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Well, not much question about that race... Another gold for the U.S. swimmers. Amazing how far ahead they were.

Whats the minimum age requirement for womens gymnastics? Some of these girls look like they should be in middle school.

No kidding, I was about to say the same thing. The Chinese girl looked like she just learned how to tie her shoes.

I think it's 16.

Oh hell no, those Chinese girls aren't 16.

If those girls are 16, then my name is Susie.

Did I see the stat right on Phelps that yesterday he had 3 races and between the warm up and cool down swims for all 3 races he swam 5.16 miles?

This is History, Dawgs...


New World record.
The first under-7 minute 4x200.
Smashed the World Record by FIVE seconds.

What you've just witnessed is a quantum leap in athletic accomplishment. This is the aquatic equivalent to breaking the 4-minute mile.

And it was done by citizens of The United States of America.




I love the Olympics.


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Thanks michelle

There is no way in all of these girls are 16+

well - look like our women will be getting second...

Damn you just knew that girl was nervous as hell. I think thats what messed her up.

They announced at 9:00 that they were going to go to commercial and come back to beach volleyball. My son (who is almost 12) asked if he could stay up and watch some of it because he is such a HUGE beach volleyball fan. I told him just a few minutes. After it came back on he got up and said, "Oh man, it's dudes. I'm going to bed."

Theres a 1 point difference between the U.S. and chinese in womens gymnastics.

hahahaha - what a good boy!!!!

On another note - I'm watching the guys weightlifting... these dudes lifting over 400lbs over their head

LMAO - I LOVE Bella - that dude cracks me up

"It's pretty obvious that they are underage... but they have passports given to them by the government so what can you do?"

Just clicking...

What do the Chinese gymnasts do after their bodies get worn out by age 20?

I mean, they get sent away from their homes (taken away?) at age 3 and attend gymnastics training their entire lives. I can't imagine that they have any sort of education at all. What do they do after competing in the Olympics at age 14? Do they just marry a Chinese man afterwards? Or do they get a government pension for winning the gold medal?

I'm genuinely interested in this.

Even with my limited understanding of Chinese culture, I'd bet a large part of their training is academic in addition to gymnastics.. I could be wrong, but I bet they are given the finest tutors for education....

Or you could ask yourself, what is the future of any 16 year old girl in China...

God do I feel sorry for Alicia, they had the chance to blow the doors off of the competition, and they absolutely fall to pieces.

Yeah I felt real bad for her too. You could see she was very upset and it cost the USA. Ohh well, if I remember she has at least one more individual event to come back. I just hope her nerves aren't shot now.
Silver isn't anything to hang your head about though. Gymnastics are my favorite thing to watch at the games. I am amazed at the stuff those girls can do.

Well, at least the Chinese didn't fake the Opening Ceremonies.

Oh, wait...

You ever seen those girls in the alleyways of Hong Kong?

In a pretty obscure sport that nobody cares about ... Kristin Armstrong won the Gold medal in the time-trial for women's cycling! I only care because it's cycling and because Kristin is a fellow Idaho Vandal!

Also the US soccer team got hosed, by getting a red-card 3 minutes into the game, and lost 2-1.

They're now out of it.

I also felt bad for Alicia Sacramone. I hope she isnt to nervous for the next individual event.

On the whole singing debate, I found this on
this page.

"If your son is playing on a football team, suddenly the coach may decide that he's not playing, he's going to stay on the bench," Felli said. "That's what it is in sport, and in life."


LOL, are you kidding me? That is a horrible analogy. The correct analogy is: You have Hafner coming up to bat. You love his hitting but his speed isn't that good. So instead, you decide that Hafner is at the plate with Grady behind him on a starting block for track. As soon as Travis makes contact with the ball, Grady starts running for him

Quote:

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"If your son is playing on a football team, suddenly the coach may decide that he's not playing, he's going to stay on the bench," Felli said. "That's what it is in sport, and in life."

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It would be similar if the coach had the new kid put on your sons jersey so everybody thought your son was playing, but he really wasn't, it was somebody else..

No, but she gets asked... Read all about it !

US men’s basketball team advances to medal round
By BRIAN MAHONEY, AP Basketball Writer
5 minutes ago



BEIJING (AP)—It’s official now. This is NOT Japan and the 2006 World Championships, not to mention Athens and the 2004 Olympics.

This is Beijing and the 2008 Olympics, and the U.S. is back in men’s basketball.

These Americans, who looked so lost two years ago at the World Championship in Japan, appear to have found their Olympic way in China.

Batting away balls or swatting shots on seemingly every possession late in the second quarter, the Americans broke open a close game and went on to a 92-69 victory Thursday night to clinch a spot in the medal round.

“We played like we wanted to win. We played together,” U.S. guard Dwyane Wade said. “We were very aware of their offensive sets, we were very aware of their personnel and we played like that. So we were kind of a step in front of what they wanted to do because we kind of knew everything already.”

The Americans were also able to find the range on jump shots when the Greeks went to a zone defense to slow them down. Kobe Bryant, who entered the game shooting just 37 percent in the first two games, was 7-for-14 from the field and finished with 18 points.

Chris Bosh also had 18 points, Wade added 17 and LeBron James had 13 for the United States (3-0), which moves on to a matchup of Group B unbeatens Saturday night against world champion Spain. The winner will earn the group’s top seed for the quarterfinals.

Greece stunned the Americans two years ago in the semifinals of the 2006 world championships, shredding the U.S. defense for 63 percent shooting with clinical execution of its pick-and-roll offense in a 101-95 victory.

This time, the Greeks hit just 41.3 percent (26-for-63) from the field and just 4-for-18, 22 percent, from 3-point range as the Americans used a suffocating defense to extend a seven-point lead to a 19-point cushion in the final 5 1/2 minutes of the first half.

“Any time you get beat it’s embarrassing and that’s enough,” Bosh said. “And we can really use that as a tool to help us with our defense now, and that’s the name of the game. Because if you play good defense, no matter how you’re shooting the ball you’re going to be in the game.”

The Americans’ defense failed them at the 2004 Athens Olympics. The U.S. finished 5-3 and gave up an average of 91.6 points per game in the three losses. The disappointing showing was the impetus that led to the three-year training this squad underwent to prepare for these Summer Games. This is not just a roster of NBA All-Stars, these players feel a part of a team.

Thursday night Theo Papaloukas led Greece with 15 points, but like China and Angola before them, the Greeks stayed close for about 1 1/2 quarters before the Americans’ depth and athleticism blew open the game.

After the previously slumping Bryant finally knocked down a 3-pointer, James blocked a shot that led to Bosh’s three-point play for a 44-30 lead with 2:31 remaining in the second quarter. James came up with a steal less than 30 seconds later and threw down a reverse dunk.

Bosh swiped at a ball that led to another Greece turnover, and James found him on the next possession for another three-point play and a 49-30 bulge. The Greeks then turned it over again, with James keeping his balance while nearly falling down to take an outlet pass and convert a layup, and Bosh blocked the final Greek shot of the half to make it 51-32 at the break.

The United States had 12-point lead in the game in Japan two years ago before handing it over with its sloppy defensive effort. The Americans came out much sharper this time, with Jason Kidd picking up three fouls in the first 1:25 while aggressively defending, and Bryant guarding Vasileios Spanoulis, the top Greek scorer.

And after stubbornly sticking to what wasn’t working in the game two years ago, the Americans showed the Greeks different looks this time. They picked up full court on one early possession, then fell back into a zone defense on another.

“I don’t think the pick-and-roll tonight was as big a problem as it was in ‘06,” Carmelo Anthony said.

Unlike their easy victory against Angola two nights earlier, the Americans kept up the defensive intensity after halftime. Dwight Howard smacked away a shot right into Kidd’s head, leading to a shot clock violation, and James and Bosh had rejections on the same third-quarter possession a few minutes later.

The Americans still struggled from the free throw line and 3-point arc. They were 7-of-20 on 3s and just 13 of 23 at the line.

Greece (1-2), which lost to Spain in its opener, faces winless Angola before closing pool play against China.


http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing...p&type=lgns

Woohoo, looks like I potentially will be able to see Phelps earn his 8th gold medal live instead of 3 hours later with a live stamp on the top corner of the screen like the rest of the west coast. It's been a pain avoiding this forum to see what happens before I actually see it. Maybe they will something else fun like basketball live so I can actually get online before seeing the game seeing as how those scores get posted everywhere.

I spent the morning at home waiting for the washing machine repair guy... then when I got to work I was accused of staying home to watch the basketball game. I only watched the second half...

Oh and I've told my son 8 million times to check his pockets, yet we pulled the remnants of a #2 pencil from the washing machine pump. That $75 is coming out of his hyde.

Years ago, my stepson had a pocketful of stink bombs that went into the wash. Man, that cleared out the house as they all broke.

It's interesting to see that with a team that has so much firepower on O, they're just absolutely blowing away the competition with their D.