The 2012 Olympic Summer Games

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2012 Olympic Games preview at 55 kg/121 lbs. in Greco-Roman


Expected Olympic entries at 55 kg/121 lbs.- Greco-Roman
1st at 2011 World Championships – Ravshan Bayramov (Azerbaijan)
2nd at 2011 World Championships – Elbek Tazhyiev (Belarus)
3rd at 2011 World Championships – Shujin Li (China)
3rd at 2011 World Championships – Bekhan Mankiev, Nazir Mankiev or Mingiyan Semenov (Russia)
5th at 2011 World Championships – Peter Modos (Hungary)
5th at 2011 World Championships – Won-Chol Yun (North Korea)
2012 European Olympic qualifier champion – Hakan Nyblom (Denmark)
2012 European Olympic qualifier runner-up – Aleksandar Kostadinov (Bulgaria)
2012 Asian Olympic qualifier champion – Kohei Hasegawa (Japan)
2012 Asian Olympic qualifier runner-up – Hamid Sorian Reihanpour (Iran)
2012 Pan American Olympic qualifier champion – Javier Dumenigo (Cuba)
2012 Pan American Olympic qualifier runner-up –Spenser Mango (United States)
2012 Africa/Oceania Olympic qualifier champion – Mohamed Said Abouhalima (Egypt)
2012 Africa/Oceania Olympic qualifier runner-up – Fouad Fajari (Morocco)
Olympic Qualifier #1 champion – Gyu-Jin Choi (Korea)
Olympic Qualifier #1 runner-up – Ayhan Karakus (Turkey)
Olympic Qualifier #1 bronze medalist – Elmurat Tasmuradov (Uzbekistan)
Olympic Qualifier #2 champion – Vugar Ragimov (Ukraine)
Olympic Qualifier #2 runner-up – Arsen Eraliev (Kyrgyzstan)

[Vidor]

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.

There's a lot of truth in this. If baseball were as popular in Europe as it is in Latin America or the Far East, it would still be in the Olympics. But Frenchmen and Germans don't play it so they cut it from the Olympics while goddamn trampoline has a lifetime pass.

In other, happier news, apparently we have our best shot at a medal in the marathon in a long time--if said marathoner isn't too much with the Jesus.

http://deadspin.com/5926710/can-god-coa ... ympic-gold

[JackofDiamonds]

Hey mods, there's a wrestlingbot in here. Offering cheap, high quality Olympic sports.

[lukethedrifter]

Who cares about baseball being snubbed.? The Olympics are generally for and about sports that don't get our attention the rest of the time anyway.

[Vidor]

Holy hell, these are the Olympic mascots. They look like Kang and Kodos.

[Vidor]

The ceremony is tonight, right?

I predict this guy will light the torch:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daley_Thompson

[stlouie_lipp]

Holy [expletive]. This is the worst opening ceremony in the history of opening ceremonies.

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In an Olympic wrestling tournament, anyone who loses to the eventual finalists enters a consolation tournament, the finalists of which receive bronze medals. There is are four medals awarded with two bronze.

[Hungary Jack]

Ryan Lochte sounds like a cross between Jeff Spicoli and John Wayne

[MrSaigon]

You'll be happy to know that Tron with swords is apparently an Olympic sport now. Seriously, have you seen the fencing? Whacky.