Olympics: 2012 Summer Games News and Discussion Thread
08-09-2012, 01:33 PM
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all team sports are head to head and in tournament/bracket form.
individual sports are not, they are events based on qualifying rounds/heats where you run,throw,swim etc. against everyone's scores. your time/distance has more to do with your outcome rather than your place. everyone has the opportunity to win equally
all the way to the end..
two completely different types of competition.
im not saying they didnt earn it, i was stating that it defeats the purpose of nations pitted against one another in competition and the excitement of a final match if one country is competing against itself.
even when track is 90% USA and Brazil, it virtually impossible for either country to fill the entire field of the finals... so there is still competition amongst more than one nation...
individual sports are not, they are events based on qualifying rounds/heats where you run,throw,swim etc. against everyone's scores. your time/distance has more to do with your outcome rather than your place. everyone has the opportunity to win equally
all the way to the end..two completely different types of competition.
im not saying they didnt earn it, i was stating that it defeats the purpose of nations pitted against one another in competition and the excitement of a final match if one country is competing against itself.
even when track is 90% USA and Brazil, it virtually impossible for either country to fill the entire field of the finals... so there is still competition amongst more than one nation...
08-09-2012, 02:26 PM
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fuck.. US M 400M relay.. first leg ran relatively slow.. commentators were going.. he needs to pick it up.
He ran a 46s 400M.. still fucking fast, but relatively slow compared to his PB. Come to find out.. he broke his fibula early in the race. Yet gutted it out.
Talk about a fighter.
He ran a 46s 400M.. still fucking fast, but relatively slow compared to his PB. Come to find out.. he broke his fibula early in the race. Yet gutted it out.
Talk about a fighter.
08-09-2012, 03:27 PM
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fuck.. US M 400M relay.. first leg ran relatively slow.. commentators were going.. he needs to pick it up.
He ran a 46s 400M.. still fucking fast, but relatively slow compared to his PB. Come to find out.. he broke his fibula early in the race. Yet gutted it out. Talk about a fighter.
He ran a 46s 400M.. still fucking fast, but relatively slow compared to his PB. Come to find out.. he broke his fibula early in the race. Yet gutted it out.
Talk about a fighter.Anyways should USA win, he'll still get a medal.
08-09-2012, 03:35 PM
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US Women's soccer...
08-09-2012, 03:37 PM
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To the USA women!Nice game.
08-09-2012, 06:53 PM
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Seriously now....somebody needs to help out the Japanese Women's Soccer team with their "hairstyles".
It looked like the USA women's team was playing a asian young boys team on the wide shots.
(sure there were a few exceptions)
It looked like the USA women's team was playing a asian young boys team on the wide shots.
(sure there were a few exceptions)
08-09-2012, 08:20 PM
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All I care about was that if there were an US players that ripped off their jerseys a la Brandi Chastain...?
08-09-2012, 09:29 PM
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not that i know of, but there is alot of talk about the tshirts they were given to wear right after winning...
08-09-2012, 11:22 PM
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Personally, I think the greatest athlete for the Olympics needs to be the winner of the decathlon and heptathlon events.
While Phelps won a ton of medals, it's impressive...no doubt...it's no decathlon -- that is the gauntlet truly. And to win it all after 10 events...? Godly.
While Phelps won a ton of medals, it's impressive...no doubt...it's no decathlon -- that is the gauntlet truly. And to win it all after 10 events...? Godly.
08-09-2012, 11:26 PM
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Well 
the decathalon has long been the gold standard of who is the best athlete out there.
the decathalon has long been the gold standard of who is the best athlete out there.
08-09-2012, 11:27 PM
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08-09-2012, 11:28 PM
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Esp. when we all know that it's LeBron James. 
08-09-2012, 11:29 PM
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Greatest Olympian... Nah. Greastest swimmer.. Sure.
08-09-2012, 11:30 PM
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08-09-2012, 11:35 PM
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Phelps is the greatest Olympian
08-09-2012, 11:38 PM
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08-09-2012, 11:39 PM
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Not nearly as much as the Chinese swim team
08-09-2012, 11:39 PM
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08-09-2012, 11:41 PM
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08-09-2012, 11:50 PM
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That fool is rich off medals alone thou. 18 gold medals which gets you $25k prize, so $450,000' then 2 silvers with a prize at $15k each, and 2 bronze with 10k each.
So Olympics alone, half a million bux!
So Olympics alone, half a million bux!
08-09-2012, 11:53 PM
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08-09-2012, 11:59 PM
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4 Olympics.. 22 Medals.. Not a tough argument.
Decathletes are best of the Games.. not best in History.
Decathletes are best of the Games.. not best in History.
08-10-2012, 12:00 AM
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08-10-2012, 12:21 AM
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well.. $130k - ~30% = ~90k... $90k / 4 years = 23k/yr... yeah.. not so much.
08-10-2012, 12:24 AM
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US payout is peanuts compared to other nations.. Malaysia was paying out $500K USD for gold medal in badminton.. they got silver. It was close.
08-10-2012, 01:03 AM
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08-10-2012, 01:04 AM
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08-10-2012, 01:17 AM
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08-10-2012, 08:04 AM
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08-10-2012, 10:32 AM
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if you think about it, SOMEBODY has to win.. but if they can only do it once..
they are the best athlete of THAT olympics, not olympic history though.he's dominated over the span of 12 years.. and medaled for even longer.
08-10-2012, 10:36 AM
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do any of the winners of a decathalon repeat?
if you think about it, SOMEBODY has to win.. but if they can only do it once.. they are the best athlete of THAT olympics, not olympic history though.
he's dominated over the span of 12 years.. and medaled for even longer.
if you think about it, SOMEBODY has to win.. but if they can only do it once..
they are the best athlete of THAT olympics, not olympic history though.he's dominated over the span of 12 years.. and medaled for even longer.
I would say that to do a sport like the decathlon, it is SO hard...the odds are really stacked that anyone CAN repeat. Not hating on Phelps...just don't know if his sport makes him the best Olympian.
I would almost argue that an athlete in gymnastics has it tougher. And well, we have repeaters in those.
08-10-2012, 12:13 PM
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HMm I'd forgotten that BMX biking is an Olympic sport this year...
08-10-2012, 05:50 PM
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Phelps is awesome and what he did since 2004 is remarkable. Beijing was just ridiculous. It's hard to compare athletes from different disciplines so I would agree with you there. Decathlon is the shit though, Bryan Clay local boy made good.
Compared to Phelps, I wonder how well Jesse Owens would have done, he certainly had potential.
Shit did you see how many piles there were? Some nasty wrecks.
Compared to Phelps, I wonder how well Jesse Owens would have done, he certainly had potential.
Shit did you see how many piles there were? Some nasty wrecks.