olympics

The performance of single pair of figure skaters could alter politics in the Korean peninsula. As of today, NK has not qualified a single athlete for the 2018 games. Their best hope is the figure skating pair of Ryom/Kim who are now in Germany competing for 4 remaining slots. Results on...

The Rio Paralmypic medal table is quite different from the able bodied one. China are way out at the top, the UK is in a strong second place with Ukraine third. Ukraine are at war, yet they have still enabled many disabled Ukrainians to travel to and compete at the highest levels of sport. The...

I'll never understand all the excitement and hype surrounding the Olympics. The statement "The Olympics have become a bloated, gaudy, over-hyped anachronism." from "Should We Abolish the Olympics?" rings true to me. I really do not understand the point of bringing all these different sporting...

http://100thofasecond.com/ I found this site and thought of it as total crap. Any thoughts? Did Phelps win the race? Were his hands at the wall before Cavic's? Is there a corporate conspiracy that gave Phelps the medal because we all thought we saw Cavic touch the wall first? Perhaps George...

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/sports/specialevents/blog/2008/08/does_music_give_phelps_an_unfa.html A doctor is saying that Michael Phelps is "doping" whenever he listens to his ipod. The music raises his phermone level or something like that. Comments?

Madrid is nice but with another European city hosting in 2012 it probably should be elsewhere and I'm sure that Rio and Tokyo would both be great but.......I would like Chicago to get it. Having the completed 610 meter tall Chicago Spire as a backdrop would just be so dramatic.

I've noticed that two of the Chinese swimmers have pieces of duct tape on their swim suits. I just saw (since the tape wasn't big enough) that it appears to be covering up the Speedo logo. Does anyone have any information about this? Is it a commentary against commercialism? Or is it a legal...

Original, unedited thread can be found here: http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=119050 It is with much sadness that I watch the preparations for the Olympic Games here in 18 more days. Oh, there have been some great accomplishments...the opening of two new subway...

It is with much sadness that I watch the preparations for the Olympic Games here in 18 more days. Oh, there have been some great accomplishments...the opening of two new subway lines (one of which has a station right outside my apartment, YAY!); the opening of the new international airport...

After a spate of still unresolved tainted human and dog food/medicine scandals, the U.S. Olympics team has decided to bring their own food to China when they participate in upcoming summer Olympics. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/09/sports/othersports/09olympics.html?th&emc=th Here's the...

shocking...... oh well, at least i don't live in London :) http://sport.guardian.co.uk/london2012/story/0,,1949021,00.html

Can anyone explain to me the training and appeal behind Olympic Curling? Not caring much about the Winter Olympics, I can't understand why Curling is even considered a sport, much less an Olympic event. From my untrained (and unappreciative) eye it seems to be at least as strenous a sport as...

Watching the "parade of the athletes" and the opening ceremony earlier this afternoon (If you can receive Canadian TV you get a lot of Olympic coverage live with a minimum of commercials and without the inane prattle and endless puff pieces NBC seems to like), I can't help but wonder if the...

I live in England, and it seems the whole nation is very excited about the fact that we will be hosting the Olympic games in 2012. I'm not very excited. In fact, I fail to see how it will affect me any more than if it had been held in Paris or any of the other prospective venues. I mentioned...

Congratulations to everyone who lobbied for it. I just hope we can do the event justice. I hadn't been particularly following the progress, but they came through with a very strong push at the end. And Chirac's comments must have helped. :D Well done.

... without a doubt was Australia. They won 17 golds, almost one for every million of population, an amazing feat. The U.S. won the most golds, and total medals, 103. Of the 103, 23 were won by persons who live where I do, Orange County California, the home of champions. Don't try to move...

Horan Cornelius, who was wearing a shirt bearing references to the Bible, was arrested today. After outlawing God in schools and courtrooms, apparently the atheists have extended the ban to sporting events as well. Shouldn't those that believe in God be able to share their belief with others...

Well the Olympics start soon and we need an Olympics thread. All Olympics-based themes are welcome. First theme in the Olympics thread is ticket sales, it seems ticket sales are struggling; Olympics Notebook - Ticket sales remain sluggish - 08/10/2004 I think attendance will be adquate but...

Anyone going to the greek olympics? I was in greece in 2001. The city as seen from the acropolis looks like an urban planner's nightmare - a rat warren of densely packed apartments. Also there's zilllions of coastal inlets and ports - they can't all be guarded. I read where an american...

Five Cities Make List for 2012 Host City Race LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - New York and four European capitals - London, Madrid, Moscow and Paris - were selected as finalists Tuesday in the race to host the 2012 Olympics. Four cities failed to make the cut: Havana; Istanbul, Turkey; Leipzig...