08-18-2008, 09:55 AM
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Okay, I actually sat down and watched the Olympics last night. Boy am I pissed. The German and American girls did much better than both the Korean and Chinese and yet the judges gave them a higher score on the individual vault competition. One of the Asians actually fell to her knee after having bad hand placement on the vault platform and the other almost fell as well. Yet the German lady (who was competing at the age of 33) did an almost perfect routine to my inexperienced eyes and only placed silver. The American came in fourth, but she did have a few flaws to her routine though what they were escape me. For more information check one of the news websites that's covering the Olympics. Though after all the girls had done their routines, one of the news people covering it talked to an old Russian coach that's been training and attending these competitions for over 30 years. Even he said that the Asians were practically given the medals they received (they both placed one in first and the other third) and they short changed the American girl and even the German who both had better routines.
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08-18-2008, 01:39 PM
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Leo was right
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I watched the USA men's basketball team destroy Germany this morning and am wondering just what kind of team it would take to beat those guys. There should be no way in the world they don't come away with the gold this time around.
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08-18-2008, 03:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Lord Snow
Okay, I actually sat down and watched the Olympics last night. Boy am I pissed. The German and American girls did much better than both the Korean and Chinese and yet the judges gave them a higher score on the individual vault competition. One of the Asians actually fell to her knee after having bad hand placement on the vault platform and the other almost fell as well. Yet the German lady (who was competing at the age of 33) did an almost perfect routine to my inexperienced eyes and only placed silver. The American came in fourth, but she did have a few flaws to her routine though what they were escape me. For more information check one of the news websites that's covering the Olympics. Though after all the girls had done their routines, one of the news people covering it talked to an old Russian coach that's been training and attending these competitions for over 30 years. Even he said that the Asians were practically given the medals they received (they both placed one in first and the other third) and they short changed the American girl and even the German who both had better routines.
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That 33 year old looked like a man.
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08-18-2008, 04:02 PM
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As far as I know that was a woman. Though I agree to a certain extent. I've seen her before at previous Olympics and she's very good, especially for her age. She's yet to be disqualified so I'm guessing that the equipment is correct for her to compete in the female events.
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08-18-2008, 05:52 PM
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I think she should have chromosome testing
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08-18-2008, 06:45 PM
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That 33 year old woman has a son with lukemia and she competes to pay for his medical treatments. She was on the 1991 Russian Unified team with Nastia Liukin's father. She now competes for Germany because her son could not be treated in Russia but he could be in Germany.
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08-18-2008, 06:53 PM
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she still, "looka like a man."
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08-18-2008, 07:29 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lord Snow
Okay, I actually sat down and watched the Olympics last night. Boy am I pissed. The German and American girls did much better than both the Korean and Chinese and yet the judges gave them a higher score on the individual vault competition. One of the Asians actually fell to her knee after having bad hand placement on the vault platform and the other almost fell as well. Yet the German lady (who was competing at the age of 33) did an almost perfect routine to my inexperienced eyes and only placed silver. The American came in fourth, but she did have a few flaws to her routine though what they were escape me. For more information check one of the news websites that's covering the Olympics. Though after all the girls had done their routines, one of the news people covering it talked to an old Russian coach that's been training and attending these competitions for over 30 years. Even he said that the Asians were practically given the medals they received (they both placed one in first and the other third) and they short changed the American girl and even the German who both had better routines.
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Yeah I kind of felt the same way. It's almost as if you're the hosting country your person can land on her knees and still medal.
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08-18-2008, 07:32 PM
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she still, "looka like a man."
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08-18-2008, 08:02 PM
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It is being held in China
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08-18-2008, 08:47 PM
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Quote:
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she still, "looka like a man."
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08-18-2008, 10:02 PM
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There's something very wrong with that picture Scotz. Not sure what it is though.......shudder
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08-19-2008, 09:43 PM
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Turn it up!
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There's something very wrong with that picture Scotz. Not sure what it is though.......shudder
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That's a bad scan I downloaded from the 'net, but I had the original many years ago, back when there was a USSR, & there was no mistaking the "package" then.
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08-20-2008, 05:55 PM
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Woohoo... BMX tonight!
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08-21-2008, 05:32 PM
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Have you seen the story about Michael Phelps going home?
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