Thread: OLYMPICS!!!

Originally Posted by jnich67

Er...um, oops! Hey, nothing wrong with synchro diving - its just not my cup o' tea

Jordan

LOL - Jordan, it's no issue. Synchro diving is not something I'd be interested in either but, you know, when you know someone in the event, you watch it....

James.

Originally Posted by Jimbo

LOL - Jordan, it's no issue. Synchro diving is not something I'd be interested in either but, you know, when you know someone in the event, you watch it....

James.

Yesterday I had the olympics on when I was reading, and they showed synchronized diving.
Even to my untrained eye, the chinese got a well deserved victory.

Originally Posted by Quick Orange

Yup. I figure if people can follow curling after they've never heard about it, fencing should be a cake walk

If you have any questions, I'd be glad to answer them though. My favorite weapon to compete in is foil, second is epee. I like to play with sabres, but only for fun rather than competition- I'm not a knuckle dragger (it's a fencer's inside joke).

Oh really? I'm a fencer as well, foil then epee. One of the shows I worked on was with one of the woman's epee champions most of the time I wasn't on stage she and I were out back fencing!

Originally Posted by Nickelking

Oh really? I'm a fencer as well, foil then epee. One of the shows I worked on was with one of the woman's epee champions most of the time I wasn't on stage she and I were out back fencing!

That's awesome. Have you watched any of the fencing online? It's freakin' amazing!

Ladies and gentlemen, I was privileged today to witness history in the making. Phelps has achieved something that I don't think will be easily repeated in the future. The man is a legend - I don't care who you are or where you come from, this guy is pure class.

The only question I have about his performances is...how do we get him to defect to Australia?

James.

Originally Posted by Jimbo

The only question I have about his performances is...how do we get him to defect to Australia?

James.

Tell him that US-Aussieland is a distance record that he doesn't yet have to his name? If you invent a gold medal for it, he'll come and get it.

I don't usually watch the olympics, I only found out today, that for the competitors get paid a nice amount of $ for those medals. I mean I am the type of person who would rather be participating in a sport rather than watching it on TV, I can't think of anything more boring. However, I have been watching it quite a bit this year, and I must say, some of those people are amazing, especially the ones that do gymnastics.

Some of you may be wondering who I am cheering for, NZ or Japan. The answer, is Japan naturally, I think mainly coz I haven't seen any sport containing Kiwi's yet. I heard NZ played Japan in soccer early on, but I don't think soccer should be an olympic sport. Actually, I thought the olympic sports were individualist ones.

Originally Posted by jnich67

Is anybody else completely baffled by the scoring in the boxing competitions? I see both guys landing clean shots and half the time, they don't get scored. Its like the scoring has nothing to do with the fight you're watching! What a drag.

Jordan

The boxing scoring is a huge letdown for me too. They need to come up with a system that counts all hits and give better scores to the guy who hits harder as well. I saw a guy lose a match badly, yet it was extremely clear that if he had landed just one more punch the other guy was going down.

I'm watching the news about the british medal tally. We are now at 3rd in the medals table! Go us!

But if I hear one more reporter use the phrase 'Team G.B.' i'll scream.

Go teamGB! Go team GB! Go team GB! Sorry, I couldnt resist, the situation begged for it, like you though I get tired of the well worn, supposedly cute catchprases and buzzwords these people inflict on us.