Official Summer Olympics Thread

chippewa · Post by **chippewa** » August 15, 2008 10:21 pm

Bob Roberts wrote:So what about the Men's Beach Volleyball result?

Don't know if it was live, but Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers beat the Swiss in a close match.

diverg · Post by **diverg** » August 15, 2008 10:23 pm

Bob Roberts wrote:I think his mom passed out.

Dang tha was close. I thought his mom was having a heart attack.

pojo · Post by **pojo** » August 15, 2008 10:25 pm

GBR's Rebecca Adlington smashes Janet Evans 19yo 800m record!
first British woman to get a swimming medal 400m and now the gold in the 800m

nutmeg · Post by **nutmeg** » August 15, 2008 10:26 pm

Wow! No one else was even in the picture....

pojo · Post by **pojo** » August 15, 2008 10:32 pm

nutmeg wrote:Wow! No one else was even in the picture....

i know!!

Bob Roberts · Post by **Bob Roberts** » August 15, 2008 10:38 pm

Surely they wouldn't take it back from Phelps.

chippewa · Post by **chippewa** » August 15, 2008 10:38 pm

Protest filed in the Phelps race? Wonder what that's about.

nutmeg · Post by **nutmeg** » August 15, 2008 10:39 pm

diverg · Post by **diverg** » August 15, 2008 10:44 pm

chippewa wrote:Protest filed in the Phelps race? Wonder what that's about.

I doubt the protest will be upheld.

UpstateNYPH · Post by **UpstateNYPH** » August 15, 2008 10:50 pm

protest? im behind, what happened?

diverg · Post by **diverg** » August 15, 2008 10:52 pm

UpstateNYPH wrote:protest? im behind, what happened?

They really haven't said much, but the protest is going to the techincal director of swimming. I would think that means they are possibly questioning the electronic timers?

Dezdmona · Post by **Dezdmona** » August 15, 2008 10:53 pm

diverg wrote:
chippewa wrote:Protest filed in the Phelps race? Wonder what that's about.
I doubt the protest will be upheld.

It wasn't. Dismissed. The medal stands.

Bob Roberts · Post by **Bob Roberts** » August 15, 2008 10:53 pm

Shot down!

diverg · Post by **diverg** » August 15, 2008 10:53 pm

diverg wrote:
chippewa wrote:Protest filed in the Phelps race? Wonder what that's about.
I doubt the protest will be upheld.

Its official Phelps wins!! Swimming officials refuse to look at protest due to confirmation from high speed cameras.

diverg · Post by **diverg** » August 15, 2008 11:03 pm

Dara Torres is freaking 41 years old and still competing at an elite level.

Bob Roberts · Post by **Bob Roberts** » August 15, 2008 11:07 pm

diverg wrote:
diverg wrote:
chippewa wrote:Protest filed in the Phelps race? Wonder what that's about.
I doubt the protest will be upheld.
Its official Phelps wins!! Swimming officials refuse to look at protest due to confirmation from high speed cameras.

Touch pads don't lie.

chippewa · Post by **chippewa** » August 15, 2008 11:07 pm

diverg wrote:Dara Torres is freaking 41 years old and still competing at an elite level.

Saw this today, I had no idea there was that kind of $$ in swimming (other than Phelps)

Torres’s retinue includes a head coach, a sprint coach, a strength coach, two stretchers, two masseuses, a chiropractor and a nanny, at the cost of at least $100,000 per year.

springparrot · Post by **springparrot** » August 15, 2008 11:08 pm

And how nice was it of Daria to look after a swimmer from another country!
But she says they are all friends

comtnfish · Post by **comtnfish** » August 15, 2008 11:13 pm

diverg wrote:Dara Torres is freaking 41 years old and still competing at an elite level.

She's my new hero. For sure! In a sport where women who are in their late 20's are old, she's amazing, and inspiring!

And damb, I was on my way home while Phelps was racing, and heard the results on the radio. I've seen the touch replay of course, and all I can think is that floating into the wall is not a mistake swimmers of that caliber should be making... Amazing fight to the end for Phelps, proving that ya just never know what's gonna happen, and never giving up sometimes has it's rewards. Woo hoo! And later they're going to have Phelps and Spitz talking to each other via satellite!

pojo · Post by **pojo** » August 15, 2008 11:15 pm

springparrot wrote:And how nice was it of Daria to look after a swimmer from another country!
But she says they are all friends

that was a class act... judges don't wait for swimmers