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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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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
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.
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....
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.
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.
Who is on the Olympic soccor team anyway?
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
im gonna be gone for alot of the plympics.....im kinda bummed, but im sure ill have more fun at the grand canyon..;)
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!!
Re8: Agreed with Lalas, I'm going to see him when New England plays the Crew.
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..:
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).
boring. The Olympics are the worlds biggest sham. Wake me when they are over.
Sounds like you need some caffeine. How 'bout a Coke, the official Cola of the 1996 Olympic Games!
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 )
No thanks. All the caffiene I need I get from chocolate and coffee.
What man! Just see "kaka pawar & Pappu Yaday" in "Action"
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..)
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
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.
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!
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.
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! :-)
I don't think that would fly, Rob.
Re 21: Whoa! You grew up with THE Todd Williams? Cool. I've been following himand other American distance runners (Bob Kennedy, etc.) for the past three years, ever since I starte drunning XC and track at school. It'd be interesting to see how he does against the Kenyans. Actually, I'm gearing up to watch Algeria's Morceli. I think they've got him in the 1500m, and there's a good chance he'll set another world record.
Time for the Olympics to actually start, now that the opening ceremonies are over. I never cared much for the ceremonies.
they had alot of trouble gettin the atletes into the stadium last night
Yeah, the athlete's entrance was a lot more disorganized than in previous years, but watching Ali come to light the torch made it all worthwhile.
I got a look at the torch and it's really UGLY. Who designed that monstrosity.
Heh. The torch is especially weird looking.
Soccer: USA men lost to Argentina 3-1 (but they scored the first goal)
VBall: Canada women lost to Cuba (not surprising) 15-8 15-8 15-5
USA women won easily
BBAll: Dream team beat Argentina, but played lousy defense and
I think generally disappointed a lot of viewers.
Canadian women lost to Brazil.
There was a world record set by a Chinese woman swimmer.
I saw that NZ won a gold medal. My friend in NZ wil appreciate that.
Since 1991, the Chinese government has been alleged to have funded a substantial research effort in the use of banned hormonal supplements (steroids, and human growth hormones). They've set a lot of world records since then, but when unscheduled drug tests were performed, 11 Chinese stars were caught, including their female swimming medalist. They were expected to have continued this program for the current Olympics, but with more attention toward indetectability through the use of natural hormones, which might just happen to be unusually high in a given person. It's a shame if the swimmer mentioned in 31 did it without drugs, because I doubt many people aware of recent happenings will believe it.
That is true, but there have been some interviews with athletes about this question, and most of them have a lot of confidence in the testing being done now, although they admit that the games are not 100% clean.
Unfortunately, that probably reflects the ignorance of the athletes, more than the accuracy of the testing. Tests are unable to distinguish between synthetic and natural testosterone, and people's natural testosterone levels vary. Tests started looking for abnormal ratios of testosterone to epitestosterone, but athletes responded by taking the two together. And human growth hormone can't even be tested for (it's got a less proven track record, but athletes still take it). A new hormone known as "epo" gives a short-term effect by increasing the body's red blood cell production, and while it can be tested for, it's too costly, so it's another that goes unscreened in the Olympics. It does have one side- effect: death. 18 Dutch and Belgian cyclists are thought to have died from its use, yet its popularity is on the rise. So overall, while I have faith that the testing program tests what it sets out to test, it does not set out to test for many hormonal supplements.
That may all be true. I am certainly not an expert in that area. Still the poor performance by the Chinese swimmers is being rather universally blamed on the improved testing. Athletes do admit that there are still abuses. On to the results. Monda's results included a GOLD in the 400 Individual Medley (swimming) to Tom Dolan, with a silver going to Eric Namesnik. There is an impressive showwing being made by the US in the swimming pool, and a very large component of it is U-M Ann Arbor-based athletes. Amanda Beard got a SILVER. She's only 14. The Men's relay team won a GOLD Monday as well. Continuing in the pool with Tuesday's action, the American Women's relay team won Gold in the 4x100 greestyle. I think they set an American and an olympic record in the process, too. Also Beth Botsford and Whitney Hedgepeth got GOLD and SILVER respectively in the women'd 100 backstroke. Tom Malchow (another U-M) got a SILVER in the 200 Butterfly, and Gary Hall Jr. a SILVER (by a razor thin margin) in the 100 freestyle. In VBall on Tuesday, the USA Women beat the Netherlands in 4 games, losing the firs, and nearly losing the 3rd after letting the Dutch back into the game. They clearly did not play their best, but they still won. In Mens BBall, the dream team beat Angola easily. The Water polo team hung on to win 9-7, but I forgot the opponent. It was a European team. they had to win as they have the opening round loss to the Italians. I didn't hear any soccer results. Looking forward to men's VB tomorrow, and the women come back on Weds to play China. Should be good.
The dream team, did beat Angola, but they didn't look like they were playing well. Sure they won by 30 some points, but come on this is The Dream Team. At one point in the game they were only ahead by 1 point. If the Dream Team keeps this up they may be rudly awakened. I don't want to sound unpatriotic but personally I hope the Dream Team losses. So much attention has been given to them, already, and they aren't even playing well. Basketball will be on in the Fall and Winter, so who cares about the Dream Team. There isn't anyone else like them in Olympic basketball. Personally I'd rather watch wrestling, fencing, soccer, or any one of a number of other sports, that won't be on in the Fall. I belive the water polo team the U.S. played was the Russian team... I could be wrong. So far the U.S. has won 2 and lost 1 game in water polo. I think that Beth Botsford, is also very young, somthing like 16. It should aslo be noted that Pocket Hurcles, picked up a 3rd gold medal this year. Lifting a record for his weight class. It was 3 times (or more) then his own body weight.
Are the Ann Arbor swimmers mostly UMich students, or did Olympic swimmers come to AA temporarily for training and coaching? I noticed one swimmer had UMich's block "M" tatooed on his pelvis...bet the U didn't even have to pay for that excellent advertising spot!! :-)
I haven't had time to come back here and post all of the interesting results. This is just what I can remember. I hope there are no errors. Of course everyone is talking about Kerry Strug's final vault, and the American Women's Gymnastics team's Gold medal. Her sprain will keep her out of any further competition in the Olympics, is my guess. Three of them, with Dominique Moceanu substituting for Kerry came back for the all-round indivdual competition, but none of them medaled. The Women's VB team lost yesterday, but should still be able to get into the medal round. The men's team lost an amazing match tonight, by 2 points in the 5th game, but they showed very little of it. I think they are OK to go on, too. The Men Soccer team could only manage a tie against Portugal, and is thus eliminated with a 1-1-1 record in a tough pool. The women's team is doing much better. Very nice Olympic Record Gold Medal tonight for the US Women's Swim relay team, which did the 4x200 freestyle relay in under 8:00 (barely). Track and field will be starting soon.
The US softball team just defeated Canada 4-2 with a two-run rally in the top of the 7th inning. Sadly, I had to watch the Canadian coverage to see it live, since the US was showing the tape of the men's volleyball match.
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