Fatty August 27, 2004 Share Fatty GC Founder August 27, 2004 I was never more excited than just now watching the men's 200 Meter....all that booing and whistling (which is their form of booing?) and carrying on...something about them (Greecians?) being upset that their stud runner (missed another drug test or some other story dunno he let em down) wasn't in attendance for the most expensive night of the olympics (meaning tickets for last night cost the most) I saw our 3 boys come around the bend and push through, I was just so jacked, yelling USA and some other mixes of cheers! Woooo! I'm glad I didn't look on the web before watching the events...that was fun! I almost have to thank those locals for creating all the suspense! From MSNBC: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5829802/ The U.S. runners were so determined to play nice they didn’t bash the hostile crowd, which showered them with boos and jeers in the absence of disgraced Greek hero Kostas Kenteris, who withdrew from the games after missing a drug test. The start of the race was delayed for four minutes while fans whistled in derision and chanted “Kenteris� and “Hellas, Hellas�  the Greek word for Greece. They booed loudest when the Americans were introduced. “I have no idea, and I don’t want to insinuate anything and be wrong,� Williams said. “But I do know it was more noise than I’ve ever heard.� Gatlin said he heard more booing after the final results were posted, showing the U.S. sweep. But they quickly died down when fans saw the Americans weren’t doing anything outrageous. One fan even gave him a present: small American and Greek flags sewn together. “We’re going to represent the United States in a good way,� Gatlin said. “We just wanted to go out and perform like gentlemen.� Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gOOters August 27, 2004 Share gOOters Member August 27, 2004 haha, this olympics has been pretty cool to watch GO USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mk5 August 27, 2004 Share Mk5 Member August 27, 2004 We can carry ourselves with honor. That’s the stars and stripes GO USA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountain_dew August 28, 2004 Share mountain_dew Member August 28, 2004 Those guys have both competitive hearts and good sportsmanship. Fatty, you should talk them into joining GC (just like you got the rest of us to). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenger August 28, 2004 Share Kenger Member August 28, 2004 That is neat. Nice find fatty. I didn't see the olympics last night or that much at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHYZER23 August 28, 2004 Share PHYZER23 Member August 28, 2004 (Greecians?) people from greece are known as GREEKS not grecians silly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatty August 29, 2004 Author Share Fatty GC Founder August 29, 2004 Oh? Sorry, I feel so silly, but lemme look something up.... Grecian \Gre"cian\, n. 1. A native or naturalized inhabitant of Greece; a Greek. My bad for the extra "e", but who's silly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver-Bullet August 29, 2004 Share Silver-Bullet Member August 29, 2004 I think thats the first time fatty somewhat cussed in a topic go usa! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwEEziL August 31, 2004 Share dwEEziL Member August 31, 2004 They represented out country properly...not like the previous runners who when to the medal platforms in their underwear and wearing the flag like a towel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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