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Offline Yonkey

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Re:The 2004 Summer Olympics Thread
« Reply #40 on: August 15, 2004, 10:13:56 AM »
Oooh, can you explain a bit more about air pistol Storm?  :D I only heard the announcer talk about it, but I never saw what it actually was.  :-\
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Re:The 2004 Summer Olympics Thread
« Reply #41 on: August 15, 2004, 12:37:22 PM »
Well, AFAIK it's basically a gun that fires little metal pellets and is use in sports for target shooting. My brother used to practice shooting it back when he was in highschool (or was it an air rifle? or both? I forget). I think it's the same as a BB gun :-\
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Re:The 2004 Summer Olympics Thread
« Reply #42 on: August 15, 2004, 12:42:18 PM »
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I think it's the same as a BB gun

Finally, a term I understand.

*looks at Chinese gold medals*

*shoots BB gun at empty soda cans*
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Re:The 2004 Summer Olympics Thread
« Reply #43 on: August 15, 2004, 04:42:53 PM »
Hey guys! After day 2, here are the results! GO AUSSIES!
We're still 2nd, USA went from 5th to 7th... hahaha...
China is still winning sports you wouldn't expect ANY chinese person to win... like Weight Lifting ( 2 silver ) and Shooting ( 2 gold ) etc...

Anyway, you better like it, cause it took age to type up this table. lol   XD


CountryGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1. China5218
2. Australia4138
3. Japan4105
4. Italy2103
5. Turkey2013
6. Ukraine2013
7. United States1438
8. Russia1326
9. France1225
10. Hungary1113
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Re:The 2004 Summer Olympics Thread
« Reply #44 on: August 15, 2004, 05:26:32 PM »
We've only got so far  :'( but it was special because we haven't won a medal in diving for the past 44 years! Wooooo!

Oh and if you dont wanna type it out again then just go here

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5592314/

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Re:The 2004 Summer Olympics Thread
« Reply #45 on: August 15, 2004, 06:13:16 PM »
Quote from: Drunken Chinchilla on August 15, 2004, 05:26:32 PM
Oh and if you dont wanna type it out again then just go here

Yeah, I've got a few sites bookmarked like that, but I had to type it out into 'table' code for the fourm, otherwise it's all over the place.  ;)
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Re:The 2004 Summer Olympics Thread
« Reply #46 on: August 16, 2004, 03:33:53 AM »
Israel - 0 medals, 1 diplomatic incident
That's just soooooo like us :P
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Re:The 2004 Summer Olympics Thread
« Reply #47 on: August 16, 2004, 05:17:32 AM »
That's absolutely ridiculous!
The Iranian thought he was proving a good point, but he instead is completely missing the point of the Olympics, a time to put aside differences and compete in a sportsman like comp.

I think he's made himself look quite a fool...

No more on this I guess.   :-\
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Re:The 2004 Summer Olympics Thread
« Reply #48 on: August 16, 2004, 10:32:14 AM »
Thanks for the links, Alex and Jon.  Since I haven't been around a TV the last couple of days, I had no clue how the medals were coming out.  Has anyone been watching the women's gymnastics?? How is that one looking?  Or better yet, does anyone have a link?
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Re:The 2004 Summer Olympics Thread
« Reply #49 on: August 16, 2004, 12:13:32 PM »
I was out almost all of Sunday too, so I didn't get to see the women's gymnastics either. :(

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Re:The 2004 Summer Olympics Thread
« Reply #50 on: August 16, 2004, 12:24:23 PM »
I asked my parents to tape it...but I don't know if they did.  Anyway, the whole time I watch, I'm as tense as anything because I'm scared to death that they're going to fall and hurt themselves!
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Re:The 2004 Summer Olympics Thread
« Reply #51 on: August 16, 2004, 03:35:24 PM »
well, a dutch cyclist kinda crashed with her bike (ugh... there goes her gold medal  :-\) she is bruised and scratched and has a headache and so but luckily she hasn't been hurt too much...

...even so my cwappy country is 8th atm  :o :o
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Re:The 2004 Summer Olympics Thread
« Reply #52 on: August 16, 2004, 03:58:27 PM »
Didn't ya'll win a silver in one of the swimming races??  I think I remember reading that somewhere.

Plus, just a small piece of trivia I learned Friday during the opening ceremony.  Did ya'll know that between 81-89 (don't remember the exact number) of the 202(?) countries competing have NEVER won a single medal.  I don't know whether this is for both Olympics or just the summer one...but I found that interesting.
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Re:The 2004 Summer Olympics Thread
« Reply #53 on: August 16, 2004, 06:15:27 PM »
Quote from: B'rrr on August 16, 2004, 03:35:24 PM
well, a dutch cyclist kinda crashed with her bike (ugh... there goes her gold medal  :-\) she is bruised and scratched and has a headache and so but luckily she hasn't been hurt too much...

...even so my cwappy country is 8th atm  :o :o

Yeah, I watched that race! Soooo... too bad the Aussies got gold hey!
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WOO!


And here's the table after Day 3, top 5 this time.


CountryGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1. China104115
2. Australia62513
3. Japan5117
4. United States35513
5. France2237


So, you USers got another 2 gold, and made 3 places, france moved up a bit... China got another 4 gold! When will they stop!?
Australia got another 2 gold aswell.


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Re:The 2004 Summer Olympics Thread
« Reply #54 on: August 16, 2004, 06:44:50 PM »
Canada got a bronze in women's synchronized diving!  XD  Finally a medal!  :P
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Re:The 2004 Summer Olympics Thread
« Reply #55 on: August 16, 2004, 06:48:48 PM »
Yeah, I just finished watching the women's synchronized diving.  It was extremely interesting.  Everyone did SO well.  Right now...men's freestyle...
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Re:The 2004 Summer Olympics Thread
« Reply #56 on: August 16, 2004, 06:56:38 PM »
Quote from: Yonkey on August 16, 2004, 06:44:50 PM
Canada got a bronze in women's synchronized diving!  XD  Finally a medal!  :P


YAY! Canada's ranked 33!   ;P

Atleast you finally got a medal....

Oh, and did anyone see the male 3m spring board synchro diving? The chinese guys... one made a perfect dive, the other guy landed on his back! hahahaha, they got a score of 0...  :D  It was a medal deciding jump too.
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Re:The 2004 Summer Olympics Thread
« Reply #57 on: August 16, 2004, 07:35:39 PM »
Ouch!  ;P
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Re:The 2004 Summer Olympics Thread
« Reply #58 on: August 16, 2004, 07:42:30 PM »
The guys are looking pretty solid in gymnastics tonight... whoo! (holds breath) ;)

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Re:The 2004 Summer Olympics Thread
« Reply #59 on: August 16, 2004, 07:44:20 PM »
Just finished watching the US guys on the palmel horse (how do you spell it??)  The twin: James Hamm...the flares he did...I couldn't breath!  It was awesome!  They're solid tonight!
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