Obviously this statue is supposed to have a religious meaning, it's most likely Jesus' statue that shows his deep feelings and the on this pic the text that means more or less "for fuck's sake..." turns it into facepalm :DD
I'll talk only about athletics cos that's what the real olympics is about!
Men:
Impressed most: Usain Bolt (ofc)
Disappointment: Liu Xiang (I was really looking forward to the battle between Robles and Liu, but meh). Also Tyson Gay was kinda disappointment
Women:
Impressed most: Pamela Jelimo and Yelena Isinbayeva
Disappointment: USA women in short runs like Lolo Jones, Torri Edwards, Sanya Richards etc.
impressive:
The sprinter: Usain Bolt.
The swimming gods: Michael Phelps and Alain Bernard.
The tri-atleet: Jan Frodeno.
The Dutch fieldhockey teams. still have to proof alot tho.
The American basketball team.
The Russian indoor volleyball team.
The Dutch Horse master xD: Anky van Grunsven
Fails:
The Tennis "God????": Roger Federer
The indoor cycling "Master????": Theo Bos
The Dutch judo attenders (only the man)
i heard that a romanian swimmer was about to start to qualify or something , but he didnt knew the hour for sure , and then he saw on tv how everything is starting without him xD
australian basketball team was a big surprise for me, when they played america. till the end of 2nd quarter it looked like it will be a close battle till the end - eventually america won with 30+ points :( expected tho.
unlucky bastard :[
Fail: dunno :(
- Gay & Powell
- Federer
- Nadal in pair
ofc Gerd Kanter's gold medal in discus was a HUGE win for Estonians :)
Beijing ftw...
Anyway,
Success - Team GB, Bolt
Fail - Hungarian Weightlifter (LOL)
sad name Pekin. Sounds like a place in London :__D
all American 100m sprinters- fail
Isinbajeva success
Lolo Jones - fail
fail - polish volleyball and handball team
why do all fast runners come from jamaica?
its a bit fishy
(C)
Phelps, Alain Bernard (Swimming), Bolt. China and US teams.
Fail:
Laure Manaudou, French Judo, Roger Federer.
Phelps and the german Matthias Steiner who lost his wife last year and had a picture of her in the hand during awarding
Fail:
they are all humans :o)
Fail:
Men:
Impressed most: Usain Bolt (ofc)
Disappointment: Liu Xiang (I was really looking forward to the battle between Robles and Liu, but meh). Also Tyson Gay was kinda disappointment
Women:
Impressed most: Pamela Jelimo and Yelena Isinbayeva
Disappointment: USA women in short runs like Lolo Jones, Torri Edwards, Sanya Richards etc.
FAIL = POWELL/GAY
WIN= BOLT
WIN= dibaba
The sprinter: Usain Bolt.
The swimming gods: Michael Phelps and Alain Bernard.
The tri-atleet: Jan Frodeno.
The Dutch fieldhockey teams. still have to proof alot tho.
The American basketball team.
The Russian indoor volleyball team.
The Dutch Horse master xD: Anky van Grunsven
Fails:
The Tennis "God????": Roger Federer
The indoor cycling "Master????": Theo Bos
The Dutch judo attenders (only the man)
Most emotional moment:
shit moment.
not the best movie of it but the coach crying was horrible.
bolt + phelps
suxed:
heimbüchen dnno name..
Impressive -> That china weight lifter under 56kg, dunno his name
- Alain Bernard got rolled so hard @ 4x100 relay