2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing

[Slothy]

Ouch, this story isn't for the faint of heart:
Pictured: The horrific moment Olympic weightlifter turns his elbow back to front | Mail Online

This is the moment Hungarian weightlifter Janos Baranyai's first Olympics ended in agony when he dislocated his right elbow in the ugliest moment yet of the Olympic weightlifting competition.

I sure hope he's okay. It's one thing to not place in your first Olympics, but to have to withdraw due to a serious injury like this?

Saw that yesterday. It certainly is tragic. I hope he's ok, but I have no idea what the chances are of fully recovering from that. If there's any permanent damage then his weight lifting career could very well be over.

[rubah]

I saw a japanese vaulter pretty well smash into the padding on his landing, but I don't think he dislocated his neck :O That sucks for the Hungarian

One of my lj friends has this to say about phelps: <a href="http://spacefem.livejournal.com/495100.html">link</a>.

anyways, walsh and may are amazing. So many 'holy crap they just made that return HOLY CRAP' saves in the games against norway last night.

[Flying Mullet]

One of my lj friends has this to say about phelps: <a href="http://spacefem.livejournal.com/495100.html">link</a>.

What your friend doesn't understand is that doing a butterfly and freestyle stroke are equivalent to doing the 100m dash and triple jump; they're very different mechanics that engage different muscles. You can see this when you watch Phelps swim. His chest raises a great deal out of the water one one side of his freestyle stroke, this being due to his butterfly training, which is his prime stroke. It's hard to train your body to be efficient in two different strokes, thus his primary stroke shows through. That's why IMs are so impressive, as the people have to learn and master four strokes. When you watch and IM, you'll hear the announcers talking about how "This is so-and-so's strong stroke".

Also, a lot of people don't realize that the difference between a 100m swim and a 200m swim is equivalent to a 200m sprint and an 800m or so run. They're trying to directly equate swimming distances to running distances and it just doesn't work.

[rubah]

that's a good point! It does make them kinda dull to watch though :}

[Flying Mullet]

I'll agree that the events Phelps is swimming in are anti-climatic at this point. After that amazing 4x100 freestyle relay with the US and France it was pretty boring watching the 4x200 frestyle relay where the US was so far ahead of everyone else. Phelps' 200 butterfly was the same way. There just wasn't much excitement there.

I'm ready to start watching the 100m and 200m dash.

[charliepanayi]

Did anyone see that Swedish wrestler walk off after being given his bronze medal and throwing it to the ground - what a charming attitude!

[Big D]

Ouch, this story isn't for the faint of heart:
Pictured: The horrific moment Olympic weightlifter turns his elbow back to front | Mail Online

This is the moment Hungarian weightlifter Janos Baranyai's first Olympics ended in agony when he dislocated his right elbow in the ugliest moment yet of the Olympic weightlifting competition.

I sure hope he's okay. It's one thing to not place in your first Olympics, but to have to withdraw due to a serious injury like this?

Bugger me, that's nasty. I'm hoping nothing got torn or broken, but even still - I'd be surprised if he's able to recover from this enough to get back into weightlifting in the same division, though at least he's got a judo background too.

It's difficult to imagine just how much that must've hurt

[Madame Adequate]

Oh jesus, that poor bastard Hungarian I hope they can fix him up so he can continue his career. I can't begin to imagine how painful that must be.

[I Took the Red Pill]

Hell yeah America our cute little gymnasts will persevere through your biased judges and one-two punch you gold-silver pow pow.

[Big D]

lol @ how most of the aggressive, boorish nationalism is coming from Americans.

Good thing that their athletes are proving to be as sporting as they are capable, though. Some damn fine performances. I'm watching the gymnasts' floor routines at the moment, and it's compelling stuff.

[Yar]

I didn't know I had it in me. I was crying, yes, REAL TEARS, at the womens gymnastics when Nastia and Shawn took Gold/Silver.

That was when I realized it. I am really really gay.

[Flying Mullet]

We were watching the Japanese fellow on the rings(we're a day behind and watching on DVR so we can fast-forward through events that don't interest us) when he lost his grip on one of the rings and he took the nasty fall spinning through the air. That was another heartbreaking moment because he was in medal contention up until that moment. Then a little later he tried to do the vault and you could see he wasn't recovered as he was favoring his left shoulder when running. After vaulting, when he landed, he just collapsed backwards, obviously still in shock and his body not recovered.

One of the announcers said that some of the competitors have been complaining about the rings. Does anyone know what the actual complaints have been?

[blackmage_nuke]

I like the olympics but practiacally all they ever show in my country is the swimming

[Kirobaito]

Ouch. If Spain is the third-best basketball team in the world... bruuuuutal.

[Madame Adequate]

Hahaha holy <img src="http://forums.eyesonff.com/images/smilies/rpg_009.gif" alt="skull" /><img src="http://forums.eyesonff.com/images/smilies/rpg_009.gif" alt="skull" /><img src="http://forums.eyesonff.com/images/smilies/rpg_009.gif" alt="skull" /><img src="http://forums.eyesonff.com/images/smilies/rpg_009.gif" alt="skull" /> Usain Bolt is a badman.