Olympics...

[Thorin]

Anyone following the Olympics this year?  I've been out camping without internet so didn't keep up to date.  I hear Canada's at 10 or 11 medals (only 1 gold) and that some badmintonners got expelled...

[Mr. Analog]

Meh, lots of bad officiating this year IMO

I've been keeping up with womens volleyball though ...

[Darren Dirt]

couldn't for the life of me get even one into the net...

http://www.google.com/doodles/basketball-2012

[Thorin]

Meh, lots of bad officiating this year IMO

I've been keeping up with womens volleyball though ...

Beach or court?  If beach, US vs US for the gold, lets see if May-Treanor and Walsh (err...  Walsh Jennings now?) can get a third Olympic gold.

[Mr. Analog]

Meh, lots of bad officiating this year IMO

I've been keeping up with womens volleyball though ...

Beach or court?  If beach, US vs US for the gold, lets see if May-Treanor and Walsh (err...  Walsh Jennings now?) can get a third Olympic gold.

Both actually!

But yeah, beach is more fun for some reason

[Thorin]

Bathing suits are the official uniform for beach volleyball.  Some secular muslim countries wanted to compete but complained the uniforms were too revealing.  Bodysuits are now allowed.

Which is a good thing, because it was rainy and frickin' cold in London.

[Lazybones]

Bathing suits are the official uniform for beach volleyball.  Some secular muslim countries wanted to compete but complained the uniforms were too revealing.  Bodysuits are now allowed.

Which is a good thing, because it was rainy and frickin' cold in London.

Actually the women in general wanted the option for body suits for a long time due to out door weather issues from what I was reading... The Olympics also used to require skirts women for things like tennis etc. It has more to do with out dated gender enforcement.  The only religious issue I know of is the head covering for judo.

[Darren Dirt]

in other sporting news... Bolt the Blur*!
http://twitter.com/JeffDLowe/status/232219092134801408/photo/1/large


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usain_Bolt#2012_Summer_Olympics




*according to Wikipedia, that blur is a result of hitting his top speed of "44.72 km/h or 27.78 miles per hour". Zoom zoom zoom!

[Thorin]

Well they could've moved the camera with the shot and then the background would blur while he stays in focus...

[Lazybones]

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/08/05/sports/olympics/the-100-meter-dash-one-race-every-medalist-ever.html

Interesting illustration, near the end shows that some very young and collage athletes already beat many past gold medal winners... However at the end they also point out that the spread is only 3 seconds.

[Thorin]

Neat find, Lazy.  Weird how they just keep getting faster and faster and faster.

[Darren Dirt]

Neat find, Lazy.  Weird how they just keep getting faster and faster and faster.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men%27s_100_metres_world_record_progression

[Thorin]

Weird, what with all the summer olympics on, my wife found a hockey game to watch / listen to (Canada vs Russia Challenge 2012?).

http://www.hockeycanada.ca/challenge

[Thorin]

Meta-gaming at its finest: http://youtu.be/BkkTSVVrPYk (Men's Cycling Sprint where one rider tries to force the other in front so as to draft right behind him)

No, this video is not an Olympics video, but it was found thanks to Penny Arcade's short discussion of Men's Sprint (where they did provide a link to Men's Sprint from this year's Olympics).

[Darren Dirt]

Meta-gaming at its finest: http://youtu.be/BkkTSVVrPYk (Men's Cycling Sprint where one rider tries to force the other in front so as to draft right behind him)

No, this video is not an Olympics video, but it was found thanks to Penny Arcade's short discussion of Men's Sprint (where they did provide a link to Men's Sprint from this year's Olympics).

"This should be narrated by David Attenborough." lol so true!

and btw WOW at the end = 65km/h ... Usain Bolt + 20ish, that's it?