Olympics

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:26:53

jerseyhoya wrote:The gold medal basketball game is at 2:30 AM on Saturday night/Sunday morning. This is going to take some planning.

Damn. Saturday is my birthday so there's pretty much zero chance of me seeing that game. That sucks.

by **VFB** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:37:49

i'm sure the whole game will be on nbcolympics.com
they do a pretty good job of hiding the outcomes

by **jerseyhoya** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:38:03

One point game. Four minutes left. On USA for people who can watch.

by **VFB** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:46:57

VFB wrote:GINOBILI!!!

by **jerseyhoya** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:47:50

Yeah, though how the fuck was that a backcourt on the previous possession? Is that a dumb international rule?

by **VFB** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:49:18

yep, not quite sure about that one either

by **jerseyhoya** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:51:13

Had a freaking great look there.

So Argentina-USA it is.

by **swishnicholson** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:52:56

stevemc wrote:
swishnicholson wrote:Wow in the Men's 200 meters. That's all I'll say in case somebody really wants to wait until 11 PM to watch it on NBC.

For those who want to know now, go to iaaf.org

SPOILER Am I reading this correctly that he actually had a little wind AGAINST him?

Wow, I hadn't even notcied that. That's correct. checking the Track & Field News message board, it looks like his time with no wind would convert to 19.23. Yeesh.

by **VFB** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:54:33

ginobili: we play till we die

by **jerseyhoya** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 12:05:30

Regular NBC, US Men's Volleyball in the 5th set against Serbia. Live I think.

by **Squire** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 12:21:18

jerseyhoya wrote:Regular NBC, US Men's Volleyball in the 5th set against Serbia. Live I think.

Knock wood but it's been a good Olympics for USA team sports. It's been an awful Olympics for USA Track and Field.

by **seke2** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 14:12:19

baseball team beat japan today, 4-2 in 11 innings (yay for retarded 11th inning rule)

yu darvish threw 5 innings, allowing 1 hit with 6 K's and no walks

donald scored the go-ahead run. sounds like it was 0-0 after 10 and the us scored 4 in the 11th while japan got just 2.

also in the 6th inning, after 3 outs, the US sent up another batter and he actually had a pitch thrown to him before the japanese manager had to tell the umps that there were already 3 outs. wtf uninternational umpires lol.

us faces cuba on friday night, winner plays in the gold medal game, facing the winner between south korea or japan

by **Woody** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 14:48:46

This link really helps put <strike>Usain Bolt's</strike> Michael Johnson's 200M world record into perspective.

http://www.thethousand.net/archives/2008/08/1932.php

:shock:

by **swishnicholson** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 15:26:14

Woody wrote:This link really helps put <strike>Usain Bolt's</strike> Michael Johnson's 200M world record into perspective.

http://www.thethousand.net/archives/2008/08/1932.php

That's a pretty cool chart. By the by, in case anyone is misled by the idiotic comments at the end of the article "A" stands for altitude, Mennea's mark being run in Mexico City and Johnson's 19.71 in Pietersburg, South Africa. While the IAAF will accept world records set at altitude, marks set at above 1000m will generally be desiganted with an "A" to indicate this.

by **smitty** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 15:40:01

swishnicholson wrote:
Woody wrote:This link really helps put <strike>Usain Bolt's</strike> Michael Johnson's 200M world record into perspective.

http://www.thethousand.net/archives/2008/08/1932.php

That's a pretty cool chart. By the by, in case anyone is misled by the idiotic comments at the end of the article "A" stands for altitude, Mennea's mark being run in Mexico City and Johnson's 19.71 in Pietersburg, South Africa. While the IAAF will accept world records set at altitude, marks set at above 1000m will generally be desiganted with an "A" to indicate this.

Mennea's record stood for 17 years, which is amazing. I don't remember anyone ever making a big deal about him. Beamon's amazing long jump was also at altitude. I guess that made a difference but Beamon's accomplishment was much celebrated while they would mention the world record in the 200 is held by Italy's Pietro Mennea and that was about it as I recall.

I don't even remember seeing replays of it all that often.

by **lethal** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 15:42:03

smitty wrote:
swishnicholson wrote:
Woody wrote:This link really helps put <strike>Usain Bolt's</strike> Michael Johnson's 200M world record into perspective.

http://www.thethousand.net/archives/2008/08/1932.php

That's a pretty cool chart. By the by, in case anyone is misled by the idiotic comments at the end of the article "A" stands for altitude, Mennea's mark being run in Mexico City and Johnson's 19.71 in Pietersburg, South Africa. While the IAAF will accept world records set at altitude, marks set at above 1000m will generally be desiganted with an "A" to indicate this.

Mennea's record stood for 17 years, which is amazing. I don't remember anyone ever making a big deal about him. Beamon's amazing long jump was also at altitude. I guess that made a difference but Beamon's accomplishment was much celebrated while they would mention the world record in the 200 is held by Italy's Pietro Mennea and that was about it as I recall.

I don't even remember seeing replays of it all that often.

1) Didn't Beamon break the record at the Olympics?
2) I bet they made as big a deal in Italy about the 200 record that they made in the US about the long jump record.

by **smitty** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 15:53:50

lethal wrote:
smitty wrote:
swishnicholson wrote:
Woody wrote:This link really helps put <strike>Usain Bolt's</strike> Michael Johnson's 200M world record into perspective.

http://www.thethousand.net/archives/2008/08/1932.php

That's a pretty cool chart. By the by, in case anyone is misled by the idiotic comments at the end of the article "A" stands for altitude, Mennea's mark being run in Mexico City and Johnson's 19.71 in Pietersburg, South Africa. While the IAAF will accept world records set at altitude, marks set at above 1000m will generally be desiganted with an "A" to indicate this.

Mennea's record stood for 17 years, which is amazing. I don't remember anyone ever making a big deal about him. Beamon's amazing long jump was also at altitude. I guess that made a difference but Beamon's accomplishment was much celebrated while they would mention the world record in the 200 is held by Italy's Pietro Mennea and that was about it as I recall.

I don't even remember seeing replays of it all that often.

1) Didn't Beamon break the record at the Olympics?
2) I bet they made as big a deal in Italy about the 200 record that they made in the US about the long jump record.

Yes, Beamon was at the '68 Olympics and Mennea was at some meet in 1979 in Mexico City -- the World University Games I think.

And Mennea isn't an American but a Track World Record that lasts 17 years is still something. Mennea won the Gold at the 1980 Olympics but the US boycotted that one so again, his accomplishment was downplayed.

I watched a YouTube of the 1980 Olympic Final and the British Broadcast barely acknowledes him as they focused almost exclusively on Alan Wells (with a little mention of donald Quarrie).

You make a good point. We make a much bigger deal regarding US world record holders -- especially back then. But on the other hand, It seems like Mennea, who ran for a long, long time and ran in several Olympic Games, never really got much respect for a guy who held a Track world record for a long, long time.

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 15:56:04

I've been waiting a long time for a non-fictional athlete to be named Beamon.

by **smitty** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 15:58:07

Houshphandzadeh wrote:I've been waiting a long time for a non-fictional athlete to be named Beamon.

First name or last? Beamon for a first name would be really cool. Beamon Davis in lane 5.

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 16:00:13

Last, hopefully wearing #13.

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