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Hey, I noticed a post on men's hurdles, which reminded me of women's hurdles. I absolutely love Perdita Felicien, but unfortunately she's injured and not going to compete this time. Wise of her to recover properly. She has many great years of competition ahead of her.
I can still cheer for Ontarian hurdler Priscilla Lopes-Schliep. Eärniel, if you guys win the women's 4x100m relay, don't you dare share it with Mari! The Netherlands have 12 medals. We have more than a few athletes who are originally from other countries. For example, Jujie Luan the fencer, originally from China. She had a pretty good run. I think it meant a lot to her to fence in front of her home country. She had a little red flag that said "Hello my home country" in Chinese characters, IIRC. I just heard about that. I've watched less than five minutes of actual competition.
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Btw, a record 5.05m in the women's pole vault. Way to go, Elena Isinbayeva
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The girls got bronze on the last [World] Championship. It would be nice if they could equal that. But I shouldn't get my hopes up too soon, I guess. Kim Gevaert just said in an interview that her muscle injury is playing up again, and that coupled with the mental backlash she got from missing out on the 100m final, can likely be a hindrance. You know, I seriously wouldn't want to be one of the favourite sportsmen or women on the Games. The stress that's on them to do well must be friggin' enormous. And four years is long for another shot at Olympic glory. I don't think I'd be able to mentally cope with all that.
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For someone who doesn't care about the Olympics, I sure... um... care. (I can't help it! I love sports! Sometimes, despite the best efforts of the IOC, sports actually occur at the Olympics! And so, I care.)
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Oh well, in about 4 hours it's showdown in women's handball. Norway vs Sweden! Kom igjen Norge It'll be tough though. I have no illusions about the Swedes. N'dure is injured.. had to pull out of the 200 meters semi's. Sucks. Only bright spot for Norway today was bronze in the, I don't know the English name for it, Sprangridning? Horse leap riding? Over those hurdles.. The coolest part of today was watching those two Kenyans (and the Frenchie) completely own the rest of the runners in the can't-remember-the-distance race (it involved hurdles). They just sped off in the end! It made me laugh!
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Coffeehouse: in English, we call the horse-riding events 'Equestrian". I don't know much about it (Rian might - probably a few others) - so I don't know if there was a particular name for a certain part of it you're talking about.
And the distance race with the hurdle-like barriers - is called The Steeplechase. One of these days I'll have to google it and find out why.
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08-19-2008, 01:57 AM | #67 |
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Equestrian? Hmm. I always called it horse riding.
Now that I think about it...Lewis Black certainly has a point.
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As Val said, the sport is indeed called equestrian. There are three events - dressage, jumping and eventing (which is a combination). Riders compete individually and/or in teams. The equestrian events are all held in Hong Kong, not Beijing. Quarantine reasons maybe? Btw, has anyone seen the synchronized swimming? I've never watched this event before. It's quite amazing, the moves they perform in the water - and in perfect sync too! Wow Well, in a couple of hours I'll be off to watch Stefan Holm (hopefully) become the first man ever to defend an Olympic gold in the men's high jump! *Waves flag*
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08-19-2008, 05:52 AM | #70 |
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I've heard infrastructure reasons being cited. Hongkong would have larger stables and riding fields, better for hosting such a large competition.
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I think horses jump over obstacles in the steeplechase too, but that does not appear to be an Olympic event. EDIT: We won silver and Norway won bronze in team jumping! [Link]. The USA won the gold.
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... a gold won by a native Swede, I might add
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Whaa Olav Tufte is a native Swede?
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Oops, my mistake. It was the Norwegian breaststroke bronze and nothing else
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BOLT!!!
So fassssssssssssssssssst!!! New WORLD RECORD: 19.30, 200 meters. Mad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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