London 2012 Megathread [Part 1]

westendgirlie

DominoDub wrote: »

Well Hello . Leryn Franco Paraguayan javelin :eek:

What???? What's happening there?

opinion guy

:eek:

time penalty for one of the Brownlees ??:eek:

Patser

Noble leading!

racso1975

Noble gone out in front

Pudsy33

He's in first! Not that position matters now

Patser

He's driving them on. Looks like he knows cycling is his strenght and running his weakness, so trying to open up a gap on the large pack and knacker out his ooponents now.

opinion guy

ohohohoh

Hes' chattign with the borwnlees - trying to make a new break ?

YFlyer

opinion guy wrote: »

Does anyone know - can Noble run ?

rasco was saying it's his weaker section.

Mr.Crinklewood

What do the two red flags mean ?

Kerrydude1981

He is giving himself every chance of a good finish,lets hope he can keep it going

Pherekydes

opinion guy wrote: »

Does anyone know - can Noble run ?

No. He qualified for the Olympic triathlon without being able to run. But I hear he can walk very, very fast!

Call me Al

YFlyer wrote: »

Call me Al wrote: »

He is looking very comfortable. Lead down to about 7 seconds.

How good is he in the running?

Well he is in the lead right now.... Not that it makes much difference in cycling.


Can he run? Irish commentary saying he isn't the strongest on that part...
Very impressive for his first Olympics though!

opinion guy

You know what -whatever happens in the run - legend so far!!!

Mr.Crinklewood

opinion guy wrote: »

Anyone else think the cameraman standing on the back of the motorcycle should be getting a medal of some sort ?:D

He's not actually standing, just got a very long back.

Call me Al

Pherekydes wrote: »

opinion guy wrote: »

Does anyone know - can Noble run ?

No. He qualified for the Olympic triathlon without being able to run. But I hear he can walk very, very fast!

Chuckle

Fizman

In 8th now.

el diablo

Mr.Crinklewood wrote: »

Poor Fionnuala Britton. Must say from the interview, she seems like a lovely genuine girl.

They're ALL lovely girls.

Colmustard

The Triathlon is enjoying some great support, they truly are "the best games ever"

Mr.Crinklewood

el diablo wrote: »

They're ALL lovely girls.

Even the Peruvian shot putters?

Pudsy33

Is he still in the leading group?

Mr.Crinklewood

opinion guy wrote: »

:eek:

time penalty for one of the Brownlees ??:eek:

Ten minutes ahead of RTE. fair play.

opinion guy

Pudsy33 wrote: »

Is he still in the leading group?

No sitting back a bit now but still in the leading group

Patser

Confirmed 15 seconds penalty for Johnaton Brownlee, one of the 2 brothers leading the race - an djust after RTE were saying they'd be able to work as a team (along with another Brit) to control the race.

Penalty for early bike mount

el diablo

Mr.Crinklewood wrote: »

Even the Peruvian shot putters?

Ok, not including those or the Belarussian shot-putter or the Chinese weightlifter.

Kerrydude1981

Pudsy33 wrote: »

Is he still in the leading group?

Ya,still looking comfortable

opinion guy

Mr.Crinklewood wrote: »

Ten minutes ahead of RTE. fair play.

I just flicked to rte to see if i was missing good commentary

what did i flick to ?? An ad.

BBC it is so

Kerrydude1981

opinion guy wrote: »

I just flicked to rte to see if i was missing good commentary

what did i flick to ?? An ad.

BBC it is so

I turned over after they showed Bolts race,couldnt be dealing with all the ads

Kerrydude1981

11th after lap 5

opinion guy

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

I turned over after they showed Bolts race,couldnt be dealing with all the ads

Bolt was racing ? **** I missed it. Did he break any records ?

Kerrydude1981

opinion guy wrote: »

Bolt was racing ? **** I missed it. Did he break any records ?

No cruised into the semis of the 200m,walked the last few metres

Colmustard

Originally Posted by opinion guy
I just flicked to rte to see if i was missing good commentary

what did i flick to ?? An ad.

BBC it is so

I am normally a fan of RTE sport, it is usually excellent, but not for these games, its more a panel show with lots of ads and chatter.

As for the BeeB their coverage is just brilliant.

opinion guy

Colmustard wrote: »

I am normally a fan of RTE sport, it is usually excellent, but not for these games, its more a panel show with lots of ads and chatter.

As for the BeeB their coverage is just brilliant.

Yeah rte are ****e for these games - far too much in studio chat.

the beeb are ok - but if like me youn don't have a red button its kind of annoying when they change sports have way through the event :rolleyes:

Kerrydude1981

Alistair Brownlee has made a break for it

Scrap that,that didnt last long

Colmustard

opinion guy wrote: »

Yeah rte are ****e for these games - far too much in studio chat.

the beeb are ok - but if like me youn don't have a red button its kind of annoying when they change sports have way through the event :rolleyes:

I hate to dig it in, but the red button is truly the best sport coverage device ever invented.

opinion guy

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

Alistair Brownlee has made a break for it

Looks like they caught him

Anyone

Colmustard wrote: »

I am normally a fan of RTE sport, it is usually excellent, but not for these games, its more a panel show with lots of ads and chatter.

As for the BeeB their coverage is just brilliant.

BBC is wearing me out, getting tired of their incessant repeats of their wins, their Track and Field coverage isnt great, they miss a lot of the field events because they want to interview every single british athlete no matter what.

I've found myself switching to RTE for all the athletics. I also prefer the Irish commentator for the athletics(cant think of his name, but he has done it for years).

opinion guy

Colmustard wrote: »

I hate to dig it in, but the red button is truly the best sport coverage device ever invented.

Ah feck off with your feckin red button :P

racso1975

Noble 28-1 on betting

YFlyer

Anyone wrote: »

BBC is wearing me out, getting tired of their incessant repeats of their wins, their Track and Field coverage isnt great, they miss a lot of the field events because they want to interview every single british athlete no matter what.

I've found myself switching to RTE for all the athletics. I also prefer the Irish commentator for the athletics(cant think of his name, but he has done it for years).

Jerry Kieran

opinion guy

Anyone wrote: »

BBC is wearing me out, getting tired of their incessant repeats of their wins, their Track and Field coverage isnt great, they miss a lot of the field events because they want to interview every single british athlete no matter what.

I've found myself switching to RTE for all the athletics. I also prefer the Irish commentator for the athletics(cant think of his name, but he has done it for years).

Yeah they interrupted their coverage of the triathlon when Noble was leading to interview British female triathlete for opinion on Brownlees time penalty :rolleyes:

Kerrydude1981

Anyone wrote: »

BBC is wearing me out, getting tired of their incessant repeats of their wins, their Track and Field coverage isnt great, they miss a lot of the field events because they want to interview every single british athlete no matter what.

I've found myself switching to RTE for all the athletics. I also prefer the Irish commentator for the athletics(cant think of his name, but he has done it for years).

Ya cant think of his mane either,he is very good himself and Timmy "Downtown" Mac are the best RTE have

opinion guy

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

Ya cant think of his mane either,he is very good himself and Timmy "Downtown" Mac are the best RTE have

BOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM

Anyone

YFlyer wrote: »

Jerry Kieran

Not him, the commentator, not the studio analyst.

Kerrydude1981

opinion guy wrote: »

BOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM

Should let him do a GAA match for a laugh

risteard7

YFlyer wrote: »

Jerry Kieran

George hamilton is on commentry

ThisRegard

opinion guy wrote: »

Yeah they interrupted their coverage of the triathlon when Noble was leading to interview British female triathlete for opinion on Brownlees time penalty :rolleyes:

That was a fairly insightful piece as opposed to being just fluff, how many here knew when he had to, or could choose when, to take his penalty ? And at that stage of the race nothing was going to be missed, plus they were about 10 minutes ahead of RTE.

General Relativity

Colmustard wrote: »

I hate to dig it in, but the red button is truly the best sport coverage device ever invented.

Surely it's the television.

opinion guy

ThisRegard wrote: »

That was a fairly insightful piece as opposed to being just fluff, how many here knew when he had to, or could choose when, to take his penalty ? And at that stage of the race nothing was going to be missed, plus they were about 10 minutes ahead of RTE.

For sure - but they could have given us the audio whilst giving us the video from the race!

opinion guy

Nobles going for the front of transition!!!!!

Legend

Mysteriouschic

I prefer bb myself, I don't mind the bb chats either.
I like the thing they do before some events where they tell you about the event .