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2008 Beijing Olympics

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Wow. Who would a thunk you could pull that off for a mere 40-50 billion dollars.

Let's enjoy the medal count victory. I fear it is our last.



(Here's hoping the Chinese never figure out what they could do if they focused this much attention on something like, say - developing nuclear weapons.)
 
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Oh8ch;1237418; said:
Wow. Who would a thunk you could pull that off for a mere 40-50 billion dollars.

Let's enjoy the medal count victory. I fear it is our last.



(Here's hoping the Chinese never figure out what they could do if they focused this much attention on something like, say - developing nuclear weapons.)
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Getting 10 more medals and about 15 fewer golds isn't a medal victory.

Proper comeuppance for an athletic nation that is so ignorant that it refers to professional sports championships as "world" championships. A nation that is so ignorant is calls the Manning brothers the most famous sports siblings. Venus and Serena anybody? Don't they actually play a sport that the world cares about?
 
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Proper comeuppance for an athletic nation that is so ignorant that it refers to professional sports championships as "world" championships. A nation that is so ignorant is calls the Manning brothers the most famous sports siblings. Venus and Serena anybody? Don't they actually play a sport that the world cares about?
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You're on quite a roll lately, accidentally epitomizing that which you're trying to mock.


Outside North America, Super Bowl XLII was distributed by the NFL and NFL International. Overall, the game was available to an estimated potential audience of one billion viewers within 223 countries and territories.

Venus Williams won in straight sets in two hours, a match that garnered a 2.5 rating, 8 share and 3.7 million viewers.
 
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I fail to see how the the US winning the most medals it ever has ever won in an Olympics held on foreign soil could be a "comeuppance".

I'll end this debate right now. The most famous sports siblings in the world are David Beckham and whoever the hell his brothers or sisters are.
 
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jlb1705;1237386; said:
Opening ceremonies: awesome.

Closing ceremonies: garbage. This was about a half step above the Gator Bowl Halftime Extravaganza featuring O-Town.
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jlb1705;1237394; said:
OK, that part with the tower was pretty cool. It really got better once the got rid of the limeys.

The double decker bus was the lamest Transformer ever. I think it was lined with AstroTurf.
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jlb1705;1237397; said:
OK, maybe I spoke too soon again. Chinese O-Town has taken the stage.
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That is almost exactly the same as my train of thought during the ceremonies.

The only things you left out were the gold lame bicycle helmets, Mr. Garrison's ass rape monowheels & the two giant wheels of cheese hanging from the ceiling.

jlb1705;1237471; said:
I fail to see how the the US winning the most medals it ever has ever won in an Olympics held on foreign soil could be a "comeuppance".
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Think about who you're talking to.
 
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scooter1369;1236527; said:
Cuban Taekwondo competitor kicked the ref of his Bronze medal match in the head after being disqualified.

Yahoo linkage
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Castro defends athlete who kicked judge in face

Viva la revolucion!

Castro defends athlete who kicked judge in face
2 hours, 26 minutes ago

HAVANA - Fidel Castro on Monday defended the Cuban taekwondo athlete who kicked a referee in the face at the Beijing Olympics, saying Angel Matos was rightfully indignant over his disqualification from the bronze-medal match.

Taekwondo officials want Matos and his coach banned for life from the sport. But Castro expressed "our total solidarity" for both Matos and his coach Leudis Gonzalez.

Matos was winning 3-2 in the second round when he fell to the mat after being hit by his opponent, Kazakhstan's Arman Chilmanov, and was disqualified for taking more than his one minute of injury time.

Matos angrily questioned the call, pushed a judge and then pushed and kicked referee Chakir Chelbat of Sweden, who needed stiches to repair his lip. Matos then spat on the floor and was escorted out.

Taekwondo officials called Matos' behavior an insult to the Olympic vision. Matos' coach countered that the match was fixed and accused the Kazakhs of offering him money.

Castro said the alleged bribery attempt gave Matos good reason to expect the judges to treat him unfairly.

"They had tried to buy his own coach," Castro wrote in his essay published in state media. "He could not contain himself."

Cuba is accustomed to winning golds in boxing, but settled this year for four silver and four bronze medals. Overall, Cuba took home only two golds, down from nine in Athens four years ago.

"I saw when the judges blatantly stole fights from two Cuban boxers in the semifinals," Castro wrote. "Our fighters ... had hopes of winning, despite the judges, but it was useless. They were condemned beforehand."

The ailing, 82-year-old ex-president also noted that defections have taken their toll, blaming "the repugnant mercenary actions" of promoters who lure Cuban boxers off the island with lucrative contracts.

And Castro hinted that big changes could be in order for Cuban sports, pledging a serious review of "every discipline, every human and material resource that we dedicate to sport."

"Cuba has never bought an athlete or judge," Castro wrote, adding that Cubans need to begin preparing now for London in 2012. "There will be European chauvinism, judge corruption, buying of brawn and brains ... and a strong dose of racism," he predicted.
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