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Beautiful gold, so-so silver and shameful bronze: The running Olympics thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by deskslave, Aug 6, 2008.

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  1. buckweaver

    buckweaver Active Member

    Re: Beautiful gold, so-so silver and shameful bronze: The running Olympics threa

    You would say that. :p

    Quoteth my girlfriend, after covering the USWNT last month: "There are very few women on the planet who can make me stop what I'm doing and say 'Damn!' Hope Solo is one of them."
     
    buckweaver, Aug 20, 2008
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  2. BTExpress

    BTExpress Well-Known Member

    Re: Beautiful gold, so-so silver and shameful bronze: The running Olympics threa

    Most beautiful non-U.S. Olympian, sadly, did not make the javelin finals. I give you, from Paraguay and probably NSFW, Leryn Franco.

    http://www.pbase.com/crespoide/personal_2007_calendar
     
    BTExpress, Aug 20, 2008
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  3. dreunc1542

    dreunc1542 Active Member

    Yea, but what does she know. :)
     
    dreunc1542, Aug 20, 2008
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  4. Football_Bat

    Football_Bat Well-Known Member

    Re: Beautiful gold, so-so silver and shameful bronze: The running Olympics threa

    Now there's a girl who can catch my javelin anyday. ;)
     
    Football_Bat, Aug 20, 2008
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  5. sportschick

    sportschick Active Member

    Allyson's lovely, but Hope Solo's something else. Your girlfriend isn't the only one who feels that way about her, buck.
     
    sportschick, Aug 20, 2008
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  6. dreunc1542

    dreunc1542 Active Member

    Angola! will be happy. Nick Symmonds just won his heat of the 800 to make it through to the semis.
     
    dreunc1542, Aug 20, 2008
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  7. buckweaver

    buckweaver Active Member

    Re: Beautiful gold, so-so silver and shameful bronze: The running Olympics threa

    Well, as I just told dreunc, she can boot the shit out of the ball and she's got an oh-so-dirty mouth ... so even without the drop-dead looks, I'm just smitten. That's my kind of girl. ;)
     
    buckweaver, Aug 20, 2008
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  8. Italian_Stallion

    Italian_Stallion Active Member

    Is the U.S.-Australia game live this morning? It's on USA on the east coast, and it's 41-36 near halftime.
     
    Italian_Stallion, Aug 20, 2008
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  9. Italian_Stallion

    Italian_Stallion Active Member

    Cool. I never know what's going on. I've lost track since Phelps finished his run. I was so pissed about missing the 100 that I tuned out for the past two days.
     
    Italian_Stallion, Aug 20, 2008
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  10. buckweaver

    buckweaver Active Member

    Re: Beautiful gold, so-so silver and shameful bronze: The running Olympics threa

    LeBron diving all over the court to make the steal and keep it in-bounds. Great, great hustle.

    U.S. just hit two straight 3-pointers, now up by 18.
     
    buckweaver, Aug 20, 2008
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  11. Starman

    Starman Well-Known Member

    Re: Beautiful gold, so-so silver and shameful bronze: The running Olympics threa

    Make it 30+. Ultimate basketball.
     
    Starman, Aug 20, 2008
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  12. heyabbott

    heyabbott Well-Known Member

    In a similar vein, the hammer throw, the shot put, the discus and the javelin; aren't they they equivilant of the butter fly, breast stroke, back stroke and free style?

    At some point in time, maybe as late as the 11th century, those 4 events had meaning besides the Olympics. Aside from domestic violence, does anyone need to throw a hammer any more?
     
    heyabbott, Aug 20, 2008
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