The Olympics

[Colonel Flagg]

How about the story of that Chinese Hurdler - Li Xiang? The hype before the olympics was huge, what with all the stories (in ESPN and SI to boot) claiming him to be the "hope of 1.3 billion chinese" only to come up lame in the first 110 meter Hurdle qualifying heat.

Sucks to be him right about now.

[Pentegarn]

Originally Posted by Colonel Flagg

How about the story of that Chinese Hurdler - Li Xiang? The hype before the olympics was huge, what with all the stories (in ESPN and SI to boot) claiming him to be the "hope of 1.3 billion chinese" only to come up lame in the first 110 meter Hurdle qualifying heat.

Sucks to be him right about now.

Especially once the Chinese government starts torturing him for not living up to the hype.

[Colonel Flagg]

Jim Caple of ESPN.com must read I-Mockery. The last page of his latest article includes the following line:

'And as for [Jonathan] Horton? He has the silver from the high bar, a bronze from the team all-around and, well, you never know, someone might make "Gymkata 2."'

[Pentegarn]

Originally Posted by Colonel Flagg

Jim Caple of ESPN.com must read I-Mockery. The last page of his latest article includes the following line:

'And as for [Jonathan] Horton? He has the silver from the high bar, a bronze from the team all-around and, well, you never know, someone might make "Gymkata 2."'

or a fan of 'so bad they are good movies'