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doll
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the olympic item
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Jul 1 14:48 UTC 1996 |
okay i thought we needed an olympics item....i was watchin the olympic trials
last night..the gymnastics....it amazes me what those girls can do!
so enter all your olympic stuff here..:)
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doll
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response 1 of 63:
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Jul 1 14:51 UTC 1996 |
anyhow, the girls who made the olympic tem are:
#1 dominique dawes
#2 keri strugg
#3 jaycee phelps
#4 amy chow
#5 dominique mocieneu
#6 shannon miller
#7 amanda borden
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srw
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response 2 of 63:
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Jul 5 06:29 UTC 1996 |
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srw
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response 3 of 63:
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Jul 5 06:32 UTC 1996 |
I haven't watched the gymnastics.
I'm lookiing forward to the team sports. I do love those the best.
Volleyball is my #1 sport in the summer olympics./
I'll be following both the mens and women's teams.
Also soccer is fun. I wonder if we'd have been good enough to qualify had we
not been the host country.
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doll
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response 4 of 63:
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Jul 5 12:32 UTC 1996 |
i love volleyball...i cant believe beach volleyball is an olympic sport now
though.....
i love to watch the gymnastics cause it just amazes me the things those people
can do with their bodies....flippin around on a 4 inch plank of wood...
i jus tsit and watch in amazement....
though i much prefer the winter olympics.....i love to watch hockey and
skating and bobsled and skiing....and all those winter sports....
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robh
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Jul 5 21:30 UTC 1996 |
This item has been linked from Sports 47 to Intro 79.
Type "join sports" the the Ok: prompt for discussion of
ahtletic pursuits.
Re 3 - I don't know about our Olympic team, but the US national
soccer team was ranked 14th in the world in the last FIFA
rating.
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srw
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Jul 6 21:45 UTC 1996 |
I don;t know that there's quite any way to know whether the USA
soccer team would have qualified had it been necessary. However,,
it will be possible to see where they wind up in the styandings after the
Olympics are over.
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hematite
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Jul 6 22:41 UTC 1996 |
Who is on the Olympic soccor team anyway?
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srw
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response 8 of 63:
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Jul 7 07:25 UTC 1996 |
The Exact roster probably hasn't been determined yet.
This is the website with the full information on the Men's team's player
pool: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mdwheel/us-soccer/players/national-team-pool.h
tml
(I had to do some fancy searching to find that.)
If you don't have web acess, you can view it using lynx on Grex.
Here are the top players at each position: (lifted from that site)
Name Caps Goals Club
Goalkeepers:
Tony Meola 80 0 MetroStars (MLS)
Defenders
Marcelo Balboa 113 12 Leon (MEX 1), Colorado Rapids (MLS)
Paul Caligiuri 110 5 Columbus Crew (MLS)
Alexi Lalas 71 7 New England Revolution (MLS)
Chris Henderson 72 2 FSV Frankfurt (GER 2)
Tab Ramos 70 5 UANL Tigres (MEX 1), MetroStars (MLS)
John Harkes 67 6 DC United (MLS)
Thomas Dooley 58 6 Schalke 04 (GER 1)
Mike Sorber 56 2 UNAM Pumas (MEX 1), Kansas City Wiz (MLS)
Dominic Kinnear 56 9 Colorado Rapids (MLS)
Forwards
Cobi Jones 76 7 LA Galaxy (MLS)
Eric Wynalda 73 24 San Jose Clash (MLS)
Joe Max Moore 46 11 1FC Nuernburg (GER 2)
Frank Klopas 45 13 Kansas City Wiz (MLS)
I'm a big Lalas fan. Check out
http://www.angelfire.com/pages0/lalas22/index.html
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doll
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Jul 7 13:53 UTC 1996 |
im gonna be gone for alot of the plympics.....im kinda bummed, but im sure
ill have more fun at the grand canyon..;)
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yellow
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Jul 7 15:34 UTC 1996 |
I was very impressed with the Track and Feild part of the olympics espically
when a person in the 200dash beat the world record just trying to qualify for
the olympics with 19.66s!!
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hematite
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response 11 of 63:
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Jul 7 15:40 UTC 1996 |
Re8: Agreed with Lalas, I'm going to see him when New England plays
the Crew.
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umarani
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Jul 8 17:47 UTC 1996 |
Hello This is uma,How are you.Please write about you.Nenu ippudu kachukoni
unnanu..
talk duvvuri
respond duvvuri
meeru ekkadanunti pilusthunnaru,emaiyindhi
O.K..:
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srw
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response 13 of 63:
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Jul 9 05:38 UTC 1996 |
Welcome to Grex, uma. It gets easier. We are talking about the Olympics here.
Wendy, did youy see the Lalas page on the web? There are some pictures there
that I really like (especially the one where he is consoling Meola).
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omni
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response 14 of 63:
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Jul 9 07:06 UTC 1996 |
boring. The Olympics are the worlds biggest sham. Wake me when they are
over.
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ajax
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response 15 of 63:
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Jul 9 16:23 UTC 1996 |
Sounds like you need some caffeine. How 'bout a Coke, the official Cola
of the 1996 Olympic Games!
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sidekick
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Jul 9 17:45 UTC 1996 |
Re: #11. Wendy, I'll be at that game, too! I'm actually working it, handing
out the free programs! :) (But then again, you can only say "Would you
like a free program" so many times... :) ). If you see me there, come on
over and say hi :) (I have no clue what you look like, but my picture is
on Mike's (cinder) homepage... http://GANet.NET/~sfr++000/KERI.jpg )
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omni
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response 17 of 63:
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Jul 9 19:37 UTC 1996 |
No thanks. All the caffiene I need I get from chocolate and coffee.
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zolix
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response 18 of 63:
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Jul 10 00:28 UTC 1996 |
What man! Just see "kaka pawar & Pappu Yaday" in "Action"
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hematite
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Jul 10 21:19 UTC 1996 |
Re 13, I didn't have a lot of time to look at it, but when I
get a chance I will. (I really wanted to see the one of him juggling!)
Re 16: COOL! If you care to know where I'll be sitting, East Side, Section
20 LB (lower box) row 7, seats 1 & 2. I'll look for you before the game =)
On a sad note, Alexei won't be playing tomarrow...(He got suspended..)
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doll
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response 20 of 63:
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Jul 14 13:02 UTC 1996 |
i like to watch talented athletes....im mostly a hockey/basketball fan, but
i really like gymnastics and diving and ice skating and stuff that just puts
me in awe of amazing athletic ability
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bubu
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Jul 16 15:46 UTC 1996 |
A guy I grew up with will be competing on the 26th in the 10,000 meter...
His name is Todd Williams, He now lives in Tenn. but is origanally from
Monroe.
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ajax
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Jul 16 18:08 UTC 1996 |
I heard the IOC (or USOC?) was sueing (or pre-suit negotiating) the US
Postal Service for issuing Olympic stamps without paying to become the
Official Mail Service of the Summer Olympics or anything. The level of
commercialism and profit-making is reaching new heights this year.
The execs taking home half million dollar paychecks for their "non-profit"
employment are earning every dime!
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omni
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Jul 16 18:34 UTC 1996 |
sigh. Time was when the Olympics stood for the best in amatuer competition,
and no one worried about the commercial implications. Them days are long gone.
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ajax
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response 24 of 63:
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Jul 17 04:13 UTC 1996 |
I had a revenue-enhancing idea for the Olympics: for athletes
with an income of over $10 million per year (e.g. probably most of
the basketball team), charge them a few million for the privilege of
becoming an Official Basketball Player of the 1996 Summer Olympics.
I mean come on, they're going to profit from the affiliation the same
way Coca-Cola does...they're not wearing Nike and Reebok shoes in
Olympic-related ads for free! :-)
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