The Official XXIX Summer Olympics Thread

#352
#352
doozer said:
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Sounds about right. At this point, they're probably giving him more medals for just getting down to the hotel lobby and back.

I guess I'm just going to have to gut it out and watch stuff on the computer. It's frustrating that with all the really interesting, unusual things going on at the Olympics, the first week of primetime TV coverage is all swimming and gymnastics, and the second is all track and gymnastics. Enough already.
 
#354
#354
TrueOrange said:
well, china has taken the medal lead....
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Not only have they spent untold millions on the Olympic program, but years ago they decided to concentrate their efforts on events in which they, like Michael Phelps, can earn a lot of medals in the same events. It'll be surprising if China doesn't end up with the lead in both the gold and overall medal count.
 
#355
#355
Vercingetorix said:
Not only have they spent untold millions on the Olympic program, but years ago they decided to concentrate their efforts on events in which they, like Michael Phelps, can earn a lot of medals in the same events. It'll be surprising if China doesn't end up with the lead in both the gold and overall medal count.
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synchro diving is just auto gold for them, as is gymnastics in their house.
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#360
#360
Bosh has been unreal today. If he plays like this the rest of the Olympics I don't know if we can be beat. An inside scorer like that just makes us so much harder to stop. 80-57 USA.
 
#372
#372
FO.CO. VOL FAN said:
I honestly don't think they are going to look into it. Two of three of those girls are definitely not 16 however.
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The gymnastics governing body and the IOC have already indicated that since the passports for the girls state they are 16, or at least will be before Dec. 29 of this year, that is sufficient for them.

Forget the fact that the Chinese gov't issues the passports, and they are exactly the ones to gain from changing the birthdates.
 
#373
#373
Vercingetorix said:
Not only have they spent untold millions on the Olympic program, but years ago they decided to concentrate their efforts on events in which they, like Michael Phelps, can earn a lot of medals in the same events. It'll be surprising if China doesn't end up with the lead in both the gold and overall medal count.
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agreed
 
#374
#374
rwemyss said:
The gymnastics governing body and the IOC have already indicated that since the passports for the girls state they are 16, or at least will be before Dec. 29 of this year, that is sufficient for them.

Forget the fact that the Chinese gov't issues the passports, and they are exactly the ones to gain from changing the birthdates.
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It's absolute stupidity that the IOC spends jillions drug testing to make sure rules are being followed, yet they refuse to delve any further into a very obvious issue like this one. Hell, Al Trautwig can't be on for 4 seconds without mentioning it.
 
#375
#375
BigPapaVol said:
It's absolute stupidity that the IOC spends jillions drug testing to make sure rules are being followed, yet they refuse to delve any further into a very obvious issue like this one. Hell, Al Trautwig can't be on for 4 seconds without mentioning it.
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The biggest problem is... what are they going to do? Cut the girls' legs off and count the rings?

Seriously, is there a surefire way to age someone other than documentation? I am not aware of one.
 
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