Should be a good show.. looking forward to it. They did a bang up job with Opening Ceremonies.. the Closing Ceremonies are always a bit of a ZOO.. but it should be fun. 
2012 Summer Olympics
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Christine Sinclair has been named Canada's flag bearer at the closing ceremonies of the 30th Olympiad.
Japan’s Olympic soccer loss brings out the Twitter racism
By Adam Westlake / August 10, 2012 / 70 Comments
I talked about one of the reasons why I was cheering for Nadeshiko Japan to win the women’s soccer gold medal, but I didn’t really talk about what I was afraid of if they lost. Well, this is it; just as when Japan defeated the U.S. in last year’s World Cup, their loss in the final Olympic match has prompted a storm of ignorant Americans to post racist comments on Twitter, making vulgar connections between a soccer game and Pearl Harbor or Hiroshima. Just as “Olympics,” “soccer,” and “We are the champions” became trending topics on the social network, so too did the terms “Japs,” “Pearl Harbor,” and “Hiroshima.”
With Japan’s defeat on Thursday, the U.S. women’s team won the Olympic gold medal for the fourth consecutive time. And while the players held mutual respect for each other, and congratulated each other at the end on a game well-played, some disappointing American “fans” on Twitter did not behave the same. When Japan defeated the U.S. in Germany last year at the Women’s World Cup, one of the worst tweets I remember reading was to the effect of “Japan may have won the World Cup, but the U.S. scored the first two points with Hiroshima and Nagasaki,” referring to the two atomic bombings during World War II. Well, this year’s tweets did not fail to live up. JapanProbe got some great screenshots of the wonderful variety of ignorance and hatred.
Japan’s Olympic soccer loss brings out the Twitter racism - The Japan Daily Press
This is why the USA is one of the most despised countries in the world. Great in their own land, hated in all the others. The twitter feed speaks for itself so I won't bother to say more.
No Pain except in my sides from laughing my azz off at you and your countrymen....did you see that twitter feed? A perfect example of the (not so) great USA. Nuff said
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Ahh yes, because as we know, everyone in the US tweets...:roll:No Pain except in my sides from laughing my azz off at you and your countrymen....did you see that twitter feed? A perfect example of the (not so) great USA. Nuff said
And no one in Canada has ever been a racist.
Geezus you people are embarrassing!
WTF is that...you people? Just what people are you talking about? Sounds like a racist comment to me. LOL
CONGRATULATIONS GREAT BRITAIN!
I have long believed that sports can be unifying. For our country it was the Winter Olympics. For you it has been the Summer Olympics. It was wonderful to see Britons proudly displaying the Union Jack - in the stands and stadiums, on the race courses, along the waterways. The euphoria you feel now will subside but the memories of these games will live long in your hearts and minds. There is power in believing. There is power in the belief of you and I - your athletes proved it and Britons by the thousands embraced it.
Well done Great Britain.............you did yourselves proud, you did.
CONGRATULATIONS GREAT BRITAIN!
I have long believed that sports can be unifying. For our country it was the Winter Olympics. For you it has been the Summer Olympics. It was wonderful to see Britons proudly displaying the Union Jack - in the stands and stadiums, on the race courses, along the waterways. The euphoria you feel now will subside but the memories of these games will live long in your hearts and minds. There is power in believing. There is power in the belief of you and I - your athletes proved it and Britons by the thousands embraced it.
Well done Great Britain.............you did yourselves proud, you did.
Yeah, they've done a pretty good job. Everything went off without a major hitch.
I will be PVR'ing Baby Spice for any future use I might require from her appearance.
I'd have to say this has been a disappointing Olympics for Canada. The 18 medals were middling to Canada's expectations, same as Beijing.. about 2% of the 900 or so on offer, for a country with .5% of the world's population.. but admittedly with far more resources than most. The 1 gold medal is well below expectations.. we should be aiming at 6, an equal distribution.. and although the 1 was an admirable achievement.. it wasn't in a sport with which most Canadians identify.
I know at least one Canadian deserves an upgrade for a doped up 'gold' medal winner.. but in fairness that would be to silver.. and there might have been some questionable officiating that cost us as well (soccer, synch. swimming). But this is really a perennial problem in the Summer games for Canada, a bit of underachievement or complacency with something short of the Top of the podium.
For the athlete.. when the effort has really been full tilt for the win, with nothing left on field of play and they've competed honestly.. a bronze looks as good as a gold. From the couch though.. it would be nice to up the Gs.
Look at Canada in Vancouver, or Great Britain in London.. a little desperate intensity can go a long way. Unfortunately much of the impulse for 'Own the Podium' dissipated when (dbl. Gold Medalist) Alex Baumann left it after the Winter Games and we are back in the old mode. Sometimes i think we get a little too philosophical about the 'meaning' of it all, instead of just going for it.
So.. back to the drawing boards.. and training fields/tracks/roads/flatwater/pools/gyms.. for RIO.
WELL DONE ALL CANADIAN ATHLETES OF THE 30th OLYMPIAD... you did us proud...
I know at least one Canadian deserves an upgrade for a doped up 'gold' medal winner.. but in fairness that would be to silver.. and there might have been some questionable officiating that cost us as well (soccer, synch. swimming). But this is really a perennial problem in the Summer games for Canada, a bit of underachievement or complacency with something short of the Top of the podium.
For the athlete.. when the effort has really been full tilt for the win, with nothing left on field of play and they've competed honestly.. a bronze looks as good as a gold. From the couch though.. it would be nice to up the Gs.
Look at Canada in Vancouver, or Great Britain in London.. a little desperate intensity can go a long way. Unfortunately much of the impulse for 'Own the Podium' dissipated when (dbl. Gold Medalist) Alex Baumann left it after the Winter Games and we are back in the old mode. Sometimes i think we get a little too philosophical about the 'meaning' of it all, instead of just going for it.
So.. back to the drawing boards.. and training fields/tracks/roads/flatwater/pools/gyms.. for RIO.
WELL DONE ALL CANADIAN ATHLETES OF THE 30th OLYMPIAD... you did us proud...
Unfortunately it does...........for some of us, Eagle...........and I for one, owe you and your country an apology. No excuse for getting carried away with my rhetoric about the U.S. vs Canada soccer game.
The problem, Eagle, is that the over the top histrionics of Americans when they win something in Sports arouses antipathy. Other peoples are following suit now and the concept of Sportmanship seems to be getting lost. The constant "exceptionalism" that Americans show when they discuss sports, too, does not make friends.
Remember that all sport success is a product of advantage, climatic and economic.
Where did the days of congratulating your opponent after any contest go?
Remember that all sport success is a product of advantage, climatic and economic.
Where did the days of congratulating your opponent after any contest go?
I agree. If it were not for the whole "I/we are the greatest people on earth" attitude I might actually like some things about the US. Unfortunately most of the time their athletes, businessmen, politicians are much more likely to jeer at those they defeat than shake hands and say good contest. Once they trade in the arrogance & ignorance for modesty & humility their reputation will improve.
CTV has put together some wonderful collages of the Olympics - images of athletes from all over the world in various events and coverage of all our medal events as well as some of the more poignant moments. They have a wonderful tribute to Oscar Pretorius. Great chance to see highlights of events that I missed.
We are daily bombarded by images of feigned emotion and it is easy to become jaded after time. Thus, when are faced with genuine emotion - joy, sorrow, triumph, despair, exultation, defeat - it can hit us where we live. What we are watching is so raw, so true, so alive that we cannot help but be moved.
We are daily bombarded by images of feigned emotion and it is easy to become jaded after time. Thus, when are faced with genuine emotion - joy, sorrow, triumph, despair, exultation, defeat - it can hit us where we live. What we are watching is so raw, so true, so alive that we cannot help but be moved.
Looks like we were great the last two weeks in London weren't we?
The Greatest!
No Pain except in my sides from laughing my azz off at you and your countrymen....did you see that twitter feed? A perfect example of the (not so) great USA. Nuff said
Hey just go over to the McDonald's thread that Boomer started and you can see the same! No need to go to Twitter... or look south... It's right here in CanCon!
I see you backed off your claim to integrity with the Men's 400 didn't you? Saying that the Canadian's actually pointed out themselves that they were at fault.
Comments from various articles....
"Despite video replay showing Connaughton’s foot on the white lane line, Canada appealed the decision. It was denied."
"It's like the one false start rule is stupid, the one step on the line is stupid," said Connaughton, who had been disqualified for stepping on the line just once before. "Some of the officials in the sport set athletes up to fail, it's a game of inches and the athletes have got to take responsibility. It's so unforgiving that sometimes I'm baffled that that's the rule."
“You guys saw what happened,” said Connaughton, who will now be known for all the wrong reasons. “We earned it. Nobody can take that away from us. Trinidad is doing a victory lap and they know they didn’t deserve it.”
Somebody did take it away. The race referee.
Oh what integrity! Oh what Sportsmanship!
Fat?
Who had a good Olympics? The U.S., increasing their medal count, and Great Britain, the host who fulfilled expectations of increasing their medal count as hosts always do.
Who had a disappointing Olympics? China, who broke the rule that when you host an Olympics (as China did in 2008 ) the ability to win medals should roll over to the next Olympics. And I would say Russia had a little bit of disappointment. Russian pulled in together somewhat there at the end, but I kind of expected them to jump to the top of the medal count sooner than they did. Also, I think France is probably disappointed. They get upstaged by their athletic rival Britain.
Who had a disappointing Olympics? China, who broke the rule that when you host an Olympics (as China did in 2008 ) the ability to win medals should roll over to the next Olympics. And I would say Russia had a little bit of disappointment. Russian pulled in together somewhat there at the end, but I kind of expected them to jump to the top of the medal count sooner than they did. Also, I think France is probably disappointed. They get upstaged by their athletic rival Britain.
WOW! This racist post shortly after you posted this about racist American tweets.
"This is why the USA is one of the most despised countries in the world. Great in their own land, hated in all the others. The twitter feed speaks for itself so I won't bother to say more."