Olympics Beijing 2008 - Official Topic
 

oooooooo anyone else excited?? I always love the Olympics! I'm not usually a fan of certain sports but when the Olympics is on its brill! :hello:

Loving all the Lycra and spandex

I LOVE watching the olympics
especially qymnastics and diving :dance2:
when do they start ?

8th August woop!

I love watching any sport but cant play it at all.

Yawn... the sooner they are over the better.... and the next olympics are going to be even worse.

I'm really looking forward to it now, especially the football,tennis,basketball,sprints and the boxing.

athletics is my fave section but also like swimming and table tennis. Football and tennis too

1 word: Smog.

LOL. Not long now!

Ugh. Hate it.

I don't mind it, it's somethig to watch when nothing's on.

some sports i dont like but some i love its just like everything
at least its something good to watch i just cannot wait ^_^

I like the opening ceremony and a few of the events
but I don't think it is worth all the hype.
I will try to get into it this year and its something to watch when im bored

im looking forward to it cos my teacher is competing in the judo :bigsmile:

ooh hope he does well

I love watching the olympics although the monkey ad on tv for it is getting annoying now. :tongue:

Looking forward to it...I love watching practically anything. I actually got really deep into the badminton doubles last time, lmao...

Makes a nice change to have variety in the sport played rather than just solid football/tennis/rugby.

lol yeah i got into the badmington last time too shaun

I normally get into the likes of Badmington too, if there is a Brit doing well anyway.

I think I'll be taking the most interest in the Boxing this time though.

unfortunately... Emms and Robertson have been drawn up against the no.2 seeds in the first round! haha uh oohhh

Oh dear, think my interest in that will come to an end quick then :laugh2:

hahaha to be more of a pessimist! ; they've never beaten this CHINESE pair in the whole of 2007.. lol they are home favourites and obviously good! :sad:

Cant wait! Only a few days to go now :D The Birds nest and Water cube look amazing :dance2:

My friend Khan has been picked to train for London 2012 paralympic's, Khan lost the use of his legs when he was 5 in a car crash, in a wheel chair since and he LOVES IT :S, he went to a set of trials and beat 3 grown men who have been training for 4 years, he came 2nd. The scouter when crazy and had a talk with his mum, the man has now become his personal trainer and he trains mondays, thursdays and fridays. He now has a £4000 chair and he loves it. He ran the 100m in 13 seconds, 4 seconds slower than the world record. So watch out the name Khan for London 2012 :spin:

Awesome! thats a nice story! (not that he has lost his leg, but you know what I mean)

I will do :thumbs:

My dad ran for Ireland in the Sydney 2000 Olympics.

Here's his bio on the BBC sports page:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/nort...and/946414.stm

Also, if you read it you'll see my name mentioned :dog:

Wow, that's cool Conor.Does your dad still compete now?

hahahaha awesome! thats really cool, your claim to fame mate! :tongue:

ooh thats quite cool

Thats amazing Conor!! :dance2:

One of Britain's biggest hopes for a gold medal is already out! Boxer Frankie Gavin failed to make the required weight limit in time.

Thanks guys. I guess it is my claim to fame :P

And Dan, unfortunately, my dad doesn't run any more, because of back problems. But he's recovered and is currently doing Ju Jitsu and weight lifting in free time. (Not for the Olympics though)

oooh starts in just over 2 and a half hours

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Can't wait to see Tom Daley doing the diving.

C'mon Murray!

I am actually really looking forward to it starting

Me too Spike, should be awesome, can't wait for 2012, all that excitement over here! :bigsmile:

I think it's awful that london got the next olympics, what a disater its going to be. There has already been problems.

Yeah I know, accommodation, transport and all those bloody problems are annoying but still! wooo