[Tournament] 2008 Olympic Games discussion thread

Bolt might as well have moonwalked the 100m Final. That was just insane celebrating with about 15m left and jogging through the line, the 100m semi final was unbelievable he literally walked it. He could of done a flat 9.6 if he even bothered or dare I say a 9.5.

I forsee a 9.5 in the future however.

Johnson's 200m record is gone only question remains is by how much.

As good as Phelps has been that truly was the performance of the games. He squashed Powell and Gay.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Zephyrin

Why the fuck can't they record events and leave them online for people to watch?

They fucking expect everybody to just catch everything at any given moment. I can't go back and watch anything I missed, and none of the stations have full event replays, and only offer highlight reels from select events.

This is the 21st century. Get with the fucking times, people.

If you know how to use proxies (Firefox has a great plugin) find one in the Uk and goto BBC - Homepage, it has video clips and highlights of everything.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I could have driven an elephant parade between 1st and 2nd place in the 200m final it was that ridiculous.

Bolt ran a 19.30 into a HEAD WIND.

The record which the Pundits thought nobody would beat has final been disposed off in such merciless and effortless fashion. That was simply jaw dropping back in 1996 but now in 2008 its just unbelievable. Johnson said he thought Bolt would perhaps beat it but on the day he thought Bolt would run a 19.5 because of his need for endurance running. But its so nice to see Johnson heap praise and be proud of another athlete who has taken his record from him. He's a true gentleman among men.

As far as this goes, this was simply the best performance of the games; far better than the 100m final he won and I don't see it being topped. Phelps may have won 8 golds but the 200m is the probably the most prized record in the olympics and World athletics since 1996.

Bolt is only 21 its his birthday tomorrow. He's nowhere even near his peak; Johnson was 29 when he ran that earth shattering time so I suspect Bolt to shave a few more hundreths off the record in the years to come.


Just wow.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Anybody see Angel Matos kick the referee in the face in taekwondo??? He landed it straight in the middle a real shiner.

He got disqualified for taking too long to get up after an injury and proceeded to bitch culminating in him kicking the referee in the face and punching another official. He has now been given a lifetime ban and probably will face criminal charges.

See here for the article + Video (only works for UK viewers) http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olym...do/7578743.stm

The judges have been dodgy or what not counting a Sarah Stevenson's straight kick to the face which resulted in the Olympic offical overuling the referee and judges.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?