olympics London 2012 Olympics

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Now that we've hit the month of July, and the opening ceremonies for the 2012 Olympics is in less than four weeks, I think a thread is now necessary.

For those who don't know, the opening ceremonies will take place on July 27th, 2012. More than a billion people worldwide are expected to be tuning in!

So, without further ado, let the speculation begin!

I've been watching the trials off and on for the past couple of days, and got to see Phelps dominate, even off of bad starts and all. Also caught the women's 800m, where 15 year old Kathleen Ledecky easily qualified with the second fastest time this year. Currently watching the gymnastics, and saw Nastia Liukin take a spill on the uneven bars. Didn't look very fun, but she got right back up and finished her routine. Not sure if she will still qualify for this year's olympics, after her huge success during the Beijin Olympics.

The basketball and soccer will probably be what I keep up with the most, but definitely looking forward to seeing how Phelps does. Also interested in the sprinting portions of the track competitions, mainly the 100m of course. Not sure if I'll watch the full events for any other competition, but I'll at least be looking at the results and random highlights. I love the Olympics, haha.

They've announced the roster for the USA Men's Basketball Team, which looks like this:

• C Tyson Chandler
• F Carmelo Anthony
• F Kevin Durant
• F Blake Griffin
• F Andre Iguodala
• F LeBron James
• F Kevin Love
• G James Harden
• G Kobe Bryant
• G Chris Paul
• G Deron Williams
• G Russell Westbrook

Looks like a pretty good roster to me, even without having Dwight Howard, Derrick Rose, D-Wade and Chris Bosh due to injuries. Anthony Davis couldn't scrimmage this week due to a sprained ankle. Eric Gordon and Rudy Gay were both beaten out for roster spots.

Furthermore, any player that wasn't selected is an alternate who could replace a player due to an injury up to 48 hours before the Olympics start on July 27 (heaven forbid).

Only having one pure center is a concern that I have, but I think they've got the depth to win the Gold.

I share the concern with the lack of size down low, considering one of the main things I notice when matched up with foreign teams is that they tend to all have a few talented big players. Assuming Spain will have the Gasol brothers, that will definitely be a tough game when matching up, though with Rubio out it does give us the advantage pretty much everywhere else.

Just been to see the Torch Relay in my Hometown today

Allyson Felix is really hot. Glad that other girl conceded.

Ehh it's another big body gone, but it's not like Griffin wasn't going to help them that much anyway. Sucks for the Clipps though.