The 2012 Olympic Thread

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PetPony said:
I'm watching the men's gymnastics now, but I can't get as excited for it like for the women's. I enjoy theirs much more.
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I love to watch the high bar, parellel bars, and vault. That's about it for me. I feel like the floor exercise is out dated for both men's and women's at this point. Just boring to me.
 
Philliab said:
I love to watch the high bar, parellel bars, and vault. That's about it for me. I feel like the floor exercise is out dated for both men's and women's at this point. Just boring to me.
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Floor routine is one of my favorites if it's done by someone that knows how to do it well. And I like uneven bars.

For men, the rings and high bar is what I watch mostly. I really don't like the pommel horse.
 
PetPony said:
Floor routine is one of my favorites if it's done by someone that knows how to do it well. And I like uneven bars.

For men, the rings and high bar is what I watch mostly. I really don't like the pommel horse.
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:laugh: Well we are about as different as can be on that one. I just think floor exercise has become too much like the men's with a couple extra shimmies to get from one corner to the other. I enjoyed it when the dance counted as much as the stuck landings.

Love uneven bars, beam, and vault!

And I'm sure the pommel horse is hard, but it's like watching paint dry. :laugh:
 
Philliab said:
:laugh: Well we are about as different as can be on that one. I just think floor exercise has become too much like the men's with a couple extra shimmies to get from one corner to the other. I enjoyed it when the dance counted as much as the stuck landings.

Love uneven bars, beam, and vault!

And I'm sure the pommel horse is hard, but it's like watching paint dry. :laugh:
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I really hope this doesn't come off wrong lol, but I feel like the pommel horse is like watching a paraplegic trying to get in their wheelchair. Their legs just look so weird (which is obviously the hard part).
 
Philliab said:
:laugh: Well we are about as different as can be on that one. I just think floor exercise has become too much like the men's with a couple extra shimmies to get from one corner to the other. I enjoyed it when the dance counted as much as the stuck landings.

Love uneven bars, beam, and vault!

And I'm sure the pommel horse is hard, but it's like watching paint dry. :laugh:
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Yeah, it's nicer with some dancing, definitely!

And gotta agree. It mostly just looks the same on the pommel horse.. The dismounts can be cool but that's about it.


Emiloo4 said:
I really hope this doesn't come off wrong lol, but I feel like the pommel horse is like watching a paraplegic trying to get in their wheelchair. Their legs just look so weird (which is obviously the hard part).
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I can't disagree...
 
Philliab said:
Love uneven bars, beam, and vault!

And I'm sure the pommel horse is hard, but it's like watching paint dry. :laugh:
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Uneven bars and the beam are so much fun to do... those were my favorites when I was in gymnastics, especially the uneven bars... 😍

Vault is difficult to do and I find it kind of boring both to do and to watch.

Of couse I couldn't do any of them anymore without cracking my skull open... :laugh:
 
Oh man, I was on the phone with a friend earlier and she was raving about how cute one of the divers was (Tom Daley). I of course looked him up to see how schmexy he was and thought he was pretty cute, but definitely baby faced. Then looked and he was 18... I felt like such a freaking pervert.
 
wildcatj said:
Oh man, I was on the phone with a friend earlier and she was raving about how cute one of the divers was (Tom Daley). I of course looked him up to see how schmexy he was and thought he was pretty cute, but definitely baby faced. Then looked and he was 18... I felt like such a freaking pervert.
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Me toooooo me toooooooo

But he has a cute butt
 
Jumperssss. Only problem is that it's not working for me. Loads the page but the video won't show up. 🙁
 
Ugh, I missed two of the German runs and only got to see the end of the 3rd. 🙁 At least it's working now.
 
Is it just me or does the Judo kind of look like two girls trying to hit and grab at each other, like a cat fight (at least that's what we call it)? :laugh:
 
I got to see the end of the show jumping rounds. It was on at work during lunch! I think they changed it to bad daytime tv now, though. 😛 Good on your team, PP!
 
equineconstant said:
I got to see the end of the show jumping rounds. It was on at work during lunch! I think they changed it to bad daytime tv now, though. 😛 Good on your team, PP!
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Yeah I just saw the end of the team show jumping!!! Individual Show Jumping starts at 2 PM I think, so I am going to watch all of that!!!! 😀
 
I'm so happy about the Team Gold and I hope we can do it in the individual, too! 😀
 
Oh no! I missed the team SJ this morning already? Damn 🙁 And I have got to stop checking this thread before I watch stuff. Oh well...Germany deserved that one.

Looks like SJ shook up the invidividual results for now. Was so hoping for another gold for Mark Todd, but I'm guessing his horse was a bit green over the course. What time does the final start (in EST time please 🙂)?

On a different note...the men's gymnastics team was pathetic last night. I only watched it on primetime tv so they probably had some good rounds they didn't show, but I have never seen a team give up like that. Not cool at all. 👎
 
Anyone else watching the SJ Individual Medal Finals?!
 
devyn said:
Yeah everytime I watch any jumping makes me want to go out and jump 🙂
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Definitely!

That gray horse from Italy looked like so much fun!!!!
 
Wooohooo! Go Karen and Mr. Medicott! Great round!
 
Sad that Kimke withdrew. 🙁

But it's fun to watch Zara Phillips!
 
Last horse was TIRED!
 
Darn! I wanted Mark Todd to win it all. You can tell that horse really tired, but he sure tried.
 
This is how riveted my dog is by the show jumping

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That was just a gorgeous ride from Germany.
 
Are you all streaming it on your computers? I haven't seen a single minute of it on NBC tv
🙁
 
Emiloo4 said:
Are you all streaming it on your computers? I haven't seen a single minute of it on NBC tv
🙁
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yeah! No luck with with streaming through nbc olympics live?
 
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