» Olympics '08

What do you remember of Olympics 2008 in Beijing for your country?
(edit; I don't say I'm proud of those 2 medailles, I'm just wondering what your country achieved)


Belgium BELGIUM!

The high jump final @ 2.05m
» Tia Hellebaut

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4x100m for women final @ 42"31
» Hanna Mariën
» Olivia Borlée
» Elodie Ouedraogo
» Kim Gevaert


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Football 'little' Final @ 4th place
» BelgiumBelgium vs BrazilBrazil 0-3

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Same for me :)
There's something wrong if Belgium is 4th in football.
And for me, how ridiculously China presented the olympics
they played well =) Did you see them playing or not ?
Parent
No, and I have nothing against Belgium, they just arent in the top 4 of football.
The olympics football is nonsense, like what all players of the team must be under 23 or something ?
Parent
yes, all most be 23 years old or younger, except for 1 or 2, not sure how many , where they can be any age (like ronaldinho)
and beligum were great, they obviously have future in football
they deserved more than brazil
Parent
It just means that belgium has great youth players.
Parent
Belgium = fail at olympics
image: goldMimage: ESTMen's Discus Throw KANTER Gerd

image: silverMimage: ESTMen's Double Sculls ENDREKSON Tonu, JAANSON Juri

bibu
Hungary Hungarian water polo team
i watched it, enjoyed it :)

do you play waterpolo yourself?
Parent
ah unfortunately im to fat for it :(
Parent
is that all that belgium acomplished? skilled nation tbh xD. i could go on all day about britains medals.
thx a lot <3
Parent
yes, that why we need ppl who expect more
not like this guy, who is happy with only 2 medals
Parent
dunno lol
Finns took silver in kayaking
wow 2 medailles for you country you must be proud!
image: goldxv7 Russia Yelena Isinbayeva 5,05 m
Hanna Mariën is hot <3

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absolutly agree
Parent
Tia Hellebaut looks like a guy :x
Basketball final

Spain vs United States of America

was very nice.

The dutch did pretty well for such a small country. 7 gold medals.
Only 2 medals for a country of 10million...

Compare that to countries like Netherlands or Norway or Switzerland or just any other country (percentage wise ofc) and it's an absolute embarassment.
Wrestler SwedenAra Abrahamian throws away bronze medal in protest.
Referee SwedenChakir Chelbat gets kicked in the face.
What's the story behind the protest?
Parent
Corruption. CAS reviewed the case and "demands that the rules are changed prior to the next Olympics"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ara_Abrahamian#2008_Summer_Olympics
Parent
Didn't see a single image of table tennis nor beach volley, and that sucks.

Anyway, thanks to FranceAlain Bernard, and the handball team :>
yea table tennis had a very low coverage :S
Parent
Maarten van der Weijden
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Britain winning lots of golds!
NELSON EVORA
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ye too bad u werent in the race, u would have won by miles obviously
Parent
another proof for winning gold
Parent
It is? And here im thinking your racist comment would take the gold for sure. Im sorry, i didnt realise bashing belgians makes u highly intelligent... My bad
Parent
United States of America Phelps was quite impressive with his 8 golds
4x100 by jamaica was impressive
they are _soo_ much faster tehn all others that cant be normal
USA basketball boys expected!!!
what ?!? you loose soz but good game nice play!
Parent
If I check only the results, I have to say this was the worst Olympics for Hungary ever, but I'm sure I will not forget these memorable moments:

Attila Vajda won our long-waited first gold
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Katalin Kovacs - Natasa Janic defended their title in K2 500m
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Hungarian water polo team collected its third olympic gold in a row.
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Laszlo Cseh collected 3 silver medals, always finished 2nd after Michael Phelps
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Total: 3 gold, 5 silver, 2 bronze
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