Beijing Olympics 2008 Discussion Thread (4 Viewers)

[stazi]

Kindly bugger off, the equestrian events are amazing. They beat the bloody softball, that's for sure.

only the jumping is ok. the rest are shit. really, you have to be pretty boring to enjoy it. i'd rather watch the grass grow during lawn bowls.

 

[stazi]

yea but that german guy was good he just breezed through it and then when the aussie guy came on he sorta struggled, especially on that second red pole one. yea i know all the technical terms..

and i still haven't seen any male gymnastics *sigh*

there were heaps of male gymnastics on this arvo.

 

[your.knee]

there were heaps of male gymnastics on this arvo.

wound + salt

 

[uhawww]

re: norway VS japan

last japan goal was cringeworthy for the norweigan goalie. japan owned the second half but it was still an average game. did they say norway gets through anyway because they already won two games? does japan get through to next round?

ps. horse events are still boring

oh and when that african guy got bronze which made it the first olympic medal for their country ever - that was good, he was so happy!

both japan and norway are through


i'd say it was far from an average game.. but for the most part norway's defence played extremely shit and japan took advantage of it. hardcore advantage.

 

[karoooh]

Woah. Weightlifting is amazing. Boxing - Not so much.

 

[stazi]

fuck we suck at bball

 

[icraig88]

hahah yeah he was from togo. wish he got gold though.

haha love how he just breaks the oar in half. well done to him, he deserved gold, and warwick draper fuckign choked.

 

[Charizard]

fuck we suck at bball

Argentina are athens gold medalists from memory. Can't be expected to beat them.

in summarising past posts:

*yes horse events are really really shit
*women's soccer is played with an appaling level of skill
*women goalkeepers are laughable
*china sucks

 

[stazi]

lol apparently the chick singing in the olympic ceremony was lipsynching

 

[Zrap]

No Male athletes have won gold yet omg

 

[katie tully]

wat about the poor guy that fell off his horse

 

[stazi]

No Male athletes have won gold yet omg

good chance in the 100m freestyle, imo

 

[Zrap]

a golden headache?
NOPE NONE only 3 bronze so far for guyz 3 golds for girls 1 silver and 2 bronze my gosh

 

[stazi]

a golden headache?
NOPE NONE only 3 bronze so far for guyz 3 golds for girls 1 silver and 2 bronze my gosh

yeah this is gay. we've been bumped off the front page.

 

[Zrap]

When does Eamon swim? or Hackett?
Far out pretty disappointing effort so far by the boys.

 

[Zrap]

Where can you find the per capita tally? if they have one?

 

[stazi]

When does Eamon swim? or Hackett?
Far out pretty disappointing effort so far by the boys.

We need thorpe back and phelps dead

 

[stazi]

Where can you find the per capita tally? if they have one?

That's not that important, really. A lot of people keep saying 'omg we're so orsum. we only have 20 million people and we get more medals than countries with 50 billion people'. Our government simply spends a shitload of money on sporting development, which leads to better training of athletes (plus let's not forget how many of our athletes were born overseas). It's more appropriate to look at economic and cultural conditions: for example, it's impressive that india won their first gold ever despite having a huge population given the state of the country. Similarly, it's amazing Togo won a medal given the state of social unrest there (civil wars, violence, guerrilla groups, low GDP/capita).

 

[stazi]

lol... historical per capita olympic medal table:
http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/reloly.html

It is tiny Liechtenstein that takes this honour. Having won 9 olympic medals is a major achievement for a country of 34,000 inhabitants.

 

[your.knee]

i was in maccas today during the mens 100m semi finals. some french guy won and broke eamon's WR and was stoked. next race: eamon reclaims WR lol