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Beijing 2008 Olympic Games - Caution, may contain results!
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He's sort of like a nerd. Just devoted to his personal excellence for the past several years. At this point he's still just a swimming machine that knows not much else. I suppose after this, I'm sure he'll get a lot of help to brush up his PR skills from the big endorsers, etc.
rofl! A.K.A. ambition.
It's hilarious how some people would think that a kid is "abnormal" just because they don't want to sit in front of the TV like the average American and eat 1200 calories of ice cream. Too bad is parents were sucker enough to waste money on doctors who will probably sell you anything...even a placebo prescription.
There was this ballerina, forgot her name, who's parents thought she had that and a counselor talked with her and then turned on the music and she started dancing. He said that they shouldn't give her drugs because she's not "hyperactive". She's a natural dancer. This woman became a ballerina and founded some dance organization becoming a multi-millionaire.
Oh and Albert Einstein was thought to be retarded because he would just sit there and do nothing. Hmmm...I wonder what was going on in his head.
Generalize much do we?
FYI buddy, it really doesn't matter where you're from as the propensity for many children to sit in front of the TV or computer is quite high all around the world. I can't speak to the ice cream bit, but I believe they sell ice cream in other countries.
And back on topic:
Last night I just happened to watch the Women's Vault and I was a bit perplexed at the results.
Hong Un Jong was awarded the Gold even after a huge foul on the vault and a fall at landing. BBC made the following statement, "Hong, who was fourth at last year's world championships, performed two solid vaults with clean landings to take the Olympic title." In theory this is ******** because the very first sentence in the BBC article is, "Hong scored 15.65, despite incurring a 0.3 point penalty on her first vault." After the compassion the discussion came up that Hong wasn't penalized enough for her errors whereas Anna Pavlova scored a ZERO in her final vault due to starting before the light turned green. I am not saying the penalties for Hong should have been as severe as Pavlova's because they could have given her a score at least, but Hong's 0.3 penalty was certainly low enough to raise another question about favoritism in the host country.
There seems to have been a lot of controversy in the gymnastic judging this time around. not sure when the new scoring system came in but there seemed little wrong with the old way of doing.
Thought he had OCD.
Thought he had OCD.
I think there is more emphasis on difficulty factors versus perfection. I suppose they try to distinguish the athletes that try something new and push the edge of human body limits or something.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Phelps
ADHD is restlessness...like can't sit still.
OCD is compulsiveness...like repeating things for no reason.
I know the difference, just thought I'd heard it mentioned during the Olympics and they were drawing comparisons with Nadal.
It appears we are doing ludicrously well in fact, this is Britain's biggest gold medal haul in nearly 90 years. Ace.
Just watched the video of our team in the Team Pursuit. What an awesome display. They looked like a train as they came over the start/finish line each time round! And the speed was pretty awesome too. From a standing start over the 4km they averaged 61.72km/h (38.35 mph). Wow
But apparently that's the rule throughout gymnastics - if you go before the judges say they are ready for you, you get no points for that vault - regardless of whether there's video footage or if there would be time to go again - it's harsh but they are the rules throughout. I'm not entirely sure why they don't do something to block the lane (a la long jump) until the green light signals go.
I thought a fall on landing was always a loss of 0.3 (it certainly was in the floor exercises too) so with Hong Un Jong's higher difficulty, she had more leeway to lose the 0.3
Yeah... it was amazing. I guess all those little tweaks really did all add up. The semi where they overtook Russia on the last lap was stunning too.
Normally one might say "like taking candy from a baby", but given the supposed age of the Chinese gymnasts, you might say "the baby stole the candy."
Nastia is very good.
Normally one might say "like taking candy from a baby", but given the supposed age of the Chinese gymnasts, you might say "the baby stole the candy."
Nastia is very good.
I really liked that hahahahaha
The scoring was a little unbalanced, as one of the comments I have heard already said "...I just believe Nastia's routine was more perfect..."
Well, if it's good enough for the US constitution, it's good enough for women's gymnastics.
American Stephanie Brown-Trafton won the women's discus throw. Of course, the U.S. often wins that event. In fact, the U.S. won it rather recently... 1932!
I can't recall the exact event, but I think it was the womens 100m. Three Jamaican women swept the medals, which was incredible. Jamaica seems to be doing very well in track this Olympics.
EDIT: And the womens tennis (singles). Didn't Russia sweep the medals in that event too?
EDIT: And the womens tennis (singles). Didn't Russia sweep the medals in that event too?
Ah... must have misheard the commentators. Is a 0.3 where they miss the landing by going to knees but don't fall off the apparatus? Perhaps that's what I'm thinking of.
Too bad there's no pill which you can take for not knowing what you're talking about.
They taken the difficulty factor into account when they calculate the gymnast's maximum possible score. They still deduct marks for mistakes (not really mistakes, but "imperfections"), but obviously a person with a higher potential max score has more room for error.
It appears we are doing ludicrously well – in fact, this is Britain's biggest gold medal haul in nearly 90 years. Ace.
Apparently, American TV stations (maybe NBC as well?) have been reporting that the US has been the best at the 2008 Olympics because they have the largest number of total medals, while every other country considers only the number of gold medals to determine a country's rank.
So based on the new way that the Americans are using just for this 2008 Olympics, which they are not winning, you are tied for 5th place. You wuz robbed of your 3rd place standing!
It always confuses me. Fortunately the BBC have a guide to track cycling which explains it. Basically it's a tag-team points race
(Guide, UK only)
It always confuses me. Fortunately the BBC have a guide to track cycling which explains it. Basically it's a tag-team points race
Yeah, I understand the theory, but when you're actually watching it it's tough to tell what the heck is going on. Plus, many of the jerseys look similar (too much red/white/blue) it's hard to keep track of the Brits.