Olympics (Discussion and Results aka Spoilers)

• Fly4Fun

  

  Grevers and Thoman in the second semi-final go 1st and 3rd respectively. Both should make the finals, Thoman is questionable since I didn't catch times from 1st heat.
  
  Edit:
  
  Grevers is top seed (lane 4) going into the finals, Thoman will be the 5th seed (lane 2).
• ironman02

  Ready for this 4x100 relay. Adrian, Phelps, Jones, and Lochte should give the US a great chance at gold.
• Fly4Fun

  

  Missy Franklin and Rachel Bootsma trying to make the finals in the 100 Back. I would love to coach Rachel Bootsma as I bet that name would be fun as hell to yell angrily. Damnit Bootsma, swim faster.
  
  I believe Franklin has a shot at the WR in this event, possibly she'll go for it in the finals.
• Fly4Fun

  

  Franklin wins the 1st heat 59.12. She took it easy early on and turned it on the last 25 to make sure she won the heat. I think she has more in the tank for the finals.
• Fly4Fun

  

  Looks like Bootsma is 9th overall so won't make finals. Missy Franklin will be the 2nd seed in the 100m Back (lane 5).
• Fly4Fun

  

  Watching the Americans walk out of the tunnel, I'm not feeling a gold. They did not look into it. I'm thinking silver at best, possibly a bronze. I'm hoping I'm wrong and they take down Australia.
• Fly4Fun

  

  Adrian has a great 1st leg for USA so far, he was 1st at the 50 mark
  
  Amazing swim, Phelps is up now.
• Fly4Fun

  

  Phelps looking strong so far, still maintaining lead.
  
  Phelps pulls away a bit off the wall.
  
  Phelps looks like a legit sprinter.
  
  Jones is 3rd.
• Fly4Fun

  

  Cullen Jones maintains the lead on 1st lap, frenchies coming up in lane 6
• ptown_trojans_1

  

  Damn Frenchies.
• Fly4Fun

  

  Ryan Lochte has the lead going into his leg.
  
  He loses a little ground on the 1st 50, and loses the rest on teh 2nd 50.
  
  THe french steal the 4x100M free like the Americans did to them 4 years ago.
  
  Ryan Lochte did not look that good, perhaps a bit tired from the 400IM and 200Free already.
• ironman02

  Lochte having to swim the semis of the 200 Free a while ago must have hurt him. Can't believe he lost the lead though.
  
  Phelps looked like his old self that time.
• Fly4Fun

  

  My take away:
  
  Phelps looked really strong, I think he might have more overall speed than Beijing, but he doesn't have the endurance. And Lochte is starting to look a bit tired.
• ironman02

  Fly4Fun;1236545 wrote:My take away:
  
  Phelps looked really strong, I think he might have more overall speed than Beijing, but he doesn't have the endurance. And Lochte is starting to look a bit tired.

  I agree with this. Phelps definitely doesn't have his typical endurance, but he does appear to be just as fast, if not faster, than he has been in the past. That probably bodes well for the rest of the Olympics.
  
  Lochte was definitely affected by swimming another race about an hour and a half ago. It sucks that his bid for all golds in London is over already.
• Pick6

  

  damn i hate nbc. Im not going to sit at the computer all day to watch shit live. I should be able to do that on the tv. and i already hear about the stuff on twitter so there is no point for me to even watch it when i know what happens.
• ptown_trojans_1

  

  On CNBC, American Jose Ramirez, is about to start in the Lightweight division
• ptown_trojans_1

  

  And Ramirez wins a close one, 21-20 over the Frenchy. And the U.S. is 3-0 so far in boxing. Fight wasn't that close though watching it.
• vball10set

  Damn, some of those field hockey girls are F-I-N-E!!!
• ptown_trojans_1

  

  Moving to Welterweight, American Errol Spence is due up next in the round of 32.
• ptown_trojans_1

  

  Spence wins 16-10, and Americans are 4-0. He advances to the Round of 16. He was pretty dominate the whole match.
• 2kool4skool

  

  vball10set;1236572 wrote:Damn, some of those field hockey girls are F-I-N-E!!!

  
• gut

  I'd love to do some synchronized fucking with the Italian sync diving team!
• Ironman92

  

  The video of the girl gymnasts parents during the uneven bars was priceless.
• karen lotz

  

  ts1227;1236464 wrote:Check your cable lineup to see if they added the basketball and soccer specific Olympic stations as well. TWC added it to their digital lineup (1050 and 1051 in NEO, I believe). We have it up here on CPI Wooster.

  
  yeah they added them, just saw that the basketball game was on nbcsports earlier today
• Ironman92

  

  Tough watching the U.S. Women's gymnast knock each other out of the all-around.