http://en.beijing2008.cn/Kwayera said:Hmm. I think we should make a medal tally thread; fucked if I can be bothered reading though pages and pages.
there were actual fireworks similar to what was seen on tv. however, they were also recreated with CGI for viewers at home, as it would've been very difficult to capture them as they were on camerajenner315 said:But I heard that the fire works were fake...
Only people saw it through the big screens at beijing...and of course us the home tv viewers
The Spanish always cause controversy with race stuff, don't they.http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tmz.com/media/2008/08/0811_spanish_basketball.jpg
The Spanish national basketball team, gold medal contenders at the Olympics in Beijing, was featured in a full page ad that shows the team pulling back at their eyes in a slanty-eyed gesture. According to the Guardian, the ad (which is for a freight company) ran in a Spanish newspaper.
katie tully said:haha shows they have a sense of humour
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Blame the Rudd government.Zrap said:Dude we are losing against Italy wtf.
edit: in the tally
And South Korea!Zrap said:Dude we are losing against Italy wtf.
edit: in the tally