Argentina's Olympic Thread

[argentine soccer fan]

I figure we should start a thread to discuss in general the performances of all Argentine athletes.

Obviously Argentina is not a power in the type of sports that help countries accumulate medals, like track and field, swimming etc. I guess our best chance is in the team sports, like soccer, basketball, field hockey. but hopefully we'll have a few surprises.

[argentine soccer fan]

Here are some of the matches for our tennis players. It looks like a good draw for Nalbadian.

http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1037315

El número 1 del tenis argentino, David Nalbandian, debutará ante el chino Shao-Xuan Zeng, el peor ubicado en el ranking entre los 64 participantes del certamen olímpico, según determinó el sorteo realizado hoy en el Swiss Hotel de Pekín.

El cordobés se medirá con un rival accesible en la primera rueda, que figura en el puesto 598 y, en caso de superarlo, podría cruzarse en la instancia siguiente con el chileno Nicolás Massú. Recién en semifinales podría tocarle el español Rafael Nadal, quien próximamente se convertirá en el número uno del mundo.

Pico vs. Cilic. En tanto, Juan Mónaco arrancará su participación en los Juegos Olímpicos frente al croata Marin Cilic y, en caso de vencer, podría jugar contra el también chileno Fernando González, quien además es novio de la tenista argentina Gisela Dulko.

El Gordo, más complicado. Agustín Calleri será quien afrontará el debut más complicado, ya que su rival será el croata Iván Ljubicic, ex número tres del mundo, aunque actualmente en el puesto 51. Guillermo Cañas, por su parte, jugará contra el canadiense Frederic Niemeyer.

En el dobles, la dupla argentina conformada por Nalbandian y Cañas tendrá como rivales a los belgas Oliver Rochus y Steve Darcis.

Los favoritos. Los máximos favoritos del certamen, el suizo Roger Federer y el español Nadal jugarán en la primera rueda ante el ruso Dimitry Tursunov y el italiano Potito Starace, respectivamente.

Las chicas. En cuanto a la rama femenina, Dulko iniciará su segunda participación olímpica, luego de haber sido eliminada en la primera rueda en Atenas 2004, ante la australiana Stacy Delacqua, mientras que en el dobles -junto a la joven Betina Jozami- se medirá contra la dupla israelí, que integran Shahar Beer y Tzijora Obziler.

'La Legion' has been in a slump, but hopefully Nalbadian or somebody else can bring home a medal.

[aerez]

NBC is the best network in America. I have come to realize this. ;)
They even carry Ice Hockey! :D

Manu - Manu!
http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=555/qa/index.html#one+with+manu

Field Hockey (A few profiles available in front)
http://www.nbcolympics.com/fieldhockey/index.html

Luciana Aymar
http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=961/photos/galleryid=112131.html

Don't forget this goal!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HveuolKQMug


Whatever else you can find:
http://www.nbcolympics.com/index.html

[argentine soccer fan]

Don't forget this goal!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HveuolKQMug



That is just great! It's a very nice goal, but more importantly, any excuse is good to replay Diego's goal against England.

[argentine soccer fan]

Los atletas Argentinos ingresan al estadio en Pekin:

http://www.lanacion.com.ar/anexos/fotos/71/869171.jpg

[El viejo Matias]

I heard that we have a good chance in the sailing events, we also have some swimming promise and table tennis:eek::rolleyes:.

[Andrés_]

Possibly. We've won some medals in yatching and such in previous olympic games, in fact the previous gold medal before the ones in football and basketball was in that. However i have no idea about swimming and table tennis.

[RacingGirl]

I finally got to watch the opening ceremony, it was beautiful.
Aca esta la entrada de la representacion Argentina.
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[devilman]

First Olympic medal!!!


http://www.ole.clarin.com/diario/2008/08/09/polideportivo/thumb/paretoole473.jpg


La Porteña Paula Pareto
http://www.ole.clarin.com/notas/2008/08/09/polideportivo/01733745.html

[argentine soccer fan]

First Olympic medal!!!


http://www.ole.clarin.com/diario/2008/08/09/polideportivo/thumb/paretoole473.jpg


La Porteña Paula Pareto
http://www.ole.clarin.com/notas/2008/08/09/polideportivo/01733745.html

Who says our women can't kick ass?

Grande Paula! Primer medalla para Argentina.

VAMOS ARGENTINA ************!!!

[Andrés_]

If heard correctly she actually defeated a japanese woman to get the bronze medal.:eek:

A bronze medal on the first day, like in Athens. Male basketball and female hockey starts tomorrow. Good luck to our athletes.

[aerez]

Bad day in sports for Argentina's team games that they excel in.

Argentina mens olympic team lost 79-75 to Lithuania. Bad result, bad start and a bad game.

Argentina mens soccer result, even though they dominated. Several problems remain on defense and finishing on goal. 14 shots on net resulted with only 1 goal.

Non Olympics to add to the hurt. Los Pumas, Argentina Rugby team got slaughtered by South Africa 69-9.
http://www.jjoo.clarin.com/diario/2008/08/10/01734569.html

Hopefully these results lead to a bounce back in glory for the sides.

[Andrés_]

Bah they still won, the defense ain't a problem i think it's the last hit the one that has to improve. Anyway "las leonas" are up 2-1 over USA.

[aerez]

Where can you watch field hockey? it's 2-2 now

[Andrés_]

On TyC, though the football match clashed with the ending of basketball and the beginning of hockey, when they started to show it the first half was about to finish. Canal 7 showed it too, but not complete.

[elbp]

Fat Dave off to a flying start. He played some unknown Chinese amateur -these are the sort of matches David usually struggle with- and he did the job quickly.

Sad to see the basketball go down to Lithuania.

Any chance we get to grow a Phelps some time in the near future. Gosh.

[aerez]

No TYC love up here in the North, and I've tried to persuade my cable company to get it. Went through all the red tape; it sucks when you have TV Chile to as a channel here. :(

http://www.nbcolympics.com/fieldhockey/news/newsid=189359.html#u+s+ties+field+hockey+power+argentina

[aerez]

Argentina vs Australia on Channel 7 on cbc.ca. Can't see it there, then go here NBC English Comments. http://www.justin.tv/rntv

[elbp]

That's more like it from the Golden Generation. Now it's Croatia and it's a must-win game to help our chances of finishing in the second spot.

[Andrés_]

Nalbandian is the only tennis guy left, the basketball guys won something like 90-65(maybe less, don't remember the exact score). Alsogaray(err...) had a good start for yatching. Las Leonas tied 2-2, but they still have 3 more matches left on the group, so they still have chances(it's always the same with them they start so-so and improve on the road). Bardach, with no chances of a medal, withdrew, she claims that she was exceeded mentally.

Also worth pointing that in in Athens in Basketball, Argentina lost 2 matches on the first round, with Spain and Italy(who they defeated on the final for the gold medal later). Did i hear right or they said that with this single victory they already have a spot on the next round?:confused: