The Beijing Olympics 8-24 Aug 08

[Canonised]

The results i been waiting for! :cheergal::vhappy:

More to come ..... hopefully right to the Final with China :heart:

Ist round Women's Team Group B, 2nd Game

Congratulations to Team Singapore :heart:

Team Singapore beats Nigeria 3-0

Match 1
FENG Tianwei Singapore 3-0 KAFFO Bose Nigeria


Match 2
LI Jia Wei Singapore 3-0 OFFIONG Cecilia Otu Nigeria


Match 3
LI Jia Wei
WANG Yue Gu Singapore
3-1
OSHONAIKE Funke
OFFIONG Cecilia Otu Nigeria

Watch out for today's Game
Singapore vs Holland (2-30pm)

 

[Canonised]

China Yang Wei gets the GOLD medal for the Men's Individual All-Around :thumbsup:

He is The Man!

 

[melvin]

More to come ..... hopefully right to the Final with China :heart:

Ist round Women's Team Group B, 2nd Game

Congratulations to Team Singapore :heart:

Team Singapore beats Nigeria 3-0

Match 1
FENG Tianwei Singapore 3-0 KAFFO Bose Nigeria


Match 2
LI Jia Wei Singapore 3-0 OFFIONG Cecilia Otu Nigeria


Match 3
LI Jia Wei
WANG Yue Gu Singapore
3-1
OSHONAIKE Funke
OFFIONG Cecilia Otu Nigeria

Watch out for today's Game
Singapore vs Holland (2-30pm)

How any news? or is our gals still playing?

 

[emirates]

women's doubles beat the Netherlands 3-2. :sweat::thumbsup:
sadly men's team lost out to Croatia.....do they still have a chance for the next round IF the beat Germany?

 

[melvin]

women's doubles beat the Netherlands 3-2. :sweat::thumbsup:
sadly men's team lost out to Croatia.....do they still have a chance for the next round IF the beat Germany?

Wa... din expect them to struggle against the dutch lei... anyway a hard fought victory!:thumbsup:
Think the mens team gone case liao ...left with the singles n doubles!:sweat:

 

[Canonised]

Table tennis and badminton .... somehow these games are so suited for the Chinese physical build and agility..... all the players from the ang mo countries all have Chinese immigrants playing for them.:dunno:

Our sport council should actually concentrate harder on these games, and better still import more of the talented chinese players then probably one day not too far away, we may even get 2 or 3 Gold medals:think:

Other sports we should concentrate harder: Archery, Pistol, Sailing

I say forget about athletic, swimming, etc .... we just do not have the critical mass.

 

[kelccm]

Yeah, our table tennis girls have made it to the semi finals after beating Netherlands 3-0. Just 1 more win and Singapore will be assured of a medal. Come on Team Singapore!

 

[Canonised]

Yeah, our table tennis girls have made it to the semi finals after beating Netherlands 3-0. Just 1 more win and Singapore will be assured of a medal. Come on Team Singapore!

There is one big hurdle ..... unfortunately we are fighting with Koreans who are known to be tough fighters as well as our track record with them is not so favourable to us ... it would be more of a sure thing if we were grouped with Hong Kong (60-40 chance) in this semifinal.

Anyhow, we are World's No. 2 Team, so we should be more optimistic! Jiayou :heart::heart::heart:
I rate it as 50-50 chance here.

 

[kelccm]

There is one big hurdle ..... unfortunately we are fighting with Koreans who are known to be tough fighters as well as our track record with them is not so favourable to us ... it would be more of a sure thing if we were grouped with Hong Kong (60-40 chance) in this semifinal.

Anyhow, we are World's No. 2 Team, so we should be more optimistic! Jiayou :heart::heart::heart:
I rate it as 50-50 chance here.

Let's hope Singapore can clear this last hurdle.

 

[kiwi2]

fwah, it's amusing to note the china imports even from other countries, other than singapore, playing the table tennis matches.

To me, no matter how they want to justify it, it's China vs China!

It's smart for these China imports to move out of China to take on citizenship in other countries. Otherwise, they won't have chance to even smell the Olympic and other big matches.

I do wish Li Jiawei and co well, but even if they win, it ain't interesting cos it's an "Asian sport" just like badminton. To put it crudely, a small portion of ang mohs play these as recreational games, not sports, back home. The feeling is somewhat like if they introduced sepak takraw in the Olympics and Singapore wins a medal.

It's a prouder feeling if Tao Li wins next time in swimming.

 

[Canew]

From: http://en.beijing2008.cn/news/sports/headlines/swimming/n214543980.shtml

Flash: Michael Phelps secures twelfth Olympic gold.

Updated: 2008-08-15 11:02:44 (BEIJING, August 15) -- American Michael Phelps overpowered teammate Ryan Lochte in the Men's 200m Individual Medley final with a new World record time of 1:54.23. Phelps' win delivers his twelfth career Olympic gold. The silver medal went to Laszlo Cseh of Hungary with a time of 1:56.52. Lochte took the bronze at 1:56.53.

 

[melvin]

There is one big hurdle ..... unfortunately we are fighting with Koreans who are known to be tough fighters as well as our track record with them is not so favourable to us ... it would be more of a sure thing if we were grouped with Hong Kong (60-40 chance) in this semifinal.

Anyhow, we are World's No. 2 Team, so we should be more optimistic! Jiayou :heart::heart::heart:
I rate it as 50-50 chance here.

Ya this afternoon will be a tough one ... hopefully we can get our revenge against them over the last Olympic games! :bsmilie:

 

[melvin]

From: http://en.beijing2008.cn/news/sports/headlines/swimming/n214543980.shtml

Flash: Michael Phelps secures twelfth Olympic gold.

Updated: 2008-08-15 11:02:44 (BEIJING, August 15) -- American Michael Phelps overpowered teammate Ryan Lochte in the Men's 200m Individual Medley final with a new World record time of 1:54.23. Phelps' win delivers his twelfth career Olympic gold. The silver medal went to Laszlo Cseh of Hungary with a time of 1:56.52. Lochte took the bronze at 1:56.53.

The Shummi of the pools!:bsmilie:

 

[eosdigital]

Congratulations to the United States Athletes Nastia Luikin and Shawn Johnson for winning the Gold and Silver medal respectively for the Artistic Gymnastic Women's Individual All-Around Final!!!

Also congrats for snatching the 1st and 2nd position from the Chinese! This taught the Chinese a good lesson for being biased against their athletes and hence awarded the Chinese team Gold during the Women's Team Final prior :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

1 412 LIUKIN Nastia United States
2 411 JOHNSON Shawn United States
3 325 YANG Yilin China


Also congratulations to Michael Phelps for winning the Men's 200m Individual Medley Final and Men's 100m Butterfly Semifinal 1 Position One!!!

Men's 200m Individual Medley Final
Rank Lane Name NOC R.T. 50m Time Time Behind
1 5 PHELPS Michael United StatesUSA 0.70 (1) 24.59 (1) 53.40
28.81 (1) 1:26.90
33.50 1:54.23
27.33 WR
2 6 CSEH Laszlo HungaryHUN 0.80 (2) 24.95 (2) 53.45
28.50 (2) 1:28.01
34.56 1:56.52
28.51 2.29 ER
3 4 LOCHTE Ryan United StatesUSA 0.72 (3) 25.12 (3) 54.33
29.21 (4) 1:28.49
34.16 1:56.53
28.04 2.30

Men's 100m Butterfly Semifinal 1
Rank Lane Name NOC R.T. 50m Time Time Behind
1 4 PHELPS Michael United StatesUSA 0.72 (6) 24.24 50.97
26.73
2 3 LAUTERSTEIN Andrew AustraliaAUS 0.76 (2) 23.93 51.27
27.34 0.30 OC
3 5 DUNFORD Jason KenyaKEN 0.71 (1) 23.78 51.33
27.55 0.36

Good Job United States! It's a good thing to hear the Star Spangled Banner several times during today's Swimming!

 

[melvin]

singapore leading 1-0,

But now Li jiawei is struggling in her game after 2 sets 1-1 ...... struggling against a super defensive S.korean if jia wei were to win she need to be super paitence if not .....

These game is really getting me on the edge of my seat! 5-5 for now in the third game!:sweat:

 

[melvin]

Li jiawei power back to 2-1 lead!

11-5, 9-11, 11-9 IIRC:bsmilie:

 

[melvin]

2-2

11-5, 9-11, 11-9, 6-11!:sweat:

 

[Canew]

Overall score tied at 1-1 now.

 

[sammy888]

Choke...yet again...sigh

 

[Canonised]

1 more match and we will get the SILVER ...

Singapore 2-1 :heart:

Looks like it's going to be 2-2 .._(