Doe Johnson (post: 1253637) wrote:Okay, so now I know who played in the women's basketball session I was at on the 15th. It was New Zealand vs Czech and Australia vs Latvia. I quite enjoyed the Australia vs Latvia game. The dancers improved too! The Beijing Dream Dancers can be quite entertaining in a "I can't believe they actually did this in the Olympics" sort of way, but that day they did pretty well. Sadly, I didn't get on the big screen again.
I hadn't actually heard of Phelps doing well until my parents told me when I called home. Yay for there being way too many channels with the Olympics to flip through (my last hotel had 13 channels of the Olympics), not being able to understand Chinese, and China concentrating on, of all things, Chinese athletes who win the gold.
Oooo...and before we went to Beijing, we saw the Spanish synchronized swimming team at the Shanghai airport!! I got pictures with them! Now I just have to find the person who took the pictures to get a copy...
They don't just hand them out, you have to earn them. It would help if your summer consisted of more the three weeks in August.blkmage (post: 1252447) wrote:Okay, Canada, honestly, where are our medals?
Radical Dreamer wrote:Nastia Lukin did a phenomenal job, and I'm really glad she and the other US girl (whose name escapes me right now) won the gold and silver (respectively).
Ingemar (post: 1253707) wrote:
termyt (post: 1253657) wrote:They don't just hand them out, you have to earn them. It would help if your summer consisted of more the three weeks in August.
Maokun: Ninjas or Pirates? (Vikings are not a valid answer, sorry)
EricTheFred: Vikings are always a valid answer.
EricTheFred (post: 1253886) wrote:Well, given they have a population only one and a half times my state, they don't do half-bad.
And consider this:
China: Current medal count, 67. Population: 1,322 million
Canada: Current medal count, 9. Population: 33 milllion
Not too shabby, Canucks...
Warrior4Christ (post: 1253933) wrote:By that same logic...
Australia: Population = 20 million, total = 33.
China: Population = 1,322 million, total should be 2181.
(Assuming it's linear. XD)
Maokun: Ninjas or Pirates? (Vikings are not a valid answer, sorry)
EricTheFred: Vikings are always a valid answer.
Momo-P (post: 1254013) wrote:XD That gif is freaking awesome.
As for tonight...I have nothing personal against China, but that tie in gymnastics was total bull. The "tie breaking system" is completely unfair and is basing everything on one number that could be given by a bias or incompentent judge. The fact that Nastia had stronger points in everything else on the uneven bars just makes it even stupider.
Plus, again, nothing against the Chinese girls, they're extremely cute and worked hard, but...most of them are there illegally. Not only can you tell some have baby teeth (one is actually missing a tooth), but some Chinese guy even said many were underage...and he "mysteriously disappeared" upon doing so.
Another girl who I feel bad for was that Alicia Sacramone. The girl who beat her out for the bronze LANDED ON HER KNEES. How can you get a higher score when you land on your knees?! I mean if Alicia had messed up worse that'd be one thing, but she actually nailed her landing! Seriously, curious results are curious.
Maokun: Ninjas or Pirates? (Vikings are not a valid answer, sorry)
EricTheFred: Vikings are always a valid answer.
termyt (post: 1254104) wrote:Other food for thought along those lines: USA just won a gold medal in wrestling - the wrestler? 21 year old Henry Cejudo, a child of illegal immigrants. Way to live the American Dream, dude. Glad you are here.
GeneD (post: 1254113) wrote:Random thought: I think they should make coughing an Olympic sport. My whole family is sick and I think we'd pwn the competition.
Maokun: Ninjas or Pirates? (Vikings are not a valid answer, sorry)
EricTheFred: Vikings are always a valid answer.
Hospitalier (post: 1254371) wrote:Right. For all of the things China has done, is concealing the records of a few gymnasts really that bad? It seems like the whole thing is based on, "Hey, those girls look pretty young", and "Jee whiz, China, a communist, totalitarian state, doesn't want to share their internal records!"
Maokun: Ninjas or Pirates? (Vikings are not a valid answer, sorry)
EricTheFred: Vikings are always a valid answer.
Point: Don't be too quick to judge based on appearances.
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