Olympic talk

[butt monkey]

Womens beach volleyball is the only thing im interested in....

best sport ever! FACT...

on holiday in lanzarote there was a beach volleyball tournement i was sat there form hours watching, obviousley for the good of the sport....

And topping up the sun-tan!

[Fraggle]

Womens beach volleyball is the only thing im interested in....

2am-3am tomorrow for the beach volleyball apparently, although I don't know if it's men or women.

[ancientnloyal]

apparently some athletes are undergoing gender/sex tests to determine wherther they are indeed male or female - so be warned... when you young/old males are at home alone watching volleyball just think about your actions.


an indian 'woman' had her medal stripped in athens as she was a he... a german shotput lady from the 80s got so meddled with with drugs she became masculine and has since had a sex change.


be warned.

[ancientnloyal]

[luke_robinsons_angel]

i like watching rhythmic gymnastics, the commentator always makes me laugh when he is telling us everything that the girl does then if she makes a mistake he turns on the poor girl!

[Fraggle]

I know the Olympics is supposed to be about the sport, but there's a news story today that shows just what a load of nonsense the occasion really is and what the organisers really see as important:-

From BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-p ... 556058.stm

A pretty girl who won national fame after singing at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games was only miming.

Wearing a red dress and pigtails, Lin Miaoke charmed a worldwide audience with a rendition of “Ode to the Motherland”.

But the singer was Yang Peiyi, who was not allowed to appear because she is not as "flawless" as nine-year-old Lin.

The show's musical director said Lin was used because it was in the best interests of the country.

The revelation follows news that a fireworks display used during the opening ceremony was apparently faked.

They faced a dilemma because although Lin was prettier, seven-year-old Yang had the better voice, Mr Chen said.

"After several tests, we decided to put Lin Miaoke on the live picture, while using Yang Peiyi's voice," he told the radio station.

"The reason for this is that we must put our country's interest first," he added.

"The girl appearing on the picture must be flawless in terms of her facial expression and the great feeling she can give to people."

This is the second "fake" story about the opening ceremony

Viewers around the world saw a display in which 29 firework "footprints" travelled across Beijing from south to north.

But a senior official from the Beijing organising committee (Bocog) confirmed on Tuesday that footage of the display had been produced before the big night.

This was provided to broadcasters for "convenience and theatrical effects", according to Wang Wei, Bocog's executive vice-president.

"Because of poor visibility, some previously recorded footage may have been used," he told a daily press conference.

If the organisers cheat with the opening ceremony, having had years to arrange things properly, then should we be surprised if many of the athletes cheat as well? I've got particular views about China, which aren't really relevant to repeat on here, but I do wonder sometimes about what is in the minds of the leaders over there. For all that they want to be taken seriously by the world and get very very defensive at the slightest criticism of their policies, things like this just make me shake my head with disbelief. I've not watched any of the Olympics, and hearing stories like this just make me even less inclined to bother. The whole thing seems to be a bit of a pantomime, and I'm not at all excited about it being repeated over here in 4 years' time.

[cpwigan]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympic ... 559913.stm

I have to say these 2 swimmers from China have me doubting the validity of some winners. Both were not ranked anywhere 12 months ago. 1 has knocked over 10 seconds off her PB a few months ago.

[shawcross da warrior]

watching the replay on bbc1 now, oohh am getting all hot...

[ancientnloyal]

another gold in cycling and bradley got an OR!

we rule the waves and the track!

[cpwigan]

If you did not see it live, try to watch a replay of

Ethiopia's Tirunesh Dibaba winning the women's 10,000m

Awesome is the only word to describe it.