding. He went ot his first olympics in the 60s.

Chinese Taipei got a warm welcoming. But Hong kong made the crowd go wild.

So far the Gold medal count is
China 1
Czech 1
Everyone else none yet

The first gold mdeal won was by the Czech Republic in Women's air shooting. I can't figure out which gold medal china won yet, due to nbc's websitge kind of sucking

Kind of off topic

But it's kind of sad to see so many countries walking down the parade of nations while their country is having some kind of turmoil. The pakistan team looked kind of grim. I wonder if it effects the georgian teams at all.

But on the brighter side some of the comercials are kind of cute
Like the oreo comercial where the american girl and the chinese girl have a face making contest while eating oreos and the 3d birds building a nest out of coca cola straws.

AND the dolmation training a horse to get accepted for the competition with the Rocky theme

[tenshi_a]

They reported on cycling by the Great Wall Of China on the radio just now. I'm not really paying attention to the sports, just what else is going on, haha. There's a rent-a-crowd there chanting "Jai-o! Jai-o!" in unison, which apparently is an encouragement chant literally meaning "add fuel". They asked some of the normal Chinese people watching what they thought and they said "It's really funny! XD They must have been practising for ages! XD It sounds like army songs! XD"

I love this. I'm not too bothered about sports but I just like listening to all this. ^_^

Is Prons only watching women's events? (Sounds like a good idea...)

[KT Kore]

The opening ceremony was really, really, really cool.

[The Million Dollar Prons]

Not really it's just what's on when I happen to be watching.

Speaking of men, I am pissed because China just got gold in the men's pistol firing event. China got gold, and then South korea got silver and north korea got bronze. America came in 4th and 5th.

HOw the hell can america lose at shooting WE LOVE GUNS?!

I also watched some of the judo stuff. American man beat Japanese man, which must be really embarassing for the Japanese, to lose at a sport they invented. Meanwhile a chinese woman lost to a japanese woman, that must be really embarassing for her. :(

I also watched Singapore and Belarus in badmitton but I didn't watch the end (instead I vouched to watch the shooting because that's a real prons sport :elvis: )

Some last thoughts about the opening ceremony that was like 10 hours but was really good:

It was 10 hours
But it was really good

How about that kid who helped Yao Ming carry the chinese flag? He survived the sichuan earthquake by crawling out of his demolished school building and brining two of his classmates to safety.

Sarah Brightman is either a weak singer or the audio technican needs to be fired. I couldn't understand a word she was singing it sounded more like a droning. I never listened to her before but I don't think this is the high point of her carrer.

She also had this "Lu Huang just cut the cheese" look on her face the entire time.

How about the flying chinese man lighting the torch?

[Chopin]

Aw I should have watched the opening ceremony. btw get on IRC prons

[tenshi_a]

Sarah Brightman is either a weak singer or the audio technican needs to be fired. I couldn't understand a word she was singing it sounded more like a droning. I never listened to her before but I don't think this is the high point of her carrer.

I didn't hear her in this, but droning would be good for her. Sarah Brightman makes my ears bleed. We used to hear her a lot in the 1980s when she was married to Andrew Lloyd Webber and she was starring in the Phantom Of The Opera. He's a rich composer who writes musicals and no lyrics. You can never understand what she's singing, her speciality isn't getting the important lyrics of a song to the audience, her speciality is purely sonic warfare.

Oh and from the bits I saw of the opening ceremony (streamed on BBC news website, just listened to and occasionally glanced at...) it was amazing. Not sure why they were playing "Scotland The Brave" on bagpipes quite so much... I really don't like bagpipes... they're also a lot like Sarah Brightman...

I was all "oh wow! I want them to win!" when China came out, before remembering "oh wait, I'm supposed to be backing Great Britain..." -_-;

[The Million Dollar Prons]

Women's basketball preliminaries, Spain and China had a really close game. I really thought spain was gonna catch up, the last two minutes were really exciting, but a Chinese free throw ended the SPanish women's dreams.

Now I'll be watching Badmition Singles. Because I'm not really into Sailing or rowing (Although Qingdao is a gorgeous city).

Also, Iran just lost to Chinese Taipei in Men's badminton there's gonna be a ton of badminton matches for the next week

[superplough]

Thanks to stuopid work I missed NZ's coverage of the Opening cermony.. hopefully I'll be able to find it online somewhere!

[The Million Dollar Prons]

Women's soccer America just beat Japan!

Now for handball!

In women's handball the chinese girls team started off great, but ended up losing to Norway by four points.

Current gold medal count

America 1 Fencing
China 2 Pistol shooting and womens weight lifting
South Korea Men's judo (60kg)
Spain Bicycling
Romania Judo womens 48kg (Go Shiroiyuki!)
Czech republic Rifle shooting (womens)

[Caster13]

HOw the hell can america lose at shooting WE LOVE GUNS?!

How the **** is that one possible?

We won't lose when it comes to rifle. We have one thing that no other country has (fortunately for them).....REDNECKS!

And as for a Chinese woman losing to a Japanese one, wow. That has to hurt baaaaad.

[The Million Dollar Prons]

RIght now I'm watching the women's archery finals.

Japan seemed adequite even though they were ranked seventh, they beat colubmia. Right now it's italy vs chinese taipei.

Update: Italy just beat Chinese Taipei, the finals of the women's archery is getting near.

USA and China are TIED in GOLD MEDALS! Two each!

Update 2: China just beat India and will advance to the next round

Right now it's JApan VS UK, and get this, a UK woman actually MISSED the target in archery. HOW DOES THA THAPPEN AT THE OLYMPICS?! Great Britain still beat japan in women's archery though

Anyone else find it cool they play the Sonic the hedgehog ost in the stadiums?

[Hara!]

Isn't Archery Korea's thing?

[Tonyx35]

Thanks for the updates Prons:)

I noticed that they played a song from Dynasty Warriors during the GBR & Japan match:P (Women's Archery Team) .

[The Million Dollar Prons]

France set a New olympic world record in olympic archery! 218 points! And they beat Poland.

Next, Korea and Itally (sic)

When south korea came out, they started playing the boss theme from sonic the hedgehog.

And it's no mystery why , they got three TENS in a row!

Update: South Korea Women just broke the OLYMPIC RECORD and the WORLD RECORD! They even broke the olympic record that France just set. 231

[Tonyx35]

Team Korea was pure awesome with their cute vests (Women's Archery)

[germanturkey]

michael phelps is not human. #1 for him.

the drums were the best part of the opening ceremony. no doubt about that.

[Hara!]

You guys thought S.Korea would lose at Archery?

Really?

[Cin]

I was watching the womens volleyball between Japan and USA this morning. It was a really good match... unfortunately I fell asleep after the third set (come on, it was 2am). Anyone catch the final result? I was kinda rooting for Japan... they seemed to be the underdogs :P

[The Million Dollar Prons]

You guys thought S.Korea would lose at Archery?

Really?

Well I don't really know anything about archery, so I didn't know how they would do.

Turns out it's like they are those counter strike bots that make it so you can hit the GOLD ZONE every time.

Also, Japan lost.

The espn site is kind of hard to navigate, but here's the results (http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer08/results?discId=8) page. They also have animated videos showin the rules of the sports Here, ESPN fanguide. (http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer08/fanguide/sport) it really helped me understand what was going on in handball (Did I mention I watched china lose to norway in women's handball? not like that was too shocking though)

[Totenkopf]

Im abit sad that Ryoko Tami only got Bronze in the Judo but heres hoping teh Heavys in Japans fare better.

[The Million Dollar Prons]

I just watched the Czech republic win the gold medal in trap shooting.

I was so angry to see that htere were six finalists and not one american.

It was really funny to hear PULL!! in like 6 different languages

Womens Archery China beat Great Britian, the gold medal match will be South Korea VS China!

[superplough]

Have you seen New Zealand do anything yet?

[The Million Dollar Prons]

No, but I think right now they're having a soccer game.

I'm waiting for the rain to end so we can put the lid on team women's olympics. China vs korea, so exciting!

I did catch the end of women's bicycle cycling, a UK lady named Cooke won the gold medal!

Edit: New Zeland VS Brazil. I'm sorry plough :(

[superplough]

Oh sweet. Hope we win! ^_^

[The Million Dollar Prons]

Oh sweet. Hope we win! ^_^

http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/live/index.html You can watch it right here if you have internet explorer. I don't know if it's still going just started or what. :)

Also, the women's archery gold medal match is begining now

Edit: Oh it seems first they're going to take care of the bronze medal, so first we get to see UK vs France. My bad.

I hope the scheduling for 2012 is more clear. But I Guess it's hard to schedule an olympics :)

[superplough]

Cheers for that! *digs out IE from the dregs of XP*

EDIT: please enter a valid US Zip code. WTF?

[The Million Dollar Prons]

Put in 95336, and put in comcast digital stockton.

If that doesn't work you may have to use a proxy.

:)

[superplough]

No, I now I get a message "Sorry, NBC is required to restrict this to viewers within the US."

Meh

[Meson]

use a US zip code, and a proxy. That's all you need.

[The Million Dollar Prons]

After the archery thing I'll check in on it for you :)

It's nuts how the quiet crowd suddenly became a LOUD CROWD, and don't show any signs of quieting down. :)

[Meson]

Thos New Zealand v. Brazil is currently at 4-0 Brazil in the 2nd.

[Cin]

Thnks for that link to the results page Prons...

I caught the end of the trap shooting, just in time to see Aussie Micheal Diamond miss out on the Bronze.

I'm currently watching the Australia vs Argentina soccer match... it's kinda painful. It's a miracle that Argentina haven't scored yet.

*edit* Ok scrap that. Argentina just scored...

[The Million Dollar Prons]

South Korea just won gold in women's archery despite the best efforts by China.

[Tonyx35]

That was some exciting stuff. S. Korea for the win! China put up a good fight though.

I feel like a fool for not having watched this event before.

[Meson]

heh. The first time I watched archery was the Athens games.

[The Million Dollar Prons]

heh. The first tie I watched archery was the Athens games.

So you should be used to korea dominating by now, right?

[Meson]

Yep.

5-0 Brazil, plough.

[superplough]

:(

Oh well we were never going to win any medals

[The Million Dollar Prons]

Weren't you guys really great at rowing or something?

[superplough]

At athens we won rowing with our super-rowing-chick-twins. But I dont think they're there this year.

At athens we won cycling with our super cycle chick who broke world records. But I dont think she's there this year.

At athens we won the triathlon with our super triathlon guy. But I dont think he's there this year.

I think we're screwed.

[Meson]

USA blows a 2-1 lead over the Netherlands in their aoccer match with last minute mistakes, but comes away with a tie: 2-2.

[Nami]

USA win against China in men's Basketball. The 1st quarter was the best, the 3-4 quarter was a tad bit boring though. ^^;;

[The Million Dollar Prons]

Men's Basketball At first china was putting up a great fight but then it became a matter of America being 40 points ahead.

I'm glad we won or else the Chinese people would gloat about it for the next 20 years

[Hisoka]

Bringing back the NBA on NBC theme was amazing. This is how I see most of the games going. Being highly competitive for the 1st quarter and them slowly pulling away in the 2nd. Although there won't be 40 point blowout when they start playing the better teams like Spain. I have a really good feeling this year. It's no longer just a bunch of all stars and feels like a real team sharing the ball whenever they can. I was impressed and Wade showing signs of the Wade of old coming off the bench certainly doesn't hurt one bit. The only concern thus far is the amount of 3 pointers missed outside of Michael Redd knocking a few down. They'll need to improve in order to win gold.

[Rain]

Three gold medals for South Korea (Yudo, Archery, Swimming) in a single day!

Anyway, America and China tie for first place with eight medals, while South Korea is in third place with five medals. Oh, and Japan's in sixth place with three medals. Yay for my home countries!

Park Tae-hwan is my hero: http://flvs.daum.net/flvPlayerOut.swf?vid=TnqYVSx8rlE$&. (I can't believe he's my age. Oh my god.)

[goddessofanime]

Caught some of the USA vs China basketball game today at work. Good game.

[Cin]

Yeah... it was a good game. I was flicking between that and the Mens volleyball Polland vs Germany. Polland won in straight sets btw, but Germany put up one hell of a fight in the second set.

Rack up another gold and bronze for AUS in the swimming. Yay!

[Meson]

Phelps gets Gold #2 as Jason Lezac ensures an American victory in a close race in the 4x100 relay.

[Hara!]

America beats the **** out of France.

All is right with the world.

[germanturkey]

that was an EPIC race. like, words cannot describe that.

[AkitoZ]

that was an EPIC race. like, words cannot describe that.

Tell me about it, there were times when I thought that France was going to win but it was soo close. Well thats 2 down for Phelps, lets see if he can get another 6 :P

[Hara!]

In related news, I heard Shawn Johnson was a ***** in real life.

[Cin]

that was an EPIC race. like, words cannot describe that.

Indeed. Not to mention they absolutely smashed the World Record.

[KittiePryde]

I'm boycotting the Olympics and refuse to watch anything.

Yes, I'm one of those types of people.

[The Million Dollar Prons]

I missed a lot of crap today because I just woke up.

But I did wake up in time to watch Finland win the WOmen's Trap Shooting Gold Medal!


I'm boycotting the Olympics and refuse to watch anything.

Yes, I'm one of those types of people.


And you felt like coming into my thread to tell me about it. Isn't that kind of like going into someone's house and saying "I'm boycotting you, and I just used your toothbrush?"


Men's team archery Italy just beat the Ukraine and will now move onto the finals!

Now for China vs Korea again!

Korea beat china gain! China would have won if not for a bad arrow at the end.

Men's ARchery Gold match will be Korea VS Italy

INcase you're confused, yesterday was the women's gold, now it's mens.

[Meson]

USA takes China, 8-4, in water polo.

And Americans are doing well in the rowing events.

[The Million Dollar Prons]

China wins bronze in men's archery, interesitng considering they were ranked last.

[Cin]

Chalk up another 2 golds for China in the mens synchronised diving and weightlifting.

I'm hanging out for the canoe/kayak slolam tonight... they are usually pretty fun to watch.

[The Million Dollar Prons]

Women's Basketball China lost to America. Nothing surprisng here

[J.Mizuno]

bit of a update

China has 14 metals (9 Gold)
USA has 12 (3 gold)
S.Korea has 8 (4 gold)
Italy has 8 (3 gold)

[Raziel_MGS]

im pretty sure if china doesnt win, they are going to start reeducating their olympic atheletes

[kenshinbebop]

Hey, d'ya hear about that guy who got gold in the stabbing event?

[Nami]

Watched a small part of Men's Weightlifting today. China won the gold medal. I am sort of feel sorry for one guy from the Colombia though, he kepts on trying and it wasn't working 3 times in a roll. :(

[ZeroRyoko1974]

Hey, d'ya hear about that guy who got gold in the stabbing event?

he made himself a hero afterwards

[Old Ape Face]

he made himself an hero afterwards

Fixed

I heard a gun and a bridge were involved.

[Meggles]

I know I'm a bit late, but I've been trapped at my aunt's house all weekend so all I've done was watch the Olympics. My reactions:

Men's Soccer: USA v. Netherlands
Why? I will die if the Dutch win the gold in this event.

Men's 4x100 Freestyle
That French guy's face was priceless at the end.

Women's Gymnastic Preliminaries
There's no way those Chinese gymasts are 16. I couldn't help but feel bad for the Chinese girl that fell off the uneven bars, but then I felt even worse when the Americans started.

[Old Ape Face]

I'm boycotting the Olympics and refuse to watch anything.

Yes, I'm one of those types of people.

Yes? And?

(Filler)

[goddessofanime]

I'm boycotting the Olympics and refuse to watch anything.

Yes, I'm one of those types of people.

Why are you boycotting the Olympics?

I'm not trying to be a smartass. I'm just curious.

[ThePhillyFlash]

Women's Gymnastic Preliminaries
There's no way those Chinese gymasts are 16.

Ain't that the truth! C'mon! I've got eyes, and half of those moppets look to be barely 12! I mean, really, who's kidding who here?

[The Million Dollar Prons]

Chinese women don't grow because all they eat is rice porridge.

[goddessofanime]

Ain't that the truth! C'mon! I've got eyes, and half of those moppets look to be barely 12! I mean, really, who's kidding who here?

That's because little Ming Wu better perform or it's off to exileland!

[Meggles]

Chinese women don't grow because all they eat is rice porridge.

Except for the weightlifters and swimmers, they eat gymnasts. :P

[Meson]

Phelps get Gold #3 and Wordl Record #3 is the 200 Free. Coughlin Also gets gold as she finished first in the 200 Backstroke. Both races USA goes 1 and 3.

[germanturkey]

phelps made it look sooo easy. he surfaced off the start ahead of everyone already, and i knew it would only get easier.

and yes, none of those chinese girls are remotely close to the 14 year old age line. loli lover's paradise.

[Meson]

12-11 USA over Italy in water polo!


In Double trap shooting: American Walton Eller gets gold.

[The Million Dollar Prons]

In Women's individual archery India beat the United Kingdom !

Sorry I missed a lot of events today because I was doing something else today

Update: A NOrth Korean woman just beat India!

Men's Canoeing Slovkia just won the gold medal!

Men's Kyak Germany wins gold!

[autsiticanime]

Being the near token Australian...

Liesel Jones got the gold in the 100m breaststroke.

JUSTICE!

[Cin]

Ok... someone help me out here. I was just double-checking the results for the Mens single Kayak on the ESPN site...

http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer08/results?discId=14

I thought Germany came first, then France and Togo? Also, didn't Aussie Robin Bell get bronze in the canoe? I think my head just exploded. O_o

Way to go to the guy from Togo. First olympic medal ever won for the country :)

[The Million Dollar Prons]

That is weird, I saw germany come first live, was there some sort of judging turnover or something?

[Jia]

I saw the German/China men's hockey. I must say that was a painful thing to watch for the Chinese side.

[The Million Dollar Prons]

The chinese soccer team is actually a joke in china, one of the players once said "The only way any of us will be able to score is if we go to the red light district"

So a north korean woman won a women's weight lifting gold medal.

[Jia]

I still say this is rigged for the Chinese.

[Cin]

That is weird, I saw germany come first live, was there some sort of judging turnover or something?

Ahh... ok. After a bit of investigating, it looks like they haven't changed the results over from the semifinals to the finals. The order of countries there is the results of the canoe/kayak at the end of the semi's. As a result, it's also making their medal tally inaccurate... they've got Togo with 1 gold medal.

Still, I'm glad I wasn't the only one confused by that. And at least we still have our bronze in the canoe :)

[Kurenai]

Chinese Men's Basketball played an awesome game against the defending champion Spain though they lost in the OT......

If they have a better PG, they could have possibly won this game.....

[tenshi_a]

Various opening ceremony scandals emerging... fake fireworks & fake singing.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7556058.stm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0j1_ccbs8w

Poor little girl, being declared too ugly to be allowed to sing live, especially with the other girl who mimed to her voice becoming a star out of it...

[germanturkey]

they stated that the footprint fireworks were animated when it was actually happening.

[Old Ape Face]

I still say this is rigged for the Chinese.

What do you expect? It's China, they are da best country in da worild all odar countries scream like little girls.

http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/2008/04/16-22/borat.jpg

[The Million Dollar Prons]

Various opening ceremony scandals emerging... fake fireworks & fake singing.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7556058.stm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0j1_ccbs8w

Poor little girl, being declared too ugly to be allowed to sing live, especially with the other girl who mimed to her voice becoming a star out of it...

I don't think the bucked tooth girl took it personally. I think everyone involved in the ceremony was glad just to be a part of it.

Except Sarah Brightman, she looked like the chinese guy she was singing with cut one.

[Hara!]

Deadly Virus Sweeping China Is Just Olympic Fever (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFoH8CuQBT4)

[Jia]

I don't think the bucked tooth girl took it personally. I think everyone involved in the ceremony was glad just to be a part of it.

Except Sarah Brightman, she looked like the chinese guy she was singing with cut one.
No she didn't.
Buck toothed girl actually seemed to be very sensible about the whole thing...way to exploit children.:naughty:

[Raziel_MGS]

lets not call her that

[Hara!]

How about "Snaggle-chan"?

[The Million Dollar Prons]

Nah that wouldn't work because she's not Japanese. We'd have to call her something like Kim Chew You.

P.S. Whatever happened to sars? A chinese woman told me the Chinese government cured it. Is it still as deadly as ever or did it just stop getting media attention?

[Hisoka]

What the hell time was the men's basketball game on this morning? I looked it up last night, said 8am (ET), I set the DVR and I got soccer instead.

[Kurenai]

What the hell time was the men's basketball game on this morning? I looked it up last night, said 8am (ET), I set the DVR and I got soccer instead.

You can watch the game live or the replay on www.nbcolympics.com

Here's some hilarious highlight from last night's China VS Spain game...

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

[Meson]

Michael Phelps takes Gold #4, career Gold #10, and World Record #4 in 200 Fly!

[Nami]

Chinese Men's Basketball played an awesome game against the defending champion Spain though they lost in the OT......

If they have a better PG, they could have possibly won this game.....

That was a great game, though sometimes I just afraid that Yao Ming will hurt his foot again. O_O""

I feel sorry for Chinese team. It looks like they can win in the 3rd quarter but they finally didn't. U_U;

[Meson]

Phelps gets #5 as USA takes the 800 Free relay in under 7 minutes.

[Meson]

Kristin Armstrong takes gold in the Women's cycling time trial.

US softballers defeat Australia 3-0.

[Hara!]

THOSE SWIMMING LESSONS DID A WORLD OF GOOD, HUH?

http://anchan.an.ohost.de/save/src/121861259737.jpg

[The Million Dollar Prons]

Women's pistol shooting China is brining home another gold

[Jia]

What do you expect? It's China, they are da best country in da worild all odar countries scream like little girls.

http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/2008/04/16-22/borat.jpg

Who's the creepy guy with the cheap suit?-_-; -_-;


How about "Snaggle-chan"?

XD
Oh I'm sorry but that made me laugh.

[The Million Dollar Prons]

Women's Ping pong doubles I just watched Korea beat spain :)

Also in women's 68kg weight lfiting I'm watching the finals and man columbia is hot.

The chinese woman's weight lifter is pretty scary but she sure can lift, she's 152 pounds but can lift like 325 pound weights.

She is going to try and break the world record of 350 pounds :O

and she does. China wins the 68kg women' weight lifting gold and breaks the world record

[autsiticanime]

Who's the creepy guy with the cheap suit?-_-; -_-;

It's a Borat! Go look up on internets.

I'll be facepalming now.

http://www.aerthyr.net/images/facepalm2.jpg

Stephanie Rice won a second gold. It's NICE!

[Zachery]

Women's Ping pong doubles I just watched Korea beat spain :)

Also in women's 68kg weight lfiting I'm watching the finals and man columbia is hot.

The chinese woman's weight lifter is pretty scary but she sure can lift, she's 152 pounds but can lift like 325 pound weights.

She is going to try and break the world record of 350 pounds :O

and she does. China wins the 68kg women' weight lifting gold and breaks the world record

350 pounds? Damn I feel sorry for any guy she sets her eyes on o_0;

[Meson]

USA is out of the soccer tournament as they lost to Nigeria, 2-1. Netherlands topples Japan 1-0.

[Naraku]

USA is out of the soccer tournament as they lost to Nigeria, 2-1. Netherlands topples Japan 1-0.

Yeah, the Dutch basically broke the United States' hearts. Well at least the Netherlands are still alive.

Korea just beat the United States 8-7 in baseball.

[Meson]

http://www.nypost.com/seven/08132008/photos/news002.jpg

The diet that breathes world record swimmers.

I wish I could eat that much.

[Kstyle]

http://www.nypost.com/seven/08132008/photos/news002.jpg

The diet that breathes world record swimmers.

I wish I could eat that much.

Goku eats alot of food too.

[Jia]

It's a Borat! Go look up on internets.

I'll be facepalming now.

:mad:
Yeah yeah. No need to be rude about it.:mad: :mad:

[Leader Desslock]

I wish I could eat that much.
The problem isn't eating that much. Anyone can train to eat that much.

The problem is burning 12,000 calories a day. Not everyone can do that. Heck, I'm a cyclist, and I don't burn off 12,000 calories a day. I'd have to bike around...

<quick calculation>

Hahaha... I'd have to bike over 200 miles per day to bike off 12,000 calories. A daily double-century. Sure. I'd survive that. Hahaha....

[Soluzar]

http://www.nypost.com/seven/08132008/photos/news002.jpg

The diet that breathes world record swimmers.

I wish I could eat that much.
More fat and sugar than I expected. I assumed these athletes eat super-healthy diets based on nutrional advice from their trainer... not pancakes and pizza.

[tenshi_a]

The nutritional advice seems to be "get lots of energy, you need it". Reidar has a website about this somewhere, I think...

He probably gets his RDA of vitamins and minerals from those giant bowls of pasta and stuff.

BTW what are grits?

(Oh and people - non-Americans - are starting to say "hmm, maybe Phelps should start his own country - Phelpsland or something, so the rest of the world has a chance...!)

[ZeroRyoko1974]

No way those Chinese gymnasts were 16. They were like 12 at best lol. Just goes to show you that gymnasts with boobs usually will lose to those without:lol:

[The Million Dollar Prons]

The nutritional advice seems to be "get lots of energy, you need it". Reidar has a website about this somewhere, I think...


In fact he does, the website calls it dirty eating and describes eating as much "dirty food" as possible to add mass.

But mass would not help swimmers.



BTW what are grits?


Potatoes.

Edit: Corn. I always thought it was potatoes. silly me

[Totenkopf]

http://i38.tinypic.com/2eeha3l.jpg

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=33a_1218642189

[Illusions-chan]

Well, I finally have been ripped away from the tv.. *sends death glare of doom at aunt*

Women's Water Polo - Us v Italy
Tied at 9-9 (whoops!)

Men's Weightlifting 77 kg group
South Korea's Sa Jae-hyouk wins GOLD with a total lift of 366 kilos. Would have been crazy had he made his last lift of 211 kilos!

I got kicked off by a bunch of gossiping Indian ladies..... urgh. So as soon as they leave, I'm so getting back to the tv.

[Grizzbob]

Goku eats alot of food too.

Ya know, I think you may have just figured out his secret, he's a Saiyan.....:P

[Hara!]

http://www.nypost.com/seven/08132008/photos/news002.jpg

The diet that breathes world record swimmers.

I wish I could eat that much.

Goku eats alot of food too.

Ya know, I think you may have just figured out his secret, he's a Saiyan.....:P

http://plus4chan.org/boards/baw/src/121866797093.gif (http://anchan.an.ohost.de/save/src/121867129343.gif)

[Danju]

I tried to watch the olympics, but when I turned it on they were playing some weird mix between soccer and basketball and I was all like "what the hell is this and why is it in the olympics" and turned it off.

[Naraku]

I tried to watch the olympics, but when I turned it on they were playing some weird mix between soccer and basketball and I was all like "what the hell is this and why is it in the olympics" and turned it off.

Handball.

Phelps is getting ready to go again.

[Meson]

USA loses to Serbia in waer polo, 0-2.

In women's field hockey, German wins over USA 2-4.

In Beach Volleyball, Amercians Walsh and May-Tream defeat the Norwigians 2-0.

[Cin]

... and now for the biggest upset of the Olympics thus far (brace yourself):

Australia loses to China in Table Tennis!

I must say, I'm completely shattered following this result.

[The Million Dollar Prons]

.

Australia loses to China in Table Tennis!




My god how can it be.


Right now Women's individual archery gold medal (There sure are a lot of these archeries aren't there) South Korea VS China which seems to be happening a lot in archery. Let's see how CHina does this time.

Man CHina just shot a seven. She looks like she's about to cry :(

I can't beleive it! China beats Korea for the gold medal and broke a 24 year Korean gold medal streak:O

[Meson]

Park loses wow!. Congrats to Zhang. And the streak continues: no women has successfully defended her title in archery.

[superplough]

Why are China winning everything?

[The Million Dollar Prons]

Why are China winning everything?

Several reasons, beside the obvious "They trained people to get really good at pistol shooting, how else can they win golds in shooting their government doesn't allow normal people to own guns."

P.S. China will always win at ping pong because it's their national sport. :)

America is brining home the bronze in women's team fencing!

[seba_boi]

Canada still has ZERO medals!... :(

[The Million Dollar Prons]

Women's team fencing in the gold medal match it sure seems like Ukraine is having a hard time against china.

In women's team fencing, the Ukraine came from way behind to beat China! Excitement! Gold Mdeal for the Ukraine!

[Meson]

USA defeats Greece, 92 - 69, in basketball.

[Old Ape Face]

Canada still has ZERO medals!... :(

Too bad this isn't the Winter Olympics.

[Old Ape Face]

Why are China winning everything?

Becuase it is China they are the best country in the world all other countries scream like little girls.

[The Million Dollar Prons]

I just saw Korea beat Japan in Women's Ping pong singles and doubles

I'm not sure when the gold for Ping pong will be, but it'll be interesting.

[Raziel_MGS]

USA would slaughter at ping pong if people took it seriously, me and a friend played all summer one time and got really good

[Old Ape Face]

USA would slaughter at ping pong if people took it seriously, me and a friend played all summer one time and got really good

Yeah remember that dumb guy from Alabama who became a world ping pong champion, I think he got the congressional Metal of honor, got rich off a shrimping business, and then ran around the United States in a few years?

[Nami]

Roger Federer loses to James Blake in Tennis. O_O;

[Meson]

Serena Williams loses to Elena Dementieva, as well as Venus to Li Na.

[germanturkey]

its because China trains their athletes with he sole purpose of competing at the olympics. it sort of destroys the spirit of the games.

also, i'm upset that everyone's comparing Shawn Johnson to Mary Lou. Did everyone forget Carly Patterson? Mary Lou won the allaround when the soviets boycotted. Carly won it at a fully stocked olympics. sort of short changing Carly if you ask me.

either way, i'll be watching gymnastics tonight.

[Raziel_MGS]

how did the williams sisters lose to these no names?

[The Million Dollar Prons]

Li na (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Na_(tennis)) beat S. Williams right? She's not a no name at all.

[GreatNekoKoneko]

... i wouldn't go as far as saying that Li Na is a no name. take that back.

[Rain]

how did the williams sisters lose to these no names?

Aww, poor baby. You don't have to resort to calling Li Na a "no-namer" just because you're mad that China has twenty-two gold medals, while America only has ten. ;)

[Old Ape Face]

Aww, poor baby. You don't have to resort to calling Li Na a "no-namer" just because you're mad that China has twenty-two gold medals, while America only has ten. ;)

That is the result of a country that concentrates all of it's energy on one single event, America's the slacker in this competition. Or is it just that America is only interested in the novelty of the competition? Either way China is the best country in the world, as far as competing in so many events with too much pride.

[Tidusauron12]

Aww, poor baby. You don't have to resort to calling Li Na a "no-namer" just because you're mad that China has twenty-two gold medals, while America only has ten. ;)

Haha, nice.

Oh, and congrats to Phelps... the man's awesome.

[Raziel_MGS]

no how about you dont resort to being an *** about that...if i havent heard if her, technically to me she is a no-name person

oh and id like those gymnastics medals back as well, maybe cheating is good for them, but its not good for the sport

[Tidusauron12]

no how about you dont resort to being an *** about that...if i havent heard if her, technically to me she is a no-name person

As if you weren't being an *** by saying "...how did the williams sisters lose to these no names?" They are hardly no names... just because you don't know them doesn't mean you should post about the situation to generally, as if none of us know who Li Nu is. :lol:

[Raziel_MGS]

obviously you didnt read at all, maybe you should get back to reading it again, read it again, read it again, read it again, read it again, then type exactly what i said, then read it again, then post.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/olympics/2008/08/14/underage.gymnasts/index.html

[Tidusauron12]

[QUOTE=Raziel_MGS;6432241]obviously you didnt read at all, maybe you should get back to reading it again, read it again, read it again, read it again, read it again, then type exactly what i said, then read it again, then post.

I did read it. I quoted it in my message. Sounds like you're the one who needs to read again. :lol:

Look:

"As if you weren't being an *** by saying "...how did the williams sisters lose to these no names?" They are hardly no names... just because you don't know them doesn't mean you should post about the situation to generally, as if none of us know who Li Nu is."

That in bold? That was your whole damn post! :lol:

[Raziel_MGS]

AH but then you quoted the part where i said they were no name people to me, so obviously you skipped the part where i said they were no name people to me, even tho you quoted it.

[Naraku]

how did the williams sisters lose to these no names?

What are you talking about? Dementieva was a former #1 in the WTA tour. And she's pretty much always been top 10.

[Naraku]

Roger Federer loses to James Blake in Tennis. O_O;

That I find suprising. Guess Federer's dominance is coming to an end, I was actually looking forward to Federer/Nadal in the finals. Oh well, can root for Blake now I suppose.

[The Million Dollar Prons]

oh and id like those gymnastics medals back as well, maybe cheating is good for them, but its not good for the sport

A 13 year old can gymnast better than 16+ year olds.

How is that not gold medal worthy?

As if you weren't being an *** by saying "...how did the williams sisters lose to these no names?" They are hardly no names... just because you don't know them doesn't mean you should post about the situation to generally, as if none of us know who Li Nu is. :lol:


You don't know who li na is either because you spelled her name wrong.

no how about you dont resort to being an *** about that...if i havent heard if her, technically to me she is a no-name person


True in theory but if you don't know Li Na then you don't know much about tennis and therefore you don't have enough ground to be starting arguments in my damn thread now back of the bus you two.

[Raziel_MGS]

hey if i was black that would be racist!!!! hahaha

[The Million Dollar Prons]

hey if i was black that would be racist!!!! hahaha

Then you can hang out in our other thread about olympic racism ;) (http://www.animenation.net/forums/showthread.php?t=216818)

[Raziel_MGS]

Then you can hang out in our other thread about olympic racism ;) (http://www.animenation.net/forums/showthread.php?t=216818)

AWESOME, racism is like raisin bran, you gotta have your two scoops a day!

[The Million Dollar Prons]

AWESOME, racism is like raisin bran, you gotta have your two scoops a day!


Yeah but unless you start posting about the olympics and stop posting crap I'm going to call the Chinese Government and tell them you're the tank man and you practice falun gong daily.


Today. Ping pong semi finals.

[Raziel_MGS]

no one knows what ever happened to that guy to this day.

also, the swedish grecco-roman bronze medal winner threw his medal down in disgust on the podium

[The Million Dollar Prons]

also, the swedish grecco-roman bronze medal winner threw his medal down in disgust on the podium

REally? WHy'd he do that?

[Raziel_MGS]

he lost to the italian guy and felt the judges cheated him, all of his fans were jeering too!

[Old Ape Face]

Leave it to China to bring an exciting time at the Olympics this year otherwise I wouldn't care about it much. lol

[Meson]

Rebecca Soni of the USA wins teh women's 200 breaststroke.

Lochte and Peirsol takes the 200 backstroke as 1 and 2. Lochte gets his first gold!

Phelps gets #6 and world record #6 by winning the 200 IM. Lochte takes bronze.

[Fobb]

Who cares about everything else. Who saw the guy snap his arm? That's insane.


*leaves AN for another century*

[autsiticanime]

Rebecca Soni of the USA wins teh women's 200 breaststroke.

Poor Leisel Jones finished second :( then she apparently collapsed after the medal cerimony, but shes ok now.

[germanturkey]

USA USA USA USA USA USA USA

goes 1 2 in women's gymnastics. congrats!!

[Meson]

Nastia Liukon and Shawn Johnson go 1,2 in women's all around gymnastics, and put China's lolis in their place.

[germanturkey]

the judging was so screwed up though. especially on the uneven bars and the beam.

man, Nastia is soooo pretty. and Shawn is ridiculously adorable.

[Naraku]

Nastia Liukon and Shawn Johnson go 1,2 in women's all around gymnastics, and put China's lolis in their place.

That's good, I missed it though. I did catch Phelps in the 100m Breaststroke though, he made a pretty good comeback at the end there.

[Jia]

Why are China winning everything?

Because it's rigged.^_^
Either that...or I better not repeat it :devil:

[Meson]

US softball beatsd Japan 0-7, then defeats Canada 1-8.

US also defeats Russia in water polo, 12-7.

[The Million Dollar Prons]

1, 2 in women's gynastics! :D

[The Million Dollar Prons]

Men's individual archery, Ukraine beats Korea for the gold medal!

Table Tennis the Singaporean team beats Korea to advance to the gold medal match!

Men's weightlifitng 85kg Belarus is winning, he broke the olympic record (not sure exactly which one he broke for sure though.)

and if north korea creeps you out at all, (http://www.iwf.net/) if you go to the iwf website and hold your mouse over the north korean winner ladie's picture, she totally chalks her win up the great leader

and China wins gold in Men's Weightlifting 85kg, but Belarus keeps the Record, if that makes any sense to you guys

[Rurouni Saiyan]

Is it just me, or is everything under the sun becoming an Olympic sport? I can see the traditional tests of dexterity and endurance that are track and field and gymnastics. However, Badminton (sp?) and Water Polo are sports that I don't see as Olympic grade.

Next thing you know, Tekken will be an Olympic sport.

/rant

[Tidusauron12]

Next thing you know, Tekken will be an Olympic sport.


LOL, Sendo Takeshi would represent the US. :lol:

[The Million Dollar Prons]

Is it just me, or is everything under the sun becoming an Olympic sport? I can see the traditional tests of dexterity and endurance that are track and field and gymnastics. However, Badminton (sp?) and Water Polo are sports that I don't see as Olympic grade.

Next thing you know, Tekken will be an Olympic sport.

/rant

There was a rumour that Multioplayer games and yoga were going to be demonstration sports, if that floats your boat at all ;)

I'm glad hte olympics has a lot of different sports. It's like you can see all sorts of spots you nromally wouldn't watch at the same time!

[Old Ape Face]

There was a rumor that Multi player games and yoga were going to be demonstration sports, if that floats your boat at all ;)

I'm glad the Olympics has a lot of different sports. It's like you can see all sorts of spots you normally wouldn't watch at the same time!

and the competitiveness of countries from all over the world in the same location also.

[Trefellin]

I'd like to see Olympic Cossacks: European Wars (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cossacks:_European_Wars). I really would watch that.

[Naraku]

Is it just me, or is everything under the sun becoming an Olympic sport? I can see the traditional tests of dexterity and endurance that are track and field and gymnastics. However, Badminton (sp?) and Water Polo are sports that I don't see as Olympic grade.

Next thing you know, Tekken will be an Olympic sport.

/rant

Badminton isn't that bad, it's pretty popular around the world. Not so much in the United States, obviously, but elsewhere it's liked. I actually enjoy watching it.

I'm a little dissapointed that this could be the last year for baseball, it's a popular sport around the world, I don't see the need to take it away.

[germanturkey]

if you've ever played water polo, you'd understand why its an olympic caliber sport. as for badminton. if you've played someone who's extreme about it, you'd know why its considered a sport. constant smashes, drops, and clears.

[Meson]

Phelps is now 7/7 by winning the 100 butterfly by 0.01 seconds.

[Depression]

^ Gliding to the finish line FTL.

Kinda disappointed we never see coverage of the martial arts and fencing..

[Tonyx35]

Kinda disappointed we never see coverage of the martial arts and fencing..

If you're talking about on TV, then I agree with you but you can/should be able to watch some of it online (provided you are willing to install Microsoft Silverlight on your system and have high speed Internet access).

http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/index.html (NBC Olympics website Videos page)

[superplough]

New Zealand gets two bronze medals in rowing!

I guess you were right Prons (why am I surprised)

EDIT: AND A GOLD AS WEELLL!!!!!

[The Million Dollar Prons]

I'm not sure becuase I don't know crap about rowing, but it seems like Great Britian won gold in Rowing

Men's table tennis Germany beats Japan to go to the gold medal match!

and I just got word from fencing.net that American women will be competing for fencing gold again I'll be sure to try and catch it :)

[superplough]

I'm not sure becuase I don't know crap about rowing, but it seems like Great Britian won gold in Rowing

There were several rowing events, mens singles and mens doubles, we got Bronze in those, I'm guessing Britain won one of those (maybe both) and then we got Gold in womans doubles.

[KT Kore]

I'm glad hte olympics has a lot of different sports. It's like you can see all sorts of spots you nromally wouldn't watch at the same time!

Yeah, that's one of the main things I love about the Olympics, seeing all the stuff that they don't air too often on TV, and everything is on such a big stage. It's good fun.

Anyway, Phelps winning his 7th gold in with only 0.01 seconds to spare was amazing. I thought he was untouchable, but holy crap he almost got showed up.

His last race is another relay, right? Those are always dangerous but I think I heard the Americans are the favorites for it (and they already won one where they were against the odds [French]), so it sounds good for him to make history.

Maybe I should get to bed now so I can finally wake up by 10am to see some USA basketball for once... I've missed all the games so far. I really wanted to see USA vs. China since I heard it has great atmosphere, but I missed that too.

[The Million Dollar Prons]

Despite all the odds against them The american women won silver in Team Fencing, and even though they were far behind they ddin't give up! Russia won gold though, but the true story here is about the americans I say :)

[RukiaIkari]

I swear I'm not joking. During swimming and gymnastics I have heard Naruto, Bleach, and Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles music being played. Has anyone else noticed this too?

Here is a gymnastics link. After about a minute and a half, they play "Break the Sword of Justice" from Tsubasa.

http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/player.html?assetid=0815_hd_gaw_hl_l1664&channelcode=sportga

[Meson]

I'm not surpized by the anime music. China is the land of the bootleg after all.

[The Million Dollar Prons]

They also play sonic the hedgehog music during it, I posted about it on the sega forums and it had a warm response :)

[Nami]

Usain Bolt is awesome. O_O! Also, Just watched the basketball Match Between US and Spain. Great game. Us won over Spain with 119-82 score. ^_^

[autsiticanime]

I swear I'm not joking. During swimming and gymnastics I have heard Naruto, Bleach, and Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles music being played. Has anyone else noticed this too?

Here is a gymnastics link. After about a minute and a half, they play "Break the Sword of Justice" from Tsubasa.

http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/player.html?assetid=0815_hd_gaw_hl_l1664&channelcode=sportga

I thought I heard the music they play during the fight scenes of Naruto once.

[Meson]

Austrailia gets gold in the 4x100 medley, while US gets silver.

[autsiticanime]

Grant Hackett DENIED a third succesive gold in 1500m freestyle by Oussama Mellioulli of Tunisia

[Nami]

Phelp just won his 8th gold medal.

[Meson]

8 for 8! Phelps makes history as the US gets gold in the Men's 4x100 medley in world record time!

[Cin]

China wins the gold in the womens badminton singles... naturally. Since it WAS china vs china.

I only caught the last set, but it was pretty exciting for a badminton match. I usually get bored watching badminton.

[superplough]

I think we did (http://animenation.net/forums/showthread.php?t=216840)

[Black Cat]

oh ok didnt see that

[Depression]

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u21/SuperGil_album/Phelps.gif

[Meson]

USA gets silver in Men's team sabre fencing, losing to the French 45-37. Italy takes the bronze by defeating Russia.

Rafeal Nadal (Spain) wins gold in Tennis.

[Meson]

The Americans, Rogers and Dalhausse, come teh first team to enter teh medal rounds in beach volleyball, surpassing Germany's Klemperer and Koreng by 2 games to none.

[The Million Dollar Prons]

The Chinese Women's Table TEnnis Team won gold, but only because I wrote Zhang Yin Ing fan mail that one time. I remember reading on her QQ Blog a year or two ago that 2008 was going to be her last olympics. Bummeroni :)

Men's Team Table Tennis that there Korea is bringning home the bronze!

Handball Preliminaries Croatian men beat the Chinese men.

As for olympic drama, the falun gong propaganda newsletter (http://en.epochtimes.com/n2/opinion/empty-eats-flashy-olympic-2711.html) is claiming that most chinese people aren't showing up for the olympic games. However, the picture they show is volleyball, a sport most chinese aren't interested in. Other events have filled seats. :)

[autsiticanime]

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u21/SuperGil_album/Phelps.gif

^wonders why that isn't in the awesome thread, as it's FULL OF WIN!

'Vegeta, whats the olympic gold reading on that Phelps guy?'
'It's OVER NINE!!!!!'
'NINE?'

In Australian gold medal news, we got gold in two yaughting events (mens and womens 470) and another in the womens triathlon (JUSTICE!).

[tenshi_a]

For a while earlier today, Great Britain were 3rd on the leaderboard and all the sports journalists were all *_*

[The Million Dollar Prons]

China's running wonder, Liu Xiang suffered a devestating loss due to an injury (http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer08/trackandfield/news/story?id=3540221)

I'm watching Men's Team Table Tennis right now, Germany VS China for the gold. Match #1 (out of 3) I think ended with China beating Germany, allthough the last rally was pretty exciting. :)

[superplough]

So we won another gold, in Women's Shot Put; a silver, in Men's Individual Pursuit Cycling; and another bronze, in Mens Team Pursuit Cycling.

We ain't doing too badly!

[The Million Dollar Prons]

The men's team ping pong championship is going on still, 2/5 matches, so far its 0-2 china.

Germany VS China, what an interesting matchup

[Meson]

USA's Stephanie Brown Trafton wins gold in Women's Discus.

[The Million Dollar Prons]

It seems as if China won gold medal in Men's team Table Tennis even though germany did their best :)

[Jia]

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u21/SuperGil_album/Phelps.gif

That Phelps...he is either part dolphin or on a lot of drugs :P

[Meson]

US basketball topple Germany by 49 points! (106-57)

[The Million Dollar Prons]

The US team sure is dominating everyone in basketball aint they?

Although it's not a huge surprise, America is destroying China in baseball 5-0 US.

in women's soccer semifinal America is ahead of japan 2-1, as we head into the second half

[ZeroRyoko1974]

China has two womens teams in the womens sand volleyball semifinals, assuring the Chinese of at least a silver as the two teams will face to go to the final. The one i watched had this 6'2" chinese girl named Xue Chen. I thought she was kinda hawt >_>

[Meson]

US takes the baseball game 9-1 over China.

US sweep in men's 400m hurdles!. Angelo taylor takes gold. Kerron Clement takes silver. Bershawn Jackson takes bronze.

[The Million Dollar Prons]

America is demolishing Japan in Women's soccer 4-1 USA
THE JAPANESE AFRO WOMAN SCORED AT THE LAST MINUTE, BUT IT WASN'T ENOUGH, AMERICA WINS 2-4!

The women's olympic cup match will be America VS Brazil! Apparently this thursday :)

[Meson]

US sweeps Japan 3 sets to none in men's volleyball. They now proceed into the elimination round as Seed 1!

[GreatNekoKoneko]

...the japanese Women's Football team needs to watch more Capt. Tsubasa.

[Raziel_MGS]

the polish volleyball team is basically all supermodels, i was glued to the screen

[GreatNekoKoneko]

the polish volleyball team is basically all supermodels, i was glued to the screen

... this is true. god bless the guy who invented those shorts.

http://polish-blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/volleyball4.jpg

[Hara!]

Women aren't allowed to play most Olympics sports unless they're good looking.

Truth is, you have to look good for the camera and represent your country well. No uggos allowed.

[Rurouni Saiyan]

Women aren't allowed to play most Olympics sports unless they're good looking.

Truth is, you have to look good for the camera and represent your country well. No uggos allowed.

Tell that to the USA Women's basketball and volleyball teams. I swear I was watching a group of Uruk'hai whacking a ball back and forth.

:lol:

[Old Ape Face]

Women aren't allowed to play most Olympics sports unless they're good looking.

Truth is, you have to look good for the camera and represent your country well. No uggos allowed.

Fat isn't ugly, it's designed for a more captive audience. This isn't Sex in the City. :rolleyes:

[Old Ape Face]

Tell that to the USA Women's basketball and volleyball teams. I swear I was watching a group of Uruk'hai whacking a ball back and forth.

:lol:


See we Americans don't **** on nobody. If the other countries don't like it that's their problem XD.