2012 London Olympics

[BobCox2]

How to interview Olympic Athletes

[pancakeman]

Russia got robbed in the women's all-around gymnastics.

[Dreamcrusha]

Sex Sells the Olympics

Mom spills beans on Lochte love life

The swimmer may be the biggest catch at the Olympics, but there's a reason he's still single. Too much info?

Hey just be glad Pooping your pants is not a sport this year.



This is the off topic forum

omg lol so funny i crapped my pants man, the last guys expression on his face looks like he's about to break the toilet

[BobCox2]

American TV Neglected the Saddest Story in the Olympics

More coverage complaints for NBC



And this girl was Robbed of a gold or silver and did not even get the bronze because of the Incompetence of a 15 year old timekeeper, a 15 year old British volunteer and those that put him in charge.

They offered her a Consolation medal.
Consolation medals aren’t bronze, silver, or gold. They are glorified participation ribbons with a little greeting card attached that says “Whoops” on it. Shin justifiably turned it down.

Russia got robbed in the women's all-around gymnastics.

I hate to say it, but I agree.

It was sad how excited the wife and kids are though.
They don't see it.

on the other hand though.

Aly Raisman of the US deserves the bronze medal for the women’s gymnastics all-around event. After the scores were recorded from all four apparatus, Aly was tied with Aliya Mustafina of Russia. The tie-breaker for this competition makes no sense. The lowest score for each gymnast is dropped and then the total score over three (possibly different) events is compared. This rule will often lead to the gymnast with a higher standard deviation in scores across apparatus winning the tie-breaker.
The competition is to determine which gymnast is better overall. Holding constant the mean performance, the gymnast with the lower standard deviation in scores is the most consistent across apparatus. That certainly sounds to me like a way to identify the better all-around gymnast. On Thursday in London, Aly was a better all-around gymnast than Mustafina. Aly’s standard deviation in scores across apparatus was 0.68 compared to Mustafina’s 0.90.
The International Gymnastics Federation and the International Olympic Committee should change the tie-breaker for future all-around events. Even that won’t help Aly Raisman who was robbed of a bronze medal. I hope the IOC comes to its senses and awards her the medal she deserves, but I am afraid that is unlikely to occur.

[Ash Housewares]

Moms say the darnedest things.

Back in High school, I went on this vacation with my parents to mexico. My mom introduced me as Estabano (but with the tilde over the N) instead of Esteban (no tilde). She had taken spanish long ago when she was in high school, and thought she remembered.

Este Bano means "that toilet" (or that bathroom).

Needless to say, the waiter was amused.

your mom is Peggy Hill

[Dreamcrusha]

there's been so many mistakes and complaints during the london olympics, man the brits gotta be more professional

[BobCox2]

there's been so many mistakes and complaints during the london olympics, man the brits gotta be more professional

Hey they try.

[BobCox2]

I wasn't able to find an adequate emoticon to convey both my bewilderment and mockery towards this post

your mom is Peggy Hill

Ash QFT?

I see you found the words

[Nazdakka]

The reason to design the tiebreaker like that is to give some consolation to athletes who are really good and would have done better, but have one terrible score where they fell off the bars or something.

[krischan]

And this girl was Robbed of a gold or silver and did not even get the bronze because of the Incompetence of a 15 year old timekeeper, a 15 year old British volunteer and those that put him in charge.

That was a terrible accident and a wrong decision of the jury.

They offered her a Consolation medal.
Consolation medals aren’t bronze, silver, or gold. They are glorified participation ribbons with a little greeting card attached that says “Whoops” on it.

And that turned the mistake into an insult.

Shin justifiably turned it down.

Well done.

The jury tried to deny a silver medal in heptathlon to a German athlete because she allegedly left the track during the final 800m race. She insisted that the jury showed the video to her and it was revealed that they confused her with a different athlete. The German press promptly declared her as the silver winner of octathlon, with the eighth discipline being the battle at the green table.