August 2nd, 2012 at 12:20 PM ^
Federer vs. Isner. Sorry USA, but come on Roger! It's time for the career golden grand slam.
August 2nd, 2012 at 12:25 PM ^
August 2nd, 2012 at 12:48 PM ^
...silver, but happier that the USA won its second straight Gold in the event.
The five-time world champions, unbeaten since 2006, finished ahead of Canada, with the Netherlands taking bronze.
The women's eight team all train here in Princeton. Great job ladies.
August 2nd, 2012 at 12:25 PM ^
Go Korea; more golds in shooting things!
If the middle ages come back, Korea will be a world power! Golds in fencing, archery, judos, pistol/rifle stuff
August 2nd, 2012 at 12:33 PM ^
August 2nd, 2012 at 12:36 PM ^
Korea is good at badminton , which obviously was big in the middle ages
I guess we are a super power because of our basketball and beach volleyball skills.
I guess its lucky then that we aren’t good at handball.
especially team handball! 8P
August 2nd, 2012 at 12:31 PM ^
August 2nd, 2012 at 12:35 PM ^
...win the first ever USA Gold in Women's Judo (she competes at 78 kg). She defeated a home town Londoner in the final and pretty much dominated her. I'd expect we'll see the bout in prime time, especially as Harrison's story is made for TV. She was sexually abused by her judo coach in Ohio from age 13-16 (he's since been sentenced to 10 years for his crimes).
...going to win All Around Gold. In the lead before the final rotation, she just nailed her floor routine. Allie Raisman has some work to do to move from 5th to the medals podium.
...completed a fabulous floor routine to Hava Nagila. She'll score well, but she'll need help to get the bronze.
Have to wonder if we could have gone 1-2 but for that silly rule.
Mustafina from RUS for third, but it appears that she may lose the tie breaker and finish 4th, which would be major BS. Gabby wins Gold.
There's a tiebreaker for this?! For an organization that won't let all of the best compete, because they want to give other people a chance to win medals, the same score to the thousandth of a point isn't a good enough tie? What are they going to do, bring in the men's pommel horse and whoever gets the higher score on that gets the bronze? Or, since it's the FIG, it's probably "Who has less medals in the Games so far, we need to distribute them as equally as possible, so everybody can feel good!"
But aren't ther eevents where they issue two silver medals for a tie? (Probably time based). Or two gold, or whatever? I vaguely remember seeing a podium where the other two levels are the same height.
According to wikipedia, the lowest of the gymnast's four scores is eliminated, and the scores of the 3 remaining events are added up to determine the winner.
Mustafina: 15.233 + 16.100 + 14.600 + (13.633) = 45.933
Raisman: 15.900 + 14.333 + 15.133 + (14.200) = 45.366
So because the Russian's screwup was worse than the American's screwup, Mustafina gets the Bronze.
Gabby Douglas gold medalist
Didn't cut to an ad every 15 seconds.
Did that British guy really say something like "it's a great day for black gymnasts"?
...missed it. I think NBC uses the Australia feed for their online coverage.
they're everywhere.
The PA announcer at the basketball arena is insane. He makes John Mason seem sedated.
Never thought I enjoy watching badminton quite as much as I did. Have always loved to play at cookouts and stuff, but it was a blast to watch.
I played juniors but could never get past states. It really is fast paced isn’t it? Most volleys last only once or twice.
Lochte for the bronze.
GO BLUE!!!
Congrats to Tyler! Beat Ryan Lochte in an Olympic Record time.
One of the bigger swimming upsets so far. Between him and Nathan Adrian yesterday, some very exciting races for American golds lately...
Phelps Gold, Lochte Silver!
August 2nd, 2012 at 11:16 PM ^
I know looks can be deceiving, but Lochte's dad just looks like an asshole. I wouldn't want him to be my coach.
Who would have thought Meatloaf's kid could swim?
others covered the phelps/clary/lochte news... might as well make mention that rebecca soni continued her dominance in the 200m breaststroke... set a new world record after setting it in the semis. she successfully defended her 2008 gold in the same event...
This also makes her the first woman ever to go under 2:20 for the event
Phelps is a boss.
Also
WHERE IS THE FINISH LINE!!!
TELL ME!!!
/Explosion, torture.
Wow - Great Britain nearly knocks off Spain in men's basketball (79-78 final). That would have been an absolute shocker.
And then the U.S. drops 49 (!!!) points in the first quarter against Nigeria. These are 10-minute quarters, mind you. Insane.
He is shooting over 80% from the three point line!
This may be the best 3-point shooting U.S. team ever. 1992 was a more complete team overall, but I don't recall them shooting quite this well from downtown.
EDIT: Unbelievable. U.S. wins by 83 points!