2012 Summer Olympics
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Oh the ball has now stopped!?
Gosh GoreO... just look at the elation on their faces!
sigh.. it's becoming tiresome.. and it's beneath me.. :roll:
Congrats to Richard Weinberger of Victoria.. who won bronze in the grueling 10k open water swim, the last swimming event of these Olympics. He's 22 in a sport where you peak at 30. The winner was Oussama Mellouli of Tunisia.. a swimmer with a checkered past of unexpected results, he was not a favourite here, and of a positive doping test. He always seems to win, in the 10k and 1500, by overtaking in the closing stages of distance events in major meets, when all natural resources of energy are exhausted. Ryan Cochrane managed to hold off his late charge in the 1500 for the Silver in these Olympics, though. Just an observation, not an accusation.
Congrats to Richard Weinberger of Victoria.. who won bronze in the grueling 10k open water swim, the last swimming event of these Olympics. He's 22 in a sport where you peak at 30. The winner was Oussama Mellouli of Tunisia.. a swimmer with a checkered past of unexpected results, he was not a favourite here, and of a positive doping test. He always seems to win, in the 10k and 1500, by overtaking in the closing stages of distance events in major meets, when all natural resources of energy are exhausted. Ryan Cochrane managed to hold off his late charge in the 1500 for the Silver in these Olympics, though. Just an observation, not an accusation.
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Whoa....................is anyone watching the Spain vs Russia basketball game?? Spain has come from as much as 13 points behind to lead the 4th 55 to 49 with about 5 minutes left. Go Spain!
Make that 58 to 49, Spain just got a 3.
And Spain will advance to the Gold Medal round. Rock on Spain.........behind by 11 points at half-time and won the game by, I believe it was, 8 points.
Victoria, BC will be celebrating tonight as their Olympic swimmer Richard Weinberger just won Bronze in the 10 K marathon. Rock on Richard. :canada:
Make that 58 to 49, Spain just got a 3.
And Spain will advance to the Gold Medal round. Rock on Spain.........behind by 11 points at half-time and won the game by, I believe it was, 8 points.
Victoria, BC will be celebrating tonight as their Olympic swimmer Richard Weinberger just won Bronze in the 10 K marathon. Rock on Richard. :canada:
A great match it was -Burroughs has unbelievable speed though he is weak on the ground game, doesn't appear to work the cradle well, and got few back points. Still he makes up for these deficiencies through his great speed that keeps his opponents off balanced.
My ideal wrestler would have the speed of Burroughs, the great ability to do the single like John Smith, and the great ground work of Dan Gable. What a wrestler that would be!
Overall medal count after 14 days:
1. United States (USA) 41 Gold, 26 Silver, 27 Bronze
2. China (CHN) 37 Gold, 25 Silver, 19 Bronze
3. Great Britain (GBR) 25 Gold, 15 Silver, 17 Bronze
4. Russia (RUS) 15 Gold, 21 Silver, 27 Bronze
5. South Korea (KOR) 13 Gold, 7 Silver, 7 Bronze
6. Germany (GER) 10 Gold, 18 Silver, 14 Bronze
7. France (FRA) 9 Gold, 9 Silver, 12 Bronze
8. Hungary (HUN) 8 Gold, 4 Silver, 3 Bronze
9. Australia (AUS) 7 Gold, 14 Silver, 10 Bronze
10. Italy (ITA) 7 Gold, 6 Silver, 8 Bronze
11. Netherlands (NED) 6 Gold, 5 Silver, 8 Bronze
12. Kazakhstan (KAZ) 6 Gold, 0 Silver, 4 Bronze
13. Japan (JPN) 5 Gold, 14 Silver, 16 Bronze
14. Iran (IRI) 4 Gold, 5 Silver, 1 Bronze
15. New Zealand (NZL) 4 Gold, 3 Silver, 5 Bronze
16. North Korea (PRK) 4 Gold, 0 Silver, 2 Bronze
17. Jamaica (JAM) 3 Gold, 4 Silver, 3 Bronze
18. (tie) Belarus (BLR), Cuba (CUB) 3 Gold, 3 Silver, 4 Bronze
20. Ukraine (UKR) 3 Gold, 1 Silver, 9 Bronze
21. South Africa (RSA) 3 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
22. Ethiopia (ETH) 3 Gold, 0 Silver, 3 Bronze
23. Spain (ESP) 2 Gold, 8 Silver, 3 Bronze
24. Romania (ROU) 2 Gold, 5 Silver, 2 Bronze
25. Denmark (DEN) 2 Gold, 4 Silver, 3 Bronze
26. (tie) Czech Republic (CZE), Kenya (KEN) 2 Gold, 3 Silver, 3 Bronze
28. Brazil (BRA) 2 Gold, 2 Silver, 8 Bronze
29. Poland (POL) 2 Gold, 2 Silver, 6 Bronze
30. Turkey (TUR) 2 Gold, 2 Silver, 1 Bronze
31. Croatia (CRO) 2 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
32. Switzerland (SUI) 2 Gold, 1 Silver, 0 Bronze
33. Canada (CAN) 1 Gold, 5 Silver, 11 Bronze
34. Colombia (COL), 1 Gold, 3 Silver, 4 Bronze
35. Sweden (SWE) 1 Gold, 3 Silver, 3 Bronze
36. Georgia (GEO) 1 Gold, 2 Silver, 1 Bronze
37. (tie) Argentina (ARG), Slovenia (SLO) 1 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze
39. (tie) Norway (NOR), Tunisia (TUN) 1 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
41. Dominican Republic (DOM) 1 Gold. 1 Silver, 0 Bronze
42. Ireland (IRE) 1 Gold, 0 Silver, 3 Bronze
43. Lithuania (LTU), 1 Gold, 0 Silver, 2 Bronze
44. Latvia (LAT) 1 Gold, 0 Silver, 1 Bronze
45. (tie) Algeria (ALG), Bahamas (BAH), Grenada (GRN), Venezuela (VEN) 1 Gold, 0 Silver, 0 Bronze
49. Mexico (MEX) 0 Gold, 3 Silver, 2 Bronze
50. Azerbaijan (AZE) 0 Gold, 2 Silver, 5 Bronze
51. Egypt (EGY) 0 Gold, 2 Silver, 0 Bronze
52. (tie) India (IND), Mongolia (MGL), Slovakia (SVK) 0 Gold, 1 Silver, 3 Bronze
55. (tie) Armenia (ARM), Belgium (BEL) 0 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze
57. (tie) Bulgaria (BUL), Estonia (EST), Indonesia (INA), Malaysia (MAS), Serbia (SRB), Thailand (THA), Chinese Taipei (TPE) 0 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
64. (tie) Botswana (BOT), Cyprus (CYP), Finland (FIN), Guatemala (GUA), Portugal (POR) 0 Gold, 1 Silver, 0 Bronze
69. Uzbekistan (UZB) 0 Gold, 0 Silver, 3 Bronze
70. (tie) Greece (GRE), Moldova (MDA), Qatar (QAT), Singapore (SIN), Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) 0 Gold, 0 Silver, 2 Bronze
75. (tie) Afghanistan (AFG), Bahrain (BRN), Hong Kong (HKG), Saudi Arabia (KSA), Kuwait (KUW), Morocco (MAR), Puerto Rico (PUR), Tajikistan (TAJ) 0 Gold, 0 Silver, 1 Bronze
So far, USA's medals have been in the events:
G: Men's 400 m individual medley/Swimming
G: Women's skeet/Shooting
G: Women's 100 m butterfly/Swimming
G: Men's 100 m backstroke/Swimming
G: Women's 100 m backstroke/Swimming
G: Men's skeet/Shooting
G: Women's artistic team all-around/Gymnastics
G: Women's 200 m freestyle/Swimming
G: Men's 4 x 200 m freestyle relay/Swimming
G: Women's time trial/Cycling
G: Men's 100 m freestyle/Swimming
G: Women's 4 x 200 m freestyle relay/Swimming
G: Women's eight/Rowing
G: Women's 78 kg/Judo
G: Women's artistic individual all-around/Gymnastics
G: Women's 200 m breaststroke/Swimming
G: Men's 200 m backstroke/Swimming
G: Men's 200 m individual medley/Swimming
G: Men's 100 m butterfly/Swimming
G: Women's 800 m freestyle/Swimming
G: Women's 200 m backstroke/Swimming
G: Women's 50 m rifle three positions/Shooting
G: Men's 4 x 100 m medley relay/Swimming
G: Women's 4 x 100 m medley relay/Swimming
G: Men's doubles/Tennis
G: Women's singles/Tennis
G: Women's doubles/Tennis
G: Women's 400 m/Athletics
G: Women's pole vault/Athletics
G: Women's floor/Gymnastics
G: Women's 200 m/Athletics
G: Men's 110 m hurdles/Athletics
G: Women's long jump/Athletics
G: Women's beach volleyball/Volleyball
G: Women's middleweight/Boxing
G: Women's competition/Football
G: Men's triple jump/Athletics
G: Men's decathlon/Athletics
G: Women's competition/Water polo
G: Men's freestyle 74 kg/Wrestling
G: Women's 4 x 100 m relay/Athletics
S: Men's team/Archery
S: Women's 400 m individual medley/Swimming
S: Women's synchronized 3 m springboard/Diving
S: Men's 4 x 100 m freestyle relay/Swimming
S: Women's 400 m freestyle/Swimming
S: Men's 100 m backstroke/Swimming
S: Women's 100 m backstroke/Swimming
S: Men's 200 m butterfly/Swimming
S: Men's 200 m individual medley/Swimming
S: Men's 50 m freestyle/Swimming
S: Women's team pursuit/Cycling
S: Men's 10,000 m/Athletics
S: Women's 100 m/Athletics
S: Women's vault/Gymnastics
S: Women's 400 m hurdles/Athletics
S: Women's omnium/Cycling
S: Men's 1500 m/Athletics
S: Men's high jump/Athletics
S: Women's 100 m hurdles/Athletics
S: Women's 400 m hurdles/Athletics
S: Men's 110 m hurdles/Athletics
S: Women's beach volleyball/Volleyball
S: Women's marathon 10 km/Swimming
S: Men's triple jump/Athletics
S: Men's decathlon/Athletics
S: Men's 4 x 100 m relay/Athletics
B: Men's 400 m freestyle/Swimming
B: Women's 400 m freestyle relay/Swimming
B: Men's 100 m breaststroke/Swimming
B: Men's synchronized 10 m platform/Diving
B: Women's 57 kg/Judo
B: Women's 200 m individual medley/Swimming
B: Women's quadruple sculls/Rowing
B: Men's synchronized 3 m springboard/Diving
B: Men's artistic individual all-around/Gymnastics
B: Men's 200 m backstroke/Swimming
B: Women's 200 m backstroke/Swimming
B: Men's shot put/Athletics
B: Women's team epee/Fencing
B: Men's four/Rowing
B: Men's long jump/Athletics
B: Mixed doubles/Tennis
B: Men's 100 m/Athletics
B: Women's 400 m/Athletics
B: Men's 50 m rifle three positions/Shooting
B: Women's balance beam/Gymnastics
B: Women's 100 m hurdles/Athletics
B: Women's flyweight/Boxing
B: Women's long jump/Athletics
B: Women's freestyle 48 kg/Wrestling
B: Women's 200 m/Athletics
B: Men's 68 kg/Taekwondo
B: Women's 67 kg/Taekwondo
1. United States (USA) 41 Gold, 26 Silver, 27 Bronze
2. China (CHN) 37 Gold, 25 Silver, 19 Bronze
3. Great Britain (GBR) 25 Gold, 15 Silver, 17 Bronze
4. Russia (RUS) 15 Gold, 21 Silver, 27 Bronze
5. South Korea (KOR) 13 Gold, 7 Silver, 7 Bronze
6. Germany (GER) 10 Gold, 18 Silver, 14 Bronze
7. France (FRA) 9 Gold, 9 Silver, 12 Bronze
8. Hungary (HUN) 8 Gold, 4 Silver, 3 Bronze
9. Australia (AUS) 7 Gold, 14 Silver, 10 Bronze
10. Italy (ITA) 7 Gold, 6 Silver, 8 Bronze
11. Netherlands (NED) 6 Gold, 5 Silver, 8 Bronze
12. Kazakhstan (KAZ) 6 Gold, 0 Silver, 4 Bronze
13. Japan (JPN) 5 Gold, 14 Silver, 16 Bronze
14. Iran (IRI) 4 Gold, 5 Silver, 1 Bronze
15. New Zealand (NZL) 4 Gold, 3 Silver, 5 Bronze
16. North Korea (PRK) 4 Gold, 0 Silver, 2 Bronze
17. Jamaica (JAM) 3 Gold, 4 Silver, 3 Bronze
18. (tie) Belarus (BLR), Cuba (CUB) 3 Gold, 3 Silver, 4 Bronze
20. Ukraine (UKR) 3 Gold, 1 Silver, 9 Bronze
21. South Africa (RSA) 3 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
22. Ethiopia (ETH) 3 Gold, 0 Silver, 3 Bronze
23. Spain (ESP) 2 Gold, 8 Silver, 3 Bronze
24. Romania (ROU) 2 Gold, 5 Silver, 2 Bronze
25. Denmark (DEN) 2 Gold, 4 Silver, 3 Bronze
26. (tie) Czech Republic (CZE), Kenya (KEN) 2 Gold, 3 Silver, 3 Bronze
28. Brazil (BRA) 2 Gold, 2 Silver, 8 Bronze
29. Poland (POL) 2 Gold, 2 Silver, 6 Bronze
30. Turkey (TUR) 2 Gold, 2 Silver, 1 Bronze
31. Croatia (CRO) 2 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
32. Switzerland (SUI) 2 Gold, 1 Silver, 0 Bronze
33. Canada (CAN) 1 Gold, 5 Silver, 11 Bronze
34. Colombia (COL), 1 Gold, 3 Silver, 4 Bronze
35. Sweden (SWE) 1 Gold, 3 Silver, 3 Bronze
36. Georgia (GEO) 1 Gold, 2 Silver, 1 Bronze
37. (tie) Argentina (ARG), Slovenia (SLO) 1 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze
39. (tie) Norway (NOR), Tunisia (TUN) 1 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
41. Dominican Republic (DOM) 1 Gold. 1 Silver, 0 Bronze
42. Ireland (IRE) 1 Gold, 0 Silver, 3 Bronze
43. Lithuania (LTU), 1 Gold, 0 Silver, 2 Bronze
44. Latvia (LAT) 1 Gold, 0 Silver, 1 Bronze
45. (tie) Algeria (ALG), Bahamas (BAH), Grenada (GRN), Venezuela (VEN) 1 Gold, 0 Silver, 0 Bronze
49. Mexico (MEX) 0 Gold, 3 Silver, 2 Bronze
50. Azerbaijan (AZE) 0 Gold, 2 Silver, 5 Bronze
51. Egypt (EGY) 0 Gold, 2 Silver, 0 Bronze
52. (tie) India (IND), Mongolia (MGL), Slovakia (SVK) 0 Gold, 1 Silver, 3 Bronze
55. (tie) Armenia (ARM), Belgium (BEL) 0 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze
57. (tie) Bulgaria (BUL), Estonia (EST), Indonesia (INA), Malaysia (MAS), Serbia (SRB), Thailand (THA), Chinese Taipei (TPE) 0 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
64. (tie) Botswana (BOT), Cyprus (CYP), Finland (FIN), Guatemala (GUA), Portugal (POR) 0 Gold, 1 Silver, 0 Bronze
69. Uzbekistan (UZB) 0 Gold, 0 Silver, 3 Bronze
70. (tie) Greece (GRE), Moldova (MDA), Qatar (QAT), Singapore (SIN), Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) 0 Gold, 0 Silver, 2 Bronze
75. (tie) Afghanistan (AFG), Bahrain (BRN), Hong Kong (HKG), Saudi Arabia (KSA), Kuwait (KUW), Morocco (MAR), Puerto Rico (PUR), Tajikistan (TAJ) 0 Gold, 0 Silver, 1 Bronze
So far, USA's medals have been in the events:
G: Men's 400 m individual medley/Swimming
G: Women's skeet/Shooting
G: Women's 100 m butterfly/Swimming
G: Men's 100 m backstroke/Swimming
G: Women's 100 m backstroke/Swimming
G: Men's skeet/Shooting
G: Women's artistic team all-around/Gymnastics
G: Women's 200 m freestyle/Swimming
G: Men's 4 x 200 m freestyle relay/Swimming
G: Women's time trial/Cycling
G: Men's 100 m freestyle/Swimming
G: Women's 4 x 200 m freestyle relay/Swimming
G: Women's eight/Rowing
G: Women's 78 kg/Judo
G: Women's artistic individual all-around/Gymnastics
G: Women's 200 m breaststroke/Swimming
G: Men's 200 m backstroke/Swimming
G: Men's 200 m individual medley/Swimming
G: Men's 100 m butterfly/Swimming
G: Women's 800 m freestyle/Swimming
G: Women's 200 m backstroke/Swimming
G: Women's 50 m rifle three positions/Shooting
G: Men's 4 x 100 m medley relay/Swimming
G: Women's 4 x 100 m medley relay/Swimming
G: Men's doubles/Tennis
G: Women's singles/Tennis
G: Women's doubles/Tennis
G: Women's 400 m/Athletics
G: Women's pole vault/Athletics
G: Women's floor/Gymnastics
G: Women's 200 m/Athletics
G: Men's 110 m hurdles/Athletics
G: Women's long jump/Athletics
G: Women's beach volleyball/Volleyball
G: Women's middleweight/Boxing
G: Women's competition/Football
G: Men's triple jump/Athletics
G: Men's decathlon/Athletics
G: Women's competition/Water polo
G: Men's freestyle 74 kg/Wrestling
G: Women's 4 x 100 m relay/Athletics
S: Men's team/Archery
S: Women's 400 m individual medley/Swimming
S: Women's synchronized 3 m springboard/Diving
S: Men's 4 x 100 m freestyle relay/Swimming
S: Women's 400 m freestyle/Swimming
S: Men's 100 m backstroke/Swimming
S: Women's 100 m backstroke/Swimming
S: Men's 200 m butterfly/Swimming
S: Men's 200 m individual medley/Swimming
S: Men's 50 m freestyle/Swimming
S: Women's team pursuit/Cycling
S: Men's 10,000 m/Athletics
S: Women's 100 m/Athletics
S: Women's vault/Gymnastics
S: Women's 400 m hurdles/Athletics
S: Women's omnium/Cycling
S: Men's 1500 m/Athletics
S: Men's high jump/Athletics
S: Women's 100 m hurdles/Athletics
S: Women's 400 m hurdles/Athletics
S: Men's 110 m hurdles/Athletics
S: Women's beach volleyball/Volleyball
S: Women's marathon 10 km/Swimming
S: Men's triple jump/Athletics
S: Men's decathlon/Athletics
S: Men's 4 x 100 m relay/Athletics
B: Men's 400 m freestyle/Swimming
B: Women's 400 m freestyle relay/Swimming
B: Men's 100 m breaststroke/Swimming
B: Men's synchronized 10 m platform/Diving
B: Women's 57 kg/Judo
B: Women's 200 m individual medley/Swimming
B: Women's quadruple sculls/Rowing
B: Men's synchronized 3 m springboard/Diving
B: Men's artistic individual all-around/Gymnastics
B: Men's 200 m backstroke/Swimming
B: Women's 200 m backstroke/Swimming
B: Men's shot put/Athletics
B: Women's team epee/Fencing
B: Men's four/Rowing
B: Men's long jump/Athletics
B: Mixed doubles/Tennis
B: Men's 100 m/Athletics
B: Women's 400 m/Athletics
B: Men's 50 m rifle three positions/Shooting
B: Women's balance beam/Gymnastics
B: Women's 100 m hurdles/Athletics
B: Women's flyweight/Boxing
B: Women's long jump/Athletics
B: Women's freestyle 48 kg/Wrestling
B: Women's 200 m/Athletics
B: Men's 68 kg/Taekwondo
B: Women's 67 kg/Taekwondo
Is it? I've never followed the summer Olympics as closely as I have this year. And even then, that's under great protest. The wife is going through some sort of midlife crisis where she's reminiscing about her youthful days as a track and field star and Captain of the girls field hockey team in high school, lol.
I think it goes way back. Heck I remember seeing it on ABCs Wide World of Sports.
Really.
I watched about 5 minutes of it, then turned the channel to an infommercial.
just watched a 6ft 8in wrestler from bali defeat our 6ft 3in wrester, was like fighting with a giraffe.
he swung his leg right over top of the canadians head at times, with room to spare.
it would have been entertaining watching him wrestle with some of those 5ft 8 or 9in
opponants.
he swung his leg right over top of the canadians head at times, with room to spare.
it would have been entertaining watching him wrestle with some of those 5ft 8 or 9in
opponants.