2008 Olympics

[junki3korean]

thats a solid point dingdong

its just for fun! makes the olympics just that much better!!!

[dingdongrb]

and you were saying about the aussies...what???? 3rd place for a little country of 18mill, not bad....

If the Thorpedo wasnt out there would have been 4 less gold for the US thats for sure...wanke_r!

I doubt that, we would just bring Mark Spitz out of retirement....

[bkkjames]

and you were saying about the aussies...what???? 3rd place for a little country of 18mill, not bad....

If the Thorpedo wasnt out there would have been 4 less gold for the US thats for sure...wanke_r!

I doubt that, we would just bring Mark Spitz out of retirement....

What gets me (and many people) is how come there are hundreds of swimming medals but sports like Rugby can't make it in?

[PoorSucker]

And there are 3 events for Women's Synchronized Swimming

But men have none.

I think this discriminating.

[RakJungTorlae]

Korea Fighting!!!!!! dae han min gook!!!!!!!

go the KOREANS!

i have big dilemas when korea go heads up againest Australia!

but i keep it in the blood ...so......... DAE HAN MING GOOK!!!

^________^

but go korea, australia, and thailand !

o-O I didn't know there were another Korean fellows in this Forum. An-nyong-ha-se-yo?

Yeah, I am rooting for Korea, too.

16 medals so far. Not bad for a tiny country. Yay!

Taekwondo starts next week and I am hoping they can add some more medals.

Go Dae han min gook!

Ah nyoung ha sae yo!

your the second korean i`ve met here....jin ja bang gah wo yo!

OMG!! i cant believe we lost in archery last night against China!!

we`ve been undefeated for 24years since 1984 and our first seed park sung hyun lost by 1 point!

i was on my toes last night very exciting match.......but well done to the chinese first gold medal in archery....

i guess home olympics has a little advantage??? ^________^

we still took silver and bronze!

Yeah this olimpics is just wack, I aint watching it anymore. Something smells fishy.

[live]

hehe

i m proud i m chinese

china always top 1 now , and will continue for sure

[junki3korean]

hehe

i m proud i m chinese

china always top 1 now , and will continue for sure

of course they will with a population of 1,321,851,888 !!!!

Edited August 15, 2008 by junki3korean

[dingdongrb]

hehe

i m proud i m chinese

china always top 1 now , and will continue for sure

of course they will with a population of 1,321,851,888 !!!!

I wouldn't bet the house on it quite yet. They (Chinese) were not on top four years ago and I'm sure the population wasn't that much less then. (And I don't think that their B-Ball skills, or much else, have improved in those four years.)

[harleyclarkey]

Guilty of a cross-post however, why not offer congratulations to Thailand's first Gold of this Olympiad won by Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon in the Woman's Weightlifting -53kg division.

Regards

Was she also on Big Brother???

[harleyclarkey]

hehe

i m proud i m chinese

china always top 1 now , and will continue for sure

of course they will with a population of 1,321,851,888 !!!!

For sure...how can you possibly fail. You take kids at a very young age and train them in specialist "acadamies" for the rest of their useful life. The pressure you (not personally) put them under is disgraceful.

IMHO this is beyond the amateur status for the Olympics.

[dingdongrb]

As of 8/15/08 11:50 PM BKK time:

[RakJungTorlae]

hehe

i m proud i m chinese

china always top 1 now , and will continue for sure

Yes well I want to see an updated drug test not behind close doors. Its to early for congratulations.

[rvsp]

Korea Fighting!!!!!! dae han min gook!!!!!!!

go the KOREANS!

i have big dilemas when korea go heads up againest Australia!

but i keep it in the blood ...so......... DAE HAN MING GOOK!!!

^________^

but go korea, australia, and thailand !

o-O I didn't know there were another Korean fellows in this Forum. An-nyong-ha-se-yo?

Yeah, I am rooting for Korea, too.

16 medals so far. Not bad for a tiny country. Yay!

Taekwondo starts next week and I am hoping they can add some more medals.

Go Dae han min gook!

Ah nyoung ha sae yo!

your the second korean i`ve met here....jin ja bang gah wo yo!

OMG!! i cant believe we lost in archery last night against China!!

we`ve been undefeated for 24years since 1984 and our first seed park sung hyun lost by 1 point!

i was on my toes last night very exciting match.......but well done to the chinese first gold medal in archery....

i guess home olympics has a little advantage??? ^________^

we still took silver and bronze!

Yeah, next time when the Korean archery teams play with Chinese in China, they should have prepared ear plugs. Did you hear all the screams and noisy tambourine sounds made by Chinese spectators to distract the Korean archery players whenever they drew back the bow to focus on the target? I watched this with serveral non-Korean friends of mine and they even thought it was amazing (in a bad way).

I feel for your dilemma. When Hackett and Park Taehwan were in the same game, whom did you root for? Maybe, you put two flags on your face to split your loyalties? hahaha. I am also rooting for U.S.A.>Canada>Austrailia>Japan. Too bad that Canada is not doing well so far. What's with Canada? Canada was very good at winter Olympic last time.

[dingdongrb]

Yes well I want to see an updated drug test not behind close doors. Its to early for congratulations.

I am all for mandatory drug testing. I just keep running out of drugs to test!

[dingdongrb]

Yeah, next time when the Korean archery teams play with Chinese in China, they should have prepared ear plugs. Did you hear all the screams and noisy tambourine sounds made by Chinese spectators to distract the Korean archery players whenever they drew back the bow to focus on the target? I watched this with serveral non-Korean friends of mine and they even thought it was amazing (in a bad way).

It is probably not much difference from when an NBA (or any other B-Ball player) is at the foul line trying to make a free throw. The concentration and steadiness weeds the 'men' from the 'boys'.

[harleyclarkey]

Yeah, next time when the Korean archery teams play with Chinese in China, they should have prepared ear plugs. Did you hear all the screams and noisy tambourine sounds made by Chinese spectators to distract the Korean archery players whenever they drew back the bow to focus on the target? I watched this with serveral non-Korean friends of mine and they even thought it was amazing (in a bad way).

It is probably not much difference from when an NBA (or any other B-Ball player) is at the foul line trying to make a free throw. The concentration and steadiness weeds the 'men' from the 'boys'.

Yep...maybe fine at the local darts match where the medal is a pint of bitter and a pack of Pork Scratchings.

But the Olympics? No, this is nothing but bad sportsmanship. The goal is the to be the best on the Planet...can the non Chinese then shout and blow trumpets when the Chinese are taking a shot? Can you imagine?? Foreign chop..BIG chop...suey!!

Edited August 16, 2008 by harleyclarkey

[fred2007]

go korea!?!?! go Australia!?!?!

thats a hard one for me!!!

this is easy aussie,aussie oi oi oi

[lomatopo]

I've read there is a little controversy about the gold medal winning Chinese women's gymnastic team having some members who appear to under the mandatory age of 16 (or will turn 16 before then end of the current year). Just nine months ago the Chinese reported in the press about a 13 year old gymnast, who is now a member of the Olympic squad. And I have to admit some the members look closer to 11 or 12. Anyway, I'm just wondering what the advantage, other than pure talent, is to having underage ringers in the sport? I'd think experience would be more valuable but maybe it has something to do with the judging?

[junki3korean]

go korea!?!?! go Australia!?!?!

thats a hard one for me!!!

this is easy aussie,aussie oi oi oi

aussie aussie korea!! oi oi oi!

[fred2007]

go korea!?!?! go Australia!?!?!

thats a hard one for me!!!

a hard one

[fred2007]

go korea!?!?! go Australia!?!?!

thats a hard one for me!!!

a hard one

ok since I love Korea and Oz we go for both

[dingdongrb]

Yeah, next time when the Korean archery teams play with Chinese in China, they should have prepared ear plugs. Did you hear all the screams and noisy tambourine sounds made by Chinese spectators to distract the Korean archery players whenever they drew back the bow to focus on the target? I watched this with serveral non-Korean friends of mine and they even thought it was amazing (in a bad way).

It is probably not much difference from when an NBA (or any other B-Ball player) is at the foul line trying to make a free throw. The concentration and steadiness weeds the 'men' from the 'boys'.

Yep...maybe fine at the local darts match where the medal is a pint of bitter and a pack of Pork Scratchings.

But the Olympics? No, this is nothing but bad sportsmanship. The goal is the to be the best on the Planet...can the non Chinese then shout and blow trumpets when the Chinese are taking a shot? Can you imagine?? Foreign chop..BIG chop...suey!!

Being a former dart player I wouldn't call winning a major event for a darter 'chump change':

The 2008 World Championship will feature a prize fund of £600,000 - a rise of £100,000 on the previous year. The prize money for earlier round losers has been increased, whilst the winner and runner-up prize money is all unchanged. ^[6]

Winner: £100,000 Runner-Up: £50,000 Semi-Finals: £22,500 (up from £20,000) Quarter Finals: £15,000 (up from £12,500) Third Round losers: £10,500 (up from £8,500) Second Round losers: £7,000 (up from £5,000) First Round losers: £4,000 (up from £3,500) Preliminary Round losers (2): £2,500 PDPA Qualifying round losers fund: £16,000 Nine dart finish: £20,000 (not won and rolls over to £25,000 for UK Open)

Again, if you even have gone to a professional event (other than golf, tennis, or perhaps bowling) you would generally see that the home field (court, rink, etc) provides an advantage to the home team in almost every major sporting event due to the crowd noise. But I'm sure that's hard to tell by you since obviously all the sports you watch are with your arse sitting on the sofa.

Its not bad sportmanship, its the nature of the game. Only the elite can overcome the interruptions. Like I said before that is what weeds out the men from the boys.

[harleyclarkey]

Yeah, next time when the Korean archery teams play with Chinese in China, they should have prepared ear plugs. Did you hear all the screams and noisy tambourine sounds made by Chinese spectators to distract the Korean archery players whenever they drew back the bow to focus on the target? I watched this with serveral non-Korean friends of mine and they even thought it was amazing (in a bad way).

It is probably not much difference from when an NBA (or any other B-Ball player) is at the foul line trying to make a free throw. The concentration and steadiness weeds the 'men' from the 'boys'.

Yep...maybe fine at the local darts match where the medal is a pint of bitter and a pack of Pork Scratchings.

But the Olympics? No, this is nothing but bad sportsmanship. The goal is the to be the best on the Planet...can the non Chinese then shout and blow trumpets when the Chinese are taking a shot? Can you imagine?? Foreign chop..BIG chop...suey!!

Being a former dart player I wouldn't call winning a major event for a darter 'chump change':

The 2008 World Championship will feature a prize fund of £600,000 - a rise of £100,000 on the previous year. The prize money for earlier round losers has been increased, whilst the winner and runner-up prize money is all unchanged. ^[6]

Winner: £100,000 Runner-Up: £50,000 Semi-Finals: £22,500 (up from £20,000) Quarter Finals: £15,000 (up from £12,500) Third Round losers: £10,500 (up from £8,500) Second Round losers: £7,000 (up from £5,000) First Round losers: £4,000 (up from £3,500) Preliminary Round losers (2): £2,500 PDPA Qualifying round losers fund: £16,000 Nine dart finish: £20,000 (not won and rolls over to £25,000 for UK Open)

Again, if you even have gone to a professional event (other than golf, tennis, or perhaps bowling) you would generally see that the home field (court, rink, etc) provides an advantage to the home team in almost every major sporting event due to the crowd noise. But I'm sure that's hard to tell by you since obviously all the sports you watch are with your arse sitting on the sofa.

Its not bad sportmanship, its the nature of the game. Only the elite can overcome the interruptions. Like I said before that is what weeds out the men from the boys.

Ah so it show through by your polite reply......you are a dart player....big belly gut and all?? Pint in one and the belly in the other, fag hanging out of the mouth??

If you could read properly...clearly that is beyond a chump like you...then you would have seen .....

"maybe fine at the local darts match"

For your information, if this is not too much for you to take in all at once, I haven't ever been to any of the sports that you obviouisly see as elitist.

You're a sad case. Keep up throwing darts but next time try and aim for a dart board.

[dingdongrb]

Ah so it show through by your polite reply......you are a dart player....big belly gut and all?? Pint in one and the belly in the other, fag hanging out of the mouth??

If you could read properly...clearly that is beyond a chump like you...then you would have seen .....

"maybe fine at the local darts match"

For your information, if this is not too much for you to take in all at once, I haven't ever been to any of the sports that you obviouisly see as elitist.

You're a sad case. Keep up throwing darts but next time try and aim for a dart board.

First of all, even though the local dart tournaments don’t have a large payout such as the larger ones it is much better than the prizes that you alluded to. A lot of the smaller tournaments are where you start to qualify for the big ones. Same as most pub games and events (i.e. Pool, foosball, Texas Hold-em etc.)

Secondly, I thank you for your narrow minded stereotyping about a description of a darter. I on the other hand won’t bother going into stereotyping what most think a Harley rider looks like as my friends as well as I have or have had a hog.

Now for the last bit, I see you read as well since I didn’t say that the sports were elite, it was the sportsmen and women that I was referring to. But obviously since you have never been to a major sporting event in your life I wouldn’t expect you to understand anything at all about ‘crowd noise’ and how it will/may affect game/player results. I feel sad for you being deprived of seeing an event live. But Sturgis is great!

[kiakaha]

New Zealand just shot to the top of the medal table IN 1 SINGLE DAY OF COMPETITION !! 2 golds, 1 silver, 2 bronze.

Well.. the per capita medal table that is, not the absolute medal table.

Pretty awesome for a small country.

[rvsp]

Yeah, next time when the Korean archery teams play with Chinese in China, they should have prepared ear plugs. Did you hear all the screams and noisy tambourine sounds made by Chinese spectators to distract the Korean archery players whenever they drew back the bow to focus on the target? I watched this with serveral non-Korean friends of mine and they even thought it was amazing (in a bad way).

It is probably not much difference from when an NBA (or any other B-Ball player) is at the foul line trying to make a free throw. The concentration and steadiness weeds the 'men' from the 'boys'.

Yep...maybe fine at the local darts match where the medal is a pint of bitter and a pack of Pork Scratchings.

But the Olympics? No, this is nothing but bad sportsmanship. The goal is the to be the best on the Planet...can the non Chinese then shout and blow trumpets when the Chinese are taking a shot? Can you imagine?? Foreign chop..BIG chop...suey!!

I fully agree with you, harleyclarkey.

Also, have you noticed how freaking young Chinese gymnasts look?

I know that Asian women can sometimes look a little younger than their age but this is ridiculous.

I do not believe that they are indeed over 16 which is minimum age requirement.

Apparently their passport age is all over 16 but from the country where they have twins who are 5 years apart I think it's fair that people would have doubt about this. To me they look 12 and 14 at best.

I hope no one thinks I'm being rude or anti china, but I've noticed this since Athens

and the girls this year, they look like they still have their baby teeth.

I understand how gymnasts are usually short with weird bodies, but you can tell

a baby from a teenager and I believe at least 4 of the girls are not 16, I can't be 100% sure but it is questionable how their ages suddenly changed months before the olympics. If this is true I feel bad for the other countries that had to wait to be 16 to compete, it's really unfair not only to the other athletes but also to the chinese athletes and it's cheating. Did you see the little girl that fell off the uneven bars? she looks about 12.

[kiakaha]

Ahh....bloody Slovenians...just edeged out New Zealand at the top of the medals table

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/event/story.cfm?...jectid=10528184

[angiud]

and 7... only...

[koheesti]

I've read there is a little controversy about the gold medal winning Chinese women's gymnastic team having some members who appear to under the mandatory age of 16 (or will turn 16 before then end of the current year). Just nine months ago the Chinese reported in the press about a 13 year old gymnast, who is now a member of the Olympic squad. And I have to admit some the members look closer to 11 or 12. Anyway, I'm just wondering what the advantage, other than pure talent, is to having underage ringers in the sport? I'd think experience would be more valuable but maybe it has something to do with the judging?

Read this: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/oly...icle4583174.ece

The minimum age for female gymnasts was increased from 14 to 15 in 1981, and up to 16 in 1997, to protect the physical and mental health of young athletes.

Nadia Comaneci was 14 when she won her fist Olympic gold medal in 1976. Yet despite her stardom, there were criticisms that young girls were being pushed too hard at an age when their bodies and bones were still growing, causing permanent damage. Ironically her coach was Mr Karolyi.

There were also concerns about their mental health, because of the pressure of competing on the world stage at such a young age, and that they were vulnerable to exploitation and even physical abuse by coaches.

"They are obviously kids," Mr Karolyi said. "Twelve, 14 max - and they're telling the world they are 16? What arrogance." Although the US team has deliberately steered clear of the controversy, his wife suggested after the US team's loss to China that the Chinese gymnasts were still losing their baby teeth. "One of the girls has a missing tooth," she said.

Yet Giselle Davies, an IOC spokesperson, said tonight that because of troubling new developments, the committee had instructed the International Gymnastics Federation, the sport's governing body, to investigate.

Apparently their bodies are also more flexible and aren't afraid of getting hurt (how many kids that age are?).

[Jingthing]

In case you are interested, we are having a fun little discussion about the little Chinese cheater babies and their stinking propaganda machine government over here:

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Olympic-Gold...sa-t205669.html