Beijing Olympics Thread

[calf]

It's on CBC right now...*spoiler in white*

she wins per the link Girly posted

[SebC]

Guaranteed medal! Women's wrestling.

[Machiavelli]

Thank you Carol!

[calf]

The Gold Medal match will be at 2:50 am Calgary time


She better win Gold!!!

[GirlySports]

She won that quite easily!

[LockedOut]

Finally the goose egg is erased. Officially though not for a few hours.

[FLAMESRULE]

FINALLY!!! Great job in that wrestling match!!! You GO GIRL!!!

[calf]

I love this headline from TSN:

ARMSTRONG MISSES BRONZE BY CENTIMETRE ON OPENING DAY OF TRACK

I'm pretty sure he missed it on opening day of field

[Machiavelli]

Edit: No, I was not wrong.

Verbeek already wrestled her semifinal match in 55kg freestyle.

Lost. Will wrestle the loser of the other semi for bronze.

[Eagle Eye]

Originally Posted by OzSome

It looks like the other guy was not in a rush to touch the wall. I have doubts too on whether Phelps touched the wall first but the replay wasn't that clear. Oh well, good for him to win his 7th Gold Medal.

Pretty hard to fight him winning the gold when the wall has a touch pad for timing

[OzSome]

Originally Posted by Eagle Eye

Pretty hard to fight him winning the gold when the wall has a touch pad for timing

It's hard to see Cavic's hand because it was under water. It looks like Phelps might have beat him by a fingertip. Pretty exciting finish though. I guess there is a reason the guy been winning gold medals.

Tough lost for Canadian wrestler Tonya Verbeek against the Japanese. The Japanese is just too fast and too strong for Verbeek. She still have a chance to win the bronze medal though.

[Machiavelli]

Canada (men) is playing the U.S. right now in baseball. After coming out to a 4-0 lead, the Canadians have succeeded three straight runs against to make it 4-3 in the 5th inning.

Canada pretty much has to win this game. If they lose, they'll have to go 3 for 3 in their remaining games to advance.

[SebC]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

Yes but do we really want our Canadian girls to be 4 feet 6?

Do they actively stop them from growing, or is it just that htey have a large population from which to find the smallest, bendiest girls.

Originally Posted by Kerplunk

I actually watched a few of his events just to see how this guy is so good...and I think its because he avoids the "swimming" part of swimming. His actual crawl form is meh compared to some other in the field I saw, but his kick-off from the wall puts him meters ahead of everyone else. To be fair they are allowed something like 15 meters underwater, which is also stupid.

Can someone explain this to me? Why is it better to be underwater? My physics background tells me more viscosity in water than air means more drag, and at least for your arm movements are mainly exploiting the difference in viscosity between air and water. Especially moving your arms forwards, you don't want to be pushing yourself backwards. Is it just that they have to keep their feet lower in the water when at the surface and that's enough to offset not using your arms?

Originally Posted by Kidder

If anything, it takes a certain amount of pressure on the wall to enact the stop timer, and while the Serb finger grazed the wall first, Phelps was the first to apply the needed pressure. But it's not like this thing can be rigged. So what exactly are they protesting?

They were saying the device might have failed. Although I think him coming in second is enough evidence to overturn it, if it wasn't working he'd have come in last.

[SebC]

Originally Posted by Machiavelli

Canada (men) is playing the U.S. right now in baseball. After coming out to a 4-0 lead, the Canadians have succeeded three straight runs against to make it 4-3 in the 5th inning.

Hehe... I think you mean conceded.

[Machiavelli]

Originally Posted by SebC

Hehe... I think you mean conceded.

LOL....I don't usually make typing brain farts. Thanks for the correction! I won't edit it though, haha.

[SebC]

Originally Posted by Machiavelli

LOL....I don't usually make typing brain farts. Thanks for the correction! I won't edit it though, haha.

You jumped on one of my posts before I could edit, so I was returning the favour.

Here's an article on the "Goergian" beach volleyball players.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/spo...cle4521186.ece

Too late. The Russians were back on the attack. “It was stupid of Georgia to start a war,” Shiryaeva said. “We're big and they're small.

I can understand why the Russians would be bitter, but that's a low blow for a post-game press conference.

Wow, baseball is boring. I have a vested interest in this game (go Canada!) but I still can't get into it.

[Shawnski]

OK this is odd.

Chris Reitsma is now pitching for Canada. Only a couple months ago, he was playing for a slopitch team against the SW CP team in the Kokanee league on Sunday, and against my team in that same league.

I burned him with a well placed shot into his right field far corner.... then the SOB threw me out at second!

I guess after five "Tommy John" surgeries, his arm isn't totally shot... yet.

[Resolute 14]

Yeah, I was kinda laughing at that.

Guess the bum was a no-show for the Drumheller tournament, eh?

[Shawnski]

Originally Posted by Resolute 14

Yeah, I was kinda laughing at that.

Guess the bum was a no-show for the Drumheller tournament, eh?

Ha, actually, the Kokanee leagues playoffs are THIS weekend at Okotoks On Deck. But yeah, he will be a no show!

[Resolute 14]

Sorry, I meant Okotoks... was thinking of the real tournament in a few weeks.

And I do believe CBC's colour commentator just dissed you, Shawnski. Apparently you guys dont provide enough competition for Rietsma.