Olympics 2008

[Motorboat Cruiser]

Originally Posted by Stan4dSteph

I really dislike the sprinters. Their egos are way too huge. That guy was showboating before he even finished. I wish he had tripped and lost.

I would agree. He is obviously an amazing runner, but a little sportsmanship wouldn't have hurt any.

[scaeagles]

I had a coach once tell me that when you're great or have accomplished something great, everyone knows it. When you act like you're great or have done something great, everyone knows it but thinks you're an a$$.

[Ghoulish Delight]

99.9% of the time I agree, but for some reason I'll never understand I forgive it in 100M sprinters.

[Ghoulish Delight]

So, yesterday we were watching the trampoline event and during a slow-mo replay, it was impossible not to notice that one of the Chinese participants was pitching a tent during his routine. So we were already giggling like 12 year olds at that, so you can imagine our juvenile glee when his score came up, revealing his name..."Dong Dong".

[scaeagles]

Dong Dong? Bwahahahaha!!!!!!!

[blueerica]

Originally Posted by Stan4dSteph

I really dislike the sprinters. Their egos are way too huge. That guy was showboating before he even finished. I wish he had tripped and lost.

Hmm, I guess it's all a matter of perception, then. From the look on his face, I believed it was elation and some surprise that he was alone up front. Prior to the run, they'd talked about his biggest competition, and to not see them in his periphery must have been a thing of shock and joy.


I'm still enjoying the Olympics immensely. Unfortunately, I'll be missing the last week of it being in Cali. (Worse yet, I'll be so busy, I won't have time to hang out with anyone )

[Alex]

If you can run 30 miles per hour and it isn't straight down the side of a building, you get to do whatever you want.

Plus that is good practice for his future NFL career where slowing down and holding the ball out in premature celebration has a history of bad results.

[scaeagles]

I hate that attitude in all athletes, really.

There's a difference between the elation of a moment (perhaps spiking the ball after a big touchdown in a big game) and moonwalking into the end zone.

That's why I always liked Barry Sanders so much. Never any of that. He was great, just did his job, another day at the office.

[Alex]

I like it when elite athletes demonstrate that they are still aware that the only reason they exist is to act as dancing monkeys for the general populace. And that means throwing poop.

[Strangler Lewis]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

99.9% of the time I agree, but for some reason I'll never understand I forgive it in 100M sprinters.

Maurice Greene's tongue?