Olympics Thread

straycat · Post by **straycat** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 11:40 pm

About the chinese swimmer, sad if the accusations about her being juiced wind up bearing no actual merit. If it is legit this girl has done something unparalleled in this sport and deserves all the accolades that cone with this feet but its all being over shadowed by suspicion.

DBO · Post by **DBO** » Thu Aug 02, 2012 11:30 am

Federer just downed the USA giant John Isner in two sets with the second going to a tie-breaker.

FightFanAL · Post by **FightFanAL** » Thu Aug 02, 2012 12:00 pm

anybody catc hthe Sotuh Korea power lifter who dislocated his elbow? That thing was horrendous looking

jskhosa · Post by **jskhosa** » Thu Aug 02, 2012 2:36 pm

Phelps wins gold in the 200IM and Lochte finishes second. Phelps should have won gold on Tuesday when he lost by .5 of a second. So far through five events 2 golds 2 silvers. Two more events and possibly finishing with four golds and two silvers is not bad for a washed up guy who has no more fire in him.

jskhosa · Post by **jskhosa** » Fri Aug 03, 2012 1:53 pm

Phelps wins gold in his last individual competition. 17 golds and 21 total medals...................

RASTA666 · Post by **RASTA666** » Fri Aug 03, 2012 2:52 pm

straycat wrote:About the chinese swimmer, sad if the accusations about her being juiced wind up bearing no actual merit. If it is legit this girl has done something unparalleled in this sport and deserves all the accolades that cone with this feet but its all being over shadowed by suspicion.

Yeah thing is they have close to 2 billion people so sooner or later with the sports program they have math takes over. She was probably born in the water quite literally and systematically raised in a pool.

wimpy · Post by **wimpy** » Fri Aug 03, 2012 3:13 pm

RASTA666 wrote:
straycat wrote:About the chinese swimmer, sad if the accusations about her being juiced wind up bearing no actual merit. If it is legit this girl has done something unparalleled in this sport and deserves all the accolades that cone with this feet but its all being over shadowed by suspicion.

Yeah thing is they have close to 2 billion people so sooner or later with the sports program they have math takes over. She was probably born in the water quite literally and systematically raised in a pool.

I heard one explanation that included her shoe size being a 10.5 and how her feet are practically fins. Reminds me of a show which evaluated Lance Armstrong's cardiovascular system's uncharacteristic capacity to efficiently use oxygen.

Supreme Overlord · Post by **Supreme Overlord** » Fri Aug 03, 2012 10:35 pm

Just because

rocketcoe · Post by **rocketcoe** » Sat Aug 04, 2012 9:24 am

Serena just won gold: 6-0; 6-1 and started Crip walking.

chef97 · Post by **chef97** » Sat Aug 04, 2012 9:54 am

rocketcoe wrote:Serena just won gold: 6-0; 6-1 and started Crip walking.

What's that?

jskhosa · Post by **jskhosa** » Sat Aug 04, 2012 10:24 am

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/1276258/serena.gif

Wow, USA barely escape against Lithuania. They were actually down twice in the 4th quarter before LeBron took over. I can't believe how bad they played on defense but that is what happens when a team can break their pressure. Oh well, Spain lost to Russia as well.

chef97 · Post by **chef97** » Sat Aug 04, 2012 11:36 am

jskhosa wrote:http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/1276258/serena.gif

Wow, USA barely escape against Lithuania. They were actually down twice in the 4th quarter before LeBron took over. I can't believe how bad they played on defense but that is what happens when a team can break their pressure. Oh well, Spain lost to Russia as well.

That dance is pretty cool, I like it! Thanks for showing that gif jskhosa.... No worries and no pressure for team usa right?:shock:

chef97 · Post by **chef97** » Sat Aug 04, 2012 11:36 am

jskhosa wrote:http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/1276258/serena.gif

Wow, USA barely escape against Lithuania. They were actually down twice in the 4th quarter before LeBron took over. I can't believe how bad they played on defense but that is what happens when a team can break their pressure. Oh well, Spain lost to Russia as well.

That dance is pretty cool, I like it! Thanks for showing that gif jskhosa.... No worries and no pressure for team usa right?

jskhosa · Post by **jskhosa** » Sat Aug 04, 2012 12:42 pm

Definitely, but it's not necessarily a bad thing getting tested this early. Teams like Spain can compete with them and have the personnel to push them. More ball movement and less three pointers are a must from this point on. We have the best players in the World and the best closers so no excuse not to get it done.

jskhosa · Post by **jskhosa** » Sat Aug 04, 2012 2:51 pm

Phelps ends the Olympics winning gold in the 4X100 medley relays.

4 golds and 2 silvers in 7 events. Not bad at all even though he had a chance to get two more golds. Still the best swimmer in the World for the 3rd straight Olympics.

rocketcoe · Post by **rocketcoe** » Sat Aug 04, 2012 4:03 pm

How about that 10,000m? Farah wins for the home country. Rupp is the first American to medal in 100 years.

Mayz · Post by **Mayz** » Sun Aug 05, 2012 6:57 am

Chinese 16 year old girl wins breaks WR - Drugs
African 18 year old wins World Champs - Gender test
American 15 year old breaks WR - Phenomenal

Funny how these things work out. Just saying.

rocketcoe · Post by **rocketcoe** » Sun Aug 05, 2012 9:02 am

Mayz wrote:Chinese 16 year old girl wins breaks WR - Drugs
African 18 year old wins World Champs - Gender test
American 15 year old breaks WR - Phenomenal

Funny how these things work out. Just saying.

Right on.

RASTA666 · Post by **RASTA666** » Sun Aug 05, 2012 9:54 am

Andy is kicking Federers ass.

rocketcoe · Post by **rocketcoe** » Sun Aug 05, 2012 10:08 am

RASTA666 wrote:Andy is kicking Federers ass.

Good grief. Just turned it on. Not quite as bad as Serena-Sharapova, but close.

wimpy · Post by **wimpy** » Sun Aug 05, 2012 10:11 am

rocketcoe wrote:
RASTA666 wrote:Andy is kicking Federers ass.
Good grief. Just turned it on. Not quite as bad as Serena-Sharapova, but close.

I heard Federer had a tough match in last one. Could have an effect.

WarBoxing · Post by **WarBoxing** » Sun Aug 05, 2012 10:12 am

Mayz wrote:Chinese 16 year old girl wins breaks WR - Drugs
African 18 year old wins World Champs - Gender test
American 15 year old breaks WR - Phenomenal

Funny how these things work out. Just saying.

Don't really know the story of Caster Semenya but the questions surrounding the Chinese girl are hypocritical, imo.

Slippery Pete · Post by **Slippery Pete** » Sun Aug 05, 2012 10:14 am

Mayz wrote:Chinese 16 year old girl wins breaks WR - Drugs
African 18 year old wins World Champs - Gender test
American 15 year old breaks WR - Phenomenal

Funny how these things work out. Just saying.

I watched a documentary on the CBC the other day on the South African girl (It's our version of BBC).

When you look at her body, she has no breasts as all, as a matter of fact her chest is just like a male's is...she has pecs!

Her voice is 100% like a man. She has a sister and they did an interview together. If you had just turned the channel there you'd think it was a sister and brother speaking.

The South African girl has an unusually high level of testosterone. I'm assuming this has occurred naturally for her.

She mounted a court case in order to be allowed to run. The governing body had banned her from competing.

The most interesting thing about this case is this:

She sued the governing body, they relented and allowed her to run instead of allowing it to go to court. They changed the rules as far as how much testosterone a woman is allowed to have in her system when competing. So what you will probably have is a lot of female athletes taking testosterone to boost their performance because the governing body has raised the allowable levels to those of the South African girl.

This makes me thinK about the recent controversy regarding Peterson and the rumors that a lot of MMA fighters were juicing with testosterone. Sonnen even has a medical exemption so that he can take it when he's fighting.

Interesting subject that I assume will only get more intriguing as time passes.

WarBoxing · Post by **WarBoxing** » Sun Aug 05, 2012 10:15 am

rocketcoe wrote:How about that 10,000m? Farah wins for the home country. Rupp is the first American to medal in 100 years.

That was great.

Slippery Pete · Post by **Slippery Pete** » Sun Aug 05, 2012 10:16 am

The men's 100m final is today sometime between 4-5pm EST...the crown jewel of the games.

The 13th Round

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