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What is your favorite Olympic sport? |
Indoor/Beach Volleyball |
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7% |
[ 4 ] |
Gymnastics |
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16% |
[ 9 ] |
Soccer |
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3% |
[ 2 ] |
Track & Field |
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22% |
[ 12 ] |
Swimming & Diving |
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16% |
[ 9 ] |
Baseball/Softball |
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18% |
[ 10 ] |
Tennis |
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0% |
[ 0 ] |
Water Polo |
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0% |
[ 0 ] |
Other |
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14% |
[ 8 ] |
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flojojr2007
Joined: 12 Aug 2005 Posts: 2615 Location: Traveling
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Posted: 07/26/08 6:28 pm ::: |
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The women's 4x100 relay. It defines the summer Olympics for me. Comes kind of late in the games and has a sort of melancholy. After the bigger events. But it brings everyone together for a battle of the countries.
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I completely agree! The relays are always the most exciting because the crowd really gets into it and then there's that feeling that anything can happen. A baton can be dropped, someone can trip can take out their opponent in the next lane, an underdog can come out of nowhere and win, or the favorites can just go back and forth until the end!
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vanyogan
Joined: 09 Aug 2005 Posts: 9673
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Posted: 07/26/08 11:58 pm ::: |
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Softball. |
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KeiraNY
Joined: 19 Nov 2004 Posts: 12683 Location: New York, NY
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Luuuc #NATC
Joined: 10 Feb 2005 Posts: 21971
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Posted: 07/27/08 12:20 am ::: |
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Whatever is on at the time. Anything.
Hell I'll even get into rowing or shooting if it's a close thing.
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Sass
Joined: 22 Mar 2005 Posts: 5576 Location: where it's sunny and warm
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bullsky
Joined: 04 Jun 2005 Posts: 20310
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BCBG25
Joined: 23 Sep 2004 Posts: 20112 Location: Sampa
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luvDhoops
Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Posts: 8229
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Posted: 07/27/08 11:48 am ::: |
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To be honest, I prefer watching track & field to basketball, and maybe that has to do with the fact that I just expect the US to win basketball, so until the final rounds it's pretty uninteresting. However, this year will be quite different on both the men's and women's side in basketball, as there are a number of nations who could get in our anuses pretty good.
What I love about track & field.... I LOVE the 4x4 relay and the 800. I LOVE watching the final leg of those two races as the runners come around the curve for the final 100 meters. The guy or gal all the way in the rear makes that push and you can hear the crowd's cheers rise in the background as you see this sprinter race towards the front. Will he? Can she? It ends up being a photo finish. It's a beautiful thing.
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SueBirdFan
Joined: 21 Jul 2006 Posts: 2583
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Posted: 07/27/08 9:37 pm ::: |
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Women's Basketball and a lil Men's
TaeKwonDo - Go Diana and Steven Lopez and my Canadian girl Karine Sergerie (who is going to win GOLD)
Women's Soccer
Women's Softball
Track and Field
Swimming
Rowing
But I honestly do like it all.
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dabirdyballa10
Joined: 14 Jun 2006 Posts: 579 Location: Deep in the heart of Texas
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uncommonclay
Joined: 14 May 2008 Posts: 1859 Location: the planet
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Posted: 07/27/08 11:36 pm ::: |
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100 meters run ... mens and womens ... in my mind the quintesential event ...
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Sass
Joined: 22 Mar 2005 Posts: 5576 Location: where it's sunny and warm
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Posted: 07/28/08 12:11 am ::: |
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The distance races are great too. You never know who's going to go out too fast and die at the end, and who may surge to the front out of nowhere.......
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Ottie
Joined: 08 Dec 2007 Posts: 305 Location: Brisbane, Australia
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Posted: 07/28/08 12:59 am ::: |
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I'm a fan of the team sports I usually don't get to see - hockey, hockey and more hockey I love it.
I also love the handball and indoor vollyball.
Triathalon (maybe an Aussie will finally win for once...)
Cycling
All the equestrian event as well (especially the longer cross country one)
But yeah I'm with everyone else - I will watch everything and anything. We are going to bring a little tv into our office so we can have it on all day at work (on the sly of course).
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Sass
Joined: 22 Mar 2005 Posts: 5576 Location: where it's sunny and warm
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Posted: 07/28/08 3:03 pm ::: |
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Schedule is up - WOOT!
http://en.beijing2008.cn/schedule/
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