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Anyone see the comments by Chad Johnson saying that he knows several guys that can beat Michael Phelps in the pool, including himself?


The guy says dumber things by the day.

I think after the Olympics, Chad and Phelps should have a 3 mile open water swim in a big lake, with no safety boat.

For a guy who likes defense it's beautiful to watch.

Anyone watch the first set of the May-Treanor/Walsh volleyball match against Belgium? The United States fended off 5 set points by Belgium to come back and win the first set. Really impressive - can't say I've been glued to a volleyball match as I was during that first set.

Unbelievable match - I thought that first set was just great!!! Then the Belgiums just had nothing left in them

FANTASTIC RACE!!!!

To beat Jones and to beat the WR is just amazing - what a race by Soni... Great race!!!

The USA swim team grabs another gold in a stunner. Rebecca Sonni pulls off the upset! Boy we really kick sum ass in swimming!

And now USA 1&2 in the very next race!!

USA! USA!

What a 200m Back! Go 1-2 for the Americans and a guy who had to do a SWIM OFF to get into the final wins a medal!!! Unreal!!!

Can you imagine that??? Needing to do a swim off - you and one other guy in a race to make the finals and you end up winning a medal.

I have to admit...

I haven't paid this much attention to the Olympics since 1996.

Will be interesting to see how much he has coming back in the IM.

I expect him to medal, but will be a good race... I can't imagine he being able to beat a 'fresh' Phelps... but you never know.

Nice story on Kirsty Coventry...

I hate that NBC has decided to totally screw over everyone on the west side of the country by tape delaying everything by three hours.

This has just been an absolute blast to watch.

The Olympics is about the only time that my sport gets any airtime... and it has been worth the wait.

So many thrills, so many WR's reset, beaten down, smashed.

It feels great

The US is still the home of world-class swimming.
Noone else comes close.

I agree - I'm a runner and swimmer so I feel ya - we rarely get any air time... and it's just a great time to watch so many different sports at once and watch the top athletes in the world

Yeah thats what I am loving is watching so many different sports.

Phelps pulling away,,,,,He did it #6!

Another one in the books for phelps! Great race!!!

Lotche with a amazing come back - just amazing to come back in that short of tiem to get a bronze

26 world records holy crap!

But Chad Johnson could beat him

Kind of sucks that michael will consider retirement after the olympics.
Oh well he deserves the break

Oh yeah your right. Hes not going to do any racing until february.

Im kind of nervous right now come on michael!!!

That IMO will be his toughest final against Crocker... I think he'll do it... but I really feel that it will be the closest individual race he'll have

Simply Brilliant, Congratulations to Nastia and Shawn.

huh? mmmmm
http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer08/gymnastics/news/story?id=3534544
Earlier state media report listed gymnast He's age as 13
Associated Press

BEIJING -- Just nine months before the Beijing Olympics, the Chinese government's news agency, Xinhua, reported that gymnast He Kexin was 13, which would have made her ineligible to be on the team that won a gold medal this week.

He Kexin
A report in China's official Xinhua news agency nine months ago listed gymnast He Kexin as being 13 years old. But she told reporters Wednesday that her real age is 16.

In its report Nov. 3, Xinhua identified He as one of "10 big new stars" who made a splash at China's Cities Games. It gave her age as 13 and reported that she beat Yang Yilin on the uneven bars at those games. In the final, "this little girl" pulled off a difficult release move on the bars known as the Li Na, named for another Chinese gymnast, Xinhua said in the report, which appeared on one of its Web sites, www.hb.xinhuanet.com

The Associated Press found the Xinhua report on the site Thursday morning and saved a copy of the page. Later that afternoon, the Web site was still working but the page was no longer accessible. Sports editors at the state-run news agency would not comment for publication.

If the age reported by Xinhua was correct, that would have meant He was too young to be on the Chinese team that beat the United States on Wednesday and clinched China's first women's team Olympic gold in gymnastics. She is also a favorite for gold in Monday's uneven bars final.

Yang was also on Wednesday's winning team. Questions have also been raised about her age and that of a third team member, Jiang Yuyuan.

Gymnasts have to be 16 during the Olympic year to be eligible for the Games. He's birthday is listed as Jan. 1, 1992.

Chinese authorities insist that all three are old enough to compete. He herself told reporters after Wednesday's final that "my real age is 16. I don't pay any attention to what everyone says."

Zhang Hongliang, an official with China's gymnastics delegation at the Games, said Thursday the differing ages which have appeared in Chinese media reports had not been checked in advance with the gymnastics federation.

"It's definitely a mistake," Zhang said of the Xinhua report, speaking in a telephone interview. "Never has any media outlet called me to check the athletes' ages."

Asked whether the federation had changed their ages to make them eligible, Zhang said: "We are a sports department. How would we have the ability to do that?"

"We already explained this very clearly. There's no need to discuss this thing again."

The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) has said repeatedly that a passport is the "accepted proof of a gymnast's eligibility," and that He and China's other gymnasts have presented ones that show they are age eligible. The IOC also checked the girls' passports and deemed them valid.

A May 23 story in the China Daily newspaper, the official English-language paper of the Chinese government, said He was 14. The story was later corrected to list her as 16.

"This is not a USAG issue," said Steve Penny, president of USA Gymnastics. "The FIG and the IOC are the proper bodies to handle this."

The indiv all around was fun as hell to watch. Liukin was nails out there and stuck everything she needed to. That floor routine sealed the deal. It was good to get a little revenge after the collapse the other night of the team finals.

The controversy shouldn't be the age ... it should be that she's a "He"!!!

I think the Chinese hired Marion Jones as an ethics consultant.

j/c

The indoor volleyball team beat China this morning in a great 5 set match. I will say this, for a guy like me who likes tall,thick,athletic women it was a lot of fun to watch


KING

The Brazillian women's synchronized swim team of twin sisters Bia and Branca Feres......

That's all I'm going to say.