cleo said...

cleo at 08:24 PM JST - 13th August

Kosuke Kitajima...... chose the high-technology LZR Racer developed by British maker Speedo, instead of Mizuno brand swimsuit he has worn in the past.

A Mizuno spokesman vows to take its revenge when the next Olympic Games open in London in 2012.

Sounds like they're thinking of taking out a contract…

Posted in Japan sportswear makers see brand promotion at Olympics at 08:24 PM JST - 13th August
cleo at 06:55 PM JST - 13th August

Princess, everybody in the Olympics gets tested, it's routine.

I agree with Taka, he'd look better with a tache.

Posted in Phelps wins most medals in Olympic history at 06:55 PM JST - 13th August
cleo at 06:53 PM JST - 13th August

Dunno whether he was an old fogie or not (you can be 30 and a fogie), but at 61 he wasn't an OAP. He wouldn't have been eligible for a pension for another few years.

Don't really know what to make of this. It doesn't sound like he was attacked…

Posted in 61-year-old man found dead in Chiba hospital car park at 06:53 PM JST - 13th August
cleo at 04:25 PM JST - 13th August

Why didn't you just type Kitajima is Japanese and therefore great. Phelps is American and therefore I dislike him.

Because it wouldn't be true; but it seems some people are still stuck in the 'with us or agin us' mentality. Any criticism of any action by any American is an…

Posted in What do you think of American swimmer Michael Phelps' long victory yell after he wins a race? at 04:25 PM JST - 13th August
cleo at 01:43 PM JST - 13th August

defeating someone who has been talking sh** about you and your country

I understand the French swimmers (one of the French swimmers) said that France was going to 'smash' the Americans. Fightin' talk certainly, but hardly 'talking sh**' about either a person or a country. And in fact nothing more…

Posted in What do you think of American swimmer Michael Phelps' long victory yell after he wins a race? at 01:43 PM JST - 13th August
cleo at 01:14 PM JST - 13th August

And undecided continues to show that he simply doesn't get it. No one is asking anyone to 'observe outdated Birtish(?) ideas about decorum'. No one is complaining about a long yell or even yelp after victory. No one is putting down the victory lap.

Posted in What do you think of American swimmer Michael Phelps' long victory yell after he wins a race? at 01:14 PM JST - 13th August
cleo at 12:33 PM JST - 13th August

(Cleo) He (Kitajima) is full of confidence, of course, as he has every right to be because he's a darn good swimmer

chibaman -

And Phelps isn't? Your bias is obvious and I hereby serve your notice of disqualification.

No, Phelps is a good swimmer too, obviously. And he too…

Posted in What do you think of American swimmer Michael Phelps' long victory yell after he wins a race? at 12:33 PM JST - 13th August
cleo at 11:08 AM JST - 13th August

undecided -

Thanks for the link. So one Frenchman gave the US team the motivation they needed to push out that extra fraction of a second? Great. How does that make boorish victory displays OK?

At least at the Sydney games when the Americans boasted they would 'smash the Australians…

Posted in What do you think of American swimmer Michael Phelps' long victory yell after he wins a race? at 11:08 AM JST - 13th August
cleo at 10:50 AM JST - 13th August

undecided -

Not sure I follow you. Are the French also known for boorish victory displays?

Does anyone have any links to this French boasting, which I seem to have missed? What exactly was said?

Posted in What do you think of American swimmer Michael Phelps' long victory yell after he wins a race? at 10:50 AM JST - 13th August
cleo at 10:43 AM JST - 13th August

I think there are two kinds of 'victory yell'. There's the 'overflow of joy' yell (cho kimochi ii) and there's the arrogant 'I'm better than anyone else' yell.

Kitajima of course is the first kind. He's full of confidence, of course, as he has every right to be because he's…

Posted in What do you think of American swimmer Michael Phelps' long victory yell after he wins a race? at 10:43 AM JST - 13th August