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Posted 2008-August-13, 10:15

Continuing the trend of complaining about everything.

the olympic coverage in the US is awful. i find myself wanting to throw things at Bob Costas...
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Posted 2008-August-13, 10:20

Careful, you might hit an 11 year old Chinese gymnast!
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Posted 2008-August-13, 10:27

jdonn, on Aug 13 2008, 11:20 AM, said:

Careful, you might hit an 11 year old Chinese gymnast!

problem is, even if i hit her, she still might not fall off the balance beam.
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Posted 2008-August-13, 11:24

jdonn, on Aug 13 2008, 08:20 AM, said:

Careful, you might hit an 11 year old Chinese gymnast!

WTF is up with the announcer saying 16 is the required age for gymnasts? Wasn't Comenici 13?

I think the Chinese gymnast looks closer to 8 than 16.
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Posted 2008-August-13, 11:27

pclayton, on Aug 13 2008, 12:24 PM, said:

jdonn, on Aug 13 2008, 08:20 AM, said:

Careful, you might hit an 11 year old Chinese gymnast!

WTF is up with the announcer saying 16 is the required age for gymnasts? Wasn't Comenici 13?

I think the Chinese gymnast looks closer to 8 than 16.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/olym...ex.html?cnn=yes
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Posted 2008-August-13, 11:50

I agree that the coverage has been bad. Bob Costas has been annoying, but not as bad as the gymnastics commentators. I also thought the guy that planted himself next to Michael Phelps' mom was creepy.

Embarrassing that Canada has zero medals. Time to bring back tarring and feathering. And make MMA an Olympic event so that GSP has a chance to bring home the gold.
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Posted 2008-August-13, 11:50

jdonn, on Aug 13 2008, 09:27 AM, said:

pclayton, on Aug 13 2008, 12:24 PM, said:

jdonn, on Aug 13 2008, 08:20 AM, said:

Careful, you might hit an 11 year old Chinese gymnast!

WTF is up with the announcer saying 16 is the required age for gymnasts? Wasn't Comenici 13?

I think the Chinese gymnast looks closer to 8 than 16.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/olym...ex.html?cnn=yes

"In Chinese newspaper profiles this year, He was listed as 14, too young for the Beijing Games".

Sounds like a messianic figure... :P
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Posted 2008-August-13, 18:58

Since when there is a minimum age requirement?

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Posted 2008-August-13, 19:23

Age requirement is lame.

Also lame that US networks are focusing on 'total medals' as if that's meaningful. Obviously you go with a 3-2-1 or 4-2-1 or some such point count in which case China is dominating.
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Posted 2008-August-13, 21:20

There is a british diver, aged 14.

As long as I remember, the order was always Gold, then Silver, then Bronze.

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Posted 2008-August-14, 00:04

jonottawa, on Aug 14 2008, 01:23 AM, said:

Age requirement is lame.

Also lame that US networks are focusing on 'total medals' as if that's meaningful. Obviously you go with a 3-2-1 or 4-2-1 or some such point count in which case China is dominating.

Yeah. As I understand it, the Ozzies even think runner up spot is simply "last loser" or something like that.
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Posted 2008-August-14, 02:37

No, it's the best of the losers.

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Posted 2008-August-14, 02:47

jonottawa, on Aug 13 2008, 08:23 PM, said:

Age requirement is lame.

Do you think laws against child labour are lame too?

Age requirement is supposed to protect children from training methods that don't fit their young body's and hinder their natural developpement.
Not to speak of mental injury's.
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Posted 2008-August-14, 03:16

There was a story about the youngest participant in the Olympic Games, a 12-year old girl representing Cameroun in swimming.

Chinese often look younger to Western eyes than they really are.
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Posted 2008-August-14, 03:25

Gerardo, on Aug 13 2008, 04:58 PM, said:

Since when there is a minimum age requirement?

http://en.wikipedia....s_in_gymnastics
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Posted 2008-August-14, 04:07

dicklont, on Aug 14 2008, 03:47 AM, said:

Do you think laws against child labour are lame too?

Age requirement is supposed to protect children from training methods that don't fit their young body's and hinder their natural developpement.
Not to speak of mental injury's.

Or maybe it's just too painful to lose against a child. B)
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Posted 2008-August-14, 05:26

The age requirement varies from sport to sport, anyway the olympics have been a great watch so far. And here in Norway NRK which cover the olympics have two TV channels and five extra streaming channels on their website, all free. Good stuff.
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Posted 2008-August-14, 07:24

Gerardo, on Aug 13 2008, 10:20 PM, said:

There is a british diver, aged 14.

As long as I remember, the order was always Gold, then Silver, then Bronze.

Uhhh, the first FOUR positions are

Gold
Silver
Bronze
Canadian

eh?
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Posted 2008-August-14, 12:05

The plot thickens

Hardly shocking development
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Posted 2008-August-14, 12:58

jdonn, on Aug 14 2008, 01:05 PM, said:

The plot thickens

Sounds like a He said, she said story.

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