Sargun: SuperNinjaToad: Sargun: I would do terribly deviant things to Missy Franklin

Hmmmm ... she's 17!

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I'm 19.

Isn't it past your bedtime? ;)

Their upper body strength is insane. I wish I could balance like that.

WhyteRaven74: Also another thing, teams used to be seven gymnasts, now they're five. That also changes things.

I think that's had a bigger effect than people realize. It used to be, with seven members, that you'd have a beam specialist, a vault specialist, and a bars specialist, so you would usually only have one or two people eligible for the all around. Now, with only five members, teams are usually going to have three gymnasts eligible with maybe one specialist like the American team this year.

bdub77: JerseyTim: How long will it be before any Olympics goes by without NBC showing that clip of Bela carrying Kerri Strug? 50 years? 60?

But seriously was that not the most clutch vault ever?

Didn't they already clinch before the vault? She just didn't know it? I remember something about that.

cameroncrazy1984: bdub77: JerseyTim: How long will it be before any Olympics goes by without NBC showing that clip of Bela carrying Kerri Strug? 50 years? 60?

But seriously was that not the most clutch vault ever?

Didn't they already clinch before the vault? She just didn't know it? I remember something about that.

It's "clench"...

bdub77: JerseyTim: How long will it be before any Olympics goes by without NBC showing that clip of Bela carrying Kerri Strug? 50 years? 60?

But seriously was that not the most clutch vault ever?

Yes and no. As it turns out, she could have face-planted and it wouldn't have mattered to the US winning gold.

The parallel bar seems to be the activity to see who doesn't break their arms.

"He's staring down that bar...grab and squeeze..."

LOL, announcer.

TeamEd: Weren't you saying that the Chinese aren't (or are incapable of) developing team sports?

I wasn't saying they couldn't, not at all. Just that it takes time for development programs to work.

TeamEd: Africa has had all the time in the world to develop top soccer teams and it never has.

They've got a few teams that are getting there, a couple of which might already be there. For Africa the big problem has been a lack of domestic tranquility. But there are more and more African born and raised players making it to the top European soccer leagues. Won't be long until a player being African will be as surprising as him being South American.

I had no idea Matt Lucas was such a great swimmer!

WhyteRaven74: They've got a few teams that are getting there, a couple of which might already be there. For Africa the big problem has been a lack of domestic tranquility. But there are more and more African born and raised players making it to the top European soccer leagues. Won't be long until a player being African will be as surprising as him being South American.

We did lose to Ghana in the last World Cup.

rugman11: Now, with only five members, teams are usually going to have three gymnasts eligible with maybe one specialist like the American team this year.

Yep.

cameroncrazy1984: Didn't they already clinch before the vault? She just didn't know it? I remember something about that.

Yeah they did, there was actually some criticism at the time why they had her vaulting at all.

Was he wearing red eye shadow?

US team unite, form of implode

consider this: Vanquish: I love how they are talking about all these mistakes that the other countries have made, yet they won't even show the other countries individual scores, let alone the mistakes.

They're trying to pack a full days worth of events into 160 minutes and are also tailoring it for an American audience, WTF do you expect?

People going out of their way to rip on NBC's coverage must be ignorant to the fact that they're showing live coverage on 5 stations during the day and also live streaming every event online.

No they aren't. What have they shown so far? Some dives, one set of a volleyball match, a few pool races, and now gymnastics. Oh yeah, and a bunch of commercials and puff pieces. Plus they spoiled some events with their own commercials. I understand that there a lot of sports going on in the afternoon, and they cover some of it live. Which is nice, if you get to stay at home during the game.

If you look online at their TV schedule right now, it shows that NBC has Olympic programming on right now. Other NBC channels? "non Olympic programming". WHY?!? Let us pick the sport we want to watch when we get home from work. Look what CBS does during March Madness. We can pick any game that we want to watch. CBS uses all of their channels. Why won't NBC?

And what does tailoring it to American audiences mean? That is just an excuse.

So stop defending NBC's coverage. It sucks.

cameroncrazy1984: We did lose to Ghana in the last World Cup.

Yeah we did and they're one of the countries I was thinking of.

soaboutthat: US team unite, form of implode

I know. How freaking depressing is this!

JerseyTim: How long will it be before any Olympics goes by without NBC showing that clip of Bela carrying Kerri Strug? 50 years? 60?



feel better?

I'm surprised they haven't mentioned the Russians much yet, given how things went for them...

Some of the Russian gymnasts look hot.

Why do the Chinese guys look like the wore corsets?

bdub77: Typical US gymnastics teams. Great in prelims, falls apart during the money rounds.

They look ... well hung over.

WhyteRaven74: cameroncrazy1984: We did lose to Ghana in the last World Cup.

Yeah we did and they're one of the countries I was thinking of.

the last 2 cups!

expobill: the last 2 cups!

So, four girls?

MaoTenDoo: I had no idea Matt Lucas was such a great swimmer!
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steffi graf?

expobill: WhyteRaven74: cameroncrazy1984: We did lose to Ghana in the last World Cup.

Yeah we did and they're one of the countries I was thinking of.

the last 2 cups!

Is Koman Coulibaly a Gahanan?

WhyteRaven74: expobill: the last 2 cups!

So, four girls?

and a sack of ball!

Vanquish: consider this: Vanquish: I love how they are talking about all these mistakes that the other countries have made, yet they won't even show the other countries individual scores, let alone the mistakes.


So stop defending NBC's coverage. It sucks.

The two things I will give them are the soccer and the basketball channel. No commercials, and in a swing state that is amazing and no Americanizing of the commentary.

cameroncrazy1984: Koman Coulibaly

mali

bdub77: I gotta be honest, I'm a big fan of Tancock.

*snerk*

mikaloyd: The first farking East coaster I see after this who says a goddamned spoiler before I watch it here? Yeah Im going full spoiler on y'all.

when do they start fer you?

My favorite part is that it's been so long and I've watched so many events today that I forgot who won this one.

booya! 1-2

I heart Matt Grevers right now.

cameroncrazy1984: Is Koman Coulibaly a Gahanan?

no, from Mali