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Hamsterlady
Member
07-03-2003
| Saturday, August 09, 2008 - 6:56 pm
Jimmy - Yes it was! I'm glad it was shown live.
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Hamsterlady
Member
07-03-2003
| Saturday, August 09, 2008 - 7:19 pm
Er, that should be Jimmer! Oops!
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Saturday, August 09, 2008 - 7:24 pm
Oh no worries. That was my name when I was little. Most of my friends call me Jim now. It will be fun to see how he does with the rest of the events. He's sure off to a great start.
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Hamsterlady
Member
07-03-2003
| Saturday, August 09, 2008 - 7:24 pm
Why'd they mess up The Star-Spangled Banner for Michael Phelps? It was wrong at the beginning and then it cut off a few seconds before it was supposed to end. ?
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Msbullwnkl
Member
08-16-2005
| Saturday, August 09, 2008 - 7:45 pm
I heard that also Hamsterlady, and wondered what had happened. Way to go Michael! Have I told anyone how much I hate Al Trautwig's commentary when it comes to gymnastics? There is enough drama in gymnastics that he doesn't need to try and find some. Let alone his pauses for effect get on my nerves. He is worse than John Tesh was! 
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Stormie
Member
03-01-2007
| Saturday, August 09, 2008 - 8:03 pm
Some August 8, 2008 Opening Ceremony Images.

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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Saturday, August 09, 2008 - 8:13 pm
Phelps was awesome!! He's going to be fun to watch in each event! Go Michael, Go!!!
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Kearie
Member
07-21-2005
| Saturday, August 09, 2008 - 8:24 pm
LOVE those photos. Any chance you can email them to me. (In my profile)
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Saturday, August 09, 2008 - 8:37 pm
So does anyone know how the mens gymnastic team does. I am watching now and it is really hard for me to watch without knowing that they will do okay. I just saw the pummel horse by the one guy who got on the team at the last minute and it was the most amazing thing I have ever seen!!
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Saturday, August 09, 2008 - 9:02 pm
They qualify Dipo....probably don't have a chance at a medal but they earn a spot for the medal rounds.
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Kearie
Member
07-21-2005
| Saturday, August 09, 2008 - 9:14 pm
Dipo---I agree. That was an amazing routine. And the kid who did it was an alternate.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, August 09, 2008 - 9:52 pm
Phelps looked effortless with his win.
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Stormie
Member
03-01-2007
| Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 12:47 am
You should be able to right click your mouse, then choose save as, and then save the pic to your pc. Let me know if that works, if not, I'll try to send them. I found the pics all over, but here are some sites that have bunches. freep.com photo galleries en.beijing2008.cn photo galleries chicagotribune.com photogallery This is an article about the boxer, a medal favorite, who collapsed as a result of dehydration. Article Aug 9, 2008: Local Boxer Stunned by Misfortune Gary Russell Jr. (r) with father Gary Sr.

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Stormie
Member
03-01-2007
| Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 1:17 am
Article Aug 10, 2008: Michael Phelps gets gold, record in 400 IM at Olympics in Beijing

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Stormie
Member
03-01-2007
| Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 1:35 am
Here's a couple of links for U.S. gymnastics. They have lots of info there. http://www.usa-gymnastics.org/ http://www2.usa-gymnastics.org/events/2008/olympics/index.html U.S. Trampoline Team
U.S. Women's Gymnastics Team
U.S. Men's Gymnastics Team

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Stormie
Member
03-01-2007
| Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 2:36 am
This is an article of a mother of 3, one child is autistic, who is on the weightlifter team; her event is Sunday. weightlifting.teamusa.org Athletes Article Aug 9, 2009: U.S. Weightlifter Melanie Roach Will Go for the Gold Sunday
And I found this site that has things for the Olympics listed, which is much easier to find things. http://www.mahalo.com/Category:Beijing_Olympics
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 8:22 am
Does anyone else hate the new scoring in gymnastics?
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 8:24 am
Watching basketball now, US versus China. It's just so kewl to see all those top players working together as a team! KL, what don't you like about the gymnastics scoring?
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 9:19 am
what station is the bb game on?
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 9:25 am
I don't know in the U.S. It was on CBC (in Canada) this morning.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 9:29 am
Pamy, it's on NBC here right now. Not sure about your time zone, if it's delayed or not.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 9:30 am
The new gymnastics scoring confused me too. There are two scores .. one for difficulty and one for execution. So it ends up a combined score. Where it used to be a score of 1 - 10, it's now like 15.75. At least that's what I saw last night. Last night was fun! Michael Phelps is amazing!! 
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 9:37 am
KL, my dh is a nationally certified gymnastics judge and he doesn't like the new scoring either. Just a side note, while we watched the men's gymnastics last night he would tell me his scoring of each gymnast and he was pretty much dead on with the international certified gymnastics judges. Also, he's enjoying catching a few of his judging buddies on TV.
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 9:48 am
Here's a bit more about the gymnastics judging from my dh. There are two panels of judges. One for difficulty and special event requirements (the moves, the tricks) and another panel judges the execution of the special required elements...did the gymnast fulfill the required element?, point their toes?, bend their knees?, take a step or a hop on landing?, etc. Then both set of scores are added up and then get the approval of the head judge before displaying the scores. DH says this is a general overview and there is much more the judges are monitoring in these qualifying rounds. As DraHeid would say "I hope this helps".
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Msbullwnkl
Member
08-16-2005
| Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 10:10 am
IF you want to compare the new scores to the old system, look at their execution score. That score is out of a 10.0 which is the old standard. The other score, difficulty, is based on the skill level in their routine. My complaint about the gymnastics coverage last night. We only got to see a handful of routines by the US men, where we saw most of the Chinese team (who looked like were having their own issues). I wish rather than talking so much and showing the same replay so often, they would show us the men's routines.
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