I watched some Olympic sports yesterday
by jbox on Aug 18, 2008 11:30 AM EDT
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- Fencing/Saber: In fencing now they have helmets that light up when you make a touch on your opponent. This is great for spectators since you can't see the foil touching on TV or in person. The only problem with this is that they often both light up and a judge has to make a decision of who touched first. Why not have it so the first touch gets the light and then the other guys helmet doesn't light up at all? That way there doesn't have to be a judges decision. It's really funny seeing the fencers clenching their fist and celebrating, trying to sell their touch to the judge. They both put on this big production and then one of them is like "ah man. Are you serious?" There is a lot of acting in fencing.
- Women's Volleyball: This is so much more fun to watch than beach volleyball. I love watching the fake spikes, the two or three women blocks, the diving and sliding. It's great. I watched USA/Poland. Don't get me wrong I still fast forwarded through most of it but I ended up fast forwarding through all of beach volleyball.
- Track events: Track runners piss me off. Why can't they sprint through the finish line? They think they are so cool pulling up and jogging into the finish. You're at the olympics! You're setting a world record, do your best! Usaine Bolt did it and some American hurdlers did it yesterday. An American woman pulled up in the 100 meter dash yesterday and just about got beat because she stopped too early. It would have served her right.
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I saw USA vs. Poland volleyball
Those chicks were all 8 feet tall, no lie.
Feigned spikes are really cool. One of those cool things you need a lot of other people to pull off…
Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you?
by Axion on Aug 18, 2008 11:34 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
It was a shame
the Polish team was much hotter than the USA team too.
by jbox on Aug 18, 2008 11:45 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
True Dat
Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world. -Babe Ruth
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Aug 18, 2008 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Badmitton was good
and Women’s Team Handball was really bad….it’s like the worst parts of soccer and basketball combined.
by thenerdhater on Aug 18, 2008 3:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Fencing
Maybe they could purchase the technology from game shows…they seem to have it figured out. Only one contestant can buzz in at a time.
by thenerdhater on Aug 18, 2008 3:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Let Alex Trebeck be the celebrity judge
He has the point with the pen down too.
by Dex on Aug 19, 2008 9:52 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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