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Author Message   Blake Posted on Sunday, August 15, 2004 - 06:35 pm:        The Aussies are taking no prisoners. Amazing showing so far considering their population. Way to go blokes!   Danny Posted on Sunday, August 15, 2004 - 09:12 pm:        re: taking no prisoners. Considering how the country was founded, I find extra humor in that quote. Danny   Outrider Posted on Sunday, August 15, 2004 - 10:25 pm:        Is that a "Penalist" joke? Had an exchange student from Australia and that is what his folks jokingly referred to themselves as.   Swampy Posted on Sunday, August 15, 2004 - 10:37 pm:        So..like, when do the Motorcycle Events happen?   Pilot Posted on Sunday, August 15, 2004 - 10:56 pm:        Largest Island Smallest Continent,surrounded by water.We use the sharks and crocodiles as training incentives for the swimmers.   Blake Posted on Monday, August 16, 2004 - 01:03 am:        heheheh... Can you swim? A croc or two in the pool might add some real excitement to the 1,500m.   Blake Posted on Monday, August 16, 2004 - 01:19 am:        Noticing the USA men's gymnastic uniforms... very err... gay looking. (Message edited by blake on August 16, 2004)   Paulinoz Posted on Monday, August 16, 2004 - 01:25 am:        "So..like, when do the Motorcycle Events happen" Got canceled they decided it would just be another bunch of events the Aussies would take home medals from. "Noticing the USA men's gymnastic uniforms... very err... gay looking." Can they swim maybe syncronised swimming may be a US medal chance   Southernmarine Posted on Monday, August 16, 2004 - 03:32 pm:        Australia, top of the medal count right now. Medal Count   Country Posted on Monday, August 16, 2004 - 05:03 pm:        they are second.   Southernmarine Posted on Monday, August 16, 2004 - 05:30 pm:        Well, when it was posted, they were first. I could have sworn they had them at 13 medals, now they show them with 12 (as of 2:28p.m. PST). Either way, they're putting up the numbers.   Blake Posted on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 - 12:44 am:        Paul, I think the little gymnasts are too small to swim. They might not be able to climb out of the pool and even in the shallow end the water is over their heads. I about fell on the floor when they interviewed one of them earlier. He sounded like one of Santas elves or the little people on the Wizard of Oz. LOL! They are damn impressive though. The Japanese team is even more so. Amazing stuff. Makes me proud to be a human. Why do they present them with a bouquet of flowers on the medal stand. I'd be like, "what the hell am I supposed to do with these" and probably toss them to someone in the audience. Bob Costas rocks. He sure put Katy Kuric in her place during the opening ceremony. The Sudanese anthletes made their entrance and Kuric seeking to maintain her warm fuzzy delusional view of the world said something like... the Sudanese are trying to prevent genocide in their country. Bob matter of factly stated something like, I believe they are a little late if they wanted to prevent it. Then a brief silence followed a minute later by Kuric making a rude comment that "now I know why they call you Sponge Bob." I'd have slapped her. Did anyone else see that? Costas shames Pat O'Brian the non-prime time host. BBC's Olympic Medal Count Page Women's Beach Volleyball is good spectating. Why no golf in the Olympic games? We have curling, but no golf? Tennis but no golf? We have... Archery Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Equestrian Fencing Football Gymnastics Handball Hockey Martial Arts Modern Pentathlon Rowing Sailing Shooting Softball Swimming Table Tennis Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Weightlifting Wrestling But no golf? Something is amiss here.   Blake Posted on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 - 12:45 am:        Badminton??? Table freaking tennis??? No golf???   Featheredfiend Posted on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 - 12:53 am:        I'll live a full life without golf. -feathered   Blake Posted on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 - 02:55 am:        I suppose you'll do likewise without trying many things, but then if you had, your life might just be even fuller. If nothing else, golf will teach one humility. I'm no golf enthusiast. Dropped the CC membership years ago. Haven't been out once this year nor last year either. Just noticing how very strange it is that one of the world's most wildly popular individual sports is not represented in the Olympics. No bowling either? Or is that a winter sport?   X1glider Posted on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 - 08:24 am:        Last time around, inline speed skating, distance and track, was cast aside to allow ballroom dancing in the summer olympics. Houston had a contender at the time, Chad Hedrick. Golf should be in there too, I agree, despite my personal opinion that it ruins a perfectly good walk.   X1glider Posted on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 - 08:31 am:        How many people miss the decathalon?   Paulinoz Posted on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 - 06:48 pm:        I miss it at least 10 times a day. 4 x 200 was a close thing congrats USA.   Blake Posted on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 - 09:16 pm:        YES! Bring back the decathlon! Why did they kill that?? Epic race for sure Paul. Congrats to the Nederlanders for whooping up on the USA men's beach volleyball team.   Gearhead Posted on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 - 11:43 pm:        I agree, the decathlon MUST be an Olympic event!! Very much like the gymnasitics we've been watching, one person must be very good in many events.   Featheredfiend Posted on Wednesday, August 18, 2004 - 12:13 am:        "If nothing else, golf will teach one humility." Try trading. -feathered   Buellkowski Posted on Wednesday, August 18, 2004 - 02:50 pm:        A story of an Olympic heartbreak. As a former shooter who's crossed paths with him, Lance's tough break resonates with me. Can you imagine how many more heartbreaks there are than successes?   Sandblast Posted on Thursday, August 19, 2004 - 06:14 pm:        Blake I missed that about Katie the announcer, but I hate that woman. And thats not a word I use lightly.   Blake Posted on Friday, August 20, 2004 - 04:20 pm:        Gotta love the individual all-around gymnastics results. The win by Paul Hamm will go down in history as one of the epic comebacks of all time. Carly Patterson, the little girl from Allen, Texas was just plain awesome winning gold in the womens (girls really) all-around gymnastics competition. Current Medal Stats Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total Factored Avg Medal Score 1 United States 17 12 11 40 86 2.15 2 China 15 11 10 36 77 2.14 3 Japan 12 4 3 19 47 2.47 4 Australia 8 5 8 21 42 2.00 5 Russia 5 11 12 28 49 1.75 6 Italy 5 6 3 14 30 2.14 7 Germany 5 5 9 19 34 1.79 8 France 5 5 6 16 31 1.94 9 Ukraine 5 1 2 8 19 2.38 10 South Korea 4 8 3 15 31 2.07 11 Turkey 3 0 1 4 10 2.50 12 Netherlands 2 5 5 12 21 1.75 13 Hungary 2 3 1 6 13 2.17 14 Slovakia 2 2 1 5 11 2.20 15 Romania 2 0 2 4 8 2.00 15 Thailand 2 0 2 4 8 2.00 17 Greece 2 0 1 3 7 2.33 18 Great Britain 1 4 4 9 15 1.67 19 Poland 1 2 1 4 8 2.00 20 Belarus 1 1 3 5 8 1.60 21 South Africa 1 1 1 3 6 2.00 21 Zimbabwe 1 1 1 3 6 2.00 23 Georgia 1 1 0 2 5 2.50 24 Bulgaria 1 0 2 3 5 1.67 25 Switzerland 1 0 1 2 4 2.00 26 United Arab Emirates 1 0 0 1 3 3.00 27 Austria 0 3 0 3 6 2.00 28 Cuba 0 2 5 7 9 1.29 29 North Korea 0 2 1 3 5 1.67 30 Spain 0 2 0 2 4 2.00 31 Czech Republic 0 1 2 3 4 1.33 32 Canada 0 1 1 2 3 1.50 32 Croatia 0 1 1 2 3 1.50 32 Indonesia 0 1 1 2 3 1.50 35 India 0 1 0 1 2 2.00 35 Kazakhstan 0 1 0 1 2 2.00 35 Portugal 0 1 0 1 2 2.00 35 Serbia and Montenegro 0 1 0 1 2 2.00 39 Azerbaijan 0 0 2 2 2 1.00 39 Belgium 0 0 2 2 2 1.00 39 Brazil 0 0 2 2 2 1.00 39 Denmark 0 0 2 2 2 1.00 43 Argentina 0 0 1 1 1 1.00 43 Colombia 0 0 1 1 1 1.00 43 Estonia 0 0 1 1 1 1.00 43 Israel 0 0 1 1 1 1.00 43 Mongolia 0 0 1 1 1 1.00 43 Slovenia 0 0 1 1 1 1.00 43 Taiwan 0 0 1 1 1 1.00 43 Trinidad and Tobago 0 0 1 1 1 1.00 "Factored" is total with Gold=3, Silver=2, Bronze=1 "Avg Medal Score" is "Factored"/"Total" (Message edited by blake on August 20, 2004)   Bomber Posted on Friday, August 20, 2004 - 04:45 pm:        "Makes me proud to be a human" Zactly! Golf? er, I'm not sure I miss it, nor am I sure that badmitten or ping pong are olympic sports, but, hey, they didn't ask me Biathalon is cool too, but it's a winter sport I have never ever even been close to being olympic level at anything, but the story about the shooter tugs at the heart strings . . . . I was totally ignorant of the revenue generating possibilities --   Blake Posted on Friday, August 20, 2004 - 05:09 pm:        I'm waiting for nose-picking to become an olympic sport.   Southernmarine Posted on Friday, August 20, 2004 - 06:00 pm:        Let's be sensible, let's drop the Decathlon because it's not a real sport, and replace it with the Trampoline. Seriously, WHAT IN THE NAME OF ZEUS, was the Olympic committee thinking of when they decided to drop the Decathlon? I consider Decathletes and Triathletes some of best athletes in the world.   Mr_grumpy Posted on Friday, August 20, 2004 - 06:46 pm:        They're going to put tiddly-winks back in next time so the Brits can clean up, suckers. No Golf cos it takes so long & its soooo boring zzzzzz...   Buellkowski Posted on Friday, August 20, 2004 - 07:14 pm:        How 'bout we find another formula for the "avg. medal score" column? IMHO, 3 silvers (AUT) is a higher national achievement than 1 gold (UAE).   Ray_maines Posted on Friday, August 20, 2004 - 08:37 pm:        I think anything that happens indoors should be a part of the Winter games. That would include men / women Basketball, Gymnastics and Volleyball. If you can't do it outdoors, then you can't do it here. I'll make an exception for swimming and diving 'cuz water is really supposed to be outdoors, but hey. BTW: Ain't the point of a race to get from point A to point B fastest? What's with all the different swimming strokes? And how about that Hop, Skip, & Jump thing in T & F.? Race Walking? Can we say Bye Bye to all of that crap? In the same vain, I say we put two guys in a ring and let them sort things out. Who cares if the winner does Judo/Tae Kwan Do/Wrestling or Boxing? I'd drop Volleyball altogether in favor of Beach Volleyball. There's only room for one Volley and Beach is better. Bicycling has got to go. Too equipment dependant. By extension, I say we drop the Triathlon in favor of an Open Water Swim / Cross Country Run event. (Blake: When the going gets tough, the sprinters quit! A race doesn't really start 'till the 9Km point. So there!) Speaking of equipment: Trap Shooting is so out of here. Air pistols????????????? Archery might make the cut just because it's old but I'm not sure. ANYTHING (EVERYTHING) That's done in unison is gone. Horse is a game of Basketball. Not an Olympic athlete. Anything that smax of the X-Games is recent history. i.e. Mt. Bike Downhill - gone. If it's subjectively judged, it's not working for me. If the number of people involved in a particular sporting event is greater than the number of people willing to watch it then it's NOT an Olympic caliber sport. Besides that, if any particular athlete makes more than a million per year then he / she can't take part in the Olympics. No Alan Iverson, no Vanessa Williams, no soccer stud, no nobody that makes a million per. JMHO. Thank you.