Olympics

[Kounelaki]

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[withahip]

Water Cube:

But fast? It's lightning. Not only did Michael Phelps break his world record in the 400 individual medley by a stunning 1.4s, Stephanie Rice broke Katie Hoff's world record by an even more shattering 1.67s in her 400m medley.

Add to that the drama of the men's blistering 4x100m relay yesterday, where five of the teams broke the world record, and it is obvious the Chinese have put together a fantastically fast pool, perhaps the fastest the world has ever seen with new lane rope and water distribution technology and who knows what else. Olympic records are being routinely broken, sometimes from heat to heat.

Swimming world records are usually broken in small increments. The advances of world records by Rice and Phelps call to mind 40 years ago when an unheralded long jumper, Bob Beamon, broke the world record at the Mexico Olympics of 1968.

He didn't just break it, he blitzed it. No-one had jumped 28 ft in those days and Beamon didn't bother with 28ft. He just soared on out to 29 ft.

[withahip]

The Spanish Basketball Team:

[black francis]

I thought that was the Chinese team.

[withahip]

Cuz of the dragon on the floor?

[black francis]

Cause of the the slanted eyes.

[black francis]

Do you all not know that the whole of these olympics are being faked and that it all a conspiracy for increaing oil procies, going to war, stoppeing the US elections and Big foot and UFOS have to be involved somewhere ..

!!!!


I cannot watch the olympics as each time I get flash backs to my 10 dys of torture there..

Speaking of Big Foot

http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/08/13/re ... dayor-not/

[zabird]

Water Cube:

But fast? It's lightning. Not only did Michael Phelps break his world record in the 400 individual medley by a stunning 1.4s, Stephanie Rice broke Katie Hoff's world record by an even more shattering 1.67s in her 400m medley.

Add to that the drama of the men's blistering 4x100m relay yesterday, where five of the teams broke the world record, and it is obvious the Chinese have put together a fantastically fast pool, perhaps the fastest the world has ever seen with new lane rope and water distribution technology and who knows what else. Olympic records are being routinely broken, sometimes from heat to heat.

Swimming world records are usually broken in small increments. The advances of world records by Rice and Phelps call to mind 40 years ago when an unheralded long jumper, Bob Beamon, broke the world record at the Mexico Olympics of 1968.

He didn't just break it, he blitzed it. No-one had jumped 28 ft in those days and Beamon didn't bother with 28ft. He just soared on out to 29 ft.

Wait a minute ... I read about the aerodynamic suits (and do they only seem to wear them sometimes?), but you're saying the water in that pool is making the swimmers faster? What, have they been monkeying around with the molecular structure? Are there little nannobots in the water or something?

Whatever's causing it, those races have been amazing things to watch!

Wasn't the Bob Beamon record at least partly due to Mexico City's high altitude?

[withahip]

It has extra lanes outside of the eight used for racing; a depth of three metres which helps stop the waves the swimmers create bouncing back up from the bottom of the pool; and lane ropes which dissipate the waves traveling sideways.

[tonywojo]

It has extra lanes outside of the eight used for racing; a depth of three metres which helps stop the waves the swimmers create bouncing back up from the bottom of the pool; and lane ropes which dissipate the waves traveling sideways.

geek

sport is just a job

[Kounelaki]

Apparently, eating 12,000 calories a day helps.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/08132008/ne ... 124248.htm

PS Alain!

[JackT]

Apparently, eating 12,000 calories a day helps.

Then why aren't I a good swimmer???

[JackT]

China 35 22 8 5
United States 34 10 9 15
South Korea 16 6 7 3
Australia 16 5 4 7
France 15 2 7 6
Russia 14 3 8 3
Italy 13 6 4 3
Germany 11 6 2 3
Japan 11 5 3 3
Great Britain 7 2 2 3
North Korea 7 1 2 4
Cuba 6 1 3 2
Netherlands 6 1 1 4

[Kounelaki]

Then why aren't I a good swimmer???

Have you got the right swimsuit and pool?

[Kounelaki]