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Other Topics => Completely Off-Topic => Topic started by: eclv on August 08, 2008, 11:04:02 pm
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I don't know if you guys are into it but I am very excited for them to start. I figured here would be a good place to talk about them over the next few weeks.
The Opening Ceremony was incredible. From the 2008 drummers, Thai Chi, people etc. Wow! And when the torch was lit. 8O
I love to watch Swimming, Gymanstics and Track and Field the most.
Go Team USA!!
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Woohoo! I saw the opening cermony last night and it was amazing! Brilliant artistry and the torch walk was pretty awesome!!! :) I'm now watching the Women's volleyball team's match against Japan. cannot wait for Beach volleyball with Kerri and Misty. And swimming with Phelps! :)
I just love watching the Olympics! :D
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Me too! I stayed up til like 3:30 watching last night. Directv has a few channels that are dedicated to the Olympics. You can even hit the red button and see the medal count. I am flipping from Volleyball, that US vs. Japan match was great!! Awesome the US Women swept Fencing/Saber(?) for our first 3 medals.
I too am looking forward to the Beach Volleyball. The bad thing is I am on the Westcoast and will catch it later than everyone else. Hope to miss the spoilers. Oh and swimming Dara Torres, hope that old lady with the hard rock body can get it done!! Phelps too!!
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i'm looking forward to the track and field portion, especially the marathon:I'm very pleased with who ended up on team usa for the 26.2 mile race.:)
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Me too! I stayed up til like 3:30 watching last night. Directv has a few channels that are dedicated to the Olympics. You can even hit the red button and see the medal count. I am flipping from Volleyball, that US vs. Japan match was great!! Awesome the US Women swept Fencing/Saber(?) for our first 3 medals.
I too am looking forward to the Beach Volleyball. The bad thing is I am on the Westcoast and will catch it later than everyone else. Hope to miss the spoilers. Oh and swimming Dara Torres, hope that old lady with the hard rock body can get it done!! Phelps too!!
I thought we were gonna lose in that volleyball game! Earlier in the game, the Japs were dominating but it's a good thing that we pulled through in the end!
And yes, very impressive with the saber fencing, Mariel Zagunis was awesome and it's our first gold, silver and bronze medal!
Did you see the 400m heat with Phelps? The fastest out of everyone and a new olympic record!!! :) Haha i think that Lochte is in trouble saying that he can beat Phelps but I don't think so because Phelpls is a freakin dolphin. That's all i'm gonna say lol
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Yeah, no I haven't seen it yet. I knew I would be spoiled. Beach Volleyball is about to start and damn I need to run some errands real quick. They can wait. :wink:
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I generally only watch the opening and closing ceremonies... 8)
"I should point that this next country, the Central African Republic, is, in fact, a Republic, located in Central Africa."
Damn, does Bob Costas do anything in the odd-numbered years? I remember him covering the 2000 Olympics.
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I like the diving and the gymnastics. they're cool. my friend likes the taekwondo ones, she's really good at tkd, shell be a black belt next year.
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My best friend was an elite gymnast. A few years back she was an alternate for World. She quit because she wanted to have a social life and be able to enjoy herself. She was great. If she had stuck with it there is a good chance she would be in China now, but I don't think she regrets her choice. :)
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Grrh, I missed Beach Volleyball with Misty and Kerri... stupid back to school shopping... :evil: :evil: :evil:
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I watched it! You know China outdid everyone with the opening ceromony.
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The colorful Olympics opening night ceremony from Beijing on NBC averaged 34.2 million viewers, making it the biggest television event since the Super Bowl.
It was the biggest audience ever for an Olympic opening ceremony not held in the U.S., and even eclipsed this year's Academy Awards and finale of "American Idol," Nielsen Media Research said on Saturday.
http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer08/news/story?id=3527387
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OMG!! The US Women's Gymnastics Team is killing me!! Really!?!? They do these routines thousands of times. Come on!!
Yes, I know there is tons of pressure but really!?!?
Shake it off!!
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^^^ oh god tell me about it. they're making amateur mistakes and yes, I know it's a high pressure situation but I know that they can do much better than that. Falling of bars and falling back on the landing is not acceptable for the USA team :( ... but at least they made it to the finals.
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can we say my goodness, men's 4x100 relay?!
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can we say my goodness, men's 4x100 relay?!
YES! All of the five teams beat the world record... and Team USA beat everyone else!!! Second gold for Phelps in Beijing! can we get a woot woot! lol
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He is a freakin' machine, wow!
Men's Gymnastics - Team USA on High Bar wow!! Finally sticking those landings not to mention those crazy release moves. Too bad there were errors on Floor Ex. Stupid errors and the two misses on P. Horse.
That's gotta suck to know you f'd it up for the whole team. Luckily it wasn't just 1 guy it was 3 guys. Oh well. Bronze is good.
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^^^ Yeah bronze is good seeing that the US team wasn't even expected to win ANYTHING since that the Hamm brothers pulled out of the olympics.
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That little girl lip sang becuase hte girl who could really sing was ugly so she sang and the cute little girl lip syned it. 8O
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I was shocked with that news too. It's really unfair for the real girl who sung it.
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(http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/605/roflbotebthda8.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
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I've been enjoying it. It's great to have something to watch until the fall season
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Phelps just won his 8th gold guys!
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Phelps killed this year
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I haven't watched too much of the Olympics this year, but tonight with the end of swimming and some of the track and field events I was pretty entertained.
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I haven't watched too much of the Olympics this year, but tonight with the end of swimming and some of the track and field events I was pretty entertained.
same here! last night was the night that I really watched the games. Before it would just be the highlights and stuff.
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The men's 100 Meter track race was AWESOME
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Spanish sailors Fernando Echavarri and Anton Paz won an Olympic Games gold medal on Thursday and then marked the occasion by donning black armbands in honour of the 153 people killed in the Madrid air disaster.
Echavarri and Paz clinched their first Olympic medal in the Tornado class in stormy conditions at Qingdao, seeing off Australian pair Glenn Ashby and Darren Bundock.
The duo then climbed the podium wearing a black armband each despite Spanish media reporting that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) had banned arm bands as well as the flying of the national flag at half-mast at the Spanish section of the Athletes Village.
Has the IOC gone too far with censorship? I can see the issue with having
a set of guidlines that would control protests of the Tibet issue, but this is
taking the respect for victims in an athelete's country out of their free will!
(http://news.ninemsn.com.au/img/2007/olympics/2108_spanishsailors_a.jpg)
Peace
Aaron