Olympics 2008 - Official thread - Beijing, China

[Crushed]

I'm not sure if this is REALLY a good training method.

[Flannel Boy]

China sure has a lot weight lifting gold medals. 

[siamesedreamer]

Yeah, those look kinda heavy for 12 year olds.   

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Holy shit. Canada still hasn't won a single medal. We fucking blow this year.

[Fresh Prince]

Guess Who   

[xnikki118x]

Hotter than Michael Adonis Phelps??

I think he's kind of ugly.

I bought a pair of gymnastic rings recently for Crossfit training. I could do pull-ups and dips etc on a bar(s) already but holy freaking crap, they're so much harder on rings. The stabilization element just cranks it up about 10 notches. Just holding yourself in the arms-locked, top-of-the-dip position is brutal - the first time I tried it, my arms shook uncontrollably. Rings are an amazing strength training tool, especially considering they cost me $50 and you can use them damn near anywhere. Unfortunately, you quickly realize that having a low bodyweight is 2nd only to upper body strength when it comes to the rings...

I don't think I'd even be able to hang on them, hah.

Judges cheating for the Chinese gymnasts. 

I think that's awful. Anything that goes against the integrity of the Olympics is terrible.

[Darunia]

eep

http://videos.walwala.com/beijing-olympics-2008/janos-baranyai-suffers-a-horror-injury-beijing-olympic-2008-video_add79a3c0.html

[Kestastrophe]

eep

http://videos.walwala.com/beijing-olympics-2008/janos-baranyai-suffers-a-horror-injury-beijing-olympic-2008-video_add79a3c0.html

Could you please tell me what happens in the video before I watch it? Exploding ankles and the like really gross me out

[GilloD]

eep

http://videos.walwala.com/beijing-olympics-2008/janos-baranyai-suffers-a-horror-injury-beijing-olympic-2008-video_add79a3c0.html

Could you please tell me what happens in the video before I watch it? Exploding ankles and the like really gross me out

He drops like a 200lb dumbbell on his shoulder, his arm like turns in a completely improbably fashion, then he starts convulsing and a bunch of Chinese slave laborers come out with white shields to block his injured form from view.

Then NBC shows it in slo-mo from like 9 angles.

[muckhole]

Holy shit. Canada still hasn't won a single medal. We fucking blow this year.

I haven't really been following at all, but I chuckled when I saw Yahoo had pulled the "Realtime Medal Ticker" off their Canadian front page. Winter Olympics, here we come!

[Mr. Gundam]

I'm watching the replay of the USA-South Korea baseball game on Universal HD, it's pretty damn exciting, especially since I have no idea who won.

edit: And we lost. Oh well, still an exciting game.

[Flannel Boy]

Holy shit. Canada still hasn't won a single medal. We fucking blow this year.

I haven't really been following at all, but I chuckled when I saw Yahoo had pulled the "Realtime Medal Ticker" off their Canadian front page. Winter Olympics, here we come!

We do well in sports in which most of the rest of the world doesn't compete.

How popular is curling in Australia? The luge in Nigeria? Or the biathlon, well, anywhere?

[Mr. Gundam]

One of my wife's coworkers is probably going to make the U.S. Curling team in 2010, we've totally got hooked on the sport thanks to him.

[Crushed]

[Mr. Gundam]

So, is today the day that Canada wins a medal?

I feel bad for the CBC TV crew, they're totally defeated.

[Joe Molotov]

[Boogie]

Countries that have won a medal in the 2008 Olympics:

Togo (5.7 million people)
Tajikistan (6.9 million people)
Lithuania (3.3 million people)
Bulgaria (7.6 million people
Belarus (9.6 million people
Armenia (3.2 million people)
Slovenia (Slovenia only has 2 million people, for fuck's sake!)
Zimbabwe (Oh sure, Zimbabwe has 13 million people, but they can't even feed any of them!)
Finland (5 million pop'n)
Switzerland (7.5 mill)
Mongolia (2.9 million)
Azerbaijan
Georgia (4.6 million)

Countries that fucking blow at the 2008 Summer Olympics:
Canada (33 million population)

[Madrun Badrun]

Boogie, you racist, what do you have against Azerbaijan?  It's the only country you listed that doesn't have a population number.  Discriminator. 

Also watch us kick ass in 2010, haters. 

[Joe Molotov]

I don't even think Azerbaijan is a real country.

[Kestastrophe]

[Madrun Badrun]

 

[Flannel Boy]

Also watch us kick ass in 2010, haters. 

That will show the Australians, most of whom have never so much as seen a snowflake.

Take your nineteen medals and shove them; we'll get ours in the Skeleton in 2010!

[Great Rumbler]

Phelps

[Himu]

[Candyflip]

Did I seriously hear them playing the Pirates of the Caribbean theme in the background during the female gymnastic's all-around?

[Fresh Prince]

Must be a Libertarian http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/olympics/2559292/Swedish-wrestler-Ara-Abrahamian-vows-to-quit-after-throwing-away-Olympic-medal.html

[Darunia]

we lost at beach volley from you dirty, superior fucks. more medal hope crushed.

normally we always get medals at judo, but this year we even failed there  :'(

[Reb]

Wow, Belgium has zero medals?

[Flannel Boy]

Anyone ever notice how poorly India does despite having over a billion people. It's still a poor country, but other poor countries with much smaller populations do better. North Korea, for instance, has 1/50th the population and is even poorer, yet has five medals (I realize that totalitarian regimes can focus what limited resources they have into sports training).

Can anyone even name one great Indian athlete (cricket players don't count)?

[Joe Molotov]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics

Canada will send 332 athletes in 25 of 28 sports, the seventh largest team at the games and Canada's largest since 1988.

The COC has set a goal of finishing in the top 16 in medals; at the 2004 Summer Olympics, Canada finished 19th

 

[Madrun Badrun]

Also watch us kick ass in 2010, haters. 

That will show the Australians, most of whom have never so much as seen a snowflake.

Take your nineteen medals and shove them; we'll get ours in the Skeleton in 2010!

Look those Aussies are fully capable of building indoor ice rinks for curling and indoor ice mountains for skiing so if they loss it's their own fault.   

[Flannel Boy]

Twins Bia and Branca Feres, Brazilian synchronized divers:

[bud]

why are they even wearing a bra

[Madrun Badrun]

my god

[siamesedreamer]

Watching Nastia Liukin win last night was amazing. Such a phenominal performance.

Born in Soviet Moscow. Her dad a former Soviet gold medalist in Seoul. Only in America...

[Joe Molotov]

You're Chinese, You're Beautiful, and You're Nine

[Tristam]

Twins Bia and Branca Feres, Brazilian synchronized divers:

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DAMN. I prefer brunettes to blonds, but those gals are stunning. But they're Brazilian, so I wonder if they're not made of plastic. 

EDIT: Bud's got a point though. They are really flat.  :'(

[Flannel Boy]

They're very pretty and have nice butts, so what if they're flat chested.

Anyway:

face >>>> butt > tits

[Beezy]

When does the track and field stuff start? I wanna see Jamaica dominate.

[Flannel Boy]

When does the track and field stuff start? I wanna see Jamaica dominate.

I saw track qualifying last night.

And it's good to know where your loyalties lie.

[Beezy]

 

Yeah, I always root for Jamaica in the running events. Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell will dominate this year.

[Flannel Boy]

Yeah, I always root for Jamaica in the running events. Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell will dominate this year.

Hey, Canada has zero medals. don't you think I'm looking for other countries to cheer for.

[Smooth Groove]

They're very pretty and have nice butts, so what if they're flat chested.

Anyway:

face >>>> butt > tits

Most olympians are attractive in person.  It's because they're in such great shape.  

It was hard to keep down my boner when I was taking a pic with the Brazilian volleyball team.  

[The Sceneman]

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man, that guy did get nailed though 

[Beezy]

Yeah, I always root for Jamaica in the running events. Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell will dominate this year.

Hey, Canada has zero medals. don't you think I'm looking for other countries to cheer for.

Oh yeah, I have to call my cousin and make fun of him about that.

Canada is nice though (that includes Brampton, bitches). Just a bit too cold sometimes. Hopefully I get to stay there for at least 2 weeks next summer. One week was way too short.

[Boogie]

Yeah, I always root for Jamaica in the running events. Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell will dominate this year.

Hey, Canada has zero medals. don't you think I'm looking for other countries to cheer for.

Oh yeah, I have to call my cousin and make fun of him about that.

Canada is nice though (that includes Brampton, bitches). Just a bit too cold sometimes. Hopefully I get to stay there for at least 2 weeks next summer. One week was way too short.

Usually the Toronto area is quite a bit warmer during the summer.  This summer has seen record rain.  Definitely not the norm.

Anyhow:

WE HAVE THE 7TH LARGEST CONTINGENT OF ATHLETES?!  AND NO FUCKING MEDALS?!

END YOURSELF, CANADA

Oh well, at least we have the most dominant athlete in one sport, even if it's not in the Olympics:

[Beezy]

Yeah, I went to a barbeque at some family member's house on Sunday somewhere in Toronto and it was cold and raining. They had one of those tent things up so that they could still bbq outside. Just about everyone else stayed inside. It didn't feel like summer at all.

[Boogie]

I've never seen this much rain.  Ever.  This must be what living in Vancouver is like.

[Madrun Badrun]

Should have been in Toronto a few days earlier.  It would have been a blast.  A lot warmer too. 

[Boogie]

Should have been in Toronto a few days earlier.  It would have been a blast.  A lot warmer too. 

What, you were in T.O, dude?

[Flannel Boy]

How the fuck did he win that race?

[Great Rumbler]

PHELPS!!

[Flannel Boy]

PHELPS!!

That was insane.

[Smooth Groove]

You get live broadcasts in Canada?  I thought your country was supposed to be America Jr.    

[Joe Molotov]

Michael Phelps supermanned that ho.

[Hollywood]

PHELPS IS A MACHINE! ANYTHINGS POSSIBLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[Great Rumbler]

Phelps is loaded down with more gold than a Spanish galleon.

[Madrun Badrun]

Should have been in Toronto a few days earlier.  It would have been a blast.  A lot warmer too. 

What, you were in T.O, dude?

No no no.  I never leave Saskatoon. 

[Boogie]

Should have been in Toronto a few days earlier.  It would have been a blast.  A lot warmer too. 

What, you were in T.O, dude?

No no no.  I never leave Saskatoon. 

well then, what the fuck were you talking about?

[Madrun Badrun]

Should have been in Toronto a few days earlier.  It would have been a blast.  A lot warmer too. 

What, you were in T.O, dude?

No no no.  I never leave Saskatoon. 

well then, what the fuck were you talking about?

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