Olympics 2008

Verbal · Post by **Verbal** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 9:19 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:
Verbal wrote:Isn't there a guy called Norman Tibet?
On your bike, Verbal.

thebish · Post by **thebish** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 10:54 pm

communistworkethic wrote:
thebish wrote:we lost to the French at Archery?????????

was Agincourt really that long ago??

pah!
in the women's we did, but they appeared to have 2 men in their team

BwfcDan · Post by **BwfcDan** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 4:54 pm

2 bronze in the horse riding.

one in the team event, and one for christina cooke

KeeeeeeeBaaaaaaab · Post by **KeeeeeeeBaaaaaaab** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 5:01 pm

Would have preferred the wonderfully named Daisy Dick to win one instead. Best name in the Games.

Silver in the canoeing as well.

Looking good as well in one of the best sports at the Games, playing wise as well as watching, badminton. Emms and Robertson knock out the second seed Chinese in a thrilling game to reach the quarter finals.

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 8:40 pm

KeeeeeeeBaaaaaaab wrote:Would have preferred the wonderfully named Daisy Dick to win one instead. Best name in the Games.

Silver in the canoeing as well.

Looking good as well in one of the best sports at the Games, playing wise as well as watching, badminton. Emms and Robertson knock out the second seed Chinese in a thrilling game to reach the quarter finals.

They looked dead and buried in the last set. Great guts and attitude not to give in.

BwfcDan · Post by **BwfcDan** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 9:17 pm

I agree, past two days have gone well!! Lets hope tomorrow is as good!!

BwfcDan · Post by **BwfcDan** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 9:50 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6zh65OCVkM

Here we are, highlight of the day.
Russian weightlifter has a paddy then walks into the wall on the way off the stage.
I watched it live, peed meself

KeeeeeeeBaaaaaaab · Post by **KeeeeeeeBaaaaaaab** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 11:57 pm

I watched it live as well. She was the favourite, and had entered at that weight. She needed to make that lift to stay in the competition, missed it. She headbutts the wall, such is her agression. No accident, just the after effects of the steroids she'd done outside the time they could be traced

[/cynical devil's advocate]

Fat Stelios · Post by **Fat Stelios** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 4:39 pm

Just been watching the gymnastics. Some of the stuff these girls can pull off is quite unbelievable. Brilliant.

As an aside, I went out with a gymnast once, very bendy

enfieldwhite · Post by **enfieldwhite** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 4:44 pm

KeeeeeeeBaaaaaaab wrote:Would have preferred the wonderfully named Daisy Dick to win one instead. Best name in the Games.

Silver in the canoeing as well.

Looking good as well in one of the best sports at the Games, playing wise as well as watching, badminton. Emms and Robertson knock out the second seed Chinese in a thrilling game to reach the quarter finals.

I seem to remember a story about the Greeks having a great time over Pippa Funnell.

Apparently Pippa is greek slang for fellatio.

KeeeeeeeBaaaaaaab · Post by **KeeeeeeeBaaaaaaab** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 5:24 pm

Pippa, short for Philippa. Philippa Funnell. Heh.

David Lee's Hair · Post by **David Lee's Hair** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 7:34 pm

BwfcDan wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6zh65OCVkM

Here we are, highlight of the day.
Russian weightlifter has a paddy then walks into the wall on the way off the stage.
I watched it live, peed meself

Speaking of weightlifters......

.... then......

Why do it?? One of the most common injuries is a rectal prolapse!! Enough said for me!!

communistworkethic · Post by **communistworkethic** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 8:25 pm

nobody twisted his arm

Verbal · Post by **Verbal** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 12:32 pm

2 golds, three bronzes for GB today, and still 4 more medals possible for us in the cycling today. Come on lads!

Verbal · Post by **Verbal** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 12:36 pm

Oh and Phelps watch: If HP thought the finish in the 4x100m freestyle was exciting, he's probably still flag waving and screaming 'USA' after the finish of the 100m butterfly. F*ck me.

Verbal · Post by **Verbal** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 1:07 pm

Verbal wrote:2 golds, three bronzes for GB today, and still 4 more medals possible for us in the cycling today. Come on lads!

And we do get four medals, two golds, a silver and a bronze!

mummywhycantieatcrayons · Post by **mummywhycantieatcrayons** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 8:05 pm

Unbelievable from Bolt... I really can't fathom how he ran that fast so easily today. I wondered whether he'd deal with the pressure of an Olympic final - ha!

Dujon · Post by **Dujon** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 11:55 pm

I'm not usually a fan of the 100 metres, crayons, but I was amazed by that performance. Nor am I that good a judge of distance (particularly on television) but it seemed to me that he coasted - indeed celebrated in a fashion - at the 80 metre mark. Having seen the heats in which he participated as well as the final (non of which did he sprint all the way to the 'tape') it makes me wonder what the man could achieve - time wise - if he did. Yesterday's effort, even though a world record, could surely have been a tenth of a second faster had he kept the festivities on hold until after the event.

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Although I haven't bothered to check, it seems that the GB medal tally this year is much better than in previous Olympic Games - particularly in the swimming. Well done all.

bobo the clown · Post by **bobo the clown** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 12:13 am

mummywhycantieatcrayons wrote:Unbelievable from Bolt... I really can't fathom how he ran that fast so easily today. I wondered whether he'd deal with the pressure of an Olympic final - ha!

Really ? ... You can't ?? You can't work out how all those atheltes from just a few small islands all run so damn quickly ??

3 from Jamaica, 2 from Trinidad & Tobago, 1 from the Netherland Antilles along with 2 US runners constitute the 100m final.

Really ... you've no idea ??

Do the words 'Flo-Jo' or 'Marion Jones' mean anything to you ?

Or maybe Ben Johnson ?

mummywhycantieatcrayons · Post by **mummywhycantieatcrayons** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 12:32 am

You've got to let the testers do their jobs and appreciate the sport as it unfolds for what it is.

Drugs or not, to run that time in that fashion was incredible. Unlike Dujon, I'm a big fan of this event (I even did it myself to a decent schools level and went well under 12 seconds a few times

) and I've never seen anything like it. The weird thing is, he's not even very explosive out of the blocks! But what he does in between 35-75 metres is just ridiculous....

Of course, much is made of the easing down thing, but it does make it very clear that he's relaxed, and not being tense is absolutely crucial to running those times. Compare with Gay when he crashed out in the semis.

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