everytime i watch i see americans dominating lol....is it just the american broadcasting focus or what. i just tune in from time to time not really up to date with the scores lol...but yea the show that was the shiz. wonder how it will close.
9 Gold Medals for China now along with 3 Silvers and 2 Bronze 14 Medals in total to lead the way, US with 12 Total Medals. Too bad Canada has yet to get 1 yet...oh well.
lol i thought opening ceremony would use computer technology for many displays and shows, ends up using people ... AMAZING!!
this time zone thing is pissing me offf....WTF!! the bball games are at 430 8 and 10 AM!!!! i really wanna watch china vs spain...damnn! gota nap and then sleep again .. recordin it is just not the same
I don't know about anyone else, but PRC Women's Gymnastics rocks. The men are good too, but the women's squad is much more endearing. Even the Russians and Romanians have to take a back seat. And how about that guy from Togo winning a bronze? Who wudda thunk it? Shhh.... its a state secret... -censored Ralph
phelps is a monster but chinese leading with the gold... but yea lol the chinese gymnastics team are definitely underaged...this reporter guy also complained about it lol... us fell because of that one chick's 2X screw up.
As of 13/8/08 China 18 gold 3 silver 5 bronze Usa 10 gold 8 silver 10 bronze Korea 5 gold 6 silver 1 bronze Italy 4 gold 4 silver 2 bronze Australia 4 gold 2 silver 6 bronze
I watched the diving so amazingggg......and gymnastics....the china gurlies are ubbbbber cutieeeee..... Go chinaaa (y)
Two issues that I want to broach that may piss people off because it may not be in the spirit of things, but here goes. First, the US swimmer Phelps. I tippeth my hat to him for winning so many medals. But there in lies the problem; he's won so many medals. Granted, he's got the new high tech low drag Speedo but come on, so do a lot of other swimmers. I don't want to take anything away from the man, but to win so many events, so easily, with new world records for many of them, begs the questions of "how the hell did he do it?" I hope that he can withstand the inevitable scrutiny. One thing that can account for that is auto-transfusion (he banks his own blood three months ago and then a week before the event, transfuses it back into himself, giving him extra oxygen carrying capacity - almost impossible to detect). Second, a report appear in Sport Illustrated that stated one of the PRC gold medalists was only thirteen years old, making her ineligible for participation. They supposedly sourced the story from the Chinese press (gov controlled site: Xinhua), but after she won, they went back to verify the story and the page concerning her was removed. Other Chinese sources listed her as fourteen (still ineligible) but subsequently amended their listings to the minimum age of sixteen. Granted, there is a perception that Asians are small. That may have been so when access to protein and proper nutrition was a factor. That's why so many overseas born Chinese are six foot or better while their China born parents are "four foot nothings." Feed us right and we grow up with the best of them. Considering that these Chinese athletes are state sponsored, they are fed the best of food and given the best of living standards. If anything, there should be no difference between their growth and that of westerners, and they start them at the age of three. So that begs the question, is the PRC sending in under aged participants? Ralph
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/aug/14/michaelphelps.swimming1 12,000 calorie daily diet... dood... that's about a week of food for me!
^ OOOoOOO YESHHH I READ THAT TOO..HE EATS 1LB OF PASTA FOR LUNCH SO GING...-shock.... I WATCHED MAN GYMNASTICS TODAY....UNLUCKY FOR THE JAPANESE GUY WHO FELL OFF FROM THEM HOOPY THINGYS
