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Originally Posted by EricW
questions:
1) has there been any official reaction from the french relay team (interview, etc) on their loss? 2) is there a sensor at the end of the pool that swimmers touch to stop the clock? |
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Originally Posted by Chuck Mayer
Good night for the Americans in the Cube tonight. 7 medals in total, 3 of the 4 Golds, plus two each of Silver and Bronze. Lots of new World Records these games...it's a very fast pool.
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Originally Posted by EricW
questions:
1) has there been any official reaction from the french relay team (interview, etc) on their loss? 2) is there a sensor at the end of the pool that swimmers touch to stop the clock? |
He was one of those people who would be neither a follower nor a leader, but only an aspiring heart, impatient in the failing body which imprisoned it. -- T. H. White, "The Once and Future King"
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Originally Posted by DavidJ
The last kid on the pommel horse really stepped up for the US. Talk about pressure.
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Uncle Joe: I'll never marry you, Selma Plout! You may as well take off that wedding dress and put it back in your Hopeless Chest!
--Petticoat Junction--
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Originally Posted by Patrick Sun
it's a pain to try to keep up with the events as they spring up during primetime.
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Originally Posted by DavidJ
The new system just seems to make it worse.
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| Gee, Andrew comes in with yet another in his long running series of "You Yanks are too high on your horses, let me knock you down a few" posts. |
| I've never ONCE in my posts adopted an anti-American stance, except tongue in cheek (yes, I know Brit sarcasm is at times hard to grasp, but trust me, it's worth the effort). |
| When did the men's final end? I set the VCR to record til 12:30 AM, but the competition was still not finished. |
He was one of those people who would be neither a follower nor a leader, but only an aspiring heart, impatient in the failing body which imprisoned it. -- T. H. White, "The Once and Future King"
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Originally Posted by andrew markworthy
Oh dear. Read my post again, this time carefully, or I'll keep you in after school. I was lumping the UK in with the USA and pointing out that we BOTH have insular perspectives.
I've never ONCE in my posts adopted an anti-American stance, except tongue in cheek (yes, I know Brit sarcasm is at times hard to grasp, but trust me, it's worth the effort). I'm just trying to restore a little bit of balance to the picture. The fact that I've done this on several occasions should actually tell you something ... For what it's worth, I was cheering along Michael Phelps earlier - he is a superb swimmer and I'd love to see him get his full clutch of medals. And yes, the 4x100 was an exciting race. To be honest, objectively I think the women's 400m was more exciting, but heck, let's just be grateful we're getting some good swimming in these games. As a matter of interest, are any of you guys gripped by the rowing? It's a biggish sport in the UK, so it's getting heavy coverage over here. |
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Originally Posted by andrew markworthy
As a matter of interest, are any of you guys gripped by the rowing? It's a biggish sport in the UK, so it's getting heavy coverage over here.
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Can't stay up until 1:30 AM on work nights.
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Originally Posted by Cameron Yee
Around 1:30am.
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Originally Posted by Marianne
Which is the correct way to add up the medals - total number of medals (so a country with tons of bronzes could be at the top) or country with most golds (followed by silvers, bronzes)?
On NBC they do it the total medals way: US - 21 total medals China - 20 total medals S. Korea - 12 total medals 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games | Medal - Women's Air Rifle Standings 2008 | NBC Olympics I don't know why the link looks wrong - it does take you to the medals table. On the BBC they do it the total golds way: China - 13 USA - 7 S. Korea - 5 BBC SPORT | Olympics | Medals table | Olympics Just wondering - not trying to start an international incident! |
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Originally Posted by Patrick Sun
And in the scratching one's head area: China used a pretty child to lip-sync a great singing performance by a not-so-pretty child in the opening ceremony, that's just a bit tacky. Also the "helicopter" footage of the fireworks from the sky were CGI'd and piped in to produce the illusion of a spectacular footprint fireworks display.
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Originally Posted by Jeff Gatie
Personally I assign a value:
Gold = 3 Silver = 2 Bronze = 1 |
| China picked a 'cute' nine-year-old girl to mime at its Olympic opening ceremony after deciding a seven-year-old with a 'flawless' voice was not pretty enough to perform. Lin Miaoke, in her angelic red dress and pigtails, captivated the world last Friday as she 'sang' the national anthem during its £20million opening for the Games. But it has now been revealed the voice heard by billions both in Beijing and around the globe was in fact seven-year-old Yang Peiyi, who was banned for her crooked teeth.  In yet another example of fakery at the Games, China pre-recorded Yang singing Paean to the Motherland but chose her rival to lip-synch before the public. Lin's appearance in the ceremony has made her the hottest child star in China and her picture was even printed on the front page of the New York Times. |
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Originally Posted by Steve Christou
How's Cyprus doing?
This is headline news in the UK, the pretty little girl becomes famous while the girl with the voice (and crooked teeth) is hidden away, how terrible. |
Uncle Joe: I'll never marry you, Selma Plout! You may as well take off that wedding dress and put it back in your Hopeless Chest!
--Petticoat Junction--
