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Doublethink
Member
08-23-2006
| Saturday, August 16, 2008 - 10:59 pm
War and Lady, I agree with both of you. The over hype of Phelps is beyond ridiculous. I think his mother has gotten more air time than most of the other competing athletes. I don't blame Phelps, and I'm really glad that he achieved his goal. I'm just really annoyed (once again) at NBC's coverage of the Olympics. They seem to do this at every Olympics. They decide beforehand what the story of the Olympics is going to be, and ignore all the other athletes that are competing there. Sometimes this tactic blows up in their faces. For example, the year when Michelle Kwan was the story of the Winter Olympics and then she had to withdraw before the games even began. Anyway, I could go on for pages of how much I dislike NBC's coverage of the Olympics, but I won't - lol.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Saturday, August 16, 2008 - 11:25 pm
I remember one winter Olympics where a skier was supposed to be the Story Of The Games. And, IIRC, he came in to the Games out of shape, with a goof off arrogant attitude, and didn't medal in a single event. Of course, then the media just twisted it into THAT being the story of the games, talking about what a disappointment he was.
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Kearie
Member
07-21-2005
| Saturday, August 16, 2008 - 11:33 pm
Bolt was amazing. I'm happy for Phelps and Torres.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Sunday, August 17, 2008 - 12:02 am
Bolt was absolutely amazing. Can you imagine what his time would have been had he not showboated the last 10-15 meters??? Yikes! He's fast.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Sunday, August 17, 2008 - 12:14 am
He was very fast!
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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Sunday, August 17, 2008 - 4:46 am
He certainly made it look effortless!! Bailey was making the comment to him that had he run full-out the entire distance he could have broken 9.5 and Bolt said that he wasn't thinking about breaking the record... he was just thinking he had to win the race. That's the reason he didn't push it the last little bit, he could see that he was winning. It will be amazing to see what he is capable of after his coaches get done smacking him upside the head. LOLOL
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Sunday, August 17, 2008 - 9:17 am
You mean Phelps didn't win the relay single-handedly? wimp
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Sunday, August 17, 2008 - 9:46 am
LOL - That's for 2012 when he plans to win the 4 x 100 relay as the only swimmer! Got to keep busy you know. Seriously, winning all of those golds is an incredible accomplishment. It's unfortunate if other athletes are overshadowed by it but the American coverage always tends to focus on the "big" story at the cost of variety and lesser known achievers. They go for the big hype. The Canadian coverage is generally much more varied and balanced but then again we don't have a Canadian version of Phelps. For example, Dara Torres is amazing. I know 41 isn't old by most standards but it is incredible for an Olympic swimmer who performs as well as she does.
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Chaplin
Member
01-08-2006
| Sunday, August 17, 2008 - 11:57 am
I am sort of waiting for some comedian like Jay Leno or someone to do a parody of Phelps winning every sporting event single handedly...LOL!
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Trini
Member
07-06-2004
| Sunday, August 17, 2008 - 12:21 pm
Well...Trinidad got silver in 100 next to Jamaican Bolt. West-Indies did very will.
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Stormie
Member
03-01-2007
| Sunday, August 17, 2008 - 2:14 pm
Some Team Canada pics (more here).



 
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Sunday, August 17, 2008 - 2:15 pm
Great pics. Thanks Stormie!
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Sunday, August 17, 2008 - 3:24 pm
When posting about key events or breaking Olympic results, please preface your post with a few miscellaneous characters (about five or six words!) to avoid spoiling people who use the New Message Search feature. Thank you. 
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Sunday, August 17, 2008 - 3:25 pm
Tonight we get to watch Phelps watching Phelps. Can't wait to miss that 
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Sunday, August 17, 2008 - 9:47 pm
I have a question for anyone who's watched the softball games. Dakota and I were watching today (the game from Friday night) and we were a bit confused. When the USA players got up at bat, the pitcher would throw the ball and before the batter had even started to swing, they were starting to run towards the front of the box. Is that normal?? I've never seen that before (though admittedly I don't want much televised softball.) I didn't notice the other team doing it.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Sunday, August 17, 2008 - 9:52 pm
Ketchuplover Member 08-30-2000 Sunday, August 17, 2008 - 3:41 pm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tonight we get to watch Phelps watching Phelps. Can't wait to miss that

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Stormie
Member
03-01-2007
| Monday, August 18, 2008 - 2:03 am
I'm sorry, I don't know the answer to the softball question, I haven't even seen one game <sigh>, but there's a softball wiki link that has info and a link to rules, which may be a little different at the Olympics, right here. Here's some US Team pics from the 17th.
 
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Monday, August 18, 2008 - 5:05 am
War, you are talking about slap hitting. The US team has a couple of girls that are quite proficient at it. With their speed, when they slap at the ball, even if it stays in the infield, they get infield hits. And many times the way the ball is hit, it will drop right over the infielders head. My daughter sometimes does it, in certain circumstances, especially if she is leading off the inning ... the majority of the time she will get on base.
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Neko
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, August 18, 2008 - 7:26 am
Adrienne runs tonight! It'll be live on the CBC website (Women's 200m), but I don't know when they'll show it on TV. Either way, I have to make sure I'm home by then! LOL
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, August 18, 2008 - 8:23 am
That's interesting Lady! I didn't see any of them hit it in the USA-Chinese Taipei game, but enough of the women were doing it I knew it wasn't just some odd quirk with one of them. Somehow I screwed up tivo and recorded the wrong channel of olympics so missed the game last night.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Monday, August 18, 2008 - 4:00 pm
Can I gripe about the fact that they never showed the END of the qualifying heats for the hurdles today? I knew last night about the Chinese runner leaving after the false start, but today during the "coverage" of the preliminary races, they showed the first three heats, then the one w/the false start where the Chinese athlete (sorry -- think it was Lu Xian?) had to leave b/c of his achilles heel. However - that was IT! They never even showed the end of the heat he was in! GRRRRR!
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Monday, August 18, 2008 - 8:28 pm
yada yada yada blah blah blah Congrats to Nastia for getting another Silver medal! Loved watching Nastia's mom watch her routine. So funny.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Monday, August 18, 2008 - 9:43 pm
Pretty weird way to break up a tie between her silver and the chinese gold, though. Nobody was happy about that except the chinese. Loved the men's hurdles when the USA came in 1st 2nd and 3rd! YAAAA
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Curlyq
Member
07-10-2002
| Monday, August 18, 2008 - 10:33 pm
That was a stupid way to break the tie. Throwing out the next lowest scores just rewards the person who was given the lower score. Basically, Nastia was placed second because the other girl beat her at having the lowest remaining score. In any event, I thought Yang Lilin was the one who really got ripped off. She was better than both of them, and I think her teammate thought she was going to win when she lifted her in the air. It would've solved the problem, since I know I've seen two silvers given at these games when people tie for second. The gymnastics events at these games have been the most frustrating I've ever watched. Between the grade school girls posing as teenagers and entire points deducted for nothing in particular, it's amazing Nastia and Shawn placed as high as they did in the all-around.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, August 18, 2008 - 10:49 pm
LadyT. First of all, you answered a question I had about indoor volleyball (the differing uniforms on the same team). Just a very belated thank you for that clarification! I have two more questions..... Swimming, why do the swimmers reach down into the pool and swoop handfuls of water into their mouths? Most of the time I see them spit it out. But sometimes I swear I see them swallow it. Diving. What are those big round things on the wall behind the diving platforms/boards? I thought they might be cameras, but I also see conventional-looking cameras on the wall.
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