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Post by tabatha on Aug 16, 2008 22:56:34 GMT -5
Michael Phelps is eight for eight at these Olympic games. The mics picked up when he told the relay team that he couldn't have done it without them, so thanks. ;D I've never really liked Ian Thrope from Australia because he seems conceited, and he said Michael would NOT achieve his goal of winning eight gold medals. How does it feel to eat your words Ian??? He came across as a bit jealous to me. I don't blame you Mellie. How could you not be happy with a bronze. Many would be thrilled with that. A loser in every way there. James Blake lost....awe.  He did a great job though. Can't be too upset. |
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Post by mellie on Aug 16, 2008 23:43:27 GMT -5
I saw the guy that threw his medal on the floor. I thought what a sore loser because how many Olympians don't even get a medal, so just be lucky you won one. I'm glad that the IOC took his medal away because he deserves.
Ian Thorpe is a former Olympic swimmer, and he was known as the Thorpedo because he was really fast. Ian was at the Water Cube watching Michael make history, and he wasn't smiling or anything when Michael won his eighth gold medal.
I teared up when the relay team got their gold and they gave Michael a special award for making history.
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Post by mtnme on Aug 17, 2008 0:23:50 GMT -5
We're a bit behind you on the west coast, so we haven't seen 'Mikie' yet, but how about Darra Torres!!!!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D I'm so unbelievably proud of this woman who is proving the naysayers wrong, kickin' a$$ and beating swimmers half her age. She's an inspiration to women everywhere!  You can just DO it! |
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Post by *^padfoot^* on Aug 17, 2008 2:39:00 GMT -5
:waves to everyone: How wicked awesome is Phelps!? and he's only 23! he has such a delicious body...dear lord! hehe...but seriously though he's so freakn talented! that man is going to keep breaking records all across teh board!
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Post by A.O.Freak on Aug 17, 2008 14:41:38 GMT -5
:waves to everyone: How wicked awesome is Phelps!? and he's only 23! he has such a delicious body...dear lord! hehe...but seriously though he's so freakn talented! that man is going to keep breaking records all across teh board! I hear ya!! Michael Phelps is amazing  ;D  |
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Post by number1fan on Aug 17, 2008 18:22:46 GMT -5
what can i say? michael phelps is the greatest! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
sorry i'm not posting like i normally do (maybe that's a good thing )
but with nbc, usa, cnbc, msnbc and nbcolympics.com...there's just not enough hours in a day to watch all the events i want to 
gold to the williams sistas and rafa!!!
us women's v-ball advances to the quarterfinals after beating poland in 5 tough sets.
may-treanor/walsh are still going strong in women's beach b-ball!!!
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Post by tabatha on Aug 17, 2008 18:34:38 GMT -5
It was nice for me to see Safina win silver in the women's tennis. All Russians in that one, they won the gold, silver, bronze. Dara was amazing. ;D You go girl! I was glued to the tv last night to watch the swimming. There's many who's proud of Phelps. I'm proud of the whole men's team. They did a great job. Lezak grew on me |
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Post by susie on Aug 17, 2008 20:17:33 GMT -5
Hey, padfoot! Good to see you!  Last night, watching Jason Lezak anchor the relay, from my little perch about two feet in front of my TV set, and across *mumble mumble* thousand miles to Beijing, I had to decide, spur-of-the-moment as I always do, on the one word that would sufficiently motivate Jason to swim his little heart out. The one word that I decided on, after .01 seconds of careful consideration, was, "push". So this was me last night: "JASON!!! Push! Push!! Push!!! PUSH!!!! PUSSSSSSSSSSSHHH! PuuuuuuuSSSSSSSHHH! I can only imagine what my neighbors were thinking.  Hopefully, they were watching the Olympics, too. ;D And obviously my very ernest, concerted efforts to cheer him on contributed to his, the team's, and Michael's win. Michael winning his eighth -- raise your hand if you were thinking of Apolo in Vancouver. Yup, I thought so! Dara Torres -- oh, my goodness! I loved, loved, loved not only her amazing achievements, but her conspicuous good cheer, affection for her fellow competitors, no matter the country, and her excellent sportsmanship. What a class act! I hope that new sponsors have the great good sense to snap her up quickly. Between Dara and the 38-year old, very toned Romanian woman who won the marathon (and had enough energy left over to take a victory lap or two!) I have to wonder if we will ever look at 40-ish women in the same way again. Bravo, ladies! Well done! Watching our eight-women crew team during their gold-medal ceremony...seeing their overwhelming joy, and their affection for their teammates...aahhhh. That's what it's all about.  |
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Post by A.O.Freak on Aug 17, 2008 20:23:23 GMT -5
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Post by mellie on Aug 17, 2008 21:51:22 GMT -5
I watched the marathon race yesterday, and was proud of the Romanian woman that won, but I was also proud of the woman that was a year older than her that also ran the marathon. The woman is 39 years old and lives in San Antonio. She runs for her native country of New Zealand.
Even if she didn't win and placed 35th, she wanted to race for her daughter. Her daughter was in a horrible accident last year which wiped out some of her memory. She doesn't remember a whole lot of her mother running during the games in Athens, so her mother wanted to run to see if it would help her daughter remember anything from the Athens games.
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Post by tdav on Aug 17, 2008 23:42:05 GMT -5
Nastia and Shawn got silver and bronze in Floor Final. Unbelievable Cheng Fei fell! Alexander Artemev finished 7th on Pommel Horse and too bad Hiroyuki Tomita(JPN) didn't medal. I just had to acknowledge him because I think he's pretty hot! (Oh, and he's a great gymnast, too. )   Okay, back to the Olympics. |
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Post by apolosangel8907 on Aug 18, 2008 0:03:07 GMT -5
my Chris Daughtry obsession has transfered to the olympics.....Mens Volleyball indoor and beach.... Clayton Stanley and Phil Dalhausser...mmmmm mmmmm good!
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Post by number1fan on Aug 18, 2008 0:43:10 GMT -5
a very special athlete!
Oksana Chusovitina
BIO
Born: June 19, 1975
Bukhara, Soviet Union
Hometown: Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Residence: Cologne, Germany
Ht: 5'0"
Olympics: 2004, 2000, 1996, 1992
Beijing
silver medalist for Germany on vault, her first individual Olympic medal, making her the oldest female medalist since the 1956 Melbourne Games.
Record-breaker
Chusovitina, 33, is competing in her record fifth Olympic Games, breaking the record previously held by Hungarian Olga Lemhenyine-Tass (1948, '52, '56 '60). She was part of the gold-medal winning Unified Team in 1992, was 10th in the all-around in Atlanta and 45th in Sydney representing her native Uzbekistan. She received her German citizenship in time for the 2006 Worlds, where she won a bronze medal on vault.
Twice their age
In 1991 (that is, before current world champion Shawn Johnson was even born), Oksana competed in her first world championships and left Indianapolis with three medals including team and floor golds. (Her tumbling then would still rank among the hardest in the world.) Eleven world championships and five Olympic Games later, she's still at it. To put her age in perspective, consider this: Nastia Liukin's father, Valeri, was a member of the 1991 Soviet Team.
Mother and Wife
Oksana is member of a select group of female gymnasts who have returned to elite-level competition after giving birth (legendary Soviet Larissa Latynina and Cuban Leyenet Gonzales are other examples). Oksana's son, Alisher, was born on November 18, 1999, and she was back in friendly competition during the spring of 2000. Oksana married Uzbek wrestler Bakhodir Kurpanov, who finished fifth in Sydney, on Christmas Eve in 1997 after meeting at the 1994 Asian Games. Because of their training schedules in Tashkent, the couple had little time to formally date, and Oksana's Orthodox Christian parents initially were opposed to their daughter dating a Muslim. After their marriage, the Uzbekistan sports federation would not let them room together on trips. Oksana has joked that she wants Alisher to be a tennis player, because there's "more money in that."
It takes a village ...
Alisher has lived up to the meaning of his name, "tough lion." He was diagnosed with leukemia in October 2002. Oksana took Alisher to Moscow for treatment, but after learning that the hospital couldn't guarantee completion of the necessary treatment due to staff and medication shortages and coupled with the hospitals' demand for payment up-front, she sought treatment in Cologne, Germany. Though friends in Germany helped Oksana find a place for Alisher's treatment, she was uninsured and had no way to pay for it. A the 2002 French International in Paris, an announcement was made about Oksana's situation and the global gymnastics community rallied, donating enough money (about $200,000, including a large sum from Liukin's World Olympic Gymnastics Academy) to defray the costs of his treatment and allow Oksana to stay in Germany with her son. Though the contributions helped, Oksana continued to compete because prize money she earned financed his care. "If I don't compete then my son won't live; it's as simple as that," the 27-year-old Chusovitina told Reuters in 2002. "My son underwent an operation, and the only reason he managed to get that treatment is because I am earning money.
Stamped
Oksana appeared on an Uzbekistan postage stamp in 2001, commemorating the 10th anniversary of the republic's independence.
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Post by aaosmts19 on Aug 18, 2008 6:33:50 GMT -5
Hey, padfoot! Good to see you! So this was me last night: "JASON!!! Push! Push!! Push!!! PUSH!!!! PUSSSSSSSSSSSHHH! PuuuuuuuSSSSSSSHHH! Susie, did you see the cut of Debbie Phelps at the point? Her mantra was a monotone "Go Jason....Go Jason.....Go Jason"..... You were in good company! |
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Post by aaosmts19 on Aug 18, 2008 6:42:14 GMT -5
Cycling activities in the velodrome started this past weekend; I can't find any mention of Gildeon, what he's particpating in, his schedule, and any results. DOes anyone know what he competes in? www.nbcolympics.com/cycling/index.html |
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