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Post by Nevada Hoya on Aug 4, 2012 16:16:18 GMT -5
They seemed to have one minute of running and two minutes of commercials. But the finish was great as the US won their first medal in the 10000m since Billy Mills won in 1964. Alberto Salazar is the coach of Mo Farrah and Galen Rupp, gold and silver.
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Post by CTHoya08 on Aug 4, 2012 16:49:09 GMT -5
Those commercial breaks were also annoying. Great ending to the race though.
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Post by CAHoya07 on Aug 4, 2012 22:50:50 GMT -5
Loved the 10,000, great race, great finish. Nice to see an American win Silver! Is Galen Rupp also going to run the 5,000? I know I could look it up, but I'm lazy.
I'm one of the rare people who enjoys watching the longer distances than the sprints, since that's what I competed in high school.
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Post by CTHoya08 on Aug 5, 2012 8:57:29 GMT -5
They're not showing a single minute of sailing? Really? I know it doesn't make for the most compelling sport on television, but it can't be any drier than some of the shooting sports.
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Post by flyoverhoya on Aug 5, 2012 10:19:25 GMT -5
My biggest complaint is that NBC spends almost half the time showing things other than sports. Case in point - yesterday afternoon, NBC showed a piece on a washed-up 37 year old ex-Soviet gymnast who now competes for Germany while the women's 100m final was being run.
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Post by kchoya on Aug 5, 2012 10:55:05 GMT -5
Have any of you people watched previous Olympics? This (50% puff pieces) is what NBC has always done. Based on people I watch TV with, it's a winning [ratings] formula.
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Post by hoya95 on Aug 5, 2012 16:07:39 GMT -5
Pretty sure I couldn't drive a car 100 meters as fast Usain Bolt just ran it. He can't be human.
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Post by hoyarooter on Aug 6, 2012 12:10:11 GMT -5
Usain Bolt is ubernasty.. He could have won that race, against the best field of sprinters ever assembled, eased up.
Daughter rooter has become a big fan of Bolt, because she named her largest stuffed dog Bolt. No connection, since stuffed dog Bolt is named after the movie character, but she likes him just the same.
There's no 800 meter women's backstroke event. Or men's backstroke, either. Must have been the women's 800 meter freestyle. Too bad, though, I'd like to see that. ;D
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Post by Nevada Hoya on Aug 6, 2012 12:16:47 GMT -5
Loved the 10,000, great race, great finish. Nice to see an American win Silver! Is Galen Rupp also going to run the 5,000? I know I could look it up, but I'm lazy. I'm one of the rare people who enjoys watching the longer distances than the sprints, since that's what I competed in high school. You should know this as my former surrogate. Rupp is going to run the 5000m, having taken the spot away for Hoya Andrew Bumbalough. After the 10000m with medal in hand, he could have given up his spot to Bumbi, but that is not going to happen. He is still angry at Bumbi for beating him in the 5000m OT heats.
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Post by Nevada Hoya on Aug 6, 2012 12:24:51 GMT -5
I am a bit upset about a couple of the track and field people, who were not in the best shape to compete. I know it is the Olympics, but if you are injured and not going to be able to complete your race you should defer to another athlete. Of course, coming down to the last day or two before competition, it would be hard to replace somebody. But the case of LaShawn Merritt in the 400m, where he jogs about 100m of the 400, and stops, he should have known that he could not have competed. There are other 400m runners at the Olympics (for the 4x400m pool) who could have taken over. Consequently, this is the first Olympic Games that I remember that the US does not have one man in the finals of the 400m. And our hopes of winning the 4x400m relay, which we almost always win, took a severe blow. What would have been worse, however, is if he had pulled up in the 4x400m; that would have been a tragedy to the other runners.
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Post by Nevada Hoya on Aug 6, 2012 12:26:49 GMT -5
The US could be shut out of the gold medals in any of the men's track races. I think our best bet for a gold medal is the 110 hurdles, but that is not a given. Ironically, the next best bet is the 5000m with Lagat, Lomong, and Rupp, competing for the gold vs Kenya and Ethiopia.
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Post by Nevada Hoya on Aug 6, 2012 15:32:12 GMT -5
As I write this, US and Canada are tied 3-3, with five of the six goals made by University of Portland grads. Go Pilots!
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Post by CAHoya07 on Aug 7, 2012 2:25:23 GMT -5
Loved the 10,000, great race, great finish. Nice to see an American win Silver! Is Galen Rupp also going to run the 5,000? I know I could look it up, but I'm lazy. I'm one of the rare people who enjoys watching the longer distances than the sprints, since that's what I competed in high school. You should know this as my former surrogate. Rupp is going to run the 5000m, having taken the spot away for Hoya Andrew Bumbalough. After the 10000m with medal in hand, he could have given up his spot to Bumbi, but that is not going to happen. He is still angry at Bumbi for beating him in the 5000m OT heats. Haha, sorry. I should have paid closer attention.
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Post by thebin on Aug 7, 2012 10:08:01 GMT -5
They're not showing a single minute of sailing? Really? I know it doesn't make for the most compelling sport on television, but it can't be any drier than some of the shooting sports. Does anyone know why we are so miserable at sailing? And kayak/canoe too...it seems weird for us to be non-factors in the type of rich world water sports which are generally quite prominent in the US. I mean, we've always been pretty prominent in anything boat-related historically, large population, tons of coastline/lakes, and a recreation-loving society in general etc. How can the country that held the America's cup for 100 years not have some good sailors? (Yes I realize they are not racing yachts.) There are a ton of medals in sailing and canoe (36 medals!) and were not getting any of them. I understand why were non-entities is ping pong and badmitton, but not boat sports. Even in crew were pretty much only taking the women's 8. By the way, 36 medals for canoe? Really? Each of them worth the same as a team basketball or soccer medal in the table?
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Post by thebin on Aug 7, 2012 10:34:05 GMT -5
Sorry there are not 36 canoe medals...there are 48, didn't realize that "canoe slalom" and "canoe sprint" were two totally seperate events. 16 canoe gold medalists. That's absurd.
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Post by hoyarooter on Aug 7, 2012 12:05:07 GMT -5
They're not showing a single minute of sailing? Really? I know it doesn't make for the most compelling sport on television, but it can't be any drier than some of the shooting sports. Does anyone know why we are so miserable at sailing? And kayak/canoe too...it seems weird for us to be non-factors in the type of rich world water sports which are generally quite prominent in the US. I mean, we've always been pretty prominent in anything boat-related historically, large population, tons of coastline/lakes, and a recreation-loving society in general etc. How can the country that held the America's cup for 100 years not have some good sailors? (Yes I realize they are not racing yachts.) There are a ton of medals in sailing and canoe (36 medals!) and were not getting any of them. I understand why were non-entities is ping pong and badmitton, but not boat sports. Even in crew were pretty much only taking the women's 8. By the way, 36 medals for canoe? Really? Each of them worth the same as a team basketball or soccer medal in the table? It wasn't always that way. It seems like it wasn't so long ago that we would typically win our share of sailing medals, including a number of golds. Our current poor performance does seem odd.
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Post by Nevada Hoya on Aug 7, 2012 12:44:38 GMT -5
The hopes for the US track men to win a gold medal received a boost as Xiang Liu from China did not start his heat and is out. That plus Merritt running 13.07, which has to be one of the fastest, if not fastest, round one time ever. So, it will be a race between the Americans Merritt and Richardson and the Cuban Robles.
For Hoya fans, law center grad Samyr Lane, competing for Haiti, made the finals in the triple jump. The American Christian Taylor led all qualifiers.
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Post by kchoya on Aug 7, 2012 12:46:11 GMT -5
Sorry there are not 36 canoe medals...there are 48, didn't realize that "canoe slalom" and "canoe sprint" were two totally seperate events. 16 canoe gold medalists. That's absurd. Yes, let us feel sorry for the poor basketball players and soccer players. It's not like this is the only chance for the canoe people (canoeists? ;D ) to get any attention.
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Post by PhillyHoya on Aug 7, 2012 13:02:13 GMT -5
It wasn't always that way. It seems like it wasn't so long ago that we would typically win our share of sailing medals, including a number of golds. Our current poor performance does seem odd. Not enough Hoyas on the sailing team clearly
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Post by hoya9797 on Aug 7, 2012 13:34:33 GMT -5
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