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Official XXX Olympics Results - Spoilers Welcome

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Spartanforlife4 said:
Fed and Murray on NBC for the Olympic Final. Murray just broke Federer to go up 4-2 in the first set. Roger is choking away every opportunity right now.
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In second set Fed had 6 chances to break Murray and failed to do it. Murray wins first set 6-2 and is up 3-0 in second now.
 
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Now down 2 sets to none. He showed a bit of life at the end of the second set, but now has to win three in a row.
 
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Dumb question - why is the men's final the only best of 5 set match?
 
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Men's singles is the only five set match anyway, and even then it's only in the four majors. I'm guessing the previous rounds are all best of 3 so they don't wear themselves out in a tournament that doesn't actually help them win money, but they make the final five sets to give it the "major championship feel."

Fed is coming back, but he needs to break Murray or he's done.
 
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China is up by 2 on Australia in women's water polo, near the end of the third quarter. :eek:

They just switched down under goalies.

You put the Union rule in place, and the best team doesn't even medal. Granted, there's still a quarter left.
 
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China and Australia go to extra time, as the Aussies tied it up in the 4th.

Rules are two 3-minute periods (once each way), and if necessary, and 5-player shootout.
 
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China and Australia go to a shootout in women's water polo. The winner plays the winner of USA/Italy.
 
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Australia survives, winning the women's water polo match vs. China 20-18, with 4-2 of that occurring in a shootout. Italy and the USA play later today, and the winner will take on the Aussies.
 
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USA women's water polo beats Italy 9-6 and goes to the semi-final vs. Australia.
 
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The men's 100M final will be one hummm dinger. The three semis were very quick, all being pulled up. whew.
 
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100 meter semifinal winners: Justin Gatlin (USA) 9.82, Usain Bolt (JAM) 9.87, Yohan Blake (JAM) 9.85. Don't be fooled by the times, though: Bolt took it easy and jogged the last 20 meters of his semi, and Blake and Gatlin also let up short of the line.

The final will include 3 Americans and 3 Jamaicans, plus 2 others from the Caribbean.
 
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Those fake legs give Oscar Pistorius such a big advantage he finished last in his semi-final qualifier. Good thing there was a huge controversy over that.
 
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Interesting to see an Olympic flag as one's country- but this is a case where Curasao does not have an Olympic comittee... I'm glad they let people in who qualify regardless of the country's status.
 
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They used to be apart of the Netherlands Antilles, but that dissolved. There's four or five athletes competing as "independents" this year, one is from South Sudan, and the rest were from the Netherlands Antilles.
 
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Spartanforlife4 said:
Those fake legs give Oscar Pistorius such a big advantage he finished last in his semi-final qualifier. Good thing there was a huge controversy over that.
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It's impossible not to empathize with the guy. And it was one of those rewarding Olympic moments to watch the emotions on his face as his name was called for his preliminary heat.
 
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If I get it right no American's qualified for the 400m final. Some space there for anyone up an coming.
 
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Apparently he's doing the Paralympics too. I didn't know that was possible, I always thought it was one or the other.
 
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alfablue said:
If I get it right no American's qualified for the 400m final. Some space there for anyone up an coming.
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On the flip side, Richards-Ross gets the gold for the US, and Trotter gets us a Bronze as well.

Great race- up and down for a few of the runners, with the Bit (I can't spell that great name) came from behind to get the Silver.
 
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alfablue said:
If I get it right no American's qualified for the 400m final. Some space there for anyone up an coming.
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The USA has won the last 7 gold medals (1984-2008) in the 400m, and this year they couldn't even get a runner into the final.
 
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alfablue said:
On the flip side, Richards-Ross gets the gold for the US, and Trotter gets us a Bronze as well.

Great race- up and down for a few of the runners, with the Bit (I can't spell that great name) came from behind to get the Silver.
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For a moment it looked like the US could sweep the podium, but Mccorory fell back in the last 100.
 
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