08.032008 Beijing Olympic Games
While it’s not as important as the World Cup Football, the Olympic Games are the bomb! They start this Friday. Bring it! With no TV, I’ll be following the Games online. Here is the ABC website. It’s interesting to compare web design from the 2004 and 2000 games.
Above is a pic (click it for full glory) of fireworks exploding over the Bird’s Nest stadium in Beijing, during an opening ceremony rehearsal on August 2, 2008. Looking good. (taken from here)
What’s your fav event?
Sailing. Not that it’ll be televised unless we look likely to win - and even then it’ll just be ‘highlights’. The final women’s 470 race at the 2000 games was one of the most exciting sports events I’ve ever watched.
Hope they got rid of that algae! Although, even then … one of the 470 sailors swallowed a mouthful of water at the test event and got so sick that she lost 20% of her body weight (she only weighs 50kg!). From one mouthful of water! Praise God for the clean waters we enjoy here!
August 4th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
Fav event: Whatever is last, because then the stupid olympics are finished.
I can’t stand them
August 4th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
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August 4th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
hey michelle - that’s nuts with the water quality!! mind you - i’d be happy to lose 20% of my body weight…
rodeo clown - bah humbug! what don’t you like? the hype? sport in general? the opening and closing ceremony? the stupid questions from commentators to athletes who have just won a gold medal??
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my fav sport is obviously the soccer.
but i like the handball - it was very cool live in sydney.
i really like the ahtletics events - but probably like the swimming marginally better because we have a better chance of dominating in the pool than on land.
August 4th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
what don’t you like? the hype? sport in general? the opening and closing ceremony? the stupid questions from commentators to athletes who have just won a gold medal??
That pretty much covers it
August 4th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
hehehe!!
August 4th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
I enjoy the heavy weight women’s wrestling… lol!
August 4th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
Would have to be the swimming, because we’re good at it.
And the Water Cube looks awesome. Why couldn’t we have got some fine looking stadiums out of the Sydney Olympics. The Water Cube is designed by Australians!
Love the look of the Bird Nest Stadium.
August 4th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
The event I am looking forward to most will be the shortest event of the Olympics: Mens 100m Sprint Final… over in 10 seconds!
August 4th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
yeew go following the games over the net
August 4th, 2008 at 7:40 pm
hey reimer - thanks for the heads up on the water cube!! it looks pretty good. australian stadiums are nice - but hardly spectacular!
joelc - good to hear from you again.
andrew - rock on.
August 4th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
Roy & HG are the best thing about the Olympics.
August 5th, 2008 at 12:21 am
how good was “the dream” during the 2000 games!!
good times.
August 5th, 2008 at 9:50 am
The second best is probably the accidents and mistakes.
August 5th, 2008 at 4:15 pm