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#61 User is offline   matmat 

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Posted 2008-August-19, 10:58

grrigg, on Aug 19 2008, 11:45 AM, said:

Do I dare suggest that having 4 different styles of swimming (as well as medley) is as ridiculous as some of the sports that people make fun of? After all, shouldnt only freestyle matter, if you are concerned about swimming somewhere fast. Nope, too busy celebrating the 8 gold medals!

i'd agree with this. just have different distances. I mean... it's not like there are different running styles, thought I suppose there is olympic "walking"... but noone is running backwards or sideways or on their knees... or hopping along... or. ..
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Posted 2008-August-19, 12:39

matmat, on Aug 19 2008, 06:58 PM, said:

I mean... it's not like there are different running styles, thought I suppose there is olympic "walking"... but noone is running backwards or sideways or on their knees... or hopping along... or. ..

Are you sure? ;)

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Posted 2008-August-19, 19:35

matmat, on Aug 19 2008, 09:05 PM, said:

The_Hog, on Aug 19 2008, 04:49 AM, said:

matmat, on Aug 19 2008, 01:59 PM, said:

why not have sheep-herding be an olympic sport?  it's a team of a shepherd and their dog?

Or why not stupid posting as a sport? I think this one would win the gold medal.

oh, i dunno,i think it would have a tough time beating most of yours.

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Posted 2008-August-19, 19:53

The_Hog, on Aug 19 2008, 08:35 PM, said:

matmat, on Aug 19 2008, 09:05 PM, said:

The_Hog, on Aug 19 2008, 04:49 AM, said:

matmat, on Aug 19 2008, 01:59 PM, said:

why not have sheep-herding be an olympic sport?  it's a team of a shepherd and their dog?

Or why not stupid posting as a sport? I think this one would win the gold medal.

oh, i dunno,i think it would have a tough time beating most of yours.

Your wit is amazing. How long did it take you to think up that riposte, 2 hours?

well, if we go by the timestamps on the posts, looks more like 16. but i wasn't expecting a myopic to notice that.
of course the timestamps do look a bit screwy..
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Posted 2008-August-20, 02:00

Ahhh, the Beijing Myopics!

sorta catchy, eh??
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Posted 2008-August-20, 03:59

In order to break the ice, I'd like to suggest

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=n9ApRjtwwTU

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Posted 2008-August-20, 04:04

grrigg, on Aug 19 2008, 11:45 AM, said:

Do I dare suggest that having 4 different styles of swimming (as well as medley) is as ridiculous as some of the sports that people make fun of? After all, shouldnt only freestyle matter, if you are concerned about swimming somewhere fast. Nope, too busy celebrating the 8 gold medals!

Yeah, and it's ridiculous to have these different events called matchpoints and imps in bridge, and different championships for those. What a joke!
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Posted 2008-August-20, 11:26

Jlall, on Aug 20 2008, 06:04 PM, said:

grrigg, on Aug 19 2008, 11:45 AM, said:

Do I dare suggest that having 4 different styles of swimming (as well as medley) is as ridiculous as some of the sports that people make fun of? After all, shouldnt only freestyle matter, if you are concerned about swimming somewhere fast. Nope, too busy celebrating the 8 gold medals!

Yeah, and it's ridiculous to have these different events called matchpoints and imps in bridge, and different championships for those. What a joke!

To make it worse you have teams, pairs and to make it even worse you have mixed pairs, mixed teams, open pairs, open teams etc....

Somebody could easily win 8 medals by playing bridge!
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Posted 2008-August-20, 14:54

That must be why they wanted to make bridge an olympic event!!!
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Posted 2008-August-20, 15:33

Just for the record: There are 34 different swimming events (only including getting as fast as possible from A to B and not waterpolo, diving, synchronized swimming or triathlon): 17 for men and 17 for women. There are 4 styles + individual medley, free style relay and medley relay. Distances vary from 50 m to 10 km.

I think it is hard to come up with 34 events in bridge and make a serious claim that these events are entirely different. You could come up with teams/pairs (2) x IMPs/MPs (2) x Open/Women/Mixed (3) and you have 12 events. You could add IMPs/MPs (2) x Open/Women (2) = 4 individual events and 3 Open/Women/Mixed Patton Teams events for a total of 19. But that is about all you can do.

I guess the WBF would be thrilled if bridge could participate in the olympics with IMP teams and MP pairs in the Open and Women Categories for a total of 4 events.

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Posted 2008-August-20, 17:05

Trinidad, on Aug 20 2008, 04:33 PM, said:

Just for the record: There are 34 different swimming events (only including getting as fast as possible from A to B and not waterpolo, diving, synchronized swimming or triathlon):

What's the equivalent to synchronized swimming/diving/etc. for bridge?

I'm thinking play of the hand problems....
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Posted 2008-August-20, 18:13

jtfanclub, on Aug 20 2008, 06:05 PM, said:

Trinidad, on Aug 20 2008, 04:33 PM, said:

Just for the record: There are 34 different swimming events (only including getting as fast as possible from A to B and not waterpolo, diving, synchronized swimming or triathlon):

What's the equivalent to synchronized swimming/diving/etc. for bridge?

I'm thinking play of the hand problems....

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Posted 2008-August-20, 20:54

I am enjoying watching all of the Olympics. I just love sports and I don't let the broadcasting get in the way of it.

I especially liked the womens marathon. The woman who won moved to Germany to get better treatment for her son who has Leukemia and so she is running for that country. I believe it was important financially for her to win so she got out in front and managed to stay there, then she actually took about 3 or 4 victory laps.

I also liked the surprise wins like the womens discus and some of the rowing.

I thought the events that were "judged" were probably pretty political within those sports. Also each sport has its own age limits based on the pyhsical strains put on the competitors. But I think that should be looked at by the Olympic Committee globally, not sport by sport.

I guess I am a "glass half full" type, I don't sit around looking for the bad stuff, I am just having fun watching it.
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Posted 2008-August-20, 22:57

JoAnneM, on Aug 20 2008, 09:54 PM, said:

I am enjoying watching all of the Olympics. I just love sports and I don't let the broadcasting get in the way of it.

I especially liked the womens marathon. The woman who won moved to Germany to get better treatment for her son who has Leukemia and so she is running for that country. I believe it was important financially for her to win so she got out in front and managed to stay there, then she actually took about 3 or 4 victory laps.

I also liked the surprise wins like the womens discus and some of the rowing.

I thought the events that were "judged" were probably pretty political within those sports. Also each sport has its own age limits based on the pyhsical strains put on the competitors. But I think that should be looked at by the Olympic Committee globally, not sport by sport.

I guess I am a "glass half full" type, I don't sit around looking for the bad stuff, I am just having fun watching it.

haha

sorry to say this, but your post demonstrates how disjointed the coverage is.
but (unless I am missing something) the athlete who won the medals after moving to germany was one of the gymnasts, not the marathon runner (but maybe there were 2?)

I really do enjoy the sports, but I really dislike watching them on tape delay. I also severely dislike color commentary, it seems. :)
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Posted 2008-August-20, 23:57

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Posted 2008-August-21, 00:39

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The woman who won moved to Germany to get better treatment for her son who has Leukemia and so she is running for that country. I believe it was important financially for her to win so she got out in front and managed to stay there, then she actually took about 3 or 4 victory laps.


That story was in gymnastics, and she won silver. I also thought it was a great story.
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Posted 2008-August-21, 01:29

I dislike the tape delay the most as well also... the ability to identify and find LIVE events is too much a chore. Without a reliable "menu" or schedule, as might apply to an NFL or MLB game, you have to sit through loads of prelims and schmaltz, and sometimes guess what's on or what channel to watch.

Ex: I must have watched Japan vs USA softball 4 times on different channels, because they played twice with similar scores, and I wasn't sure what game I was watching! (Then again, i am duhhhh-mb more than most.)

ALSO: At least 3-4 times I went to NYTimes Sports to see current MLB scores, and big result headlines were too blatant to squint at, so I learned Olympic scores and results I wanted to avoid seeing.

I understand the next Olympics from London, because of the worse time difference, will be especially hard for USA watchers.
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Posted 2008-August-21, 01:46

I am just shocked so many forum members are watching live....not sportscenter highlights.
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