2012 London Summer Olympics

[Cail]

Mystery surrounded the whereabouts of one of Great Britain's biggest gold medal hopefuls on Friday as London officials urgently tried to track down "missing" triple jumper Phillips Idowu.

Team chiefs have been unable to contact Idowu since last week, and even his own agent and personal trainer claimed to have no idea of where he might be.

Idowu has been locked in a feud with British athletics officials for several years, sparking the extraordinary situation where he has not spoken to Charles van Commenee, Great Britain's track and field head coach, in more than 18 months.

Despite his often erratic behavior, Idowu has stunned many with his no-show, which Van Commenee described as "bizarre." Idowu has not yet checked into the Athlete's Village and will not be allowed to do so unless he reports by Sunday.

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[Cail]

also this:
http://news.yahoo.com/north-koreas-k...opstories.html

[octopus]

Must resist making fun of the Chinese trampoline gold medalist's name....

[Plow]

holy shit she got knocked the fuck out

how in the sam hell is she staying in wtf... there's no way she doesn't have a massive concussion

[Cail]

yea idk either...she got fucking rocked in the head

[tyven]

WHAT ARE YOU GUYS TALKING ABOUT. DAMN THIS WORLD OF MINE

[Cail]

WHAT ARE YOU GUYS TALKING ABOUT. DAMN THIS WORLD OF MINE

new zealand keeper just took a full on knee to the face

[Cail]

and the us women's team moves on

[Dryr]

Even if they changed soccer to anybody can play, most of the best in the world still wouldn't show up because there isn't enough money involved. I'd imagine there's quite a few sports like that. Boxing for example.

Depending on the country, there is actually a lot of money involved.

How much for a gold medal at London 2012 Olympics:

Singapore - $800,000 (£515,000)
Kazakhstan - $250,000 (£160,000)
Kyrgyzstan - $200,000 (£130,000)
Uzbekistan - $150,000 (£95,000)
Russia - $135,000 (£90,000)
Tajikistan - $63,000 (£40,000)
US - $25,000 (£16,000)
Australia - $20,000 (£13,000) plus face on a stamp
UK - No money - but their face on a stamp
Sources: BBC Uzbek, Reuters

Many countries in Central Asia are also offering large sums to medal winners.

I originally didn't even know winners got more than a medal, then the new law being introduced in the U.S. to waive the taxes for prize money had me thinking there were universal prize amounts given out by the multi-national organization. Unfortunately, it turns out that every country gets to determine their own prize amounts based on how well funded their branch of the committee is.

I would be alright giving U.S. winners a break by not taxing a $25k prize, but that number will only rise over the years and then there are sports like swimming where one guy takes home $200k... I hope the bill has a cap or an expiration date on it.

[Cail]

federer looking like crap here

[octopus]

http://deadspin.com/5931603/alex-mor...i-goalies-face

[tyven]

omg lol, thats a kill shot

[Plow]

was running flat out full speed

[tyven]

i just hope my bun alex morgan is okay

[Cail]

speaking of buns, sharapova into the gold medal match

[Cail]

i dont like tennis but this federer-del potro match is redonkulous.

they had to delay the mixed doubles match on the court next door cuz del potro is supposed to be playing in it right now

[Plow]

speaking of buns, sharapova into the gold medal match

my maria...


fuck her tho for going russia

[Cail]

4 hours, 25 minutes, federer wins to move onto the gold medal match, 3-6, 7-6, 19-17

[Omniyoji]

my maria...


fuck her tho for going russia

LoL

[Tyche]

American men's beach volleyball team eliminated (defending gold medalists) in a pretty big upset.