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Post by number1fan on Aug 23, 2008 17:29:24 GMT -5
just is soooo adorable tabs!
it looks like the panda was shocked after seeing his meal bill  |
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Post by number1fan on Aug 23, 2008 17:38:05 GMT -5
not sure if this is old or new news...but for you international sports aficionados out there...
this is a fab site!  check it out!
www.universalsports.com/
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Post by wildfire on Aug 23, 2008 17:54:45 GMT -5
Is it just me or does Apolos hair look much lighter in this pic??  Thanks for the pic Kari! Not sure if it's just lighting or hair coloring, but whatever it is...he looks sooo good! *gushy grin* And so cute of him to text Shawn Johnson! I'm loving these Olympics! GO USA!!! |
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Post by tabatha on Aug 23, 2008 18:05:40 GMT -5
thanks for the site number1. i may check that out soon.
i love the panda bear. someone had that on their siggie at the stltoday forum. i 'borrowed' it.
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Post by mellie on Aug 24, 2008 0:00:38 GMT -5
Tabs I love the panda in your siggie. I love panda bears, and I am glad that when the earthquakes happened in China that the panda sanctuary wasn't damaged too badly.
Thanks Number1 for the link.
Tabs the USA basketabll team is going for gold.
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Post by tabatha on Aug 24, 2008 2:39:55 GMT -5
I'm actually up, awake, and watching the men's basketball go for gold tonight. For once I am thankful for being an isomniac.  I was watching the cycling, and the second place frenchman looked like my dad when he had his head turned. I forgot his name. He had his nose and eyes. And my dad happened to be half french and half dutch. EDIT: I didn't know that about the pandas in China. That is good news. Animals usually know when natural disasters are about to strike. |
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Post by mellie on Aug 24, 2008 3:28:05 GMT -5
I am up too. I had to watch the gold medal match between the USA and Spain.
The USA got the GOLD MEDAL!!!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by tabatha on Aug 24, 2008 3:39:58 GMT -5
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Post by number1fan on Aug 24, 2008 3:42:14 GMT -5
you know i'm watching!!!
can't wait to see the medals presentation!
their faces said it all!..........sooooooooo proud of all 12 players.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KOBE AND MICHAEL REDD!!! |
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Post by tdav on Aug 24, 2008 14:01:32 GMT -5
Rogge: Paperwork shows Chinese gymnasts are not underage  Associated Press: The Chinese gymnastics team poses for a picture with their medals before a news conference at the Samsung Pavilion at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. BEIJING (AP) -- The investigation goes on, so does the wait, yet the IOC indicated Sunday that a reshuffling of Olympic gymnastics medals isn't likely. Yes, this competition really was and probably will remain ... one for the ages. International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge said paperwork appears to support what China has been saying all along: that all six members of its gold medal women's gymnastics team were old enough to compete at the Beijing Games. Gymnastics officials were still poring over the documents submitted by the Chinese in response to a request for more information on the birthdates of He Kexin, Yang Yilin, Jiang Yuyuan, DENG Linlin and Li Shanshan. "The international federation has required the delivery of birth certificates and all the documents like family books, entries in schools and things like that," Rogge said. "They have received the documents, and at first sight it seems to be OK." If evidence of cheating is found, four of China's six medals could be affected. In addition to the team gold, He won gold on uneven bars and Yang got bronze medals on bars and the all-around. Questions about the Chinese gymnasts' ages have been swirling for months, with media reports and online records suggesting that He, Yang and Jiang might be as young as 14. The International Gymnastics Federation and IOC thought they had put the matter to rest before the games, when the IOC said it had checked the girls' passports and deemed them valid. But the suspicions persisted. Even though the competition had long since ended and the games were almost done, the IOC asked the FIG last week to check into the issue one more time. Chinese gymnastics officials handed over passports, ID cards and family residence permits to the FIG, and China's deputy sports minister said all the information appears to be in order. The FIG made no comment Sunday, and hasn't given a timetable for a resolution. "The ages of the members of our gymnastics delegation entirely conform to the requirements for participation in the Beijing Olympic Games, " Cui Dalin said. Gymnasts must turn 16 during the Olympic year to be eligible. Cui also said discrepancies about He's age were the result of a paperwork error. Chinese officials decided to move He from her local team to the national team at last year's China's Cities Games, but Cui said a "misunderstanding appeared" about her age during the registration process. The government's news agency, Xinhua, identified He as one of "10 big new stars" after the Cities Games and gave her age as 13. "So it was the appearance of a mistake in the process of transferring teams that the misunderstanding appeared," Cui said. "However, I can right here accurately say that the ages of the members of our gymnastics delegation entirely conform to the requirements for participation in the Beijing Olympic Games." Earlier this month, the AP found registration lists previously posted on the Web site of the General Administration of Sport of China that showed both He and Yang were too young to compete. He was born Jan. 1, 1994, according to the 2005, 2006 and 2007 registration lists. Yang was born Aug. 26, 1993, according to the 2004, 2005 and 2006 registration lists. In the 2007 registration list, however, her birthday has changed to Aug. 26, 1992.
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Post by lilyover76 on Aug 24, 2008 16:52:33 GMT -5
I'm sitting here watching the 'replays' of the Beijing Olympic games... They just had a segment, pushing the Winter 2010 Olympics and the first person the announcer named as an anticipated athlete was Apolo, with an appropriate photo!  |
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Post by tdav on Aug 24, 2008 18:56:53 GMT -5
How am I missing these! I've been watching NBC basically non-stop since like 12:00 Noon!
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Post by mellie on Aug 24, 2008 21:41:48 GMT -5
I didn't see Apolo either, and I've been watching NBC all day long. I did hear them mention that the winter olympic games will be held in Vancouver, but that's about it.
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Post by lilyover76 on Aug 24, 2008 22:18:50 GMT -5
Someone else saw Apolo too... she told me by PM. |
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Post by tdav on Aug 24, 2008 23:03:05 GMT -5
I did see at the end of the closing credits "See you from Vancouver in 18 months!". Just thought I'd throw that out there.
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