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BTW, cool little side note. When I was watching the replay I noticed Jones standing on the side of the pool looking in on the finishes(as opposed to Phelps and Gale standing at finish cheering on Lezak.

I noticed that the second Lezak touched you see Phelps and Gale and pretty much everyone else looking at the scoreboard, but Jones has already started celebrating at the bottom of the TV. I thought it was cool that he was the only one celebrating while everyone else is looking at the board.

Oh, and Phelps Barbaric Screams FTW.

Gale celebrated it first (05:18 on nbcolympics vid) but i was wondering where Jones was before i saw your post. good observation!

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08-11-2008 , 04:39 AM

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holy crap michael phelps is ****ing ripped

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08-11-2008 , 05:33 AM

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Michael Phelps is one of 12 US athletes that have volunteered to be "super" tested for doping, undergoing even more stringent testing than is already done. So, I would put the chances of him doping at nil.

Tyson Gay also volunteered, which is very impressive to me

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USADA’s “Project Believe”, under which Gay, and a small number of others, are blood and urine tested so often that a detailed profile of their chemical balance is built.

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08-11-2008 , 05:36 AM

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I've been watching random events the past 3 hours. Summary: the Chinese woman (Chen?) is an amazing weightlifter, and also Korea always hits a 10 at archery lol.

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08-11-2008 , 05:46 AM

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Korea always hits a 10 at archery lol.

But have an unfortunate tendancy to hesitate.

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08-11-2008 , 06:22 AM

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Nicole Branagh is beasting it up in beach volleyball right now.

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08-11-2008 , 07:01 AM

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Just got to Beijing, the hotel i'm staying in ( The Westin Beijing, Financial Street ) is VERY nice, its way classier and tidier than i expected.

Going to the USA vs Algeria Game tomorrow, and will be seeing a beach volleyball game and Swimming soon.

I'm not sure how much exactly they worked on Beijing for the Olympic games, but the city was VERY pretty from what i saw on the way to the hotel, lots of gardens and greenery.

Here is to a fun couple of days.

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08-11-2008 , 07:13 AM

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Cuba pwned USA in Volleyball

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08-11-2008 , 07:33 AM

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the relay was cool. it reminded me of a race in athens, can't remember which but someone will probably know. it involved thorpe i think.

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08-11-2008 , 08:18 AM

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Gale celebrated it first (05:18 on nbcolympics vid) but i was wondering where Jones was before i saw your post. good observation!

I didn't realize until this morning that Weber-Gale went to my high school in Wisconsin. Granted, he graduated 9 years after me, so it's not like I knew him, but hey, pretty cool imo.

Oh, and I just watched the replay of that race. Holy ****.

EDIT: Sweet. I also found out he's a fellow Jew, considering he went to a summer camp when he was a kid that always gave presentations at my Sunday School.

I think I might try to adopt him.

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08-11-2008 , 08:19 AM

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the relay was cool. it reminded me of a race in athens, can't remember which but someone will probably know. it involved thorpe i think.

Maybe the 4x200 where the last american with a good lead but still the underdog resists Thorpe.

I remember just waiting and waiting for Thorpe to go past but it just didn't happen. Even when watching it now I expect him to go past but I guess he used his all just closing the gap which he did really fast.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1pOD...eature=related

A shame Thorpe retired a bit early. Would have loved to see him up against Phelps in the 200 freestyle where four years ago in Athens Phelps had not come into his own yet.

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08-11-2008 , 08:24 AM

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Glad to see everybody else was psyched by the 4x1 as well. Seeing the team get all pumped and screaming was pretty cool. I'd still put Michael Johnson 1996 ahead of this on personal favorite Olympics moments, but this has got to be high on the list now.

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08-11-2008 , 08:27 AM

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****!!! I can't see any videos on NBColympics.com. I turned off my pop-up blocker as well as my firewall. Yes, I'm inside the US so that shouldn't be a problem. Do I have to install something on their site? Trying to find the 4x100 Relay everyone's talking about, much thanks to anyone that can tell me where I can find it.

I can't watch anything on that site either and I already downloaded the stupid "Microsoft-Silverlight" or whatever it was they said you needed. It's really pissing me off.

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08-11-2008 , 08:50 AM

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i guess i was thinking of one from sydney.

mens 4x100m freestyle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQQt0eTknxY

i'm still not 100% convinced that's what it was but i guess it must be.

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08-11-2008 , 09:37 AM

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Gale celebrated it first (05:18 on nbcolympics vid) but i was wondering where Jones was before i saw your post. good observation!

Yeah, I just realized that when I saw it last time it was an edited version, so now I look like an idiot.

Watching that relay again was just so awesome, haha, I think I can watching that 100 more times and not get bored of it.

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08-11-2008 , 09:50 AM

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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200...rds/index.html

There's no arguing that point. Swimming's world record progression had been aided in recent years by pool technology (On Monday morning German head coach Orjan Madsen engaged two U.S. writers in a fascinating -- if semi-impenetrable -- explanation of why deeper pools, and wider ones, produce faster times). The same is true of suit technology, which took a Beamonesque leap forward this year with Speedo's LZR Racer. And stroke rules have changed as well, all making for faster swimming.

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08-11-2008 , 09:57 AM

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meh, obviously the sport is going through a period now where world records are getting smashed every day by 1-2 seconds. clearly this can't last though. there's going to be a significant slowdown, and at the next olympics i'd imagine there will be waaaaaaaay less WRs broken.

calling them 'meaningless' is still a joke though.

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08-11-2008 , 10:05 AM

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Of course calling them meaningless is a joke, but they have lost a little luster. But as you stated, this advancement will eventually subside and records won't be broken as regularly as they have been this Olympics.

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08-11-2008 , 10:54 AM

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People with knowledge of swimming...how much did getting in Bernard's wave shave off his time? Was Lezak's swim the greatest relay leg in history?

former college swimmer... getting bernard's wave doesnt make that much of a difference because the lanelines are designed to minimize the impact

and yes lezak's swim is the greatest relay leg in history, the individual 100 will be a great race to watch with lezak, the frenchies, and eamon sullivna

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08-11-2008 , 11:27 AM

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I can't watch anything on that site either and I already downloaded the stupid "Microsoft-Silverlight" or whatever it was they said you needed. It's really pissing me off.

Did you try IE? Worked well for me....
First thing I did this morning was watch the last leg a half dozen times...
so sick.

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08-11-2008 , 11:57 AM

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Former swim coach...you're right in that the lines are designed to minimize the impact of wake, but it still may have given him the .08 that he needed. These guys' strokes and kicks are so incredibly powerful.

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08-11-2008 , 12:23 PM

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thats true that might have been the .08 difference... bernard should have been swimming on the other side of the lane

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08-11-2008 , 12:34 PM

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Did you try IE? Worked well for me....
First thing I did this morning was watch the last leg a half dozen times...
so sick.

Thx, got it finally. Don't know why I didn't try it in IE several days ago. Just lazy I guess. Still not sure why it's not working with my Firefox but at least I can watch the **** now.