Piemanchris' Athens 2004 Thread

[Nuclear Spoon]

Here you can discuss all the jumpy and runny stuff here. In my very own thread.

So, first topic: Who will get the most golds?

For me it'll be the USA. Or the Russians. Because the bastards always win...

[Bloopo]

We will....us or Romania....

[Nuclear Spoon]

I hope they show the table tennis. We've got our own table and I want to see how the pros play.

[BlueberryMuffin]

As an all round sports lover, the Olympics is of course a most enjoyable occasion.
For me, medal-wise:

1. U.S.A
2. Russia
3. China
4. Australia (go us!)
5. Germany

apart from that i'm not sure. Unfortunately for me i will be on holiday in Europe When the games start :nana:.

[streety]

I have gone off Athletics completely.
I used to love watching Linford run to see if he could beat the Americans but when he is done for drugs it puts a downer on it. Now with the fastest Briton and fastest man and fastest woman all done for doping it makes the sport look like a joke. I will probably watch the Olympics for the football and basketball but the whole thing is ruined by meatheads and their need to be the best.

[el_diablo5711]

I hope they show the table tennis. We've got our own table and I want to see how the pros play.

they show a league on espn2 sometimes... those guys are incredible...

here (http://media.ebaumsworld.com/index.php?e=godlypingpng.asf) is a clip of what they can do

[Bloopo]

what the hells a .asf file?

[Nuclear Spoon]

Yes indeed, what is a .asf file?
Ok, 7 days to go:
What Sport Are You Most Looking Forward To?

Mmmm table tennis.

[streety]

I am looking forward to the football and basketball. Also baseball and ice hockey if they are appearing in Athens.

I like watching the athletics too where we have decent medal hopes. The 4x100m relay is always great to watch!!

[jif-charge]

I'm looking forward to the track, 100m especially, the gymnastics although that does look painfull and the feild events.

[Nuclear Spoon]

*especially.

[PJ]

Um football and table tennis.

[jif-charge]

*especially.

I knew that :ninja:

And also so this post isn't a waste to man kind.
Most medals

1. America
2. Russia
3. Great Britian
4. Romania
5. ?

[Nuclear Spoon]

Bet you didnt. :p And don't reply I don't want this thread to be a spamfest.

[astral]

Live medal tables here (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/medals_table/default.stm), updated constantly. Not much there at the moment as it's only the first day, but after two events China are currently leading, with Russia second and the Czechs third.

It'll be interesting to see how long China stay at the top for...

[Nuclear Spoon]

Jesus...one schedule is massive... they have so much going on...

[Bloopo]

Ping pong...an olympic sport...ewwww...i dont really like any olympic sport...mebby the rowing...

[jif-charge]

Well the first day has gone and already team GB have won 2 silver medals!

What does everybody think of the judo?

[Bloopo]

Was it me, or on radio 1 did they say China had already won 2 gold medals?

[Handwashed Pug]

Britain now has two medals which is slightly good.

For those who missed it, we picked up a bronze in the Mens 200m butterfly, but the reigning olympic shooting chap went out today, and Pippa Funnels chances of winning the 3 day event were dashed by her poor performance, however we still have a good chance in the team event somehow...:confused:

All in all, the first few day's haven't been great for GB, but Ben Ainslie is looking good in the sailing, as is Amir Khan in the boxing, and Paula Radcliffe is favourite for the marathon on Sunday

I'm sure we won alot more earlier on in the previous olympics, but we're still in with good chances in many events, and 5 gold medals doesn't look too hard of a target.

[Nuclear Spoon]

Well I just want to say damn you China. They have like 20 medals already, half of which are golds. GB has about 3 medals.

[streety]

Anyone watch the Badminton today? It was great!! The Brits are through to the final for the first time so it is a guarnteed silver.

[Thomp]

We are great at most of th events to come, especially rowing!

Out of USA and the Aussies to win. GB third.

[Ouroboros]

Ping pong...an olympic sport...ewwww...i dont really like any olympic sport...mebby the rowing...

Oi, back off table tennis! (and it's called table tennis, not fucking ping pong)

I used to play it competetively, go to national tournaments and what have you. I gave it up a year or two ago though competetively. Still a fun game, but not the greatest spectator sport, the ball goes a bit too fast to follow really, especially if you aren't familiar with serious table tennis.

[jessabon]

I've been watching the gymnastics and swimming pretty extensively, if only because they are televised at a time I'm willing to watch, that being 8-ish to 11-ish pm. And unfortunately for me softball is shown at 2 fing am and fencing isn't even shown on NBC, from what I gather, which pisses me off. Anyway, what do we think about Thelps and Phorpe? Phelps annoys me, because of all the hype and the fact that he is clearly illiterate. Thorpe on the other hand appears to be a truly good swimmer and also not so self-absorbed and egotistical as seven-medal-wonder-boy. To paraphrase someone on the Straight Dope Message Board, Phelps is not fit to lick Vegemite off Thorpe's ass.

[koolkid]

i like to watch the olympics. i like paula radcliffe she rules cos she can run,like,fast!!! she could go around going: I AM THE,LIKE,FASTEST RUNNER I KNOW ALL BOW DOWN AND WORSHIP ME!!!!!!!!MUAHAHAHAHAHAMUAHAHA :notworthy :notworthy :notworthy :notworthy

[koolkid]

hey jessaborn, you'll find thelps isn't actually spelt 'thelps' it's phelps sorry for being a know it all

[el_diablo5711]

hey koolkid, you'll find i minus you when you double-post sorry for being a n00b

[renatzu]

*eats koolkids computer because he double posted*

Moving on.

I hope they show the table tennis. We've got our own table and I want to see how the pros play.
NBC and it's affiliates have over 1200 hours of 24/7 coverage of every sport. According to my handy dandy table I got with Sports Illustrated the following time blocks include table tennis (only referencing stuff after today, August 18th):
8/19 from 5 P.M. - 8 P.M. on Bravo
8/20 from 5 A.M. - 10 A.M. on Bravo
8/21 from 4 A.M. - 9 A. M. on Bravo
8/22 from 2 A.M. - 4 P.M. on CNBC
8/22 from 4 A.M. to 10 A.M. on Bravo
8/23 from 5 A.M. to 10 A.M. on Bravo

all times Eastern Standard Time. A lot of those times are early morning, which means in Britain they will be on in late morning to early afternoon.

I am looking forward to the football and basketball. Also baseball and ice hockey if they are appearing in Athens.
Football (soccer, not American), basketball, and baseball yes ice hockey no. That's a winter olympic sport. The americans didn't make it in baseball this year :( because they were beaten by Mexico in the qualifier (it's payback for us beating them at the world cup), however the Greek team (because they are automatically allowed a team in everyting) has 1 Grecian and 22 Americans with Greek backgrounds.

astral, thetrooper and piemanchris- you all sound like your doubting China. they are historically very strong and for years it has been them, U.S. and Russia in the top 3. They especially clean up in gymnastics and diving because those fit little people and table tennis.

jessabon- Phelph is the most gifted all-around swimmer in in 30 years can't you embrace that? Besides it's the media creating all the hype not him. No one really thought he could get 8 golds anyway. When Spitz was swimming the realay teams were stronger and there wasn't as much competition for him. He has won 5 medals in 5 events so far (3 gold 2 bronze). And if you're upset about the amount of coverage swimming gets, it ends soon. I think it's all done by the end of the first week.

As for myself I'm looking forward to the Taekwondo. It's the last 4 days. This is because all martial arts fighting is the same. And I'm going to the worlds in martial arts soon and want to see how good medal contenders fight, basically to see what I could be up against in September. Wish me luck there, or I'll eat your computer too.

[HappyJack]

Its gonna be China.

Poor Canada, only one medal and it's bronze :(

[Bloopo]

Oi, back off table tennis! (and it's called table tennis, not fucking ping pong).

I'm gonna call it ping pong, you can call it cack on a stick, for all I care.

[Nuclear Spoon]

*eats koolkids computer because he double posted*

Moving on.


NBC and it's affiliates have over 1200 hours of 24/7 coverage of every sport. According to my handy dandy table I got with Sports Illustrated the following time blocks include table tennis (only referencing stuff after today, August 18th):
8/19 from 5 P.M. - 8 P.M. on Bravo
8/20 from 5 A.M. - 10 A.M. on Bravo
8/21 from 4 A.M. - 9 A. M. on Bravo
8/22 from 2 A.M. - 4 P.M. on CNBC
8/22 from 4 A.M. to 10 A.M. on Bravo
8/23 from 5 A.M. to 10 A.M. on Bravo

all times Eastern Standard Time. A lot of those times are early morning, which means in Britain they will be on in late morning to early afternoon.

I haven't got any of those channels!!



astral, thetrooper and piemanchris- you all sound like your doubting China. they are historically very strong and for years it has been them, U.S. and Russia in the top 3. They especially clean up in gymnastics and diving because those fit little people and table tennis.


I was not doubting China. In fact, I'm doubting Great Britain's ability to get any golds.

[Bloopo]

Someone somwhere has probably uploaded all of the events onto to the internet, try searching in google.

[jessabon]

hey jessabon, you'll find thelps isn't actually spelt 'thelps' it's phelps sorry for being a know it all


Whaaa? It was a joke, merging the two names to create an image of one person, i.e, Bush and Gore memorably merged into Gush and Bore in the 2000 presidential campaign. Also somewhat like Paul Hamm and his "twin", "Morgan", whom we ALL know is just his other personality. I mean come on! That's not fair, allowing one guy to compete twice just 'cause he's got an alter ego! Imagine if Michael Phelps had the same disorder: he'd be swimming like 37 events! Which brings me to my next comments.


Jessabon- Phelps is the most gifted all-around swimmer in in 30 years can't you embrace that? Besides it's the media creating all the hype not him. No one really thought he could get 8 golds anyway. And if you're upset about the amount of coverage swimming gets, it ends soon. I think it's all done by the end of the first week.

As for myself I'm looking forward to the Taekwondo. It's the last 4 days. This is because all martial arts fighting is the same. And I'm going to the worlds in martial arts soon and want to see how good medal contenders fight, basically to see what I could be up against in September. Wish me luck there, or I'll eat your computer too.

Thank you for your concientious coverage of all opinions in the thread. Things like that have become rarer and rarer, it would seem. K! On to the defense!

I do recognise Phelpsy is a very gifted athlete, and also that literacy, or even basic competence in one's native tongue is by no means a prerequisite to being an important participant in the Olymics. (I mean, just look at Carly Patterson!) (JOKE) Anyway, he does seem to be outracing Australia's-last-hope-for-redemption-boy, so all my comments go to waste. Also, I do enjoy the coverage of swimmimg quite a bit, and I am glad it is on at a felicitious time for me.

And the best of luck to you!

[Handwashed Pug]

Anyone see the coxless fours rowing this morning, I'm not a rowing fan but that was one hell of a race, there must have been about one inch in it.

Good to see Britain geting the gold though, we should have a couple more by this evening :)

[renatzu]

I take it back jessabon, Phelps is an idiot. He's swam 17 times already, and with one more swim could easily become an 8 medal winner, and he's dropping out of the last relay :rolleyes:. Oh well, he still put up a good show (5 golds 2 bronzes) and helped push the U.S. above China in the medal count (Hamm kicking the Chinese guy's ass in all around gymnast didn't hurt either).

America's golden boy miler had trouble, got a time 9 seconds off his personal best, and was still only a few hundereths of a second off of the semifinals. Kinda sucks, since this guy's been hyped since he was 17. Track and field is the big event now that swimming's over, so I'm going to be engrossed again.

[Nuclear Spoon]

Apparently Darren Campbell's injured. Only came fourth in his 100m heat, so let's just hope he's a fastest loser. Dear me, what are our athletes doing to themselves?

[Noo_Noo]

Lets hope Paula Radcliffe's race isnt too hot; that was one of the things she (and us) was worried about, must be bloody hot in the middle of august over there

[jessabon]

Thank you DarkNinja for your gracious concension. It is too bad really, indeed, that Phelpsy was unable to meet his goal. We are all very upset, as you might imagine. [/heavy sarcasm]. Ah well, he is an idiot , but a good swimmer, unfortunately. I was rooting for Pieter van der Booger Bahn, or whatever the Dutch guy's name was. It's SO much fun to say! I'm enjoying the pole vaulting, myself.

[Cap'n Zola]

Are the Olympics still on? (:p)

If you have MSN, you can add mango@bot2k3.com and whenever you type "!athens" it brings up the country list with whoever has what medals...pretty nifty.

(Screenshot):
http://img17.exs.cx/img17/3039/athens.png

[Handwashed Pug]

^ Looks clever, but it didn't work for me because it was offline :confused:

Anywasy... The Mens 100m on tommorow, in the heats today six people went below 10 seconds, so tommorows final looks set to be very close,but my money would be on that Powell chap from Jamaica who jogged 50m and still recorded a time of 9.99seconds.

Whatever happens tommorow nights race is going to be great, hopefully with the World Record being broken as well :)

Sadly I don't think the two Brits have much chance of even making the final, but theres plenty more medals on the way so thats no worry

[renatzu]

the U.S. relay team which Phelps opted out of won, and since he swam for them in the semis he gets a medal anyway, bringing his total count to 8. He tied the record for most medals and fell 1 short of Spitz's 7 golds.

Now swimming's over (yes!) and track can begin. I'm not sure who made the final, but if Maurice Greene did I'm pulling for him. He was the best 100m runner in the world and holds 4 of the 5 fastest times ever. He can do it, but at 30 he might be too old.

[Kharysma]

I've been preoccupied recently and need to catch up on threads. I dunno if you guys were making bets or just talking olympic medals but like... please tell me someone watched Paul Hamm get the gold and Carley Patterson?! OMG Paul Hamm was so amazing - was truly an olympic moment!!!!!

:D

[Leonidas]

:D








That is all.

[Nuclear Spoon]

Indeed. Anyway Paula Radcliffe had to pull out of the marathon, which is a shame.

[Jasmic]

I have to say that I have really enjoyed watching the cycling at that amazing velodrome. Watching those guys (and gals) screaming around that track and being able to see who was ahead with the use of the split screen was a real buzz. It helps when the brits can actually win something too.

Anyone feel sorry for the German equestrian team?

[Nuclear Spoon]

No. And you know why? Because they're German.

:D

[astral]

Kelly Holmes finally wins a gold medal, and then goes on to win another! What can I say, apart from "how many more would she have won if she wasn't continually getting injured earlier in her career"?

And woo yay for the British team winning the 4x100m, beating the USA by one hundredth of a second. Two gold medals within an hour of each other, classic. :D

[renatzu]

And woo yay for the British team winning the 4x100m, beating the USA by one hundredth of a second. Two gold medals within an hour of each other, classic. :D
buh, buh, buh, buh, buh :confused: :ultra:




That's not supposed to happen!
That's not right. The U.S., winner of 20 of 25 100m dashes in olympic history, sweeper of the 200m dash this year, and historically the fastest sprinting country in the world does not lose in the 4x100. It just doesn't happen.

Weird.

Anyways we got to 100 medals, with Russia second at 84 and are edging China in golds. Overall it's been a good olympics (I just saw a tape made for me since I can't watch them (no cable) by my aunt and it included for a few minutes dresage. The most patheric sport I have ever seen. It ranks right up there with synchronized swimming :rolleyes:

[Bloopo]

America were ment to win a lot of things this time around, like the basketballl and the relay, but instead, they won a lot of obscure things....

[Nuclear Spoon]

Thos Yanks should be thankful I didn't fly over there and poison the swimming pools....

[jif-charge]

I'm currently watching the mens marathon and screaming at the television, how could that idiot have a conscience to ruin that guys chances of a medal. I'm disgusted.

*waves bye bye to the olympics* I'll miss you!

[streety]

Kelly Holmes! What a fooking legend!
Get the money on her to be crowned Sports Personality of the year.
I am pissed and I feel sick. :p

[Jasmic]

Apparently the nutter who run out in the marathon was the same idiot who ran onto the track at silverstone during the race from a while back.

He should be sectioned.

[HappyJack]

He is apparantly an Irish ex priest who preaches about doomsday. What a stupid thing to do, and the brazillian runner was so good about it. I'm glad they gave him a sportsmanship award, he deserved it.

[hoogiman]

I feel sorry for the poor guy, but he was still happy witht he bronze. :)

[astral]

Apparently the nutter who run out in the marathon was the same idiot who ran onto the track at silverstone during the race from a while back.

He should be sectioned.

Yeah, I thought he looked familiar! :p It was at last year's Grand Prix. One of the cars came within two feet of hitting him at 180mph... a lot of people will be wishing they actually did hit him now.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/3081905.stm

Of course, now the marathon result's being disputed...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/athletics/3611370.stm

but overall, a great Olympics. I just wish I could have seen more of it, bloody work...

[Jasmic]

I cannot believe that they have just released this nutcase (Horan.)Doing this sort of thing once was bad enough but the fact he has done it again just means that it is a matter of time before we see him again.

Even worse, this guy is actually published! E books only, but published nonetheless.http://www.deunantbooks.com/bookslist/Theology/page1.html

[koolkid]

yeah that dude ruined it for the brazilian i did'nt know wether to support britain or brazil coz i felt sorry for the brazilian :nana:

[renatzu]

*sobs*
Well it's over. It's been a good 2 weeks, and I've come away something special (namely over 40 hours of taped events). So many great memories. Paul Hamm coming from behind to take gold and those damned Koreans making a fuss, Phelps earning 8 medals in the pool, the American men's 200m sweep, Iraq's surprise success in soccer, the Dominican Republic winning it's first gold medal ever (mem's 400m hurdles), hearing the floor shake and the crowd roar everytime a Greek competed, US softball allowing 1 run the entire tournament, and the emotional finishes of both marathons.

Goodbye and congratulations Athens 2004, you've made my fortnight , and hello China 2008. I already can't wait.

[astral]

What does everyone think of London's chances for hosting the 2012 Games? Personally, I'd love it to happen and would probably be down there most days watching! There's tough competition from Paris and New York though, but it'd be great to have it on British soil. I don't think it's ever been held here before?

[Nuclear Spoon]

We haven't got a chance. Trust me.

[Jasmic]

Would you honestly like the Olympics in London? You want hundreds of thousands more tourists coming and seeing the grotty bits of what could have been a wonderful place? There is no way that there would be any chance that even something like the transport system could be sorted out by 2112. Personally I would be embarrased.

I went to the Natural History building last year, and I couldn't believe how horrible the roads were in the surrounding area.

But as Piemanchris has just said, I don't beleive we have a chance anyhow.