London 2012 Megathread [Part 1]

Mr.Crinklewood

Olympics introduce the sport of "Boxer Lifting".

mike65

Team GB big cheeses can sleep well tonight - Grabarz bronze in the high jump means they have now got 48 medals, one more than Beijing.

Guy:Incognito

Sea Filly wrote: »

It was snide.

No, lighthearted. Pretty much all countries do the same.

You should have been in Germany , watching German tv for Euro 96, you might not have pulled through. I was in Germany for Euro 88 too and there was no shortage.

I'm half German btw, so theres no British bias.

leahyl

Mr.Crinklewood wrote: »

Olympics introduce the sport of "Boxer Lifting".

Woah that's one strong ref! :-D

ThisRegard

Cienciano wrote: »

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

RTE ? They did as that's where I watched it.

Kerrydude1981

Is Michael Conlon fighting the Cuban next?

Colmustard

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

Is Michael Conlon fighting the Cuban next?

I am afraid so.

steelcityblues

mike65 wrote: »

Team GB big cheeses can sleep well tonight - Grabarz bronze in the high jump means they have now got 48 medals, one more than Beijing.

Do we know the last time three athletes in the one event received bronze?

Sea Filly

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

No, lighthearted. Pretty much all countries do the same.

You should have been in Germany , watching German tv for Euro 96, you might not have pulled through. I was in Germany for Euro 88 too and there was no shortage.

I'm half German btw, so theres no British bias.

We shall have to differ on this.

DEFTLEFTHAND

garv123 wrote: »

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

On today's market the bronze medal consisting of 97% copper, 2.5% zinc and 0.5% tin is only worth $4.17.

Silver are Gold are worth considerably more at $330 and $644 respectively.

keith16

Bill does his best to make a mockery of the field events. If there was an aprés sketch it would go like this

Bill: Okey doke Victor, tell us about the bloody field, hah? loive.

Victor: Well Bill, plenty of talking points this eve....

B: Never mind that, any funny looking yokes throwing the discus? I'd say a few of those eastern Europeans would take your bloody head off!

V: .......

B: What about that Belarussian one? Or the Czechoslovakian one? I'm not even gonna try and pronounce that one's name!

V: It's actually pronounced....

B: Shut your bloody mouth Victor.

Aidric

In the mood for a bit of this. :pac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvQkl7qa6RQ

Colmustard

Some scene in the boxing now a French-man was virtually cheated out of a medal and he is livid.

He left the ring now.

Pudsy33

Colmustard wrote: »

Some scene in the boxing now a French-man was virtually cheated out of a medal and he is livid.

He left the ring now.

Who was he fighting?

DEFTLEFTHAND

Bill seems bored by a lot of the track and field, it gets annoying after a while, I'm kinda of glad that this is his last Olympics.

Colmustard

Pudsy33 wrote: »

Who was he fighting?

Some Ukrainian I didn't get his name.

keith16

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Bill seems bored by a lot of the track and field, it gets annoying after a while, I'm kinda of glad that this is his last Olympics.

They said that about Jimmy Magee in 1948

leahyl

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Bill seems bored by a lot of the track and field, it gets annoying after a while, I'm kinda of glad that this is his last Olympics.

I like Bill but it'd be nice to have some new younger persenters on. Jimmy and Bill are a bit over the hill at this stage.

darced

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Brain Stroking

darced wrote: »

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Perfectly calm. Am actually happy for one of our athletes tonight that have done us proud. Just giving an opinion. Me thinks you've read a little too much into my own sent-e-nces.

garv123

Be interesting to see how they handle no head gear for Rio, reckon it could really change things up

klose

Delighed for conlan, 20 years old and full of confidence thats what we love to see! 3 medals atleast things are shaping up nicely enough.
Anyone know when barnes is fighting and his chances?

Kerrydude1981

garv123 wrote: »

Be interesting to see how they handle no head gear for Rio, reckon it could really change things up

Dont they box without headgear in that World Series competition,a good few of the Irish lads box in that

Motorist

As well as people think Katie Taylor is doing, it's a shame we dont have any proper athletes contending for medals. This business of women fighting each other is a bit of a joke, in my opinion. It's disappointing to hear all this Irish media hype about her - I wouldntmind if it was a 100m athlete or swimming champion in a proper olympic sport. She is a credit to the travelling community though.

darced

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Pudsy33

Motorist wrote: »

As well as people think Katie Taylor is doing, it's a shame we dont have any proper athletes contending for medals. This business of women fighting each other is a bit of a joke, in my opinion. It's disappointing to hear all this Irish media hype about her - I wouldntmind if it was a 100m athlete or swimming champion in a proper olympic sport. She is a credit to the travelling community though.

Oh sweet jesus, not this again

Also, she isn't a traveller?

Jimoslimos

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

On today's market the bronze medal consisting of 97% copper, 2.5% zinc and 0.5% tin is only worth $4.17.

Silver are Gold are worth considerably more at $330 and $644 respectively.

I heard somewhere that the gold medal is actually mostly silver.

Edit: Found it

Medal specification
- The London 2012 Olympic medals weigh 375-400g, are 85mm in diameter and 7mm thick.
- The gold medal is made up of 92.5% silver and 1.34% gold, with the remainder copper (a minimum of 6g of gold).
- The silver medal is made up of 92.5% silver, with the remainder copper.
- The bronze medal is made up of 97.0% copper, 2.5% zinc and 0.5% tin.

http://www.london2012.com/medals/about/

nice_very

Motorist wrote: »

As well as people think Katie Taylor is doing, it's a shame we dont have any proper athletes contending for medals. This business of women fighting each other is a bit of a joke, in my opinion. It's disappointing to hear all this Irish media hype about her - I wouldntmind if it was a 100m athlete or swimming champion in a proper olympic sport. She is a credit to the travelling community though.

thats a paddlin

Kerrydude1981

nice_very wrote: »

thats a paddlin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFgR0m-9FmM

DEFTLEFTHAND

Jimoslimos wrote: »

I heard somewhere that the gold medal is actually mostly silver.

That's right, just looking at the figures here, each gold medal is 92.5% silver, 1.34% gold with the remainder copper.

The silvers are 92.5% silver with the remainder copper.

EDIT: Sorry didn't notice your last post.

Mr. Manager

I'd feel a bit cheesed if I won gold but actually got silver

fryup

leahyl wrote: »

I like Bill but it'd be nice to have some new younger persenters on. Jimmy and Bill are a bit over the hill at this stage.

Jimmy Magee doesn't believe in retirement he'll pop his cloggs on the job

probably get a heart attack when katie taylor wins gold

dxhound2005

My name is URL wrote: »

Pretty much everyone misspelling Conlan's name.. even the media have basically renamed him

It's still happening. What are we going to do?

leahyl

fryup wrote: »

leahyl wrote: »

I like Bill but it'd be nice to have some new younger persenters on. Jimmy and Bill are a bit over the hill at this stage.

Jimmy Magee doesn't believe in retirement he'll pop his cloggs on the job

probably get a heart attack when katie taylor wins gold

But wouldn't it be a nice way to go :-P

Guy:Incognito

Cereal Rapist wrote: »

I'd feel a bit cheesed if I won gold but actually got silver

If your at the stage where your melting down your medal , the metallic composition is the least of your problems.

opinion guy

garv123 wrote: »

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

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

On today's market the bronze medal consisting of 97% copper, 2.5% zinc and 0.5% tin is only worth $4.17.

Silver are Gold are worth considerably more at $330 and $644 respectively.

Get instant cash at "best" prcies at Cash4Gold.com!!

:pac:

garv123

Id love to see all these "womens boxing isn't a sport" muppets stand in the ring with any of the olympic female boxers and see how they feel after the first round ( if they're still concious)

Guy:Incognito

garv123 wrote: »

Id love to see all these "womens boxing isn't a sport" muppets stand in the ring with any of the olympic female boxers and see how they feel after the first round ( if they're still concious)

Surely the same applies to Synchrosised swimming etc?

fionnsda

Jimoslimos wrote: »

I heard somewhere that the gold medal is actually mostly silver.

Edit: Found it

http://www.london2012.com/medals/about/

miserable b... not even gold :eek:
but then again the uk have f all gold to be giving away!

Pudsy33

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Surely the same applies to Synchrosised swimming etc?

Most peoples arguments about synchronised swimming aren't based in sexism.

garv123

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Surely the same applies to Synchrosised swimming etc?

I haven't seen anyone on here saying anything about synchronised swimming? IMO that requires a lot more skill and strength and fitness than the diving.

Motorist

Can't stand to see football at the Olympics. Going to overdose after Euro2012. What next for olympic sports - chess playing, motorsport, wingsuit jumping ?

The_Kew_Tour

Fantastic stuff by Conlan. It was a very close fight, but imo his tactics and punches were spot on.

The French guy was doing fine, but landed nothing most of the time.

You can hit 100 punches and still lose to 1 quality punch.

Thats the name of the game

Guy:Incognito

fionnsda wrote: »

miserable b... not even gold :eek:
but then again the uk have f all gold to be giving away!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2095535/Bank-Englands-glittering-stash-156BN-gold-bars-stored-canteen-London.html

they've enough to get by.

Motorist

garv123 wrote: »

I haven't seen anyone on here saying anything about synchronised swimming? IMO that requires a lot more skill and strength and fitness than the diving.

I saw a synchronised swimming act on Britains Got Talent a few weeks ago. A talent show like that is the right place for it.

garv123

Motorist wrote: »

Can't stand to see football at the Olympics. Going to overdose after Euro2012. What next for olympic sports - chess playing, motorsport, wingsuit jumping ?

Then don't watch it.. Simple really.

paulgeog

fionnsda wrote: »

miserable b... not even gold :eek:
but then again the uk have f all gold to be giving away!

They're actually using Mongolian gold in the medals.

Motorist

The classic olympic sports are gymnastics, weight lifting, track and field, and swimming. Nonsense such as sailing, womens boxing, etc is a side show which devalues the medals of the athletes of the classic disciplines.

keith16

Motorist wrote: »

I saw a synchronised swimming act on Britains Got Talent a few weeks ago. A talent show like that is the right place for it.

And sitting in front of mindless TV like that is clearly the right place for you.

johnmcdnl

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