Originally Posted By Dabob2 Kenyans have been dominating the NYC marathon for years now also. Is this really the first time an Kenyan has won the Olympic marathon?
Originally Posted By NikkiLOVESMickey Yes, according to the announcers and Bob Costas. Thought they've dominated city marathons for years, they'd never won Olympic gold at the marathon until now.
Originally Posted By Lisann22 Did you guys see the Cuban guy get banned for like in Taekwondo (sp) for attacking (what they wrote) the ref? Holy Moly.
Originally Posted By Elderp "Did you guys see the Cuban guy get banned for like in Taekwondo (sp) for attacking (what they wrote) the ref?" Totally uncalled for... I feel sorry he got banned for life but he shouldn't have gone after the ref or those other officials.
Originally Posted By Malin Well thats the end of all that, the flag has been handed to London in preparation for the 2012 Olympics. And I just like to state what an excellent closing ceremony.
Originally Posted By NikkiLOVESMickey <<Totally uncalled for... I feel sorry he got banned for life but he shouldn't have gone after the ref or those other officials.>> I don't feel sorry for him at all. To attack a referee at the Olympics, where the whole theme is peace through sport, is sickening and immature. He got what he deserved.
Originally Posted By DAR <<I don't feel sorry for him at all. To attack a referee at the Olympics, where the whole theme is peace through sport, is sickening and immature. He got what he deserved.>> Me neither that was a low point in these Olympics most of which the athletes were nothing but gracious and classy in victory and defeat. Three others that didn't necessarily embody the Olympic spirit. The boxer who pulled a Mike Tyson by biting the guy. The Swedish wrestler who dropped his bronze medal. Usain Bolt winning the 100. Run all the way the through son, if you didn't hot dog the last 15 meters you could have got a sub 9.5. But all in all everyone should be proud of themselves.
Originally Posted By Mr X ***Usain Bolt winning the 100. Run all the way the through son, if you didn't hot dog the last 15 meters you could have got a sub 9.5.*** Meh. He broke the world record didn't he. Something none of US can come close to, that's for sure.
Originally Posted By Mr X Anyway, I definitely wouldn't equate THAT with the other bad behaviors you and others have pointed out (truly childish, unsportsmanlike stuff). I'm just glad none of them were Americans. *whew*
Originally Posted By DAR Who knows what could have happened if Tyson Gay wasn't hurt. But I guess telling Bolt to run all the way through goes back to my days of running track. You run all the way through to the end. I'm just not a fan of the hot dog mentality athletes take.
Originally Posted By NikkiLOVESMickey Tyson Gay's problem is that he's got too much junk in the trunk. Did you see the butt on that guy? He pulled his hamstring trying to haul that thing around the track!
Originally Posted By NikkiLOVESMickey BTW, I wasn't too happy about Bolt's hotdogging in the 100 either, but he seemed quite humble after winning the 200m. He seems like a pretty decent guy who just made a mistake.
Originally Posted By gadzuux Closing ceremonies were really cool. So was the 'london' portion with Jimmy Page, but totally out of step with everything before and after. I wonder about the subtitles in china and elsewhere during 'whole lotta love' - it doesn't translate well. You need coolin - baby Im not foolin, Im gonna send you - back for schoolin, Way down inside - honey you need it, Im gonna give you my love, Im gonna give you every inch of my love. Wanna whole lotta love? Wanna whole lotta love? Way down inside - woman you need love, Shake for me, girl - I wanna be your backdoor man.
Originally Posted By Mr X I'm not sure the *woman* singing went with the lyric "I wanna be your backdoor man". p.s. why didn't they go all out and get Robert Plant for the gig?? How much cooler would that have been?
Originally Posted By gadzuux For that matter, it isn't really a song for a woman to sing - especially in front of over a billion people. For us 'western civilization' folks, we get it - we already know the song and the riff and the backstory. But for all the people who don't - and are just reading the translated subtitles on the bottom of the screen, it's a bit racy. Let's remember that chinese people think that brown shoes are "decadent".
Originally Posted By Mr X Actually, I kinda liked it (I didn't really care for all the artsy London stuff before it though...a little too "philip glass designs olympic show" for me lol). To me, it was sort of like "yeah, sure. you can do all the expensive, grandiose, pretentious and tedious pageantry you want...but the West will always be cooler".
Originally Posted By Mr X Agreed. In fact, nobody could (only another self-congratulatory Communist nation could come close...to coin a phrase I heard). So, why try? Go with "cool". Go with "fun". "Free" "HAPPY" "enjoying ourselves"... Lotsa choices beyond what they did in China... The worst they could do would be to try and outdo the pageantry...that AIN'T gonna happen.
Originally Posted By SuperDry ... although, the Brits definitely have their pomp and circumstance down pat. They could maybe play off that angle and pull off something grand, but just not in the same way that the Chinese did.
