London 2012 Megathread [Part 1]

Diego Maradona

Not looking good for Annalise, looks like it's going to be 4th.

titan18

She's out of it

Larianne

arrrgghhh!!!

snubbleste

Sharks in the water!
no not really

ahyeahok

come on, catch some jammy wind!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mint Sauce

Just switched from BBC3 to RTE. Still none the wiser.

el diablo

phasers

Wtf just happened

the groutch

ahyeahok

A great performance though overall!

Spudmonkey

Bollix!!!!!

ScummyMan

Balls

kfallon

Fook the Belgians anyway, bunch of **** :mad:

Feel so sorry for Annalise

Kerrydude1981

Ah feck

Diego Maradona

Gold for China, Silver for Holland and Belgium get bronze, GB are 4th. Ireland 5th. Disappointing.

keano_afc

Ah well.

B0X

Ah well

Richard Hillman

Hard luck Annalise

Larianne

Awh.

Shryke

Damn she was looking well for a while too.

westendgirlie

Much respect for Annalise Murphy. It appears you are at the mercy of the wind and all week you battled and battled.

You're a winner in my eyes

ahyeahok

Must be devastating for her

Diego Maradona

China, great bunch of sailers.

Mint Sauce

Looks like its down to the Boxers, and maybe the odd athlete now for an Irish Medal.

Well done though Annalise for getting this far.

Colmo52

Diego Maradona wrote: »

Gold for China, Silver for Holland and Belgium get bronze, GB are 4th. Ireland 5th. Disappointing.

Ireland 4th

keith16

China. Why the fcuk do they have to be good at all the sports?

Colmo52

Lets invade Belgium

phasers

keith16 wrote: »

China. Why the fcuk do they have to be good at all the sports?

Fear is a great training aid

kfallon

Lets just sit back and wait for a positive drugs test on the Chinese girl :pac:

westendgirlie

keith16 wrote: »

China. Why the fcuk do they have to be good at all the sports?

I think we should all become commies :pac:

leahyl

Omg poor Annalise - gutted for her :-( still though best sailing result for Ireland for 30 years so not too bad :-)

Tazzer

Diego Maradona wrote: »

Gold for China, Silver for Holland and Belgium get bronze, GB are 4th. Ireland 5th. Disappointing.

Ireland 4th overall - points are awarded for all races and then added together

el diablo

irish-stew wrote: »

Looks like its down to the Boxers, and maybe the odd athlete now for an Irish Medal.

Well done though Annalise for getting this far.

Boxing is our only hope. We're rubbish at track and field.

Sea Filly

Sea Filly wrote: »

She'll come fourth, mark my words.

Sea Filly wrote: »

She'll come fourth, won't she?

Really wish I wasn't right here.

Duckworth_Luas

What day is it? I've no idea what's going on!

Colmo52

Belgian guy interviewed on BBC 'Its Fcuking Amazing'

Tinie

irish-stew wrote: »

Looks like its down to the Boxers, and maybe the odd athlete now for an Irish Medal.

Well done though Annalise for getting this far.

We already have a bronze at least.

Not sure which athlete could get a medal, none really id say, boxing is the only chance for a few medals.

Sea Filly

I'm not liking the fact that Katie is fighting a British girl.

But, I don't why people pooh pooh that "we're only good at one thing". Lots of small countries or low population countries have their one or a few events at which they excel. I mean, look how Australia is lagging now that they haven't done as well as usual at swimming. And they'd generally be a much more sporty nation than us.

leahyl

Tinie wrote: »

irish-stew wrote: »

Looks like its down to the Boxers, and maybe the odd athlete now for an Irish Medal.

Well done though Annalise for getting this far.

We already have a bronze at least.

Not sure which athlete could get a medal, none really id say, boxing is the only chance for a few medals.

Maybe Derval? Prob not though since this is her 3rd Olympics and still hasn't got a medal

kfallon

Sea Filly wrote: »

I'm not liking the fact that Katie is fighting a British girl.

She'll bate the gee off her, c'mon Katie you lil sex machine :pac:

jaykay74

Tinie wrote: »

We already have a bronze at least.

Not sure which athlete could get a medal, none really id say, boxing is the only chance for a few medals.

If the irish horses are off the drugs maybe an equestrian medal.

Tinie

Sea Filly wrote: »

I'm not liking the fact that Katie is fighting a British girl.

I have a feeling that katie will really need to hammer her on points if shes to progress, as if its tight, we could be on the end of a homer.

keano_afc

Yeah the Aussies have had a pretty poor games so far.

Then again, if they could run fast in the first place, they wouldnt be Australians.

Colmo52

el diablo wrote: »

Boxing is our only hope. We're rubbish at track and field.

Cian O Connor and the Polish guy in the Canoeing have a good chance to medal.

kfallon

leahyl wrote: »

Maybe Derval? Prob not though since this is her 3rd Olympics and still hasn't got a medal

I'll give you a medal meself if Derval gets one

donfers

Sea Filly wrote: »

Really wish I wasn't right here.

Ireland do near misses so well

after building up a huge lead with four straight wins - we watched that lead slowly being erased from race to race and deep down we all feared this would happen because it has happened so many times in the past to irish teams/individuals

we don't do leading very well


seems like she made the same mistake going downwind three times

the chinese, dutch and belgian (who was way back at one point) produced the goods when needed and finished 1,2 and 3 - they were the best sailors out there simply because they performed when it counted, Annalise made errors of judgement at the most crucial time and that's why she gets no medal - but she is young and hopefully she will have learned from this and come good in Rio

I don't know if it's an Irish thing or what but we seem to have issues performing under pressure, maybe the reason is simply because we so rarely put ourselves in a position to win where pressure exists and for that at least we should acknowledge how well Annalise has done so a very impressive, predictable and painful fourth it is

Colmo52

keano_afc wrote: »

Yeah the Aussies have had a pretty poor games so far.

Then again, if they could run fast in the first place, they wouldnt be Australians.

Someones been reading sickipedia.

cgpg5

leahyl wrote: »

Maybe Derval? Prob not though since this is her 3rd Olympics and still hasn't got a medal

Not a chance

WumBuster

Seems like a bit of a crazy sport. She was in the medals all week and looking good then the last few mins of the final race, she just drops out and fookin China again winning gold.

leahyl

kfallon wrote: »

leahyl wrote: »

Maybe Derval? Prob not though since this is her 3rd Olympics and still hasn't got a medal

I'll give you a medal meself if Derval gets one

Lol!!