Olympic games thread - General

GQStylin · Post #1 » by **GQStylin** » Sat Aug 9, 2008 7:41 am

Is there any general thread for talking about daily happenings at the games?

China is off to a decent start with two golds on day one.

Also LOVED the opening ceromonies for the games, especially the drums at the beginning. Excellent show and they sure didn't spare any expense!

Post #2 » by **Cowology** » Sat Aug 9, 2008 8:32 am

I'm watching the opening ceremonies right now. All the choreography was pretty damn impressive from the drummers to the painters and the dancers. Very nice stadium too. I was impressed.

SportsWorld · Post #3 » by **SportsWorld** » Sat Aug 9, 2008 9:00 am

That badminton match between Canada and USA was epic.

Post #4 » by **Cowology** » Sat Aug 9, 2008 11:22 am

I actually thought the torch procession was pretty cool. At the end when the dude was raised up, and then "ran" a full 360 degrees around the giant lcd screen, culminating in the lighting of the torch followed by fireworks....wow. That was a hell of a spectacle.

Post #5 » by **The Duke** » Sat Aug 9, 2008 2:43 pm

The Openings was well done.Excellent Firework displays, and great use of projection around the stadium and in the center on the screens. It created nice illusions, and the type boxes once was amazing. It was a bit slow, but still one of best, in my opinion Sydneys was a bit better for overall opening ceremonies.

I thought the lighting of the torch was not as good as Barcelona or Sydney.

Sydney's Elements of Fire and Water, was really good, futuristic and symbolic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQx4eMeA1iQ&feature=related

Barcelona's was fast but by far the most impressive of all the lightings, with the archer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vyLmkOesOE&feature=related

Post #6 » by **BlackMamba** » Sat Aug 9, 2008 3:04 pm

the opening ceremony was pretty amazing, they made a perfect work in every aspect of the ceremony.

and as always it gives me goosebumps, i think it's a pretty high emotional moment just watching it over tv, imagine being there.

the lighting of the fire was pretty amazing, but my favorite is barcelona's archer.

hermes · Post #7 » by **hermes** » Sat Aug 9, 2008 5:03 pm

saw the US womens volleyball beat Japan 3 games to 1, in the round robin tourney

and the US swept womens fencing medals

hermes · Post #8 » by **hermes** » Sat Aug 9, 2008 6:10 pm

rowing just got done, qualifiers anyway
2 man- bealarus got out to a huge lead, over a length, but tired out and New Zealand roared back to win by a length, US 3rd they'll move on to the semis

4 man- Italy and Great Britain were neck and neck for a while, until Britain just put them away winning by almost 3 seconds, US moves on in 3rd place

hermes · Post #9 » by **hermes** » Sat Aug 9, 2008 7:07 pm

they just showed phelps 400 preliminary, set an Olympic record, about 2 seconds faster than everyone else

Post #10 » by **The Duke** » Sat Aug 9, 2008 7:40 pm

hermes wrote:they just showed phelps 400 preliminary, set an Olympic record, about 2 seconds faster than everyone else

Ya I saw that around 7am lol ... he shut it down hard on the breatstroke leg, putting it in cruise control.

Post #11 » by **BlackMamba** » Sat Aug 9, 2008 8:44 pm

and he didn't look he was making his best effort.

Texas Longhorns · Post #12 » by **Texas Longhorns** » Sat Aug 9, 2008 9:42 pm

I've watched most of the events live so far. It's been exciting.

Texas Longhorns · Post #13 » by **Texas Longhorns** » Sat Aug 9, 2008 10:17 pm

Phelps gets on at 8 PM ET on NBC and NBC HD for live swimming finals. Should be exciting to see him bring home the gold.

GQStylin · Post #14 » by **GQStylin** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 12:06 am

The women's fencing was pretty fun to watch, although it seems like every girl screams their guts out everytime they get a hit. :lol:

Also didn't know that the US women were so dominant in that sport and sweeped everything. Even George Bush Sr. in attendance looked impressed.

Texas Longhorns · Post #15 » by **Texas Longhorns** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 12:25 am

Yeah that was funny. lmao

The most hilarious thing about it was their face after they knew they were wrong that they didn't get the point. U.S. women have done good so far. Now it's the mens turn today.

Posey H8er · Post #16 » by **Posey H8er** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 2:10 am

Michael Phelps is a freaking beast. He beat the world record by at least 2 seconds.

GQStylin · Post #17 » by **GQStylin** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 2:41 am

LMAO!! American anthem gets cut off during the medal ceremony for Phelps! :lol:

Post #18 » by **The Duke** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 3:47 am

Womens Dutch Team Takes the 4x100 Free ..... but an incrediable swimming by Torres to give US the silver.

*sigh* ... I dont think Toronto will ever get the Olympics now

Texas Longhorns · Post #19 » by **Texas Longhorns** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 4:22 am

Man, the U.S. is really rolling right now. The mens U.S. volleyball starts around 1:00 AM EST against Venezuela. Hopefully, the U.S. will take them down.

Posey H8er · Post #20 » by **Posey H8er** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 5:30 am

The US volleyball team defeated Venezuela fairly easily. They have some tough opponents down the road like Bulgaria who I saw the US struggle against earlier this year.

*Err my bad, it's not over yet. I thought it was best 2 out of 3 sets.