The olympic games - Beijing 2008 (album, quote, youtube)

adidasss · 08-23-2008, 06:15 PM

Matthew Mitcham is the only openly gay male athlete in the Beijing olympics that has won a golden medal. Congrats to him...for being out and proud and for winning the only non-Chinese golden medal in the diving competition.

RickyyD · 08-23-2008, 06:51 PM

Sad that the games end tomorrow ):

ProggyMan · 08-23-2008, 06:53 PM

Hopefully with a victory the Redeem Team. Shouldn't be a very competitive game...

joderu95 · 08-23-2008, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by right-track

I heard the 3 hour spectacle cost £3,000 per second ($8,000 dollerydoos)...

Not quite. That's more like $5,600. But the dollar is heading that way.

Double X · 08-24-2008, 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by adidasss

Matthew Mitcham is the only openly gay male athlete in the Beijing olympics that has won a golden medal. Congrats to him...for being out and proud and for winning the only non-Chinese golden medal in the diving competition.

Eh, no big deal really...it's not like it gave him a physical hindrance (it's like when people celebrate the first women to fly around the world). If some German guy won the marathon THAT would be something.

adidasss · 08-24-2008, 12:16 PM

Well I'm sure it's a big deal for him, and it does help with some visibility issues. Obviously he wasn't the only gay man in the Olympics, but it's a rather disheartening statistic. So big up for him once again, if nothing else, because he was uber cute...(:

Son of JayJamJah · 08-24-2008, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by ProggyMan

Hopefully with a victory the Redeem Team. Shouldn't be a very competitive game...

More competitive then expected, I am a little disappointed with how few of the Americans great players are even very good shooters let alone great.

ProggyMan · 08-24-2008, 12:56 PM

The thing is more emphasis is placed on it in International play, so the best shooters aren't role players like they are here.

Friday · 08-24-2008, 05:36 PM

simplephysics · 08-24-2008, 07:40 PM

The closing ceremony was trippy as ****.

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