2008 Olympics

Yeah when the olympics first began they had a little story about him and his home and his dog and how all he does is swim, eat and sleep....I was shocked lol where does it all fit!?

That was a cute story...loved his dog!! I think I've read that he burns something like 4000 calories per training session or something like that.

Hurrah for GB's first EVER Olympic medal!  It might've only been a bronze, but it's finally the break-through into the USA/ex-Soviet/Chinese dominance in gymnastics.

They said it was the first ever GB medal in gymnastics during the competition (just watching it now), but it's not actually true - the commentators got it wrong !

The GB women's team won Bronze in the 1928 Team Final and Walter Tysal got the Men's All-Round Silver medal in 1908 too... so it's actually not the first medal ever, but just the first medal in a very long time .

The women's fault final was awful!

They said it was the first ever GB medal in gymnastics during the competition (just watching it now), but it's not actually true - the commentators got it wrong !

The GB women's team won Bronze in the 1928 Team Final and Walter Tysal got the Men's All-Round Silver medal in 1908 too... so it's actually not the first medal ever, but just the first medal in a very long time .

That's strange, the US announcers got it right! You'd think if there was a mistake it would be the other way around!

The women's fault final was awful!

I know - I felt so bad for Anna Pavlova!  But the German girl - wow!  And I was really pleased for the Korean girl as well.

I know - I felt so bad for Anna Pavlova!  But the German girl - wow!  And I was really pleased for the Korean girl as well.

eh?? was there seriously someone called Anna Pavlova in it? I missed that.

eh?? was there seriously someone called Anna Pavlova in it? I missed that.

She was the one who got 0.000 on her 2nd vault because she didn't wait for the green light.  Pretty harsh, but at that level, you'd think they'd not make those sort of mistakes?

Okay, my mistake about the "first ever" gymnastics medal...I was just repeating the commentators!  Weird that they got it wrong, too :-/.

That's what I thought...but I think they meant 'in this form'.  It seems that this event wasn't in the gymnastics back then, but things like shotput and tug of war were!


Vicky

That's what I thought...but I think they meant 'in this form'.  It seems that this event wasn't in the gymnastics back then, but things like shotput and tug of war were!

That's what I took it to mean.

I'm watching the table tennis right now and man, who knew that ping-pong could be so intense!

I missed it but DW said the BBC was parading around the Olympic park the cut out statue of Phelphs and getting people's reactions.  I'd have loved to see that.

I understand Phelphs and Katie Hoff are members of the North Baltimore Aquatic Club in Mount Washington as well as a couple other sites in north baltimore.  That's right by where I used to go ice skating in my youth!  I wonder what kind of a waiting list they'll have for there if they haven't already got one.

http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/roundup

Lol I couldn't stop laughing for some reason. You know he ate more than one burger lol

I know - I felt so bad for Anna Pavlova!  But the German girl - wow!  And I was really pleased for the Korean girl as well.

I was talking about the judging! I did feel badly for Anna, though. I was happy for Oksana!

I enjoyed Sunday night's NBC interview with Michael Phelps and his mom.  He talked about being bullied as a kid.  I wonder if that makes winning 8 gold medals even a little bit sweeter, prouder, better.   

This race was AMAZING! I found myself jumping up and down and screaming (at almost 11pm now) because it was soooooo close!!!

ANGELO RAN WITH SUNGLASSES ON! hahaha

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gMifBXCDBKSK_nLdYW5t-BHaiR2g

I enjoyed Sunday night's NBC interview with Michael Phelps and his mom.  He talked about being bullied as a kid.  I wonder if that makes winning 8 gold medals even a little bit sweeter, prouder, better.   

I saw that...it was such a sweet interview especially when he talked about his mom. I saw this photo online ...the look in his eyes and hers is just so sweet. You can really see the love between them...so sweet.