London 2012 Olympics

g under p

That tiny island of JAMAICA sure is showing their dominance in the track and field speed events in BOTH men's and women's. Just awesome. Relays up next.





Peace

lukin2006

PJ_Soul wrote:

Bathgate66 wrote:

This topic interests me, because I know (well, knew) Ross Rebagliati, that snowboarder who had his gold medal stripped from him in Nagano because he had pot in his system, and then was given it back when they figured out that smoking weed wouldn't improve his athletic abilities (I guess none of them had ever been high before!!). I was friends with his sister in university (btw, the guy's a bit of a douche, and oh, no, he didn't just breathe it in at a party like he said obviously - he was a pot head!). But I just read something last week about some athlete at the London Olympics being kicked out of the Olympics for having pot in his system. He was an American in Judo. So what's up with that? Anyone know why they now won't allow weed even though they made that decision in '98? If anything, weed would hamper their ability to perform... so why is it a banned substance?? It doesn't make any sense. They may as well make alcohol and banned substance. I mean, I know weed is illegal in the UK (unless it's medicinal...), but I thought this was all about performance enhancing?

In '98 Ross R storey was that the drugs in his system was second hand...so the COC Successfully lobbied to get his medal back.

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/ ... rebagliati

PJ-Cubs

dimitrispearljam wrote:

4x400 men final....kick ass Bahamas..

The 4X400 is one of the best track races to watch. Can't believe the US lost the gold on the last leg

cutz

dimitrispearljam wrote:

Pap wrote:

dimitrispearljam wrote:

watching US vs Argentina backetball...

i dont get how some people can EVEN think to compare this team with DREAM TEAM 1992

not even close

+1 Wait for the final. They may win this Spain, but it's not going to be an easy game for them. The European basketball has changed a lot since 1992.

and NBA change alot...\
now the 30% of the players arent Americans
i believe they gonna win easily at the final...but thats not the point...
the 1992 was a team that was from another planet...
today durant-kobi-james,need to play alot for secure the win..

Yea, the 1992 team was GREAT, but you have to admit the competition they played against is no where as good as it is today. Don't get me wrong because i still think the 1992 team is better, but the alot of other countries are better now. Though this year's team has some players(Derek Rose, Dwight Howard, Dwayne Wade, Chris Bosh & Blake Griffin) not playng due to injury.


I do wonder what country will be good after these Olympics? Argentina's run is OVER as ALL of ther good players are 32 or OLDER(Manu Ginobli is 35). I don't see that they have much YOUNG talent coming up any time soon. It's the same with Spain. Ricky Rubio(sucks he was hurt and couldn't play) is the only good YOUNG player for them.

I know at this year's NBA draft ther was only 2 International players drafted in the FIRST round. Does that mean that the talent is not that good right now?

Not sure Kobe, LeBron & Durant have played as much as you think Dimi to secure wins. I think ther was alot of games where the barely played, or didn't play at all in the 2nd-half. Remember the U.S.A. has only had one close game.

cutz

Pap wrote:

dimitrispearljam wrote:

and NBA change alot...

As far as the way in which they play is concerned, I don't think so. There are no strategies or anything in their game. It may be spectacular, but it's pointless and without suspense after a certain point. And never say never. They aren't unbeatable. Spain won them in Beijing in 2008. They may do it again.

I'm pretty sure Spain did NOT beat the U.S.A. in Beijing.

I think the U.S.A. beat Spain twice in 2008.

dimitrispearljam

cutz wrote:

Pap wrote:

dimitrispearljam wrote:

and NBA change alot...

As far as the way in which they play is concerned, I don't think so. There are no strategies or anything in their game. It may be spectacular, but it's pointless and without suspense after a certain point. And never say never. They aren't unbeatable. Spain won them in Beijing in 2008. They may do it again.

I'm pretty sure Spain did NOT beat the U.S.A. in Beijing.

I think the U.S.A. beat Spain twice in 2008.

the last time,USA team at basketball lost was from Greece at 2006 world Championship at Japan

dimitrispearljam

g under p wrote:

That tiny island of JAMAICA sure is showing their dominance in the track and field speed events in BOTH men's and women's. Just awesome. Relays up next.





Peace

yep..lets see the relays..
at women 4x100 usa women kicked ass..27 years was the previous world record..
from East Germany... :shock:

dimitrispearljam

cutz wrote:

Yea, the 1992 team was GREAT, but you have to admit the competition they played against is no where as good as it is today. Don't get me wrong because i still think the 1992 team is better, but the alot of other countries are better now. Though this year's team has some players(Derek Rose, Dwight Howard, Dwayne Wade, Chris Bosh & Blake Griffin) not playng due to injury.


I do wonder what country will be good after these Olympics? Argentina's run is OVER as ALL of ther good players are 32 or OLDER(Manu Ginobli is 35). I don't see that they have much YOUNG talent coming up any time soon. It's the same with Spain. Ricky Rubio(sucks he was hurt and couldn't play) is the only good YOUNG player for them.

I know at this year's NBA draft ther was only 2 International players drafted in the FIRST round. Does that mean that the talent is not that good right now?

Not sure Kobe, LeBron & Durant have played as much as you think Dimi to secure wins. I think ther was alot of games where the barely played, or didn't play at all in the 2nd-half. Remember the U.S.A. has only had one close game.

look at the statistics,,they play a little more than other times..
and i was wondering where is Dwayne Wade....
you are right about Spain,and Argentrina is old teams..same as Lithuania..

Pap

cutz wrote:

I'm pretty sure Spain did NOT beat the U.S.A. in Beijing.

I think the U.S.A. beat Spain twice in 2008.

Oh yeah. You're right. They just made it really difficult for them. But you guys are very wrong about the other national teams future talent players:

Spain: Rudy (27) / Rodriguez (26) / Claver (23) / San Emeterio (28) / Llull (24) / Gasol (27) / Ibaka (23) / Sada (28)
Argentina: Mata (25) / Campazzo (21) / Gutierrez (28) / Delfino (29)
Lithuania: Kalnietis (25) / Maciulis (27) / Pocius (26) / Seibutis (26) / Kleiza (27) / Kavaliauskas (27) / Valanciunas (20)/ Jankunas (28)

All of them under 30 and the bolded guys are playing in NBA. The others at the biggest teams in Europe and I'm just waiting for many of them to transfer to NBA teams sooner or later. So never underestimate young teams such as Lithuania.

Loulou

Just watching the BMX, my favourite event so far!

dimitrispearljam

Loulou wrote:

Just watching the BMX, my favourite event so far!

lol

Pap

Loulou wrote:

Just watching the BMX, my favourite event so far!

Lorna, do you know that BMX Cycling made its debut at the 2008 Olympics games in Beijing? It's fairly new!

Loulou

Pap wrote:

Loulou wrote:

Just watching the BMX, my favourite event so far!

Lorna, do you know that BMX Cycling made its debut at the 2008 Olympics games in Beijing? It's fairly new!

Really??? Nope didn't know that! Thanks for letting me know Pap.

dimitrispearljam wrote:

Loulou wrote:

Just watching the BMX, my favourite event so far!

lol

Well......the men's is my fav!

dimitrispearljam

that walking is so fuckin difficult..
and so unfair when it comes to refs..
how they can see always all 50 kilometres and all the athletes if they cheating...
i think they making up their minds all the time...

Loulou

dimitrispearljam wrote:

that walking is so fuckin difficult..
and so unfair when it comes to refs..
how they can see always all 50 kilometres and all the athletes if they cheating...
i think they making up their minds all the time...

Yeah I thought the same thing. they don't use video playback do they?

dimitrispearljam

Loulou wrote:

dimitrispearljam wrote:

that walking is so fuckin difficult..
and so unfair when it comes to refs..
how they can see always all 50 kilometres and all the athletes if they cheating...
i think they making up their minds all the time...

Yeah I thought the same thing. they don't use video playback do they?

nope...and the athletes cant do complains or something like that..bullshit..
even they could is useless if they stop and cut their rythm..

DS1119

How is walking an event? Seriously. :?

dimitrispearljam

its shitty to get red card at 40 kilometres of 50 k event..must suck big time.

dimitrispearljam

that Russian athlete at 50k walking is amazing

dimitrispearljam

great finals tonight at Athletics..
high jump women,800m,relays..