London 2012 Megathread [Part 1]

keano_afc

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

Leryn Franco of Paraguay in the Javelin has to be one of hottest athletes at the games.

Wow, very nice. Alex Morgan for the US soccer/football team last night was very easy on the eye. The Yank goalkeeper, which I kept thinking was called Han Solo, was very tasty as well.

kfallon

Came across this little beauty (not literally :P) yesterday in the women's football, pity they didn't make the final

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1c5g4dt7gks/TiYFtAQrZbI/AAAAAAAAYH4/rhLTZAs25Ng/s1600/Louisa%2BNecib%2B%25281%2529.jpg

http://a0.twimg.com/profile_images/1809486900/373458_110790842278690_1810990277_n.jpg

opinion guy

keano_afc wrote: »

which I kept thinking was called Han Solo, was very tasty as well.

Lol.....also useful to know if you need to smuggle some rebels across the galaxy under the Empires nose in the fastest ship possible

Micky Dolenz

Mod

Can we please keep the comments more geared toward the sport then how hot or not the athletes are.

gabsdot40

What is the difference between artistic gymnastics and ordinary gymnastics.

Larianne

libra02 wrote: »

Well the Romanian did fall off the beam so it wouldn't be fair that she gets a bronze with a fall over a gymnast who stayed on and just had a wobble or two.

I think she was right to inquire. Im glad she got her bronze. She was great on the beam very powerful

Oh, I wasn't saying she shouldn't have. Just horrible to think you've got a medal and lining up beside the Chinese to then be told no you haven't got a medal.

libra02

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

I see the Americans cant take there beating again, appealed and won:rolleyes:

Not really once you fall off any appartus you never get a medel as you loose the points and the Romian had a fall off so she should have been out of medal race.

Kerrydude1981

Im surprised there hasn't been a thread set up for the Hot Female Athletes at London 2012

Larianne

gabsdot40 wrote: »

What is the difference between artistic gymnastics and ordinary gymnastics.

It's the same thing, isn't it? I think they call it that to differentiate between rhymthic gymnastics. OOoh, when's that on??

Kerrydude1981

Whats the name of RTEs commentator for the gymnastics,he is another fella they should use for other sports

keano_afc

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

Im surprised there hasn't been a thread set up for the Hot Female Athletes at London 2012

Off you go....

mike65

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

Im surprised there hasn't been a thread set up for the Hot Female Athletes at London 2012

The mods would probably kill it before it took off (they are very PC these days)

Ulysses Gaze

kfallon wrote: »

Came across this little beauty (not literally :P) yesterday in the women's football, pity they didn't make the final

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1c5g4dt7gks/TiYFtAQrZbI/AAAAAAAAYH4/rhLTZAs25Ng/s1600/Louisa%2BNecib%2B%25281%2529.jpg

http://a0.twimg.com/profile_images/1809486900/373458_110790842278690_1810990277_n.jpg

Louisa Necib. The French call her 'The Female Zidane'. Born in the same district of Marseille as ZZ. She's a quality player - superb playmaker. She plays for Olympique Lyonnais Ladies who are probably the strongest team in Europe. The French squad is OL Ladies plus about 4/5 players from other teams.

Pity the French seem to bottle it when it counts as they have some quality players going forward.

libra02

Larianne wrote: »

Oh, I wasn't saying she shouldn't have. Just horrible to think you've got a medal and lining up beside the Chinese to then be told no you haven't got a medal.

Oh I was not having a go at you or anything but I know it must be awful to think you have a medal and then it taken away but I say she knew that an appeal would go and was hanging in there by pure luck.

Could you imaging if it was the Russain Komova, I could see her totally freaking out & loosing it. I mean I was amazed she was not crying today as she has bawled all week.
Mind you she was given a place on the Russain team as her mother was a top gymnast so I suppose she never had to fight for a place like the Americans, etc so I think that is why at times she just seems to loose interest or does not fight for medals alot of the time.

Larianne

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

Whats the name of RTEs commentator for the gymnastics,he is another fella they should use for other sports

Dunno. I only watch BBC, where the commentators know what they're talking about.

Mens High Bar is excellent to watch.

Larianne

libra02 wrote: »

Could you imaging if it was the Russain Komova, I could see her totally freaking out & loosing it. I mean I was amazed she was not crying today as she has bawled all week.

She's her own worst enemy that one. She makes a mistake then riles herself up and makes more matches. I mean, she fell on her arse after her dismount from the beam! :eek:

IrishAm

The long bar competition is unreal to watch.

The next time I am drunk I am going to attempt it myself.

Potential Darwin award winner, me.

Malari

Larianne wrote: »

Dunno. I only watch BBC, where the commentators know what they're talking about.

Switched to RTE for a laugh last night and it's so Mickey Mouse! At one point they went to someone called Andy Lee I think, who was never introduced, no name was displayed on screen. Who the hell is he? I presume I was meant to know :rolleyes: They are such cowboys

BBC for most sports; Eurosport for cycling

westendgirlie

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

Mod

Can we please keep the comments more geared toward the sport then how hot or not the athletes are.

Spoilsport! I was in the middle of compiling a list of Damn Fine Fitties for us Girlies to drool over.

Kerrydude1981

IrishAm wrote: »

The long bar competition is unreal to watch.

The next time I am drunk I am going to attempt it myself.

Potential Darwin award winner, me.

Be some craic alright after a feed of pints

Larianne

:eek: That German gymnast was amazing!

libra02

Larianne wrote: »

She's her own worst enemy that one. She makes a mistake then riles herself up and makes more matches. I mean, she fell on her arse after her dismount from the beam! :eek:

I know, as soon as she fell off you could see she just gave up and lost it completely.

Be interesting to see if she in floor final, as she can be great on it but after the week she had she do great of loose it completely.

As she has been annoying me with her sour head and crying all week I prefer if she did not get a medal.

Are you watching the Dutch guy on bar - WOW. Some perfromance - Has to be gold.

Larianne

Larianne wrote: »

:eek: That German gymnast was amazing!

Dutch dude after him! :eek:

opinion guy

Larianne wrote: »

:eek: That German gymnast was amazing!

The Dutch guy was incredible :eek:

DominoDub

opinion guy wrote: »

The Dutch guy was incredible :eek:

Wonderland !

donfers

the brits just won gold in the dressage thingy

rick fella's will be disappointed to have missed out there

brits now on 20 gold, going above their excellent performance of 19 in beijing

with two gold medals almost guaranteed from pendleton and hoy today and possibly a hat-trick with laura trott in the onmium they are looking good at getting beyond 25 with farah and boxers and kayakists to come

Larianne

Fair play to him! Its nice to see a country such as the Netherlands win in a sport that's dominated by the Chinese, USA, Russia and Romania. Makes a nice change.

Whooo women's floor next.

Kerrydude1981

Track Cycling back on could be gold number 21 for GB with Laura Trott

JONJO THE MISER

:eek:Is that a snot on the side of his face.

Mr.Crinklewood

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

Im surprised there hasn't been a thread set up for the Hot Female Athletes at London 2012

I tried to set one up, but it was locked and i was told to use the megathread.

Kerrydude1981

Spanish lad after having a mishap on the bike

Mr.Crinklewood

tayto lover wrote: »

I heard that in the Pole Vault they'll only give them the poles at the last minute.

No, that is the website that they use to book their accommodation.

Brain Stroking

Malari wrote: »

Switched to RTE for a laugh last night and it's so Mickey Mouse! At one point they went to someone called Andy Lee I think, who was never introduced, no name was displayed on screen. Who the hell is he? I presume I was meant to know :rolleyes: They are such cowboys

BBC for most sports; Eurosport for cycling

Not having a go but Andy Lee is a famous Irish professional boxer who fought only a couple of months ago for a shot at the World Title. RTE simply assumed you knew who he was (which you should have really known if you see yourself as able to describe their wall-to-wall coverage as "mickey-mouse").

Maybe you just prefer being spoonfed Gary Lineker's warm condescending diarrhoea (which in your case the condescension may not be displaced given your apparent lack of sporting knowledge). Tell me what to "feel" some more Gary!

Disclaimer: i like the Beeb's coverage as have enjoyed observing their pure joy at their gold medals. But RTE's coverage and analysis is great and certainly isnt "mickey-mouse". The Beeb are the host station. They were always going to be on a bigger scale werent they?

3ndahalfof6

just as well Sue was not presenting when he said that mouth full.

Anyone

BBC should say how old these gymnasts are...ie Now the 19 year old american.

Kerrydude1981

The Keirin is great to watch,love that bike the old lad drives before them

Richard Hillman

If you have seen the Victoria Pendleton documentary on the BBC a few weeks ago it makes the women's sprint race epic (I hate the overuse of epic but this really is). Mears was portrayed as some sort of Ivan Drago character with Pendleton intent on avenging her.

Lyaiera

I've watched a couple of different feeds of the boxing and its analysis from the BBC, RTE, NBC and an Aussie channel. The Irish one is by far and away the best. The guys sitting around the table always make me feel like I know what's going on, and it's great to watch a fight, be thinking about it away myself as it happens, then listening to RTE analysis to see if what I thought was "correct." Ireland takes boxing very seriously, and the analysis is very good.

Thrill

The commentators on RTE2 now doing the basketball are the worst I think I've ever heard.

American female team seem unbeatable.

Tox56

I don't know about their boxing coverage, but RTE's general coverage has been very poor from what I've seen.

BBC isn't great but the lesser of two evils I suppose

tayto lover

Lyaiera wrote: »

I've watched a couple of different feeds of the boxing and its analysis from the BBC, RTE, NBC and an Aussie channel. The Irish one is by far and away the best. The guys sitting around the table always make me feel like I know what's going on, and it's great to watch a fight, be thinking about it away myself as it happens, then listening to RTE analysis to see if what I thought was "correct." Ireland takes boxing very seriously, and the analysis is very good.

Except for the commentaries. I like Jimmy McGee but not as a boxing commentator and if you heard Marty Morrissey on the radio commentary you'd get sick as he hasn't a clue.

opinion guy

Thrill wrote: »

The commentators on RTE2 now doing the basketball are the worst I think I've ever heard.

American female team seem unbeatable.

Are you dissing Tim ?? :eek:

You are not welcome here

Kerrydude1981

Thrill wrote: »

The commentators on RTE2 now doing the basketball are the worst I think I've ever heard.

American female team seem unbeatable.

Lay off Tim!!!

opinion guy

tayto lover wrote: »

Except for the commentaries. I like Jimmy McGee but not as a boxing commentator and if you heard Marty Morrissey on the radio commentary you'd get sick as he hasn't a clue.

The BBC commentator for Katie Taylor's match was excellent

Lyaiera

opinion guy wrote: »

The BBC commentator for Katie Taylor's match was excellent

I think he was in shock at how noisy the arena got. He must have mentioned the atmosphere twice every round. The woman who was commentating seemed a lot more analytic. But I guess she was colour commentary.

Kerrydude1981

Hope Laura Trott wins,she comes across as a very down to earth young woman

opinion guy

Check these graphics out!

Awesome (if a little American):

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/08/05/sports/olympics/the-100-meter-dash-one-race-every-medalist-ever.html

opinion guy

Lyaiera wrote: »

I think he was in shock at how noisy the arena got. He must have mentioned the atmosphere twice every round. The woman who was commentating seemed a lot more analytic. But I guess she was colour commentary.

Lol....he was also a bit.....yeah yeah yeah....Team Gb etc.........whatever...Kate Taylor is awesome

Thrill

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

Lay off Tim!!!

I appear to have stepped on a landmine here.

EDIT: I know nothing about basketball so I don't know who he is.

Whats a downtown three?


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mike65

Wonder if the Americans are getting a little tense....


China

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33
USA

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29
Great Britain- 20