London 2012 Megathread [Part 1]

robinph

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

We should really just give up on athletics and focus on something else. Something white people are better at for starts!

You need to take notice of more of the events that are going on in the Athletics stadium.

Larianne

opinion guy wrote: »

Wow Cuban pole-vaulter's pole snapped :eek:

Where was that on?

Checked the red button and it wasn't there. :pac:

DEFTLEFTHAND

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

Did Cragg run yet this morning?

Bit of a disaster I'm afraid. Its a shame, the chap showed a lot of potential in his early career.

It's looking like another very disappointing track and field campaign for Ireland.

Mr.Crinklewood

Cián O'Connor back in.

opinion guy

Larianne wrote: »

Where was that on?

Checked the red button and it wasn't there. :pac:

HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAHAAH

The mighty red button has failed

Delighted!!!!!!

:P


They played it as slow motion replay on bbc1:)

My name is URL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEQ-3hiV3TE

Guy:Incognito

opinion guy wrote: »

HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAHAAH

The mighty red button has failed

Delighted!!!!!!

:P

I saw it live on BBC about an hour ago.

DEFTLEFTHAND

According to the studio guy, as well as Cian being in the final we also have two Irish born horses competing for other countries.

Christ.....Talk about clutching at straws. :rolleyes:

DEFTLEFTHAND

Good man Cian, whop ya boya.

My name is URL

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

According to the studio guy, as well as Cian being in the final we also have two Irish born horses competing for other countries.

Christ.....Talk about clutching at straws. :rolleyes:

Hardly clutching at straws. They've been on about that since long before the Olympics started. It's an industry which is worth 100's of millions to Ireland, so it's worth mentioning in this context.

Colmo52

Clear round for Cian. He's right back in there.

Kerrydude1981

Get in there Cian boy

Dave0301

Great clear round by Cian, shaping up for a promising afternoon!

Colmustard

My name is URL wrote: »

Hardly clutching at straws. They've been on about that since long before the Olympics started. It's an industry which is worth 100's of millions to Ireland, so it's worth mentioning in this context.

The Bloodstock industry in Ireland is worth over a billion and it is one of this countries greatest exports.

So it is a good advertisement, so other countries Ireland has good nags for sale.

kfallon

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

According to the studio guy, as well as Cian being in the final we also have two Irish born horses competing for other countries.

Christ.....Talk about clutching at straws. :rolleyes:

Any half decent thoroughbred horse was more than likely conceived here in Ireland! Look at the mighty Frankel for instance, his Daddy is Galileo who stands at Coolmore stud in Tipperary!

If only we could get horse racing as an Olympic sport, with our jockeys we'd clean up

Colmustard

kfallon wrote: »

Any half decent thoroughbred horse was more than likely conceived here in Ireland! Look at the mighty Frankel for instance, his Daddy is Galileo who stands at Coolmore stud in Tipperary!

If only we could get horse racing as an Olympic sport, with our jockeys we'd clean up

Why isn't it, it is a big sport worldwide, the bookies and me Da would love it.

Guy:Incognito

Colmustard wrote: »

The Bloodstock industry in Ireland is worth over a billion and it is one of this countries greatest exports.

So it is a good advertisement, so other countries Ireland has good nags for sale.

So can we get extra medals for Irish horses or what?kick us up the table a bit.

Pdoghue

From the IT Olympics blog this morning:

"BBC Northern Ireland last night made quite an audacious and factually incorrect claim - that Northern Ireland had won its fourth medal of the Olympic Games after Michael Conlan secured a medal in the ring last night.

First – The Chambers brothers from Coleraine both received a medal as part of the British men’s lightweight fours but in reality, it should count as one medal not two. That's how it is tallied in the medal chart. That means Northern Ireland (and technically it’s Great Britain and Northern Ireland) have won two medals. Alan Campbell won bronze in the men’s single sculls.

Secondly (and more importantly) – Michael Conlan is from Belfast but boxes for Ireland. He did not win a medal for Northen Ireland last night.
It seems that everyone wants to claim the Irish boxers."

Guy:Incognito

kfallon wrote: »

If only we could get horse racing as an Olympic sport, with our jockeys we'd clean up

Professionals at the Olympics? Wash your mouth out.:)

Mr.Crinklewood

Olivier Guillon with a clear round as well.

kfallon

Colmustard wrote: »

Why isn't it, it is a big sport worldwide, the bookies and me Da would love it.

Well if it was I'd be in it for sure, no better jockey out there tbh

The Olympics version of horse racing is on Saturday, The Shergar Cup Only this year they have merged the GB and Ireland team together :mad: I'm the captain tho so every cloud!

Tbh it's the worst Saturday racing of the year, absolutely hate it :rolleyes:

Pherekydes

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

We should really just give up on athletics and focus on something else. Something white people are better at for starts!

High Jumping? Long Jumping? Throwing?

Funnily enough, Ireland was traditionally very strong at these events, but now...

kfallon

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

So can we get extra medals for Irish horses or what?kick us up the table a bit.

They may have been conceived in Ireland but it doesn't mean they were born here!

opinion guy

kfallon wrote: »

Any half decent thoroughbred horse was more than likely conceived here in Ireland! Look at the mighty Frankel for instance, his Daddy is Galileo who stands at Coolmore stud in Tipperary!

If only we could get horse racing as an Olympic sport, with our jockeys we'd clean up

Colmustard wrote: »

Why isn't it, it is a big sport worldwide, the bookies and me Da would love it.

Well personally I would not like to see horse racing in the olympics. BUT - I do think it is more a sport of the massess than all this dressage ****e - which imho should be turfed out of the games

Colmustard

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

So can we get extra medals for Irish horses or what?kick us up the table a bit.

The horse is only part of the equation, an important one, but the skill is with the riders.

It looks easy because they make it look easy, but it is not.

funnights74

opinion guy wrote: »

Wow Cuban pole-vaulter's pole snapped :eek:

Saw that, he was a lucky lad, one of them lidl poles!!

kfallon

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

We should really just give up on athletics and focus on something else. Something white people are better at for starts!

Didn't GB do this about ten years ago, pumped a load of money into cycling and they reaped the rewards in Beijing and now London. Plus Bradley Wiggins has won the Tour and Mark Cavendish has also been an outstanding professional on the circuit.

We don't tend to spend much on sport tho but fair play to GB, they concentrated on one sport and have excelled in it thanks to drugs financial investment :pac:

pc7

Very unIrish of me perhaps, but I won't be cheering if Cian O'Connor takes gold, in the same way I didn't cheer or clap for Gatlin the other night. If you are stripped of medals for cheating you don't deserve a 2nd chance (or 3rd as in Gatlins case) in my humbler.

kfallon

opinion guy wrote: »

Well personally I would not like to see horse racing in the olympics. BUT - I do think it is more a sport of the massess than all this dressage ****e - which imho should be turfed out of the games

Dressage = gay horses
The state of them prancing around the kip

funnights74

Deleted User wrote: »

I wish I had taken this week off work.

I did, second week of the limpix is always on my list. Not sure about rio though, middle of the night for us.

fryup

Pdoghue wrote: »

From the IT Olympics blog this morning:

"BBC Northern Ireland last night made quite an audacious and factually incorrect claim - that Northern Ireland had won its fourth medal of the Olympic Games after Michael Conlan secured a medal in the ring last night.

First – The Chambers brothers from Coleraine both received a medal as part of the British men’s lightweight fours but in reality, it should count as one medal not two. That's how it is tallied in the medal chart. That means Northern Ireland (and technically it’s Great Britain and Northern Ireland) have won two medals. Alan Campbell won bronze in the men’s single sculls.

Secondly (and more importantly) – Michael Conlan is from Belfast but boxes for Ireland. He did not win a medal for Northen Ireland last night.
It seems that everyone wants to claim the Irish boxers."

well in fairness didn't RTE try to claim The Chambers brothers from Coleraine last week as irish

Guy:Incognito

opinion guy wrote: »

Well personally I would not like to see horse racing in the olympics. BUT - I do think it is more a sport of the massess than all this dressage ****e - which imho should be turfed out of the games

Its only a sport of the masses because the masses like to bet huge amounts of money on the outcome.

How many people follow it in the same way as football etc?

Richard Hillman

If equestrian is in it (which shouldnt IMO), then there is no reason why horse racing shouldnt be in it. The thing is, despite most of the best horses being Irish, the owners are not.

If there were 5 different races: 6 furlongs, 1 mile, 1 mile 2f, hurdles race and a national hunt race the winners would probably be

6f: Black Caviar (Aussie owned)
1 mile: Frankel (Saudi owned)
1 mile 2f: Camelot (Irish and British owned. 3 owners, 2 are british)
Hurdles race: Big Bucks (British owned)
National hunt: The gold cup winner has died but the winner before that was Long Run (British owned)

Maybe Team GB should be pushing for it to be included :pac:

Guy:Incognito

fryup wrote: »

well in fairness didn't RTE try to claim The Chambers brothers from Coleraine last week as irish

They probably had'nt heard of them.

opinion guy

The Saudi Arabian track and field women's entrant ran in the 800m heat.

Miles off the pace but got a good cheer from the crowd

BraziliaNZ

Pherekydes wrote: »

High Jumping? Long Jumping? Throwing?

Funnily enough, Ireland was traditionally very strong at these events, but now...

Well I suppose I meant running/sprinting we're not good at. I watched Coe's 1500m from Moscow last night, there were only white people in the race. Funny how it changed. The countries dominating now just weren't developed enough at the time to make it to the olympics and the world wasn't as globalised.

racso1975

Well the Saudi Arabian hoody did not provide any aero dynamic advantage

kfallon

Richard Hillman wrote: »

If equestrian is in it (which shouldnt IMO), then there is no reason why horse racing shouldnt be in it. The thing is, despite most of the best horses being Irish, the owners are not.

If there were 5 different races: 6 furlongs, 1 mile, 1 mile 2f, hurdles race and a national hunt race the winners would probably be

6f: Black Caviar (Aussie owned)
1 mile: Frankel (Saudi owned)
1 mile 2f: Camelot (Irish and British owned. 3 owners, 2 are british)
Hurdles race: Big Bucks (British owned)
National hunt: The gold cup winner is died but the winner before that was Long Run (British owned)

Maybe Team GB should be pushing for it to be included :pac:

Not sure everyone would agree on turf racing for the flat races btw, the US of A might disagree

And if the Hurdles race was over 2m I'd not say Big Bucks was a shoe in either.

John Magnier is the brains behind the Coolmore operation, Camelot would be trained in Ireland so he'd be going down as Irish imo! Derrick Smith is just there for his money and to get in every photograph possible after a win. He's like Sangster in the old days, Magnier, the man from Cork, is the brains of it all!

Colmustard

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Its only a sport of the masses because the masses like to bet huge amounts of money on the outcome.

How many people follow it in the same way as football etc?

I would have thought so to.

But I just asked my da that question and he said "you better believe they do" apparently its not only about gambling, he said most the races I watch I don't have a bet on.

Anyone

racso1975 wrote: »

Well the Saudi Arabian hoody did not provide any aero dynamic advantage

Not sure about that, she got a Saudi record

kfallon

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Its only a sport of the masses because the masses like to bet huge amounts of money on the outcome.

How many people follow it in the same way as football etc?

I do! I have reduced my betting on horses significantly over the past 12 months but I still watch racing every day. Plus I have my fav jockey (see my username), trainer and horses who I follow religiously!

westendgirlie

Had a convo with the bf last night and I asked why shot putters, hammer throwers, discuss flingers were so big. He said they needed the extra weight to carry the thing further.

But i've just seen hammer thrower from Belarus. She is quite slender. Good distance thrown too.

DEFTLEFTHAND

westendgirlie wrote: »

Had a convo with the bf last night and I asked why shot putters, hammer throwers, discuss flingers were so big. He said they needed the extra weight to carry the thing further.

But i've just seen hammer thrower from Belarus. She is quite slender. Good distance thrown too.

Technique as well as strength is needed.

kfallon

westendgirlie wrote: »

Had a convo with the bf last night and I asked why shot putters, hammer throwers, discuss flingers were so big. He said they needed the extra weight to carry the thing further.

But i've just seen hammer thrower from Belarus. She is quite slender. Good distance thrown too.

I saw a shot putter from China the other night, my God, you could have played handball off her arse!! More chins than a Chinese phonebook too!

And as for the wan from Belarus who won it......

http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/06/68/01/66801_FULL-PRT.jpg

:eek:

fryup

talk about over hyping things, Newstalk have the katie fight as their leading headline...jasyus wait till she wins gold at least

racso1975

kfallon wrote: »

I saw a shot putter from China the other night, my God, you could have played handball off her arse!! More chins than a Chinese phonebook too!

And as for the wan from Belarus who won it......

http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/06/68/01/66801_FULL-PRT.jpg

:eek:

Thats actually shane byrne

Pherekydes

fryup wrote: »

talk about over hyping things, Newstalk have the katie fight as their leading headline...jasyus wait till she wins gold at least

Bit of a surprise that. Is it not the latest Manure training session? Or Hooky running over a cyclist?

westendgirlie

kfallon wrote: »

I saw a shot putter from China the other night, my God, you could have played handball off her arse!! More chins than a Chinese phonebook too!

And as for the wan from Belarus who won it......

http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Photo/06/68/01/66801_FULL-PRT.jpg

:eek:

she's a babe

Richard Hillman

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Technique as well as strength is needed.

Yeah technique is king with the strength to back up the technique. Im not muscularly blessed myself but threw the javelin a few times. Its a terrible awkward thing to throw. The athletes make it look so easy.

racso1975

Jez that was a great race in the rowing/kayaking