2008 olympics

nightkid3 · 04-18-2007, 03:42 AM

There is a basketball in summer olympics, so discuss here, who gonna win? i think the first 3 will be: 1st - Spain 2nd - Lithuania 3th - UsA

phonexiukas · 04-18-2007, 09:42 AM

If Sarunas Jasikevicius will play in Lithuania we will win gold medals

goldeneye · 07-23-2007, 08:35 AM

Nice to see someone from Lithuania. Anyway I hardly believe that we will win ANY medal

Gecas · 09-10-2007, 09:15 AM

Im from lithuania too :P,i think we will win gold medals,ill be so happy :P mm

Raudonas · 09-10-2007, 09:42 AM

I think and i hope that Lithuania will win those medals.

mwex · 09-21-2007, 10:28 AM

i heard Ilgauskas accepted offer to play for Lithuania this year (as he never did before), and Macijauskas... we will have a strong team

i hope lithuanians will win, 2nd should be spain or usa

rishi_xrich · 09-24-2007, 09:45 AM

I think USA will win in the Olmpicis.And second will be the spain.

Sarunasas · 09-29-2007, 10:06 AM

Zydrunas Ilgauskas will play for Lithuania . Lithuania will win this championship.

audriux14 · 10-02-2007, 06:48 AM

i think we will win , because with lithuania team plays :
Sarunas Jasikevicius
Zydrunas Ilgauskas
and other good players

LIthunia rulezz

bizwiz · 10-02-2007, 06:52 PM

The USA will win in the Olympics. They have a pretty impressive line up going into the games next year.

PonasSeksas · 10-03-2007, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by audriux14

i think we will win , because with lithuania team plays :
Sarunas Jasikevicius
Zydrunas Ilgauskas
and other good players

LIthunia rulezz

You even cannot write your country name without mistakes... Shame on you.

Why all Lithuanians think that Jasikevicius is the best player. Ramunas Siskauskas is much better player than Jasikevicius.

If Ilgauskas will play Lithuanians are going to win .

waltky · 07-24-2008, 09:48 PM

Iraq is out of the Olympics...

Iraq banned from Summer Olympics
Iraqi government interference in Olympic committee attributed to "jealousy"; International Olympic Committee accuses Iraqi government of interference in sports; Iraqi government suspended nation's Olympic Committee in May; Seven Iraqi athletes were to compete in Beijing, China

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A few months ago, it seemed liked nothing could stop Iraqi sprinter Dana Hussain from representing her country in the upcoming Summer Olympics. Then, the International Olympic Committee banned Iraq from competing because of what it says is the government's political interference in sports. Hussain cried for hours after hearing the news, which arrived in the form of a letter to Iraqi officials. "She hasn't stopped. It's like finding out that a close relative has died," said her coach, Yousif Abdul Rahman. Abdul Rahman attempted to console Hussain by assuring her that she could compete in the 2012 Olympics. "In this horrible situation," she said, "who can say I'll even be alive in 2012?"

CNN received a copy of the letter sent to Jassim Mohammed Jaffer, Iraqi minister of youth and sports, and Ali Mohsen Ismail, acting secretary general of the Iraqi general secretariat of the Council of Ministers. "We deeply regret this outcome, which severely harms the Iraqi Olympic and Sports Movement and the Iraqi athletes, but which is unfortunately imposed by the circumstances," said the letter, signed by two IOC officials. The move stems from an Iraqi government decision in May to suspend the nation's Olympic Committee and form a temporary committee to handle its duties. The Iraqi government thought the committee had not been operating properly and as a result undermined the sporting movement there. The government said the original committee held meetings without quorums and had officials serving in one-year posts for more than five years. Many of the officials also lived outside Iraq, the government said.

Emmanuelle Moreau, a spokeswoman for the International Olympic Committee, said it suspended Iraq's national Olympic Committee in June after the government removed elected officials and put in people the IOC didn't recognize. She said the IOC proposed to the Iraqi government that officials come to the organization's headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, "to discuss possible solutions." But she said they didn't respond. "We're extremely disappointed with the situation. The athletes have been ill-served by the government in Iraq," she said. Moreau said Iraq missed a Wednesday deadline for the entry of athletes to compete in archery, judo, rowing and weightlifting. She said there is a chance that track and field athletes could compete if the original committee is reinstated. The deadline for the track team to register is at the end of the month. The Games begin August 8.

More Iraq banned from Summer Olympics - CNN.com

waltky · 07-30-2008, 01:25 AM

On second thought...

Olympic Reversal: Iraq Can Go To Games
July 24, 2008 - IOC Ends Ban After Iraqi Gov't Vows To Ensure Independence Of Its National Olympic Panel

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Iraq will be allowed to participate in the Beijing games after the International Olympic Committee on Tuesday rescinded its suspension of the country's Olympic association. The decision came after last-minute talks during which an Iraqi government delegation pledged to hold free elections for its national Olympic committee under international observation. The deadline to submit competitors' names for athletics events expires Wednesday.

Iraq is expected to send two athletes to Beijing. Five others lost their chance to go when the final date to select competitors for archery, judo, rowing and weightlifting passed last week. "The National Olympic Committee will have fair elections before the end of November," said Pere Miro, head of the IOC's department for relations with national Olympic committees. Until then, Iraq's Olympic organization will be run by an interim committee proposed by its national sports federations and approved by the IOC, he said.

"We want to forget all the past," Iraq's government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh told The Associated Press after signing the agreement in front of journalists. "We want to have real representation for the Iraqi teams and the Iraqi supporters." The IOC suspended Iraq in May citing political interference in the country's national Olympic committee, which the government had dissolved over allegations of corruption. Basil Abdul Mahdi, an adviser to the Ministry of Youth and Sport, said last week there would be "no retreat" in Baghdad's decision to replace the disbanded Olympic committee. The hardline stance prompted concern that Iraq would not be represented in Beijing.

But eight-hour talks at the IOC's headquarters in Lausanne on Tuesday involving Miro and Husain al-Musallam, director-general of the Olympic Council of Asia, produced a breakthrough, allowing Iraq to have two competitors in the athletics events. Hours before the talks, a delegation of Iraqi groups in Switzerland came to the IOC headquarters to deliver a letter to Olympic officials expressing dismay at their country's suspension and requesting the decision be overturned.

More Olympic Reversal: Iraq Can Go To Games, IOC Ends Ban After Iraqi Gov't Vows To Ensure Independence Of Its National Olympic Panel - CBS News

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Amnesty: China "Tarnishing" Olympics
July 29, 2008 - Government Crackdowns Against Activists Break Promise Of Summer Games, Group Says

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China has failed to improve its human rights record in the run-up to next month's Olympics, with the government intensifying its crackdown on activists in recent years, Amnesty International charged in a report released Tuesday. The report entitled "The Olympics Countdown - Broken Promises," which accuses Chinese authorities of "tarnishing the legacy of the Games," came as the International Olympic Committee clarified that many Web sites will be blocked under controls applied by the communist government. The clarification followed months of promises to journalists that China would allow unfettered access to the Internet during the Olympics, which begin Aug. 8.

Amnesty said that the Games, touted by Chinese and Olympic officials alike as a way to help expand freedoms in the authoritarian country, have instead led the government to muzzle critics in hopes of presenting an image of harmony and stability to the outside world. "By continuing to persecute and punish those who speak out for human rights, the Chinese authorities have lost sight of the promises they made when they were granted the Games seven years ago," said Roseann Rife, a deputy director in Asia for the London-based group. "The Chinese authorities are tarnishing the legacy of the Games."

Amnesty said that in the last year alone, thousands of petitioners, reformists and others were arrested as part of a government campaign to "clean up" Beijing before the Games. It said many of those arrested have been sentenced to manual labor without trial. Amnesty also accused the International Olympic Committee of showing a "reluctance" to pressure China publicly on its human rights record. Messages left with IOC spokeswoman Giselle Davies asking for comment on the Amnesty report were not immediately returned.

More Amnesty: China "Tarnishing" Olympics, Government Crackdowns Against Activists Break Promise Of Summer Games, Group Says - CBS News