*** OFFICIAL London 2012 Olympics Thread *** GO Canada GO!!

[FunSave22]

I just get a black box when I click into the videos?

Do you have an up to date version of Silverlight installed?

http://forums.redflagdeals.com/ctv-o.../#post15107345

[mrdc]

Do you have an up to date version of Silverlight installed?

http://forums.redflagdeals.com/ctv-o.../#post15107345

Sorry, I forgot to quote eiad77's post about the bbc stream. CTVOlympics works fine for me.

[xlc_88]

Watched that - it definitely looked like it could have gone either way. :/
Go Canada Go!

Canada could've definitely won it. Apparently only one of the team members from Great Britain was an Olympian veteran? The other one was her first games?

[flexwong]

What's everyone's take on the Phelps v. Lochte battle? Looks like we could be in for a good one. The French swimmer at the end of the 400M relay was insane, he just blew past Lochte like he was nothing.

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^ Forget about that. Let's talk about that China girl instead.

London 2012: China's Ye Shiwen staggered the world – even Ryan Lochte

After 300m of fly, back and breaststroke, Ye was eight-tenths of a second behind USA's world champion, Elizabeth Beisel. And then, with 100m to go, something extraordinary happened. She swam her first 50m of freestyle in 29.25sec, and her second in 28.93. Those are just numbers, and mean little to those who do not study the sport. To put them in context, consider this: Ye was faster in the final 50m of her own 400m IM than Lochte was in his.

"Yeah, we were talking about that at dinner," Lochte said. "It is pretty impressive. She's fast. If she was there with me, she might have beat me." There's no might about it. Ye was 0.17 quicker over the final 50m of freestyle than the man many reckon to be the greatest all-round swimmer in the world. Beisel, Lochte's training partner, had no chance. She was two seconds slower over the final 50m.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/lond...hina-ye-shiwen

[elty]

Wonder why she does not play the free style. She can challenge for medal there.

[Rocketo]

suprised nobody has mentioned any of the hotties in the olympics..

was watching gymnastics..some hotties from romania..and you can't talk about hotties without mentioning leryn Franco

[1226]

suprised nobody has mentioned any of the hotties in the olympics..

was watching gymnastics..some hotties from romania..and you can't talk about hotties without mentioning leryn Franco

You post is useless without pics.

[elty]

So the US coach is suggesting Ye Shiwen is doping or even "genetic manipulation". I think it is a bit silly to keep repeating how she is faster in the final 50m than man, without mentioning she is overall 25 seconds+ slower than Ryan Lochte. Maybe she just save all of her energy in the last 50m, who would know?

If she is doping then I guess it should be known by now. I supposed there is always a possibility that she is using some new drug that is off the radar. But then, the same can be said about everyone so it is a moot point.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012...?newsfeed=true

[Rocketo]

You post is useless without pics.

indeed

Leryn Franco

[googoo]

Very dissapointed with the TV coverage so far, for example, instead of watching the second second of mens doubles tennis(with Canada) we are watching indoor volleyball WITHOUT Canada playing, and so far I haven't seen any table tennis....very annoyed by that!

B

[Stock R]

So the US coach is suggesting Ye Shiwen is doping or even "genetic manipulation".

When the US wins, it's year of training and hours in the pool. When someone else wins, it's ________ and unfair. Sore losers.

eg. Phelps winning = training. Anyone else winning = new swimsuits should be banned. Oh wait, Phelps was wearing a fancy swimsuit too when he won!

[flexwong]

When the US wins, it's year of training and hours in the pool. When someone else wins, it's ________ and unfair. Sore losers.

eg. Phelps winning = training. Anyone else winning = new swimsuits should be banned. Oh wait, Phelps was wearing a fancy swimsuit too when he won!

Actually, it's because the Chinese swimming team has been embroiled in doping controversy for years and years now. Not surprising that many would question it.

[tighty whities]

When the US wins, it's year of training and hours in the pool. When someone else wins, it's ________ and unfair. Sore losers.

eg. Phelps winning = training. Anyone else winning = new swimsuits should be banned. Oh wait, Phelps was wearing a fancy swimsuit too when he won!

you might want to read the article, in particular:

"Phelps got consistently faster every year on a normal improvement curve. There has never been anything that you look at in any of Mr Phelps' swims that you look at and say 'well, that's impossible, that can't be done.'" He made a point of saying that he also had no qualms whatsoever about the performance of other Chinese swimmers, including the new Olympic 400m freestyle champion Sun Yang, 20. "He has a perfectly normal improvement curve, he is a dramatically spectacular athlete in our sport and I've no question about him at all. But a woman does not out-swim the fastest man in the world in the back quarter of a 400m IM that is otherwise quite ordinary. It just doesn't happen."

As well, it's one coach.. not sure why you're calling out the U.S.
Oh, wait.. I remember at least a few canadians questioning Caster Semenya's gender after she demolished the field in the WC... I wonder when Clara Hughes won medals in the Olympics, was her gender questioned? Sore losers?

[Lawcheehung]

Very dissapointed with the TV coverage so far, for example, instead of watching the second second of mens doubles tennis(with Canada) we are watching indoor volleyball WITHOUT Canada playing, and so far I haven't seen any table tennis....very annoyed by that!

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No Raonic coverage either! The online site is a PAIN to navigate, finding full replay events is impossible - it's there, just the links are so hard to find! Had to do it through google search to find replays.

Oh, wait.. I remember at least a few canadians questioning Caster Semenya's gender after she demolished the field in the WC... I wonder when Clara Hughes won medals in the Olympics, was her gender questioned? Sore losers?

That's a good analogy.