Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius - missed out Shayla Worley - gymnastics - out with broken leg Yao Ming is back Dwain Chambers - you doped and you're still banned
Re: Who qualified, and who didn't, and other athletic stuff Croatia just qualified for the men's basketball tournament with a win over Germany. Germany will play the loser of Puerto Rico-Greece for a spot.
Re: Who qualified, and who didn't, and other athletic stuff I think Germany will be in. [result]Greece qualified[/result] http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080719/sp_nm/olympics_basketball_dc_1;_ylt=AqtgTwsDtJUe13NpiI5gaUbfjOQA - spoiler
Re: Who qualified, and who didn't, and other athletic stuff US Gymnast Hamm under investigation for doping. I thought this stuff only happened in cycling and track & field...
Re: Who qualified, and who didn't, and other athletic stuff Hamm out Somebody from Jamaica has got them some drugs Ralph Lauren has made the US Olympic team
Re: Who qualified, and who didn't, and other athletic stuff Eamon Sullivan to take out the 50m and 100m freestyle.
Re: Who qualified, and who didn't, and other athletic stuff US overdrew their Syndey account by 6 mod note - changed the thread title. Forgot that "athletic" refers to track and field in most of the rest of the world.
Fencing - Italian Baldini failed drug test Cycling - Thor Hushovd withdraws due to illness Maria Sharapova injured and will not compete
Sudanese refugee Lomong to carry US flag in related news Former Speedskater Joey Cheeks gets visa to China...and then gets it revoked And in case you weren't aware, the Men's and Womens's soccer matches have started.
First U.S. Gold of ’08 Games Comes in Fencing - N.Y. Times Chen Wins China’s First Gold of Games - N.Y. Times Spain’s Sanchez Wins Exhausting Men’s Road Race- N.Y. Times
U.S. Women Easily Defeat the Czech Republic - N.Y. Times Boxer Collapses While Trying to Make Weight - N.Y. Times
Last-Minute Alternate Is Able to Rise to Occasion in Gymnastics - N.Y. Times New Olympics, New Champions in Judo - N.Y. Times
Men's Swimming: Jumping Right In and Winning First Gold Women's Swimming: With Silver, Torres Sets Age Record for Medalist Men's Gymnastics: Last-Minute Alternate Is Able to Rise to Occasion in Gymnastics Women's Gymnastics: U.S. Gymnasts Overcome Injuries in Qualifying
Men's Swimming: Lezak, Not Phelps, Puts On a Show Men's Simming: Kitajima Leaves Hansen and Rivalry Behind Men's Tennis: Nadal Sweats Out His First Olympic Win
swiming is a bit of a joke with a world record in every other race. oh , and weird that there's no interest in discussing the Olympics here. can't be bothered finding another forum. oh well.
Men's Shooting: With India’s First Gold, Suddenly a Billion People Notice the Olympics Women's Basketball: Sportsmanship in Mind, U.S. Women Win Easily Equestrian: In Injury-Free Eventing, the U.S. Stumbles Boxing: Doctors Diagnose Hole in Defeated U.S. Boxer’s Lung
Men's Swimming: Not Content With Gold, Phelps Stalks Spitz and ’72 As Swimming Records Fall, Technology Muddies the Water
I gotta say, one of my first thoughts when I watched Phelps destroy his first record was "he's gotta be taking something." But seeing so many other records get not just beat but destroyed seems like there is a leap of technology - either pool wise or swimwear wise. And I understand that the pool technology has topped out.
Men's Basketball: No Elbows Needed as the U.S. Beats Angola The Americans improved to 2-0 in pool play, with the competition about to get decisively stiffer on Thursday. Men's Gymnastics: Chinese Men’s Gymnastics Fulfills Gold Hopes Men's Swimming: Coughlin and Peirsol Repeat Their Sweep of 100 Backstrokes