Olympics Beijing 2008 - Official Topic

[BigSister]

we got 3 medals today so yeah ^_^

[Jakeh]

Worst Olympics ever.

[Spike]

Originally posted by Jakeh
Worst Olympics ever.

Why?
I think the games have been great so far

[Shaun]

Yay GB. :bigsmile:

[Ninastar]

Originally posted by Spike
Originally posted by Jakeh
Worst Olympics ever.

Why?
I think the games have been great so far

I agree.....

[Conor]

Originally posted by Jakeh
Worst Olympics ever.

Cant beleive you just said that! I've been hooked this year.

Amazing stadiums/venues.
Amazing opening ceremony.
Really good hosting from China.
Very slick Olympics with no problems (Yet :P)

And above all, some of the events and results have been amazing to watch this year.

[BigSister]

yesterday was prob our worse day but i have good faith today will be better

[Jakeh]

Originally posted by Conor
Originally posted by Jakeh
Worst Olympics ever.

Cant beleive you just said that! I've been hooked this year.

Amazing stadiums/venues.
Amazing opening ceremony.
Really good hosting from China.
Very slick Olympics with no problems (Yet :P)

And above all, some of the events and results have been amazing to watch this year.

You're right about the venues, but way off about everything else.

Fake Opening Ceremony.
Terrible hosting (army tanks, anyone?).
There have been heaps of problems.

[Marc]

The weather is ridiculous.... so humid - people are suffering

[BigSister]

rowing and sailing have been cancelled for today as well. I wanted to watch the semis

[Marc]

James Blake (USA) def. Roger Federer (SUI) in the Mens Singles tennis 6-4 7-6 (2)

ooooo... :rolleyes: like its a surprise that Federer isn't performing. Nadal for no.1 and the olympics gold!

[BigSister]

he will be number 1 i dunno when its sometime in august though but yeah hes gonna be number 1
Hope he gets the gold though

[ThisIsMarie]

Been LOVING it SO far. :spin2: Amazing.



Jakeh - Full of sh!t

[CbgAndy]

Originally posted by Jakeh
Worst Olympics ever.

why i wouldn't agree they are the worst ever , i wouldn't say they were the best either

Sydney was pretty much the best olympics ive watched in my lifetime , after Seoul , Moscow (my first) and Athens.


the worst one recently was Atlanta '96

not my opinion , i just remember it getting really bad reviews and remarks at the time .

whereas pretty much everything i read / heard about Sydney was that it was the best ever modern olympic games.

[Jakeh]

Originally posted by ThisIsMarie
Jakeh - Full of sh!t

There are better ways to present your opinion, dear. Now you look like a fool. Thanks for stopping by.


MORE CEREMONY FAKES UNEARTHED

Stephen Hutcheon | August 15, 2008 - 12:08PM

The Olympic opening ceremony featured faked fireworks, a fake singer who lip synced to another girl’s voice and now it appears that the children appearing in costumes representing China’s 55 minority groups were also fakes.

The Wall Street Journal today quoting an official saying that the children were were performers at the Galaxy Children's Art Troupe, an artistic group which only comprises children drawn from the dominant Han nationality.

"I assume they think the kids were very natural looking and nice," Ms Yuan Zhifeng, the deputy director of the troupe, told the newspaper.

Han Chinese constitute about 92 per cent of the population with the 55 other ethnic groups, or nationalities as they are called, making up the rest.

The children were wheeled out during last Friday’s extravaganza dressed in costumes which identified them as belonging to, for instance, the Tibetan minority, the Mongol minority, the Kazakh minority and so on.

After years of inter-marriage, many of the minority groups have lost blended in with the Han majority, watering down their distinctive regional identities.

However, some groups, like the Russian minority found in China’s north-west, are clearly distinguishable by their fair skin and fair hair.

China often trundles out minority groups in costumes to represent the unity of the nation and the harmony among the various nationalities.

It was earlier reported that some of the fireworks shown on the live broadcast of the opening ceremony were digitally enhanced shots taken days earlier.

It was also revealed that the sweet nine-year-old shown singing a stirring rendition of “Ode to the Motherland” at the opening ceremony – a la Nikki Webster at the Sydney Olympics – was in fact only mouthing the words.

Moreover, she wasn’t even lip syncing to her own voice. Authorities later admitted that Lin Miaoke was just chosen to be the public face of Yang Peiyi, the girl with the voice of an angel, but with the teeth of a developing seven-year-old.

I stand by what I said. If a country has to force themselves into "fun and celebration mode" then they shouldn't have the Olympic games. If a country is going to send army tanks and soldiers marching down the streets in what is supposed to be a time of peace, then the shouldn't have the Olympic games.

[BigSister]

well im enjoying it the past 2 days havent been that good for us but i have a feeling the weekend will be better

[Marc]

Originally posted by BigSister
he will be number 1 i dunno when its sometime in august though but yeah hes going to be number 1
Hope he gets the gold though
He's No.1 next week :tongue:

[BigSister]

yeah i realised that when they said it on bbc last night stupid me lol
At least a silver in the cycling ^_^

[Marc]

at least 2 silvers in sailing as well :bigsmile:
this is so cool!

[Marc]

JUST WON GOLD IN CYCLING!!! THAT WAS SOOOOO BRILLIANT!!


:cheer2::cheer2::cheer2::cheer2::cheer2::cheer2::c heer2:

[BigSister]

Yay i know *dances*
Those 2 girls were great as well

[ThisIsMarie]

Originally posted by Jakeh
Originally posted by ThisIsMarie
Jakeh - Full of sh!t

There are better ways to present your opinion, dear. Now you look like a fool. Thanks for stopping by. :laugh3: You are so lame and clueless. (and talking crap again.)

It's an opinion on what you said, don't know why your starting an argument about it.

[Jakeh]

Originally posted by ThisIsMarie
Originally posted by Jakeh
Originally posted by ThisIsMarie
Jakeh - Full of sh!t

There are better ways to present your opinion, dear. Now you look like a fool. Thanks for stopping by. :laugh3: You are so lame and clueless. (and talking c**p again.)

It's an opinion on what you said, don't know why your starting an argument about it.

Again with the insults. If you can't present an opinion without insulting someone, don't open your mouth.

[Shaun]

Wow, just watched Becky Adlington win her 2nd gold of the Games live...was pretty exciting to watch, even at 3:30am. Well done to her :bigsmile:

And Michael Phelps' 7th win was nerve-wracking as well! 1 hundredth of a second in it :shocked:

[Novo]

adlington pissed the race easy

[Marc]

Adlington wohay! Good Girl, she is doing awesome!
Phelps is unstoppable!

[Marc]

Today has DEFINATELY been our best day

[Marc]

3 Gold, 3 Bronze medals today LOL

[Shaun]

Amazing day for Team GB.

We're up to 7th in the rankings now on the medals table.

[Nurse57]

100 meters final.

Bloody hell Usain Bolt won in a world record time and he was easing up with 10 meters to go.

[30stone]

7 golds and more to come
3 silvers and mor eto come and 7 bronze.

[Xander]

WD to Adlington with two Golds, she deserved them so much. Great for British swimming to!

[Wildcat!]

Originally posted by Nurse57
100 meters final.

bl***y hell Usain Bolt won in a world record time and he was easing up with 10 meters to go.

That was absolutely ridiculous!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG!!!!!!

The dude almost jogged the last 10, and he beat them by a country mile. Best race ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Wildcat!]

Originally posted by 30stone
7 golds and more to come
3 silvers and mor eto come and 7 bronze.

YEY!!!! Well done UK....

You got as many golds as Michael Phelps!!:laugh::laugh:

[Emzy-!!]

Originally posted by nowsthebturn
Originally posted by Nurse57
100 meters final.

bl***y hell Usain Bolt won in a world record time and he was easing up with 10 meters to go.

That was absolutely ridiculous!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG!!!!!!

The dude almost jogged the last 10, and he beat them by a country mile. Best race ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I know I couldn't believe it and Asafa Powell came 5th.
That reall was the best race ever!!!!!!
:dance::cheer::dance2::cheer2::banana::bouncy:

[BigSister]

I missed ALL of the olympics today so annoying but yeah well done to becky adlington
Got 4 golds today plus 3 bronzes dont forget them and guaranteed at least 2 medals tommorow in the sailing

[Novo]

paula radcliffe tonight

[Loukas]

Team GB are going FANTASTIC. They could get another 4 golds in tomorrows events! :cheer:

[Fom]

Come on Paula! I really hope she makes a good comeback, in her last race it was heartbreaking to see her having to give up.

[Marc]

Wooo Paula, go go go run run run :laugh2:

[Spike]

A great day today, when the pressure was on Team GB delivered
Lets hope Paula does well

[Fom]

She is currently 11th... one person already out, one of the Americans has dropped out, looks painful =/

[Loukas]

Yeah im watching too! Come on Paula! YOU CAN DO IT!

[Marc]

Originally posted by Fom
She is currently 11th... one person already out, one of the Americans has dropped out, looks painful =/

:dog: runnnn

[Loukas]

LOL at the woman who forget her water and went back :laugh2:

[Marc]

Originally posted by DoubleTrouble
LOL at the woman who forget her water and went back :laugh2:

LOL... shoes - check... clothes - check....... glasses - check.... ok cool lets go...
la de da de daaa... oh s**t! ...water

[Fom]

She lost alot of places getting that water. Bet she is gutted!

Paula has fallen alot of positions, I think its due to grabbing the water, she is finding it difficult to get hers for some reason. Cant tell what position she is in... doesnt look good.

[Fom]

My bad... she has moved up to 3rd/4th!

[Loukas]

Originally posted by Fom
My bad... she has moved up to 3rd/4th!

LOL!!

Wow they have HUGE 6 packs!!!

[Marc]

Originally posted by DoubleTrouble
Originally posted by Fom
My bad... she has moved up to 3rd/4th!

LOL!!

Wow they have HUGE 6 packs!!!

I find that fit in a women... am I sick? lol

[Loukas]

Originally posted by Marcjswp
Originally posted by DoubleTrouble
Originally posted by Fom
My bad... she has moved up to 3rd/4th!

LOL!!

Wow they have HUGE 6 packs!!!

I find that fit in a women... am I sick? lol

Slightly.. :tongue: HAHA!

[Fom]

6 packs on women is disgusting haha, not too fond of muscly women :P

[Loukas]

Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! Who just saw the legs moving in slow motion!!!!! :bored:

[Fom]

No Paula!! Come on!!
I really hope she doesnt drop out now, its nearly finished! Even if she takes it slow I just want her to finish.

[Marc]

Awww well ran Paula
Big shout out to Mara Yamauchi, 6th place wicked...

[Fom]

Paula is a Legend and I am glad she managed to finish! What an inspiration to everyone, such a shame as well because she just said she wasn't tired or feeling sick... its just her legs wouldn't do it. I really hope she makes it to 2012.

I mean... to think she has had a baby since the last olympics, and 3 months ago she had a stress fracture! And she still finished!

[andyman]

Paula is best just staying at home making cookies.

[Loukas]

Well done Paulla! Well done to all the women, i could NEVER run that!

[andyman]

She did rubbish!! Just like 2004, and now she wants to run in london 2012?!?! WTF?!?! This should be a wakeup call for her... She cant do it and wont be in the top 3.

[Xander]

I think Paula should just throw in the towell, everyones carer has to come to a end, and I think hers is now. I admire her determination but I think its time for her to retire.

[Marc]

4 more gold medals today!
3rd in the medals table, this is wicked lol... but the athletics might just swing things!

[Sam!]

Yehh Marc, us brits aint that good at athletics lol.

[rayheartbliss]

Originally posted by Scampi
Yehh Marc, us brits aint that good at athletics lol.

lol

[Fom]

Originally posted by andyman
She did rubbish!! Just like 2004, and now she wants to run in london 2012?!?! WTF?!?! This should be a wakeup call for her... She cant do it and wont be in the top 3.

2004 she got an injury and couldnt carry on, this year she didnt have enough time to train, she got a serious injury 3 months ago and has to get over it.

I dont see any reason why she cant run in 2012, she will be in top shape then and she can give it one last shot, but as she said it just depends if her body is willing to do it. She didnt do rubbish considering, all she wanted to do this year was to finish the race. Considering she hasnt finished a marathon in over a year. It just Pee's me off a bit that someone says that because she is an amazing athelete and she could of done it but her muscles werent strong enough.

Remember Paula has set the world record for the marathon, and the woman who won it this morning was 15 mins slower of Paula's record!

[Marc]

Originally posted by Fom
Originally posted by andyman
She did rubbish!! Just like 2004, and now she wants to run in london 2012?!?! WTF?!?! This should be a wakeup call for her... She cant do it and wont be in the top 3.

2004 she got an injury and couldnt carry on, this year she didnt have enough time to train, she got a serious injury 3 months ago and has to get over it.

I dont see any reason why she cant run in 2012, she will be in top shape then and she can give it one last shot, but as she said it just depends if her body is willing to do it. She didnt do rubbish considering, all she wanted to do this year was to finish the race. Considering she hasnt finished a marathon in over a year. It just Pee's me off a bit that someone says that because she is an amazing athelete and she could of done it but her muscles werent strong enough.

Remember Paula has set the world record for the marathon, and the woman who won it this morning was 15 mins slower of Paula's record!

mhmm... *clicks in a Z formation*

YAY I know what that means now :bigsmile:

[BigSister]

lots of medals today well done all
As usual i miss everything.... lol

[Spike]

We have had a real successful weekend now third in the medals table

[BigSister]

back to 3rd now we slipped to 4th but back to 3rd now ^_^

[Dan_]

Team GB have done great so far, really didn't expect us to be so high in the medals table.

David Price in the boxing is guaranteed at least a bronze after winning today.

[BigSister]

yeah i saw that thats great too ^_^

[CbgAndy]

very close to another sailing gold



touch wood

[Novo]

oh yes

[Dan_]

Three more golds so far today :thumbs2:

[Marc]

Doing well in high-jump ... not saying anymore, not jinxing anything :tongue:

[BigSister]

weve guarantted a medal in the high jump ^_^

[Marc]

Silver! well done Germaine Mason :bigsmile:

[BigSister]

yeah i didnt know it was silver when i typed that but yay ^_^

[Loukas]

400m WOMANS FINAL is about to being! Brits are fave to take it, will they get gold!?

And make it 14 GOLDS the most sucessfull games for the uk since 1920!?

[Shaun]

Can't believe we're third in the overall medal table...it's amazing :shocked:

Most golds since 1920.

[Loukas]

Originally posted by Shaun
Can't believe we're third in the overall medal table...it's amazing :shocked:

Most golds since 1920.

Yep it's crazy! will it become 14!?

THE RACE IS ABOUT TO BEGIN ON BBC1

[Marc]

We now have 15 Golds

Not to sound pessimistic but its mostly athletics now :sad: boo lol

[Loukas]

IT'S NOW 16 GOLDS FOR TEAM GB

[Marc]

Its 15 ????

[BigSister]

you mean 16 ^_^

[Marc]

LOL :tongue:

[Loukas]

Originally posted by Marcjswp
Its 15 ????

I know.. I'm sorry :tongue:

[Shaun]

Yay Ohourogu :bigsmile:

[Marc]

now it looks like I've questioned the fact that we have 15 gold medals hahahaha

[BigSister]

rofl Marc

[Marc]

Originally posted by Shaun
Yay Ohourogu :bigsmile:

oooh poo i missed... did she just get gold?

[Loukas]

Originally posted by BigSister
you mean 16 ^_^

Ahhhhhhhhhh!! I cannot keep up anymore!

All i know it's the most successful games for the uk since 1920!!

[BigSister]

she did Marc ^_^

[Shaun]

Yes she did :bigsmile:

[Marc]

Who the hell is going to get Sports Personality of the year award now?!

LOL, too many athletics who could win it now!

We're so successful :tongue: .... I'm getting bored of getting medals all over the place.. so old now! hahaha

[Shaun]

I think Becky Adlington should get it...but I think Chris Hoy has a strong chance too.

[BigSister]

i think she should get it too but chris hoy has a chance too

[Marc]

Originally posted by Shaun
I think Becky Adlington should get it...but I think Chris Hoy has a strong chance too.
Think Hoy may get it.. he's older, more chance of going away soon, Adlington is only 19! she has the whole world ahead of her

[BigSister]

sorry it might be 15 golds im not sure though

[Dan_]

Ohourogu was fantastic in the 400m,got her tactics spot on whilst the American just totally ran out of gas over the last 100m.

Was a pleasant surprise that Germaine Mason got the silver in high jump.

Another medal in the boxing is assured for team GB after Light Heavyweight Tony Jefferies after he won in today's quarter final.Middleweight James DeGale fights tomorrow to earn at least a bronze medal too.

[BigSister]

yeah Ireland are guarranted at least a bronze too in the boxing
And we are on 16 goals sorry about that

[Legend]

How did Sarah Claxton do in the hurdles final? I missed it.

[Marc]

Originally posted by Legend
How did Sarah Claxton do in the hurdles final? I missed it.

Last..

[Legend]

Ah well, she did well to make the final.

[BigSister]

yeah i agree with ant she did good to make the final
Hope tasha danvers does well tommorow ^_^

[Dan_]

I've got high hopes for Michael Rimmer in the 800m which starts tomorrow.

[BigSister]

oh yeah him as well i forgot about him Dan

[Marc]

Just watching the GB Golds on BBC interactive - and I'm just sat here well proud of everyone who's won!!

:cheer2:

[BigSister]

Won 2 more bronzes and a silver:thumbs:

[Dan_]

James DeGale won to gain at least another bronze for team GB.

[BigSister]

yeah i saw that Dan he did good:spin:

[BigSister]

Bronze for Tasha danvers ^_^

[Dan_]

Well done Tasha :dance:

Another gold medal and another world record for Usain Bolt,this time in the 200m.

[BigSister]

oh that was just amazing from Bolt i forgot about that got so excited about our bronze
Thought she was going to get silver for a min

[Marc]

Originally posted by BigSister
oh that was just amazing from Bolt i forgot about that got so excited about our bronze
Thought she was going to get silver for a min

he was so good i forgot we had a guy racing in the same race lol

[Dan_]

Originally posted by Marcjswp
Originally posted by BigSister
oh that was just amazing from Bolt i forgot about that got so excited about our bronze
Thought she was going to get silver for a min

he was so good i forgot we had a guy racing in the same race lol

I saw our guy for the first 100m then he just went out of the picture whilst Bolt just stormed clear :laugh:

[BigSister]

cant beileve hes 22 tommorow too

[Blink_Me]

Usain Bolt is amazing. The scary thought is....., this guy can get faster.

[BigSister]

i know *looks shocked*

[Dan_]

I reckon he will do the 100m in 9.5 seconds soon.

[James]

Video of 200m taken from the crowd... thought it was pretty good, hearing their reactions etc.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=JLu6Sj7h_Cs

[Loukas]

Looks like no athletics today.. The weather is really bad in Bejing!!

Thats something the designers for 2012 need to think about, maybe a roof that opens and closes depending on the weather! :bigsmile:

[Shaun]

Watching the 10km swim early yesterday morning was almost as exhausting as taking part. Well done on Patten and Payne on bronze and silver though.

[BigSister]

another silver well done david davies ^_^
Got another gold as well in the sailing

[Marc]

Mens 4X100m - rubbish
Womens - yay! lol

[BigSister]

yay for the womens i hope we get bronze(hoping for silver but pob not lol)
Men=:mad:

[Marc]

Originally posted by BigSister
yay for the womens i hope we get bronze(hoping for silver but pob not lol)
Men=:mad:


:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: :mad::mad::mad::mad:

[Dan_]

Silver for Phillips Idowu in the triple jump :thumbs:.

What on earth was Craig Pickering thinking in the men's relay?

[Marc]

Originally posted by Dan_
Silver for Phillips Idowu in the triple jump :thumbs:.

What on earth was Craig Pickering thinking in the men's relay?

should of been gold! boo hoo lol russia right behind us!

[BigSister]

Russia are catching us up though in the medal table
I know Dan im just hoping women get some sort of medal

[Dan_]

Hopefully the men will do better in the 4 x 400m relay.

[BigSister]

yeah hopefully im hoping women 4x400m will do well too

[Dan_]

James DeGale has reached the final of the middleweight boxing :cheer:.

[AngRemembered]

and GB has just been clearly robbed of a gold in the taekwando, as soon as we get anywhere near decent at sport out come the cheating officials to help out the home nation,,, I hope this happens in London too, but I wont hold my breath.

[Shaun]

18 golds now, and we now equal Australia in the total medals table, so they can't complain any more. We're still 3rd, which for a tiny country like us [population-wise] is pretty incredible.

Shame about Shanaze Reade though.

[Loukas]

Originally posted by Shaun
18 golds now, and we now equal Australia in the total medals table, so they can't complain any more. We're still 3rd, which for a tiny country like us [population-wise] is pretty incredible.

Shame about Shanaze Reade though.

I felt so bad. The french laughed at her after the race after she cliped the back of her bike in the final 200m! That's how BMXing goes..

[BigSister]

another silver in the modern pentatalon ^_^
And yay for the boxing as well:cheer::cheer:

[ThisIsMarie]

What's happened to the 10m Platform!?
It was meant to be on at 12 today (midday) and hasn't been on yet...:sad:



(Tom Daley! :spin2:)

[Gemmer-x]

Originally posted by ThisIsMarie
What's happened to the 10m Platform!?
It was meant to be on at 12 today (midday) and hasn't been on yet...:sad:



(Tom Daley! :spin2:)

i know! im waiting for that too :sad:

[AngRemembered]

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr the bloody woman have copied the men and ran off without the baton again, with Jamaica doing the same thing I cant believe it, all we had to do was pick the baton up for a medal OMG!!!!
:rolleyes::conf2:

[BigSister]

its not going to be on tv but both our guys have qualifed for semis tommorow ^_^

[Marc]

what happened to our GB women in relay??

[ThisIsMarie]

Originally posted by Gemmer-x
Originally posted by ThisIsMarie
What's happened to the 10m Platform!?
It was meant to be on at 12 today (midday) and hasn't been on yet...:sad:



(Tom Daley! :spin2:)

i know! Im waiting for that too :sad:
:sad:!

Does no one know then?

[Gemmer-x]

Originally posted by Marcjswp
what happened to our GB women in relay??

they did rubbish. didnt pass the baton on.

[BigSister]

Yeah i posted it on other page they are both through to the semis
It mght be coming up later this afternoon though this is from bbc text

1437: Sterling work from the Brits there. Pete Waterfield - an outside medal chance - qualifies in fourth for tomorrow's semi-finals of the men's 10m platform diving. Tom Daley eases through in 12th. China's Luxin Zhou is the frontrunner after scoring a massive 99.00 with one of his dives.

[AngRemembered]

Originally posted by Marcjswp
what happened to our GB women in relay??

the silly 4th runner decides to run to early and forget the baton, by the time she put an arm out for it the Jamaicans (who also bogged it) knocked them out and they went outside the exchange box, both Jamaica and Britain disqualified and Belguim won :shrug:

Belguim ???LOL, me and my friends could run home from after a girls night out quicker than belgium :joker:

[BigSister]

no russia won angie which is bad for britan they might overtake us now

[Gemmer-x]

Originally posted by BigSister
Yeah i posted it on other page they are both through to the semis
It mght be coming up later this afternoon though this is from bbc text

1437: Sterling work from the Brits there. Pete Waterfield - an outside medal chance - qualifies in fourth for tomorrow's semi-finals of the men's 10m platform diving. Tom Daley eases through in 12th. China's Luxin Zhou is the frontrunner after scoring a massive 99.00 with one of his dives.

oh yey, il watch the semi's tomorrow :]
+ wow at the score of 99.00 that must of been one hell of a dive!

[AngRemembered]

Originally posted by BigSister
no russia won angie which is bad for britan they might overtake us now

OH SH*T anyone but Russia , OMG, that makes the mess up of both my teams even worse now,, why did it have to be Britain and Jamaica :bawling:

oh well Nicole tonight will cheer me up :joker:

[BigSister]

they mentioned something about it might be on about 4 after the athletics not 100% sure though

[Gemmer-x]

Originally posted by BigSister
they mentioned something about it might be on about 4 after the athletics not 100% sure though

ah okay cheers :thumbs:
il keep a look out..

[Marc]

Originally posted by Angiebabe
Originally posted by Marcjswp
what happened to our GB women in relay??

the silly 4th runner decides to run to early and forget the baton, by the time she put an arm out for it the Jamaicans (who also bogged it) knocked them out and they went outside the exchange box, both Jamaica and Britain disqualified and Belguim won :shrug:

Belguim ???LOL, me and my friends could run home from after a girls night out quicker than belgium :joker:

:laugh2:
hahaha is that before or after the kebabs??

[BigSister]

*fingers crossed* for jamica angie hope they win 4x100m mens

[ThisIsMarie]

GB Women Relay - They must feel so sh!t! Pure embarrassment and It's one of those things people will bring up in interviews for years to come, you know so they relive the shame over and over.
:sad:



Originally posted by BigSister
Yeah i posted it on other page they are both through to the semis
It mght be coming up later this afternoon though this is from bbc text

1437: Sterling work from the Brits there. Pete Waterfield - an outside medal chance - qualifies in fourth for tomorrow's semi-finals of the men's 10m platform diving. Tom Daley eases through in 12th. China's Luxin Zhou is the frontrunner after scoring a massive 99.00 with one of his dives.

It's already happened! and wasn't on any of the BBC coverage !! :shocked: :shocked:
WTF is that about!? He is one of the highest profile GB athletes there atm!


What other page?

I didn't realise it wasn't the semi's or finals, when is the final?

(Thanks BigSister)

[BigSister]

Yay ^_^
Well done jamacia

[Marc]

That was brilliant for Jamaica!

[BigSister]

i mean page 32
and yeah they have another round tommorow where they cut it then its the final

[ThisIsMarie]

This is only page 27 though?

[BigSister]

mine must be in front of you then

[ThisIsMarie]

How?

[AngRemembered]

Originally posted by BigSister
*fingers crossed* for jamica angie hope they win 4x100m mens

YEahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!

A world record too, perfect and just while i was watching the "rascist familly" in a nother thread... :joker:

I think they have 6 golds now ....oh well thats made up for the dissapointment of our relay teams.. :thumbs:

[BigSister]

I dunno how but sometimes theres different numbers on different pages

[ThisIsMarie]

Really?

Do you have your page set up to show more posts maybe?
You can do that on the control panel I think.

[Marc]

People can edit how many posts per page you can have, if its lower then people will see more pages in this thread.

[ThisIsMarie]

Yeah. I havn't changed mine. :)

[ThisIsMarie]

OMG! :mad::laugh:

Typical me, diving did come on a bit ago but I just missed most of not realising and watching rythmic gymnastic instead.

[Marc]

Originally posted by ThisIsMarie
OMG! :mad::laugh:

Typical me, diving did come on a bit ago but I just missed most of not realising and watching rythmic gymnastic instead.

out guy came 4th and daley came 12th both qualified for semi finals

[ThisIsMarie]

Thanks, didn't Daley come 11th though?


What's the sport like football but with hands called? (on red button atm)

[Dan_]

Bronze medals confirmed for both Tony Jefferies and David Price in the boxing after both lost in their semi-finals.I didn't really expect much from Jefferies against the Irishman, he's done well to get a bronze though.

Price got totally outclassed by the guy from Italy, lost the opening round 5-0 then got stopped in the 2nd round after a big overhand right sent him flying into the ropes.

I cannot believe we threw another medal away in the relays.At least both the men and women's teams in the 4 x 400m look in good shape.

[BigSister]

handball?

[Marc]

Flipping ridiculous Taekwondo! Those judge's should be fired and sent out in a rocket towards the sun!
How could they not see that, that was an obvious 2 pointer to the head?!! I'm so glad we made an official complaint, she deserved to go to that semi, but deserved a little better. But very very happy she won bronze and SO CHUFFED THAT THE CHINESE DIDN'T GET A MEDAL!!!
******ing ridiculous...

[ThisIsMarie]

10m Platfrom Diving Final was absolutly, insanely good! Griping!

Matthew Mitcham !



LOL! Did anyone else ear them playing Chariots of fire onto the Cube after it had all finish!:laugh2:

[Marc]

He did so well on that last dive! I'm glad he beat the chinese!

[Dan_]

The judging in the Taekwondo has just been a total piss take.

Huge congrats to Britains James Degale who won the gold medal in the middleweight boxing.Was a really scrappy contest with an awful performance from the ref though, he let the Cuban get away with so many fouls and even penalised Degale for holding that was initiated by the Cuban.I think the contest should have been over in the second round after the Cuban bit Degale's shoulder.Depsite all the roughouse tacticts, James managed to prevail and get our first gold in boxing since 2000.I think if he turns pro he can go a long way.

Watching some of the other finals today and I was hugely impressed by the featherweight gold medal winner from Ukraine.He's been totally dominating everyone on the way to the final but I thought he might have a fair bit tougher against the Frenchman but he destroyed him in 2 rounds.

The division that I feel has been the strongest and most interesting is at light welterweight.The two guys that got bronze were very unfortunate,Alexsis Vastine of France was a classy counter puncher and the Cuban Sontolongo had super quick hands and reflexes and was an utter joy to watch.The final was a real clash of style though, the reigning champion from Thailand had advanced using the same tactis with his long reach and quick body punches but those were figured out by the Felix Diaz, he exposed the weakness of the inside fighting and just tore him apart.Diaz really looks like he could make an impact in the pro's.

[Marc]

:thumbs2:

[Emzy-!!]

well done Tom Daley!!!! :dance::banana::elephant:

[Shaun]

Shame it finishes tomorrow...I've really enjoyed the past two weeks.

[Emzy-!!]

Me too, I don't how London will top it in 4 years.

[Dan_]

Indeed, it's been the most enjoyable olympics I've watched.

[BigSister]

i missed it all today but glad the tankwando girl got a medal ^_^

[SiaSiaSia]

It's been brilliant!

[30stone]

The Judging for the

Taekwondo
Diving
Boxing
and
Gymnastics

Has Been Awful. They should be ashamed. seems the chinease contenders do things wrong and still get a mark up from the judges.

Happy to see the English Girl have her Semi final match after being cheated out of it though she got bad judging against her in the semi.

And the Cuban who kicked the ref in the face and pushed the judges Today Made the olympics he done what we all wanted to see!

[andyman]

I have watched the...
Seoul 88
Barcelona 92
Atlanta 96
Sydney 2000
Athens 2004
But the best out of what i have see is beijing 2008 olympics... Team GB have been fantastic and they could have got more golds! The money that beijing have spent will not happen again in a long long time.. £20.bn... London can only spend £7.9bn for 2012 olympics!!

[Llamajohn]

Just popping in to say

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Team GB! have a banana :banana: