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Title: U.S.A. goes Gold, Silver in Women's All Around Gymnastics!!!
Post by: SuBWaYCH on August 15, 2008, 12:26:19 AM
That was absolutely amazing. Maybe one of the greatest moments in United States Olympic history!

Lucan took Gold, Johnson took Silver.

I think that may be one of the few times the United States will ever go 1-2 in an all around final.

Title: Re: U.S.A. goes Gold, Silver in Women's All Around Gymnastics!!!
Post by: trax1 on August 15, 2008, 12:36:54 AM
So they did end up winning, thats good to hear.  Also I'm not sure I understand one part of your post, you say we took 1-2, but you also say they got Gold & Bronze.

Not sure if this was her, I think it was, but Liukin was robbed on her springboard event, she looked flawless, even the announcers couldn't understand why she didn't get higher marks.
Title: Re: U.S.A. goes Gold, Silver in Women's All Around Gymnastics!!!
Post by: Fulmar on August 15, 2008, 12:38:34 AM
Fu.... and I turned it off.  I got urged early on with some BS scoring.
Title: Re: U.S.A. goes Gold, Silver in Women's All Around Gymnastics!!!
Post by: SuBWaYCH on August 15, 2008, 12:41:25 AM
So they did end up winning, thats good to hear.  Also I'm not sure I understand one part of your post, you say we took 1-2, but you also say they got Gold & Bronze.

Not sure if this was her, I think it was, but Liukin was robbed on her springboard event, she looked flawless, even the announcers couldn't understand why she didn't get higher marks.

My bad, Typo on that. Yeah, I don't think the scoring was that fair. Seemed everything early went for the Chinese.
Title: Re: U.S.A. goes Gold, Silver in Women's All Around Gymnastics!!!
Post by: Elfie on August 15, 2008, 02:21:38 AM
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That was absolutely amazing. Maybe one of the greatest moments in United States Olympic history!

I don't think anything will beat USA's 1980 Hockey team beating the Soviets. That absolutely ruled and I got to watch it live. America went nuts over those guys because they were all amateurs and the USSR team was basically pro's and we beat those commies!   :rock   :D
Title: Re: U.S.A. goes Gold, Silver in Women's All Around Gymnastics!!!
Post by: ODBAL on August 15, 2008, 11:01:01 AM
That was pretty amazing last night, I am so damn tired this morning because I stayed up and watched it all the way thru the medal ceremony.  Very nicely done by our girls! Lucan was awesome, and yes she got robbed on her vault no doubt about it.  There were a couple "iffy" scores that went against the American girls in my opinion.
Title: Re: U.S.A. goes Gold, Silver in Women's All Around Gymnastics!!!
Post by: iTunes on August 15, 2008, 11:19:39 AM
I haven't been impressed with the judges to be honest, I'm sure there's some skullduggery going on behind the scenes, I've been seeing some strange scores...
Title: Re: U.S.A. goes Gold, Silver in Women's All Around Gymnastics!!!
Post by: Jebus on August 15, 2008, 01:16:16 PM
Should I feel dirty for thinking Shawn Johnson is hot???
Title: Re: U.S.A. goes Gold, Silver in Women's All Around Gymnastics!!!
Post by: ODBAL on August 15, 2008, 01:18:46 PM
Should I feel dirty for thinking Shawn Johnson is hot???

Yes
Title: Re: U.S.A. goes Gold, Silver in Women's All Around Gymnastics!!!
Post by: SuBWaYCH on August 15, 2008, 02:05:04 PM
Should I feel dirty for thinking Shawn Johnson is hot???

Liukin is hotter  :)
Title: Re: U.S.A. goes Gold, Silver in Women's All Around Gymnastics!!!
Post by: ODBAL on August 15, 2008, 02:49:04 PM
Liukin is hotter  :)

That's what I'm talking about!  Shawn is "cute", if you like "cute" girls who are built like a brick s**t house.  Nastia is more fitting to my taste, not quite so muscular and a bit more elegant.
Title: Re: U.S.A. goes Gold, Silver in Women's All Around Gymnastics!!!
Post by: Fulmar on August 15, 2008, 02:55:31 PM
Chris Hansen is here to watch this thread.
(http://thenastyboys.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/chris-hansen.jpg)
Title: Re: U.S.A. goes Gold, Silver in Women's All Around Gymnastics!!!
Post by: Motherland on August 15, 2008, 03:00:57 PM
Should I feel dirty for thinking Shawn Johnson is hot???
If by 'dirty' you mean 'like a pedophile', then maybe. :lol
Title: Re: U.S.A. goes Gold, Silver in Women's All Around Gymnastics!!!
Post by: FiLtH on August 15, 2008, 03:20:33 PM
 Take a seat....no...take a seat.


































Take a seat.
Title: Re: U.S.A. goes Gold, Silver in Women's All Around Gymnastics!!!
Post by: SuBWaYCH on August 15, 2008, 04:06:21 PM
Take a seat....no...take a seat.


































Take a seat.
:lol

Title: Re: U.S.A. goes Gold, Silver in Women's All Around Gymnastics!!!
Post by: trax1 on August 15, 2008, 05:34:14 PM
I think that Liukin looked like Hayden Panettiere, the chick who plays the cheerleader on NBC's "Heroes", when her character would have her hair pulled back in a ponytail like Liukin did lastnight.
Title: Re: U.S.A. goes Gold, Silver in Women's All Around Gymnastics!!!
Post by: Nwbie on August 15, 2008, 09:54:42 PM
Chris Hansen is here to watch this thread.
(http://thenastyboys.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/chris-hansen.jpg)

ROFL - good one - this one got a pepsi snort on the screen

 :rofl

NwBie
Title: Re: U.S.A. goes Gold, Silver in Women's All Around Gymnastics!!!
Post by: texasmom on August 16, 2008, 02:56:02 AM
I don't think anything will beat USA's 1980 Hockey team beating the Soviets.
+1
Title: Re: U.S.A. goes Gold, Silver in Women's All Around Gymnastics!!!
Post by: Sandman on August 16, 2008, 11:43:20 AM
While watching the competition, I remembered that the uneven bars used to be much closer together. So... I searched YouTube just to be certain.

I found something I didn't expect. Go watch older competitions with women like Nadia Comeneci, Olga Korbut, or Mary Lou Retton. While the athletes in many sports seem to have gotten better and better over the last few decades, I don't think there is a single modern gymnast that is better than the three I just mentioned.
Title: Re: U.S.A. goes Gold, Silver in Women's All Around Gymnastics!!!
Post by: Tango on August 16, 2008, 03:48:46 PM
I don't think anything will beat USA's 1980 Hockey team beating the Soviets. That absolutely ruled and I got to watch it live. America went nuts over those guys because they were all amateurs and the USSR team was basically pro's and we beat those commies!   :rock   :D

My brother was with security at the '96 Atlanta Games and was lucky to see Keri Strug's final event when she had the spranged ankle and pulled off a perfect landing off the vault and shocked everyone. He said the crowd roared with applause and hooping and hollering. He called us and told us to watch the event that night. It was great.