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Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
Member Since: 7/1/2007
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Originally posted by Dancefloor
Mexico 3rd place in DIVING So happy!
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I was so happy too!
And what events are PHIL. 5 or 6 athletes ( ) in?
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Member Since: 12/20/2006
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^15 bitch!
Archery, weightlifting, boxing, swimming and others
almost half of their events resulted lost BTW
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Member Since: 7/1/2007
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Hey hey, no need to call me a bitch, bitch (I am Filipino btw)
That's too bad. I would root for them but I never saw an event with a Filipino in it
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PS: AWESOME avie
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Member Since: 2/8/2006
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OMG>.. that avatar is so out of this world >... <3 Nick's **** <333
anywho good job for Mexico
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Member Since: 6/30/2007
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..Philippines will take a gold for about 45 years from now...
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Member Since: 10/14/2007
Posts: 4,243
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I love the olympic games this year. I'm seeing all the sports. Argentina win just a medal but well. At least we're going to win in football
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ATRL Contributor
Member Since: 3/1/2007
Posts: 19,847
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Liukin edges Johnson for all-around gold
By NANCY ARMOUR, AP National Writer
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BEIJING (AP)—No runner-up finish to her friend and rival this time. Nastia Liukin won the biggest prize of all.
Liukin edged teammate Shawn Johnson for the all-around gold in women’s gymnastics Friday in an intense matchup that lived up to its billing. Liukin finished with 63.325 points, a mere six-tenths ahead of Johnson, the reigning world champion who beat Liukin at the U.S. championships and Olympic trials only a few weeks ago.
Yang Yilin of China won the bronze.
Liukin paced back and forth as Johnson competed on floor, the final competitor of the day, clapping as her teammate floated high in the air. In the end, it was Liukin who soared. When Johnson’s score was posted and Liukin saw she was the winner tears filled her eyes. Her father and coach Valeri grabbed her in a bearhug, squeezing her tight for several minutes.
Valeri Liukin was a double gold medalist for the Soviet Union 20 years ago, but came up achingly short in a rivalry with his own teammate in the all-around.
There would be no such disappointment for his only child.
Liukin blinked back tears with a smile when she was introduced as the gold medalist, pride etched on her face.
For China, it was the first disappointment on the gymnastics floor. The Chinese won both the men’s and women’s team titles, and Yang Wei ran away with the men’s all-around gold on Thursday.
But this was no surprise. Johnson and Liukin have been the world’s two best gymnasts for two years now, and most expected the teammates would be each other’s biggest competition. Johnson came in with all the momentum, winning every matchup with Liukin but one in the last few years.
It was Liukin’s grace under pressure, though, that made the difference. And it had to, with everything coming down to the very last event, and the last two performers.
Long and lean, Liukin has the elegance and classic lines of her mother, a former world champion in rhythmic gymnastics, and she uses it to perfection. While other gymnasts tumble on the floor, their music little more than background noise, Liukin puts on a performance. Every wave of her arm and brush of her fingertips oozes emotion, making it easy to forget about those tough tricks she was doing.
Valeri Liukin stood on the sidelines, pacing back and forth, barely able to watch his daughter, who flashed a big smile for the cameras after her final tumbling run.
Her score of 15.525 put her in first place, and left Johnson with a huge gap to close.
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BEST OLYMPICS EVER
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Member Since: 6/17/2006
Posts: 6,541
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My Country is such a flop
only got 2 bronze so far!
but we still have 3 chances to get gold!
all of them from Badminton
but still we have to fight with China
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Member Since: 9/15/2006
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^Congrats to your country because Philippines has not yet received any
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Member Since: 12/20/2006
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ANother Gold For Phelps!!
2 more to go!
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Member Since: 10/14/2007
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The divings were so awesome. China is totally on the roll.
Malaysia has only a chance left in badminton
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Member Since: 5/1/2007
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My country has only got 1 Second Place
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ATRL Senior Member
Member Since: 9/26/2001
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So, um, Michael Phelps is a beast. Ridiculous.
Track and Field started today! WHOO! My favorite part of the Summer Olympics, no joke. Can't wait to see the dashes.
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Member Since: 5/1/2007
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Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 United States 14 13 19 46
2 China 26 9 6 41
3 Australia 5 7 8 20
4 Russia 3 8 8 19
5t South Korea 6 9 3 18
5t France 3 8 7 18
7t Germany 8 2 4 14
7t Italy 6 4 4 14
9 Japan 6 4 3 13
10t Britain 3 2 3 8
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Member Since: 5/1/2007
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^ However, Olympically speaking, China is in the 1st place c'ause it almost doubles the US in gold medals
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Member Since: 1/19/2008
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Originally posted by uk.eurosport.yahoo.com
Marathon man Gonzalez into Olympics tennis final
Fri 15 Aug, 01:36 PM
BEIJING (AFP) - Chile's Fernando Gonzalez survived a marathon encounter with US number one James Blake to reach the Olympic Games final on Friday, guaranteeing himself a second successive medal.
The Athens 2004 bronze medallist and doubles champion came from a set down and saved three match points to win 4-6, 7-5, 11-9 after two hours and 51 minutes.
The 42-game match clocked in as one of the longest in Olympic history, just one shy of Max Mirnyi and Jiri Vanek's record 43-game encounter at Sydney 2000.
Gonzalez, 28, has not lost to Blake since 2003 but the American was riding high after his stunning defeat of top seed Roger Federer in the quarter-finals.
After a close start, the Chilean suffered an attack of nerves when serving to stay in the set and three mistakes with the forehand -- twice wide left, once into the net -- were enough to gift Blake the lead.
Gonzalez immediately hit back in a lengthy second-set opener where he conjured three break points, shouting "Vamos!" and pumping his fists when the American finally swiped a backhand out.
But his joy was short-lived when Blake broke back at the first attempt. The set went with serve until 5-5, when the American netted a straightforward volley to go a break down.
With shouts of "Chile, Chile!" drowning out "U-S-A!" Gonzalez survived a break point, three deuces and the embarrassment of netting a between-the-legs shot from Blake to fire a forehand past the advancing American for the set.
In the decider, Gonzalez survived three break points at 2-3 courtesy of some big serves and a rally which had Blake scurrying about the court before finishing with an overhead.
Serving at 5-6 down, he rallied again to save three match points helped by a deep forehand winner and a kindly let cord, taking the encounter to sudden death.
Blake complained furiously to the umpire when he thought Gonzalez, serving at 8-9, touched a fast-moving ball which then went out. In the next game he blinked on the second break point, putting a reaction forehand long.
Gonzalez raced to 40-0 and three match points but wasted all of them, finally prevailing at the fifth attempt with an unreturnable serve.
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Cesar Cielo Filho won today Brazil's FIRST olympic swimming gold medal ever!!! It was so emotional!!!
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ATRL Senior Member
Member Since: 9/24/2001
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Yay for Cielo Filho and to the British gal who broke Janet Evans' 19 year record in the Womens 800 ^_^
Still confused and sorta siding with the Serbs over Phelp's #7 (bad NBC-hating American >_<), cuz in every tape shown (slo-mo-tron, aerial, side view, underwater, I'm shocked we don't have Phelps Hat Cam) I am seeing Cavic (the Serb) touching the wall first and unless he was doing a palm touch to it while Phelps slammed his pinky in on the final push since he was in stroke when Cavic was palming the wall, I cannot see or get Phelps winning. Even by a hundredth of a second.
Yay Phelps for 7 (seriously, why did he want to do 8? Is NBC paying him?), now NBC can get #8 and I can stop hearing about it for 4 years when some supernew fabric makes times lower and London copies the Water Cube but with the flippy new Omega starting boards AND the concrete thing the designer made that would lessen even more the waves which the spend-happy Chinese declined and someone goes for 9 swimming golds by adding, like, the 50 free to their IMs and butterflys and occasional breaststroke and the damn relays.
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Member Since: 1/14/2007
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Phelps
History in the making at 10:58 EST tonight when he goes for #8. It's a relay so lets hope his teammates don't screw him.
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Member Since: 12/27/2005
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OMG....Finally after 48 years, Singapore is getting an OLYMPIC medal. The Spore table tennis team has secure a silver medal and will be goin for Gold tmr night, Sunday 16 Aug 2008.
The last medal worn was in 1960. What an achievement!
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