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Griff · 08-09-2008, 07:00 AM

US guaranteed Gold in women's sabre! As of this moment 3 of the final 4 fencers are Americanos. This should be the last mention of US fencing unless something really wacky happens.

Griff · 08-09-2008, 07:14 AM

Yeah, that's a medal sweep. In your face Equatorial Guinea.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-09-2008, 11:26 AM

I watched the final.. and was totally baffled. I did notice the beads of sweat on the inside of the loser's* plastic face shield.

*Loser somehow seems inappropriate for the Olympic silver medalist.

Griff · 08-09-2008, 12:25 PM

I was able to watch the brackets on NBC's website but can't get the final two bouts... maybe their innertubes are clogged...

Hertzie · 08-11-2008, 06:09 AM

If anyone is checking around the olympic events and knows if/when table tennis is being broadcasted let me know. Very epic event lol, I've looked and it seems like the matches start on the 12th but thats not when you can catch it on TV.

Griff · 08-11-2008, 06:34 AM

If you have broadband you should be able to watch it over the net on your own schedule. Ping pong rocks.

classicman · 08-11-2008, 08:00 AM

Its Table Tennis guys - get it right!

David Zhuang our lone male representative played against my brother years ago.

TheMercenary · 08-11-2008, 09:14 AM

Factoid:

Tug-of-War use to be an olympic event. The US lost to the UK and protested because the UK stacked their team with a team made up completely by policemen.

Sundae · 08-11-2008, 09:52 AM

Are you sure you're not thinking of Jeux Sans Frontieres?

Actually, one of the commentators on Friday uttered the immortal lines, "And here come the Belgians!" during the flag ceremony. I snorted to myself, but no-one else got it (or maybe didn't hear it). For the record, it was a standard line Stuart Hall used to say in Jeux Sans Frontieres - because the Belgians usually limped home out of sight of the rest of the teams

lookout123 · 08-11-2008, 01:24 PM

Medal Count So far China is in the lead.

lookout123 · 08-11-2008, 01:33 PM

Here is an interesting if somewhat long illustration of soccer basics.

BigV · 08-11-2008, 02:20 PM

The US Men's 4x100 meter victory margin was 3:08.24 to France's 3:08.32--a mere 0.08 seconds. Eight hundredths of a second. Over the course of that four hundred meter swim, that means when the US swimmer touched the finish line, the Frenchman was *6.7 inches* behind him.

This > < much! Whooooo, that was close!

And the Americans beat the existing world record by FOUR SECONDS! Unheard of!

lookout123 · 08-11-2008, 02:35 PM

That was an amazing race to watch to. Lizak (sp) was nearly a body length back coming out of the final turn. He caught him at the very end with one final surge.

Aliantha · 08-11-2008, 04:24 PM

A bit of drama in the rowing last night (yesterday or this morning for you lot I guess). One of the Australian mens teams crossed over into Canadas lane for a little while.

A bit odd considering the team wasn't coxless. I'll bet someone will be kicking him in the cox!

lookout123 · 08-20-2008, 05:47 PM

WowESPN

08-09-2008, 07:00 AM	#31
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	US guaranteed Gold in women's sabre! As of this moment 3 of the final 4 fencers are Americanos. This should be the last mention of US fencing unless something really wacky happens. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

08-09-2008, 07:14 AM	#32
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Yeah, that's a medal sweep. In your face Equatorial Guinea. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

08-09-2008, 11:26 AM	#33
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I watched the final.. and was totally baffled. I did notice the beads of sweat on the inside of the loser's* plastic face shield. *Loser somehow seems inappropriate for the Olympic silver medalist. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-09-2008, 12:25 PM	#34
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I was able to watch the brackets on NBC's website but can't get the final two bouts... maybe their innertubes are clogged... __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

08-11-2008, 06:34 AM	#36
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	If you have broadband you should be able to watch it over the net on your own schedule. Ping pong rocks. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

08-11-2008, 06:09 AM	#35
Hertzie Fellow-Commoner Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 10	If anyone is checking around the olympic events and knows if/when table tennis is being broadcasted let me know. Very epic event lol, I've looked and it seems like the matches start on the 12th but thats not when you can catch it on TV.

08-11-2008, 08:00 AM	#37
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Its Table Tennis guys - get it right! David Zhuang our lone male representative played against my brother years ago. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

08-11-2008, 09:14 AM	#38
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Factoid: Tug-of-War use to be an olympic event. The US lost to the UK and protested because the UK stacked their team with a team made up completely by policemen. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

08-11-2008, 09:52 AM	#39
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Are you sure you're not thinking of Jeux Sans Frontieres? Actually, one of the commentators on Friday uttered the immortal lines, "And here come the Belgians!" during the flag ceremony. I snorted to myself, but no-one else got it (or maybe didn't hear it). For the record, it was a standard line Stuart Hall used to say in Jeux Sans Frontieres - because the Belgians usually limped home out of sight of the rest of the teams

08-11-2008, 01:24 PM	#40
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	Medal Count So far China is in the lead. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

08-11-2008, 01:33 PM	#41
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	Here is an interesting if somewhat long illustration of soccer basics. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

08-11-2008, 02:20 PM	#42
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	The US Men's 4x100 meter victory margin was 3:08.24 to France's 3:08.32--a mere 0.08 seconds. Eight hundredths of a second. Over the course of that four hundred meter swim, that means when the US swimmer touched the finish line, the Frenchman was 6.7 inches behind him. This > < much! Whooooo, that was close! And the Americans beat the existing world record by FOUR SECONDS! Unheard of! __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

08-11-2008, 02:35 PM	#43
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	That was an amazing race to watch to. Lizak (sp) was nearly a body length back coming out of the final turn. He caught him at the very end with one final surge. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

08-11-2008, 04:24 PM	#44
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	A bit of drama in the rowing last night (yesterday or this morning for you lot I guess). One of the Australian mens teams crossed over into Canadas lane for a little while. A bit odd considering the team wasn't coxless. I'll bet someone will be kicking him in the cox! __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

08-20-2008, 05:47 PM	#45
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	WowESPN Attached Images __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

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