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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 7:42 pm
Those little Chinese gymnasts girls are so tiny and look so young. I heard them say that the gymnasts are supposed to be at least 16 years old. Has anyone heard more on this? 
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Stormie
Member
03-01-2007
| Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 7:55 pm
On that controversy, there had been reports that they were 14, but the last time I read something about that, it said they were 16 and all proper documents were given to the Olympic Committee. I guess they're just tiny and the reporters got it wrong. Article Aug 10, 2008: Heart, not mistakes, defines U.S. women's performance in qualifier

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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 8:16 pm
I don't ever think I've ever seen the US Womens Gymnatics team do so poorly...sure they qualified, but if that's what it looked like to qualify...then just how bad were the rest of the teams?
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 8:17 pm
Wow what a 4x100 Freestyle Relay! That was great!
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 8:36 pm
Yep that was great.
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Spelll
Member
09-16-2005
| Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 8:38 pm
That was a close race!
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 8:40 pm
We haven't seen it here yet, but one of the members of that team is a nephew of a close colleague of mine, so YAY! (What time did it come on NBC on ET so I can gauge when it'll be on on PT?)
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Spygirl
Board Administrator
04-23-2001
| Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 8:41 pm
That's the best swimming relay I've ever watched!!
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Chaplin
Member
01-08-2006
| Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 8:43 pm
Phelps was great, but wow that was a nail biter swim!!!!!! I am sure Phelps will be thanking Leziak tonight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ask for the age controversy Bela Kariolyi still insists the Chinese team is lying and 3 of the girls are under the age of 16. Not only must they be 16, but they must have been 16 before the start of the Olympics! They certainly are tiny!
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 9:14 pm
Regarding the youthfulness of the Chinese women's gymnastic team....I want to know if their 2nd molars have cut through yet...LOL! They do look very, very young for 16 year olds. Regarding swimming, I'm a leftcoaster and I haven't seen it yet...we're still with women's gymnastics. (Hi Yankee!!)
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 9:18 pm
That relay race was amazing!!!
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Konamouse
Member
07-16-2001
| Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 9:46 pm
A friend watching on the East coast told me 11:30pm in the broadcast. Yuck.

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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 11:32 pm
Indoor volleyball on now. Women USA vs Cuba. Why does each team have a member with a different color uniform on?
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Bookworm
Member
12-18-2001
| Monday, August 11, 2008 - 4:46 am
I just wanted to chime in that Shawn Johnson (women's gymnastics) is from just north of us. She is not only graceful and talented, but appears to be so grounded and 'normal'. And what a great smile! Yay Shawn!!
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Monday, August 11, 2008 - 5:04 am
Who, that person is called the libero. That player is a defensive specialist. They can go in at any time, they don't have to fit into the rotation and they usually never serve.
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Kappy
Member
06-29-2002
| Monday, August 11, 2008 - 6:26 am
Yikes ~ Staying up until 11:30 to see the swimmers is tough! NBC knows what people want to watch and I understand holding it off till late to keep them watching but dang, NBC ~ some of us work the next day! Wow - such an exciting win for the guys on the relay team. On a similar note, my heart goes out to Hoff, the female swimmer who lost her steam at the end. Congrats to her for the silver but I hope she gets a gold to boot. She was phenomenal until that last 10/15 meters.
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Spelll
Member
09-16-2005
| Monday, August 11, 2008 - 6:33 am
NBC didn't hold off showing the race. The race was live 11:30 am China time. Live is always better to watch.
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Monday, August 11, 2008 - 6:48 am
speaking of the Chinese gymnist. Did you see the little girl in diapers they were showing? The Chinese officials have already declared her eligible for the next Olympixs.
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Neko
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, August 11, 2008 - 7:16 am
LOL Nick! I can't wait until the start of Athletics! One, because it's my sport (Javelin, Shot, Discus, Hammer, except they won't show them because no one cares about throwing events ) and two, because I know one of the runners! Everyone watch for Adrienne Power! She'll be running the 200m! Adrienne Power Olympic Bio Oh, and keep an eye on Jessica Zelinka. I never had to compete against her (thank god! LOL) but she competed at the same university level as I did. She's amazing! Jessica Zelinka Olympic Bio
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Neko
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, August 11, 2008 - 7:31 am
Oh, and James Steacy. Once again, never competed with him I don't think (I only competed in one competition where athletes from all over Canada came, most of my competition were just Eastern Canada), but he's still really good! James Steacy Olympic Bio Okay, I'm done now. LOL I wish I knew exactly when Adrienne was running. I'm sure her heat will be shown on CBC since she's Canadian, but still!
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, August 11, 2008 - 8:15 am
Neko you could try to contact the Canadian Olympic headquarters or the CBC and ASK them what their schedule is for broadcasting those events if you can't find them listed anywhere.
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Monday, August 11, 2008 - 9:53 am
Neki, I'll keep an eye out for them. What an amazing swimming competition last night. The basketball game between China and US was terrific, too. I enjoyed watching Yao in action. One thing with the Olympics is that we end up watching sports that we normally wouldn't watch. I think this has been my favorite Olympics so far.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Monday, August 11, 2008 - 10:16 am
Twiggy, totally agree, I was really enjoying the rowing/skulls (sp) on USA. I found out some really interesting stuff. Swimming was totally cool!! I have never seen anything so amazing, those boys were excellent! And I am sure that Hoff will get some gold medals.
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Darrellh
Member
07-21-2004
| Monday, August 11, 2008 - 10:27 am
http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/USA/Eric+Shanteau/221797 "A surprising second-place finish in the 200m breaststroke at the Olympic trials earned Shanteau a spot on the 2008 Olympic team. Learned he had testicular cancer just a week before leaving for the trials. His doctors cleared him to compete at the trials, determining he wouldn't be at great risk to delay treatment. Shanteau is putting off surgery until after the Olympics because it would keep him out of the water for at least two weeks, ruining his Beijing preparations. He will be monitored closely over the next month by U.S. Olympic team doctors and vows to withdraw if there's any sign his cancer is spreading." I read another article where he says hundreds of people are sending him messages of their stories with cancer and wishing him good luck. He is their symbol. Not all the messages are American, either. It's reported they come from around the world. I personally will be pulling for him.
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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Monday, August 11, 2008 - 12:01 pm
The Swimming has been fantastic, and has replaced gymnastics as my favorite event. The goofiest thing I've seen so far was this morning when the USA men's beach volleyball pair were playing the Swiss team. The USA men were wearing their sunglasses without any lenses in them. The commentators guessed it was because some sort of sponsorship deal. One of them described it as, "Well...it's a look." I personally think that's carrying sponsorship deals a bit too far.
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