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Official Olympics Thread

  • With the Olympics in full force now, I thought it would be cool to have a thread for people to post their thoughts, so here it is. Not sure if a mod wants to pin it or not.....

    USA got off to a good start this morning with boxer Joseph Diaz winning the first boxing match of the Olympics, 19-9.

    CharlestonLion

  • Good idea....

    Korea vs Spain in team handball -- who cares? Maybe if it is US vs ?, but not too interested in team handball.

    tkms1

  • Penn State olympians

    Track Cycling
    Bobby Lea - Mens Omnium - Aug 4-5

    Fencing
    Miles Chamley-Watson - Mens Foil - July 28-29
    Daniel Gomez-Tanamachi - Mens Foil - July 28-29
    Doris Willette - Womens Foil - Aug 2-3

    Mens Gymnastics
    Felix Aronovich - Isreal Mens Team - July 30
    Tommy Ramos - Puerto Rico Mens Team - July 30

    Rowing
    Natalie Dell - Womens Quadruple Sculls - Aug 1

    Womens Soccer
    Erin McLeod - Team Canada
    Carmelina Moscato - Team Canada

    Track and Field
    Dominique Blake - Womens 400m - Aug 3-5
    Shana Cox - Womens 400m - Aug 3-5
    Bridget Franek - Womens 3000m Steeplechase - Aug 3-5
    Kristen Nieuwendam - Womens 200m - Aug 6-8
    Ryan Whiting - Mens Shotput - Aug 3

    Mens Volleyball - Finals Aug 7-12
    Matt Anderson

    Womens Volleyball - Finals Aug 6-11
    Nicole Fawcett
    Alisha Glass
    Christa Harmotto
    Megan Hodge

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    2012 Olympians Will Include a Record 19 Penn Staters - Onward State

    Nineteen Penn Staters are set to compete in this summer's Olympic games in London.

    onwardstate.com

    BaltLions24

  • BaltLions24 said...

    Penn State olympians

    Track Cycling
    Bobby Lea - Mens Omnium - Aug 4-5

    Fencing
    Miles Chamley-Watson - Mens Foil - July 28-29
    Daniel Gomez-Tanamachi - Mens Foil - July 28-29
    Doris Willette - Womens Foil - Aug 2-3

    Mens Gymnastics
    Felix Aronovich - Isreal Mens Team - July 30
    Tommy Ramos - Puerto Rico Mens Team - July 30

    Rowing
    Natalie Dell - Womens Quadruple Sculls - Aug 1

    Womens Soccer
    Erin McLeod - Team Canada
    Carmelina Moscato - Team Canada

    Track and Field
    Dominique Blake - Womens 400m - Aug 3-5
    Shana Cox - Womens 400m - Aug 3-5
    Bridget Franek - Womens 3000m Steeplechase - Aug 3-5
    Kristen Nieuwendam - Womens 200m - Aug 6-8
    Ryan Whiting - Mens Shotput - Aug 3

    Mens Volleyball - Finals Aug 7-12
    Matt Anderson

    Womens Volleyball - Finals Aug 6-11
    Nicole Fawcett
    Alisha Glass
    Christa Harmotto
    Megan Hodge

    Jeez, we should have just sent our undefeated W Volleyball team en masse.

    Is Anderson starting for the M Volleyball? For some reason, I thought I read he was one of the top players on the team.

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    “We need to keep this (expletive) together,” Mauti and Zordich to Hill

    psujmc1992 ●

  • Looking forward to watching swimming and womens soccer, especially Alex Morgan!

    Opening ceremony was pretty weak IMO, seemed like they tried to capture everything British in a couple hours. Gotta say WTF with the whole social media house party and the queen/bond skits.

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    To be a champion you must act like one, act like a champion. - Lou Ferrigno

    mtnguy_24

  • The Canadian Women's Soccer team is about to crush South Africa......up 3-0.....and.....

    the game just finished.

    CharlestonLion

  • United States Men's Archery team just took out the World Record holding South Koreans. Will play for the gold medal later.

    CharlestonLion

  • I must have missed it when it was announced, but I just learned that Cael isn't competing like he originally planned. I'm probably about 4 months late, but I'm still bummed. I would have loved to seen him toss around some Iranian.

    O well. I'm excited for these olympics.

    LambeauLeap

  • Some quick thoughts...

    Opening ceremony was a snoozer, but still love the parade of athletes.

    US women's basketball team looking terrible against Croatia (who barely qualified).

    Phelps had a bad swim and admitted it. Lucky to move on.

    Bummer for Phinney in the bike event, taking 4th. Was a fantastic event to watch, though.

    strez

  • Excellent archery match against Itly, who just snuck out a 10 for the gold. I'll acceppt a silver medal to start off the Olympics though. Lol

    MTayl72

  • MTayl72 said...

    Excellent archery match against Itly, who just snuck out a 10 for the gold. I'll acceppt a silver medal to start off the Olympics though. Lol

    I can't believe he snuck that in the 10. About as close as possible. Italians were so close to completely falling apart and letting the Americans win.

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    shavisimo2 ●

  • shavisimo2 said...

    I can't believe he snuck that in the 10. About as close as possible. Italians were so close to completely falling apart and letting the Americans win.

    I know. That 8 by Kaminski ended up being a killer. But hey, I'll take it. That was clutch by the Italian, can't hate that.

    MTayl72

  • Women's soccer having a pretty mediocre peroformance after a good showing against France earlier in the week.

    The girl we have in the 100m Fly set the OR in her prelim heat. Said she felt like it was a good warm-up...lol.

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    tdiddy ●

  • MTayl72 said...

    I know. That 8 by Kaminski ended up being a killer. But hey, I'll take it. That was clutch by the Italian, can't hate that.

    Nope. Did you hear the awful commentary "this is one of the only sports where you need your adrenaline rushing, but you also have to remain calm."? I was like, "You must not have played sports in your life because that's what you need to win in most (all?) of them."

    And yeah, clutch shot, especially since he had the 8 on his previous shot to cut it to 1. Thought he'd be on edge, but he snuck it in. Wish it were a clean 10 instead of on the line though. Must have made it even more painful for the Americans.

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    shavisimo2 ●

  • Womens soccer finally woke up. 3-0.

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    tdiddy ●

  • Women's volleyball about to start. Harmotto starting for USA

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    “We need to keep this (expletive) together,” Mauti and Zordich to Hill

    psujmc1992 ●

  • psujmc1992 said...

    Women's volleyball about to start. Harmotto starting for USA

    About to start? The match is two points from being over hopefully.

    MTayl72

  • MTayl72 said...

    About to start? The match is two points from being over hopefully.

    I think I'm on tape delay in AZ.

    Don't tell me who wins. Although I'm pretty sure who will.

    This post was edited by psujmc1992 on 7/28/2012 at 4:06 PM

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    psujmc1992 ●

  • psujmc1992 said...

    I think I'm on tape delay in AZ.

    Don't tell me who wins. Although I'm pretty sure who will.

    I won't. Just making sure before I spoiled it. Its a good match overall. Have fun.

    MTayl72

  • tkms1 said...

    Good idea....

    Korea vs Spain in team handball -- who cares? Maybe if it is US vs ?, but not too interested in team handball.

    I know I'm late on this, but team handball is te only Olympic sport in which the US does not have a team/individual participating.

    chasfcd11 ●

  • unless its live im not too interested, what is the point of watching when i know the outcome, some events are ok to watch but its not very exciting to know how phelps did before its aired to us

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    Roaringlion

  • 2theLion‏@PSUgirl

    PSU gymnast Tommy Ramos (PR) has qualified for the finals for the Rings! #olympics #FightOn

    Retweeted by Garry Gilliam™

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  • Phelps ... two shitty swims. He looks either disinterested, out of shape for him, or thought he could do it with minimal effort. Glad Lochte won.

    Opening ceremony was terrible. However, parade of nations flew.

    Hamilton Lion

  • Hamilton Lion said...

    Phelps ... two shitty swims. He looks either disinterested, out of shape for him, or thought he could do it with minimal effort. Glad Lochte won.

    Opening ceremony was terrible. However, parade of nations flew.

    My guess is out of shape. I can't blame him - his performance in china was so incredible. Where do you go after that?

    My guess is he didn't prepare like he used to. Lot of Olympics left so we'll see...

    bonovoxpsu

  • bonovoxpsu said...

    My guess is out of shape. I can't blame him - his performance in china was so incredible. Where do you go after that?

    My guess is he didn't prepare like he used to. Lot of Olympics left so we'll see...

    He actually said he didn't coming in to the Olympics. I read an interview with him and he pretty much admitted he was burned out and hadn't trained as hard as before.

    MTayl72

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