2008 Beijing Olympics

[scooter1369]

[quote='BusNative;123315;0]NBC is terrible... first all of the main coverage is delayed 3 hours out here... FINALLY, I get some live coverage with early morning Brazil-v-Argentina soccer action, and they commercial right through Argentina's 2nd goal [/quote]

Surprisingly enough, despite all the flops and bad acting, soccer isn't scripted.

 

[PlanetFrnd]

Surprisingly enough, despite all the flops and bad acting, soccer isn't scripted.

This has been a fairly clean game as far as flops and whatnot... Brazil missed a huge opportunity on a Ronaldinho free kick.. still 3-0 Argentina in the 76th after a PK. This one is all but over.

 

[Oneshot]

I've decided that I hate gymnastics.

I have no idea how they make deductions or anything... Damn near every routine looks the same to me, but at the end, that crazy Russian announcer tells me I should be upset with what just transpired. I honestly cannot tell you that Nastia was jobbed or not jobbed. Because if there were no announcer from her home country, I would have no idea anything was strange.

In basketball, it's simple - ball goes in the bucket, two points. Volleyball, it's simple - ball goes in bounds, it's a point for the offense. Gymnastics? There's no explanation for anything.

I gain nothing from watching that shit.

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

Just watched the video. I can't imagine anyone even challenging him in the 200. He ran with such ease in the 100 and still set a WR.

My favorite track event is the 400. Combination of speed and endurance. I thought Johnson was best at that.

Bolt's peak speed during the race was 43.9 kph, which is 27.28 mph. Holy ... shit.

http://www.sportsscientists.com/2008/08/beijing-2008-men-100m-race-analysis.html

 

[LitlBuck]

Bolt's peak speed during the race was 43.9 kph, which is 27.28 mph. Holy ... [censored].

The Science of Sport: Beijing 2008: Men 100m race analysis

Interesting read. It was not so much his speed, that certainly helped, but his consistency at that speed. Second slowest out of the blocks makes it even more amazing. If he improves on that, we might see something under 9.6.

 

[SEREbuckeye]

Throwing a tidbit of info out there (from my Playboy.com student account). Surprisingly, OSU is tied for 7th on a top ten list of producing the most Olympic athletes:

1. Stanford - 31

2. USC - 19

3. UCLA - 17

4. Texas (UT) -16

5. UC Berkeley - 15

6. Univ. of North Carolina (UNC) - 14

7. Tie - Tennessee -10
and Ohio State University - 10

9. Florida (UFL) - 9

 

[LitlBuck]

That is interesting. Without breaking it down by sport, I would think the top five have quite a few in the water sports.

 

[scooter1369]

On yahoo, a writer broke down the Olympics and gave the medal count for non-judged events

The judged Olympic events we will ignore for our tally are: boxing, diving, equestrian, gymnastics, judo, taekwondo, trampoline and wrestling. We debated whether to include boxing, wrestling and the martial arts in the list, as they can be decided by competitors. However, because the judging is prone to error and shenaningans, we will include it.

The Real 2008 Medal Count

China: 22 gold; 11 silver; 11 bronze

United States: 21 gold; 19 silver; 21 bronze

As you can see, in the events where medals are determined by competitors rather than judges, the gold medal gap between China and the U.S. is greatly narrowed, and the total medal count is an American runaway. Counting the judged events, China has a commanding lead in golds. Hmmm... Nope, nothing fishy about that!

If you throw in judged events China has a commanding lead in Gold medals (43 to 26) but still trails the over all medal count by three (79 to 76)

 

[SEREbuckeye]

That is interesting. Without breaking it down by sport, I would think the top five have quite a few in the water sports.

-Michael Redd, Mens BBall (Jerry Lucas is the only other mens BBall player to represent OSU in the Olympics)
-Katie Smith, Womens BBall
-Hanna Thompson, Fencing
-Jason Rogers, Fencing
-Margot Shumway, Rowing
-Brian Volpenhein, Rowing (won gold in 04)
-Devin Mullings, Tennis
-Niksa Roki, Swimming
- Kate Hooven & Becky Kim, Synchronized Swimming

*Miles Avery is coaching at the Olympics (OSU gymnastics coach)

 

[PlanetFrnd]

Throwing a tidbit of info out there (from my Playboy.com student account). Surprisingly, OSU is tied for 7th on a top ten list of producing the most Olympic athletes:

1. Stanford - 31

2. USC - 19

3. UCLA - 17

4. Texas (UT) -16

5. UC Berkeley - 15

6. Univ. of North Carolina (UNC) - 14

7. Tie - Tennessee -10
and Ohio State University - 10

9. Florida (UFL) - 9

Princeton has 13... just not all for the U.S.

Thirteen Princeton students and alumni are set to compete in Beijing, joining the ranks of 86 students and alumni who have participated in the Olympics (summer and winter) since 1896.

Princeton has more athletes competing than any other school in the Ivy League, according to the official 2008 Ivy League Beijing Olympics blog.

Here is a list of the Princetonians scheduled to compete in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. For more information on the athletes as well as competition times, visit Princeton's athletics website.

Basketball: Konrad Wysocki, a 2004 alumnus. Wysocki is representing Germany, where he plays professional basketball, in its first Olympic basketball tournament since 1992.

Rowing: Six former Tigers are Olympic rowers, including four for the United States, one for Australia and one for Canada. Athletes for the United States are Steve Coppola, a 2006 alumnus, men's 8+; Caroline Lind, a 2006 alumna, women's 8+; Lia Pernell, a 2003 alumna, women's quad; and Paul Teti, a 2001 alumnus, men's 4-. Sam Loch, a 2006 alumnus, is rowing for Australia in the men's 8+, and Andreanne Morin, a 2006 alumna, is rowing for Canada in the women's 8+. In addition, two Princetonians are alternates --Simon Carcagno, a 1998 alumnus, for the United States and Jamie Faris, a 2004 alumnus, for Canada.

Shooting: Sandra Fong, an incoming freshman. Fong is competing in the 50-meter smallbore rifle three position. She beat out her sister Abigail, a rising junior at Princeton, for the final U.S. spot in that event.

Soccer: Diana Matheson, a 2008 alumna. Matheson is the all-time assist leader in Princeton women's soccer history, and she helped her native Canada qualify for its first Olympic berth in women's soccer.

Swimming: Doug Lennox, a rising senior, and Bryan Tay, an incoming freshman. Lennox will be competing in the 100-meter butterfly for Puerto Rico, and Tay will swim in the 200-meter freestyle for Singapore. Lennox is writing occasional blog posts for Princeton's athletics website to share his experience in Beijing.

 

[SEREbuckeye]

[quote='BusNative;123353;4]Princeton has 13... just not all for the U.S. [/quote]

But in that case, we would also have to consider the other plethora of athletes from Zimbabwe, Jamaica, Asia, etc. that come to the US to train, then turn around and compete for their hometown country.

It certainly does speak volumes about the US colleges for others to come here and train.

 

[JCOSU86]

I've decided that I hate gymnastics.

I have no idea how they make deductions or anything... Damn near every routine looks the same to me, but at the end, that crazy Russian announcer tells me I should be upset with what just transpired. I honestly cannot tell you that Nastia was jobbed or not jobbed. Because if there were no announcer from her home country, I would have no idea anything was strange.

In basketball, it's simple - ball goes in the bucket, two points. Volleyball, it's simple - ball goes in bounds, it's a point for the offense. Gymnastics? There's no explanation for anything.

I gain nothing from watching that shit.

He's Romanian. The other guy, Dagget, or whatever, explained it pretty succinctly, hands not square, deduction, landing on knees, deduction, etc., etc. It really isn't that hard.

 

[PlanetFrnd]

But in that case, we would also have to consider the other plethora of athletes from Zimbabwe, Jamaica, Asia, etc. that come to the US to train, then turn around and compete for their hometown country.

It certainly does speak volumes about the US colleges for others to come here and train.

Absolutely - I was just sayin'

 

[OHSportsFan]

He's Romanian. The other guy, Dagget, or whatever, explained it pretty succinctly, hands not square, deduction, landing on knees, deduction, etc., etc. It really isn't that hard.

I just didn't get how a competitor can fail to even land a jump off the vault and do better than a competitor that at least landed their jumps, albeit with minor hops.

 

[LitlBuck]

-Margot Shumway, Rowing
-Brian Volpenhein, Rowing (won gold in 04)
-Niksa Roki, Swimming
- Kate Hooven & Becky Kim, Synchronized Swimming

I forgot that our Rowing program was so strong and how could I forget about our synchronized swimmers. I think Miles Avery is the assistant head coach of the men's Olympic gymnastic team. I will have to look that up.