The Official 2012 London Olympics Thread

[Kunty McPhuck]

lol, nah breh I think if healthy that Bekele can make some noise again, he looked pretty good yesterday. Better than he has since like 09. Yeah, too bad about Jeilan he's a great prospect and has a legit shot at beating mo farah. That race in 2011 was a classic.

Yeah, I'm Oromo. They do, I would say that around 80 % or so are oromo runners. obviously it's the largest group in ethiopia but still, it's not a coincidence that they produce the top long distance runners. They have a great running program over there, most of my little cousins are running over there. They work damn hard, I'll tell you that.

Bekele would be better off doin the marathons & the cross country races now.

 

[the next guy]

i heard that 2 teams(i think china & korea) tried to fix a badminton game and it got thrown out.

is this tru?

Yup. Almost ruined the entire badminton tournament.

 

[superunknown23]

And to americans, does he do US tv work? He's always on bbc when there's athletics.

He's basically unknown here.
Like most US runners, they're hot every 4 years... then they disappear completely after they retire. In fact, these US athletes are probably best known in Europe than here.
People only remember iconic stars: Owens, Lewis, Moses, Flo-Jo, etc.
Michael Johnson never reached that status.

 

[yoyoyo1]

FINALLY he gets a cheap point on a good first serve

 

[Fckumeen]

Fed is the Gawd but I kinda want Murray to win this.

 

[the next guy]

Murray!!!

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

Maroney is swagged da fukk out!

The height. So effortless.

 

[Gilly]

mckaylaaaa

 

[mastermind]

McKayla flopped

 

[triplehate]

the chick fell gotdamn

 

[Gilver]

He's basically unknown here.
Like most US runners, they're hot every 4 years... then they disappear completely after they retire. In fact, these US athletes are probably best known in Europe than here.
People only remember iconic stars: Owens, Lewis, Flo-Jo, etc.
Michael Johnson never reached that status.

What a boring troll attempt

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

what is this other tennis game on msnbc?

 

[CJ]

Wow McKayla Maroney just busted her ass on that 2nd jump, yikes.

 

[the next guy]

Maroney da Queen


EDIT: Nope

 

[Gilver]

HUGE hold.


I'm liking this from Murray so far, he's actually managing to dictate play at times.