Official Summer Olympics Thread

springparrot · Post by **springparrot** » August 17, 2008 12:02 am

sunseeker wrote:did you see how his sister was crying???

wasn't that touching

sunseeker · Post by **sunseeker** » August 17, 2008 12:03 am

he's soooooooo humble....

springparrot · Post by **springparrot** » August 17, 2008 12:05 am

sunseeker wrote:he's soooooooo humble....

He is an amazing young man.

nycfeat · Post by **nycfeat** » August 17, 2008 12:05 am

that's amazing...seeing the people at Raven's stadium cheering for him.

comtnfish · Post by **comtnfish** » August 17, 2008 12:05 am

wow - the footage of Raven stadium - so cool for Phelps!

well, and the 8 golds, 7 world records and the fina award are pretty cool too.

springparrot · Post by **springparrot** » August 17, 2008 12:06 am

comtnfish wrote:wow - the footage of Raven stadium - so cool for Phelps!

well, and the 8 golds, 7 world records and the fina award are pretty cool too.

couldn't do much better

Bob Roberts · Post by **Bob Roberts** » August 17, 2008 12:06 am

I almost cried.

springparrot · Post by **springparrot** » August 17, 2008 12:07 am

Bob Roberts wrote:I almost cried.

I did

nycfeat · Post by **nycfeat** » August 17, 2008 12:08 am

They were talking about his Facebook account.

sunseeker · Post by **sunseeker** » August 17, 2008 12:10 am

OK pholks.....I'm off to bed and sweet dreams of phelps

Post by **SMLCHNG** » August 17, 2008 12:13 am

springparrot wrote:
Bob Roberts wrote:I almost cried.
I did

I just did at that win....

springparrot · Post by **springparrot** » August 17, 2008 12:22 am

SMLCHNG wrote:
springparrot wrote:
Bob Roberts wrote:I almost cried.
I did
I just did at that win....

quite a young man

Post by **SMLCHNG** » August 17, 2008 12:25 am

chippewa wrote:Wow, Tomescu of Romania dominated in the women's marathon. Awesome sight to see her run into the stadium and take that final lap. 38 years old, oldest winner ever. Great finish for silver/bronze, too.

It was an awesome run.

SchoolGirlHeart · Post by **SchoolGirlHeart** » August 17, 2008 1:55 am

"I don't even know what to feel right now," Phelps said. "There's so much emotion going through my head and so much excitement. I kind of just want to see my mom."

Not only an incredible swimmer and one of the best (if not THE best) athletes of all time, he's also a top notch human being.

Brown Eyed Girl · Post by **Brown Eyed Girl** » August 17, 2008 2:49 am

sunseeker wrote:Just a little fact....traditionally the US has always been the leader in swimming. And I truly believe the only reason that China has more gold medals overall is because they are falsifying the ages of the girls in the gymnastics arena

China has a program designed to create gold medalists...the US doesn't. If we took our kids away from their families at 3 years of age we would be the gold medal leader. And those silver and bronze medals mean just as much when those athletes race/compete their hearts out, clean and with good sportsmanship. It isn't all about winning. As for the population thing, I'm with ya Molly. Of course larger countries are going to have more competitors overall. But the subject flip flopped between that and individual sports. Does the US actually have a higher percentage of competitive swimmers vs. Australia? I'm not sure that has actually been determined.

Bottom line...it can be anyone's competition to win, no matter where you're from.

creeky · Post by **creeky** » August 17, 2008 4:41 am

congrats to phelps

Ok so we are now apparently looking for a new traditiona aussie chinese dish called "stephanie rice" to celebrate her success in the pool.

I just cracked up when I heard a radio station is running a competition for what "Stephanie Rice" will be

Big Phan · Post by **Big Phan** » August 17, 2008 9:00 am

Brown Eyed Girl wrote:China has a program designed to create gold medalists...the US doesn't. If we took our kids away from their families at 3 years of age we would be the gold medal leader. And those silver and bronze medals mean just as much when those athletes race/compete their hearts out, clean and with good sportsmanship. It isn't all about winning. As for the population thing, I'm with ya Molly. Of course larger countries are going to have more competitors overall. But the subject flip flopped between that and individual sports. Does the US actually have a higher percentage of competitive swimmers vs. Australia? I'm not sure that has actually been determined.

Bottom line...it can be anyone's competition to win, no matter where you're from.

Exactly! A phenomenal talent like Michael Phelps could have come from ANY country in the world - large or small.

In my mind, the spirit of the Olympics is a coming together of nations.

sunseeker · Post by **sunseeker** » August 17, 2008 9:22 am

Big Phan wrote:
Brown Eyed Girl wrote:China has a program designed to create gold medalists...the US doesn't. If we took our kids away from their families at 3 years of age we would be the gold medal leader. And those silver and bronze medals mean just as much when those athletes race/compete their hearts out, clean and with good sportsmanship. It isn't all about winning. As for the population thing, I'm with ya Molly. Of course larger countries are going to have more competitors overall. But the subject flip flopped between that and individual sports. Does the US actually have a higher percentage of competitive swimmers vs. Australia? I'm not sure that has actually been determined.

Bottom line...it can be anyone's competition to win, no matter where you're from.
Exactly! A phenomenal talent like Michael Phelps could have come from ANY country in the world - large or small.

In my mind, the spirit of the Olympics is a coming together of nations.

Yep.. for me I;m just excited to see the best athlete win. (except in the case of China IF they are using and abusing underage children) I was jumping up and down when Bolt won for Jamaican... it was the first gold for their country...ever.....

springparrot · Post by **springparrot** » August 17, 2008 12:57 pm

And the count at noon cdt is:

1 United States 19 21 25 total=65

springparrot · Post by **springparrot** » August 17, 2008 3:13 pm

Love this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7W45Fr6NRA