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usernameguy		2012-07-29 11:36:45 PM

This must be the "lets watch everyone suck" part of the competition.

Forty-Two		2012-07-29 11:36:52 PM

And now we cut to China messing up. U-S-A! U-S-A!

thisiszombocom		2012-07-29 11:37:28 PM

Forty-Two		2012-07-29 11:37:30 PM

usernameguy: This must be the "lets watch everyone suck" part of the competition.

Well, they're not team USA.

ThisIsNotSubtle		2012-07-29 11:37:48 PM

Damn, poor kid. Beam is such a biatch.

ozarkmatt		2012-07-29 11:38:15 PM

WhyteRaven74: interesting question, whose parents have screwed up more, an Olympic gymnast's or a stripper's?

Well, let's compare. Strippers had no father, the cycle of single motherhood there. Daddy issues and all that.

Gymnasts usually have both parents, but were shipped to a surrogate when they were six.

I will call it a wash.

chuggernaught		2012-07-29 11:38:49 PM

rhiannon: chuggernaught: rhiannon: Serious (dumbass) question: are they holding different station competitions at the same time or are the others I see in the background practicing?

Different stations at the same time.

Really. You'd think that'd be annoying as all get out with the music and announcers.

I hear you. They seriously have to focus. Someone has an outstanding performance across the room, the crowd goes nuts in the middle of your routine, would be enough to get in your head.

Think they only play music for the floor routines.

cameroncrazy1984		2012-07-29 11:38:56 PM

That backpack is bigger than that girl.

bulldg4life		2012-07-29 11:39:15 PM

All the time and money put in to these things and the numbers are safety pinned to their backs?

Isn't that...like....dangerous

bborchar		2012-07-29 11:39:31 PM

Are they cherry picking the worst performances of Russia and China to make Americans feel better, I wonder?

sprag		2012-07-29 11:39:43 PM

That Chinese girl's backpack look like it weighs more than she does.

ozarkmatt		2012-07-29 11:40:08 PM

rhiannon: Really. You'd think that'd be annoying as all get out with the music and announcers.

This always gets me. This kinda stuff, baseball players trying to hit a 90 MPH pitch with 50,000 screaming fans, etc.

Yet if somebody breathes heavy in a golf tournament the shiat hits the fan.

WhyteRaven74		2012-07-29 11:40:35 PM

chuggernaught: the crowd goes nuts in the middle of your routine, would be enough to get in your head.

Wonder if it isn't like some other sports, where while you're competing you're not even aware of anything around you. Mind just blocks it out.

TheManofPA		2012-07-29 11:42:45 PM

NBC, that better not be a tease, we want Misty May in an actual bikini tomorrow

chuggernaught		2012-07-29 11:45:19 PM

WhyteRaven74: chuggernaught: the crowd goes nuts in the middle of your routine, would be enough to get in your head.

Wonder if it isn't like some other sports, where while you're competing you're not even aware of anything around you. Mind just blocks it out.

Sounds right. They're probably very used to it if they get to the Olympic level.

Feel bad for that Chinese gymnast on the beam, worked her whole life for a shot at the Olympics.

Altitude5280		2012-07-29 11:45:28 PM

Cheesdog: What the hell is Bela saying?

Subtitles please!

ThisIsNotSubtle		2012-07-29 11:46:21 PM

The way they're talking about this Russian kid, it makes you wonder how she's lived this long without someone drowning her.

rhiannon		2012-07-29 11:47:20 PM

bulldg4life: All the time and money put in to these things and the numbers are safety pinned to their backs?

Isn't that...like....dangerous

Duh, they're safety pins not dangerous pins.

sprag		2012-07-29 11:47:32 PM

chuggernaught: Feel bad for that Chinese gymnast on the beam, worked her whole life for a shot at the Olympics.

To be fair, that's only like 12 years for her...

chuggernaught		2012-07-29 11:48:20 PM

Holy crap, that Russia chick on the beam... that's amaza... and she farked up.

TheManofPA		2012-07-29 11:48:29 PM

rhiannon: bulldg4life: All the time and money put in to these things and the numbers are safety pinned to their backs?

Isn't that...like....dangerous

Duh, they're safety pins not dangerous pins.

For some reason, this almost made me swallow my gum

bulldg4life		2012-07-29 11:50:31 PM

So, are those the only two Russian girls that are good?

Sliding Carp		2012-07-29 11:50:53 PM

bulldg4life: I did want to ask...why the fark don't they add another 4-6 inches to the field hockey sticks?

That's what I've always wondered - that must be absolutely brutal on their backs.

zipdog		2012-07-29 11:51:35 PM

Lochte robs Phelps of another gold medal.

expobill		2012-07-29 11:51:44 PM

that would be funny if one of the announcers did not qualify to report the gymnastics anymore

WhyteRaven74		2012-07-29 11:52:55 PM

expobill: that would be funny if one of the announcers did not qualify to report the gymnastics anymore

If that means no more Elfi Shlegel, I'm all for it.

bborchar		2012-07-29 11:54:42 PM

Wow...who came up with the ravenkeeper's outfit...that's almost as ugly as Spain's uniforms...

bdub77		2012-07-29 11:55:00 PM

zipdog: Lochte robs Phelps of another gold medal.

That should be a headline right there.

expobill		2012-07-29 11:56:19 PM

I wish billy clinton beheaded his wife, but in these time, he'd beheaded for head

The Voice of Doom		2012-07-29 11:57:31 PM

Kenny B		2012-07-29 11:58:31 PM

So if you are a member of Match.com Don't make your name Henrythe8th. It is off putting.

Kenny B		2012-07-29 11:59:21 PM

Bye Now,

Altitude5280		2012-07-30 12:02:49 AM

Did you notice that large block of troops in the stands near the balance beam? An explanation. Link

MoeSzyslak		2012-07-30 12:15:38 AM

Altitude5280: Did you notice that large block of troops in the stands near the balance beam? An explanation. Link

It's almost as if they weren't prepared for the Olympics.

Pincy		2012-07-30 12:18:01 AM

WhyteRaven74: Pincy: I wouldn't be surprised if the US was influential in lobbying for that rule many years ago when the Soviets and other Eastern block countries were dominating women's gymnastics

This is the first Olympics with that rule....

Hey, I just checked with my wife who is an expert on all things gymnastics and this is not a new rule actually. In Atlanta the US team was bit by the same thing. She also confirmed my suspicions that the US lobbied for this rule back in the Cold War days because the Soviets were so dominating.

WhyteRaven74		2012-07-30 12:18:31 AM

MoeSzyslak: It's almost as if they weren't prepared for the Olympics.

They're prepared just that the people who got blocks of tickets decided to screw over everyone.

OgreMagi		2012-07-30 12:35:19 AM

cameroncrazy1984: Excellent dive by the Italians.

I hadn't realized the soccer competition had started.

WhyteRaven74		2012-07-30 12:39:27 AM

and now for the late night coverage, and two hours after this ends, the live streams start up. Who needs sleep?

Atypical Person Reading Fark		2012-07-30 12:47:50 AM

rhiannon: Atypical Person Reading Fark: In swimming, you don't have to be aerodynamic.

Hawaiians swim with pearls and other decorative objects.

Not sure if that was directed to me but I was talking about this Wieber girl.

And I was pointing out that people who swim well sometimes wear jewelry.

No idea if it's hydrodynamic - but that matters more than being aerodynamic.

TheManofPA		2012-07-30 01:13:13 AM

WhyteRaven74: and now for the late night coverage, and two hours after this ends, the live streams start up. Who needs sleep?

HEY, this is the East Coast NBC Prime Time Delay Replay thread. NBC cares not for your West Coast needs

geom_00		2012-07-30 01:14:26 AM

This is the first time I have seen canoe/kayak white water event.

As an amateur kayaker....this is AWESOME!!! (flatwater only)

DancingElkCondor		2012-07-30 01:47:29 AM

OK.....so, in Dressage...if the horse takes a dump while during the event, how many points are deducted?

The More I Want To Know..........

TheManofPA		2012-07-30 01:56:09 AM

DancingElkCondor: OK.....so, in Dressage...if the horse takes a dump while during the event, how many points are deducted?

The More I Want To Know..........

I think you'd really only get a 1 during that particular segment or two of the pooping. Then again you might lose some points for impulsion. However freedom and pace of movement scores might go up to help counteract that.

eldie		2012-07-30 02:06:30 AM

Tor_Eckman: Anyone else fall in love with this kid today?

[i.imgur.com image 320x240]

Never thought I would have so much fun watching women's table tennis.

/No, I will not have a seat over there. I don't want to have sexy time with her, I just enjoyed watching her compete.

I also really enjoyed watching that table tennis match between US and Chinese women. Me and all of China that is. It's a huge sport in Asian countries.

thisiszombocom		2012-07-30 02:12:28 AM

Tor_Eckman: Anyone else fall in love with this kid today?

[i.imgur.com image 320x240]

Never thought I would have so much fun watching women's table tennis.

/No, I will not have a seat over there. I don't want to have sexy time with her, I just enjoyed watching her compete.

well if you wont i will.

/ have a seat over there
// and stick it in her pooper
// either or, its all good

eldie		2012-07-30 02:17:59 AM

Earguy: I'm old enough to remember Nadia Comenichi. That was some magic.

I'm also old enough. Olympics were in Montreal so everthing was in real time. Remember that Nadia just didn't make any mistakes on any of the apparatus. No one had seen anything like that. And she performed so effortlessly. My brother was 20 then. That was the only Olympics I think he watched. But remember that he was quite infatuated with Nadia and was very sad when the Olympics was over.

kevinatilusa		2012-07-30 03:07:31 AM

Pincy: WhyteRaven74: Pincy: I wouldn't be surprised if the US was influential in lobbying for that rule many years ago when the Soviets and other Eastern block countries were dominating women's gymnastics

This is the first Olympics with that rule....

Hey, I just checked with my wife who is an expert on all things gymnastics and this is not a new rule actually. In Atlanta the US team was bit by the same thing. She also confirmed my suspicions that the US lobbied for this rule back in the Cold War days because the Soviets were so dominating.

Wikipedia trawling, it looks like the rule was added between the 1972 Olympics and the 1976 Olympics (the finals had 36 people limited to 3 per team instead of 24 people limited to 2 per team back then). In 1976 (warning, ginormous .pdf file; relevant results on page 290), there were six Soviet gymnasts in the top nine after qualification, and the Romanians and East Germans both had four gymnasts in the top fifteen.