Kahran Ramsus 0 Report post Posted August 16, 2008 My God, Usain Bolt broke the 100m world record after SLOWING UP AT THE FINISH. I've never seen anything like that. He probably could have gone under 9.5 if he wanted to. Ben Johnson did the same thing, but we all know how that turned out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
naiwf 0 Report post Posted August 16, 2008 Usain Bolt sure is fast. It's not that long ago a time like 9.69 seconds in the 100m was unthinkable, this guy makes it look easy. God only knows what sort of time he'd do if he didn't spend the final 20m posturing to the crowd. What's even crazier is that the 200 is his best event and he just started running the 100 recently. If he ever learns how to get out of the blocks well, he'd run in the 9.4 range. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. S£im Citrus 0 Report post Posted August 16, 2008 Yeah and pbone's like, 17. What's wrong with that? Sorry, I don't keep up... I forget how many kids post here sometimes; this is the only message board I hang around at where the average age is so young. In other news, the "Redeem Team" put it down on Spain... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianChris 0 Report post Posted August 16, 2008 Usain Bolt sure is fast. It's not that long ago a time like 9.69 seconds in the 100m was unthinkable, this guy makes it look easy. God only knows what sort of time he'd do if he didn't spend the final 20m posturing to the crowd. What's even crazier is that the 200 is his best event and he just started running the 100 recently. If he ever learns how to get out of the blocks well, he'd run in the 9.4 range. I can't wait to see him run the 200. If anyone could touch Michael Johnson's record, he's the guy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted August 17, 2008 There's really something special about the last lap of the marathon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
milliondollarchamp 0 Report post Posted August 17, 2008 Every body is there to watch Phelps go for his 8th gold. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianChris 0 Report post Posted August 17, 2008 Every body is there to watch Phelps go for his 8th gold. Gee, ya think? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
milliondollarchamp 0 Report post Posted August 17, 2008 Damn Steffen got the gold but she only beat decrepit, old, haggy, 41-year old Torres by 1/100th of a second Congrats to them both, but I am still impressed as hell by Torres. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cuban Linx 0 Report post Posted August 17, 2008 Phelps gets 8. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob_barron 0 Report post Posted August 17, 2008 As someone who hates the Olympics, even I was getting into that race. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jaxxson Mayhem 0 Report post Posted August 17, 2008 Phelps with 8 golds. Awesome. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Smues Report post Posted August 17, 2008 Question for you east coasters: did you get the Phelp's race live on NBC, or were you just watching it on the web feed? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cartman 0 Report post Posted August 17, 2008 Live here in RI. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
naiwf 0 Report post Posted August 17, 2008 Live on NBC. They showed Women's marathon, then Dara Torres x2, the 1500 men's freestyle and then Phelps with the 100 meter track semis and final interspersed in between. I think it was the weakest night of coverage since they spent about 2 1/2 hours showing the marathon and it wasn't close from about the midway point to the finish. Surely they had some other event they could have squeezed in at some point between 7:30 and 10:03. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Smues Report post Posted August 17, 2008 I thought as much. FUCKING BULLSHIT that we get it tape delayed then. I have no problem with some events being delayed because of the event being on the other side of the globe, but if the east coast can get it live, why the FUCK can't the west? "Oh not they'd see Phelps swim at 7pm instead of 11, that would just KILL our ratings!" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brett Favre 0 Report post Posted August 17, 2008 The race was at 11 AM over there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
naiwf 0 Report post Posted August 17, 2008 I think his point was that the race would have been live at 8 PM on the West coast and instead they probably won't get to see it until 11 PM their time, which is 3 hours after the fact despite it falling in the Olympic coverage window. The East coast was pretty lucky that Beijing catered to us quite a bit with all of the swimming and gymnastics finals happening in the prime time to midnight slot basically. The only race we didn't get live in prime time so far was the men's 100 meter on the track. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fökai 0 Report post Posted August 17, 2008 FUCK THE TAPE DELAY. If it was live here in Hawai'i, I wouldn't have stumbled past my mom flipping stations in the kitchen, accidentally finding ESPN News with the Phelps press conference. I can't believe that she was as pissed about that as I was. I avoided spoilers all day at work, locked myself in an office for the last two hours so that no one could spoil it, and then tape delay/live feed fucks me again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarvinisaLunatic 0 Report post Posted August 17, 2008 The Ravens showed Phelps swim on their big "not really hd" screens but I couldnt stay cause I was affraid I would miss the last light rail train, but I did hear a big ovation and figured he won. they gave out Ravens for Phelps signs and got the crowd chanting for him and all, it probably would have been cool if I could have stayed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kahran Ramsus 0 Report post Posted August 17, 2008 The biggest historical significant event of the Olympics and they don't even show it live in all of the US. We saw it live and we didn't even have a team in the finals. I thought NBC said they were going to show these events live this year? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
milliondollarchamp 0 Report post Posted August 17, 2008 Fun fact: if Phelps were his own country, he'd be 4th in the gold medal count: China 28 USA 9 Germany 9 Michael Phelps 8 Australia 8 How about that AT&T cellphone ad where that obsessed Phelps fangirl jumps up and down screaming when he wins a race? Three weeks ago, it seemed silly. Tonight, that was probably happening in every other American household with a TV. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vanhalen 0 Report post Posted August 17, 2008 Im incredibly proud of my country today, to get to third in the medals table is incredibly amazing, with at least another gold and silver guaranteed today, this is fucking incredible, its going to be a good sunday! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
megaadvice 0 Report post Posted August 17, 2008 GB now 3rd in medals table And BTW WHY WHY WHY WHY does American companies ESPN, NBC continue to spout complete shite on the medals table. How the hell can you respect a medals table which values Bronze exactly the same as Gold. Probably the worlds stupidest thing, Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kahran Ramsus 0 Report post Posted August 17, 2008 The IOC has ranked the nations based on total Golds for 112 years. This year is no different. Of course we all know the answer to the question though. It is so they can say that the US was number one. If the situation was reversed, they would be using the proper medal tables. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vanhalen 0 Report post Posted August 17, 2008 It is a bit petty to rank by medals just so USA can be first, as we speak GB is going to pick up another silver, so thats 2 golds, 3 silvers already this morning Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted August 17, 2008 Kyoko Hamaguchi (daughter of Animal Hamaguchi) picked up her second bronze medal in wrestling. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianChris 0 Report post Posted August 17, 2008 I thought as much. FUCKING BULLSHIT that we get it tape delayed then. I have no problem with some events being delayed because of the event being on the other side of the globe, but if the east coast can get it live, why the FUCK can't the west? "Oh not they'd see Phelps swim at 7pm instead of 11, that would just KILL our ratings!" Yeah, the west coast just got bent over hardcore by NBC. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bored 0 Report post Posted August 17, 2008 The west coast gets screwed at every Olympics as they did tape delay coverage for us for the Atlanta and Salt Lake Olympics as well. I will not be shocked if they pull the same crap with Vancouver. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Tzar Lysergic Report post Posted August 17, 2008 These Chinese bitches are crazy with the ping pong. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zorin Industries 0 Report post Posted August 17, 2008 For all the great sport we've seen so far theres going to be only one thing i'll ever remember from the Olympics: Oh yeah! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
