[Tournament] 2008 Olympic Games discussion thread

Originally Posted by Zergrinch

As for the lip syncing, well... Par for the course. Western bands do it too.

Milli Vanilli not withstanding, they're still lip syncing to their own voice. In this case, China decided the singer wasn't pretty enough, so they got some perfect girl with pigtails to take her place. Granted, the singer wasn't much to look at

, but with such a huge population, couldn't the Chinese have found a cute girl who could sing too?

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They could, and after the opening ceremony nobody would give a second thought about her anyway.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Zephyrin

Kosuke screamed when he won the Men's 100m Breaststroke.

What's wrong with getting excited about winning?

Interesting article in the newspaper today:

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Victory dance of fist pumps, puffed-out chests runs deep
Los Angeles Times

Chimps do it. Gorillas do it. Michael Phelps does it, too.

The exuberant dance of victory - arms thrust toward the sky and chests puffed out at a defeated opponent - turns out to be an instinctive trait of all primates ... humans included, according to new research released Monday.

Scientists from the University of British Columbia and San Francisco State University looked at thousands of photographs of judo matches during the 2004 Summer Olympics and Paralympic games in Athens, Greece, for such classic in-your-face victory moves as clenched fists, thrown back heads and outstretched arms.

The images of the 140 blind and sighted athletes from 37 countries revealed that blind Paralympic athletes struck the same triumphant stance as sighted Olympic athletes. Because the blind athletes could not have learned the victory dance by watching others, the scientists concluded that the behavior was innate.

So there you go. When Phelps is whooping over a dominating performance in a race, he's not being arrogant but normal. Dude's an amazing athlete anyway, he's earned his cheering.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Either that or one of his parents was a gorilla.

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More gold for Phelps. He just won the 200m butterfly, and a little later he'll participate in the 4x200m IM.

How ya doing, buddy?

Well, the WR for the 4x200 was completely destroyed by Michael Cthulhu Phelps and the Phelpettes. It's gonna be a long time before someone bests that time.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

So I want to watch the weightlifting with commentary, but don't know what site to go to.

NBC online only has chat style commentary, which is really good, but I would rather just tap full screen and sit back.

Does anybody know a network that I can get this on?

How ya doing, buddy?

Love watching USA baseball and never hearing of one guy on the team. lol

On msnbc now.

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

The Phelps media-rimjob's made me realise how much of a no-show our men's team is this Games. Who have we got? Sullivan? He's good at one thing. Hackett gives a toss about nothing but the 1500 gold, and I wouldn't put it past him to announce retirement right on getting out of the water. The rest of them are our B-team at any other Olympics, frankly.

The women, on the other hand...

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...are great!

Yeah, I've really got no confidence in the Australian men swimming team. Good on Sullivan for getting silver though, that was a grade-A effort. But the women, they're all fantastic and have got the passion and firepower that the men seem to lack. I'm getting a bit sick of the media's overexposure of Stephanie Rice though, I mean I admire her and she's a phenomenal athlete, but the media are milking the situation for everything it's worth. I mean "Heart of a Lion. Face of an Angel." What the hell is that shit? =.="

The freestyle relay before was great, Australia held a comfortable lead the whole way through. Can't wait for the medley relay!

I was speaking idiomatically.

Here's a GOLDEN comment by someone in the ESPN article on Michael Phelps winning his 6th gold in these Olympics:

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They need to start giving platinum medals or something. Phelps has to be sick of all this gold by now.

Someone needs to help him understand that while Phelps has been dominating his competition, this isn't Project Gotham Racing. Also, no matter what precious metal you use, as long as it's there to signify first, it could be gold, platinum, molybdenum,...that's more or less irrelevant.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Speaking of Phelps, did anyone catch that report about what his daily calorie intake is? I was absolutely staggered.

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OLYMPIC GOLDEN BOY PHELPS EATS 12,000 CALORIES A DAY - New York Post

Breakfast: Three fried-egg sandwiches loaded with cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, fried onions and mayonnaise. Two cups of coffee. One five-egg omelet. One bowl of grits. Three slices of French toast topped with powdered sugar. Three chocolate-chip pancakes.

Lunch: One pound of enriched pasta. Two large ham and cheese sandwiches with mayo on white bread. Energy drinks packing 1,000 calories.

Dinner: One pound of pasta. An entire pizza. More energy drinks.

I have to wonder how much this guy spends on food in a week.

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The other question is, how much training does he do on an average day?

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Don't remember the source, but I believe his typical routine (at least during the Olympics thus far) has involved him swimming around 5 miles daily from the warm-up/practice/cool down.

Also read that, despite all his activity, he apparently seems to have trouble keeping weight on. If you can eat that much and still lose weight, you've gotta be moving around like a maniac.

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I'd bet that most of his food needs are subsidized by some kind of federal Olympic program, or at least bankrolled by corporate sponsors. Paying his weekly grocery/restaurant bills is a bargain investment compared to the money earned by, for instance, having Phelps's face appear on a Wheaties box.

As for the quantity of calories Phelps consumes, most people who eat so much don't turn around and spend 42 hours swimming upwards of 3,000 laps per week. One can only imagine the number of doctors and therapists assigned to him; I'm certain they keep a close watch on his cholesterol, sodium, metabolic processes, etc. I sometimes wish I could pack away as much food as Phelps does each day. I could use the weight boost.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Dude's gotta give up competitive swimming at some point. I wonder if he will stick to his old eating habits then. (If so, I'd like to see Fat Phelps unfold )

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

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Originally Posted by Crash Landon

I sometimes wish I could pack away as much food as Phelps does each day. I could use the weight boost.

Yeah, you and me both. Damn the pasta sounds good right now too. I guess because it is lunchtime and I'm hungry as hell. I would be happy with more information on his 1000 calorie protein drinks though. Time for google I guess.

I was speaking idiomatically.

God damn the judges for this olympic pisses me off. I think I'm the only one who watches boxing but the shit that's going makes me go bananas. Not only in boxing but even in wrestling, what the fuck is going on. People getting points for nothing, getting warnings for wrong things gah.

Only sport worth watching is womens beach volleyboll, why lie.

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Originally Posted by Zip

God damn the judges for this olympic pisses me off. I think I'm the only one who watches boxing but the shit that's going makes me go bananas. Not only in boxing but even in wrestling, what the fuck is going on. People getting points for nothing, getting warnings for wrong things gah.

Refereeing in the Olympics is always more or less a joke. In sports like boxing and wrestling in particular, where every decision can be vital, it's hard to understand why they can't hire proper people. The 'Ara' scandal is the only big scandal of the games so far this year though I think? Apart from perhaps some of the Chinese female gymnasts being under the age limit. Apparently it's impossible for the IOC to find out how old they really are (!)

But hey, at least things aren't as bad as back in '88...

FELIPE NO

Props to the person who renamed the thread.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Holy shit that was close! Phelps is a monster!

Jam it back in, in the dark.

1/100th.

You've got to be fucking kidding me.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by striped phantom

Holy shit that was close! Phelps is a monster!

No new world record, though

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Originally Posted by Denicalis

1/100th.

You've got to be fucking kidding me.

Holy shit, I couldn't believe that happened watching that.

This is probably one of the most epic Olympic Games ever.

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