OLYMPICS!

[derby]

ARGH!!  I talked to my dad earlier and he said he was watching badminton too! 

I MISSED AGAIN!!  I've been watching the games on avg of 5 hours/day too!  

today was the last day. now you gotta wait another 4 years.

[He Man]

I just got of the phone with one of my friends, and he says hes not watching the olympics because he made a promise to his friends to protest it. I asked him why hes protesting it, he said he didnt know, he just made a promise lol.

Turns out his friends are Tibetan. They are going to great lengths to protest china, even to not watch the Olympics when hte point of it is global unity.

[Kopfjager]

That'll show'em. 

[Kopfjager]

Bella Karoli is awesome. 

[IZ]

Bella Karoli is awesome. 

He doesn't like the Chinese judges much.



BTW..the gymnast representing Germany?!  Cool that was her 5th Olympics and she won the silver but..I would easily mistake that woman for a man any day of the week!! 

[jdubbs32584]

Bella Karoli is awesome. 

Was he almost crying in that little interview? I thought I saw some chin quivering...

[Kopfjager]

Was he almost crying in that little interview? I thought I saw some chin quivering...

Yep, If you haven't noticed, he is a bit passionate about Gymnastics. 

[jdubbs32584]

Yep, If you haven't noticed, he is a bit passionate about Gymnastics. 

just a smidge

[bulldogs2k]

I think Alicia Sacramone got robbed again... but thats just my untrained opinion!

[derby]

BTW..the gymnast representing Germany?!  Cool that was her 5th Olympics and she won the silver but..I would easily mistake that woman for a man any day of the week!! 

even cooler if you know that she was russian and the story of how she ended up in germany.

[Kopfjager]

The Jamaican girls were flying. 

[Vindingo]

I really dont understand how they judged that woman's vault.  I REALLY dont think that the girl that won the gold deserved it.

[ROBsS4R]

I really dont understand how they judged that woman's vault.  I REALLY dont think that the girl that won the gold deserved it.

This is why gymnastics is one my least favorite Olympic Sports.

I like the sports that take less humans interpretation on who wins.  Did Phelps touch the wall first etc.

[El Matador]

Damn canada was fast! I wish my crew was even a tenth of how good those guys are...

[derby]

This is why gymnastics is one my least favorite Olympic Sports.

I like the sports that take less humans interpretation on who wins.  Did Phelps touch the wall first etc.

that's the whole point of the new scoring. you start with a start value based on difficulty + a 10.0 execution score and then deduct for penalties.

the only "human interpretation" should be "was that a deduction or not?"

obviously, that's not how it went down, but i'd hope that it gets more consistent with all the events between now and the next olympics.