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-Reneloth-
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 Posted: 08/19/04 - 23:53 Post subject: Olympics... AKA, the America Wins Competition?
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Even going by the population vs medals ratio, America is outdoing itself this time around. Im impressed. Paul Hamm, Michael Phelps and Carly Patterson for the win!
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Renork
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Posted: 08/19/04 - 23:54 Post subject: Re: Olympics... AKA, the America Wins Competition?
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| -Reneloth- wrote: | | Carly Patterson for the win! |
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-Reneloth-
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Posted: 08/19/04 - 23:56 Post subject: Re: Olympics... AKA, the America Wins Competition?
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| Renork wrote: | | -Reneloth- wrote: | | Carly Patterson for the win! |
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RED X
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Renork
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Posted: 08/19/04 - 23:57 Post subject:
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then you must have blocked images from me.
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TASB
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Posted: 08/20/04 - 00:05 Post subject:
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You know to really can't gauge medals vs population alone. You need to also factor in the amount of funding dedicated to sport and the backing from the general population of the country.
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khrath
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Posted: 08/20/04 - 00:35 Post subject:
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Didn't australia dominate the mens 200m freestyle?
All the funds they had was tossing a crock into the pool to get a little extra speed out of their athletes
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TASB
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Posted: 08/20/04 - 01:06 Post subject:
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The crocs are cheap. The money went into funding Steve Irwin who was in a dingy behind the crocs holding his daugher who was poking the crocs with a stick to see what would happen.
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Posted: 08/20/04 - 01:45 Post subject:
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| TASB wrote: | | You know to really can't gauge medals vs population alone. You need to also factor in the amount of funding dedicated to sport and the backing from the general population of the country. |
Don't forget 300 years of selective breeding.
There are no 6'8" 420 lb black body guards in africa. They are a dime a dozen in NYC.
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Renork
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Posted: 08/20/04 - 01:52 Post subject:
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| Kbarr wrote: | | TASB wrote: | | You know to really can't gauge medals vs population alone. You need to also factor in the amount of funding dedicated to sport and the backing from the general population of the country. |
Don't forget 300 years of selective breeding.
There are no 6'8" 420 lb black body guards in africa. They are a dime a dozen in NYC. |
Worked didnt it?
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Posted: 08/20/04 - 02:08 Post subject:
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| Renork wrote: | | Kbarr wrote: | | TASB wrote: | | You know to really can't gauge medals vs population alone. You need to also factor in the amount of funding dedicated to sport and the backing from the general population of the country. |
Don't forget 300 years of selective breeding.
There are no 6'8" 420 lb black body guards in africa. They are a dime a dozen in NYC. |
Worked didnt it? |
Only for a few generations, in 100 years or so the benefits should start to dissipate.
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Ashley
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Posted: 08/20/04 - 02:17 Post subject:
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| TASB wrote: | | You know to really can't gauge medals vs population alone. You need to also factor in the amount of funding dedicated to sport and the backing from the general population of the country. |
mens gymnastics, women's soccer, swimming, fencing? What's strange to me is that we're dominating in sports that are severely lacking funding, being cut drastically at the high school/college level (mostly men's due to title IX), and are only popular during the Olympics (how many other times have you actually watched professional swimming? -unless you're like me in a family thats active in the sport.. but i really dont know many other people who keep up with it). And then in Basketball, for example- where we have TONS of funding, and TONS of backing from the general population- we're sucking (though to basketball's defense, we can do better).
Swimming by your definition would be the biggest surprise of them all (particularly mens.. which right now we are doing an AMAZING job in  )- consider that in Australia swimmers are treated like top-of-the-line celebrities, yet in the USA many colleges are either cutting funding or getting rid of the sport entirely. Even in the past few years its been happening a lot. I know when my brother was swimming for Penn State there was actually scholarship money out there for swimmers, but its been dwindling recently- on top of losing popularity.
Anyway, I'm really hoping that there will be a boost in popularity of all of these sports after the Olympics, because our country has a ton of talent in them .
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Luturb
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Posted: 08/20/04 - 02:30 Post subject:
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| hunnybunny wrote: | | women's soccer |
The US is probably one of the few countries where women's soccer is more popular than men's.
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Ashley
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Posted: 08/20/04 - 02:35 Post subject:
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| Luturb wrote: | | hunnybunny wrote: | | women's soccer |
The US is probably one of the few countries where women's soccer is more popular than men's. |
you're absolutely correct, but also remember that it doesnt get nearly as much funding/popularity as football/basketball get
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Yanbik
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Posted: 08/20/04 - 11:30 Post subject:
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there is a reason why the wusa is suspended right now and the mls isn't ;p
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Abi
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Posted: 08/20/04 - 11:37 Post subject:
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I concur.. USA is kicking MAJOR ASS...
It makes me all goosbumply!!
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Akronn
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Posted: 08/20/04 - 12:50 Post subject:
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China is really coming on today, though. Just one medal behind the US as I write this.
Swimming, track, soccer, fencing, etc. don't get much attention in the US, but where we really take gas is in the events that get no funding whatsoever. Table tennis? Archery? Trampoline? Badminton? We blow, and China is awesome lol.
It's kind of strange, the games we Americans like to play (billiards, bowling, darts, golf, football, etc.) are nowhere to be seen in the Olympics, and we're stuck competing in events most of us don't give two s***s about.
If we were truly all about medals, I'm sure we'd be pulling a China and force our youngsters to play table tennis. Instead, we just do what's fun for us, and still come up pretty strong in the Olympics.
(but honestly, in another 20 years a dominating China is going to be all over the Olympics.)
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xeqer
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Posted: 08/20/04 - 13:07 Post subject:
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The Olympics are not fair.
Every Mexican that can run, jump or swim lives in America.
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Frax
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Posted: 08/20/04 - 13:07 Post subject: Re: Olympics... AKA, the America Wins Competition?
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| Renork wrote: | | -Reneloth- wrote: | | Carly Patterson for the win! |
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She's like.. 15
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Abi
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Posted: 08/20/04 - 13:47 Post subject:
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| xeqer wrote: | The Olympics are not fair.
Every Mexican that can run, jump or swim lives in America. |
OMFG that was good...
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Zab
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Posted: 08/20/04 - 14:55 Post subject:
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| Abi wrote: | | xeqer wrote: | The Olympics are not fair.
Every Mexican that can run, jump or swim lives in America. |
OMFG that was good... |
way old here in NM! 
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Buntz
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Posted: 08/20/04 - 16:46 Post subject:
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TEAM USA GO
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lauren000
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Posted: 08/20/04 - 17:06 Post subject:
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she's 16 you sicko
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Nahualli
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Posted: 08/20/04 - 17:38 Post subject:
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| Abi wrote: | | xeqer wrote: | The Olympics are not fair.
Every Mexican that can run, jump or swim lives in America. |
OMFG that was good... |
That joke is more tired than your wardrobe, Abi.
-Nah-
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compusmack
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Posted: 08/20/04 - 17:40 Post subject:
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I'm fairly impressed with our performance so far. I didn't have any idea until the olympics started that our teams were so good this year.
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-Reneloth-
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Posted: 08/20/04 - 17:44 Post subject:
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Carly Patterson and some swimming gold medalist live within like... 25 miles of me... North Texas is the win.
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