Anybody see Alicia Sacramone get royally screwed? I am not a big gymnastics buff. But I think I can safely say that when one athlete doesn't fall and the other one does, shouldn't the one that didn't win? Talk about homefield advantage. I wonder if cheaters get any satisfaction?

Saw Sacramone's screwing. She stuck it, her opponent almost face planted.

Full stomach, empty pockets: What is costs to eat like Michael Phelps for a day



BREAKFAST

Three fried-egg sandwiches ...

10 large eggs, £2.10

White bread, extra-thick sliced, £1.24

Olive oil, 500ml, £2.20

... accompanied by cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, fried onions and mayonnaise

Cheddar, 600g, £4.99

Round lettuce, 47p

Plum tomatoes, 500g, £1.29

Onions, 1kg, 95p

Olive oil, see above

Mayonnaise, 400g, £1.79

Two cups of coffee

Instant coffee, 100g, £2.14

Omelette with five eggs

Eggs, see above

Porridge

Porridge oats, 1kg, 69p

Three chocolate-chip pancakes

Plain pancakes, pack of six, 99p

Chocolate chips, 100g, 64p

Three slices of French toast

White bread, see above

Milk, two pints, 80p

Butter, 250g, £1

Maple syrup, 330g, £3.96

White sugar, 1kg, 94p



LUNCH

Pasta

Pasta, 500g, 79p

Two ham and cheese sandwiches

Bread, see above

Ham, 140g, £2.26

Cheese, see above

Mayonnaise, see above

1,000 calories of energy drink (approx seven bottles of Lucozade Sport)

Two packs of four, 500ml each, £5



DINNER

Pasta

Pasta, 500g, 79p

Pizza

Cheese feast with stuffed crust, 465g, £3.29

1,000 calories of energy drink (approx seven bottles of Lucozade Sport)

Two packs of four, £5

Total cost £40.03

All prices from Sainsbury's

It was cool to see the little Johnson girl win gold for her routine on the beam. She is so good.

On the flip side, another American gymnast got screwed out of the gold for his clearly superior execution of the most difficult routine on the high bar. The judges gave gold to the very good, but not as good as the American kid, Chinese gymnast. I don't get what's up with the obvious bias in judging. The Chinese have lot of really good athletes who can and are bringing home the gold honestly. They don't need judges on the take. That crap demeans the Olympics. Friggin' politics.

I personally hate any event that is "judged".

Judging is and always will be biased in the Olympic games. The "home team" is always favored.

Events that require a judge, are all but worthless, IMO. I don't even bother watching them.

Yeah, they are called table tennis players and bad minton players. What a joke. Just more evidence of our pussy assed liberal society.
Ohhhh, whats that? You can't run fast? You can't throw far? You can't, You can't jump either? Or wrestle? Well here pussy, put down your remote for the playstation and try this. It's called ping pong. Yeah, you can get a gold medal for it in the "we let everyone play even though it is nothing like what it was intended for Olympics."

The Olympics were made for the best individuals, emphasis on individual, to compete against each other in physical feats to determine what ONE athlete was the best at everything. Not this we'll let what you are good at be an event so you have a chance. We gotta stop polluting the Olympics with this garbage. They already have a place for people that can't do all the stuff the Olympics were intended for. We all know what that is.

Ditto on that one..... Judges suck.......

Keith

'Just more evidence of our pussy assed liberal society. '

So laughing - nice rant. The US does not control the Olympics but, hey, but don't let facts addle your mind if they aren't in line with your rant.
You sound like John Belushi mindless tirades on the old SNL.
I love it when you girls get your panties in a knot over something that is not even true.

Never said the U.S. controlled the Olympics, merely a reference to what a lot of the world seems to act like. We are talking about a commitee that represents the worlds countries letting this garbage they call sports in on the Olympiad.

Judging events sucks, but I still enjoy some events that are judged. Gymnasts are some of the finest athletes in my estimation, but unfortunately there's no objective measure for success and superiority.

Saw Ussain Bolt break the world record for men's 200 m last night. That was friggin' incredible. So sad that the one American (who would have had Silver) and I forget the other guy (would have had Bronze) who stepped on their respective inside white line lane marks. That's no-no from the earliest age in track and automatic DQ. They must have been soooo high on adrenaline to make that mistake.

Some events, new and old don't grab my attention. However I'd never know about or appreciate a lot of things if I weren't exposed to them via the Olympics. For example, I had no idea there was such a sport as BMX bike racing. Not like real bikes, but little kid BMX bikes. I'm astonished at the speeds they achieve, and the jumps have a real wow factor that traditional bike racing or sprint racing will never have. I'm not gonna' run out and add a BMX to my stable of bikes (imagine that at my age), but I can sit back and enjoy those who do race them. And then there's something about badmitton and synchronized swimming that I'll never appreciate. At least the latter includes chicks in skimpy swimsuits, so it can't be all bad.

Sg

The same kids who, back when I was a kid had awesome BMX bikes and made fun of my dorky 10 speed are the guys that still ride those kid's BMX bikes & have the same 80's haircuts today as adults. Only now I get to laugh as I drive by in my truck that cost as much and the trailer they rent.

An adult on a BMX bike screams "child molester with a meth problem."

Ribbon twirling? YGTBFKM