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Re: The Official Olympics thread
« Reply #91 on: August 01, 2012, 22:09 »
Well, this is interesting.

http://www.nbcolympics.com/news-blogs/badminton/all-eight-women-disqualified-for-throwing-badminton-matches.html

Is China going to send their birdie girls to re-eduacation centers to learn to throw matches, for a better seed?

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Re: The Official Olympics thread
« Reply #93 on: August 02, 2012, 09:31 »
Sage, flipping :censoreds.

Good fellas have two medal hopes in action today, one in the badminton and one in the boxing.

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Re: The Official Olympics thread
« Reply #94 on: August 02, 2012, 11:03 »
good thing.

though - they should have DQ'd the first ones immediately, and it would have perhaps prevented the others from doing it.

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Re: The Official Olympics thread
« Reply #95 on: August 02, 2012, 11:11 »
I really think this is being blow a little out of proportion

ok so the games were mental , but the fault should be of the badminton people - this thing happens all the time in sport  - lose a match to get a better draw in the finals.

wrong, but thats the way it goes - also the badminton Olympic committee were told this would happen months ago with the system they were using 
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For the last 15 years or so  it has been the other way rond: there is a huge number of ways in which riders can dope, and any exploits are derisory.

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Re: The Official Olympics thread
« Reply #96 on: August 02, 2012, 11:22 »
Aye, Australia 1999. Never liked Steve Waugh after that. But that's the error of the rules, and if there's a loophole to avoid a tough match or just qualify, some tit (read Waugh ;D) will take advantage of it.

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Re: The Official Olympics thread
« Reply #97 on: August 02, 2012, 11:31 »
yeah I read a bit about the badmington federation...they sound a about as organised and efficient as the UCI    ::)

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Re: The Official Olympics thread
« Reply #98 on: August 03, 2012, 02:46 »
Good guys have a proper medal opportunity tonight, maybe even a gold medal match ensuing from the semi result.

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Re: The Official Olympics thread
« Reply #99 on: August 03, 2012, 02:59 »
A poll? Just an excuse for churlishness. If the athlete posts appropriate times in her qualifying competitions then there's no discussion. Stupid, irresponsible media talking up body image again, as if society doesn't already have enough problems related to that.

i know it was handled badly but there is a valid point here that has been hidden in all the 'Body image' hype which is some felt that she was taking it easy into these games, was doing it as a sort of farewell and if that was the case should she really be there?

she did not win in the end. the swimming team is not performing as well as expected. the swimmers on that team have done very well out the backing they get from federation / sponsors / fans so should be expected to provide a return

after the race the question remains. was she fit enough.

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Re: The Official Olympics thread
« Reply #100 on: August 03, 2012, 03:00 »
Good guys have a proper medal opportunity tonight, maybe even a gold medal match ensuing from the semi result.

Good Guys?

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Re: The Official Olympics thread
« Reply #101 on: August 03, 2012, 03:19 »
Us :D
Saina Nehwal, to be more precise, but she's up against the number 1 and is likely to lose tonight and head off to the bronze playoff.

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Re: The Official Olympics thread
« Reply #103 on: August 03, 2012, 23:17 »
Bert is BACK!!! 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19122449


(and if you haven't seen the original, it's 'unbelievable'!)  http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19072220

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Re: The Official Olympics thread
« Reply #104 on: August 04, 2012, 08:26 »
Arseheads, that's the boxing judges. Blunder after flipping blunder. Shimizu was clearly a case of horsesh*t brained dickwads judging, not even the boxing federation couldn't not reverse that result. Then a dodgy loss for the good guys which wasn't overturned on review and yesterday an American review and whoop whoop guess what, they win and good guys lose. WWF?

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Re: The Official Olympics thread
« Reply #105 on: August 04, 2012, 09:46 »
It is terrible decision making but i think the issue with shimizu was the referee made mistakes and because of that thy could not overturn it. The judges were not wrong it was the ref that was. Shimizu knocked the other guy down. But he does not get extra points for knocking the other guy down. But fight should have been stopped

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Re: The Official Olympics thread
« Reply #106 on: August 08, 2012, 22:39 »
I like that sport with swords and things, dont now a sh*t about it, but very nice and fast...
We are good at guns, gold medal for our guy trap shooting, he killed all pigeons ;D give us a guns and we are happy.

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Re: The Official Olympics thread
« Reply #107 on: August 09, 2012, 09:31 »
Looks like America will be the leader soon in the medals table..2 behind china now but what else does china have?

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Re: The Official Olympics thread
« Reply #108 on: August 09, 2012, 12:26 »
Looks like America will be the leader soon in the medals table..2 behind china now but what else does china have?
Rythmic gymnastics starts today

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Re: The Official Olympics thread
« Reply #110 on: August 09, 2012, 13:16 »
Looks like America will be the leader soon in the medals table..2 behind china now but what else does china have?
Theyve been within 2 of eachother pretty much the whole games. Us had a brief lead back at the weekend i think, and China pulled  away with ping pong to 5 yesterday before US got a triple in athletics, but otherwise its been this close the whole time pretty much.

China got a likely boxing gold coming up in a few hours too to cancel out the gold which Eaton and  Hardee seem to be fighting eachother for  in the omnium on legs.
Despite the self-serving data benders and associated propaganda to the contrary, I am led to believe that there are pockets of organised, highly sophisticated dopers, even within 'new age' cycling teams. Personally, I don't accept that the 'dark era' has ended, it has just morphed into a new guise.

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Re: The Official Olympics thread
« Reply #113 on: August 10, 2012, 06:40 »
Fair play, brilliant effort.

this one is especially for Dinz



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The Ashes are the Ashes, no UK/England Australia rivalry will match it. Simple as, even when it was a sh*t quality series in the 80s when Australia and England were rubbish or when it was a sh*t one sided series in the 90s and the start of the noughties, this series had a special place. It'd be far more than this current Meares Pendleton rivalry and it'd exist when the fight is for 6th and 7th places.

That said, it was a nice rivalry on the track, especially the women. Be grouse if the next olympics are not so bloody sprint oriented and they hack the keirin for one pursuit event.

 

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