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2008 Olympics
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Yaya
Smash Champion
Who just saw Phelps shatter his own World Record?
yea, thats kind of cool 'hey I beat myself'
no offense, but that was actually this morning
stupid american broadcast
Yaya
Smash Champion
Huh, I had just watched it.
Alphabravo
Smash Ace
Phelps did great by shattering his own WR in swimming.
Keep an eye out on the Chinese gymnastics team...they're doing great.
Otherwise, I'm just looking forward to the Track & Field events.
Keep an eye out on the Chinese gymnastics team...they're doing great.
Otherwise, I'm just looking forward to the Track & Field events.
woooooooooooooooow go phelps and gymnastics, in gymnastics im going for china/japan/and México if their there.
the Field that I want to watch would have to be long jump
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I don't expect Australia to go as well this time (came 4th at last 2 olymipcs behind US, China and Russia) because we seem to lack depth (no pun intended) in our male swimming team that we had last time. That being said I have high hope for the womens team.
Also well done to Stephanie Rice!
Also well done to Stephanie Rice!
cheap_josh
Smash Ace
I saw the Chinese gymnastics yesterday, that's crazy how they let their upper arms take all that punishment. It hurt just watching that. They did really good though
The Chinese vs. U.S. male basketball team was nothing out of the norm. I don't even know why the president wanted to watch it. I don't hate the Chinese Basketball team, it's just, they suck. In fact many chinese people shared my opinion before this match.
Moy
Where's the coffee cake?
The U.S. just won the 4x100 men's relay! Some dude from the French team said, "We are going to smash them."
I wouldn't be talkin' now.
I wouldn't be talkin' now.
Using the word "smash" in vain should be illegal. They're probably playing SSBB now in their rooms wondering why they can't run like Falcon can.
Yaya
Smash Champion
It was swimming.
cheap_josh
Smash Ace
It was incredible, US passed France at the last possible second.
Red Hawk One
Smash Apprentice
I know it was yesterday, but the trap shooting was really awsome. Kostelecky (CZE) shot a perfect 25 in the finals (downpouring at the time), ending wth a total of 146/150 clays. Can't wait for the skeet!
Alphabravo
Smash Ace
Holy ****! The US just beat France in the 4x100 men's relay in swimming! They passed them at the very last possible moment to take the gold.
Moy
Where's the coffee cake?
The last dude just wasn't going to take silver, especially since they didn't win the event in the last 2 Olympics.
aw yeah, I saw that. I hope he doesn't become too depressed
EDIT: I'm watching the men's weight lifting competion right now. That guy should off went for 183 and broke the record. Haha he's was hugging the weights during a close up.
The man loves his weights.
EDIT: I'm watching the men's weight lifting competion right now. That guy should off went for 183 and broke the record. Haha he's was hugging the weights during a close up.
The man loves his weights.
Black Mantis
Smash Hero
Michael Phelps is getting the job done for America.
Black Mantis
Smash Hero
France should stop talking trash.
"Never let your mouth write checks that you can't cash"
"Never let your mouth write checks that you can't cash"
N.A.G.A.C.E
Smash Champion
i am rooting for the usa b/c thats were i am from. its weird b/c part of me does not care about the olympics at all but another part of me thinks its a very cool thing having so many countries in the world meet up for some sports events.
Fly_Amanita
Master of Caribou
Red Hawk One
Smash Apprentice
Wow, Phelps just broke the 200m freestlye record by almost a second! That guy is a beast!
crazn137
Smash Journeyman
LOL thats amazing. I wonder what was going down
omg. China vs Spain mens basketball! Someones playing the Ginal Countdown in the backround! 72 - 72! 19 more seconds on the timer and it;s still 72-72!!!!! AG, swhat>? six seconds! ahh omg so close! Ah overtimez akzor sfreeky. 2 min aw china. spain ahead 5. no hope for china.
Moy
Where's the coffee cake?
Way too good. Anyone see the clip of him during a regular day? Dude eats a ton! Guess you need to eat that much if your swimming for 5 hours everyday.
Red Hawk One
Smash Apprentice
So, what are today's big live-coverage events?
SirroMinus1
SiNiStEr MiNiStEr
I was watching the olympics and they was talking about this lady who gave her medals to a charity for cancer then got into a car crash with her little brother. and in the background the halo 3 music was playing.
Moy
Where's the coffee cake?
USA just won 4x200 men's relay, beat the WR by 5 seconds.
Phelps has a very good chance of beating Spitz's record right now.
Then again, you have to give credit to the other American swimmers, especially the teammates of Phelps who has helped him win 2 golds already.
Phelps has a very good chance of beating Spitz's record right now.
Then again, you have to give credit to the other American swimmers, especially the teammates of Phelps who has helped him win 2 golds already.
OmegaXXII
Fire Emblem Lord/ Trophy Hunter
shocking truth about a faked Olympics opening ceremony
Singing, Fireworks Faked in Ceremony
Source: The Associated Press
BEIJING (AP) - A 7-year-old Chinese girl was not good-looking enough for the Olympics opening ceremony, so another little girl with a pixie smile lip-synched "Ode to the Motherland," a ceremony official said — the latest example of the lengths Beijing took for a perfect start to the Summer Games.
A member of China's Politburo asked for the last-minute change to match one girl's face with another's voice, the ceremony's chief music director, Chen Qigang, said in an interview with Beijing Radio.
"The audience will understand that it's in the national interest," Chen said in a video of the interview posted online Sunday night.
The news follows reports that some footage of the fireworks exploding across China's capital during the ceremony was digitally inserted into television coverage, apparently over concerns that not all of the 29 blasts could be captured on camera.
China has been eager to present a flawless Olympics image to the world, shooing migrant workers and so-called petitioners who come to the central government with grievances from the city and shutting down any sign of protest.
The country's quest for perfection apparently includes its children.
Lin Miaoke's performance Friday night, like the ceremony itself, was an immediate hit. "Nine-year-old Lin Miaoke becomes instant star with patriotic song," the China Daily newspaper headline said Tuesday.
But the real voice behind the tiny, pigtailed girl in the red dress who wowed 91,000 spectators at the National Stadium on opening night really belonged to 7-year-old Yang Peiyi. Her looks apparently failed the cuteness test with officials organizing the ceremony, but Chen said her voice was judged the most beautiful
"The national interest requires that the girl should have good looks and a good grasp of the song and look good on screen," Chen said. "Lin Miaoke was the best in this. And Yang Peiyi's voice was the most outstanding."
During a live rehearsal soon before the ceremony, the Politburo member said Miaoke's voice "must change," Chen said in the radio interview. He didn't name the official.
So Peiyi's voice was matched with Miaoke's face.
"We had to make that choice. It was fair both for Lin Miaoke and Yang Peiyi," Chen told Beijing Radio. "We combined the perfect voice and the perfect performance."
Chen couldn't be reached for comment Tuesday.
A photo of Peiyi posted Tuesday on popular Web site Sina.com shows a smiling girl with bangs and crooked teeth. A China News Service story posted with the photo says a China Central Television reporter asked Peiyi whether she felt regret over the opening ceremony.
Peiyi responded that just having her voice used for the opening ceremony was an honor.
Whether the move was unethical, or unfair to both girls, has become a hot topic among Chinese and is racing across the country's blogosphere.
Photo Gallery: Opening Ceremonies
(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
1 of 14Athens 2004
Fireworks are seen on the sky above the Athens Olympic stadium during the opening ceremony of Athens 2004 Olympic games Friday, Aug. 13, 2004."The organizers really messed up on this one," said Luo Shaoyang, 34, a retail worker in Beijing.
"This is like a voice-over for a cartoon character," Luo said. "Why couldn't they pick a kid who is both cute and a good singer? This damages the reputation of both kids for their future, especially the one lip-synching. Now everyone knows she's a fraud. Who cares if she's cute?"
Zhang Xinyi, 22, who works in marketing in Beijing, disagreed.
"I can understand why they picked the prettier girl. They need to maintain a certain aesthetic beauty during the opening ceremonies. This situation is not so bad, especially since it gives two people an opportunity to shine rather than just one."
Peiyi is a first-grader at the Primary School affiliated to Peking University. Her tutor, Wang Liping, wrote in her blog that Peiyi is both cute and well-behaved, with a love for Peking opera.
"She doesn't like to show off. She's easygoing," Wang wrote. She and other school officials couldn't be reached Tuesday.
Miaoke, however, was a minor celebrity even before the opening ceremony. The third-grader appeared in a television ad last year with China's biggest gold medal hope, hurdling champion Liu Xiang, and she was in an Olympics ad just before Chinese New Year, China Daily reported.
Miaoke has her own blog, and one of the latest photos posted since the ceremony shows her looking up nervously at the ceremony's director, film director Zhang Yimou. "Giving the child encouragement," the caption says.
Her father, Lin Hui, told China Daily he learned Miaoke would be "singing" only 15 minutes before the opening ceremony began. The newspaper wrote Lin "still cannot believe his daughter has become an international singing sensation."
It was the second straight Olympics where the opening ceremony involved lip-synching.
Luciano Pavarotti's performance at the 2006 Winter Games in Turin was prerecorded. The maestro who conducted the aria, Leone Magiera, said earlier this year that the bitter cold made a live performance impossible for Pavarotti, who was in severe pain months before his cancer diagnosis. Pavarotti died in September 2007 at age 71.
Singing, Fireworks Faked in Ceremony
Source: The Associated Press
BEIJING (AP) - A 7-year-old Chinese girl was not good-looking enough for the Olympics opening ceremony, so another little girl with a pixie smile lip-synched "Ode to the Motherland," a ceremony official said — the latest example of the lengths Beijing took for a perfect start to the Summer Games.
A member of China's Politburo asked for the last-minute change to match one girl's face with another's voice, the ceremony's chief music director, Chen Qigang, said in an interview with Beijing Radio.
"The audience will understand that it's in the national interest," Chen said in a video of the interview posted online Sunday night.
The news follows reports that some footage of the fireworks exploding across China's capital during the ceremony was digitally inserted into television coverage, apparently over concerns that not all of the 29 blasts could be captured on camera.
China has been eager to present a flawless Olympics image to the world, shooing migrant workers and so-called petitioners who come to the central government with grievances from the city and shutting down any sign of protest.
The country's quest for perfection apparently includes its children.
Lin Miaoke's performance Friday night, like the ceremony itself, was an immediate hit. "Nine-year-old Lin Miaoke becomes instant star with patriotic song," the China Daily newspaper headline said Tuesday.
But the real voice behind the tiny, pigtailed girl in the red dress who wowed 91,000 spectators at the National Stadium on opening night really belonged to 7-year-old Yang Peiyi. Her looks apparently failed the cuteness test with officials organizing the ceremony, but Chen said her voice was judged the most beautiful
"The national interest requires that the girl should have good looks and a good grasp of the song and look good on screen," Chen said. "Lin Miaoke was the best in this. And Yang Peiyi's voice was the most outstanding."
During a live rehearsal soon before the ceremony, the Politburo member said Miaoke's voice "must change," Chen said in the radio interview. He didn't name the official.
So Peiyi's voice was matched with Miaoke's face.
"We had to make that choice. It was fair both for Lin Miaoke and Yang Peiyi," Chen told Beijing Radio. "We combined the perfect voice and the perfect performance."
Chen couldn't be reached for comment Tuesday.
A photo of Peiyi posted Tuesday on popular Web site Sina.com shows a smiling girl with bangs and crooked teeth. A China News Service story posted with the photo says a China Central Television reporter asked Peiyi whether she felt regret over the opening ceremony.
Peiyi responded that just having her voice used for the opening ceremony was an honor.
Whether the move was unethical, or unfair to both girls, has become a hot topic among Chinese and is racing across the country's blogosphere.
Photo Gallery: Opening Ceremonies
(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
1 of 14Athens 2004
Fireworks are seen on the sky above the Athens Olympic stadium during the opening ceremony of Athens 2004 Olympic games Friday, Aug. 13, 2004."The organizers really messed up on this one," said Luo Shaoyang, 34, a retail worker in Beijing.
"This is like a voice-over for a cartoon character," Luo said. "Why couldn't they pick a kid who is both cute and a good singer? This damages the reputation of both kids for their future, especially the one lip-synching. Now everyone knows she's a fraud. Who cares if she's cute?"
Zhang Xinyi, 22, who works in marketing in Beijing, disagreed.
"I can understand why they picked the prettier girl. They need to maintain a certain aesthetic beauty during the opening ceremonies. This situation is not so bad, especially since it gives two people an opportunity to shine rather than just one."
Peiyi is a first-grader at the Primary School affiliated to Peking University. Her tutor, Wang Liping, wrote in her blog that Peiyi is both cute and well-behaved, with a love for Peking opera.
"She doesn't like to show off. She's easygoing," Wang wrote. She and other school officials couldn't be reached Tuesday.
Miaoke, however, was a minor celebrity even before the opening ceremony. The third-grader appeared in a television ad last year with China's biggest gold medal hope, hurdling champion Liu Xiang, and she was in an Olympics ad just before Chinese New Year, China Daily reported.
Miaoke has her own blog, and one of the latest photos posted since the ceremony shows her looking up nervously at the ceremony's director, film director Zhang Yimou. "Giving the child encouragement," the caption says.
Her father, Lin Hui, told China Daily he learned Miaoke would be "singing" only 15 minutes before the opening ceremony began. The newspaper wrote Lin "still cannot believe his daughter has become an international singing sensation."
It was the second straight Olympics where the opening ceremony involved lip-synching.
Luciano Pavarotti's performance at the 2006 Winter Games in Turin was prerecorded. The maestro who conducted the aria, Leone Magiera, said earlier this year that the bitter cold made a live performance impossible for Pavarotti, who was in severe pain months before his cancer diagnosis. Pavarotti died in September 2007 at age 71.
Proud_Smash_N00b
Smash Ace
I lol'd when I saw that the US ***** Greece in Basketball..
Black Mantis
Smash Hero
No wonder Phelps is so good cause he comes from my state. Lol I had to throw that in there because he's from Maryland.
Black Mantis
Smash Hero
We have Dwayne Wade, Lebron, Kobe, and Prince. Its complete ownage out there lol.
Zero Beat
Cognitive Scientist
In an endurance race:
Thorpe and Sullivan > Phelps and Vanderkaay.
Thorpe and Sullivan > Phelps and Vanderkaay.
Black Mantis
Smash Hero
Olympic boxing sucks alot. I was watching and almost feel asleep because it was so boring. I think heard one of the commentators say "The judges should be video game experts" or something like that.
I think it's really cool to watch people push themselves to the human limit, but I dislike the entire commercialization and idea of the Olympics as it is now.