Olympic Greats 08—Post the World's Best Feats!

[OlympFan]

Aug 10, 2008 11:54:26 GMT -6 xlobo said:

Aug 10, 2008 1:42:06 GMT -6 Midvalleyftball79 said:

Thanks for the info guys. I thought it was also later this morning thats why i was asking, lol. So tonight it is ..

Yea they should air it here tonight but LIVE should be early in the morning....because it is 12 hrs before or after so over there it would be 10 pm....making it 10 am over here....but like I said ESPN SHOULD air it over here around 10pm also....

Those sites telling us the times don't kinow their stuff!
Anyone wanting to watch the game, it is on www.nbcolympics.com, but
Here's a LINK to the GAME online:
www.nbcolympics.com/video/player.html?assetid=bk1h-bj-sd02-081008-221256

[xlobo]

Ok well USA beat China by about 30 points

[OlympFan]

Aug 10, 2008 15:45:38 GMT -6 xlobo said:

Ok well USA beat China by about 30 points

The Redeem Team is getting redeemed, and that's what matters...

[OlympFan]

NBC Commentator: "The heavily favored French bow to the Americans."

In the 4 x 100 where the French were doing the smack talk, the US Team got it done.

Way to go USA, Gold Medal # 2 for Phelps!

[OlympFan]

Goodle Icon Art for 08/11/08:



Wonder if Spider Pig can take on the Diver Pig...

[xlobo]

spider pig.....spider pig....does whatever a spider pig does....LMAO!!!!!

[xlobo]

Sucks to be that French dude...LMAO!!!! Thats what theat fool gets!

[OlympFan]

Aug 11, 2008 16:30:03 GMT -6 xlobo said:

Sucks to be that French dude...LMAO!!!! Thats what theat fool gets!

Agree 100%!

[OlympFan]

We have a Valleyite at the Olympics:



Special to The Monitor
Sharyland graduate Sean McLelland will be taking aim at the men's Skeet Shooting Olympic gold medal on Aug. 15 and 16 at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

Sharyland grad to take shot at Olympic gold

August 11, 2008 - 3:07PM
Todd Mavreles | The Monitor

MISSION - Randy and Madelaine McLelland likely didn't envision the possibility their son, Sean, would one day compete in the Olympics.

But the couple soon discovered he had a rare gift for nailing targets with uncanny accuracy after they took their young son out shooting almost 10 years ago at the local 4-H club.

Today, 22-year-old Sean hopes to turn that accuracy into a medal at the 2008 Olympic Games getting under way in Beijing, where he is set to compete in the men's international skeet shooting competition Aug. 15 and 16.

Steve Schultz, a McAllen-based shooting coach who has been with McLelland since the Sharyland High School graduate was 14, believes his protégé has the ability to make a name for himself in Beijing.

He faces strong competition in teammate Vincent Hancock, Georgios Achilleos of Cyprus, Tore Brovold of Norway and Anthony Terras of France.

"There's about eight guys in the world who can win that gold (medal)," Schultz said. "He just has to go out and execute and do his job. He's ready."

McLelland was born in Brownsville and moved to Mission as a child. Living in Harlingen today, he often travels to Kerrville to shoot and train at an Olympic satellite shooting range.

While McLelland showed an early aptitude for shooting, it wasn't until he enrolled at Lindenwood University in Missouri that his proclivity for skeet shooting was discovered at national selection matches. An All-American at Lindenwood, he jumped on the fast track to becoming one of the world's elite shooters.

"It wasn't until I went to one of those (national selection) matches and found I had a serious talent for international skeet and really started shooting that in 2005 that this Olympic dream really came forward," McLelland said.

"I had a realization at those matches in 2005 that I had the ability and talent to pursue this."

Still, his Olympic dreams were almost put on hold during the second day of the 2008 Olympic Trials in Kerrville, where he had to overcome a two-shot disadvantage to qualify.

"It was completely overwhelming. It was an unbelievable feeling," McLelland said. "After the last shot I took and broke the last target, I knew I made it. My eyes were filled with tears and I was full of joy that I got over the rollercoaster that were the Olympic Trials."

Since making the team, McLelland has participated in a World Cup event in Germany and done some training in South Korea to prepare for the Beijing Olympics.

"He's peaked right now," Schultz said. "He's shooting around 200 rounds a day. He's shooting lights out right now. He's really pumped up.

"His scores every day on 150 to 200 targets, he's only dropping one or two targets."

McLelland is confident he's ready to make his dreams of winning an Olympic medal come true.

"I've been shooting the last two months and I definitely expect to medal. That's a goal," he said.

"My confidence is very high going into this. I've been training really, really hard the last three months and I believe all the hard work is going to pay off."
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Todd Mavreles is the West Valley Sports Editor. You can reach him at [phone].

www.themonitor.com/sports/shooting_15794___article.html/mclelland_sean.html

[xlobo]

Good luck Sean!!!! Bring a gold to the RGV!

[xlobo]

Has the RGV ever produced an olympic gold medalist???

[OlympFan]

Aug 11, 2008 17:52:42 GMT -6 xlobo said:

Has the RGV ever produced an olympic gold medalist???

Didn't we have the fastest man in the world from San Benito or Weslaco? I think there's a stadium named for him... Can't think of the name right now...

[OlympFan]

1956 SUMMER OLYMPICS TRACK FIELD M200MF: USA BOBBY MORROW #55 IN ACTION WINNING RACE, FOLLOWED BY TEAMMATE ANDREW STANFIELD #88. (25345 RIGHT IMAGE)
MELBOURNE OLYMPICS

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Bobby Morrow
Record-Setting Three-time Gold Medalist in Track

Bobby Morrow blazed a trail from Texas to Olympic gold and back, and changed the way the world thought about all Olympians. He was one of the fastest American sprinters ever. Training on a Texas farm, Morrow honed his lightning starts and sharpened his skills to dominate the 100- and 200-meter dashes in the 1950s. He qualified for the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, joining an American team with an established pedigree. Between 1896 and 1952, American men won 44 Olympic medals in the 100- and 200-meter dashes.

In Melbourne, Morrow continued the tradition. He captured gold in the 100- and 200-meter dashes, tying the world record in the latter. He won a rare third gold in the 4x100-meter relay, propelling the team to a world record. Morrow was the first man to win three gold medals at an Olympics since Jesse Owens' 1936 Berlin performance.

Name: Bobby Joe Morrow

Born: Harlingen, Texas, 1935–

Gold Medalist, 4x100-meter relay, 100- and 200-meter dash, Melbourne Olympics, 1956

Set world records for 200-meter and 4x100-meter relays, 1956

Olympic Hall of Fame inductee, 1989

Amateur Athletic Union Sullivan Award winner, 1957

Activist for equal treatment of all athletes

americanhistory.si.edu/sports/exhibit/olympians/morrow/index.cfm



Inaugural Bobby Morrow Relays set in San Benito

Olympian, Greyhound track legend to be present

February 14, 2008 - 11:38PM
By ELADIO JAIMEZ/Valley Morning Star

SAN BENITO ¡X The long wait is over.

Nearly 52 years after Bobby Morrow won three gold medals at the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games, San Benito's favorite son is coming home again.

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ARTICLE:
www.rgvsports.com/sports/morrow_1558___article.xml/benito_week.html

[xlobo]

Ok I guess we have. Well make it 2 Sean!!!!

[wp2003]

i think this guy came out on espn a few months ago.....he's pretty good at shooting. well obviously right, but you have to see it to believe it.

[xlobo]

said mr.obvious LOL! but yea I'd like to catch it when he starts shooting.

[Midvalleyftball79]

I ended up missing that basketball game yesterday (usa vs china) lol but good thing i came in here and olmypfan posted the link so i could check it out. Usa ended up blowing them out. They had kept saying how much of a big game it was gonna be, and really didn't end up that way. The US team continues to roll.

[xlobo]

Well it was close for the firsst 2 1/2 qtrs then USA happened....LOL!

[xlobo]

What did you think of Yao Ming's 3 to open the game...LMAO! I bet he's been working on it since he was cleared to play...

[Midvalleyftball79]

Yeah thats true china gave them a good game for the first couple of quarters. lol hell yeah he must of been working on it. Even after he made it, had a huge smile on his face. Good way for them to open the game. Wouldn't of expected that. But i mean you can just tell how much more athleticism the U.S brought to the table, diff talent level. I mean once they build up a decent lead they just never looked back, and made it look all too easy. Those 3 pointers by the chinese were the only thing keeping them in the game there for a while.