Olympic games thread - General

Kyrama · Post #402 » by **Kyrama** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 3:40 am

Bolt ftw. He makes it look easy.

Post #403 » by **Rich Rane** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 3:44 am

I'm willing to bet he could pull off a 9.50. The guy had his arms out and pounded his fist to chest twice before the finish line.

Post #404 » by **Celtics_Champs** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 3:51 am

Congrats to michael phelps!!! So glad he did it.

eyeatoma · Post #405 » by **eyeatoma** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 4:24 am

Rich Rane wrote:I'm willing to bet he could pull off a 9.50. The guy had his arms out and pounded his fist to chest twice before the finish line.

Not to mention he's the only athlete this year to have 3 subpar 9.80 times in the same year...

The man is getting faster with every race...9.76, 9.72, 9.69.

GQStylin · Post #406 » by **GQStylin** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 12:55 pm

FInally an upset in women's beach volleyball! Youngs and Brannage out! Beaten by a HOT HOT HOT Chinese team!

GQStylin · Post #407 » by **GQStylin** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 12:58 pm

Shawn Johnson and Nastia go two, three in floor exercise finals. Silver for Shawn this time around.

canoner · Post #408 » by **canoner** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 2:18 pm

GQStylin wrote:FInally an upset in women's beach volleyball! Youngs and Brannage out! Beaten by a HOT HOT HOT Chinese team!

Not beaten, destroyed

21-17 and 21-13

After all, there is some competition in Women's beach volleyball.

GQStylin · Post #409 » by **GQStylin** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 2:36 pm

canoner wrote:Not beaten, destroyed 21-17 and 21-13

After all, there is some competition in Women's beach volleyball.

May/Walsh will still win, but I hope Xue/Zhang Xi isn't in the same bracket as May/Walsh so maybe they can meet in the finals. Both Xue and Zhang look pretty damn hot, especially Xue. And both possess great tatas :lol:

Also Jamaican women sweep the 100m finals! Nice!

Al n' Perk No Layups! · Post #410 » by **Al n' Perk No Layups!** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 9:15 pm

I'm extremely disappointed in the US Women's swim team. We needed a lot better than two golds from them. That was a poor showing.

canoner · Post #411 » by **canoner** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 10:54 pm

GQStylin wrote:
canoner wrote:Not beaten, destroyed 21-17 and 21-13

After all, there is some competition in Women's beach volleyball.

May/Walsh will still win, but I hope Xue/Zhang Xi isn't in the same bracket as May/Walsh so maybe they can meet in the finals. Both Xue and Zhang look pretty damn hot, especially Xue. And both possess great tatas

Are May/Walsh that much better? Xue/Zhang isn't even the top seeded Chinese team.

Al n' Perk No Layups! · Post #412 » by **Al n' Perk No Layups!** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 11:08 pm

canoner wrote:
GQStylin wrote:
canoner wrote:Not beaten, destroyed 21-17 and 21-13

After all, there is some competition in Women's beach volleyball.

May/Walsh will still win, but I hope Xue/Zhang Xi isn't in the same bracket as May/Walsh so maybe they can meet in the finals. Both Xue and Zhang look pretty damn hot, especially Xue. And both possess great tatas

Are May/Walsh that much better? Xue/Zhang isn't even the top seeded Chinese team.

May/Walsh have won 106 consecutive matches. They have won 15 consecutive beach volley tournaments. They have won every single set in every Olympics they have participated in beach volleyball.

canoner · Post #413 » by **canoner** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 11:13 pm

Al n' Perk No Layups! wrote:
May/Walsh have won 106 consecutive matches. They have won 15 consecutive beach volley tournaments. They have won every single set in every Olympics they have participated in beach volleyball.

What is their recent record against the Chinese teams?

GQStylin · Post #414 » by **GQStylin** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 11:40 pm

Darn, just saw the semis draw and its China vs China and US vs Brazil. So an all Chinese finals isn't possible.

On the other hand, China is guaranteed a silver in beach volleyball which is a great accomplishment.

I hope Xue Chen / Zhang Xi win as I love watching them play almost as much as May/Walsh and it would be cool to see those two teams in the finals battling it out.

Post #415 » by **5DOM** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 2:00 am

did i just see that right?

one chinese gymnast landed on her knee, and still got 15.5.

or didnt that count?

sonny · Post #416 » by **sonny** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 2:03 am

5DOM wrote:did i just see that right?

one chinese gymnast landed on her knee, and still got 15.5.

or didnt that count?

It counted, but she got more than a 16 on her first one, the average was still more than Alicia's.

You could question if she should have gotten a 15.5 since she landed on her knees however.

GQStylin · Post #417 » by **GQStylin** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 2:08 am

sonny wrote:
5DOM wrote:did i just see that right?

one chinese gymnast landed on her knee, and still got 15.5.

or didnt that count?

It counted, but she got more than a 16 on her first one, the average was still more than Alicia's.

You could question if she should have gotten a 15.5 since she landed on her knees however.

The Chinese gymnast's vault difficulty was high at 6.5, so theoretically if she did it perfectly, she could get a score of 16.5. So taking away the 0.8 deduction for not landing on your feet, she got 15.7 minus some other deductions and you end up with 15.5.

At least I think that's how it works.

canoner · Post #418 » by **canoner** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 2:09 am

5DOM wrote:did i just see that right?

one chinese gymnast landed on her knee, and still got 15.5.

or didnt that count?

There is no limit to the difficulty score now and that vault is super difficult. Actually that vault is namely after her, I believe. So the 0.8 or 1.0 pt deduction on execution was partially made up by the difficulty score. Had she landed that vault on her feet, she would have scored 16.5 or higher.

sonny · Post #419 » by **sonny** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 2:16 am

The gymnastics expert said that was a horrible score, she shouldn't have gotten a score that high.

GQStylin · Post #420 » by **GQStylin** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 2:35 am

sonny wrote:The gymnastics expert said that was a horrible score, she shouldn't have gotten a score that high.

If its NBC, then its not a surprise.

On another note, Bolt looked smooth in his first 200m run.