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Archaea · 08-25-2008, 04:45 AM

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Originally Posted by RC Vikings

Where are the American high and long jumpers? Other then that things looked pretty normal.

We tanked in pole vault as well, and were terrible in Marathon unlike Athens.

No 800 meter runner and terrible again in 1500 despite having Legat.

TripletDaddy · 08-25-2008, 04:51 AM

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Originally Posted by SeattleUte

Jamaica won 11 and we won 23? Do you have figures for our and Jamaica's populations and GNP offhand?

Objection: relevance.

We are discussing the US "demise." The GNP comparison is illusory, intended to show that on a per capita basis, Jamaica is doing much better than the US. However, this technique is ill-fated, as it has nothing to do with the issue at hand.

FAIL.

SteelBlue · 08-25-2008, 04:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Archaea

We tanked in pole vault as well, and were terrible in Marathon unlike Athens.

No 800 meter runner and terrible again in 1500 despite having Legat.

2 in the top 10 is terrible?

SeattleUte · 08-25-2008, 04:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Archaea

Of course all the Jamaicans by my count are US trained.

Many of the world's best swimmers also live and train here.

These are great points. American pluralism, freedom and reslultant wealth, are operating to ambiguate this whole nationalism thing in the Olympics regardless. It's the same reason our NBA guys don't go and slaughter every team in the Olympics anymore.

God bless America! I love America! The greatest force for good ever.

il Padrino Ute · 08-25-2008, 11:01 AM

The US win gold in the decathlon. No other country can claim the world's greatest athlete for the next 4 years.

ERCougar · 08-25-2008, 03:20 PM

I think the reason for the outcry wasn't necessarily the loss of the sprints, it was the pathetic showing of both the men's and women's 4 x 100 relays. Had they medaled, or even made the finals, people wouldn't be so panicked.

MikeWaters · 08-25-2008, 03:35 PM

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However, four gold medals by the U.S. men (with the 4x400 counted as one) marked a nadir in Olympic competition. Never before had American men won so few gold medals in the modern Olympic Games, which date to 1896.

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Further, American men did not qualify for finals in the high jump, long jump, triple jump, discus and javelin in a particularly poor showing in the field.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...SP1J12HCND.DTL

Shows you how someone can spin thish awfulness as a positive, and have it be completely BS.

Tex · 08-25-2008, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

Shows you how someone can spin thish awfulness as a positive, and have it be completely BS.

Proof that Mike Waters posts drunk.

08-25-2008, 11:01 AM	#15
il Padrino Ute Board Pinhead Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the basement of my house, Murray, Utah. Posts: 15,941	The US win gold in the decathlon. No other country can claim the world's greatest athlete for the next 4 years. __________________ "The beauty of baseball is not having to explain it." - Chuck Shriver "This is now the joke that stupid people laugh at." - Christopher Hitchens on IQ jokes about GWB.

08-25-2008, 03:20 PM	#16
ERCougar Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,589	I think the reason for the outcry wasn't necessarily the loss of the sprints, it was the pathetic showing of both the men's and women's 4 x 100 relays. Had they medaled, or even made the finals, people wouldn't be so panicked.