THE OFFICIAL OLYMPIC THREAD

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Basketball team avenged their loss to Greece 2 years ago with a blow out victory. Spain next.

No medals for the men's gymnastics individual all around.

Women's individual all around tonight.....

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VICTORY in women's gymnastics!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nastia Lukin GOLD medal!!

Shawn Johnson SILVER medal!!!!

Despite underage Chinese competitors and extremely biased judging our girls WON IT ALL!!

WAY TO GO AMERICAN GYMNASTS!!!!!!

[Dixie]

Michael Phelps!

Phelps has won 14 Olympic gold medals and 16 total medals. He holds the record for most medals won by a man, surpassing Soviet gymnast Nikolai Andrianov, who won 15 from 1972-1980. Soviet female gymnast Larysa Latynina holds the record with 18.

http://www.alipac.us/ftopicp-749675.html#749675

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Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total

1 China 27 13 9 49
2 United States 17 18 22 57
3 Germany 9 5 5 19
4 Australia 8 10 11 29
5 South Korea 7 9 4 20

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/olympic ... edals/full

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Michael Phelps!

Phelps has won 14 Olympic gold medals and 16 total medals. He holds the record for most medals won by a man, surpassing Soviet gymnast Nikolai Andrianov, who won 15 from 1972-1980. Soviet female gymnast Larysa Latynina holds the record with 18.

http://www.alipac.us/ftopicp-749675.html#749675

Yep, Phelps made history. He won 8 gold medals in one Olympiad, breaking Mark Spitz's record. And he did it with his American TEAM. Phelps clinched the record in the last relay race, his American teammates helping him to make Olympic history.

Women's relay team picked up a silver.

The US basketball team beat up on Spain this morning.

More women's gymnastics tommorow. Go Shawn Johnson!!!

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Shawn Johnson GOLD in balance beam!!!

Nastia Liukin SIVER!!!!

Shawn finally got what she derserves -- her first Olympic gold medal

We finished with NINE medals in women's gymnastics!!

China got six Like the former women's gymnastic coach said afterwards, its clear that American women's gymnastics is #1.

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Basketball team made Australia their latest victim. They now advance to the semi-finals to play Argentina. The Argentines are a good team, with the San Antonio Spurs' star Manu Ginobili. If they win that, then it is on to the gold medal match against (probably) Spain.

This would pit Kobe Bryant against his Lakers teammate Pau Gasol for the gold. Should be interesting.

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US men's volleyball team just won a tough 5 set match against Serbia. They now advance to the quarterfinals. They will be playing for a medal no matter what.

[MW]

BEARFLAGREPUBLIC wrote:

US men's volleyball team just won a tough 5 set match against Serbia.

When does the badminton and croquet team play?

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Not a volleyball fan MW?

On that note, Misty May and Kerri Walshe just repeated as GOLD medalists in women's Beach Volleyball!!

That is 108 victories in a row for them!!! AWESOME accomplishment.