The 2012 London Olympics Sports Thread

[crazy canuck]

Funny how an event which is supposed to enhance peace and harmony can turn someone who was once an admirer of the US into someone who wants nothing more than for them to fail at everything.

Indeed it is funny when one's opinion of an entire country is affected by something as insignificant as a sports event.

Not so much the event itself.  But the total lack of class which followed it.

[Drakken]

i haven't watched one event yet. I never really like the summer olympics. Probably becasue as a general rule canada doesn't do well in the summer.

Que? They did good this year. 

[Neil]

Funny how an event which is supposed to enhance peace and harmony can turn someone who was once an admirer of the US into someone who wants nothing more than for them to fail at everything.

You'll get the last laugh when Romney wins the election and everyone in the US loses their job.

[Razgovory]

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/08/medal-count-economics-what-factors-explain-the-olympics-biggest-winners/260951/


Interesting that India is so bad at winning medals despite having a population of over a billion people to draw talent from.

Well a country with chronic malnutrition isn't going to produce a lot of word class athletes.

[Threviel]

Now that it is clear that we are going to have an exceptional Olympics (we have 8 gold medals so far and are placed 8th place on the rankings!), government politicans are coming out being busy of taking the spotlight.

Too bad, leaves a sour taste after is indeed a big success for the athletes.

At least we beet you in the handball. Suck it losers!

[jimmy olsen]

Speaking of China, I watched them lose to the South Korean women in archery and I couldn't help but think there should be Olympic Horse Archery.  Man that would be awesome.

The bows they use these days look absolutely ridiculous. Those big counterweights that stick out of the front are preposterous and should be banned! 

[MadBurgerMaker]

The bows they use these days look absolutely ridiculous. Those big counterweights that stick out of the front are preposterous and should be banned! 

Did you see the 10m air rifle shooting event toward the beginning of the Olympics?  Dudes were all geared up with these high tech pellet guns with some sort of scopes on them, etc, to shoot 30 fuckin feet.



e:  Good to see you again, Tim, btw. 

[jimmy olsen]

Scopes should be banned as well!

[MadBurgerMaker]

Forget scopes.  For only 10m, everyone should have to use one of those Daisy Red Riders. uh Ryders.  Whatever.

[Syt]

Yeah, Olympic shooting competitions are a bit pussified, esp. when compared to biathlon where the athletes have to shoot between laps of cross country skiing:

The biathlete carries the small bore rifle, which weighs at least 3.5 kilograms (7.7 lb), excluding ammunition and magazines. The rifles use .22 LR ammunition and are bolt action or Fortner (straight-pull bolt) action.

The target range shooting distance is 50 metres (160 ft). There are five circular targets to be hit in each shooting round. When shooting in the prone position the target diameter is 45 millimetres (1.8 in), when shooting in the standing position the target diameter is 115 millimetres (4.5 in). On all modern biathlon ranges, the targets are self-indicating, in that they flip from black to white when hit, giving the biathlete as well as the spectators instant visual feedback for each shot fired.

[sbr]

WTF a black dude on the Italian water polo team?

[Zanza]

WTF a black dude on the Italian water polo team?

This guy? 

[Liep]

Watching rhythmic gymnastic and those Eastern European girls are downright unbelievable. Can't wait to see what they do with the clubs.

[FunkMonk]

¡Viva México!

[Ed Anger]

Canada loses in Men's Kayak double.

CANADA LOSES!