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both China and South Korea are doing amazingly.


9 Golds for China already. :thumbsup: They are just kicking ass.

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Kerri Walsh loses wedding ring ... goes on to win anyway
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A friend of mine misplaced his wedding ring a few months ago and almost had a nervous breakdown before we helped him find it; losing that all-important band can make people do crazy things. That's why I'm even more impressed with Kerri Walsh's ability to focus after reading that she lost her wedding ring during Sunday morning's match against Japan.

According to the AP report, Walsh went up for a block at some point during the match and the ring flew off her hand. Fortunately, some broadcasters noticed what had happened, and were able to go back to the tape to show officials where they thought the ring might be.

Even with the video assistance, finding the ring amongst 17,000 tons of sand wasn't going to be an easy process. Especially when you consider that during each match, volunteers rake the sand to make the playing surface a little smoother, so that ring could have gone anywhere. After the day's matches had finished, volunteers combed the area with metal detectors until they located the missing band.


"The problem is, we rake the court," said Peter Paul Hreszczuk, the FIVB official manning the metal detector. "We heard a few noises; a few were false alarms. When we found it, it was pretty much under the net."

According to the report, Walsh was scheduled to get her ring back at some point today, and a meeting was set up with the volunteer who found it, obviously so that Walsh could thank them.

I think Kerri deserves a lot of credit for staying composed and finishing the match. I know if I lost anything that valuable, I'd either be digging in the sand trying to find the ring, or worrying about it constantly until I did. She didn't do either of those things, and that's why she and Misty May-Treanor are one step closer to another gold medal.


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haha freakin Kerri Walsh. Why was she even wearing her wedding ring during the game?

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32.64m viewers last night:

http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/08/11/ni ... #more-4649

These olympics have been a stunning ratings success thus far.


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32.64m viewers last night:

http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/08/11/ni ... #more-4649

These olympics have been a stunning ratings success thus far.



wow wasn't Athens not too great for ratings?

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32.64m viewers last night:

http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/08/11/ni ... #more-4649

These olympics have been a stunning ratings success thus far.



AMAZING.

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Jiffy208 wrote:
32.64m viewers last night:

http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/08/11/ni ... #more-4649

These olympics have been a stunning ratings success thus far.



wow wasn't Athens not too great for ratings?


First Sunday in Athens pulled in 25.8m viewers. Sydney was even lower, I believe.

Even SLC in '02 got 30.2m for its first Sunday, and those olympics were huge.


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It's strange. There's a conflict between Georgia and Russia, an American tourist was murdered in Beijing, George Bush is present at the Olympics, and yet, it's all so much damn fun :D :D :D

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Briefs. Am used to them and boxers can get me in trouble it seems. Too much room and maybe the silkiness have created more than one awkward situation.


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^ haha yea, well it is a nice get away from problems..


It is BACK ON!!! (still hate living on the west coast though...we are getting screwed.)

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beach volleyball is on!!

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beach volleyball is on!!


i find the indoor volleyball ladies looking alot better. :thumbsup:
i saw Brazil play earlier and....DAMN! :wub2:

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Hey, do you guys in the States know if there is a station that does replay of previous days? I missed part of gymnastics last night and couldn't find a broadcast of it, which is too bad. But I figured maybe I just didn't know the station that airs the older stuff.


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Hey, do you guys in the States know if there is a station that does replay of previous days? I missed part of gymnastics last night and couldn't find a broadcast of it, which is too bad. But I figured maybe I just didn't know the station that airs the older stuff.


Maybe Telemundo? :unsure:


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Hey, do you guys in the States know if there is a station that does replay of previous days? I missed part of gymnastics last night and couldn't find a broadcast of it, which is too bad. But I figured maybe I just didn't know the station that airs the older stuff.



I don't think they are going to do replays of anything (except probably the Michael Phelps stuff).


But you only missed the qualification round, so there is a lot more gymnastics left.

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dolcevita wrote:
Hey, do you guys in the States know if there is a station that does replay of previous days? I missed part of gymnastics last night and couldn't find a broadcast of it, which is too bad. But I figured maybe I just didn't know the station that airs the older stuff.



I don't think they are going to do replays of anything (except probably the Michael Phelps stuff).


But you only missed the qualification round, so there is a lot more gymnastics left.



Try youtubing it. I found this one, but it's only 1 clip.



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4am for swimming finals. :mad:

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Hey, do you guys in the States know if there is a station that does replay of previous days? I missed part of gymnastics last night and couldn't find a broadcast of it, which is too bad. But I figured maybe I just didn't know the station that airs the older stuff.

Does nbcolympics.com have it?

I heard they're supposed to archive 2,200 hours of footage there.

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dolcevita wrote:
Hey, do you guys in the States know if there is a station that does replay of previous days? I missed part of gymnastics last night and couldn't find a broadcast of it, which is too bad. But I figured maybe I just didn't know the station that airs the older stuff.

Does nbcolympics.com have it?

I heard they're supposed to archive 2,200 hours of footage there.


yeah that's your best bet. :thumbsup: they even stream live events.
i'm currently watching that amazing 4x100m Freestyle Men's relay again.

http://www.nbcolympics.com/

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Handball is the most craziest looking olympic game i've seen yet. :lol:
I'm watching women's Brazil vs Hungary match. It's like mixing basketball,soccer and hockey.
Basketball cause you can bounce the ball on the court. Soccer cause the goals look the same but are half the size and Hockey cause u can push off and smack your opponent around.

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Handball is the most craziest looking olympic game i've seen yet. :lol:
I'm watching women's Brazil vs Hungary match. It's like mixing basketball,soccer and hockey.
Basketball cause you can bounce the ball on the court. Soccer cause the goals look the same but are half the size and Hockey cause u can push off and smack your opponent around.



yeah handball is fun. I used to play it with my friends. It can get very violent.

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Oh WOW! Brazil had a 28-27 lead over Hungary with only 1 seconds left on the clock.
for whatever reason they were expecting Hungary to pass and then shoot but the Hungary player just took the ball and shot it quick and scored. So the game ends in a tie because in preliminary rounds they don't allow overtime.

Exciting finish and a bad tie for the Brazil team.

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Misutaa, just out of curiosity, why are you supporting so many countries in the Olympics?

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I had to stay up until 11 last night to watch that damn race.

It was by far one of the greatest Olympic moments I've ever seen.

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Misutaa, just out of curiosity, why are you supporting so many countries in the Olympics?



Well I'm Latvian/Armenian/French-Belgian but with strong Russian ties and I live in the US now...so yea..lol.

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I had to stay up until 11 last night to watch that damn race.

It was by far one of the greatest Olympic moments I've ever seen.


You had to stay up till 11? What time do you normally go to bed... 9?

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I had to stay up until 11 last night to watch that damn race.

It was by far one of the greatest Olympic moments I've ever seen.


You had to stay up till 11? What time do you normally go to bed... 9?


:yes:

I wake up at about 4:30-5... I like to have at LEAST 7 hours of sleep

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