Olympics

[samuel]

I followed the Olympics headlines. Watched some of the non-commentated medal events online.

About the badminton, I watched some of the lose-on-purpose matches. It was really really pathetic, serving into the net, serving out of the court. Ugly to watch. If I was there watching, I think I would have booed them too.

That said, not completely their (the players') fault since they (Olympics/IBF) had changed the rules this year and made it an issue. Regular tournament rules doesnt open the door to this kind of problem with the match-fixing.

But apparently, it is against the rules, somewhere in the IBF (international badminton federation) rules is something about you must try your hardest. Makes sense to me. The whole point of competition in sport is to win. So throwing a game is not allowed.

[Wetundies]

There's the british cyclist who crashed on purpose to get a restart.

Also here's the most epic dive.

[se7entse7en]

[geForce]

[geForce]

So.. What's up with our triathlon team? Such sad stories all around..

[se7entse7en]

Yeah, disappointing. He almost recovered to except the Costa Rican took him out when he fell.
I was really looking forward to hearing some good news this morning. Oh well.

[se7entse7en]

[nature boy]

congrats on winning as many times as lance armstrong!

[joel]

not sure if you've been following this, but oscar pistorius is currently being tried for murdering his girlfriend:
http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/olympic ... 28603.html

[se7entse7en]

Yep.
Nike dropped Lance.
Nike dropped Oscar.
I think Nike should pick up ME next time.

[geForce]

Did Nike drop Tiger Woods too?

[se7entse7en]

I don't think so.

[nature boy]

i think they suspended tiger for a bit, but picked him back up for less money.
unless i'm thinking of someone else.