The 2012 London Olympics Sports Thread

[Ed Anger]

Speaking of swimmers knocking off big chunks off their personal best.

I was actually surprised Phelps recovered from early in the Olympics with his silvers and started snatching golds;  after all, since Beijing it's been all bongs and Vegas cocktail waitress necksnappers.

Didn't think he had taken his training seriously for these games.

He ate fresh, unlike Tiger Woods.

[CountDeMoney]

Man, I said it last week, and I'm saying it again:  this Jap soccer team is fucking fast. They're like a swarm of little Kamikazes that aren't allowed to use their hands.

[Liep]

GOLD!

[Liep]

Team GB's women's 3000m pursuit team is quite fine. And fast.

[DGuller]

Wow, the German ref of the Brazil-Honduras game must think that yellow (and red) goes great with his uniform.

[Valmy]

Hahaha I just watched the women's <distance I guess> Keirin just now.  I don't understand the purpose of the motorized thingy.  Why can't they just get up to speed on their own and go 7 laps by themselves?

My thought exactly.  What a fucking retard sport.

The wind resistant at 50km/h is a big factor, so whoever had to lead would be at a disadvantage. If you've ever seen a sprint event they battle about not going first in the beginning, I've seen riders stand absolutely still on their bikes trying to avoid it.

Ah ok that makes sense.

[Valmy]

Speaking of swimmers knocking off big chunks off their personal best.

But the chinese ones are doping.

Only Chinese people like Lance Armstrong have ever been accused of doping.  OMG TEH RACIZM

The Chinese win medals like crazy and ONE gets suspected of doping and you get all insulted what a joke.

[Liep]

Team GB's women's 3000m pursuit team is quite fine. And fast.

Okay, to correct myself, 2/3 of the team look fine, that one with the hair-loss decease looks, yeah, well.. sick.

[DGuller]

Any soccer pros care to weigh in on Brazil-Honduras?  Did that game really warrant 10+ yellow cards, and in seemingly one direction?  Or did the ref just go on a power trip?

[Zanza]

Soccer should really not be an Olympic sport.

[Admiral Yi]

The wind resistant at 50km/h is a big factor, so whoever had to lead would be at a disadvantage. If you've ever seen a sprint event they battle about not going first in the beginning, I've seen riders stand absolutely still on their bikes trying to avoid it.

In the moped pursuit there was a portion at the end when the cyclists started racing.  Make the race that long.  The laps when they are following the moped are meaningless.

[FunkMonk]

Any soccer pros care to weigh in on Brazil-Honduras?  Did that game really warrant 10+ yellow cards, and in seemingly one direction?  Or did the ref just go on a power trip?

Honduras really sucks and they were fouling every chance they got. It helps when a Brazillian rolls on the grass sixty times every time he is fouled too. Fair number of cards imo. The shit commentators were just trying to fill time with manufactured outrage.

[Valmy]

Honduras really sucks and they were fouling every chance they got. It helps when a Brazillian rolls on the grass sixty times every time he is fouled too. Fair number of cards imo. The shit commentators were just trying to fill time with manufactured outrage.

Well they beat Spain's U-23 so they cannot be too terrible.

[Valmy]

Farrah and Rupp winning the 10K was pretty awesome.  One moment from these games that will stick with me for awhile.

[CountDeMoney]

Whoever wins this South Korean/Great Britain marathon match ain't going to have the legs to move on.