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Post by jacobtgaines on Aug 9, 2008 10:00:39 GMT -5
Is anybody here as big of an olympics geek fan as I am? lol we upgraded our DVR to a 450 hour unit last week with hopes of fitting all of the events on it for review later. Now if only I could do anything good....*dreams of being an olympian*
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Post by kittybee on Aug 9, 2008 13:40:46 GMT -5
I'm definitely looking forward to the events. The opening ceremony astonished me... it was the best opening ceremony I've ever seen... the amount of performers, the synchronization, the fireworks... omg *-* Did anyone else see the opening ceremony?
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Post by jacobtgaines on Aug 9, 2008 16:40:52 GMT -5
Yeah I watched it at applebees last night, that show was amazing!
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Post by asmeurer on Aug 9, 2008 18:52:17 GMT -5
Yay. Go USA!
What are you're favorite events? I personally think the race type events are the funnest to watch (i.e., swimming, track).
And how about an Olympics iPhone app? Anyone?
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Post by jacobtgaines on Aug 9, 2008 23:08:05 GMT -5
personally, I enjoy watching the gymnastics events and swimming. micheal phelps is pretty awesome.
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Post by asmeurer on Aug 9, 2008 23:23:47 GMT -5
I just saw Phelps get his first medal this year. Gymnastics is a popular one, but I can't enjoy it as much because I don't have a clue what's good/bad/tricky. It's pretty easy to tell what's supposed to happen in a race, and you can see who's winning throughout.
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Post by eliu87 on Aug 11, 2008 15:26:40 GMT -5
Wow did anyone see Phelps' second medal in the 4x100 men's freestyle final? The French were leading the US in the finishing 50m (last length), and then with like 5m to go to the finish the US anchor Lezic just simply powered past the French and won the gold for the US by like one tenth of a second. You should have seen Phelps' expressions
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Post by jacobtgaines on Aug 11, 2008 16:35:37 GMT -5
holy christ yes! that was THE most amazing thing i've ever seen any athlete do as of yet under any circumstances at any event. I was screaming at my tv, that's how jacked i got about it lol.
GOOD LUCK TO PHELPS ON HIS QUEST FOR 8 STRAIGHT GOLD MEDALS!!!
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Post by asmeurer on Aug 12, 2008 0:50:05 GMT -5
I KNOW. THAT WAS AMAZING. It's so cool when you watch something like that happen live.
BTW, Is anyone else pumped for thursday when the track & field events start?
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Post by eliu87 on Aug 12, 2008 14:21:43 GMT -5
I'm ready for the 8-men rowing finals on Sunday, GO TEAM CANADA! I'm a Canadian btw ;D
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Post by asmeurer on Aug 12, 2008 14:45:10 GMT -5
Man, you must be excited for the winter olympics in 2010, which will be held somewhere in Canada. I'm hoping Chicago will make the 2016 summer bid.
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Post by eliu87 on Aug 12, 2008 15:19:00 GMT -5
Yep, its in Vancouver, which is where I live ;D ;D The only thing is, Canada better start winning medals... when Montreal hosted the Olympics, we didn't even win a single gold medal
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Post by asmeurer on Aug 16, 2008 0:38:47 GMT -5
Did everyone just see Phelps just win that 100 fly by .01 second?!? That was even more amazing than that relay!
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Post by jacobtgaines on Aug 16, 2008 2:17:58 GMT -5
i caught it! holy cow was that amazing! then the serbian coach wanted to petition against the computer system's judgment lol.
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Post by asmeurer on Aug 16, 2008 12:58:55 GMT -5
Did you hear that that was ironic because the serbian coach will be coaching Phelps or something like that?
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