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Post by Myke on Aug 12, 2004 12:48:57 GMT 3
I dunno...Australia has a preeeety good swimming team... Does anyone know if Alexander Popov has retired? Yeah Australia is pretty good too. But, we Dutchies have Inge de Bruin and Pieter van den Hoogeband, who both won quite some medals 4 years ago. So...but we'll just ahve to wait and see if they're able to achieve that again this year. Don't know about Popov though.... |
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Post by Carolineonline on Aug 12, 2004 12:49:16 GMT 3
Does anyone know if Alexander Popov has retired? Hope not.........    ;)Caroline |
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Post by Damita on Aug 12, 2004 15:36:11 GMT 3
Hope not......... ;)Caroline LOL.... of course what you're interested in is the results, the performance, the surpassing of oneself..., right? ;D |
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Post by Vassily on Aug 12, 2004 15:52:41 GMT 3
Does anyone know if Alexander Popov has retired? Nope. He's aiming for Gold. |
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Post by sirius on Aug 12, 2004 16:20:01 GMT 3
Nope. He's aiming for Gold. YEAH POPOV!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thrash that upstart pieter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;D ;D ;D (oooh...i'm gonna get beaten up by the dutch) |
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Post by Damita on Aug 12, 2004 16:40:42 GMT 3
YEAH POPOV!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thrash that upstart pieter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;D ;D ;D (oooh...i'm gonna get beaten up by the dutch) LOL, yep probably ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by Myke on Aug 12, 2004 16:52:27 GMT 3
YEAH POPOV!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thrash that upstart pieter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;D ;D ;D (oooh...i'm gonna get beaten up by the dutch) *SLAP* Nah... Popov has my support. But Pieter as well. Damn... Popov, Pieter, Popov, Pieter.... ? Popov looks better... ;D |
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Post by Carolineonline on Aug 12, 2004 17:49:27 GMT 3
LOL.... of course what you're interested in is the results, the performance, the surpassing of oneself..., right? ;D absolutely!!! I mean.. cmon.. what else for are you supportive for a sportsman!?  anyway.. alex is a four time olympic gold medaillist... he's so dedicated to the sport that he almost lives in the water, so much time he spends in it..  great to see some tall rusian sportsmen actually wanna invest something in their sportcareer.. *SLAP* Nah... Popov has my support. But Pieter as well. Damn... Popov, Pieter, Popov, Pieter.... ? Popov looks better... ;D definetly... and i'm not so suportive towards Pieter actually... i dunnow.. dont really like him, the way he acts and stuff... alex is nicer.. and i dont like pieter cuz ma cousin likes him (yeah.. i wanna be different ;D) ;)Caroline |
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Post by Damita on Aug 12, 2004 18:47:21 GMT 3
absolutely!!! I mean.. cmon.. what else for are you supportive for a sportsman!? erm.... no other reason comes to my mind  LOL, really? ;D |
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Post by Carolineonline on Aug 12, 2004 21:08:07 GMT 3
reaaally really!! ;D Ohw.. and his lowest ribs (those floating ribs) look like prominent triangles... looks kinda scary  ;)Caroline |
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Post by christina on Aug 12, 2004 21:31:35 GMT 3
and chris...maybe one day we'll se u rowing for GBR? ahahaha.....sumhow i doubt it...id actually hav 2 take up that type of rowing first , not that i dont want 2, i got all inspired wen i saw the olympic teams at henley royal regatta n heard the crazy americans givin it sum...that was funny...o n the guy in flouro green lycra leggings...hehehe i don't get olympics football....really...wat r the guidelines 4 the team....? cos u never hear about it here & ty vass 4 reminding me of all those medal prospects for GBR....yeah, we gonna kick sum major a s s in sailing ;D ;D |
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Post by christina on Aug 12, 2004 22:03:38 GMT 3
this would b the sort of rowing i do  as opposed 2 this, which my bro does, n the type of rowin in the olympics  |
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Post by Myke on Aug 12, 2004 22:06:28 GMT 3
definetly... and i'm not so suportive towards Pieter actually... i dunnow.. dont really like him, the way he acts and stuff... alex is nicer.. and i dont like pieter cuz ma cousin likes him (yeah.. i wanna be different ;D) ;)Caroline I know what you mean. He doesn't really seem to be all that fun or something. Besided, he has a weird head. ;D And that is a good reason not to like him, haha! Never share same opinions with your cousin |
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Post by christina on Aug 12, 2004 22:09:06 GMT 3
sorry, cant help but post this....very funny...mad me laugh
The myths of sex before sport
By Jennifer Quinn
BBC News Online Magazine
With the Olympics upon us and 17,000 athletes converging on Athens, they'll be glad to know sex the evening before a big match isn't likely to hinder a performance, and thrilled to find out it just might help.
Night before no problem
Berti Vogts, the German football manager in 1994, banned his players from sex before games. Linford Christie, the British sprinter, agreed with the notion, saying a romp the night before a race made his legs feel like lead.
In the film Rocky, Mickey - the Italian Stallion's trainer - provided this perspective: "Women weaken legs."
But Casey Stengel, a noted sage of the baseball diamond and no stranger to the shenanigans of athletes, had a different view.
"Being with a woman all night never hurt no professional baseball player," Stengel, a former manager of both the New York Yankees and New York Mets, once said. "It's staying up all night looking for a woman that does him in."
With so many attractive, fit people coming together in Athens, the athlete's village at any Olympics can seem like one big singles club. Every two years, there are stories of how many condoms are distributed - and used - and this Olympiad is no exception.
In Athens, 130,000 condoms and 30,000 packets of lubricant are being made available to the athletes. In Sydney, athletes were given a stash of three condoms a day, but more were brought in when supplies ran low.
There are, no doubt, coaches and chefs de mission who will not view extra-curricular activities with Stengel's benign eye.
Go for the gold?
But according to scientific research, they probably shouldn't fret.
"The night before has no effect on strength or endurance or any of the physical abilities of the athletes," says physiology expert Dr Ian Shrirer, a former president of the Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine. "A lot of people think it has to do with the psychological effects."
Abstainer
Most elite athletes need to be aggressive to compete at the top levels of their sport, Dr Shrirer says. But there is such a thing as being too aggressive, and that's where sex can make a positive difference.
"Think about that - that's the guy on the football team, who's always getting penalties. Or the guy in soccer who's getting red carded. That's not good for performance," he says.
"It's never been studied, how sex affects the psychological attitude the next day. But if it were true that it decreases aggressiveness, then you might expect it to be detrimental for those who aren't aggressive enough, but beneficial for those who are too aggressive."
And then there's Israeli physician Alexander Olshanietzky, who's all in favour of sex - for female athletes, at least.
Who's game?
"We believe that a woman gets better results in sports competition after orgasm," he said in 1996, before the Atlanta games. "Generally, it's true of high jumpers and runners. The more orgasms, the more chances of winning a medal.
"Coaches generally tell their athletes to abstain before competition. In the case of women, that's the wrong advice."
Maybe best not the hour before, but the night before makes no odds
George Best
But Dr Olshanietzky warned male athletes off going for it the night before a competition, saying that while sex energises women, it just tuckers men out.
George Best, who once said, "I used to go missing a lot - Miss Canada, Miss United Kingdom, Miss Germany", disagrees. He would draw the line at having sex minutes before a match, but the night before? No problem.
"I certainly never found it had any effect on my performance," Best told the Observer. "Maybe best not the hour before, but the night before makes no odds."
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Post by Damita on Aug 12, 2004 22:09:07 GMT 3
reaaally really!! ;D Ohw.. and his lowest ribs (those floating ribs) look like prominent triangles... looks kinda scary ;)Caroline oh you're right... weird Thanks Christina for the illustrated explanation and erm.... if we can't see you in the Olympics, maybe we could see your bro there one day? ;D |
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great to see some tall rusian sportsmen actually wanna invest something in their sportcareer.. 
