Olympics

[grizzaholic]

Women's Gymnastics:

Spoiler: show

US Women's Gymnastics wins the team gold. First time since '96.

Edited by Dback - put shit like that in spoilers, or I will have to take away all your damn MTG cards

Dback...I wish you well, but TRIP deserves an OLYMPIC ban.

[grizzaholic]

[Ibanez]

I'd believe it if that were his actual Twitter account.


Or if they had twitter there.

[Rob Iola]

Australian synchronized swimmers

Would it kill them to pick up after themselves? And maybe fix me a sammie and a beer after I'm done servicing them?

[Ibanez]

http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/01/sport/oly ... ?hpt=hp_t1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Eight female badminton players were disqualified from the Olympics on Wednesday for trying to lose matches the day before, the Badminton World Federation announced after a disciplinary hearing.

The players from China, South Korea and Indonesia were accused of playing to lose in order to face easier opponents in future matches, drawing boos from spectators and warnings from match officials Tuesday night.

[Ivytalk]

Those Russian women gymnasts were crying like babies last night, even though they got the silver. It's not like they all have to go home and sleep with Putin for not winning the gold. SMFH.

[Skjellyfetti]

Those Russian women gymnasts were crying like babies last night, even though they got the silver. It's not like they all have to go home and sleep with Putin for not winning the gold. SMFH.

Gymnasts cry like babies. It's what they do. Did you see our star bawling because a teammate got a spot over her in the individual? Hard to fault another country for having crying female gymnasts.

[GannonFan]

http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/01/sport/oly ... ?hpt=hp_t1

Eight female badminton players were disqualified from the Olympics on Wednesday for trying to lose matches the day before, the Badminton World Federation announced after a disciplinary hearing.

The players from China, South Korea and Indonesia were accused of playing to lose in order to face easier opponents in future matches, drawing boos from spectators and warnings from match officials Tuesday night.

So, something that happens routinely in most every sport (think NFL or NBA teams sitting star players in season finales or in World Cup teams sitting players with one yellow card in their last game of round robin play) as players and teams try to tweak the standings to get a good matchup is met with horror when it's done in Badmiton? How about when Olympic swimmers and runners post significantly slower times in preliminary heats and *gasp* don't go all out to win those prelims? Pretty much the biggest problem here is that they didn't tank the matches well enough - they made it too obvious. They didn't do a well enough job in putting up the charade like everyone else does. Man, who knew badmiton was such a whacked out sport?

[andy7171]

Those Russian women gymnasts were crying like babies last night, even though they got the silver. It's not like they all have to go home and sleep with Putin for not winning the gold. SMFH.

Gymnasts cry like babies. It's what they do. Did you see our star bawling because a teammate got a spot over her in the individual? Hard to fault another country for having crying female gymnasts.

She came in 4th in the overall rankings, but each country can only have a max of 2 compete in the all-around competition. So she finished higher than the other 20 that did qualify.


....at least that how it was explained to me.

[Ivytalk]

Those Russian women gymnasts were crying like babies last night, even though they got the silver. It's not like they all have to go home and sleep with Putin for not winning the gold. SMFH.

Gymnasts cry like babies. It's what they do. Did you see our star bawling because a teammate got a spot over her in the individual? Hard to fault another country for having crying female gymnasts.

There you go again, JellyBelly, apologizing for the Russians! Got a convenient graph to show which country's athletes cry more?

[Ivytalk]

Gymnasts cry like babies. It's what they do. Did you see our star bawling because a teammate got a spot over her in the individual? Hard to fault another country for having crying female gymnasts.

She came in 4th in the overall rankings, but each country can only have a max of 2 compete in the all-around competition. So she finished higher than the other 20 that did qualify.


....at least that how it was explained to me.

FTW!

[dal4018]

Who saw Phelps get walked down in the 200M Butterfly last night!!!!!!!!

[AZGrizFan]

Australian synchronized swimmers

I'd like to get in synch with that little blondie....

[grizzaholic]

I'd believe it if that were his actual Twitter account.


Or if they had twitter there.

[grizzaholic]

[BlueHen86]

I'd believe it if that were his actual Twitter account.


Or if they had twitter there.

Reminds me of when Ralph/Synapse Error used to post the medal counts on AGS in 2008.
(Except Ralph was a fan of China).

[tribe_pride]

http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/01/sport/oly ... ?hpt=hp_t1

So, something that happens routinely in most every sport (think NFL or NBA teams sitting star players in season finales or in World Cup teams sitting players with one yellow card in their last game of round robin play) as players and teams try to tweak the standings to get a good matchup is met with horror when it's done in Badmiton? How about when Olympic swimmers and runners post significantly slower times in preliminary heats and *gasp* don't go all out to win those prelims? Pretty much the biggest problem here is that they didn't tank the matches well enough - they made it too obvious. They didn't do a well enough job in putting up the charade like everyone else does. Man, who knew badmiton was such a whacked out sport?

Watch this video. Any of us would have easily won this badminton match. It was an absolute joke - worse than anything you have ever seen. The whole part was bad but especially watch :28 through 1:10.

http://www.nbcolympics.com/wnbc/video/b ... match.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

When the teams sit their stars, the guys on the court are actually trying. Not so much in the badminton match in the video above. In swimming and track preliminary heats, the idea is not to win the race but to be in the top XX finishers. There is no credit for win or loss given in the heats.

The equivelent in basketball would be for the players on the court for the whole game taking all 24 second shot clock violations, throwing the ball 10 feet over their teammates heads out of bounds and for good measure, throwing the ball off the backboard at 100 mph so it seems like you are taking a shot even though there is no chance it would go in.

[GannonFan]

So, something that happens routinely in most every sport (think NFL or NBA teams sitting star players in season finales or in World Cup teams sitting players with one yellow card in their last game of round robin play) as players and teams try to tweak the standings to get a good matchup is met with horror when it's done in Badmiton? How about when Olympic swimmers and runners post significantly slower times in preliminary heats and *gasp* don't go all out to win those prelims? Pretty much the biggest problem here is that they didn't tank the matches well enough - they made it too obvious. They didn't do a well enough job in putting up the charade like everyone else does. Man, who knew badmiton was such a whacked out sport?

Watch this video. Any of us would have easily won this badminton match. It was an absolute joke - worse than anything you have ever seen. The whole part was bad but especially watch :28 through 1:10.

http://www.nbcolympics.com/wnbc/video/b ... match.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

When the teams sit their stars, the guys on the court are actually trying. Not so much in the badminton match in the video above. In swimming and track preliminary heats, the idea is not to win the race but to be in the top XX finishers. There is no credit for win or loss given in the heats.

The equivelent in basketball would be for the players on the court for the whole game taking all 24 second shot clock violations, throwing the ball 10 feet over their teammates heads out of bounds and for good measure, throwing the ball off the backboard at 100 mph so it seems like you are taking a shot even though there is no chance it would go in.

I saw it already, and like I said, the problem was they threw the games so poorly. If they made it look better while trying to lose they would've been fine. And it is like the running and swimming heats - just like in those events, in badmiton the prelims are the round robin, and once you qualify, then there really is no credit for wins and losses, other than seeding. In the swimming and running, once you qualify for the next round, there really is no credit for wins and losses other than lane placement. Again, the biggest issue is that they looked so terrible in throwing the match, not that they didn't want to win.

[grizzaholic]

Reminds me of when Ralph/Synapse Error used to post the medal counts on AGS in 2008.
(Except Ralph was a fan of China).

I don't think he has aged one bit.

[andy7171]

Reminds me of when Ralph/Synapse Error used to post the medal counts on AGS in 2008.
(Except Ralph was a fan of China).

Oh those were the days! Endless agruments over gold medal vs total medal counts being more important.

[89Hen]

Watched some women's archery this morning and I have to say...

[bluehenbillk]

Any questions on the best ever???

[93henfan]

Reminds me of when Ralph/Synapse Error used to post the medal counts on AGS in 2008.
(Except Ralph was a fan of China).

Oh those were the days! Endless agruments over gold medal vs total medal counts being more important.

I think the US was leading the total count in '08, while China had more gold, so we were all saying most medals wins and he was just having one of his implosions. So enjoyable to watch.

[93henfan]

Any questions on the best ever???

Dal told me it's Jesse Owens, no question.

[dbackjon]

Any questions on the best ever???

Dal told me it's Jesse Owens, no question.

Greg Louganis FTW!