Showing posts with label olympics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label olympics. Show all posts

Thursday, August 21, 2008

US Accuses China for Supplying Yams to Jamaica

by runiteking1

Beijing (Nutters) - Officials of the United States Olympics Committee (USOC) has filed a complaint with the International Olympics Committee against  China for providing "genetically super-powered yams" to Jamaica.


The USOC points to almost undeniable evidence that, to gain the gold medal advantage, China has teamed up with Jamaica to produce Usain Bolt, the gold medal winner of the 100 meter and the 200 meter sprint.

"I mean, it's just not possible for a dude that tall to run so fast! I mean, if you even stare at his legs for a while, humans of all ages will be rolling on their floor due to seizures," says Don Ellenfeld, spokesperson for the USA Track and Field.


The method that China has helped with Jamaica is still under discussion and investigation by the USOC and the IOC. The top culprit is the "super yams" produced in Jamaica who Bolt's dad associate with Bolt's massive success at these games. China has denied all charges against them for assisting Jamaica with producing "these super-duper-loaded yams with-like-extra-Nerds-candy-so-the-intended user-looks-like-a-clown-and-will-be-loved-by-everyone."

The obvious side effects of the super yams is the amazing speed of the user, which is demonstrated by both sweep of the 100 meter men and woman's gold by Jamaica. But the much less obvious side effect is the increase of "coolness factor" of the male user by increasing their natural hormones. You can see this from his worship of shoes to increase his "coolness factor."

While previous allegations against China for using the Olympics "as a trap for sure" (see BBC video below) is now proved false, or otherwise fallen out of people's mind as they watch hot girls on the volleyball cheerleading squad, the US has insisted that this yam thing is for realz.

(Note: The video seems not to be working at all, click on the link to go to actual player)


The Beijing Olympics: Are They A Trap?

While not as big as this yam thing, the USOC has also filed a complaint for installing "shaky-thing-like-those-found-in-those-installed-in-fake-gum-shocky-thing" inside the batons of the men's and women's 400M relays.

"I mean how else would our steroids loaded atheletes drop those batons? I mean, it's a @#$@ing stick!" yelled Don at our 14 year old, state-sponsored reporter. "Also, those hurdles which has pneumatic motors installed in them and goes up when an American approaches is also being investigated." Of course, Don is referring to the last hurdle in which Lolo Jones tripped. "But our other runners got them, ha!"

The Chinese has also filed charges against the US swim team for human rights violation due to the excessive amounts Micheal Phelps eats. "I mean, what he eats in one day can feed 10 of our little gymnasts for like a week!" yelled Guo Lingdan of China. "It's torture to stuff down that much food into one person one you can spread the food for the greater good of the people!"

-runiteking1

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Monday, August 18, 2008

Gold or More?

I don't think I can stop talking about the Olympics, after all, it is only once every four years.

So now, we're more than halfway through the Olympics of 2008, and the medals are pouring in by the dozens daily. Still some care more about the number of medals rather than the glitter: gold or numbers? That is the question.

Ever since Beijing was chosen for the host city, China wanted to be the leader in the gold medal count. One Chinese official was even quoted as saying:

"second place is for losers".
The Americans? Well, they chose medals over anything. To be top three in the entire world is a great enough accomplishment to be counted and celebrated.

So which is better? Gold or numbers?

Vote on the left!!!

-runiteking1

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Sunday, August 17, 2008

How fast can man run?

I just don't believe Usain Bolt... he runs like a maniac yet still has time at the end to pump his just and spread his arms out.... I don't believe.

But I guess it is true, and in case you missed Bolt's 9.69 run, here' the clip from NBC.

Video: http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/share.html?videoid=0816_HD_ATM_HL_L0686

Article: http://en.beijing2008.cn/news/special/review/n214552842.shtml 

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Saturday, August 9, 2008

The Olympics

Unless you've been living in a cave for the past week, you would know that the Olympics are going on. And unless you got a lot of free time, you're not going to be keeping up with it, so what can you do?

Well, due to the advent of online television, it's now really easy to keep up (which I should do... didn't even watch the opening ceremony yet...).

1. NBC Olympics: The official broadcast network is ramping up their internet broadcast, they even created a special domain (http://www.nbcolympics.com/) for their Olympic coverage. I don't really like the website though... it's messy (image below) and requires Microsoft Silverlight to work (which is a hassle because I'm not a big fan of Microsoft).


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2. Youtube-like sites: Youtube is constantly being policed by online copyright people, so you can't really go there, but other rip-offs:
might have Olympic events on their sites (though it might take a bit of digging...).

3. P2P - I'm not going to try to explain (I'm not even sure how this works myself...), so quoting from ValleyWag.com:
P2P Streams: The way I'll be watching online will is through MyP2P, a site that catalogs live sports and television streams from around the Web, listed by event. It helps to run Windows, though not necessarily Vista, because many streams require software downloads — check out MyP2P's beginners guide for tips, including where to find software downloads and optimization settings. I ended up finding live BBC coverage of the opening ceremonies via Justin.tv, which ran just fine in my browser. If you can't find the channel you want in the media format you prefer, check wwiTV, TV For Us, TV Channels Free, Channel Chooser or BeelineTV among others. 
Pros: Free and fairly easy once you've installed most of the media players listed by MyP2P. And it's fun to watch coverage from other countries — I'll be watching all my football with spanish-speaking announcers whenever possible. 
Cons: Quality is hit-or-miss, stream links come and go, and you have to think ahead in terms of scheduling to make sure you've got all the necessary programs installed. Also, Mac users will want to install Windows XP through Parallels or Fusion for the widest selection of channels.

Enjoy.

-runiteking1

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