I been watching Field hockey. Damn that is one awesome game. It looks like a lot of fun.
I missed the judo. my son watched part and loved it. he is excited to watch "real" wrestling and teakwondo heh
Women's archery final was pretty tense yesterday. If tied there is a final arrow shoot off and closest to center wins. I can't even imagine that pressure.
Someone mentioned field hockey earlier and I checked it out and it was pretty damn entertaining. Lots of fast paced action.
The men's judo final had a pretty sick takedown to win it. It was the equivalent of an immediate TKO and the guy won. Putin was happy.
The amount of commercials tonight is fucking awful. One person on uneven bars. 3 minutes of commercials. One person on uneven bars. 3 minutes of commercials. One person on uneven bars. 3 minutes of commercials. Seriously? Not going to watch if they're doing this shit.
Watched mens volleyball USA-Brazil. I think USA is taking Gold.
And now, a selection from Fourth-Place Medal's forthcoming coffee table book, "Elbows Shouldn't Look Like That":
LONDON (AP) — An apparent deliberate crash by British track cycling gold medalist Philip Hindes for tactical reasons is not being investigated, the International Olympic Committee said Friday.
The incident in the team sprint final Thursday raised further questions about athletes' ethical behavior at the London Games after four women's badminton pairs were disqualified for playing to lose.
Hindes told reporters that team strategy was "if we have a bad start we need to crash to get a restart."
The 19-year-old wobbled starting the three-lap race against France and fell at the first bend. The British trio, including Sir Chris Hoy, won the restarted race.
"I just crashed, I did it on purpose to get a restart, just to have the fastest ride. I did it. So it was all planned, really," Hindes reportedly said immediately after the race. He modified his comments at the official news conference to say he lost control of his bike.
Hmm more controversy. Apparently it's ok to crash in a cycling race on purpose.
http://www.nbcolympics.com/news-blogs/cycling/ioc-clears-british-cyclist-of-deliberate-crash.html
It's apparently ok for the British to use the rules to his advantage, but no the Chinese?
If it is allowable by the rules, good for them.
It's apparently ok for the British to use the rules to his advantage, but no the Chinese?
The badmitten players didn't break the rules either.
4.5 Failure to use best efforts
Not using ones best efforts to win a match.
Too bad there is a rule about sportsmanship.
http://www.bwfbadminton.org/file_download.aspx?id=364321&tid=1
Too bad there is a rule about sportsmanship.
http://www.bwfbadminton.org/file_download.aspx?id=364321&tid=1
Agree. So why isn't it being applied to the cyclist?
Because that's a rule for badminton, not cycling.
Usually badminton rules do not apply to cycling and vice versa.
Usually badminton rules do not apply to cycling and vice versa.
edit: quoted the wrong post.
i never knew sportsmanship could be selectively applied to sports.
I also never knew that sportsmanship only is a badminton rule.
i never knew sportsmanship could be selectively applied to sports.
I also never knew that sportsmanship only is a badminton rule.
You know now.
Fair Play at All Times
Always comply with the rules.
Demonstrate sportsmanship and fair play at all times.
Respect the decision of the officials at all times.
fighting in hockey is unsportsmenlike, hence it should be banned.
It boggles my mind how this is perfectly acceptable in hockey.
Its not, its against the rules which is why players that fight serve penalties for it.
Hockey > *
Usually badminton rules do not apply to cycling and vice versa.
edit: quoted the wrong post.
Yet no charges are filed. I mean it's not like an accidental punch or whatever, these guys are straight up duking it out on the court.