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[DannyHeep]

So they play rock paper scissors for it right?

[The Napkin]

No...the lady that does the diving. Irritating.

second.

[DJnVa]

So, the swimmer from Zimbabwe---is she a native of that country?

[bsj]

second.

Here here....

[Lazy vs Crazy]

So, the swimmer from Zimbabwe---is she a native of that country?

Yes. And it's even weirder when you hear her talk. Sounds like she's from Connecticut or something.

[favreauk]

yep

[bsj]

This has been a very good night for the Americans

[Lazy vs Crazy]

Here here....

Gotta pile on. She's awful.

[Guinevere]

So, the swimmer from Zimbabwe---is she a native of that country?

Yes, according to Wiki:

Kirsty Leigh Coventry (born in Harare, Zimbabwe September 16, 1983) is a Zimbabwean swimmer and world record holder. She attended and swam competitively for Auburn University in Alabama, in the United States. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, in Athens, Greece, Coventry won three Olympic medals: a gold, a silver, and a bronze. She was subsequently described by Paul Chingoka, head of the Zimbabwe Olympic Committee, as "our national treasure".^[5] Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has called her "a golden girl". ^[6]

[DegenerateSoxFan]

Ballsy swim by Piersol.

[favreauk]

It has to suck for Phelps to swim, go to medal ceremony and then have to immediately swim again.

Edited by favreauk, 11 August 2008 - 09:41 PM.

[bsj]

It has to suck for Phelps to swim, go to medal ceremony and then have to immediately swim again.

Am I wrong, or did they at one time start doing all of the medal ceremonies at the same time...like, as opposed to right after the events, they would have a bunch of them back to back? Sometimes even much later in the day?

I could swear they did something funky like that once...

[DannyHeep]

It has to suck for Phelps to swim, go to medal ceremony and then have to immediately swim again.

Noticed that the Korean kept his flowers.

[favreauk]

Am I wrong, or did they at one time start doing all of the medal ceremonies at the same time...like, as opposed to right after the events, they would have a bunch of them back to back? Sometimes even much later in the day?

That's what I thought too....
We need a nerd, STAT.

Edited by favreauk, 11 August 2008 - 09:45 PM.

[The Napkin]

Think in Atlanta they had a "medal park" where they had a lot (all?) of them later in the night.

[DannyHeep]

It has to suck for Phelps to swim, go to medal ceremony and then have to immediately swim again.

It would suck more if he didn't have to go to the medal ceremony.

[favreauk]

I'm pretty disappointed in the medal ceremonies, btw. They seem sort of cheap and cheesy. Like they're in some hallway or something. I no likey.



Excellent point Heep.

Edited by favreauk, 11 August 2008 - 09:47 PM.

[Dropkick Izzy]

I'd really like to see someone take out Jones. Is it me or have the Aussies have been MIA thusfar?

[DJnVa]

I think they did something like that at Salt Lake as well, but I could be wrong.

[DegenerateSoxFan]

I'm pretty disappointed in the medal ceremonies, btw. They seem sort of cheap and cheesy. Like they're in some hallway or something. I no likey.

Really? The ceremonies are always the same, regardless of the venue. These seem fine. Simple, short & sweet. The part where they raise the flags always does it for me.

[bsj]

3 commercials all fucking night

1) Obama
2) McCain
3) that fucking chicken sandwich

[favreauk]

Maybe it's just me, but the ceremonies here seem like an afterthought. It just seems like in the past they were in a grander setting and had more of a feeling of importance and, I don't know, it felt more like a "moment" than it does here. Maybe it's the wall behind them that's bothering me. They may as well be in some random airport.

Add another Silver to our night.

Edited by favreauk, 11 August 2008 - 09:52 PM.

[RedSoxinIsrael]

So another gold for the Americans? I think Jones will take it though.

[Dropkick Izzy]

Jones slow off the block.

[bsj]

Ian Thorpe was really really good. But he is a dick.

[gingerbreadmann]

Silver, hell yeah!

[bsj]

Hell of a race for Soni

[bsj]

WTF Jendrick? Only American not to medal all night.

[bsj]

So Phelps next swim is not a final?

[DannyHeep]

Silver, hell yeah!

Hell yeahs are reserved for gold only.

Thanks in advance.

[favreauk]

So Phelps next swim is not a final?

Nope, no more finals tonight.

[Ahriman]

Ian Thorpe was really really good. But he is a dick.

It really was hard to imagine anyone being better than him in the foreseeable future back then. He has one of the two coolest nicknames in swimming history, too.

Phelps will make him an afterthought over the next few days.

Edited by Ahriman, 11 August 2008 - 10:01 PM.

[Obscure Name]

3 commercials all fucking night

1) Obama
2) McCain
3) that fucking chicken sandwich

I'm voting for the chicken sandwich.

[bsj]

It really was hard to imagine anyone being better them him in the foreseeable future back then. He has one of the two coolest nicknames in swimming history, too.

Phelps will make him an afterthought over the next few days.

OH no doubt, he's way behind Phelps....but you are right, he was a stud.

[DegenerateSoxFan]

So Phelps next swim is not a final?

Nope. It's a semi. And even on cruise control, he probably gets top seed for the finals. Phelps OWNS the 200 fly. Phelps has the world record at 1:52.09. I'd have to check, but I dont think anyone else has come within two second of that. He'll go a low 1:51, maybe even 1:50 & change inthe finals.

I don't think anyone beats Phelps now. The Frenchies had the best shot until Lezak took a giant shit on the loudmouth.

[gingerbreadmann]

Hell yeahs are reserved for gold only.

Thanks in advance.

Not when there's a Liesel Jones dominating and a race for silver.

[Guinevere]

Nope. It's a semi. And even on cruise control, he probably gets top seed for the finals. Phelps OWNS the 200 fly. Phelps has the world record at 1:52.09. I'd have to check, but I dont think anyone else has come within two second of that. He'll go a low 1:51, maybe even 1:50 & change inthe finals.

I don't think anyone beats Phelps now. The Frenchies had the best shot until Lezak took a giant shit on the loudmouth.

I hope not, I really want him to get all eight -- even more now that Spitz has mouthed off.

[Fred not Lynn]

I think they did something like that at Salt Lake as well, but I could be wrong.

In Salt Lake, and most recent Games I can recall (mostly winter, though) some medal ceremonies are right after the event at the venue, and others are at a central "downtown" type spot - with no real protocol for which ones are where, or why.

[Ed Hillel]

Is the 100 fly the next final? After tonight, I've changed my mind and I don't want Crocker to win. I want a tie. If not a tie, I root for Crocker, though. Too bad Ian is inconsistent these days. I'm still convinced he actually won in 2004, though.

Edited by Ed Hillel, 11 August 2008 - 10:04 PM.

[DannyHeep]

Love me some pool races.

He has agreed to do this one handed to keep it close.

[The Napkin]

wonder if he has to think about what race he's about to swim when he's on the blocks.

[Guinevere]

Good lord, 50 minutes since his final --he must still have so much lactic acid in his muscles -- how does he do this?

[favreauk]

Holy shit. He was under the water forever after that turn then just popped up in first. That was crazy.

[The Napkin]

it's unreal. he was half a body back at the 150 turn and by the time he came up to the surface he was half a body ahead.

Edited by The Napkin, 11 August 2008 - 10:13 PM.

[Guinevere]

And ties an Olympic record doing it. The man is a god.

[DegenerateSoxFan]

1:53.70. On cruise control 50 minutes after smashing his own world record in the 200 free. Folks, you are watching the best we've ever seen.

He will go under 1:51 in the finals. Book it.

[mabrowndog]

What channel is everyone watching swimming on?

NBC's showing men's gymnastics, and none among USA, CNBC or MSNBC are showing any Olympic programming until midnight EDT.

[bsj]

Phelps is the greatest Olympian of all time.


Sorry Carl.

Edited by bsj, 11 August 2008 - 10:18 PM.

[Ahriman]

What channel is everyone watching swimming on?

NBC's showing men's gymnastics, and none among USA, CNBC or MSNBC are showing any Olympic programming until midnight EDT.

NBC kept switching between gymnastics and swimming.

[favreauk]

What channel is everyone watching swimming on?

NBC's showing men's gymnastics, and none among USA, CNBC or MSNBC are showing any Olympic programming until midnight EDT.

Swimming is over for now, so they cut to gymnastics. I'm watching NBC