Athens 2004 Olympics

Insane Rubber Duck · **Posted:** Sun Aug 15, 2004 4:38 pm

Personaly, I like both a lot. Winter and summer are both equally cool in my opinion.

Crescendo · **Posts:** 631 **Joined:** Tue Jun 01, 2004 2:13 pm

You know what made me mad last night? They switched up the rules on America (for gymnastics) so the men had to prepare an entirely new routine in less than 2 days. Of course, they didn't get very good scores. Sorry, I won't go too into this, but it got me pretty mad.

fallen_enigma · **Posts:** 693 **Joined:** Sun Jun 13, 2004 6:37 am

Claymore wrote:

Future Event Locations
2006 Winter Games : Turin, Italy
2008 Summer Games: Beijing, China
2010 Winter Games: Vancouver, Canada

WOOO!! Italy!!! Oh I gotta get tickets to that one!

shimmer · **Posts:** 165 **Joined:** Sun Jun 06, 2004 11:54 pm

I like gymnastics and divings pretty cool. One thing that kind of makes me mad is that Table Tennis is in the Olympics. There's a ton of sports that are more of a sport than Table Tennis. Like cheerleading.

SpiraLethe · **Posted:** Sun Aug 15, 2004 8:19 pm

Table tennis isn't a sport? How so?

one_up_mushroom · **Posted:** Sun Aug 15, 2004 8:23 pm

i dont really see ther point of it all

...but my fav. one is the lugeing in winter..or whatever
but what would be fun to watch would be world hide and seek. you have trees and all the's really cool laces to hide, then you pick one country to findthe other countres...that would be cool

The Fifth Marauder · **Posted:** Sun Aug 15, 2004 9:31 pm

shimmer wrote:

I like gymnastics and divings pretty cool. One thing that kind of makes me mad is that Table Tennis is in the Olympics. There's a ton of sports that are more of a sport than Table Tennis. Like cheerleading.

*shrugs* Table tennis is a sport. It tests agility and hand-eye coordination. As for competitive cheerleading, it might not be popular around the world (as other sports), so they don't include it. American football isn't included in the Olympics because it's mainly played in the US.

SpiraLethe · **Posted:** Sun Aug 15, 2004 9:34 pm

I think a lot of people don't think table tennis is a valid sport because they've never seen a real match between real athletes. It's nothing like the table tennis you play with your family in your basement/gym.

Squinchy · **Posted:** Mon Aug 16, 2004 12:44 am

My favorite events to watch are swimming, diving, synchronized diving, and gymnastics. When the athlete(s) performs their dive/routine perfectly, it makes me happy and want to say, "Yay" in a very contented manner.

SpiraLethe wrote:

I think a lot of people don't think table tennis is a valid sport because they've never seen a real match between real athletes. It's nothing like the table tennis you play with your family in your basement/gym.

Same with badminton.. It is often mocked as a backyard picnic diversion, but between real athletes, it is on a completely different level. My gym teacher reported not being able to see the shuttle until the dropshot.

Another possible reason why competitive cheerleading may not be an olympic sport is the cultural and linguistic issue. Judges may have to study and understand the cheers, their music, etc.

Christopher · **Posted:** Mon Aug 16, 2004 1:52 am

Squinchy wrote:

My favorite events to watch are swimming, diving, synchronized diving, and gymnastics. When the athlete(s) performs their dive/routine perfectly, it makes me happy and want to say, "Yay" in a very contented manner.

SpiraLethe wrote:

I think a lot of people don't think table tennis is a valid sport because they've never seen a real match between real athletes. It's nothing like the table tennis you play with your family in your basement/gym.

Same with badminton.. It is often mocked as a backyard picnic diversion, but between real athletes, it is on a completely different level. My gym teacher reported not being able to see the shuttle until the dropshot.

Another possible reason why competitive cheerleading may not be an olympic sport is the cultural and linguistic issue. Judges may have to study and understand the cheers, their music, etc.

Even playing against somebody that takes badminton as a team sport is a nightmare, let alone olympic level athletes.

Bangel · **Posted:** Mon Aug 16, 2004 2:02 am

Okay, I admit it. I'm watching the gymnastics preliminary (I think) right now, and our team is doing super in some events, and not-so-super in others. I think that our best event would be the balance beam (wh00t to Carly Paterson!) and our worst would be the floor excercise. Just my opinion.

simsman24000 · **Posted:** Mon Aug 16, 2004 2:09 am

Olympic... volleyball... ROCKS.

.:JAG:. · **Posted:** Mon Aug 16, 2004 3:14 am

Θ There's theta, Lillie. I found it in the character map in system tools.

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I've missed a bunch of events. -_-
I've been busy playing tennis lately.

Edit: Here's the lower case Theta: θ

unclekyky · **Posts:** 198 **Joined:** Wed Jun 02, 2004 1:00 am

Im too lazy to read all of the posts but i want to brag a little

My water polo coach is Chris Segesmen (last name probably spelled wrong). He plays for the US water polo team. Its cool i actually know someone in the olympics! Theres just one bad thing: since my coach is so good my practice will be hard

Well you guys (and gals) can continue to talk about whatever you were talking about

BTW table tennis ROCKS!

Igg · **Posts:** 6288 **Joined:** Fri Jun 04, 2004 5:47 pm

*boing*
Anyone who knows me knows that I'm totally sports obsessed...remember the usergroup?
Anyway, when I'm not online, I am glued to my television screen watching the all-day coverage of the Olympics.
So far have been impressed with Ian Thorpe and the South African 4x100 relay team were amazing.
The basketball Puerto Rico vs USA was incredible...
Synchronised diving was cool, especially since we actually picked up a (silver) medal!
The 3 day eventing is going well for GB, we're top of the standings with a 2nd place in the individual competition.
Very proud of Ben Ainslie too.

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