210 replies to this topic

[Rdsxmbnt]

solid performance

[gingerbreadmann]

There we go, Sasha.

[DJnVa]

Wow....took the kid of a former commie to stop the bleeding

[mabrowndog]

Did Raj cut his routine short? Didn't seem like he did anything more than what they tried to have us do in high school gym class. His difficulty score was only 5.1

EDIT - But holy fuck, that last routine was pretty stellar.

[nazz45]

Wow, that was pretty ninja.

[Ahriman]

That's what the judges get for using Dell computers to tabulate scores. Slooooooooooooow.

Why wasn't this last kid in other events?

[DannyHeep]

Please, spare me your attempted humor.

So what is a bronze?

Is that a boo-yeah?

I want to get it right.

[mabrowndog]

Dude, quit your blubbering in the audience. You look like Tanya fucking Harding.

[Fratboy]

Oof. 15.350. Is that good?

[mabrowndog]

That's what the judges get for using Dell computers to tabulate scores. Slooooooooooooow.

Dell? Try Radio Shack TRS80's

[DJnVa]

So fucking tell us what they need to average to beat the US.

[mabrowndog]

So fucking tell us what they need to average to beat the US.

15.3

[DJnVa]

They need to AVERAGE what that last US guy did.

[Fratboy]

15.300 DJ

[DannyHeep]

15.3 average for Germany or we get bronze!

Edited by DannyHeep, 11 August 2008 - 11:32 PM.

[Fratboy]

14.675 for Deutscher #1

[The Napkin]

14.675 for the first guy. lookin pretty good

[DJnVa]

Last 2 guys need to go over 15.6 or they can't catch the US

[Ed Hillel]

I think this last guy needs a 29 for Germany.

[mabrowndog]

Last 2 guys need to go over 15.6 or they can't catch the US

No way that second routine will come close to that.

[Fratboy]

Napkin, that was a terrible first score. They ain't gonna get over a 15.500 on this thing.

BRONZE FOR THE US!!111ftw

[DJnVa]

China is a fucking machine.

[mabrowndog]

Napkin, that was a terrible first score. They ain't gonna get over a 15.500 on this thing.

BRONZE FOR THE US!!111ftw

I think Napkin meant it was looking pretty good for the US

[DJnVa]

14.9.

US clinches--Germany apparently cant get the 16.325 because it's not a difficult enough routine.

Edited by DJnVa, 11 August 2008 - 11:36 PM.

[DannyHeep]

Hell yeah, Bronze.

Wait, I mean Boo-yeah!

[Ed Hillel]

We're #3!
We're #3!
We're #3!

[mabrowndog]

He needs a 16.325 to win it for Germany.

The only way he does that is if he impregnates the pommel horse.

[Ed Hillel]

Hot pink tights, nazi.

[DannyHeep]

14.9.

US clinches--Germany apparently cant get the 16.325 because it's not a difficult enough routine.

Unless they pull out the Blitzkrieg move.

It involves a bruised cucumber.

[Dollar]

What would happen if they somehow gave him a 16.95? Riots?

[DannyHeep]

He needs a 16.325 to win it for Germany.

The only way he does that is if he impregnates the pommel horse.

That would be special.

[mabrowndog]

This is pretty cool.

[Ed Hillel]

That would be special.

If they brought out a little midget kraut to ride the baby pommel I'd give them the gold.

[Fratboy]

China rocked the house today. They deserve it.

[gingerbreadmann]

So what is a bronze?

Is that a boo-yeah?

I want to get it right.

I don't know, but it's a hell of an accomplishment.

Why don't you ask the gymnasts themselves? Look at them, they're so sad. Like "Shit, we fucked up soo bad."


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Do you think he would really jump off that building? Somehow, I do.

Edited by gingerbreadmann, 11 August 2008 - 11:42 PM.

[Ed Hillel]

Wow, these guys are straight up GANGSTA!

[mabrowndog]

Well, it was cool until all the mugging for the camera shit.

Do those kids all go to Elon?

[DannyHeep]

I don't know, but it's a hell of an accomplishment.

Why don't you ask the gymnasts themselves? Look at them, they're so sad. Like "Shit, we fucked up soo bad."

You really captured that moment.

I stand corrected.

[DannyHeep]

They are going to swim in the Yangtze?

I guess they don't want children.

[Wingack]

Wow, how lame is Horton?

[gingerbreadmann]

You really captured that moment.

I stand corrected.

I appreciate your admission of clear defeat. I know my my metaphors are uncanny, my hyperboles correct, journalism skills unlimited.

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Nice to wrap up coverage like this.

Edited by gingerbreadmann, 11 August 2008 - 11:47 PM.

[Stuart Scott's Lazy Eye]

Hell yeah, Bronze.

Wait, I mean Boo-yeah!

BOO YAH!

[slidingsideways]

Wow, how lame is Horton?

He's a badass until he opens his mouth.

[twoBshorty]

Good for them that they got bronze after all the injuries and struggles, but that was one gargantuan pile of Alain Bernard on pommel horse (excepting Sasha Artemev). 12.775? Unreal.

[SumnerH]

fwiw, i dont like "judged" sports. waaaaay to easy to manipulate the results.

I'd say judged "sports". Exactly why in the discussion about what's a sport (from "Other Sports" several months back) one of my criteria was "objective winning criteria". Whether that criterion is met is obviously up to the judge/umpire/ref, but there's a massive difference between saying someone did/didn't get into the endzone/foot fault/touch home plate vs. awarding them a judged score in gymnastics, non-KO boxing, or figure skating.

[gaelgirl]

Awesome effort from the Americans. I'm pretty stoked for them. I just looked through the prelim scores versus what the Americans did in finals -- they mostly blew away their qualifying scores, with Justin Spring having an especially good finals. All else remaining the same, even without the fuckups on pommel horse and floor and the under-performers matching their qualification scores, the Americans would still have been .85 short of winning silver.

Having said that, Kevin Tan's shitty performance was a huge drag on the score. Between rings and pommel horse, Tan was at least two points short of what was expected from him, maybe even 2.5 on a good day. Regardless, the U.S. was 3.025 behind Japan, so it just would have been bronze by a slimmer margin.

Oof. 15.350. Is that good?

I think it was fourth-highest of the night. I don't know if pommel horse routines are just filled with tiny mistakes (hand placement? toe pointed? legs splayed? style?) or if there aren't enough fancy tricks to amass points, but it's a really low-scoring apparatus. It's also kinda lame and boring to watch.

What would happen if they somehow gave him a 16.95? Riots?

I think the perfect score is 17, so getting a 16.95 is pretty much impossible, especially now that they have slow-motion replay. I think rioting, however, might be a stretch. Is there any country that into gymnastics that they'd riot over it? Even in China, I think they'd be satisfied once the coach jumped off the building (which I'm 99 percent sure he would have done).

Edited by gaelgirl, 12 August 2008 - 05:25 AM.

[bsj]

Hey...I hit the sack with 2 rotations to go and the US down 1.5 to China and up 3 on Japan...how did they not silver? Did they fuck up, or was it simply a matter of Japan having higher scoring apparati to go?

For this team, given all it had to overcome, Bronze is still sweet. But was surprised when I woke up that they didnt hold the silver...

[shawnrbu]

Hey...I hit the sack with 2 rotations to go and the US down 1.5 to China and up 3 on Japan...how did they not silver? Did they fuck up, or was it simply a matter of Japan having higher scoring apparati to go?

It was a combination of both (Japan had parallel bars + high bar while US had floor + pommel horse) and two US gymnasts came up lame on the pommel horse and one had a subpar floor.

I think it is actually possible to score higher than 17.0 as a Chinese gymnast had a 7.2 difficulty on, I believe, the rings.

[DJnVa]

I think the perfect score is 17, so getting a 16.95 is pretty much impossible, especially now that they have slow-motion replay.

There is no one "perfect score" anymore. Each specific routine can have a highest possible score (10 + the difficulty rating) but it's theoretically possible to jack your difficulty score up as high as you can. One of the Chinese vaults was a 7.2, so if he got all 10's he would have received a 17.2.

[neil]

I keep on expecting Jonathon Horton to ask me if I want some Pizza Shooters, Shrimp Poppers, or Extreme Fajitas.