The 2008 Summer Olympics : Beijing, China

[*Kristina*]

The Olympics is about awarding the best athletes in the world. If they happen to be 14 then they deserve to win the gold.

This investigation is just going to be blown out of proportion and it will be going on for months.

 

[smartarse]

all i gotta say is, i will be DEVASTATED if after the olympics is over that the drummers in the opening ceremony was computerized drums and not the actual drummers themselves.


it's bad enough, they did a Milli Vanilli to a child actress/model and have the actual child singer doing the singing behind closed doors.


what's with all the fakery, man?

 

[smartarse]

The Olympics is about awarding the best athletes in the world. If they happen to be 14 then they deserve to win the gold.

This investigation is just going to be blown out of proportion and it will be going on for months.

i believe Costas said, all gymnasts must be at least 16 to compete for the olympics.

 

[smartarse]

then don't ruin the spirit of the olympics by lying about the age of athletes

i agree.
this is not modeling , ya know. lol.lol

 

[*ana*]

all i gotta say is, i will be DEVASTATED if after the olympics is over that the drummers in the opening ceremony was computerized drums and not the actual drummers themselves.

oh yeah, i was talking to my sister about this one of these days, i just hope they weren't robots...

about the volleyball match... brazil can't stop losing. my mother was laughing at me, i was screaming in front of the tv (not as much as i screamed in the morning watching women's football though) but the US totally deserved to win, i couldn't even believe márcio and fábio made it to the final, ricardo and emanuel were so much better...i just hope the volleyball teams won't disappoint me, especially the men, they're really good, i like them so much more than the football team (i hate the football team to be honest).
it's funny how i suddenly get interested in sports during the olympics or the world cup... i generally don't even know who's playing for what and when...

 

[papa_levante]

3 female chinese gymnasts are being investigated for being underage. IF they are found to be of underage, Team USA will be elevated to a Gold and Nastia will get her 2nd Gold Medal.

Good.

The Olympics is about awarding the best athletes in the world. If they happen to be 14 then they deserve to win the gold.

I really can't agree with this because rules are rules, and we all have to play fair.

 

[kezme44]

The Olympics is about awarding the best athletes in the world. If they happen to be 14 then they deserve to win the gold.

and it's also about following ioc rules

 

[ms-nietzsche]

What is the age for gymnastics anyways? I thought it was 16, but Romania had a girl listed as 15 I think

 

[kezme44]

you have to turn 16 by the end of the olympic year to be elegible

 

[Moofins]

So happy for Men's Beach Volleyball! They were amazing!

 

[eternitygoddess]

Team USA will be elevated to a Gold and Nastia will get her 2nd Gold Medal.

well that's a really ****ty way to win the gold. I don't think Nastia would be too happy.

 

[ms-nietzsche]

It really is

 

[papa_levante]

So happy for Men's Beach Volleyball! They were amazing!

Too bad it's not really live. Damn, I was so pissed about that. They say it's live when it's not. How deceptive.

well that's a really ****ty way to win the gold. I don't think Nastia would be too happy.

I agree. It's like Walter Dix getting bronze. He ran when two other runners touched the lines on the track and got DQed. Even Walter said it, "I didn't win." He got 5th place, and merely got lucky the other runners disqualified.

I am disappointed in Team USA during the baton pass.

For the females, I felt it was the fourth runner's fault for not holding onto it. The third runner did a good job of sticking it into the fourth runner's hand, but the fourth runner was incapable of grasping it.

For the males, I felt it was the third runner's fault. He did not stick that baton into Tyson Gaye's hand. Even I remember track from high school: you need to SLAP that baton into their hand.

Each individual runner is great, but as a team, they fail to perform. They need to practice hand-offs.

 

[Teratel]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbs-24WHqHc

Streaker 'Mark Roberts' (most spotted streaker in the Guinness Book of Records!) at the Summer Olympics 2008 in Hong Kong.

 

[ingetjuh18]

goooooo dutch hockey girls!!

 

[Ziegfeld Girl]

I can't believe Great Britain and Jamaica both stuffed up the baton pass in the women's relay. I really wanted to see the Jamaicans win too as they are such a strong team. I just hope the men's relay team fares better.

 

[ingetjuh18]

OOH yeay baby 2-0 with 5 minutes to go!

Another gold for the dutch ladies.

 

[ingetjuh18]

WHOHEOE they won!!
its all about the ladies this olympics.. waterpolo, Judo, swimming..

 

[dumbfairy]

Yay for Jamacia. I think Bolt ran the final 100M as well as the 3rd leg too He just seemed to follow Powell

 

[Faith Akiyama]

all i gotta say is, i will be DEVASTATED if after the olympics is over that the drummers in the opening ceremony was computerized drums and not the actual drummers themselves.


it's bad enough, they did a Milli Vanilli to a child actress/model and have the actual child singer doing the singing behind closed doors.


what's with all the fakery, man?

Nah, I doubt you would have to worry about that one -- Zhang Yimou can overlook a little girl, but not something large scale...it's just his nature as an epic film director

then don't ruin the spirit of the olympics by lying about the age of athletes

Ohhh don't worry, it's already been ruined like that several times before...incidents just doesn't come to light until much later on (In most cases with no medals being taken away). In this instance, if the IOC/FIG do find anything usable other than online caches I would be very surprised:

http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/be...slug=ap-gym-underagechinese&prov=ap&type=lgns

GOOO US BEACH VOLLEYBALL!