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Post#41 » by Cyclical » Sun Aug 17, 2008 4:23 am

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Hopefully it was figuratively and not literally :wink: but yeah, the guy is unreal. Just strolling to the finish line... A man among boys. It would be like LeBron playing in Europe...
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Post#42 » by eyeatoma » Sun Aug 17, 2008 5:02 am

Cyclical wrote:If anyone has a link to Usain Bolt 100m finals win please post. Thanks! Amazing to me that it's not up on NBC's site.


Enjoy...

Alright I was able to quickly cap a youtube video before it got flagged and uploaded it onto rapidshare. Sorry about the quality, and the fact that the commentary is in spanish, but this should do for now...

There are two different videos, both in spanish...

Its kind of funny to hear how different commentators react to the race... In one of the vids a spanish commentator screams "puta" at the end of the race, jokes lol...


EDIT: Just got a good quality english commentary video, you guys can thank me later haha


I'm going to keep the spanish videos cuz they're so damn funny...

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Video 1 English: http://rapidshare.com/files/137773169/get_video_3_.html
Video 2 Spanish: http://rapidshare.com/files/137773675/get_video.html
Video 3 Spanish: http://rapidshare.com/files/137774032/get_video_2_.html

NOTE: Open the file using vlc media player, its in flv format...
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Post#43 » by AdamTheGreek » Sun Aug 17, 2008 5:15 am

Shoe was untied too:
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Post#44 » by eyeatoma » Sun Aug 17, 2008 5:24 am

^^^Nice...

I love the second picture...
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Post#45 » by Desiderium » Sun Aug 17, 2008 6:17 am

phelps just won his 8th gold medal
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Post#46 » by SashAlex » Sun Aug 17, 2008 9:59 am

Man, this Usain Bolt is like a Ferrari ! When he was about to finish before slowing down his seconds were like 6.8 - 7 and i though he at least would finish below 9.5, but i was even more amazed when he slowed and hit his chest ! Superb ! Fantastic ! Incredible ! ... and a lot of room !
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Post#47 » by Cyclical » Sun Aug 17, 2008 4:49 pm

Thanks eyeatoma. Not sure how to open the file though... It doesn't seem to play as is in Media Player.
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Post#48 » by danbanger » Sun Aug 17, 2008 5:10 pm

idk but he couldn't wait until after the finish line to start celebrating?
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Post#49 » by eyeatoma » Sun Aug 17, 2008 5:16 pm

Cyclical wrote:Thanks eyeatoma. Not sure how to open the file though... It doesn't seem to play as is in Media Player.


You need to download VLC media player. After getting that, you won't need another media player ever again. Its basically able to play any file format out there...

Pretty small file as well...

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
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Post#50 » by aznkillabeezZz » Mon Aug 18, 2008 6:37 pm

Whats up with the US Olympic Ranking system.. They create their own so they can be seen as top hahaha..Since when is a gold medal the same as a silver and bronze?
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Post#51 » by MaxRider » Mon Aug 18, 2008 7:10 pm

aznkillabeezZz wrote:Whats up with the US Olympic Ranking system.. They create their own so they can be seen as top hahaha..Since when is a gold medal the same as a silver and bronze?

US websites go by total numbers of medals
China websites go by total numbers of gold medals

Liukin lost the tie-break for gold is the biggest mistake in gymnastic judging?
i thought the biggest mistake was last time in Athens
they missed calculate the difficulty for the Korean dude
he ended up with silver US ended up getting gold
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Post#52 » by MaxRider » Mon Aug 18, 2008 7:11 pm

SashAlex wrote:Man, this Usain Bolt is like a Ferrari ! When he was about to finish before slowing down his seconds were like 6.8 - 7 and i though he at least would finish below 9.5, but i was even more amazed when he slowed and hit his chest ! Superb ! Fantastic ! Incredible ! ... and a lot of room !

that Bolt guy is in a different speed zone than everyone else
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Post#53 » by Rasho Brezec » Mon Aug 18, 2008 7:25 pm

MaxRider wrote:
aznkillabeezZz wrote:Whats up with the US Olympic Ranking system.. They create their own so they can be seen as top hahaha..Since when is a gold medal the same as a silver and bronze?

US websites go by total numbers of medals
China websites go by total numbers of gold medals

Liukin lost the tie-break for gold is the biggest mistake in gymnastic judging?
i thought the biggest mistake was last time in Athens
they missed calculate the difficulty for the Korean dude
he ended up with silver US ended up getting gold

Actually, everyone except US media goes by total numbers of gold medals. I think that's the IOC standard, too.
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Post#54 » by AdamTheGreek » Mon Aug 18, 2008 7:29 pm

U.S. is the only country in the world that goes by total medals, rather than gold medals first.
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Post#55 » by MaxRider » Mon Aug 18, 2008 7:43 pm

i hate NBC and CNN
they are so bias
more bias than me :D
i'm rooting for everyone except US :lol:
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Post#56 » by Buck You » Mon Aug 18, 2008 7:59 pm

MaxRider wrote:i hate NBC and CNN
they are so bias
more bias than me :D
i'm rooting for everyone except US :lol:

Not more bias than some of the judges. Especially in the gymnastics. BTW, that's bias towards China.
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Post#57 » by Al n' Perk No Layups! » Mon Aug 18, 2008 8:26 pm

aznkillabeezZz wrote:Whats up with the US Olympic Ranking system.. They create their own so they can be seen as top hahaha..Since when is a gold medal the same as a silver and bronze?


Umm... No. We've always ranked it that way, and we've finished top in Golds for the past three Olympics, but we still ranked by total.
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Post#58 » by jmbflame21 » Mon Aug 18, 2008 8:45 pm

imagine what usain bolt would run in the 40 yard dash :onfire: :onfire:
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Post#59 » by JRMelo15 » Mon Aug 18, 2008 10:27 pm

jmbflame21 wrote:imagine what usain bolt would run in the 40 yard dash :onfire: :onfire:


heh they said his 100 m time is equivalent to a 3.58 40. Move over Devin Hester :lol:
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Post#60 » by Zyme » Tue Aug 19, 2008 11:40 am

even if you took off .25 for acceleration that would still be insane. Damn this has to be the sastest guy I've ever seen.
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