2008 Olympics: highlights, world records, pics, etc

candyliquor35m
candyliquor35m Posts: 2,267
edited August 2008 in The Clubhouse
All of a sudden the media has forgot about the olympics. I would love to hear more about every nuance of this year's games, good, bad or just hot air :p without googling it or reading it on espn or in SI.

What was the final medal count?

What world or olympic records were broken?

Favorite event, athlete, etc?

Impressions, disappointments, etc?

Who was using steroids and who wasn't :D

? etc.
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  • avelanchefan
    avelanchefan Posts: 2,401
    edited August 2008
    I felt that the first week was amazing with the swimming and Gymnastics, while the second week was a little more boring. I usually like track and field but it seemed like our track and field team was very week this year, or very disappointing. Not sure of which.

    The Usain Bolt story and his historic runs where fun to watch, but that is about it for week two. And honestly I always thought they kept swimming and gymnastics until the second week of the Olympics. Maybe I am wrong, but it seemed like they put all the good events up front.

    My two favorite stories were the Womens fencing team that took Gold, Silver, and Bronze for the USA's first medals of the games. I also liked the story of wrestler Henry Cejudo, who took gold in his weight class, after finishing 60th in the worlds championship last year.
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited August 2008
    Usain Bolt is a total stud.
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  • petrym
    petrym Posts: 1,912
    edited August 2008
    Except he's chasing after the underage Chinese gymnasts... and can't catch them. ;)
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited August 2008
    I don't know, I'm kinda partial to Alicia Sacramone even though she had a couple of falls........
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited August 2008
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    Jake
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  • candyliquor35m
    candyliquor35m Posts: 2,267
    edited August 2008
    Lorthos wrote: »
    I don't know, I'm kinda partial to Alicia Sacramone even though she had a couple of falls........


    I would like to sacramone her :P
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited August 2008
    zingo wrote: »
    2502_l.jpg

    You do realize you just contributed to more bandwith wasting on a thread you complained about wasting bandwith......
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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited August 2008
    Lorthos wrote: »
    I don't know, I'm kinda partial to Alicia Sacramone even though she had a couple of falls........

    She's just a town away from me....maybe I could drop her number off for you? :p
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited August 2008
    You know Mr. Keiko you accomplish absolutely nothing by posting something like that other then to make you feel better......

    I swear, you guys just cannot leave it alone can you.....
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited August 2008
    Lorthos wrote: »
    You know Mr. Keiko you accomplish absolutely nothing by posting something like that other then to make you feel better......

    I swear, you guys just cannot leave it alone can you.....
    How soon till you leave again?

    Btw, I don't believe CL likes to be referred to as "it". :D
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited August 2008
    Face wrote: »
    How soon till you leave again?

    Btw, I don't believe CL likes to be referred to as "it". :D

    Hmm seems pretty mild from some of the names you guys have called him......
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