London 2012 Megathread [Part 1]

Anyone

We had 6 boxers qualify for the Olympics, and we have 3, and possibly 4 medals. Some return that!

P_1

How many do we have left in the boxing now? Paddy Barnes up for another bronze (at least) tomorrow. Anybody else still in with a shout of getting us at least the 5 medals?

Diego Maradona

Where are we on the medal table now?

Watch out China!!:D

risteard7

ThisRegard wrote: »

Cool, by 4 points.

But the judging is still nuts, makes no sense most of the time, that should have been closer. Same for a lot of the other fights.

yea but the french lad was swinging wild and missing all the time. he was the busier fighter, but conlon had more quality in his punches.

quality not quantity

Diego Maradona

pithater1 wrote: »

How many do we have left in the boxing now? Paddy Barnes up for another bronze (at least) tomorrow. Anybody else still in with a shout of getting us at least the 5 medals?

Nope only 4. Katie, Conlon, Nevin and Barnes. O'Neill and Nolan already out.

leahyl

Omg so delighted for Conlon! Seeing him hug his coaches and jump up and down warmed the cockles of my heart so it did!

Hercule Poirot

The discus champion doing the hurdles - love it!

darced

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Pudsy33

darced wrote: »

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French guy landed all the hard punches though[/Quote]

Hard doesn't matter

Aidric

Selby down 4-5 after the first round against his Cuban opponent.

steelcityblues

Harting's celebration made me LOL.

Diego Maradona

darced wrote: »

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Doesn't matter how hard they are, you still only get 1 point for landing it.

risteard7

yea barnes 2moro i think, but he will have it tough unlikely to win

who what when

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

If only drinking was a olypmic sport.

Or spelling for that matter!

Pherekydes

Diego Maradona wrote: »

Where are we on the medal table now?

Watch out China!!:D

We haven't won any yet.

Guaranteed 3, but not yet won.

flyswatter

The Algerian guy who didn't try in another race and was going to be kicked out won the 1500m.

Cogito

darced wrote: »

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It's amatuer boxing though.

risteard7

racso1975 wrote: »

I want to the boys in the studio off camera.......id say kenny creamed himself

Its kenneth

opinion guy

Hercule Poirot wrote: »

The discus champion doing the hurdles - love it!

Ha ? What are you on about ?

Diego Maradona

Pherekydes wrote: »

We haven't won any yet.

Guaranteed 3, but not yet won.

Don't be so pedantic

Sea Filly

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

The reason there was little response is because it was a light hearted joke.

It was snide.

Colmustard

There were a lot of begrudgers in this thread about Ireland's overall Olympic performance, at times I was one of them.

But I think this will be Ireland's most successful games ever.

Aidric

Selby in trouble here, 12-7 down. The Cuban is very cagey and picking him off.

My name is URL

flyswatter wrote: »

The Algerian guy who didn't try in another race and was going to be kicked out won the 1500m.

Fully deserved too imo.

Tox56

Can't be accused of hometown officiating, giving the Cuban a far bigger lead than I saw coming.

Sea Filly

Colmustard wrote: »

There were a lot of begrudgers in this thread about Ireland's overall Olympic performance, at times I was one of them.

But I think this will be Ireland's most successful games ever.

5 medals were won at the 1956 Olympics - 1 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze. Hard to beat.

Hercule Poirot

opinion guy wrote: »

Ha ? What are you on about ?

The hurdles were set up for the final, during his lap of honour he decided to have a go himself..... a nice moment I thought

opinion guy

My name is URL wrote: »

Fully deserved too imo.

I don't think we've heard the end of it.

Apparently he was allowed compete after a doctor said he was injured in the first race.

Now he's after running a savage race. Questions might be asked!

darced

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Colmustard

Sea Filly wrote: »

5 medals were won at the 1956 Olympics - 1 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze. Hard to beat.

Didn't know that,

It will depend on the colour of the medals won at this Olympics.

Downlinz

Outside of the 4 boxers do we have any other serious medal prospects left?

Downlinz

Colmustard wrote: »

Didn't know that,

It will depend on the colour of the medals won at this Olympics.

In official medal ranking terms we got 3 golds 1 bronze at 96, that was presumably our highest finish. If you're looking at medal quality over quantity, would also be tough to beat.

keano_afc

Have we a walker that has a chance?

Aidric

Hot favourite Selby dumped out by a slick Cuban. Ramirez is going to be a very difficult fight for Conlon in the semi.

Brain Stroking

Colmustard wrote: »

There were a lot of begrudgers in this thread about Ireland's overall Olympic performance, at times I was one of them.

But I think this will be Ireland's most successful games ever.

The begrudgery on this site is unreal at times. Almost as if people want a massive failure so there'll be something to moan about. Well done Conlan, delighted for him

"The Frenchman landed the harder punches" is one of the most pathetic things i've seen on here for the two possible situations from which it was uttered:

1. It is amateur boxing. Get your facts straight and have a think before shooting your mouth off.
2. If you knew that it was amateur and still made that comment then it shows you are simply a begrudging sad p***k that needs to happy up.

Fair play again Conlan, our amateur boxing scene is showing itself to be world class in terms of the talent being produced.

leahyl

Really excited about our boxers guys! Dare we dream that we could win 4 golds? Does Barnes have a good chance tomorrow against his opponent?

Sea Filly

Colmustard wrote: »

Didn't know that,

It will depend on the colour of the medals won at this Olympics.

How many are we guaranteed so far?

Cienciano

Can't believe they didn't cut to even delayed coverage of the 1500m final

leahyl

keano_afc wrote: »

Have we a walker that has a chance?

Rob Heffernan might do ok esp since I think one of the favourites was caught for doping and was disqualified (I think I read this on here today?)

Downlinz

Sea Filly wrote: »

How many are we guaranteed so far?

3, a probable 4th from barnes. Don't think we'll get any more and Katie is the only one of the 4 who'd be favourite to win gold.

garv123

Sea Filly wrote: »

How many are we guaranteed so far?

3 bronze minimum

ThisRegard

Diego Maradona wrote: »

Well done Michael Conlon!!

People need to realise it's not the number of punches thrown it's the amount that is landed on the opponents face. Conlon's defence was world class there, he's an very good technical fighter. That French guy was very wild with a lot of his punches.

People do, but even the guys on the RTE panel have previously commented that the judging can be very confusing.

Johnny Bitte

Any idea if Irish athletes get money for winning a medal and if so how much?

risteard7

leahyl wrote: »

Really excited about our boxers guys! Dare we dream that we could win 4 golds? Does Barnes have a good chance tomorrow against his opponent?

no barnes will find it very hard hes fighting world no 1 and is unlikely to win, but lets hope

garv123

Johnny Bitte wrote: »

Any idea if Irish athletes get money for winning a medal and if so how much?

The weight of the gold/silver/bronze in the jewellers

Colmustard

3 perhaps four

My dreams of us sneaking another from the sailing or equestrian is dying a death.:(

Mr.Crinklewood

nice_very wrote: »

well done Conlon!! 3 medals now guarenteed

few of the slo-mo bits remind me of that last scene from Rocky 3 where Rocky and Apollo are sparring "ding ding"

Ding Ding

racso1975

Bill loves the old drug use accusations

Colmustard

Downlinz wrote: »

In official medal ranking terms we got 3 golds 1 bronze at 96, that was presumably our highest finish. If you're looking at medal quality over quantity, would also be tough to beat.

IMO they don't count, I am very anti drugs I think any athlete caught cheating should have all their medals stripped. Even though technically she did not get caught.

But this is not the thread for that debate.

Jimoslimos

Colmustard wrote: »

There were a lot of begrudgers in this thread about Ireland's overall Olympic performance, at times I was one of them.

But I think this will be Ireland's most successful games ever.

[COUGH] Michelle 1996 [/QUOTE]

opinion guy wrote: »

I don't think we've heard the end of it.

Apparently he was allowed compete after a doctor said he was injured in the first race.

Now he's after running a savage race. Questions might be asked!

I'm in two minds over this.

Firstly it was absolutely ludicrous that the 800m / 1500m events were scheduled in such a way it didn't allow athletes to compete in both. There are only two middle distance events - compare this to the plethora of swimming events Phelps has the opportunity to compete at. Would Seb Coe be in the position he is today if he had to choose either 800 or 1500m before he ran in Moscow?

But the rules are rules and everybody knew the scheduling - he was in effect depriving someone else a chance of running the 800m.

I not sure I'd be in favour of any sanctions being reapplied, medal stripped, etc, however I do think the doctor should come under some investigation - surely what he did is fraud and breaks I'm sure, a professional code of conduct for the medical profession