The Official 2012 London Olympics Thread

[MikelArteta]

So she ain't even in her prime now?

she is in her prime now, shes run the fastest time in the 200m this year

 

[Versa]

lolo barley made it to the olympics, she won';t even medal and will be lucky to even reach the finals, her saying she was a virgin got her name out there and made her somewhat popular, sort of like 4 years ago amanda beard the talent is gone but let me just do or say something outlandish so ill still be remembered somewhat

Damn...she fell off?

She's 29 so she's definitely out of her physical prime.

 

[mastermind]

Damn...she fell off?

She's 29 so she's definitely out of her physical prime.

she had back surgery a few years ago that has messed everything up for her

it was kind of a shock she made the olympics

 

[Still Benefited]

lolo barley made it to the olympics, she won';t even medal and will be lucky to even reach the finals, her saying she was a virgin got her name out there and made her somewhat popular, sort of like 4 years ago amanda beard the talent is gone but let me just do or say something outlandish so ill still be remembered somewhat

Damn she been gettin alotta coverage,and a mcdonalds commercial I think she wuz in too.

 

[Versa]

yeah breh, sorry.

its over for her. I was looking for her too and noticed her in the last place heat (with Louise Hazel) in the 800 meters.

Isn't she in other events such as the shot put, javelin and other shyt?

It says on her Twitter that she's a Heptathlon which means she's in multiple events.

We still gonna eat brehs

 

[MikelArteta]

Lolo is done
The Amanda beard of track but at least Amanda won a medal

Actually Lolo is the Katie Hoff of track

 

[Versa]

Why are they saying tomorrow is Gymnastics coverage? Is it a re-run because I thought that shyt was over with.

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

I don't think Chantae is in the regular javlin, etc..

 

[Real]

Lolo is done
The Amanda beard of track but at least Amanda won a medal

Actually Lolo is the Katie Hoff of track

are they racing tomorrow?

 

[The_Sheff]

Isn't she in other events such as the shot put, javelin and other shyt?

It says on her Twitter that she's a Heptathlon which means she's in multiple events.

We still gonna eat brehs

They already did those events. The heptathlon works on points. You dont get a medal for each event.

 

[Still Benefited]

she is in her prime now, shes run the fastest time in the 200m this year

Time?I wuz talkin bout that azz and that face but she mighta got betteer with time compared to 2004

 

[mastermind]

Isn't she in other events such as the shot put, javelin and other shyt?

It says on her Twitter that she's a Heptathlon which means she's in multiple events.

We still gonna eat brehs

Jessica Ennis won gold in the Heptathlon. Its over breh

 

[Versa]

Lolo is done
The Amanda beard of track but at least Amanda won a medal

Actually Lolo is the Katie Hoff of track

Katie Hoff has medals too though doesn't she?

 

[Wesley Pipes quotes]

Gatlin gets no respect. He's linked to doping.

 

[superunknown23]

let''s keep it real lolo is only doing the Olympics for marketing purposes

Damn, even the NYT went in...

For Lolo Jones, Everything Is Image

LONDON — Judging from this year’s performances, Lolo Jones seems to have only a slim chance of winning an Olympic medal in the 100-meter hurdles and almost no possibility of winning gold.

Still, Jones has received far greater publicity than any other American track and field athlete competing in the London Games. This was based not on achievement but on her exotic beauty and on a sad and cynical marketing campaign. Essentially, Jones has decided she will be whatever anyone wants her to be — vixen, virgin, victim — to draw attention to herself and the many products she endorses.

Women have struggled for decades to be appreciated as athletes. For the first time at these Games, every competing nation has sent a female participant. But Jones is not assured enough with her hurdling or her compelling story of perseverance. So she has played into the persistent, demeaning notion that women are worthy as athletes only if they have sex appeal. And, too often, the news media have played right along with her.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/05/s...s-attention-to-beauty-not-achievement.html?hp

She's the Anna Kournikova of US track (less famous though)