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Tiernan
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Aug 1, 2012 10:51am
Is Badminton the most irrelevent Olympic sport or is it Rhythmic Gymnastics?
LJ
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Aug 1, 2012 11:18am
Ping PongTiernan;1238418 wrote:Is Badminton the most irrelevent Olympic sport or is it Rhythmic Gymnastics?
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queencitybuckeye
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Aug 1, 2012 11:21am
Which is a whole different situation, as the players on the field are trying just as hard, if not harder, to win as do the regulars.thavoice;1238412 wrote:Only time ya really see team sit starters at the end is to get the rested and avoid injury for the playoffs.
Fly4Fun
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Aug 1, 2012 12:12pm
I see your ping pong and raise you Trampolining.LJ;1238428 wrote:Ping Pong
TedSheckler
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Aug 1, 2012 12:12pm
This is going to set back the world of badminton days, maybe weeks.
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thavoice
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Aug 1, 2012 12:20pm
think they took that out.Fly4Fun;1238456 wrote:I see your ping pong and raise you Trampolining.
equestrian is pretty lame.
I dont see a need for tennis. Really....isnt most tournaments full of the players fro all around the world?
dazedconfused
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Aug 1, 2012 12:22pm
basically its just a double dose of wimbledon ^^^^
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thavoice
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Aug 1, 2012 12:24pm
No word yet on if this scandle will affect the Beerminton Tournament this weekend in Coldwater Ohio that is taking place just across the road from the Community PIcnic. I know as a former Beerminton Champion I find this totally unacceptable and a kick in the face to all of us who take it seriously one day a year.TedSheckler;1238457 wrote:This is going to set back the world of badminton days, maybe weeks.
Fly4Fun
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Aug 1, 2012 12:25pm
Damn, you're right. I can't find trampolining anywhere.thavoice;1238461 wrote:think they took that out.
equestrian is pretty lame.
I dont see a need for tennis. Really....isnt most tournaments full of the players fro all around the world?
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thavoice
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Aug 1, 2012 12:29pm
I looked because I was looking for ballroom dancing. I know that was, or they were TRYING, to get that as a sport but they were elimating some sports but yea..I think trampolining was a sport not long ago.Fly4Fun;1238465 wrote:Damn, you're right. I can't find trampolining anywhere.
I still think it stinks taht softball isnt a sport.
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Tiernan
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Aug 1, 2012 12:56pm
Baseball and Softball will be back in 2020 according to NBC the other night.
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gut
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Aug 1, 2012 1:19pm
Would spice things up to have a pack of wild dogs chasing after the horse. THEN it's a sport!thavoice;1238461 wrote: equestrian is pretty lame.
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Tiernan
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Aug 1, 2012 1:43pm
Damn 4 of China's gold medals have been in weight lifting so far...where the Fk is Holly Mangold when we need her?
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thavoice
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Aug 1, 2012 1:46pm
At the buffet line.Tiernan;1238512 wrote:Damn 4 of China's gold medals have been in weight lifting so far...where the Fk is Holly Mangold when we need her?
Either that or justinecredible and her are involved in a week long sexcapade....that would explain his abscense as well.
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gut
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Aug 1, 2012 1:48pm
It occurs to me that India has almost as many people as China, so then why is India invisible at the Olympics?Tiernan;1238512 wrote:Damn 4 of China's gold medals have been in weight lifting so far...where the Fk is Holly Mangold when we need her?
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Tiernan
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Aug 1, 2012 1:50pm
India is good at archery...oh wait, no that's not right.
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thavoice
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Aug 1, 2012 1:50pm
I doubt india has the youth training programs that China and other countries have. Read a story about one of the chink gold medal winners who left home at the age of 6 to train in their camps. The family didnt tell her that her grandparents died two years ago or that her mom had cancer until after she won the gold.
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Tiernan
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Aug 1, 2012 1:54pm
The reason is they didnt tell her is because for two years they were telling her "...you no win Gold Medal we kill your Mom"
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gut
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Aug 1, 2012 2:02pm
I was thinking drugs, but what you said also. That, and diet costing them valuable training time sitting on the toilet.thavoice;1238523 wrote:I doubt india has the youth training programs that China and other countries have. Read a story about one of the chink gold medal winners who left home at the age of 6 to train in their camps. The family didnt tell her that her grandparents died two years ago or that her mom had cancer until after she won the gold.
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thavoice
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Aug 1, 2012 2:10pm
the thing is about drugs......there are so much testing in the olympics that it would be tough to do it alot and team wide. I think much of it has to do with the kids getting sent to the special training schools starting at a young age.
that and the judges are intimidated by their squinty eyes.
that and the judges are intimidated by their squinty eyes.
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NilesPacMan
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Aug 1, 2012 3:46pm
I'm pretty sure trampoline is part of the gymnastics, so I think (if I remember correctly) it'll be wedged in between the individual all-arounds and event finals on Friday and Saturday.Fly4Fun;1238465 wrote:Damn, you're right. I can't find trampolining anywhere.
Fly4Fun
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Aug 1, 2012 3:58pm
I couldn't find it listed under either Artistic (traditional stuff like the vault, floor exercise, etc.) or Rhythmic (crappy ribbon dancining) Gymnastics.NilesPacMan;1238642 wrote:I'm pretty sure trampoline is part of the gymnastics, so I think (if I remember correctly) it'll be wedged in between the individual all-arounds and event finals on Friday and Saturday.
http://espn.go.com/olympics/summer/2012/schedule/_/sport/21
like_that
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Aug 1, 2012 4:41pm
thavoice;1238523 wrote:I doubt india has the youth training programs that China and other countries have. Read a story about one of the chink gold medal winners who left home at the age of 6 to train in their camps. The family didnt tell her that her grandparents died two years ago or that her mom had cancer until after she won the gold.
Smh.
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NilesPacMan
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Aug 1, 2012 5:27pm
I have no clue where to look for it otherwise, but I found it in the all events category.Fly4Fun;1238647 wrote:I couldn't find it listed under either Artistic (traditional stuff like the vault, floor exercise, etc.) or Rhythmic (crappy ribbon dancining) Gymnastics.
http://espn.go.com/olympics/summer/2012/schedule/_/sport/21
http://espn.go.com/olympics/summer/2012/schedule/_/sport/23
Fly4Fun
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Aug 1, 2012 5:50pm
Haha, yes. The absurdity that is trampolining continues!NilesPacMan;1238697 wrote:I have no clue where to look for it otherwise, but I found it in the all events category.
http://espn.go.com/olympics/summer/2012/schedule/_/sport/23