The 2012 Olympic Summer Games

[cards2468]

Yea, [expletive] the Olympics. Let's watch dudes run in circles, but not actually include a summer sport that's the center of attention in pretty much every continent except Europe, Africa and Antarctica.

The athletic events they put in the Olympics that aren't actually sports are boring.

The was more about the "world view" part.

It's fine that you find the Olympics boring. I do too in a lot of cases. Thankfully they're infrequent.

You mean that baseball got screwed because Europeans don't play it? I think that's a pretty legitimate complaint.

[TabascoElvis]

Yea, [expletive] the Olympics. Let's watch dudes run in circles, but not actually include a summer sport that's the center of attention in pretty much every continent except Europe, Africa and Antarctica.

The athletic events they put in the Olympics that aren't actually sports are boring.

The was more about the "world view" part.

It's fine that you find the Olympics boring. I do too in a lot of cases. Thankfully they're infrequent.

You mean that baseball got screwed because Europeans don't play it? I think that's a pretty legitimate complaint.

It's the national pastime, not the global pastime. But I'm glad you're a fervent fan.

[cards2468]

Yea, [expletive] the Olympics. Let's watch dudes run in circles, but not actually include a summer sport that's the center of attention in pretty much every continent except Europe, Africa and Antarctica.

The athletic events they put in the Olympics that aren't actually sports are boring.

The was more about the "world view" part.

It's fine that you find the Olympics boring. I do too in a lot of cases. Thankfully they're infrequent.

You mean that baseball got screwed because Europeans don't play it? I think that's a pretty legitimate complaint.

It's the national pastime, not the global pastime. But I'm glad you're a fervent fan.

As much as you think we Americans love baseball, Latin America is just as passionate. Much of Asia is crazy about it too. It's one sport that countries like the Dominican Republic, Japan, Cuba or South Korea could actually stand a chance of winning a Gold Medal, but I guess because Britain, Spain, France, Germany, Italy and Greece wouldn't have a shot, then nobody should be allowed to play it.

[TabascoElvis]

Olympic Preview


If there's an Olympic archery final, chances are a South Korean is in it. South Korea has won 16 of 32 gold medals on offer since the reintroduction of archery to the Olympics in 1972.

[Radbird]

MLB for its part does not give a flying crap about getting baseball back on the Olympic docket--can't say I blame them.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-l ... --mlb.html

So use college players. We'd probably still win.

And I'd enjoy it more - I haven't cared about Olympic basketball since it starting using NBA All-Star teams.

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2012 Olympic Games preview at 120 kg/264.5 lbs. in Greco-Roman


Expected Olympic entries at 120 kg/264.5 lbs. - Greco-Roman
1st at 2011 World Championships – Riza Kayaalp (Turkey)
2nd at 2011 World Championships – Mijain Lopez Nunez (Cuba)
3rd at 2011 World Championships – Nurmakhan Tinaliev (Kazakhstan)
3rd at 2011 World Championships – Bashir Asgari Babjanzadeh (Iran)
5th at 2011 World Championships – Mihaly Deak Bardos (Hungary)
5th at 2011 World Championships – Lukasz Banak (Poland)
2012 European Olympic qualifier champion – Youri Patrikeev (Armenia)
2012 European Olympic qualifier runner-up – Evgeni Orlov (Ukraine)
2012 Asian Olympic qualifier champion – Deli Liu (China)
2012 Asian Olympic qualifier runner-up – Muminjon Abdullaev (Uzbekistan)
2012 Pan American Olympic qualifier champion – Dremiel Byers (United States)
2012 Pan American Olympic qualifier runner-up – Andres Ayub Valenzuela (Chile)
2012 Africa/Oceania Olympic qualifier champion – Radhouane Chebbi (Tunisia)
2012 Africa/Oceania Olympic qualifier runner-up – Yasser Abdelrahman Ali (Egypt)
Olympic Qualifier #1 champion – Heiki Nabi (Estonia)
Olympic Qualifier #1 runner-up – Iosif Chugoshvili (Belarus)
Olympic Qualifier #1 bronze medalist – Johan Magnus Euren (Sweden)
Olympic Qualifier #2 champion – Khassan Baroev (Russia)
Olympic Qualifier #2 runner-up – Guram Pherselidze (Georgia)

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2012 Olympic Games preview at 84 kg/185 lbs. in Greco-Roman


Expected Olympic entries at 84 kg/185 lbs.- Greco-Roman
1st at 2011 World Championships – Alim Selimov (Belarus)
2nd at 2011 World Championships – Damian Janikowski (Poland)
3rd at 2011 World Championships – Nazmi Avluca (Turkey)
3rd at 2011 World Championships – Rami Hietaniemi (Finland)
5th at 2011 World Championships – Alan Khugaev (Russia)
5th at 2011 World Championships – Hassan Saman Tahmasebi (Azerbaijan)
2012 European Olympic qualifier champion – Vasil Rachyba (Ukraine)
2012 European Olympic qualifier runner-up – Amer Hrustanovic (Austria)
2012 Asian Olympic qualifier champion – Danial Gadzhiev (Kazakhstan)
2012 Asian Olympic qualifier runner-up – Se-Yeol Lee (Korea)
2012 Pan American Olympic qualifier champion – Pablo Enrique Shorey Hernandez (Cuba)
2012 Pan American Olympic qualifier runner-up – Chas Betts (United States)
2012 Africa/Oceania Olympic qualifier champion – Karam Mohammed Gaber Ibragim (Egypt)
2012 Africa/Oceania Olympic qualifier runner-up – Haykel Achouri (Tunisia)
Olympic Qualifier #1 champion – Habibollah Jomeh Akhlaghi (Iran)
Olympic Qualifier #1 runner-up – Nenad Zugaj (Croatia)
Olympic Qualifier #1 bronze medalist – Melonin Noumonvi (France)
Olympic Qualifier #2 champion – Hristo Marinov (Bulgaria)
Olympic Qualifier #2 runner-up – Vladimir Gegeshidze (Georgia)

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2012 Olympic Games preview at 74 kg/163 lbs. in Greco-Roman


Expected Olympic entries at 74 kg/163 lbs.- Greco-Roman
1st at 2011 World Championships – Roman Vlasov (Russia)
2nd at 2011 World Championships – Selcuk Cebi (Turkey)
3rd at 2011 World Championships – Neven Zugaj (Croatia)
3rd at 2011 World Championships – Arsen Julfalakyan (Armenia)
5th at 2011 World Championships – Robert Patrik Rosengren (Sweden)
5th at 2011 World Championships – Ashkat Dilmukhamedov (Kazakhstan)
2012 European Olympic qualifier champion – Zurabi Datunashvili (Georgia)
2012 European Olympic qualifier runner-up – Mark Madsen (Denmark)
2012 Asian Olympic qualifier champion – Jin-Hyeok Kim (Korea)
2012 Asian Olympic qualifier runner-up –Daniar Kobonov (Kyrgyzstan)
2012 Pan American Olympic qualifier champion – Jorgisbel Alvarez Hernandez (Cuba)
2012 Pan American Olympic qualifier runner-up – Ben Provisor (United States)
2012 Africa/Oceania Olympic qualifier champion – Zied Ayt Okrame (Tunisia)
2012 Africa/Oceania Olympic qualifier runner-up – Islam Mohamed Tolba (Egypt)
Olympic Qualifier #1 champion – Emin Ahmadov (Azerbaijan)
Olympic Qualifier #1 runner-up – Alexander Kikinov (Belarus)
Olympic Qualifier #1 bronze medalist – Peter Bacsi (Hungary)
Olympic Qualifier #2 champion – Aleksandr Kazakevich (Lithuania)
Olympic Qualifier #2 runner-up – Christophe Guenot (France)

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2012 Olympic Games preview at 66 kg/145.5 lbs. in Greco-Roman


Expected Olympic entries at 66 kg/145.5 lbs. - Greco-Roman
1st at 2011 World Championships – Saeid Mourad Abdvali (Iran)
2nd at 2011 World Championships – Manukhar Tskhadia (Georgia)
3rd at 2011 World Championships – Hyeon-Woo Kim (Korea)
3rd at 2011 World Championships – Pedro Isaac Mulens Herrera (Cuba)
5th at 2011 World Championships – Frank Staebler (Germany)
5th at 2011 World Championships – Justin Lester (United States)
2012 European Olympic qualifier champion – Steeve Guenot (France)
2012 European Olympic qualifier runner-up – Edgaras Venckitis (Lithuania)
2012 Asian Olympic qualifier champion – Darkhan Bayakhmetov (Kazakhstan)
2012 Asian Olympic qualifier runner-up – Tsutomu Fujimura (Japan)
2012 Pan American Olympic qualifier champion –Vicente Orlando Huacon Alvarado (Ecuador)
2012 Pan American Olympic qualifier runner-up – Wuilleixis de Jesus Rivas Espinoza (Venezuela)
2012 Africa/Oceania Olympic qualifier champion – Mohamed Serir (Algeria)
2012 Africa/Oceania Olympic qualifier runner-up – Ashraf Meligy El Garably (Egypt)
Olympic Qualifier #1 champion – Tamas Loerincz (Hungary)
Olympic Qualifier #1 runner-up – Pascal Strebel (Switzerland)
Olympic Qualifier #1 bronze medalist – Aleksandar Maksimovic (Serbia)
Olympic Qualifier #2 champion – Yeksel Atakan (Turkey)
Olympic Qualifier #2 runner-up – Hovhannes Vardereshyan (Armenia)

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2012 Olympic Games preview at 60 kg/132 lbs. in Greco-Roman

Expected Olympic entries at 60 kg/132 lbs. - Greco-Roman
1st at 2011 World Championships – Omid Noroozi (Iran)
2nd at 2011 World Championships – Almat Kebispayev (Kazakhstan)
3rd at 2011 World Championships – Zaur Kuramagomedov (Russia)
3rd at 2011 World Championships – Ivo Angelov (Bulgaria)
5th at 2011 World Championships – Ji-Hyun Jung (Korea)
5th at 2011 World Championships – Luis Ygnacio Liendo (Venezuela)
2012 European Olympic qualifier champion – Kamran Mammadov or Hasan Aliyev (Azerbaijan)
2012 European Olympic qualifier runner-up – Matti Kettunen (Finland)
2012 Asian Olympic qualifier champion – Jiang Sheng (China)
2012 Asian Olympic qualifier runner-up – Ryutaro Matsumoto (Japan)
2012 Pan American Olympic qualifier champion – Hanzel Meoque Lugonez (Cuba)
2012 Pan American Olympic qualifier runner-up – Ellis Coleman (United States)
2012 Africa/Oceania Olympic qualifier champion – Sayed Abdelmonem (Egypt)
2012 Africa/Oceania Olympic qualifier runner-up – Tarek Aziz Benaissa (Algeria)
Olympic Qualifier #1 champion – Lenur Temirov (Ukraine)
Olympic Qualifier #1 runner-up – Tarik Belmadani (France)
Olympic Qualifier #1 bronze medalist – Rahman Bilici (Turkey)
Olympic Qualifier #2 champion – Revaz Lashkhi (Georgia)
Olympic Qualifier #2 runner-up – Stig Andre Berge (Norway)