Olympics

[exostrike]

We don't appear to have a London Olympics 2012 thread, so I've though it I'd start one.

And to start off, lets have a complain at the offical mascots.
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I mean, look at them! what do they say about london or britian? nothing!

The designers spent so much time being artistic with the designs that they forgot to make sure they meant anything. Wenlock and Mandeville as names may be connected with the origins of the olympics and para-olympics but I had to look that up to find out. Overall while they may look nice, they say nothing.

Also they where chosen by school children.

[Porthos1]

They may have been picked by children, but they are sure as heck going to scare the children that are visiting the venues. I remember the hubbub about these last year when they were picked...a lot of scratching of the head. If you stare at them long enough, they could grow on you. :-) Of course, I don't remember a mascot being all that great for the games. Turin and Beijing failed also...

[_Omaticaya_]

LoL Good idea to make a thread for it :) I almost did too ^_^ My mother will be working there with with Vips :ntongue: lucky her ^_^

[Porthos1]

Make sure that Mom gives you the dish on all the VIPs and what is happening. She is officially our on the scene AF reporter there.

Friendship bands and Taxi Light? OMG, just looked at the picture more carefully. Inspired by London's black taxi's? Is that a tail or a fin on the back of Mandaville? OK, I am complaining now...ha ha ;-)

[_Omaticaya_]

Make sure that Mom gives you the dish on all the VIPs and what is happening. She is officially our on the scene AF reporter there.

Friendship bands and Taxi Light? OMG, just looked at the picture more carefully. Inspired by London's black taxi's? Is that a tail or a fin on the back of Mandaville? OK, I am complaining now...ha ha ;-)

LoL I'll see what I can do :nlol:

[Replica]

Complain about the mascots? I can do that. They're f***ing retarded!

[Foxhound]

What the heck am I looking at?

[Wameyn]

http://www.avatar-forums.com/images/imported/2012/06/214.jpg

I just want to see this guy run again.

[exostrike]

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And lets complain about the opening cermony. The chinese go for spectial with hundreds of synonised drummer and dancers, and what does the british do? Maypoles, a game of cricket, glastonbury mosh pits and artifical clouds.

Its like we're not even trying.

[Replica]

It's sounding a little anti-climatic right now.

[Ja'k Dawsiin]

i will miss the whole Olympics as i will be on a summer vacation roadtrip. lolz

[Porthos1]

Well, when you get back, tune in to this thread and you will get the scoop! We got Omaticaya's mom as an AF reporter for some in-depth interviews...only to be seen here! ;-)

US Swimming finished the third day of trials and there were some wicked fast times. The energy level during my lunch time swim practice is way up as we are all glued to the set every evening. US Track and Field are finishing their trials and it is a strong team as well. July 27!

[Ja'k Dawsiin]

i just found out the Olympics aren't until late in July, and i will be back by then, so i won't miss them after all, but i would love to hear some reporting on the games from Omaticaya's mom. i shall keep this thread on my must-read list. :)

[Porthos1]

One of the shinning stars to come out of the US Swimming trials this year is the teen Misty Franklin. She will be competing in 7 full events with a high probability of pulling a few medals.

Misty is a student in Aurora Colorado, the town where the theater shooting occured this last week. She will be facing more scrutiny and pressure now as the press plays this sad scene out, but watch her. She is going to make some history!

[Ja'k Dawsiin]

i shall be watching some Olympics after all...yay! :)

[tm20]

lol at the mascots and the opening ceremony doesn't sound great either XD only if iron maiden performed at the opening ceremony, that would be awesome

[exostrike]

Thats assuming the darn event takes place, over here we've had a crisis with the security firm the government hired to provide game security saying that they can't provide enough guards, leading to the army and police being drafted to fill the numbers, on top of an existing miltary commitment, there are now more miltary security personel in the olympics than civillians, and thats not counting the missile defences.

BBC News - What is G4S and how will Olympic problems affect it? (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18810473)

[Ja'k Dawsiin]

is this the Olympic stadium in London? this shot was untitled.

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[exostrike]

Yeah thats london, the trombone-like-thing is a viewing plateform. Personally I think it looks like the pompidou centre meets the eiffel tower

[_Omaticaya_]

Ceremony tonight :nparty:

[Porthos1]

I heard that Paul McCartney will be in the opening cerimonies and will end his set with "Hey Jude." What do you think? When the long ending starts, do you: 1) sing along with the Nah nahs for 15 minutes, or 2) go to the frig and get another beer (or three)?

His daughter was the person who designed the uniforms for the British Team. I think I am more interested in that ;-)

[Wind12]

I know NBC has a 3D Olympics channel, it looks to be a side by side format, so if I cross my eyes I can watch some 3D tv!( now if somebody could hack it to play Avatar, I could watch Avatar in 3D(yes I would cross my eyes for that long to see it in 3D) Anyway there are alot of athletics in Avatar;)
Man I have a one track mind... :nsmile:

[SpacePhoenix]

I know NBC has a 3D Olympics channel, it looks to be a side by side format, so if I cross my eyes I can watch some 3D tv!( now if somebody could hack it to play Avatar, I could watch Avatar in 3D(yes I would cross my eyes for that long to see it in 3D) Anyway there are alot of athletics in Avatar;)
Man I have a one track mind... :nsmile:
For those in the UK (don't know about the rest of Europe), Eurosport has a 3D channel. Wind12, does your TV not have a 2D to 3D conversion mode?

[The Silver Stag]

Watching the opening ceremony now, ain't half bad ;)

Mr Bean being a boss on the piano XD

[Sanjwale]

Indeed, Watched about 20 minutes (with the part with rowan atkinson) and it was really nice, and yeah. Mr bean is just awesome!! :)

[Porthos1]

Here is a little vidio from the US Swim Team, "Call me maybe" (I am blocked from Youtube, so here is where I went)

USA Olympic Swim Team Sing 'Call Me Maybe': Yes, Ryan Lochte And Michael Phelps Too (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/26/usa-olympic-swim-team-call-me-maybe-michael-phelps_n_1707870.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular)

[applejuice]

Just watched the opening ceremony, outstanding! Congratulations to all the people of London, very nice. Epic!

[_Omaticaya_]

Watched all of it, nearly 4 hours :nsmile: It was Simply, Beautiful! Marvelous! Sublime! The Feeling, the Emotion the Passion and the sense of Unity there was all throughout, was Lovely <3 So Happy that these days I'll have Loads of Sport to watch on television, Only reason to switch it on! :nlol:

PS: So Many Stunning looking women!? Women For the Win! :nlove: :ntongue: :good:

[gilmeiri1]

3:00 am here...
Beautiful ceremony.
Mr. Bean was funny indeed.
I would like to participate in the Olympics only to pay a visit to Sweden's women's soccer team....

http://www.avatar-forums.com/images/imported/2012/07/73.jpg

[tm20]

mr bean was at the opening ceremony? ._. fuk....if i knew i would've watched it

[_Omaticaya_]

2:20 Am here :nsmile: Yeah well... Bean was funny but honestly, I really did not care about him and I found it a tad inappropriate, but that's just my opinion :)

Daniel Craig... Muhammad Ali... So many head of States... Really Well done =)

And The fact it is the first Olympics in history, where All Countries on the Globe participating have Women Athletes, Fantastic! :) :good:

[gilmeiri1]

Look at this vid: Someone near Charles wife Camilla salute like a Nazi(Probably mistake but still strange):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JniGGBY6a1g

Daily Mirror:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/opening-ceremony-shock-as-fan-accidentally-1176295

[tm20]

lol at this story XD another reason why Pokemon is great
http://www.avatar-forums.com/images/imported/2012/07/22.png

[Wind12]

For those in the UK (don't know about the rest of Europe), Eurosport has a 3D channel. Wind12, does your TV not have a 2D to 3D conversion mode?

It's not a 3D tv, so I don't think so? but if the 3D they show is side by side I can "cheat" a little. I learned that with the 3D on the Avatar game when I found out I could get it to go to the side by side mode, and using the crossed eyed method I could see it in 3D without having a 3D T.V.


Also I watched most of the opening ceremony too and I thought it was pretty good, I personally did like Mr. Bean, ( I remember watching him as a teen and thought his character was funny) the whole Chariots of Fire thing was good.

[Replica]

Well I found the opening ceremony a mixed bag. Had it's great and meh moments. Didn't watch the athletes enter cause that's always boring and takes forever. Mr Bean was the highlight though! :D

[exostrike]

Personally I found the opening ceremony to be flawed. Don't get me wrong it was very striking but it is so referncial to the british only. I mean who is going to get the ship in the opening section (that was MV Empire Windrush the ship that brought Caribbean immigrants to britian). And its very interesting what they leave out of it like empire, the work house etc. From there we jump from set piece to set piece with little real connection.

Basiclly the entire ceremony is a fantasy for the birtish, a world where britian was great and powerful. A world that never really existed. And Bond and Mr Bean? were these the only british stars we could think of?

[Sanjwale]

2:20 Am here :nsmile: Yeah well... Bean was funny but honestly, I really did not care about him and I found it a tad inappropriate, but that's just my opinion :)

Daniel Craig... Muhammad Ali... So many head of States... Really Well done =)

And The fact it is the first Olympics in history, where All Countries on the Globe participating have Women Athletes, Fantastic! :) :good:

Not at all,

Awesome to see how they managed to put something funny like that in something so serious like the opening of hte olympics :)

[tm20]

Personally I found the opening ceremony to be flawed. Don't get me wrong it was very striking but it is so referncial to the british only. I mean who is going to get the ship in the opening section (that was MV Empire Windrush the ship that brought Caribbean immigrants to britian). And its very interesting what they leave out of it like empire, the work house etc. From there we jump from set piece to set piece with little real connection.

Basiclly the entire ceremony is a fantasy for the birtish, a world where britian was great and powerful. A world that never really existed. And Bond and Mr Bean? were these the only british stars we could think of?

should've had elton john, little britain guys, inbetweeners guys and of course, iron maiden :rotfl:

[Ja'k Dawsiin]

i was looking at the Wikipedia all-time medals count previous to 2012 for all nations in olympic history....holy crap, the USA has 2,549 medals all time. the only nations to come close are West Germany with 1618 and Soviet Union with 1204. geez :an-shock: i find it highly amusing that the vaunted east germany communists had only 519 medals for all their talk, once again proving that commies are nothing but hot air. lolz

the USA also has the most gold medals at 1,016, with West Germany/Germany coming in second at 528. eat that, chinese commies. grrrrrrr



since china uses child-slave labor to make their cheap plastic junk, their gold medals should be gold-painted plastic medals made of legos...made in china, of course. :angry:

[_Omaticaya_]

since china uses child-slave labor to make their cheap plastic junk, their gold medals should be gold-painted plastic medals made of legos...made in china, of course. :angry:

Sharp and Badass, I Like it bro ;-)

[Ja'k Dawsiin]

i will always have a mental asterik* next to any chinese commie medals of any olympics since the commies took over in 1949. why....because how can you justify rewarding a dictatorship that crushes UNARMED student demonstrators in their 20s, with friggin' 50-ton russian knock-off tanks????? grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[Wind12]

i was looking at the Wikipedia all-time medals count previous to 2012 for all nations in olympic history....holy crap, the USA has 2,549 medals all time. the only nations to come close are West Germany with 1618 and Soviet Union with 1204. geez :an-shock: i find it highly amusing that the vaunted east germany communists had only 519 medals for all their talk, once again proving that commies are nothing but hot air. lolz

the USA also has the most gold medals at 1,016, with West Germany/Germany coming in second at 528. eat that, chinese commies. grrrrrrr



since china uses child-slave labor to make their cheap plastic junk, their gold medals should be gold-painted plastic medals made of legos...made in china, of course. :angry:

Just make sure that the paint is LEAD paint too.

[Ja'k Dawsiin]

Just make sure that the paint is LEAD paint too.









nice catch....i forget about that, and Cadmium too. grrrrrrrrr :angry:

[Wameyn]

Athletes be warned: Do not shower with your medal; Brazilian breaks his, wants another - The Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/brazilian-breaks-olympic-judo-bronze-medal-in-the-shower-wants-to-try-to-get-another-one/2012/07/30/gJQAsioAKX_story.html)

This made me chuckle, another article said there is only $4 worth of metal in a bronze Olympic medal!

[Wameyn]

Olympic medals' monetary value may shock you - Yahoo! Sports (http://sports.yahoo.com/news/olympics--olympic-medals--monetary-value-may-shock-you.html)

found an article on it

[Ja'k Dawsiin]

there really shouldn't be any monetary value to an Olympic medal anyway...why would you want to sell it or even care what it's 'worth'?! you spent all that blood, sweat, and tears to win it, so really it's only worth is too you and the history books.

[prowler]

there really shouldn't be any monetary value to an Olympic medal anyway...why would you want to sell it or even care what it's 'worth'?! you spent all that blood, sweat, and tears to win it, so really it's only worth is too you and the history books.

This! :)

[_Omaticaya_]

there really shouldn't be any monetary value to an Olympic medal anyway...why would you want to sell it or even care what it's 'worth'?! you spent all that blood, sweat, and tears to win it, so really it's only worth is too you and the history books.

Well said... The moment that matters is when you cross that line first and you see the crowd going wild and you can't hold the tears... Your Name will be remembered...

Anyway, enjoying the Olympics, my mother got to see some of them, Swimming mostly.

I'm looking forward to all the Athletics disciplines to begin on the track :nsmile:

[Wind12]

I would think if I ever got something that important to me, I wouldn't be so liberal in where I would take it, sure I would show it off a little( all the hard work put in getting it would be worth a little showing off) but I would draw the line at the showers.

[Tsyal Makto]

Never really watched the Olympics, but I'm a bit more interested this time around. Probably because of Avatar. The Olympics can almost be seen as a return to nature (ironically, even though the events were a creation of one of the worlds most famous civilizations). A celebration of human physical strength and agility, the abilities we needed to live with the land in our distant past. I'd like to think the Na'vi would look on the our Olympians with approval. :nsmile:

[Ja'k Dawsiin]

my really only reason for watching some swimming in the Olympics......Amanda Beard:embarrassed:

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[Porthos1]

Pretty…but, posing for a glamour shot is not the Olympics. To a swimmer, what is sexy is an action shot. It is why we watch. This is real sexy; Dana Vollmer in action.

[Porthos1]

Part 2; If I was wearing a Speedo right now, it would get embarracing! :in-love:

[Sanjwale]

I know I'm 6 pages too late but THE NETHERLANDS GOT THE FIRST GOLDEN MEDAL!!! :rotfl: Marianne vos on the bike. yeah! :D

[gilmeiri1]

I know I'm 6 pages too late but THE NETHERLANDS GOT THE FIRST GOLDEN MEDAL!!! :rotfl: Marianne vos on the bike. yeah! :DNow i'm jealous.
Israel have 0 medals for now...
One bronze will be enough for us lol.

[Ja'k Dawsiin]

USA women's gymnastics team gold medal for only the second time in history. :an-shock: geez, they smoked the russians, by 5 points, which is huge. wow

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[Tom93]

GB's first gold in the women's rowing!! Get in there :)

[_Omaticaya_]

There are So Many Beautiful women swimmers :nsmile: :victory: *Random* And I mean all countries :) Except, forgive me if rude, I don't like Asians too much :ambivalence:, just my opinion no offense at all, they are definitely Amazing swimmers...

[Ja'k Dawsiin]

^ all the asian swimmers are boring, carbon copy, emotionless, unsmiling souless clones of the communist state. pretty much like the commie russian/east german freaks of the 70/80s.

[Porthos1]

^Sorry, no like that last comment. Not all of the Asian swimmers at the Olympic Games come out of China. Every one of them, even the Chinese are individuals and have the same likes and loves as we (you) do. Just because they have their game face on in one of the most important times of their lives does not justify a blanket condemnation. Now, the Chinese swim program does have an "*" next to some of their results, but those kids are more animated than you make out. Have you even seen some of the asian swimmers and how they act? Did you know that Natalie Coughlin is Asian American? She isn’t a “boring, carbon copy, emotionless, unsmiling souless clones of the communist state”!

I say “Boooo” to that post!

[Wameyn]

there really shouldn't be any monetary value to an Olympic medal anyway...why would you want to sell it or even care what it's 'worth'?! you spent all that blood, sweat, and tears to win it, so really it's only worth is too you and the history books.

Im by no means saying sell them, lol I still think that there should be some more value than that to a third place medal, other wise why not make them out of plastic? $4 in metal, just tells me the Bronze is made very cheaply which I think is sad.

[gilmeiri1]

http://www.avatar-forums.com/images/imported/2012/08/1.png


Israeli tennis players at London 2012 win Roger Federer and another swiss tennis player!

[_Omaticaya_]

^Sorry, no like that last comment. Not all of the Asian swimmers at the Olympic Games come out of China. Every one of them, even the Chinese are individuals and have the same likes and loves as we (you) do. Just because they have their game face on in one of the most important times of their lives does not justify a blanket condemnation. Now, the Chinese swim program does have an "*" next to some of their results, but those kids are more animated than you make out. Have you even seen some of the asian swimmers and how they act? Did you know that Natalie Coughlin is Asian American? She isn’t a “boring, carbon copy, emotionless, unsmiling souless clones of the communist state”!

I say “Boooo” to that post!

I Had only spoken about the Physical appearance and my personal preferences personally, and that is just a simple opinion, De Gustibus.
But I admit, I Liked Ja'k's post because he was brave enough to say, in his own way ofcourse, what I kind of think too.
My opinion is this, I am a fair person, I am a Sports person myself, and therefore, no matter what country age gender you are, If You Win, you earn the respect, No doubt.
The only thing is though, I May be completely wrong, and If I am, whatever, call me a douche bag I don't care, but everytime I switch the Tv on Damn it, there is one country, against either a Chinese or japanese, and I'm like O.o
it almost seems like, it really is just about the 'totaliatarian' concept or whatever applied to sports, as if each one is born and 'forced' to train like a robot in just ONE disicpline, a few in each one. It freaks me out and seems Innatural. That's all.

An Example of Real Sport Champion and Example, and Passion in my opinion? The Girl that almost made me Cry, in my opinion the best of London 2012: Ruta Meilutyte.

I am shocked, I could not believe when is saw this happen. Here she comes, this 15 year old little girl, winning the Gold Medal at the Olympics! Against all these big grown experienced Women Many years older than her, and seeing her crying and emotional with an Olympic record aswell, and after the work she put in it all, switching countries leaving her Homeland just to endure her passion as a tiny little girl, and she made it all the way and Bloody deserves it.

So I may be wrong, but it seems to me all these asians just choose a sport as a kid, or better, are forced by some coach or oppressive parent to do it, and go mental with it, while I see so many athletes, in so many other disciplines that look more 'human', people that do rowing, but do skiing or swimming as hobbie aswell, bikers that have been swimmers too for instance, just many examples, instead of just being a robot, trained for the Medal and the country, instead of Training for the Heart! and the Personal glory.


Anyhow, Thumbs up for this little Heroine :good: :victory: 42534 42535

[Porthos1]

My post was not focused at you Omaticaya as you were sincere. Personal preferences aside, they are all beautiful. "When you turn out the lights, it's all the same darkness." Also, not all of the athletes represented are “forced.”

It was the blanket statement above mine that irked me.

Another good swimmer emerging out of the Games is Aya Tarakawa of Japan. Not only is she in the hunt for medals, she is drop dead gorgeous…in a physical appearance and personal preference kind of way.

[Sanjwale]

Now i'm jealous.
Israel have 0 medals for now...
One bronze will be enough for us lol.

Hehe, I also heard that we got a bronze medal on judo.

Anyway I'm sure Israel will got something.

About the swimmers, I can't disagree with you guys :rotfl:

[gilmeiri1]

Hehe, I also heard that we got a bronze medal on judo.

Anyway I'm sure Israel will got something.

About the swimmers, I can't disagree with you guys :rotfl:
Yeah we have some guys which can take medal or two(Maybe three).

[Wameyn]

Winning a gold medal brings a $9,000 tax bill | Fourth-Place Medal - Yahoo! Sports (http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olympics-fourth-place-medal/winning-gold-medal-brings-9-000-tax-bill-171555961--oly.html;_ylt=Apj2r0bFvpffBFsyn7Wv0sxO7Ox_;_ylu=X3 oDMTUwdGRsbGF1BGNjb2RlA2N0LmMEbWl0A0FSVElDTEUgTW9z dCBQb3B1bGFyBHBrZwM0ZDgwZTczNC01NDNlLTNkMDMtYTJkNy 1hZWY3MDcyYTQ5ZjIEcG9zAzIEc2VjA01lZGlhQkxpc3RNaXhl ZE1vc3RQb3B1bGFyQ0FUZW1wBHZlcgM3OThiMjU2MC1kYzQyLT ExZTEtOWZmNy0zMjQ4MzVkOTgxYzM-;_ylg=X3oDMTJtN205MWx0BGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRw c3RhaWQDZjFjNjdjNjYtYzQ0MS0zYjBhLWI2ZTctMzllZGMwYj Y2NzYyBHBzdGNhdANuZmwEcHQDc3RvcnlwYWdl;_ylv=3)

wow just wow

[Replica]

all the asian swimmers are boring, carbon copy, emotionless, unsmiling souless clones of the communist state. pretty much like the commie russian/east german freaks of the 70/80s.

"You! In pool! You swim now! Faster! No good! Next! You! Swim now! Harder! Faster!" :P

I must say that some of those Chinese women swimmers are massive. They've got giant shoulders.

[gilmeiri1]

China have tons of gold medals because they have over billion citizens and the economic situation of the citizens in China is rising(India have the same potential by the way).

I think that we are not far from the day that's China will become democratic(Or at least I hope so lol)

[Ja'k Dawsiin]

the chinese commies must still answer for their war crimes of 1949-55, and the 1989 massacre of students at Tiananmen Suare. there can be no democracy without those scumbag commies paying for their crimes. mao must exorcised from the chinese history books the way lenin/stalin has been thrown out by the modern russian nation(s).

[gilmeiri1]

the chinese commies must still answer for their war crimes of 1949-55, and the 1989 massacre of students at Tiananmen Suare. there can be no democracy without those scumbag commies paying for their crimes. mao must exorcised from the chinese history books the way lenin/stalin has been thrown out by the modern russian nation(s).Lenin is still respected in Russia. They still keep his body in the mausoleum.

[Porthos1]

^Please keep this thread in the spirit of the Games.

Bay area swimmer Nathan Adrian won Gold in the sprint freestyle! The Fab Four women, Shannon Vreeland, Missy Franklin, Dana Vollmer and the anchor, Allison Schmitt won the 4 x 200 freestyle relay. You go girls!

[Ja'k Dawsiin]

so, apparently women's water polo is a rough and sometimes vicious sport, and i didn't know that NBC was broadcasting the games real-time live without the 3-5 second tape delay. i guess there was a 'wardrobe malfunction' lol, when one of the women pulled on another's suit, see picture :embarrassed: i guess NBC aired it and couldn't stop it because it was live. lolz

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[Porthos1]

For the men, it can get far worse. A buddy of mine used to swim with the Men's Team back in the 80's and early 90s. The men are beasts. Think an NFL Linebacker that can swim almost as fast as Phelps and can tred water for several hours. You wear a tight under suit with another over the top. The draw string is very tight and tucked under the interior suit. A common tactic was to drive your big toe down the stomach and drive off the suit. There was a time when the nail of the big toe was long and you would have scrapes all the way down. I am sure that is not happening anymore. I had my suit dropped just a few weeks ago; its tough to play with a suit at your knees. :embarrassed:

PS, that is a foul, but hard for the refs to see.

[Replica]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FTFsc65weM

[tm20]

looooooooool roy & HG were gold. they had the best mascot ever too XD

[_Omaticaya_]

Another 15 year old Prodigy... Olympic Gold at fifteen... Nice Job USA, dear Ledecky, I bow to you for your talent... She was almost going for the WR, Unbelievable... :)

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[tm20]

was watching the female judo for 78kg bronze....Brazilian coach needs to calm down :rotfl:

[Porthos1]

LOL, that was the best! We need someone like this over in the States. They are funny!

[gilmeiri1]

Israeli competing in athletics said that someone steal his shoes lol

[Tom93]

So proud to be a Brit!!!

[tm20]

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[electrosphere11]

First gold medal for Canada today. Yay!

[_Omaticaya_]

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:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

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Watched the Women's marathon :) Great, and I'm so happy for the Russian that took 3rd place! Amazing, awesome that for once there's someone on the podium that isn't either Kenyan or Ethiopian, Thumbs up for her! :)

[Porthos1]

12 hours later, I just saw the women's Marathon, LOL.

[electrosphere11]

'Grats to Usain Bolt of Jamaica for showing the world he is still the fastest man on the planet!

http://www.avatar-forums.com/images/imported/2012/08/28.jpg

[Wameyn]

Bolt is probably my fav current Olympic athlete...dude is fun to watch race.



Here is an article I just saw about China...my heart goes out to these kids treated this way.

http://www.avatar-forums.com/images/imported/2012/08/29.jpg

http://www.avatar-forums.com/images/imported/2012/08/30.jpg

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Daily Mail – Boys and girls who looked no older than five or six-years-old were tasked with swinging on beams, hanging from pairs of rings and bounding across floor mats during the physically strenuous training sessions. The youngsters at the same training school will be hoping to emulate the success of 16-year-old swimming sensation Ye Shewin, who glided into the record books on Saturday night. Only last January harrowing photographs were posted on the internet showing Chinese children crying in pain as they were put to work. In case they had forgotten why they were there, a large sign on the wall reminded them. ‘GOLD’ it said simply.

[electrosphere11]

Yeah, its ridiculous what they get put through to become the best. I honestly think they should not let them participate in the Olympics if they do that.

And yes, Bolt is awesome :an-smile:

[_Omaticaya_]

Here we go...

[Ja'k Dawsiin]

^ china...land of child slave-labor and now these pictures of child slave-athletes. i guess the soviets did this abusive evil too, but we never saw the horribliness of it. these pictures thoroughly disgust me, and there should always be an asterik next to any chinese medals.

[tm20]

just another day in china

[exostrike]

Well to be fair this kind of thing also goes on in western countries. Though it goes on in middle class athletics clubs instead along with 'verbal encouragment' from coaches and that all all powerful obsession with winning.

[prowler]

I must be one of the few who dont watch the olympics? :p

[Ja'k Dawsiin]

i disagree....the chines thing is a state-run program much like the soviet/east german machines, and the USA/Europe/Western countries are private schools, uni/college, and commercial-sponsor organizations that provide the funding. sure, they start young, and it is sacrifice/pain, but they made a choice. the commie machines just grind these kids out basically from the get-go. athletic-slavery. HUGE difference.

[electrosphere11]

I must be one of the few who dont watch the olympics? :p

:an-shock:

[prowler]

:an-shock:

What? Lol :p

[gilmeiri1]

I must be one of the few who dont watch the olympics? :p
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BTW:
No Israeli medal yet.
Today is the last real chance for a medal...

[Ja'k Dawsiin]

I must be one of the few who dont watch the olympics? :p










i don't really watch it either, sir, as in television, i just watch the highlights on the internet sites, and youtube videos.:good:

[Porthos1]

The US Women Soccer pulled off a win over Canada yesterday to get into the Gold Medal game against Japan. A rematch worth its weight in Gold! Woo hoo!

[gilmeiri1]

No medal for Israel this olympics...

[Wameyn]

I recently read a really good book written by Dominique Moceanu. She was a member of the 1996 USA gymnastics squad that won the first womens all around medal ever for the USA. (2012 has now joined then in the feat) It was pretty awful a lot of the things she went through to achieve what she did. Two of the biggest culprits (Bella and Marta Karolyi) are still very much involved in USA womens gymnastics and it makes me sick. I picked it up off Amazon, its titled Off Balance, I read it all the day I got it and I couldn't put it down. Dominique has been one of my favorite athletes since I first watched her at the Atlanta Olympics so I found it really interesting.

[Replica]

I must be one of the few who dont watch the olympics? :p

You either enjoy it or you don't. I know quite a few people who don't care much for it. A couple who think it's just all a big wank.

[Porthos1]

Its a big amazing wank. I was watching the Track relays last night. My god, did you see how fast those people were? In the 4x100 relay, those men were rockets. It is amazing to see the caliber of the athletes in any sport that perform at the Olympics games. There is no other opportunity to see such fine examples of mastery, dedication, desire and sportsmanship from some of the greatest examples of our species around the planet (yeah, that was corny, but I believe it). Also, where can you see such diverse sporting events, some you may never have heard of. Then there is the "spirit" of the Games; an ideal of sportsmanship that came to us from the ancients. The games may not be for everyone, but the ideal should be.

PS I think the host country deserves a big round of applause for putting on such a great spectacle. Cheers!

[Ja'k Dawsiin]

when is the gold-medal basketball game between the USA and Spain?

[Porthos1]

Tomorrow some time. Women BBall today

[Replica]

Well we're almost at the end of the games and it's time for a bit of wrap up. Australia had won 7 gold, 16 silver and 12 bronze for a total of 35 medals which is very good and i'm happy with what we've done. However it would seem that the Australian media don't agree. Normally very supportive, they've been very critical this year of our athletes, particularly our swimmers for not winning gold medals when they should have. So in their eyes, achieving silver or bronze isn't good enough and they should've done better. Bloody hell I hate the media sometimes! For god sake you can't win all the time. You win some and you lose some.

[Sanjwale]

I don't watch it either. Only reason I would watch it is because of the woman :p

Anyway, I heard in the BMX riders we won bronze. And how... a (I thought) 18 years old. Gotta love bad*ss chicks :D

http://www.avatar-forums.com/images/imported/2012/08/66.jpg

number 110.

[Ja'k Dawsiin]

I don't watch it either. Only reason I would watch it is because of the woman :p









this i agree with, i watched the Olympics pretty much for the ladies. :embarrassed: and yes, Mckayla is impressed with that! :)

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[Porthos1]

McKayla Maroney would be unimpressed with the coverage of the Olympics here in the States by NBC. I tuned in to watch sports and there was Ryan Seacrest talking about Twitter trends. Later, there was a history lesson about WW2. If you wanted to see Phelps or Bolt race, you had to wait until the late evening...already knowing the results real time via every other media outlet. What I did see was awesome; wish I could have seen more.

[The Silver Stag]

Closing ceremony was kinda meh. Atleast they had Madness on though XD

*Does the Madness walk*

[Ja'k Dawsiin]

i think we're gonna give Mckayla Maroney the final word on the 2012 Olympics....what do ya say, miss Maroney? *i don't think she is impressed:cool:*

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[SpacePhoenix]

We had 24 HD channels and 24 SD channels of coverage on cable here in the UK, most of that in 3D

[Ja'k Dawsiin]

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holy crap! :an-shock: that's why i watch the Olympics.

[_Omaticaya_]

Just returned from London last night... Was truly Amazing, the atmosphere was Lovely, I was just shopping in Westfield, the huge shopping centre right at the Olympic park, and you have like, all the athletes just shopping around with you, everywhere you looked they had their Locog passes, including my mother, lucky swine*lol* I was not allowed inside the stadium... Crazy security, but honestly, better that way, it was all brilliant.

Few pictures from the spot...


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[prowler]

^
Nice :)

[Ja'k Dawsiin]

so, what does everyone think of lance armstrong* now?! :angry: *no longer capitalizing his name*

[Wind12]

Used to think the guy was "dope"... now I think he was just doped... yet another sad tawtute story:/

[prowler]

^
That..

[Ahoragi]

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[Sanjwale]

so, what does everyone think of lance armstrong* now?! :angry: *no longer capitalizing his name*

I don't know. I don't know if he used it and I'm not in the place to judge him. Only thing I know is that I respect him because 1, he survived cancer, and is trying to help others. and 2, he said it, he will lose his awars probably. but he don't care anymore. That isn't true. He still cares but he is done with it. What I can understand.