Do you mean past 70 years? USA hadn't even lost before the 70s, and have only lost like 4 times since then. It'd be more accurate to say USA was really dominant before the 70s and after that some other countries have been able to win but even so USA has been winning at least in every second olympics.

haha i i read that last bit as "USA has been winning at least in every special olympics"

Well, Daley / Aldridge were disappointing, but not as disappointing as Aldridge's reaction.

Well, Daley / Aldridge were disappointing, but not as disappointing as Aldridge's reaction.

Did I miss something? What reaction?

Aldridge blamed their poor performance entirely on Daley. So much for professionalism.

That's pretty shit. Aldridge only got the attention from the media from Daley. I didn't really watch too much of their dives, but the ones I did see, I was pretty sure Adridge messed up with the splash more than Tom.

Meh, we'll wait to see how Tom does on his own. It didn't seem right that they were doing syncronized diving when the size difference was so big.

EDIT: Plus he's only 14. And he was competing well against the best in the world.

USA. USA. U S A. U S A.

This has been a pretty awesome Olympics so far. It's always neat to watch the parade of nations, and how proud everyone is of their countries. It's really neat. And the opening ceremony was unforgettable. Unbelievable.

Also - GO AMERICA. That mens water relay race was EPIC. Me and my brothers woke up my mom with our shouts of YES and IN YOUR FACE and AMERICAAAA!

I love my country, I really do. I love the Olympic games.

apparently there is something called TEN METER AIR PISTOL and i watched some videos of it on youtube and it looks ridiculous as hell. they are wearing these space age visors and suits and are shooting a target. it may sound cool but most of the time is just the shooters standing paralyzed to line up a shot for a minute and then they shoot.

basically i am wondering what the worst competition in the olympics is. this air pistol event seems pretty bad (they have 10m air RIFLE too, can never have enough gun's) but i am sure there is worse.

I thought the shooting events were pretty cool. You've got to have a pretty steady hand for that kind of thing.

Australia has won 16 medals and a grand total of 1 of them has been away from the water.

fffff

Still we're doing pretty well!

EDIT: As far as bad competitions go I think handball is pretty silly but watching Denmark vs Russia tonight was actually great. Did anyone else see that penalty by the Danes?

It's been pretty interesting so far.  The Chinese are providing plenty of controversies and they don't have anything to do with human rights violations.  The fake fireworks in the opening ceremony, the girl who was replaced for the opening ceremony after the government said she was too ugly, and the speculation over the age of the girls on the gymnastics team.  Very interesting indeed.


BTW, did anyone else catch the footage of the medal ceremony for the wrestlers?  That Swedish dude was such an asshat for throwing a temper tantrum over winning the bronze.

It's been pretty interesting so far.  The Chinese are providing plenty of controversies and they don't have anything to do with human rights violations.  The fake fireworks in the opening ceremony, the girl who was replaced for the opening ceremony after the government said she was too ugly, and the speculation over the age of the girls on the gymnastics team.  Very interesting indeed.


BTW, did anyone else catch the footage of the medal ceremony for the wrestlers?  That Swedish dude was such an asshat for throwing a temper tantrum over winning the bronze.

you don't really know the whole story.

he's not throwing a tantrum because he "just" got a bronze but because it was a faulty referee call that disqualified him in the semi-final. like really faulty call, there was nothing to make a call about! and besides the wrestling world is known for its corrupted judges and such.

the sad thing is that the same thing happend to the same wrestler last Olympics apparently.

the Swedish wrestler also apparently dominated the Italian guy a few months earlier to make it worse.

Australia has won 16 medals and a grand total of 1 of them has been away from the water.

fffff

Still we're doing pretty well!

EDIT: As far as bad competitions go I think handball is pretty silly but watching Denmark vs Russia tonight was actually great. Did anyone else see that penalty by the Danes?

Stephanie Rice is lovely

Painful weightlifting accident.... for those who didn't witness this yet.

*SHUDDERS* Ugh, that must have been excruciatingly painful.

BTW, did anyone else catch the footage of the medal ceremony for the wrestlers?  That Swedish dude was such an asshat for throwing a temper tantrum over winning the bronze.

Youtube keeps deleting these videos due to copyright claims (I blame NBC), but this video still works (maybe because it's not American...)
According to the Ara Abrahamian, his coach, and his supporters, the judges made a miscall in one of his matches that ended up with him playing for bronze instead. There are allegations of judge bribery being made. I didn't watch the match myself, and I can't seem to find a video of it anywhere uploaded, so it'll be interesting to watch it and see what went down. Ara didn't even want to play for bronze after that match, but everyone urged him to do it for his country (he's playing for Sweden, but I think he's Armenian...) so he did win the bronze. I think he obviously was digusted with how everything took place so he made a big spectacle of it. Is it justified if bribery actually took place? I don't know.. that's a tough call.. I'd be really pissed too if I felt ulterior motives were at play.

neither of them work now

neither of them work now

Well, that was shortlived. Stupid youtube.