Olympics Thread

[RanDux]

China is gonna get more medals than us.

Nah, we'll separate once track starts

It could be close. China is doing better than expected in swimming and we have lost some that we were expected to win.

[UOducksTK1]

AK47 - "'Look at me. I'm running like a young deer.''

Hmm.

[greenyellow]

US women's gymnastics wins the gold medal in the team competition. Phelps gets a silver in the 200-m butterfly, typically his strongest event, after gliding in instead of powering home with one final stroke. Allison Schmitt sets a new Olympic record in the 200-m freestyle while winning the gold medal.

[RanDux]

The Chinese are just killing it in the diving.

[greenyellow]

The Chinese are just killing it in the diving.

That is probably one of the most boring events to watch now since the Chinese win just about every gold medal. The events are really just there to see who can get silver and bronze behind the Chinese machine.

[uodux1212]

The Chinese are just killing it in the diving.

Shocker.

[frogsnouts]

Mariel Zagunis from Beaverton fails to medal in sabre (fencing, whatever).

She was up 12-5 in her semifinal match, and managed to lose 13-15. It was a really crazy comeback, and in the bronze medal game she seemed to completely fall apart.

[thomas time]

Batum with 21 just now vs Lithuania and 14 and 7 vs Argentina. I agree that once track starts we will catch up to China or at least get it closer, we should also win both basketball golds.

[UOducksTK1]

Mariel Zagunis from Beaverton fails to medal in sabre (fencing, whatever).

She was up 12-5 in her semifinal match, and managed to lose 13-15. It was a really crazy comeback, and in the bronze medal game she seemed to completely fall apart.

Wow, she won the last 2 golds in this event, right? Such a bummer.

[woundedknees]

Women's gymnastics scores are in... The result will make you smile and gnash your teeth, in the same breath.

Suffice to say, it's a 3-peat for the USA. It should be well worth watching tonight.

[frogsnouts]

Mariel Zagunis from Beaverton fails to medal in sabre (fencing, whatever).

She was up 12-5 in her semifinal match, and managed to lose 13-15. It was a really crazy comeback, and in the bronze medal game she seemed to completely fall apart.

Wow, she won the last 2 golds in this event, right? Such a bummer.

Yep, she was a big time favorite.

[UofDuck]

39 year old Kristen Armstrong from Boise took gold in the cycling time trial again. She is a great story. Retired, had a kid and then decided to come back to try to defend. Had a bad crash just 8 weeks ago and broke her Collar-Bone and had to have surgery for it and still won it. Tough gal - good person.

[greenyellow]

USA Basketball won 156-73, with Carmelo scoring 37 pts and hitting 10 three-pointers. Former Duck Chamberlain Oguchi had 11 pts in a losing cause.

[thomas time]

Oguchi 11 were second on his team behind Ike Diogu had 23 or something to lead them. "We were looking forward to this game, playing against the U.S.," Diogu said. "You know we wanted to use this to show the world what type of team we are. That didn't go too well obivously, I thought I saw Melo 37 were in only 14 minutes. I saw at one point he came down and hit 3 straight 3's. I watched a couple minutes ago Spain and Great Britain and saw Freeland had a nice spin move on Pau and also a hit a 3 when I watched, saw he had 25 as they almost upset Spain. Batum had 21 vs Lithuania with 7 boards and 3 blocks.

[UOducksTK1]

39 year old Kristen Armstrong from Boise took gold in the cycling time trial again. She is a great story. Retired, had a kid and then decided to come back to try to defend. Had a bad crash just 8 weeks ago and broke her Collar-Bone and had to have surgery for it and still won it. Tough gal - good person.

Not talked about enough IMO, I was very impressed.