BB61 Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 I like to think that he was trying to show the ref his toe and slipped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVP Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 Not surprisingly, its on youtube...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW67awStKVY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 Not surprisingly, its on youtube...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW67awStKVYThat video doesn't seem to want to play all the way through.Fortunately there is a considerably higher-quality video of the incident on the NBC Olympics site.Edit/update: Olympic "silly season" is officially upon us now, as TV coverage turns to the compelling, historically weighty events of synchronized swimming and rhythmic gymnastics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAD! Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 Speaking of diving, the Chinese DID NOT get gold in all 8 events. Matthew Mitcham got the gold in the 10m platform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maz Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 Speaking of diving, the Chinese DID NOT get gold in all 8 events. Matthew Mitcham got the gold in the 10m platform.Which gives them 7...our "lucky number". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WJMorris3 Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Ara Abrahamian move over.You are no longer the worst sore loser at the 2008 Games in BeijingA Cuban taekwondo Angel Matos has reached a Phelpsian standard in lows with a full karate kick to the head of the ref in the Bronze Medal Match in Beijinghttp://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer08/jud...tory?id=3549903All I'm going to say is... well... WTF?I'd say the lifetime ban is warranted, but I'd also consider a ban on Cuban jins in the 2012 Olympic tournament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew22 Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAD! Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 TaeKwonDOWN3D!!!11!!!??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatorade09 Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Isn't china communist though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew22 Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Isn't china communist though?That's the point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatorade09 Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Isn't china communist though?That's the point.well the picture and the words in my mind say that the Cuban is saying china is a democracy and that they should change but i now see what your saying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eye Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 I figured that he would've 'redeemed' himself after running a full 200 and breaking Michael Johnson's WR from the 96 Olympics, a record that many felt would be untouchable and stood for 12 years.But eh.I hear you, Flame, but people don't care about the 200 meters like they do about the 100.People should though; Bolt ran a 9.69 in the 100 and 19.30 in the 200. He is even faster in the 200 than the 100 which is astounding. I mean, he just left everyone in the dust (in both races.)How do you figure he is "even faster in the 200 than the 100"? The difference in the average speeds between the two was 100 metres per hour (0.1 km/h or 0.06 miles/hr) even WITH the toe-drag and 20m of showboating in the 100m and the full-out super run of the 200m. He's clearly much faster in the 100.Much late for a response; I was on vacation this weekend. What my logic was based on was Bolt's time in the 100 (9.69 seconds) and his time in the 200 (19.30 seconds.) 100 x 2 is 200 and 9.69 x 2 is more than 19.30 which is why I came to the conclusion that he is faster in the 200 than the 100. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BucsBoy02 Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Isn't china communist though?That's the point.well the picture and the words in my mind say that the Cuban is saying china is a democracy and that they should change but i now see what your sayingThe ref he kicked is from Sweden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAD! Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Isn't china communist though?That's the point.well the picture and the words in my mind say that the Cuban is saying china is a democracy and that they should change but i now see what your sayingThe ref he kicked is from Sweden.So basically, the Cuban was showing Sweden the right way to protest a loss? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njmeadowlanders Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Speaking of diving, the Chinese DID NOT get gold in all 8 events. Matthew Mitcham got the gold in the 10m platform.That dive was disgustingly good...there was virtually ZERO splash either...I see maybe 4-5 dives a year granted (of course only the olympics) and that was still just incredible... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAD! Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Now here's an interesting story, Iceland is in the final of the team handball competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigga Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Now here's an interesting story, Iceland is in the final of the team handball competition.With all the frostbite, you'd think they'd have a problem fielding a team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAD! Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Now here's an interesting story, Iceland is in the final of the team handball competition.With all the frostbite, you'd think they'd have a problem fielding a team.... and ironically, Iceland have never won a medal in the WINTER Olmypics.Also, have a look at the average temps in Iceland... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceland#Climate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigga Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Now here's an interesting story, Iceland is in the final of the team handball competition.With all the frostbite, you'd think they'd have a problem fielding a team.... and ironically, Iceland have never won a medal in the WINTER Olmypics.Also, have a look at the average temps in Iceland... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceland#ClimateWell damn. Thanks for taking all of the fun out of it for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer08/jud...tory?id=3549903All I'm going to say is... well... WTF?Which, fittingly enough, just happens to be the acronym for the sport's governing body, the World Taekwondo Federation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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