2012 Summer Olympics Thread: London July 27 - August 12

[runningfishy]

phelps was hella more lean back then, now he looked thicker, like ian thorpedo type, but i dunno how that translated into more power. he clearly finished slower in a couple of them.

 

[T0INE]

Super Saiyan Phelps > Dragon Phelps.

Props to Phelps for breaking the Olympic record for most medals overall.

Let me guess though, those who watched the races live had to do so online, right?

goddamn I hate NBC so much.

Watch them do the same BS with the T&F races.

 

[noskey]

Please tell me I'm not the only one who just saw that ridiculous/awesome table tennis point. That **** was amazing!

 

[jus3]

^Sooooo sick. I love the intensity of that German dude. Yelling after every point

 

[af1 1982]

Who's watching the USA Basketball game? One thing I've noticed in these olympics is that Kobe looks slightly smaller now that he's shed 15 pounds and wears a jersey that fits 

 

[iamdavidrice]

What channel is the game on???

 

[picasso swerve]

These Tunisia guys making it rain.

I mean, well know its gonna end up being a 30+ victory, but let these guys get their 1st half shine.

 

[shogun]

^
He shouldn't even consider competing in the next Olympics. He'll be totally burned out by then and not win much. Everyone's trying to pressure him to compete in Brasil . Just go there as a spectator and enjoy everything.

He's said numerous times he's retiring after this one.

People always change their minds. People are already in his ear telling him to keep going. Maybe he'll want to collect a few more gold medals.

 

[03silverbullet]

i didn't catch the game, but i just saw highlights of the spain basketball game. did y'all already discuss this spain player tripping over a photog out of bounds, hitting the back of his head on the lens of dude's camera, then laying in the fetal position in the back of a cart ? i know the shot to the head hurts, but damn, not getting wheeled off the court in a cart type hurt.

 

[iamdavidrice]

This is the greatest display of ping pong I ever seen by the way

 

[danikerhino]

These athletes in water polo have an arm comparable to quarterbacks. With that being said. Someone need to train Vick in swimming before he gets too old.

 

[picasso swerve]

i didn't catch the game, but i just saw highlights of the spain basketball game. did y'all already discuss this spain player tripping over a photog out of bounds, hitting the back of his head on the lens of dude's camera, then laying in the fetal position in the back of a cart ?

i know the shot to the head hurts, but damn, not getting wheeled off the court in a cart type hurt.

Wait, what? Video?

 

[danikerhino]

People always change their minds. People are already in his ear telling him to keep going. Maybe he'll want to collect a few more gold medals.

Doubt it, things don't work like that in the olympics. If he's struggling now, think about how he'll fare four years from now against multiple competitors reaching their prime.

 

[tonton32]

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[elpablo21]

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the ending

 

[runningfishy]

the dad looks like some hollywood guy.

aly is hott

 

[lyonbc1]

Good lord this dunk show on Tunisia is just :x

 

[shogun]

The British and Australian synchronized divers are looking good .

 

[jhawk826]

[h1]BALCO founder Victor Conte: It would be simple for Chinese swimmer Ye Shiwen to get doping kick[/h1][h2]Conte stresses that he has no idea if Ye is doping but says it would not be difficult for any athlete to pull off an EPO regimen without getting caught.[/h2][h3]By Teri Thompson / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS[/h3][h5]Tuesday, July 31, 2012, 8:22 PM[/h5]

[h4]Fabrice COffrini/ARF/Getty Images[/h4][h4] [/h4]
China's Ye Swien wins gold in the women's 200m individual medley final during at the London Olympic Games.

While the talk in London surrounding the superhuman performances of 16-year-old Chinese swimmer Ye Shiwen centered on whether she might be benefitting from futuristic doping methods, one former master of performance enhancement doubts that is the case.

According to BALCO founder Victor Conte, whose Olympic clients included Marion Jones, Tim Montgomery and Dwain Chambers, if Ye or anyone else wants to cheat, they don’t have to turn to in vitro genetic manipulation, as U.S. swimming coach John Leonard suggested Ye might have done, or any other form of new-age doping.

“You could do all this with old-fashioned blood doping, or EPO,” Conte told the Daily News on Tuesday.

“It’s like taking candy from a baby.”

Conte stresses that he has no idea if Ye is doping but says it would not be difficult for any athlete to pull off an EPO regimen without getting caught.

“If you use EPO by IV injections, like the cyclists do, it clears within about 19 hours,” Conte said of the blood booster that cranks up red blood cell count and increases oxygen transport. “Forget all the new-age doping. This is what they can still do that’s old-school.”

Conte describes a training program in which an athlete uses EPO three times in a week in the “corrective phase” of the first two weeks of a doping cycle.

“Typically, it’s used on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays,” Conte said. “Then during the ‘maintenance phase,’ you use it once a week, typically on Wednesdays. The dosage is about 4,000 IUs per injection. This increases the red blood cell count and enhances oxygen uptake and utilization.”

Conte also described the regimen in a letter to British anti-doping authorities in 2008 when Chambers, his former client, applied for reinstatement following a doping ban for testing positive for banned substances in 2003.

“EPO becomes undetectable within 19 hours after an intravenous injection and 43 hours after a subcutaneous injection,” Conte said. “As you get close to competition, instead of doing a seven-day regimen, you do it every 10 days, or you don’t do it at all during the competition. You would do the corrective phase somewhere in your country before you got to the Olympics and kick up your hematocrit.”

Conte says EPO “delivers more oxygen to muscles and picks up metabolic waste and gets rid of it quicker as well. Every time you take a breath, you’re increasing your oxygen transport.”

What that means, says Conte, is that EPO, which is often associated with endurance events, is equally as effective in training for sprints.

Ye came under suspicion after she swam the last leg of the freestyle in 28.93 seconds, compared with the 29.1 seconds that Ryan Lochte posted in the men’s event minutes earlier, prompting Leonard to call the feat “unbelievable.”

Leonard then compared Ye’s performance to the East German swimmers of the 1970s who were famously exposed as massive dopers.

“It clears so quickly,” Conte says. “It just increases oxygen capacity and gives you a kick at the end.”

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/o...n-doping-kick-article-1.1126198#ixzz22FZBPWx6

 

[jewseejay]

Hmmmmm... 19 hrs eh.

 

[champcruthik]

Can't help but Missy came out too fast on her first 50-75 in the 200 women's free. Probably cost her a medal. Pellegrini in fifth was a disappointment. Training with Phelps and Bowman sure helped Schmitt, bit surprised she "toasted" the field.

Australian swimmers letting down their nation so far. Ricey has a pass for shoulder issues but "Missile" and "Rocket" have looked underwhelming.

 

[rook]

Who's watching the USA Basketball game? One thing I've noticed in these olympics is that Kobe looks slightly smaller now that he's shed 15 pounds and wears a jersey that fits 

He's lost 15 pounds since the seasons end? Wow.

 

[coolnclutch]

Catalina Ponor - Romanian gymnast

 

[zmoney3]

^ CO SIGN THAT ALL DAY LONG

 

[runningfishy]

how come missy franklin is so big.. she looks pretty okay.