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| Originally posted by starsearcher Oh yeah...did anyone see that INSANE volleyball match between Italy and Brazil    INCREDIBLE... |
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| Originally posted by dEsidEL i watched it .. hawt |
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| Originally posted by dEsidEL I watched that entire race and i really give props to Rick Say for saying what he did. it's frustrating sometimes to watch our athletes simply be satisfied with just "being" there and not medalling. Rick definately showed the conviction that it really takes for an athlete to medal in that sort of competition.. i hope more of our athletes take on this type of attitude. if u really want something i think u gotta show and prove it. it's all about the hunger to win.. |
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| Originally posted by starsearcher Yeah those guys were fighting for the last point for like an hour...it was just unbelievable to watch...the nerves, the drama, the intensity |
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| Originally posted by dEsidEL guys?? they looked like hawtass chix to me! |
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| Originally posted by dEsidEL i watched it .. hawt |
HOLY - Our women's softball team is in the process of being destroyed by the American women 7-0
Re: yay Canada
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Can you imagine what would have happened if she lost?
Our Canadian fans
OH MAMA DO I LOVE BRAZIL
And here's a sexy Canadian...mmmm look at thse crazy muscles too
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| Originally posted by starsearcher Our Canadian fans |
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| Originally posted by dEsidEL that's no Canadian fan .. that's the Ultimate Warrior |
Wow...don't they look happy that they won!!!
Very nice Canadian ass...
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| Originally posted by Crazy Serb ok, everytime I turn on the TV I see everything but volleyball, basketball, soccer and water-polo... am I missing something here, or is the coverage of the games just shite?! |
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Olympic-viewing marathon leaves you irritated By JOHN DOYLE Tuesday, August 17, 2004 - Page R2 E-mail this Article E-mail this Article Print this Article Print this Article Advertisement I've got a message for that kid in the Tim Hortons commercials. You know the kid -- Jeff or something, and he's backpacking around Europe with a plastic Tim's mug hanging off his rucksack. He writes home to mom and dad and says that, thanks to the Tim's mug, he's met so many nice Canadians. Here's the message: Meet some foreign people! I mean, the geek's going around Europe getting excited about meeting Canadians who recognize his coffee cup. How dorky is that? Enough with the coffee mug. Go have an espresso and chat up some Italian girls. Obviously, watching the Olympics on TV drives you mental. The commercials are endlessly repeated and you start to get very, very irritated. Here come mattress commercials again, and you're waiting for the one with the synchro swimmers because that's the only funny one. And here's the thing: After the first days, it's possible that the Olympics are on the cusp of utter irrelevance. The IOC is an absurd organization. The athletes cheat. The venues in Athens are often almost empty. It's hard to care. If you choose to watch, you end up doing a marathon of viewing, hoping for gripping drama, and you only get irritated. Everything inspires grumpiness. You watch the men's synchro diving event for 20 minutes and you think you've got the thing nailed. Then two guys do an apparently perfect dive and get mediocre points. You realize you've missed the point entirely. Either that, or the judges are dimwits. The commentary often sounds like the work of idiots. Oh, I don't mind Brian Williams. He's turned his notorious penchant for detail into an endearing shtick. He's telling you that coverage is going over to the rowing and telling you that the rowing venue is northeast of where he is, and how many kilometres it is from central Athens. And he keeps going on and on until you're surprised he hasn't told you what number bus to take, where to get off and that if you get lost, there are very nice people living at number 53 who will give you directions. Brian Williams in fine. Colleen Jones isn't fine. Now, I adore Colleen Jones, but her Athens gig needs to be tweaked, you might say. Her specialty is the weather. It's hot in Athens, every darn day. Okay, we get it. In fact, we knew that already. Also, in her round-up reports, everything is "big" or "huge," sometimes both. Give the gal a thesaurus if she's heading into the hot sun to do her job. Her vocabulary obviously shrinks in the heat. And, what's with her makeup? She looks like her face was done by Guido's Drywall and Concrete. See what I mean? Watching the Olympics makes a person irritated. While I'm ranting, a lot of the commentary on team sports events is particularly irritating. It's complete codswallop. Watching the Canadian women's softball team on the weekend we all heard, countless times, that "this is a team with heart." No, it isn't. The softball team is aggressive, ruthless and shrewd. Anyone who sees Kim Sarrazin step up to the plate and glare with that murderous look knows that these women want to win. It's not about "heart;" it's about playing a fast, hard, furious game. Larding it up with nonsense about "heart' is an insult to our intelligence. Call it Soccer Boy bias on my part, but there is a real story emerging at these Olympics: the men's soccer team from Iraq. These guys -- unheralded no-hopers who should be content with merely arriving in Athens -- have hammered Portugal and Colombia. As their country is torn apart, something unearthly is driving those players to astonishing victories, Of course, we just hear about those victories. So far, in Canada, we're not getting soccer at the Olympics. Of course, there isn't a lot of room for commercials in soccer games. And it's all about the commercials, isn't it? The Olympics make a person very skeptical and me, I'm as cross as two sticks. Don't mention the little blue cow to me. |
^^^^ That's hillarious God that's good writing
BTW...Australia is currently winning the basketball match against the US dream team 
kewl!
Nevermind...the "Dream Team" just came back and now leading by 10 points...looks like they will win this game after all
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And they just won
The Canadian boxer just got beaten as well and he's out 
so that's too bad.
N. Gill (flag bearer) lost in his opening round...WTF??!?!?! 
That's one more thing that pisses me off with Canadian broadcasting...they hype up the athletes all the time, and then they take a huge fall, lose, and get competely deflated, and then the stupid commentator will ask..."WOW WHAT HAPPENED"?...FCUK 
I feel sorry for the guys
WOHOO Israel won a bronze medal in men's heavyweight Judo Was SO close to gold...but a great rezult non the less Me is very happy now!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND another Canaidan medal hopeful and "favourite to win" just got eliminated...
The little blue cow is still the only one winning...
WTF is going on with these athletes
is it too hot for them or something?
And here are the current medal standings by total medals received...American's are rolling... 
China and Russia slightly behind
Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States 13 11 9 33
China 14 9 5 28
Russia 3 7 9 19
Australia 6 5 7 18
Japan 9 4 2 15
Germany 4 2 7 13
Italy 4 5 3 12
France 4 3 4 11
South Korea 2 6 3 11
Netherlands 2 4 4 10
Ukraine 5 1 1 7
United Kingdom 0 3 4 7
Hungary 2 3 1 6
Cuba 0 1 5 6
Romania 2 0 2 4
Poland 1 2 1 4
Slovakia 1 2 1 4
Greece 2 0 1 3
Turkey 2 0 1 3
Belarus 1 1 1 3
Bulgaria 1 0 2 3
Thailand 1 0 2 3
Austria 0 3 0 3
North Korea 0 2 1 3
Georgia 1 1 0 2
South Africa 1 1 0 2
Switzerland 1 0 1 2
Czech Republic 0 1 1 2
Zimbabwe 0 1 1 2
Azerbaijan 0 0 2 2
Belgium 0 0 2 2
Brazil 0 0 2 2
Denmark 0 0 2 2
United Arab Emirates 1 0 0 1
Spain 0 1 0 1
Indonesia 0 1 0 1
India 0 1 0 1
Portugal 0 1 0 1
Serbia and Montenegro 0 1 0 1
Argentina 0 0 1 1
Canada 0 0 1 1
Colombia 0 0 1 1
Croatia 0 0 1 1
Israel 0 0 1 1
Mongolia 0 0 1 1
Slovenia 0 0 1 1
Trinidad and Tobago 0 0 1 1
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| Originally posted by starsearcher Serbia and Montenegro 0 1 0 1 Canada 0 0 1 1 |
I just realized how many athletes Canada has sent to these Olympic Games...over 400...and how many of them have actually won something. What's really embarrasing though is not the fact that they are doing bad but the fact that nations with much smaller delegations, and much less recognition in sports are doing better. Our delegation was by far one of tbe biggest ones but we have nothing to show for it thus far...I really hope things improve in the upcommming days though.
Another thing that I had to comment about after watching some of the US broadcasting on NBC, and I can't believe I am about to say this, but our Canadian broadcasting has surpased the US in the cheese factor by far. US is always known for being cheesy, flamboyant and highly patriotic when it comes to their performances, but I hardly see any of that so far. On the other hand those sepcial CBC features about our athletes are SO cheesy, SOOO promising they just make me laugh. And they make our athlete's disapointments seem much bigger than they actually are. They also hype up their opportunities beyond all possibility, and when our athetes fail - they make it seem even more disapointing than it is. I don't know i'm just frustrated with this stupid "special features" the advertising, and all the hype. I mean the US is flamboyant at times but at least they have the right to be - they are winning so much...bah.
We have a lot more opportunites for medals of course but once again our broadcasting drives me nutts.
Canada is clearly an embarassment. We have countries that are much smaller than us and the per capita GDP is like $100 beating us out in medals. Shows the poor shape our infrastructure for supporting canadian athletes is.
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| Originally posted by psychosomatica Canada is clearly an embarassment. We have countries that are much smaller than us and the per capita GDP is like $100 beating us out in medals. Shows the poor shape our infrastructure for supporting canadian athletes is. |
So...he went to work and coach in Australia...I don't think I need to tell anyone how good Australia is in the pool 
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