Olympiad disappointment...

Well if some of you are unaware, the team USA lost to Puerto Rico today in the first round of the olympic men's basketball. Well this is the first time that team USA loses a match since NBA players were allowd to play.

The loss comes to no surprise for me seeing as how they managed to lose 3 exhibition games and how they barely had any time to practice together. The only surprise was when and to whom they lost. No one thought that Puerto Rico can claim this victory of the USA in the first round. Goes to show that anybody is game for the Gold in basketball come olympics.

And the US lost the table tennis to NZ, too.

And you had Chinese playing for you, so you should have won!


Mind you, we did too :D

Yeah some of our teams are not that good. But our swimming team is doing good.

I thought the thorpedo won the men's swimt? (Ian Thrope)


And the chinese killed everyone at the cyncro diving, men and women.

gawd i couldnt bear to watch that game...they had like 10% 3 point....at least US beat australia in beach volleyball...BOO YAH!

Who's on top of the Gold medal count?

im not sure on the gold medal count, but i know US is in the lead with total medals.

yea USA basketball sucked... looked like Iverson was trying to be a hot shot and take spectacular 3's... and not passing a lot

They were all hesistant to shoot the outside 20 footer...bastards!

Gold medal to SA in the mens 400m freestyle relay, w00t!

The Olympics are actually going on for real? From the looks of the stands I thought it was practice! :dunno:

yeah, our bb team sucked :(

and right now, it's USA and Australia tied w/ 8 medals, and china with 7. but china has 5 golds to australia's 4 and the us's one.

Wheres Canada, eh?

Did New Zealand qualify for BBall?



I haven't bothered with the Olympics, even with them in my timezone. They are a waste of time.

Did New Zealand qualify for BBall?



I haven't bothered with the Olympics, even with them in my timezone. They are a waste of time.

Too cool for the Olympics, Jimster? :sly:

South Africa took gold in the Men's 4x100m freestyle.....

Who was that American that wanted 8 golds?
Maybe he can buy one from one of the South Africans :lol:

Phelps... and his dreams of breaking Spitz's 7 golds in one olympics are over as well.

Phelps is actually from our Area. His dad owns the land in front of our property. I have never met him which is strange.

Too cool for the Olympics, Jimster? :sly:
Yes.

you know what really sucks

baseball is the american pasttime and the american team couldnt even quilify to be in the games??

Looks like were gonna have to bomb puerto rico now.....

There will never be another Olympic basketball team as great as the '92 Dream Team.

There will never be another Olympic basketball team as great as the '92 Dream Team.
Man, you ain't kidding.

I've watched a few hours of the games and its been pretty entertaining.

We own Puerto Rico!!! So technically, didn't we (USA) win?

No, I had a discussion similar to this with my brother. Technically we just got beat by our B1tch. That is why we reserve the right to bomb their a$$es

Looks like were gonna have to bomb puerto rico now.....

:lol: They can't. PR is part of the US, thats like Bush going in and bombing Florida. (Which they should) No offense to Floridians.:evillol:

We own Puerto Rico!!! So technically, didn't we (USA) win?

I would say so,

BTW, I was surprised that PR was considered a seperate country at the Olympics since PR is a commonwealth of the US and they vote for POTUS and are represented in Congress. Strange.

puerto rico is a just a commonwealth...

So is Virginia, Massachusetts, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania. Plus the PRs are American Citizens since 1917. Its been a self-governing island commonwealth of the US since 1952 and was in US hands since 1898.

Jim, http://thegreenman.net.au/mt/archives/000889.html

http://smh.com.au/olympics/medaltally/

:lol2: Australia has 3 more gold than the US, same number of total medals and we're less than 10% of the population size.

Anyone ever thought the olympics would be cooler if it had a Drifting event?

it would be cooler if it had any kind of motorsport... i figure, they allow horses, they should allow cars!

Anyone ever thought the olympics would be cooler if it had a Drifting event?

I think the only way the Olympics can be good is by taking every athlete into the middle of a field and shooting them OR for example in the running, chase them with knives. If you catch them, you get to stab them to death.

http://smh.com.au/olympics/medaltally/

:lol2: Australia has 3 more gold than the US, same number of total medals and we're less than 10% of the population size.

True - at least until the track and field events get underway :biggrin:

Has anyone else heard the stories about the Canadian womans cyclist taking a silver and giving the judges the finger? I guess the cyclist is lesbian and the judges wouldnt let her lesbian lover compete in the cycling event. According the the radio she has been fined $160 but is still allowed to compete :lol:

True - at least until the track and field events get underway :biggrin:
This would be after the premature Phelps 'victory' speech?

"I WILL win 7 gold medals and kick everyone that has gone before me's ass..." blah blah blah miserable failure after bronze medal after Ian Thorpe kicking my ass.

:D

Did Phelps actually say that or did some pundit say it?

Has anyone else heard the stories about the Canadian womans cyclist taking a silver and giving the judges the finger? I guess the cyclist is lesbian and the judges wouldnt let her lesbian lover compete in the cycling event. According the the radio she has been fined $160 but is still allowed to compete :lol:

Facts:
1. It was a German woman's cycling team cyclist
2. She was giving the German selectors the finger because they said she wouldn't be able to medal and did, as well as they excluded her training partner from the team.
3. She was fined for actions unbecoming of an athlete by the UCI, other than that she didn't do anything wrong.

Facts:
1. It was a German woman's cycling team cyclist
2. She was giving the German selectors the finger because they said she wouldn't be able to medal and did, as well as they excluded her training partner from the team.
3. She was fined for actions unbecoming of an athlete by the UCI, other than that she didn't do anything wrong.
Sorry Im not really awake for the 5:30 drive to work :frown: I do know that the radio said the cyclist was lesbian and she flipped them off becasuse they would not let her life partener( aslo aonther cyclist) race

I don't think that is true, but I will check.

I saw petra rossner at the Tour le Fleur in Jackson MS a few years back. She hit the hay bails lining the road at about 30 mph. I was so funny to see her try to climb out of the bails with her bike still attached to her feet :lol2:


BTW: \/taken from link at the top of the page^
"Bitterness and backbiting marred Australian Sara Carrigan's Olympic triumph on Sunday when silver medallist Judith Arndt was fined for giving a one-fingered salute in protest at the exclusion of her lover from the German team.


Arndt shocked spectators with the gesture as she crossed the finish line behind Carrigan in the Athens road race.

She then dominated the Australian's victory media conference with complaints about the way German officials had treated her lover, former Olympic champion Petra Rossner.

A furious Arndt complained that rather than winning a silver medal, Rossner's omission had cost Germany a gold medal.

"If Petra was there we would have raced differently, more aggressive," she said. "Petra is the best sprinter, and maybe we would have won gold," she told the news conference in which gold medallist Carrigan was able to field just a few questions.

The International Cycling Union took little time in slapping fine of Sfr200 ($225) on the angry runner-up.

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Comments from the victorious Australian camp, however, supported Arndt's view that Rossner should have been selected.

"I'm glad she didn't get a ride," said women's road coach James Victor. "They would have been a bigger threat if she did.

"It [Rossner's omission] destabilised the Germans with a bit of friction there."

The 37-year-old Rossner, from Leipzig, won the 3000-metre individual pursuit on the track at Barcelona in 1992. She finished a disappointing 30th in the Olympic road race at Sydney in 2000 but bounced back to win the German national title in June.

German cycling officials had no immediate comment on whether they were likely to follow the cycling union and take action against Arndt."

First time I've seen it mention her training partner was her lover, but it makes enough sense......

How do you train while.......oh never mind

How do you train while.......oh never mind
Cardio and endurance :evillol:

and stretching?

Did Phelps actually say that or did some pundit say it?
He actually said it.

Anyway, I think the US is beating us now. The way it should be with relative size. :)