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I won't miss a single swimming event.

Swam for my high school team, decades ago. I was in 9th grade when Mark Spitz won the 7 golds... and compared to Phelps, he was about as mobile as a sponge. This kid is just operating on another level entirely.

I was never a star swimmer on that team... just a role-player with consistent times that the coach could plug in where he needed it. My best times were 56.5 in the 100 free and 101.3 in the 100 back. It's amazing to think that Lezak's (world record) anchor split in the 4x100 was TEN WHOLE SECONDS faster than my career best... and my time was in yards!

I'm so old and unworthy.


p.s. I try to console myself with the fact that almost all our meets were held in 25 yd pools. That meant 3 turns for a 100, as opposed to 1... but it really doean't help very much. I mean... TEN whole seconds!!!

WoW,,he makes it look SOOO easy,,Gold and a world record!

USA also get the bronze! NICE!

That was too freakin sweet!!!

American women in back to back with a gold/bronze in the backstroke

And now Gold/Silver in the Back for the men!!! As my neice just said 'we are on fire in the water"

The men gymnasts on this high bar,,wow friken amazin! Good stuff!

They have been killing it all evening!

My heart was in my throat the whole time the last guy was up. Dayum.....that was one wicked assed High Bar routine. The dismount was phenomenal.

Jesus, China is near unbeatable...until we beat them.

USA is on a roll right now.

China's vaults even with the deductions were freaking incredible. Hopefully our guys will just keep doing exactly what they have in the first 4 rounds. Unfortunately I hate watching men's floor cuz it's so boring without music Sorry.....just having a moment.

Sing something in your head

Hmmm, let's see. *starts humming to the tune of mary had a little lamb* "Jaybird's a goober"

US runs over Angola; Greece rematch up next
By BRIAN MAHONEY, AP Basketball Writer
16 minutes ago


BEIJING (AP)—LeBron James simply knocked aside overmatched Angola players like a schoolyard bully, going wherever he wanted on the basketball court.

Now come the teams that can push back.

Dwyane Wade scored 19 points, James dominated the game with his size and strength on both ends, and the U.S. men’s Olympic team wrapped up the easy portion of its schedule with a 97-76 victory Tuesday night.

The Americans (2-0) Thursday face Greece, the team that stunned them two years ago in the semifinals of the world championship. The Greeks are physical, and they should provide the first test of these games for the United States.

“I’m expecting this game right here to be tough,” U.S. forward Carmelo Anthony said. “They know that we’re coming back to redeem ourselves and I’m pretty sure that they watch us a lot.”

Dwight Howard added 14 points and James finished with 12 for the Americans, who had another rough night from 3-point range but don’t appear to be stoppable in the open court. Wade was perfect from the field in Beijing until missing in the third quarter.

Though Anthony said the Greece game “has been circled on my calendar for about two years now,” James said it wasn’t hard to concentrate on Angola.

“We’ve got veterans, we’re preparing ourselves, every night we’re showcasing what we’ve been doing the last three years getting ready for this moment,” he said. “So we can’t afford to go out and be lackadaisical.”

The United States improved to 4-0 against Angola, starting with the Dream Team’s Olympic debut in 1992. That romp is best remembered for Charles Barkley’s elbow to an unsuspecting Angolan player in a 116-48 victory.

Carlos Morais scored 24 points for 0-2 Angola, which went down almost as easily this time around. The final margin was much closer thanks to some U.S. concentration lapses in the second half.

“We were not looking ahead. I thought we played with really good energy in spurts and played some really terrific basketball,” U.S. coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “Our goal wasn’t to win by a certain margin. It was to really work hard and keep up our pressure and then once that was done, we just worked on a few other things. The main thing was just to keep some consistency, so overall I was very pleased with tonight.”

After the Greece game Thursday, the Americans face world champion Spain, who are also 2-0 after rallying to beat China in overtime behind 29 points from Pau Gasol.

Long before this rout started, the Americans were already looking ahead.

Krzyzewski and his staff were seated behind the baseline about 51/2 hours earlier for a look at the Greeks, who shut down Germany over the final three quarters while pulling away for an 87-64 victory.

Greece stunned the United States 101-95 two years ago in the semifinals of the world championship in Japan. This U.S. team is deeper, and James is a whole lot stronger.

James hadn’t done much offensively midway through the second quarter when he made his presence felt on the other end, jumping so high to block Felizardo Ambrosio’s shot that it looked more like a volleyball spike, with James glaring back at the fallen Ambrosio as the ball went out of bounds.

The Angolans were down only seven with less than 4 minutes remaining in the half when James simply muscled them out of the way. After Wade’s 3-pointer, James went all the way for a layup, then knocked Leonel Paulo backward to grab a loose ball and convert a three-point play that made it 47-32 with 2:26 left.

James then came up with a steal and flipped the ball behind him to Chris Bosh for a bucket, then capped a 16-2 spurt with another layup that extended the U.S. lead to 55-34. The Americans were up 55-37 at the break, with James, Howard, Wade, Carmelo Anthony and Bosh all perfect from the field.

The U.S. shooting would have been much better if not for Bryant’s 0-for-5 half, but he quickly got involved in the third quarter with eight points, highlighted by a spinning, 360-degree dunk on the fast break.

The Americans lost some concentration on the defensive end, allowing Angola enough open looks to keep it from becoming too much of a blowout for a while. Eventually they pulled away to win almost as easily as they did in a 101-70 victory against China on opening night.

Anthony also scored 12 points for the United States. Every U.S. player but Jason Kidd scored, but the Americans were only 5-of-21 from behind the arc after they hit just 7-of-24 against the Chinese.

“It’s been a struggle,” Bryant said. “I think we have to adjust to being spot-up shooters, all of us. We’re not acclimated to being spot-up shooters, so that’s something we have to tweak a little bit and get used to.”

Doping accusations sideline 52 athletes
By The Associated press
12 minutes ago

Buzz Up Print
BEIJING (AP)—A breakdown of the 52 Olympic athletes who will miss the Beijing Games because of doping accusations:

Greece (15)—11 unnamed weightlifters, one undentified boxer, swimmer Ioannis Drymonakos and sprinters Tassos Gousis and Katerina Thanou.

Bulgaria (12)—Weightlifters Ivailo Filev, Demir Demirev, Mehmed Fikretov, Ivan Stoitsov, Georgi Markov, Ivan Markov, Alan Tsagaev, Velichko Cholakov, Milka Maneva, Donka Mincheva and Gergana Kirilova. Volleyball captain Plamen Konstantinov is returning to Sofia to be tested for high levels of testosterone but will be reinstated if test results are negative.

Russia (10)—Race walkers Vladimir Kanaikin, Alexei Voyevodin and Viktor Burayev; cyclist Vladimir Gusev; steeplechase runner Roman Usov; track and field athletes Yelena Soboleva, Tatyana Tomashova, Yulia Fomenko, Gulfiya Khanafeyeva and Darya Pishchalnikova.

China (3)—Race walker Song Hongjuan, swimmer Ouyang Kunpeng and wrestler Luo Meng.

Romania (3)—Middle distance runners Liliana Popescu, Elena Antoci and Cristina Vasiloiu.

Italy (2)—Fencer Andrea Baldini and cyclist Marta Bastianelli.

Brazil (1)—Handball player Jaqson Kojoroski.

Denmark (1)—Mountain biker Peter Riis Andersen.

India (1)—Weightlifter Monika Devi.

Jamaica (1)—Sprinter Julien Dunkley.

Netherlands (1)—Steeplechaser Simon Vroemen.

United States (1)—Swimmer Jessica Hardy.

Spain (1)—Cyclist Maria Isabel Moreno.


nordawg

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Netherlands (1)—Steeplechaser Simon Vroemen.

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Who was doping, the jockey or the horse?

What's the point of him doping? It's not like those churchtops run really fast anyway.

Phelps is about to swim here shortly!

Man - those 100m free swims are fast as hell!!!

Can't wait for the final in this event

jc

Peter Vanden Hogan Band is probably the greatest name ever.

yeah I just like saying it

Man - how would you like to hold a world record for something like 5 minutes

That has to be frustrating.

He did it,,another gold! And now has more golds than anyone,,ever!!

WTG!!

and another world record..

Oh, MAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNN !!!

Michael Phelps!!!

200m Fly...
...gold medal performance...
...new World Record....
... now, the most highly-decorated Olympian in history.

Absolutely indescribable.
...and we got to see it happen in a place that is hundreds/thousands of miles from each and every one of us.

Take a moment to think about that.

It's truly a miraculous time to be alive.



Enjoy every minute of it, my friends.

all the best to each and every one of you,
Clemdawg

Phelps is incredible..period!

It's neat to see all of this love for a kid who was born in Baltimore and goes to Michigan.

Even the best have flaws

I think his goggles broke and filled with water when he dove in.

I think he should have to race a shark. That would make the races more competitive.

That one Chinese woman gymnast is NOT 16,,she looks 12

Ah man, I missed Phelps. Was waiting for Training Camp Daily.

I probably shouldn't reveal the fact that he's also a HUGE Ravens fan....


...but I'll forgive him.
-Everybody's gotta root for someone.


GO PHELPS!!!! WIN ALL THE GOLDS YOU CAN!!!


USA! USA! USA!!!

He's going for #11 right now in the 4x200 relay. Has a solid lead to open it up.

Total domination.. the basketball team should be watching the swim team.

What a relay - wow.... just dominance... I just kept saying "no one false start... no one false start"

I dont think Phelps can lose.

The U.S. smoked everyone.