London 2012 Olympics Thread

[Yelnoc]

I'm sad we lost.

Lost what? It hasn't started yet.

I think he's talking about the failed attempt of New York City to host this year's event.

Which was a good thing.  I feel sorry for London.  Any mayor that supports his city making a bid to host the Olympics deserves to be voted out of office.  They simply are not worth the cost and hassle.

Are you kidding?  The '96 Olympics put Atlanta on the map.

[Yelnoc]

Nice finish to the cycling event.  The original breakaway group swelled two thirty members and maintained a 50 second lead over the pellaton for the rest of the race.  Then, with a mile or two to go, a columbian rider broke away from the breakaway, followed by a 38 year old Kazakhstani.  He drafted and then came around behind to sprint for the win.  Love it when somebody the commentators even had trouble identifying wins the Gold.

[Yelnoc]

Point of interest, 37 countries have already medalled, which is a great start for this games' aim to have the most ever medalling nations. Point of nyah nyah, no British golds. Point of frump: Australia is either third or fourth in the pool, depending on how you count.

Huh, Google tells me North Korea is 4th.

[Yelnoc]

Wow!  Did anybody watch the USA vs. Nigeria mens basketball game just now?  United States completely obliterated the record for teh highest scoring Olympic game; 156!

[Yelnoc]

I loved the basketball match. Spanish players (specially Pau and Navarro) were awesome. But the USA team is just unbeatable. Congratulations, Americans, it was a great game!! I'm really, really glad with our silver medal, the same one we had in Beijing.

There's this running joke that if you are playing in Olympic Basketball and not an American, you're playing for Silver.

Yes, that's true. And that's why we have a gold medal made of silver But, playing only a little better, we could have had a gold medal made of gold...

Yeah, I was surprised at the final score.  7 point difference.