The 2008 Summer Olympics : Beijing, China

[Ziegfeld Girl]

I finally saw a replay of the women's 100m hurdles. It was great to see Sally McLellan run for her life and get the silver although I felt so bad for Lolo Jones. That's the nature of the race though. I must say that Sally McLellan is hilarious. She's seems a little loopy in her interviews but I guess she's so overcome with the excitement and shock of winning a silver medal at the Olympics.

 

[smartarse]

how about the Kite race?
it took place 5 hrs from Beijing

 

[kezme44]

i can't believe some guy lost his ear, the string just snapped it off

 

[eternitygoddess]

^what?

 

[kezme44]

the kite string snapped somebody's ear off

 

[smartarse]

EWWWWWWWWWW! for real????
gosh i didnt expect this horrific news out of the Kite race...

 

[papa_levante]

I didn't hear about the ear. Did anyone hear about the weightlifter's arm? Apparently that fell off or came off or something...

 

[ms-nietzsche]

^The shoulder got dislocated. He's OK now. The kite incident is really unfortunate

 

[colourmefashion]

kite racing is an olympic sport ?

 

[smartarse]

EWWWWW yeah. the weight lifter's elbow went to the front...
its all over the internet.
i received an email of it at work ... it still brings chills just thinking about it...


i dont know if this was mentioned but Nastia Liukin is a big fan of The Gossip Girl. lol

 

[ms-nietzsche]

kite racing is an olympic sport ?

So is trampolining

 

[kezme44]

kite racing is an olympic sport ?

no, no
they just had a report on this city in china that is famous for it kites

 

[smartarse]

I finally saw a replay of the women's 100m hurdles. It was great to see Sally McLellan run for her life and get the silver although I felt so bad for Lolo Jones. That's the nature of the race though. I must say that Sally McLellan is hilarious. She's seems a little loopy in her interviews but I guess she's so overcome with the excitement and shock of winning a silver medal at the Olympics.

oh i just saw the 100m hurdles...
this race had alot of upsets and surprises!
Lolo Jones is hot but what a pity... maybe if she didn't wear her shades things wouldve been so different...
LOL @ both the US-Dawn Harper and Aussie-Sally McLellan they couldn't believe their placements and THAT was an Olympic Moment , if i ever did see one.

 

[colourmefashion]

no, no
they just had a report on this city in china that is famous for it kites

okay .. i was like your kidding mee . whats next, shopping ?

 

[kezme44]

but they go have a bmx competition

 

[eternitygoddess]

the kite string snapped somebody's ear off

what the f f f f f?

what kind of string was it? Did he use a metal wire?

 

[tuttyfruit]

All i gotta say, Nastia should've gotten the gold. having a tie breaker, it's clear to me the chinese falter in her landing.
.....

2nd thing i gotta say, I wish Ryan Lochte had gotten the 8 gold medals so I can see this hottie everywhere, every blog, major coverage, magazines, every newspaper but since it wasn't him, I can't fault Phelps just because he isn't nor come close to a hottie like Ryan. By far, Phelps is as close if not THE superhuman that he is. We are not made to live in water and Phelps stuns us all - could it be A) he's got a strong heart? B] strong lung? C) a dolphin? or D) all of the above? with that said, he deserves all this attention.
B)

UPDATE:
Phelps potential earning as of today has gotten from 4-8 mil annually to 30 million plus/year! Word is it could reach over 100 million after the Olympics

i also wish it was ryan lochte who got the 8 gold medals.. he's just <3. lochte is quite underrated, no? wasn't he always deemed as the 'second'? at least he got his first individual gold in this olympic game and broke a world record..

while i think phelps deserves all the attention and admiration, i wish the other athletes who most definitely worked hard could get some coverage and appreciation.. phelps is an amazing athlete but i disagree that he is the greatest olympian in history.. maybe in a few years to come, we'll know who is truly the 'greatest', but i think it's all subjective.. just b/c he has the most gold medals in one olympic game than anyone else, i don't think it makes him the best or greatest sportsman ever.. not all athletes have the privilege of competing in a sport that has numerous events like swimming.

 

[AMACINOM]

2nd thing i gotta say, I wish Ryan Lochte had gotten the 8 gold medals so I can see this hottie everywhere, every blog, major coverage, magazines, every newspaper but since it wasn't him,

*claps*
you read my mind.

 

[ms-nietzsche]

i also wish it was ryan lochte who got the 8 gold medals.. he's just <3. lochte is quite underrated, no? wasn't he always deemed as the 'second'? at least he got his first individual gold in this olympic game and broke a world record..

while i think phelps deserves all the attention and admiration, i wish the other athletes who most definitely worked hard could get some coverage and appreciation.. phelps is an amazing athlete but i disagree that he is the greatest olympian in history.. maybe in a few years to come, we'll know who is truly the 'greatest', but i think it's all subjective.. just b/c he has the most gold medals in one olympic game than anyone else, i don't think it makes him the best or greatest sportsman ever.. not all athletes have the privilege of competing in a sport that has numerous events like swimming.

Not at all

Maybe he didn't get much exposure during the Olympics but in the swimming world Lochte is very well known and exposed.

 

[after__eight]

Anyone here who does gymnastics, which is harder, a forward spin/twizzle on the floor/beam or a backward spin/twizzle?