Olympics: Biggest scam in sports?? - Page 6

Inordinate amount of swimming world records being broken at these Games.

A Japanese male swimmer smashed the 100/200 metre times yesterday - on the way to winning gold.
Womens world times are tumbling too.

Seems that new records are being created across all swimming disciplines.

This gives oxygen to the naysayers - who say that all sport is corrupt.
It may well be.
But the UCI can only (mis) manage the affairs of our sport.

If FINA and IAAF and all the rest of the federations want to have a chemical freakshow then that this their affair.

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.."But finally the last thing I’ll say to the people who don’t believe in cycling, the cynics and the sceptics. I'm sorry for you. I’m sorry that you can’t dream big. [I]I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles. You should believe in these athletes, and you should believe in these people. I'll be a fan of the Tour de France for as long as I live. And there are no secrets - this is a hard sporting event and hard work wins it" - Armstrong 2005 TDF
morelike hypocrisy.

Cool. Swedish wrestler throws his bronze medal on the floor at the awards ceremony and walks out. He was robbed by bad judging. Evidently he also lost gold in 2004 because a judge was bribed.

If more athletes did this sort of thing instead of playing along with the charade then the IOC would have a lot more incentive to fix the ridiculous judging.

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"You are like the wind and I like the lion. You form the tempest. The sand stings my eyes and the ground is parched. I roar in defiance but you do not hear. But between us there is a difference. I, like the lion, must remain in my place. While you like the wind will never know yours." -- Mulay Hamid El Raisuli, Lord of the Riff, Sultan to the Berbers, Last of the Barbary Pirates

Well, Usain Bolt just jogged in in 9.9

UK TV commentator's response was "Almost unbelievable."

On another Olympic note.....Olympic Boxing sucks ass...and I love boxing.

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Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.
-- Albert Einstein

More fakery.

from the hollywood reporter
Ethnic groups faked at opening ceremony
Games organizers say kids in costume were not authentic
Reuters


BEIJING -- Fake fireworks, a fake singer and now fake children at the
Olympics opening ceremony.


Organizers of the Games acknowledged Friday that children dressed in
ethnic costumes from around China who carried the Chinese flag at the
ceremony were not actually from those ethnic groups, some of whom have
tense relations with the government.


This is the third faking incident to emerge from the Aug. 8 ceremony,
after it was revealed that a 9-year-old girl lip-synched the song "Ode
to the Motherland" as the real singer was deemed not pretty enough and
some "live" fireworks prerecorded. Games vp Wang Wei played down the
latest incident, saying he did not know exactly where these children
were from as they were performers representing China's 56 minority
groups.


"It is typical for Chinese performers to wear different apparel from
different ethnic groups. There is nothing special about it," Wang told
reporters. "They will wear different apparel to signify people are
friendly and happy together."


But China's attempt to control every aspect of the ceremony, even if
it meant trickery and substitutions, and other manipulation at the
Beijing Games such as bussing in cheering crowds has come under heavy
criticism internationally.


"Rather than announcing China's arrival as a modern, dynamic country,
they risk reinforcing the view that the Beijing government is
comprised of control freaks," read a commentary by British newspaper
the Financial Times.


Media reports said the children were from the Galaxy Children's Art
Troupe, which involves young actors and actresses mainly from the
dominant Han ethnic group, which makes up about 92% of China's 1.3
billion population.


But the program for the 4 1/2-hour ceremony had said the children were
from different ethnic groups.


"Fifty-six children from 56 Chinese ethnic groups cluster around the
Chinese national flag, representing the 56 ethnic groups," read the
media guide for the opening ceremony.


The fill-ins came as China struggles to keep conflicts with its ethnic
groups out of the spotlight during the Olympics.


Human rights groups have tried to use the world's focus on the
Olympics to highlight what they say is repression of Tibetans and
Muslim Uighurs of Xinjiang by China's government.


On Friday, pro-Tibet independence campaigners protested outside the
state TV headquarters, the CCTV building, in Beijing.


"This is a very unwelcome and unacceptable action in China," Wang
said, adding that most of the protesters were not Chinese.


"Tibet is part of China, and the whole world recognizes it. The free
Tibet movement is not welcome here."

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"You are like the wind and I like the lion. You form the tempest. The sand stings my eyes and the ground is parched. I roar in defiance but you do not hear. But between us there is a difference. I, like the lion, must remain in my place. While you like the wind will never know yours." -- Mulay Hamid El Raisuli, Lord of the Riff, Sultan to the Berbers, Last of the Barbary Pirates

This one is the least surprising among the fakes though. In light of the demonstrations and curbs leading to the event, it is difficult to imagine the different ethnic groups volunteering to present unity in the ceremony.

An American commentator was just talking about how 60% of GB's medals were in cycling, and then said something to the effect of "now if the Olympics just had snooker, darts, and a dog show" they could win the medal count....funny.

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Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.
-- Albert Einstein

Not if it were beach darts and beach snooker. The sun reflecting off pasty white bodies would affect their aim.

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"You are like the wind and I like the lion. You form the tempest. The sand stings my eyes and the ground is parched. I roar in defiance but you do not hear. But between us there is a difference. I, like the lion, must remain in my place. While you like the wind will never know yours." -- Mulay Hamid El Raisuli, Lord of the Riff, Sultan to the Berbers, Last of the Barbary Pirates

The Brits are the only country who play beach darts fully clothed. Everyone seems to be okay with that.

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More fakery.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...orowitz23.html

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"You are like the wind and I like the lion. You form the tempest. The sand stings my eyes and the ground is parched. I roar in defiance but you do not hear. But between us there is a difference. I, like the lion, must remain in my place. While you like the wind will never know yours." -- Mulay Hamid El Raisuli, Lord of the Riff, Sultan to the Berbers, Last of the Barbary Pirates

LOL!