Beijing Olympics

[bushranger]

I happened to change the channel and the games were on and they were playing this game like soccer but they threw this smaller ball. I was actually fasinated with it and watched it to the end. But I don't know what its called. If I was younger and fitter I would have love to play that game.

[mightytiges]

I happened to change the channel and the games were on and they were playing this game like soccer but they threw this smaller ball. I was actually fasinated with it and watched it to the end. But I don't know what its called. If I was younger and fitter I would have love to play that game.

It's called Handball. It's very popular in Europe.

[bushranger]

There was another game of it on last night and it was really good to watch. I wish I was young and fit enough toplay the game. And I also wished it was about when I was a kid. But back when I was a kid if you played basketball you were like an outcast. It was football or nothing.
And Mightytiges thanks for the heads up to its name.

[cub]

ouch !!!!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/13/janos-baranyai-photos-vid_n_118695.html

[mightytiges]

Ouch indeed!  Poor bugger


Great effort by the Boomers to knock off Russia in the basketball  .

[Moi]

Dale Weightman's cousin Lisa Weightman in the marathon.
She's struggling a bit at the moment
Go Lisa 

[bushranger]

I hope she comes up to somewhere close to the top 10 would be good. Go Lisa

[mightytiges]

How about Usain Bolt last night in the 100m - 9.69s - and he pulled up at the end too

[Francois Jackson]

come on hackett.

3rd with 3 laps to go

[Moi]

How come the Tunisian can get out of the water before the others are finished and not get disqualified like our girls did?

[one-eyed]

Emma Snowsill has just won gold in the triathlon. Aussies now with 9 gold and in 4th place on the medal table.

[mightytiges]

How come the Tunisian can get out of the water before the others are finished and not get disqualified like our girls did?

Might be sour grapes but the Tunisian guy had just come back from 18 months out due to doping as well.

Anyway we're doing well provided there's water lol. Reminds me of the Goodies episode where they can't ski so they melt all the ice at the Winter Olympics to win all the medals. 

[cub]

I want to nominate my Aussie medal of the games, Sally McLellan 110 metre hurdles 'Silver'.
Just great to see such a down to earth person get the best from themselves on the biggest stage.
She is grouse mate, ship yeah ... onya Sal 

[Moi]

This is the best thing I've seen at the Olympics and it's just an exhibition lol

http://au.sports.yahoo.com/olympics/video/?p=2#embedded-video-top

I hope that's the link.  If not, go to the yahoo7 olympic site and go to videos and look for video entitled terrific tumbling 

[mightytiges]

This is the best thing I've seen at the Olympics and it's just an exhibition lol

http://au.sports.yahoo.com/olympics/video/?p=2#embedded-video-top

I hope that's the link.  If not, go to the yahoo7 olympic site and go to videos and look for video entitled terrific tumbling 

They showed some of last night on Ch 7. That team of Russian rhythmic gymnists were just amazingly freakish  .

The most inspiring moment for me so far was that German weightlifter whose wife had died only about 9 months ago in a car accident. It ended up that he had to lift 10kg more than he had ever lifted before in his life to win the gold on his third and the last lift of the night. This was after he had put down his second lift which was 20kg less than his third. He amazingly did it and won before collapsing over the top of the weights on the floor in tears. It put a lump in your throat watching it that's for sure  .