The 2012 London Olympics Sports Thread

[Drakken]

Watched a lot of the olympics I see Drakken.

We in Canada don't lose time showing the medal ceremonies when the Americans win and no Canadian is on the podium, save when Phelps wins.

[garbon]

Watched a lot of the olympics I see Drakken.

Ed's even rocking her meme.

[Syt]

While I like Olympic Games in general, I think one reason why I prefer the Winter Games is that they have less events (86 in Vancouver vs. 302 in London), which makes it much easier to follow and "get into" for me, with more focus on each event. The Summer Games have much greater diversity between track & field, gymnastics, swimming, to team sports, rowing, cycling, skeet shot, boxing, or archery, but it's a bit overwhelming.

[Richard Hakluyt]

Now that it is all over one can say it.............one indisputable good thing about the games.............no terrorist attacks 

[katmai]

Not the case if you ask Canadian soccer fans Tricky.

[Syt]

While German athletes weren't quite as successful as functionaries had hoped (vast understatement), it's a bit of a catastrophe in Austria. While Austria is not really a summer sports superpower, this is the first time in 48 years, since the games of Tokyo 1964, that Austrians go home without a single medal.

[Syt]

A German economist made a prognosis about the medal count before the games, using economical and socio-economic factors for his prediction. This is how his forecast measures up (forecast left, real life data right):

[Drakken]

Bielorussia's "sexiest woman" lost her Gold Medal in shotput today, she tested positive. 

[Valdemar]

Now we can start focussing on the paraolympics....

Or not

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[Josephus]

Just seen the imagery, it was a bit obvious, though I noticed the commentators missed it.

I think a lot of people missed it.

[Josephus]

NOt sure if anyone caught it but at the very end, after the Who left the stage, someone inadverently hit the play button, and you could hear The Who sing again. I wonder why the whole thing is lip synched?

[Valdemar]

Bielorussia's "sexiest woman" lost her Gold Medal in shotput today, she tested positive. 

Seeing her made me think of the old DDR athletes and a program I saw on how they fared twenty years after their olympic competitions

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[Razgovory]

A German economist made a prognosis about the medal count before the games, using economical and socio-economic factors for his prediction. This is how his forecast measures up (forecast left, real life data right):

We beat the spread!

[Grey Fox]

NOt sure if anyone caught it but at the very end, after the Who left the stage, someone inadverently hit the play button, and you could hear The Who sing again. I wonder why the whole thing is lip synched?

Because having good sound in an open air 80k places stadium is next to impossible. Especially with multiple performers & stages.

[Baron von Schtinkenbutt]

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.

Scopes should be banned as well!

Those are open-air sights.  If fact, non-electronic open-air sights are required in all international shooting competitions.