WHEN DO THE OLYMPICS START?

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  • lukin2006
    lukin2006 Posts: 9,087
    81 wrote:
    are they over yet?

    Soon
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  • lukin2006
    lukin2006 Posts: 9,087
    Enkidu wrote:
    DS1119 wrote:
    Still waiting for them to start. When's baseball? :lol:

    Baseball's the best part. I hope the US men get the gold.

    You obviously haven't seen ping pong :D
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    these opening ceremonies are great!

    what first on the schedule? swimming?

    :corn:
  • DS1119
    DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    norm wrote:
    these opening ceremonies are great!

    what first on the schedule? swimming?

    :corn:


    Walking. :lol:
  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,725
    i hope next week... :P
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  • RKCNDY
    RKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    I always wondered what happens afterwards...

    http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/jam ... ith-athens

    :(
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  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,725
    RKCNDY wrote:
    I always wondered what happens afterwards...

    http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/jam ... ith-athens

    :(
    and those are good fotos........you should see some others....such a shame... :(
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
    Wrestling has been dropped from the Olympics.

    :?
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  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,725
    Jason P wrote:
    Wrestling has been dropped from the Olympics.

    :?
    really?how come?
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  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    no good reason at all from what i can tell.
    I don't get super excited about wrestling but it is one that i would watch
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    Jason P wrote:
    Wrestling has been dropped from the Olympics.

    :?
    really?how come?
    They are adding bocce bowling.
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  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,725
    Jason P wrote:
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    Jason P wrote:
    Wrestling has been dropped from the Olympics.

    :?
    really?how come?
    They are adding bocce bowling.
    really???wtf is that
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  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 97,796
    Jason P wrote:
    Wrestling has been dropped from the Olympics.

    :?

    That's messed up!!!

    http://sports.nationalpost.com/2013/02/ ... -olympics/
  • JK_Livin
    JK_Livin South Jersey Posts: 7,365
    I'd rather have Rugby than Wrestling but it seems there are other sports that should be dropped before wrestling. Money is a mf-er.
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  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,914
    It's funny that people are actually pretending to care about olympic wrestling. It's kinda like when people pretend to care about cycling w/ all of the Lance Armstrong stuff. As long as something is in the news, people will act like they are about it.
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
    Indifference71 wrote:
    It's funny that people are actually pretending to care about olympic wrestling. It's kinda like when people pretend to care about cycling w/ all of the Lance Armstrong stuff. As long as something is in the news, people will act like they are about it.
    I don't lose sleep over it ... but I find it very odd that a sport with so much participation from many countries and has a very rich history in the Olympics is ditched.

    I suspect that the governing wresting body didn't pay their "tithing / bribe" to the Olympics committee.
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  • pjsteelerfan
    pjsteelerfan Maryland Posts: 9,905
    Jason P wrote:
    Indifference71 wrote:
    It's funny that people are actually pretending to care about olympic wrestling. It's kinda like when people pretend to care about cycling w/ all of the Lance Armstrong stuff. As long as something is in the news, people will act like they are about it.
    I don't lose sleep over it ... but I find it very odd that a sport with so much participation from many countries and has a very rich history in the Olympics is ditched.

    I suspect that the governing wresting body didn't pay their "tithing / bribe" to the Olympics committee.

    As someone who wrestled, I think it's bad that it is getting tossed. There is a lot of countries that participate in it, as well as it being one of the original Olympic sports.

    Rugby 7's is cool, I also played that in college and there are a lot of countries that play it.

    I think adding golf is a joke.
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    my buddy is a high school wrestling coach. he's pretty pissed.



    wait....are the olympics starting up again soon? didn't they just end? i'm confused... :?
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  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,914
    pjsteelerfan wrote:


    I think adding golf is a joke.


    Really? Golf is a worldwide game. I think it's great that it is being added. Individual and team competitions in golf will be pretty cool, I think.
  • pjsteelerfan
    pjsteelerfan Maryland Posts: 9,905
    Indifference71 wrote:
    pjsteelerfan wrote:


    I think adding golf is a joke.


    Really? Golf is a worldwide game. I think it's great that it is being added. Individual and team competitions in golf will be pretty cool, I think.

    True, but an Olympic medal will never be as good as a Green Jacket, or winning any other Major. Golf has 4 other events every year that will mean more than the Olympics. Plus the cups. Same as football, the Olympic medal is nowhere close to the same as winning the world cup. Or even tennis with the 4 majors. Rugby also has its own world cup. Wrestling had the Olympics and that was it.
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