Olympics

[MWISimmer]

Do you get the feeling the diving pair of 14 year old Tom Daley and "the other bloke" won't be together for 2012...

...talk about sticking the knife in, particularly against someone so young!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/diving/7552526.stm

From the above article:

"He had a pop at me before the last dive. I saw my mum in the audience and I asked her to give me a call and Tom went to me 'Why are you on the phone? We're still in the competition and we've got another dive to do.'

Well said Tom, at least you were focused on the competition...

[Hagar]

From the above article:

"He had a pop at me before the last dive. I saw my mum in the audience and I asked her to give me a call and Tom went to me 'Why are you on the phone? We're still in the competition and we've got another dive to do.'

Well said Tom, at least you were focused on the competition...

Blasted mobile phones. They should be banned.

PS. One wonders where he keeps it.

[H]

PS. One wonders where he keeps it.

It's a good thing they didn't have personal radio communications decades ago -- someone may have pulled out the wrong microphone.

Incidentally how many countries do play rounders ....er sorry... baseball? To international standards I mean........Not too many I suspect.......commoner

Well, Olympic playoffs were supposed to begin on Wednsday...
The World Baseball Tournement begins on March 5, 2009, in the Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan. The other nations that have representative teams for that event*:
Australia
Canada
China
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Italy
Korea
Mexico
Netherlands
Panama
South Africa
Taiwan (Taipei)
United States
Venezuela

*the 16th team is the U.S. Territory of Puerto Rico


Here's a link to worldwide baseball teams

8-)

[tcco94]

Who thinks Micheal Phelps will will all 7 gold this year?

I do and I hope he does  :D!

[a1]

[quote]Who thinks Micheal Phelps will will all 7 gold this year?

I do and I hope he does

[Brando14100]

[quote]Did anyone see the Men's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay. It was awesome. USA

[C]

[quote][quote]Did anyone see the Men's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay. It was awesome. USA

[commoner]

[quote][quote]Did anyone see the Men's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay. It was awesome. USA

[C]

[quote][quote][quote]Did anyone see the Men's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay. It was awesome. USA

[a1]

Well Phelps just won his 11th Gold Medal making him the best Olympic athlete of all time. USA took home the Silver in Women's gymnastics against China.


The way Phelps took the lead in his swim was just unbelievable.

[C]

Well Phelps just won his 11th Gold Medal making him the best Olympic athlete of all time. USA took home the Silver in Women's gymnastics against China.

I think in the quatitative terms of medals, he is the most successful Olympic athlete of all time, not necessarily the best. Maybe if he wins a medal at the 2016 or 2020 games he could be considered for that sort of title, as swimming that kind of sport in which this achievement is "easier" than others purely due to the nature of the event.

[Brando14100]

[quote][quote][quote]Did anyone see the Men's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay. It was awesome. USA

[Brando14100]

well where killing the chinese in Basketball right now

Not too surprising when the U.S. team is comprised of millionare profesional athletes. 'Twas a time when only amateur athletes were allowed. I see they've also adusted the rules so these idjits can actually play. IMO they should have to pay to play.

BTW, anybody know why baseball wasn't included this year?

.....well maybe they couldn't find a third country to take the bronze......... (joking )

Incidentally how many countries do play rounders ....er sorry... baseball? To international standards I mean........Not too many I suspect.......commoner

I'm watching Olympic Baseball right now. US is beating South Korea 1 zip.

8-)

[tcco94]

Well Phelps just won his 11th Gold Medal making him the best Olympic athlete of all time. USA took home the Silver in Women's gymnastics against China.


The way Phelps took the lead in his swim was just unbelievable.

Yep he's amazing. I heard that his first race this year at the olympics got 56 Million watchers

[commoner]

...mmmm....Yes Phelps IS a great swimmer but just getting a bit fed up with it all...the Media seem stuck on Phelps to the detriment of all else....not fair IMHO ...a lot of guys and gals have put a lot of work into this thing and deserve a little more credit than they are getting........

...Friday sees the start of the Athletics......forget PING PONG, Marbles and Tiddlywinks and all the other rubbish ........let's get down to the real stuff.

For anyone still watching here's a nice list of events for the Athletics with start lists etc...........

     http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/Schedule/AT.shtml

........Bookmark this and enjoy the rest of the games....commoner