Kim Rhode wins Gold medal in 5 consec Olympics - a record

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Chaz

Trad climber

greater Boss Angeles area

Jul 30, 2012 - 08:09pm PT

Obama just called her.

He told her she didn't earn that medal. Someone else got it for her.

Somewhere, she had a teacher. There was a road the government built to the trap & skeet range. There was a guy at the Post Office, behind the passport window who actually earned that medal for her.

She might think she is so smart, or worked hard, but Obama set her straight. "Let me tell you something — there are a whole bunch of hardworking people out there."

Toker Villain

Big Wall climber

Toquerville, Utah

Jul 30, 2012 - 08:13pm PT

LOL Chaz

Tomorrow is the last day for the Toquerville Postmaster, poor guy.

Postal cutbacks, forced retirement.

Mighty Hiker

climber

Vancouver, B.C.

Jul 30, 2012 - 08:36pm PT

Well, if it doesn't require coordination, fitness, use of major muscle groups, and sustained aerobic and occasional anaerobic exercise, and if the winner can't be objectively determined, it may not be a sport. The one exception I'd make would be archery, at least traditional archery, given its ancient roots.

GDavis

Social climber

SOL CAL

Jul 30, 2012 - 08:51pm PT

There are a TON of pretty silly Olympic games out there. Why anyone would have anything negative to say, though, is I guess where my brain breaks. The idea that the narrative just HAS to reveal itself... really? Can't people just be happy for someone without the debate devolving into a 'is-this-something-that-I-approve-of? What are you, Right wing christians? bwahahaha!

GDavis

Social climber

SOL CAL

Jul 30, 2012 - 08:53pm PT

When people stop watching, they will go. Trust me. We don't do Deer Chasing anymore, but dammit we should.

Dapper Dan

Trad climber

Menlo Park

Jul 30, 2012 - 08:56pm PT

I'd say one bronze in the decathlon is worth more than her five gold medals .

Shack

Big Wall climber

Reno NV

Topic Author's Reply - Jul 30, 2012 - 08:56pm PT

Shack ( the OP)....Kim Rhode didn't win gold in five consecutive Olympics as your title indicates. She has bagged three golds, one silver, and a bronze medal.

I know, you're right, my bad.

TGT

Social climber

So Cal

Jul 30, 2012 - 08:58pm PT

What's so hard about archery?

A blind guy can do it.

http://asia.eurosport.com/olympic-games/archery-s-pistorius_sto3337293/story.shtml

Captain...or Skully

climber

Jul 30, 2012 - 09:01pm PT

You bastids talk TOO Much.
Get a real job. Help the World.
Something. Anything. Please?

Shack

Big Wall climber

Reno NV

Topic Author's Reply - Jul 30, 2012 - 09:14pm PT

It IS called The Olympic Games...
Get over it.

adatesman

climber

philadelphia, pa

Jul 30, 2012 - 10:47pm PT

Jeez... Wanted to reply to this on page 2, but the phone wouldn't cooperate.

Quite simply, the Olympics are about activities that involve one of three things: 1. faster/higher/farther, 2. accuracy, 3. a combination of 1 and 2. Skeet absolutely falls into the the second of those, and seeing as shooting events have been part of the Modern Games since their inception, if you don't like it, don't watch. I was completely humbled the first time I stepped on a Skeet course, and that's coming from a childhood of shooting regularly and doing fairly well in Trap. I can't even imagine the amount of training needed to do what she did, and personally I competed at a fairly high level in a different Olympic sport (Men's Epee).

As for the 'softest' Olympian, I guess I can point you to Olhaho Korobka, who won Silver in Beijing and Gold the other day in 75+kg Women's clean&jerk. IIRC, she threw 400+ pounds over her head like it was nothing, and the bar was looking like a piece of spaghetti from the weight. Mind you, I'm not the one calling her soft, as clearly she's anything but. Looks can be deceiving, and there's an obscene amount of skill and balance needed in high level weight lifting that's not readily apparent, just like in the shooting events.

Gary

climber

"My god - it's full of stars!"

Jul 30, 2012 - 11:00pm PT

I guess this fat tub of lard was no athlete, either.

Mighty Hiker

climber

Vancouver, B.C.

Jul 31, 2012 - 12:37am PT

The South Korean archer who supposedly is "legally blind" is anything but. It's a myth.

A day after setting the first world records of the 2012 Games, Im Dong-hyun led South Korea to a bronze medal in the team event Saturday and somehow managed to leave behind more questions than answers about exactly how impaired his eyesight is.

At one moment, speaking through an interpreter, Im described himself as farsighted and said the colour in the target — almost 77 yards away — appeared “blurry, not bad ... like a drop of paint in the water.”

A moment later, he said he didn't need glasses to drive or read, unless he was tired, describing his problem as “old man's eyes.” At yet another, he said the vision in his left eye was 20 percent of a normal sighted person and 30 percent in the right. Not long after that, his coach, Oh Seon-Tek, raised that number to 60 percent and laughed at the notion that his star pupil had any problem seeing the target at all.

Finally, after Im was asked directly a second time whether he was legally blind, he grinned widely and replied: “It's really a matter of common sense. If I were legally blind, do you really think I could participate in the Olympics?

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/olympics/archery-world-record-yes-but-blind-not-exactly/article4447154/