Posted on 08/12/2012 6:23:58 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
James Naismith was a Canadian.
Olympic paintball. I like the sound of that.
The game was still invented here.
Actually your military always looks a bit heavy. Too bulked up as opposed to lean and muscular.
Exactly how are The Beatles, David Bowie, Elgar, Pink Floyd, The Who, Ray Davies, Muse, Liam Gallagher, Elbow, Madness, the Pet Shop Boys, Take That, the Spice Girls, Jessie J, Tinie Tempah, the Kaiser Chiefs and Ed Sheeran ‘detestable’?.
You're an idiot.
By a Canadian who had lived less than six months in the US.
Perhaps true, but so long as their weapons are lean and muscular...
Considering that our men's beach volleyball teams both went out in the quarterfinals, and our gold medal women's team was down a set at one point in the semis (I think it was the semis), it's a little more competitive than you might think...
Whats your problem?. I am not attacking the US military, merely talking about their training and physical fitness.
In my experience, US soldiers and marines tend to be more bulked up and fond of weights as opposed to say British or Aussie or Russian soldiers and marines who tend to be leaner and less weight-driven in their fitness regime.
BTW, I am ex-military myself and have worked with the US army and marines.
wow, the formerr soviet union would have had 43 gold, 42 silver and 66 bronze. I miss the us-ussr competition.
Since the US failed to medal in men’s beach volleyball this year, and in 1996 and 2000, no US woman’s team competed for the gold medal in beach volleyball, I think the answer to your question is self evident.
“How many of those medals won by non American athletes live and/or were trained in the USA?”
That is exactly the point I made to someone earlier today. Many, many athletes, both foreign and Americans competing for other countries, live, train and go to school in the US. Then they turn around and compete against us! What’s up with that! Yeah Obama, the world thinks we are such a horrible country, that’s why they’re all clamoring to come here!!
Get lost, you jealous hack.
Final: as of Aug. 12 Contact: Pete LaFleur (editor@collegesports360.com)
The University of Southern California – led by its traditional strength in swimming (10 medals) and track-and-field (6) – finished atop CollegeSports360’s exclusive “college medal board” for the 2012 Olympics with 24 total medals (12 gold, 9 silver & 3 bronze). USC’s other medals included four in women’s water polo, three women’s volleyball (two of those on the beach) and a women’s soccer medal. The University of Florida (21; 9G-6S-6B) finished second on this medal board (11-swim, 6-T&F, 3-wsoc, 1-w. tennis) while bay-area rivals California (16; 11G-1S-4B) and Stanford (16; 12G-2S-2B) tied for third. USC and Stanford ended up even for the most golds (12), followed by Cal’s 11 and Florida’s 9.
RE: Many, many athletes, both foreign and Americans competing for other countries, live, train and go to school in the US.
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For the information of those who don’t know, the Chinese double Gold Medalist in the 400 and 1500 swimming competition in London named Sun Yang, TRAINED IN AUSTRALIA ( by an Australian coach ).
But it seems that the Chinese don't want to train their people to run fast or run far.
-PJ
It is a good thing it wasn't the Math Olympics.
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