Olympic games thread - General

[Al n' Perk No Layups!]

Can anyone tell me the exact time phelps will go for his 8th? eastern time please. I thought his race tonight was a 10:40, and missed some of it.

What a race that was, I was walking into a bar and they were all saying the other guy touched first, and I was like NO PHELPS NO, and then realized that they were talking about the replay, and I saw phelps smiling, and I had the same reaction.

Also, sorry for so many questions, when is the last day of the olympics?

http://www.wikipedia.org
and
http://www.nbcolympics.com/swimming/res ... ndex.html#

Thanks for the second link.

There's a twelve hour time difference so Phelps is on at 10:58pm Saturday August 16th.

[Al n' Perk No Layups!]

Kerron Clement just owned his heat in 400m Hurdles. No effort.

[cb4_89]

That was crazy. As a Croatian this makes me very happy. Go PHELPS

[Rasho Brezec]

i still think the other guy touched first.

maybe he got there first, but didnt touch it firmly?

phelps is unbelievable

I believe this happened. Cavic just came in too easy, while Phelps was making an effort to win. He got really lucky, but he deserved it.

[GQStylin]

Canada wins a silver in men's rowing!! CANADA! CANADA! CANADA!

[GQStylin]

GOLD FINALLY GOLD FOR CANADA!!!

EXCELLENT JOB CAROL! GOLD IN WOMEN'S WRESTLING!!

[GQStylin]

A bronze for Canada in wrestling!!

Gold, silver and bronze, WHAT A DAY!

[Rasho Brezec]

Interesting video about Phelps and Cavic:

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=ypaT6Q1RKXM&fmt=18

[The Duke]

2 Americans
3 Jamaicans
2 Trinidadians

In the 100m Finals... 10:30 AM EST Saturday

I want Trinidad to at least take a bronze in this event

[Ming Kong!]

Lebron James is eating children!!!

[GQStylin]

Holy crap! Usain Bolt, 9.69!!! WR and he showboated right at the end!! WTF?? lol

[GQStylin]

Bolt is totally INSANE!!! The guy completely destroyed the field and SHUT IT DOWN with like 10-15 metres to go and SHOWBOATS and still breaks the WR at 9.69?!?!?!?!! Sh$t if he had ran full out I think he could have went below 9.6 for sure!

[Al n' Perk No Layups!]

i still think the other guy touched first.

maybe he got there first, but didnt touch it firmly?

phelps is unbelievable

I believe this happened. Cavic just came in too easy, while Phelps was making an effort to win. He got really lucky, but he deserved it.

Cavic lunged too early and Phelps took an extra half stroke.

[Rasho Brezec]

i still think the other guy touched first.

maybe he got there first, but didnt touch it firmly?

phelps is unbelievable

I believe this happened. Cavic just came in too easy, while Phelps was making an effort to win. He got really lucky, but he deserved it.

Cavic lunged too early and Phelps took an extra half stroke.

Yep, I watched ti againa.

[GQStylin]

They just explained earlier on CBC that the Omega timekeepers stated that if two swimmers hit the touchpad at the exact same time, the swimmer who hits it with more pressure is the winner.

So even if Cavic hit the touchpad slightly earlier than Phelps or they both hit it at the same time, Phelps would have won because he definitely hit the pad harder than Cavic did. So I guess those photos that show Cavic possibly touching before Phelps may be true afterall, but Phelps won because he touched harder.

[5DOM]

i dont get it. i remember lezak tying one other guy for 3rd place in 100m freestyle event.
did he have the same pressure as the other guy too then?

[SportsWorld]

This has all the makings of a letdown.

[GQStylin]

Barring an American drowning in the pool, this is a formality for Phelps. Still a great accomplishment though.

[SportsWorld]

/win

[hsb]

Phelps got 8, amazing. He's in the history books for life.

Anyone notice even the second place teams/people in most swimming events beat the old world records. Not right.