Beijing Olympics 2008

[BulldogBelle]

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8 gold medals isnt it BB ?

Ooops, yes it is 8 - I am even more impressed with his performance now.

[LostDoggy]

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Ooops, yes it is 8 - I am even more impressed with his performance now.

Im not 100% sure but I think they 6 of them were in world records.

It was a shame for Hackett today. I thought he handled the loss very well. Australia's dominance at that distance is not something we will see anytime soon again.

[Mantis]

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Im not 100% sure but I think they 6 of them were in world records.

It was 7.

[LostDoggy]

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It was 7.

The way the records consistently tumbled in the pool that does not surprise me.

[hujsh]

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Like any world records count at this Olympics.

[Sockeye Salmon]

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Not to take any gloss off Phelps effort, but he really should have only won 6 (only, ha ha).

The French guy in the relay actually had a look to see where he was, slowed down and lost what was won.

Covic (?) had him beat as well and butchered the touch.

[westdog54]

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Italy was already through actually. They possibly played some of reserves. Not point busting a gut for no reason.
Its not the first time this has happened nor will it be the last.
Nothing beats Germany v Austria in 82.

Now THAT one was a dead set ripper.

That one gets a bonus point in that a 1-0 win to Germany was engineered.

The funny thing is I think some Germans are still in denial over that one.

As a sidenote, did anyone watch the Boomers take Lithuania apart yesterday. Absolutely magnificent. Andrew Bogut didn't pull down a single rebound, he didn't need to. He was hitting 3s from out of his backside, and the alley-oop from CJ Bruton, poetry in motion.

[westdog54]

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Sally McLennan has just run the race of her life to claim silver in the Women's 100m Hurdles.

They're interviewing her now, she is in utter disbelief at what she has just achieved.

The look on her face as she crossed the line was absolutely priceless, and when it was confirmed she'd won silver she celebrated as though she'd just broken the world record. Beautiful TV.

Congratulations Sally, I along with I'm sure many other Australians, are immensely proud of you.

[The Coon Dog]

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It looked for all the world as if Lolo Jones was going to claim the gold medal until she clipped the 2nd last hurdle.

Agree WD54, fantastic reaction when she realised that she had claimed silver. About 5 of them were seperated by the proverbial bee's dick.

Just saw some of the soccer highlights. Nigeria 4 defeated Belgium 1. Some great long range goals. Argentina & Brazil in the other semi a little later.

[BulldogBelle]

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The look on her face as she crossed the line was absolutely priceless, and when it was confirmed she'd won silver she celebrated as though she'd just broken the world record. Beautiful TV.

Yes, she was absolutely over the moon, she couldn't stop jumping up and down. Well done to her and go aussies!

[westdog54]

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It looked for all the world as if Lolo Jones was going to claim the gold medal until she clipped the 2nd last hurdle.

Agree WD54, fantastic reaction when she realised that she had claimed silver. About 5 of them were seperated by the proverbial bee's dick.

Just saw some of the soccer highlights. Nigeria 4 defeated Belgium 1. Some great long range goals. Argentina & Brazil in the other semi a little later.

Just saw that too.

I've seen bits of the other semi on SBS but I won't spoil it. Great to see guys like Messi and Ronaldinho running round at the Olympics.

Suffice to say it will be a cracking final.

The hurdles: 2nd through to 5th were separated by .01 of a second. Ripping race.

They just showed another replay of the reaction, and to be quite frank I don't think I'll ever, ever get sick of watching it.