Has anyone else noticed (olympics)

[comic boy]

Incredible scenes in the Taekwando quarter final where the British girl Sarah Stevenson was clearly robbed of victory against her Chinese opponent. In an unprecedented step ( and despite there being no formal appeal proceedure ) the British authorities refused to accept the result and launched furious complaints.......amazingly the normally spineless Olympic officials agreed to look into the decision and even more amazingly the Chinese conceeded that the result was a traversty and consequently the result was changed

[Gypsys Kiss]

Incredible scenes in the Taekwando quarter final where the British girl Sarah Stevenson was clearly robbed of victory against her Chinese opponent. In an unprecedented step ( and despite there being no formal appeal proceedure ) the British authorities refused to accept the result and launched furious complaints.......amazingly the normally spineless Olympic officials agreed to look into the decision and even more amazingly the Chinese conceeded that the result was a traversty and consequently the result was changed

Yeah, I couldn't believe it. I was screaming obcenities at the tv after that and switched off in disgust. Turned on again an hour later and it was all change. The right decision in the end. After watching a few fights over the last few days something needs to change in regard to the judging.

Local lad(lives in the same town as me) Liam Killeen had a great ride in the mountian biking, could have won a medal if not for an early crash.

[Huckleberryhound]

Great result for GB - just shows you what a bit of money can do.
Good old John Major.

WTF ????

[comic boy]

Great result for GB - just shows you what a bit of money can do.
Good old John Major.

WTF ????

Lottery
Started by Major with an agreed amount of the proceeds to go to sport.

[comic boy]

Yes, truly, maybe we should just watch for the thrill of the games

It's how I do it. If there is noone from my country in the event I just cheer on for the cheer fun. Watching the 100m or 200m events was amazing. Seeing Usain Bolt in a sprint is awesome, no matter what country you're from.

He is amazing and speedy, but have you noticed how arrogant he is?
sure he is the best runner, in 200 and 100, 2 golds, world records, and see what he says.
He's like
"I'm so proud of myself." I haven't personally heard him say something about his country, just him.
Look at phelps, 8 golds, 7 WR's, doesn't even act out of the ordinary except in the relays after wining gold.
and i wouldnt be surprised if bolt trained in the USA just like 80% of all the other athletes.

Please provide the link showing that 80% of all athletes trained in the USA........Settles down in a comfy chair with large supplies of beer and pizza for a very long wait

[mandyb]

and i wouldnt be surprised if bolt trained in the USA just like 80% of all the other athletes.

Please provide the link showing that 80% of all athletes trained in the USA........Settles down in a comfy chair with large supplies of beer and pizza for a very long wait

yup, I'd like to see that too. With over 10,000 athletes competing, can 8,000 really have been trained in the USA??

[strike wolf]

Yes, truly, maybe we should just watch for the thrill of the games

It's how I do it. If there is noone from my country in the event I just cheer on for the cheer fun. Watching the 100m or 200m events was amazing. Seeing Usain Bolt in a sprint is awesome, no matter what country you're from.

He is amazing and speedy, but have you noticed how arrogant he is?
sure he is the best runner, in 200 and 100, 2 golds, world records, and see what he says.
He's like
"I'm so proud of myself." I haven't personally heard him say something about his country, just him.
Look at phelps, 8 golds, 7 WR's, doesn't even act out of the ordinary except in the relays after wining gold.
and i wouldnt be surprised if bolt trained in the USA just like 80% of all the other athletes.

Please provide the link showing that 80% of all athletes trained in the USA........Settles down in a comfy chair with large supplies of beer and pizza for a very long wait

I think it's 80% of Track stars from the Carribean or at least Jamaica, they've been talking about it almost non-stop during the events here.

[Snorri1234]

He is amazing and speedy, but have you noticed how arrogant he is?
sure he is the best runner, in 200 and 100, 2 golds, world records, and see what he says.
He's like "I'm so proud of myself." I haven't personally heard him say something about his country, just him.

It's his achievement, not that of his country. He's not very humble, no, but celebrating that you've won something is not exactly arrogance. He loves to showboat, that's all.

Look at phelps, 8 golds, 7 WR's, doesn't even act out of the ordinary except in the relays after wining gold.

You could call his celebrating as arrogance too. I haven't heard Phelps saying how pride he is of his country because he won a gold medal either. Because that is a retarded thing to say.

and i wouldnt be surprised if bolt trained in the USA just like 80% of all the other athletes.

So?

[Gypsys Kiss]

What should he have done, thank God? Lets face it God had nothing to do with it and irritates me when athletes 'praise the Lord'. Training, hard work and natural talent are what counts, not God and country.

What difference does it make where he trained. If what you say is true, all that stat shows is how much America rely on caribean people to win medals. No?

[kerntheconkerer]

Yes, truly, maybe we should just watch for the thrill of the games

It's how I do it. If there is noone from my country in the event I just cheer on for the cheer fun. Watching the 100m or 200m events was amazing. Seeing Usain Bolt in a sprint is awesome, no matter what country you're from.

He is amazing and speedy, but have you noticed how arrogant he is?
sure he is the best runner, in 200 and 100, 2 golds, world records, and see what he says.
He's like
"I'm so proud of myself." I haven't personally heard him say something about his country, just him.
Look at phelps, 8 golds, 7 WR's, doesn't even act out of the ordinary except in the relays after wining gold.
and i wouldnt be surprised if bolt trained in the USA just like 80% of all the other athletes.

Please provide the link showing that 80% of all athletes trained in the USA........Settles down in a comfy chair with large supplies of beer and pizza for a very long wait

It's just a guess of mine, noticing that whenever I watch the finals for track and field/swimming there were always people from a different country that trained in the USA (which is the only reason they're good enough to get there)

[kerntheconkerer]

and i was talking about track and field/ swiming athletes

[Simon Viavant]

Has anyone else noticed
that almost all the people who thought the Chinese were cheating were from the U.S.?

[pancakemix]

Has anyone else noticed
that almost all the people who thought the Chinese were cheating were from the U.S.?

Has anyone else noticed
that the U.S has the second largest population of any major contender in the Olympics, surpassed only by China itself, translating into more naysayers? And when you consider that the U.S is pocketing quite a few silvers, you can understand where people are coming from when they get pissed about it. And let's not forget that if you told people that this girl was 15, they'd mock you.

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[Juan_Bottom]

Pancakemix killed it. Nothing I can add.......

[pancakemix]

Pancakemix killed it. Nothing I can add.......

Any time.

[Huckleberryhound]

It's just a guess of mine, noticing that whenever I watch the finals for track and field/swimming there were always people from a different country that trained in the USA (which is the only reason they're good enough to get there)

Spoken like a true American Stereotype.

Never let the truth get in the way of a patriot

[kerntheconkerer]

^
I won't get into any argument, but at least i live in America.

anyway, who saw the closing ceremony? Every little thing i saw i couldn't help but wonder
"this could be fake, in fact, it probably is! That part where the man and woman sang on that podium was the fakest thing ever though. Like their lips moving didn't even synchronize with their "voices" and the sound. Yes that was national tv where it showed that.

[Huckleberryhound]

Do you want some cheese with that Whine ?

[kerntheconkerer]

Do you want some cheese with that Whine ?

Yes Sirreeee mr private

[Gypsys Kiss]

^
I won't get into any argument, but at least i live in America.

You say that like its a good thing!!!!!!!!!!

[Timminz]

Do you want some cheese with that Whine ?

Yes Sirreeee mr private

Argument over. This guy wins! China is hence-forth banned from competing in, hosting, or thinking about the Olympics.

[The Neon Peon]

kerntheconkerer wrote:It's just a guess of mine, noticing that whenever I watch the finals for track and field/swimming there were always people from a different country that trained in the USA (which is the only reason they're good enough to get there)

oh wow, and have you noticed that half of the american gymnastics team is russian? and that the gymnastics team trainers are hungarian and chinese? and have you noticed that 99% of the us track is african american and immigrated here, or their parents did? and have you noticed that china 9except for one coach), russia, france, great britain, and almost every other country uses their own trainers and native born atheletes?

Seriously, if you look at the best american gymnists, they are all from russia, or hungary (with the exception of sean johnson)

[Matroshka]

You do know that the overwhelming majority of Americans are immigrants right?

[Snorri1234]

You do know that the overwhelming majority of Americans are immigrants right?

Yes, which is I believe exactly the point.


Just look at the Table-tennis finals. Chinese person from this country vs Chinese person from that country may be a cool match but being in any way proud of the fact that your imported person beats the other country's imported person is just silly.

[Matroshka]

So are you saying that Americans should only be proud if a Native American wins? That's just silly.

I can sort of see the point with someone that was born out of the county, like in Nastia's situation, but they are still American, and Americans have every right to be proud of them for winning for their country.