Anyone else super-duper excited about the Olympics?

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8-8-08!!!


:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

[pokerfan]

1. Modern Pentathlon, baby

Ride an unfamiliar horse, pistol target shooting, sword fighting, swimming, and running.

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2. LOL

:-)

[pokerfan]

18. Ha ha ha

Wait a minute. Are we laughing "at me" or "with me?"

[arcos]

3. If athletes were naked, like olympians, maybe...

But that's not the case x(

[VenusRising]

4. I want to be excited about them.

The human rights violation stories and animal cruelty stories that I read about the preparations for the Games made me very sad. It taints what the Olympics are supposed to be about in my eyes. I''ll watch them because they are the Olympics and I always watch, but I'm sure that I'll feel a little pang of guilt about what I know went on behind the scenes.

Not trying to be a downer. Sorry.

[texanwitch]

5. I am looking forward to the new swim suits.

Yes, I am.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

8. I saw the new swim suits in the trials

Tres 1890's!

But I guess the technology is superior to human skin, so the more, the faster.

Other than that, meh.

:hi:

[Zavulon]

6. I'm this way when the Winter Olympics are around the corner.

Summer? Meh.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

9. Curling!!! WooHoo!!!

:rofl:

Biathelon, too!

[Zavulon]

16. No, hockey and ski events.

I can't think of a summer event I give a rat's ass about. I do like boxing, but not the way it's conducted / judged at the Olympics.

[Awsi Dooger]

7. Absolutely

By far the greatest sporting event on the planet.

I've already cleared my schedule to watch as much as possible.

BTW, I appreciate a thread like this. We'll be bombarded with the always clever, "Does anyone else not care about the Olympics?" threads.

[TZ]

10. I like the gymnastics and the equestrian events

And I admit to being curious to see what Michael Phelps does in the pool...

[madinmaryland]

23. Well considering all of the Baltimore tv station spend have their sports

cast talking about michael phelps, it is kind of hard not to follow him. There is also a woman from this area who has qualified for five events. Don't remember her name.

[Mr. Blonde]

11. They are always exciting.

I am very worried about the effects pollution are going to have on the outdoor events. I can't imagine there will be many records broken in those events.

Still, it is a wonderful specatacle to see the world's best athletes all trying to outdo each other.

[RebelOne]

12. Nope. I have zero interest in sports. n/t

[lizerdbits]

13. I always watch gymnastics

I follow womens more closely than mens. The mens team is picked and the womens will be picked this weekend. Both the Chinese mens and womens teams have a good shot at team gold (plus home field advantage) but they do have a history of sometimes crumbling under pressure. Team finals are going to be great! I really need to try to avoid looking at results before I see the competition which is going to be hard with people at work talking about it.

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15. Women's gymn is my favorite Olympic sport too.

Who do you think is going to be on the US Team?

Johnson & Liukin are already guaranteed spots from trials.

[Shell Beau]

22. Those 2 are the best.

I can't remember any of their names, but I did watch the trials. I think we are going to have a good team.

[lizerdbits]

25. I think Sacramone and Memmel will be there barring injury

After trials I was thinking those 4 and the remaining 2 plus alternate most likely being Beiger, Worley, and maybe Sloan or Peszek. I loved Mattie Larson's FX but I'm not sure the US needs another FX, they need some good bar workers.

According to NBCOlympics.com Worley broke her leg at the selection camp :( I feel so bad for her! Apparently Bridget Sloan has a new vault and it sounds like Memmel is doing her DTY again. They also say Memmel had a bad landing and seems to have some whiplash. Hopefully it's not a serious problem since there's a day 2 of selection competition tomorrow. We obviously can't see the routines from the selection camp but I'm going to try to dig up some scores if they are posted somewhere.

For now: Johnson, Liukin, Sacramone, Memmel, Sloan, Peszek and the alternate being Larson or Davis. Hong seemed nervous at trials, so I think it might be too risky.

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26. Thanks for the DEATHKKKAMP Info!

I feel really bad for Shayla Worley!

It is REALLY weird that this year we are a little short on bars. Even in 2000, we had an awesome bar lineup.

[Rhythm]

14. Usually, i would be... this time, though

I really feel like we have no business being there... kinda like the Moscow games in '80.

If that opinion puts me on the wrong side of public opinion, so be it.

[KitchenWitch]

17. There is no Curling in the Summer Olympics

:cry:

[derby378]

19. Oh, I've got the perfect Olympics animation for you...

Enjoy!

http://home.datacomm.ch/marco.fernando/fla/bozzetto/olympics.swf

:rofl:

[LadyoftheRabbits]

20. I'm pretty psyched

I'll be seeing Olympia in a week or so, and I'll have the perspective of the ancient site with me when I watch the modern games. :bounce: :D

[old mark]

21. Not even a little bit.

[Rambis]

24. Winter yes summer no

I will be taking time off next round to watch in 2010 Vancouver- I TIVO Curling-

[begin_within]

27. The fireworks are going to be awesome

They did a "dress rehearsal" of the fireworks and the light show 2 nights ago. Here are some still photos from it:

http://www.boston.com/news/world/gallery/07_16_08_China_fireworks/

[yellowdogintexas]

28. Total Olympic junkie here, especially gymnastics, swimming and diving

and some of the track and field events.