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Post by sasha on Aug 12, 2008 22:23:42 GMT -5
Has the world record not been broken in a swimming event yet.
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Post by The Chloe on Aug 12, 2008 22:54:09 GMT -5
And 7 medals already for North Korea! It's good to see that North Korea's summer sports program is that much better than ours
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Post by DBBN on Aug 13, 2008 0:03:50 GMT -5
If I was in an elevator with Bela Karolyi, I would probably end it all for both of us. He seems nice, but MAN. Stop speaking.
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Post by The Chloe on Aug 13, 2008 4:52:06 GMT -5
Is he still whining? I find him entertaining and all, but honestly. It's not like dude's never cheated for his own teams. Not to mention that there is really no evidence to support his assertion that the Chinese girls are, in fact, little girls, aside from "omgz, Asian girls look young!"
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Post by Edna Krabappel on Aug 13, 2008 7:35:51 GMT -5
He should shut up. It's not like Atlanta '96 was without controversies.
I laughed when Sacramone fell off the beam, but then I felt bad when she did the same on floor and looked like she was about to slit her wrists.
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Post by sasha on Aug 13, 2008 14:21:13 GMT -5
I laughed, but Sacramone was the most tolerable Barbie. I so wanted Shawn to suck lose.
And there are no nice people in gymnastics. Everyone involved in that sport is creepy. Except our Becca, of course.
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Post by lexpretend on Aug 13, 2008 14:56:45 GMT -5
I liked Svetlana Khorkina.
I am going to sit on my ass ALL WEEKEND and catch the fuck up on these Olympics. I cannot take being so out of the loop. I am waking up every day to headlines which are just blurring into one at this stage...I guess that is because it is actually the same headline every day, "Michael Phelps wins gold".
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Post by DBBN on Aug 13, 2008 19:51:48 GMT -5
KHORKINA So what's with Despatie hand-picking his Cuban "best friend" to dive with him, eh? In other news, he's still wildly hot.
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Post by Wagasi on Aug 13, 2008 20:32:03 GMT -5
In other news, we still have no medals, hot divers or not.
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Post by GoDom on Aug 13, 2008 21:10:41 GMT -5
All,
I think swimming is 100% rigggggged and cheaters and needs FIRED.
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Post by The Chloe on Aug 13, 2008 22:29:35 GMT -5
The headline on cnnsi regarding the Chinese gymnasts and the accompanying article is simply embarrassing, shoddy journalism. Seriously, if all one needs to do to write articles for Sports Illustrated is exhibit sour grapes by making accusations that can't be proven, then by all means, sign me up. Don't get me wrong - that many people are exhibiting sour grapes and insisting that the Chinese team was underage is newsworthy.... but more or less agreeing with them while posting galleries to exhibit how young them Asian chicks look? Painfully ignorant.
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Post by The Chloe on Aug 13, 2008 22:32:29 GMT -5
For what it's worth, I do think it's entirely possible the Chinese team was underage. And the IOC's decision not to investigate is perhaps a touch sketchy. But at the end of the day, there remains no proof to support these claims, as anybody who has ever seen a few fucking Asian chicks in their lifetime could tell you that they tend to look younger than Western chicks.
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Post by GoDom on Aug 13, 2008 22:32:31 GMT -5
They are underage, though.
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Post by GoDom on Aug 13, 2008 22:33:04 GMT -5
Oops.
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Post by Edna Krabappel on Aug 13, 2008 22:42:03 GMT -5
They're not underage. And the Magnificent 7 were really magnificent.
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Post by sasha on Aug 13, 2008 23:11:10 GMT -5
It's not the entire Chinese team. That one girl looks really like 20.
The problem is getting enough proof, which is probably impossible with the depths countries like China and Russia go to hide their cheating.
And then the entire shitstorm that comes with it.
The reality is that people will cheat and you can't stop all of it. If you try doing that, you have cycling where the only time the sport is mentioned is when another doper is caught.
Let's not be naive. This definitely goes on in tennis, as well.
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Post by Edna Krabappel on Aug 14, 2008 23:58:17 GMT -5
Oh well, if a USian had to win, it's better to be Liukin. She really was good.
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Post by The Chloe on Aug 15, 2008 0:25:17 GMT -5
I'm glad that the contender who not only looks her age, but actually looks like she will develop into a normal looking adult someday, won the women's gymnastic all around. Shawn Johnson didn't bother me as I thought she would. I had lumped her into the Boring Carly category and thought I would yawn. This was not so. Still, I'm glad Liukin won. And that I found NBC stream to watch it.
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Post by sasha on Aug 15, 2008 0:30:39 GMT -5
Boo to the Barbies.
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Post by The Chloe on Aug 15, 2008 0:34:17 GMT -5
But Liukin might be hot in a few years when she stops training so intensely, finishes puberty, and learns how to conceal her massive forehead with bangs. And she's really Russian. I'm surprised that you don't like her, leelee.
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Post by The Chloe on Aug 15, 2008 0:59:57 GMT -5
In other news, Michael Phelps is a fucking robot. Or something.
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Post by DBBN on Aug 15, 2008 1:09:19 GMT -5
But Liukin might be hot in a few years when she stops training so intensely, finishes puberty, and learns how to conceal her massive forehead with bangs. And she's really Russian. I'm surprised that you don't like her, leelee. You just know Liukin is going to be a hideous sorostitute in a year, and I love her for it. She does remind me a lot of Khorkina.
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Post by sasha on Aug 15, 2008 1:20:31 GMT -5
I just don't like gymnasts. They're all so short and deformed. Therefore, I want random winners from countries people don't care about here so the media shuts up. Or, drunken whores like Oksana Baiul.
I guess Alexandra is also short and deformed, but she's so cute and wins that it doesn't matter.
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Post by lexpretend on Aug 15, 2008 1:29:56 GMT -5
Oh, I'm happy for Liukin. I was cheering for CHN in the team event - Cheng Fei! And the tiny tiny one! - but Liukin looked good.
You USians have a heptathlete called Hyleas Fountain. That is an awesome name.
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Post by DBBN on Aug 15, 2008 2:16:40 GMT -5
Also, her dad? I'd hit it.
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Post by lexpretend on Aug 15, 2008 11:27:56 GMT -5
I'd somehow never seen Nadia Comaneci's perfect 10s before. Someone sent me a link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5gR0g8lHIsThose dismounts are sick. How the hell did she even do that.
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Post by The Chloe on Aug 15, 2008 11:45:16 GMT -5
I've seen the entire video that I believe that was taken from - Gymnastics Greatest Stars. My friend and I used to watch it all the time when we were kids, and got together once before I left for Korea to watch it again. The commentary for mens gymnasts used to be awesomely homoerotic. A pity that they've stopped giving the male gymnasts pet names and saying things like, "come on baby, keep cookin'!" during intense routines.
Anyways, yeah. Nadia was good at gymnastics.
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Post by Edna Krabappel on Aug 15, 2008 21:13:55 GMT -5
Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck AAAAAARGGHHH I can't believe it. Can't fucking believe it.
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Post by Edna Krabappel on Aug 15, 2008 21:15:18 GMT -5
Oh, it was our swimmer winning silver with 0.01 of second behind Phelps I was talking about.
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Post by Edna Krabappel on Aug 15, 2008 21:25:55 GMT -5
It's OK, I've calmed down.
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