London 2012 Megathread [Part 1]

pc7

gabsdot40 wrote: »

BMX would be a good sport to invest in. Build a few tracks, kids will get their own bikes, and it looks like loads of fun.

Until little johnny falls, sues the council and its closed down.

DEFTLEFTHAND

gabsdot40 wrote: »

BMX would be a good sport to invest in. Build a few tracks, kids will get their own bikes, and it looks like loads of fun.

I find it amazing that BMX actually made it as an Olympic sport.

Aidric

Ah here, Marty Morrissey in reference to Taylor 'She floats like a butterfly, stings like a Katie Taylor'.

Jaysus Marty, lay off the spritzers.

The_Kew_Tour

Our most amount of medals since 1956 and we still complain.

Listen, the bottom line is that we dont have the facilities. We should have pumped more money into sport when we had it.

Do we have Cycling tracks? Or Top class Tracks to run on? or the best coaches?

Where is it going to come from now in recession? Im sure most of you will agree that Sport is not top priority with people at the moment and things like healthcare are.

We are now producing better sprinters then ever before. Derval, Gillick, Hession. and with the likes of Gregan and English coming through in 400m and 800m respectively, then I think the future is bright in Athletics.

Not every country is good at everything and ot country success is buying people to represent them.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Aidric wrote: »

Ah here, Marty Morrissey in reference to Taylor 'She floats like a butterfly, stings like a Katie Taylor'.

Jaysus Marty, lay off the spritzers.

Words fail me, did the clown really say that?

fryup

what if katie loses today???

will we still love her?? or will we sneer??

The_Kew_Tour

fryup wrote: »

what if katie loses today???

will we still love her?? or will we sneer??

Dont worry, its not going to happen.

DEFTLEFTHAND

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Dont worry, its not going to happen.

Be careful, don't tempt faith. A boxing match is never a foregone conclusion, you're always only one good punch away from hitting the deck.

keano_afc

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Be careful, don't tempt faith. A boxing match is never a foregone conclusion, you're always only one good punch away from hitting the deck.

Interesting, considering the silly debate of the last few pages.

The_Kew_Tour

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Be careful, don't tempt faith. A boxing match is never a foregone conclusion, you're always only one good punch away from hitting the deck.

Was tongue in cheek comment.

Dont worry I only know too well. Been watching Amateur boxing for 20 years now and shocks do happen.

Katie is beatable no doubt. Any boxer is.

pc7

fryup wrote: »

what if katie loses today???

will we still love her?? or will we sneer??

We would never sneer, she has achieved so much. I have to say I would be absolutely gutted for her if it was silver, she has been so dominant in her field it would be wrong for silver to be the ending.

The_Kew_Tour

Today is going be Chess Match. The Russian is going to be up to every little trick in the book.

I did chuckle at the Russian girls comments about Katie getting easy scoring. She would know in fairness with her been Russian and all that.

It wasn't me!

Actually, most people will sneer, and that's disgusting, but again, most people have never been close to high level sport. I'd love to see her get the gold, and really hope she does, but if all she comes home with is an Olympic silver, she's still won an Olympic silver medal and that puts her in the absolute top echelons of elite sport. There are many, many wonderful athletes who never get an Olympic medal for dozens of reasons, who collect every other serious accolade in their sport but never wear the Olympic crown. That's just how it goes.

ThisRegard

It wasn't me! wrote: »

Actually, most people will sneer,

No they won't. A couple of idiots will.

kfallon

fryup wrote: »

what if katie loses today???

will we still love her?? or will we sneer??

Sneer at her for winning a silver medal??? I'll still love her and still see her as one of the best, if not the best, Irish Sportstar!

I'm nervous already! After what the Russian was saying yesterday I hope Katie knocks her out then gives her a kick in the cunt for good measure!!!

Kerrydude1981

Looking forward to the BMX races today,going to be mental id say

DOWNTOWN!!!!

kfallon

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

Looking forward to the BMX races today,going to be mental id say

DOWNTOWN!!!!

What time is it on at, enjoyed the time trials yesterday!

I am dreading next Monday

LadyMayBelle

I'm nervous already!! Taking a half day off work and hope to get down good and early and soak up the atmosphere. Workmates (all sport phobic and good forbid they'd actually cheer on their Team GB) cannot appreciate my excitement.

C'mon Katie Taylor!!

Kerrydude1981

kfallon wrote: »

What time is it on at, enjoyed the time trials yesterday!

I am dreading next Monday

Olympics hangover next Monday

The BMX quarter finals are on at 3pm

kfallon

LadyMayBelle wrote: »

I'm nervous already!! Taking a half day off work and hope to get down good and early and soak up the atmosphere. Workmates (all sport phobic and good forbid they'd actually cheer on their Team GB) cannot appreciate my excitement.

C'mon Katie Taylor!!

Promise me you'll wear your Irish jersey to work tomorrow if/when she wins Gold

kfallon

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

Olympics hangover next Monday

The BMX quarter finals are on at 3pm

The only good thing is the football starts back the following Saturday!

Kerrydude1981

kfallon wrote: »

The only good thing is the football starts back the following Saturday!

Ya,proper football,didnt watch much of the Olympics football,expect when Alex Morgan was playing

kfallon

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

Ya,proper football,didnt watch much of the Olympics football,expect when Alex Morgan was playing

Watch the France bronze medal match in the women's, you won't be disappointed by Louisa Necrib!!!

Setun

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

Looking forward to the BMX races today,going to be mental id say

DOWNTOWN!!!!

Really enjoyed the BMX myself, very exciting stuff. Is it time trials the whole way or are there any 'artistic impression' competitions at all?

foxyboxer

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Our most amount of medals since 1956 and we still complain.

Listen, the bottom line is that we dont have the facilities. We should have pumped more money into sport when we had it.

Do we have Cycling tracks? Or Top class Tracks to run on? or the best coaches?

Where is it going to come from now in recession? Im sure most of you will agree that Sport is not top priority with people at the moment and things like healthcare are.

We are now producing better sprinters then ever before. Derval, Gillick, Hession. and with the likes of Gregan and English coming through in 400m and 800m respectively, then I think the future is bright in Athletics.

Not every country is good at everything and ot country success is buying people to represent them.

Agreed. Anyone with a promising talent simply leaves Ireland to get access to such facilities and top coaching. Athletic emigration so to speak.

When you consider someone like John Delaney in the FAI getting 430k a year, surely such funding could be used to provide promising athletes with Athletic Visas to train full time abroad.

DEFTLEFTHAND

LadyMayBelle wrote: »

I'm nervous already!! Taking a half day off work and hope to get down good and early and soak up the atmosphere. Workmates (all sport phobic and good forbid they'd actually cheer on their Team GB) cannot appreciate my excitement.

C'mon Katie Taylor!!

Bloody sportaphobes . Tell them they've a British girl in the flyweight final just before Katie's fight.

Kerrydude1981

Setun wrote: »

Really enjoyed the BMX myself, very exciting stuff. Is it time trials the whole way or are there any 'artistic impression' competitions at all?

Today I think its races,8 in a race,yesterday was just time trials to get positions for the today's races,well that's what i think the format is.

garv123

johne30 wrote: »

. And friend the gaa will never be an olympic sport because the are basically to violent for a global audience.

:pac:

This comment has already made my morning.:rolleyes:

GAA will never be an Olympic sport because it's too violent..

Try GAA will never be an Olympic sport because its only mainly played in Ireland and some Irish clubs in the states and Australia by Irish people and the people would need citizenship to represent them countries.

Hockey, boxing and all other fighting sports don't seem too violent for global audiences.

ThisRegard

Setun wrote: »

Really enjoyed the BMX myself, very exciting stuff. Is it time trials the whole way or are there any 'artistic impression' competitions at all?

There should be group races at some stage, they usually involve at least 2 or 3 riders per race crashing.

Aidric

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Words fail me, did the clown really say that?

Yep. John Murray played the clip on his show this morning.

kfallon

ThisRegard wrote: »

There should be group races at some stage, they usually involve at least 2 or 3 riders per race crashing.

Excellent :pac:

Rascasse

ThisRegard wrote: »

There should be group races at some stage, they usually involve at least 2 or 3 riders per race crashing.

Thats the ones today (quarter finals) and tomorrow (semi & final) I believe.

Them going around on their own was to decide the seedings for the actual races.

Colmo52

Everyone go to Google right now and do the Canoe Slalom. Its brilliant.

Sea Filly

Nervous. This brings me back to Sonia's 5000m final in Sydney in 2000. It was on in the morning during a double maths session. Torture. And after, I remember a friend coming up to me with a disappointed expression on her face. Gutting. COME ON KATIE!!!!

DEFTLEFTHAND

Our high jumper Deirdre Ryan has been eliminated at the first round. Unfortunate.

Kerrydude1981

Watching the Taekwondo,looks like thre ref wants to join in:D

garv123

Colmo52 wrote: »

Everyone go to Google right now and do the Canoe Slalom. Its brilliant.

17 seconds

Cienciano

Womens beach volleyball in HD is now my favourite sport.

Aidric

Cienciano wrote: »

Womens beach volleyball in HD is now my favourite sport.

Horny Definition.

the groutch

anyone know when the 50k walk is?

DEFTLEFTHAND

the groutch wrote: »

anyone know when the 50k walk is?

Saturday.

Kerrydude1981

the groutch wrote: »

anyone know when the 50k walk is?

Mens Saturday morning at 9am
Womens 20k walk Saturday at 5pm

LordSutch

I guess Bolt will get Gold & Blake Silver, but does anyone else rate Lemaitre's chances for a Bronze tonight? as the token whits sprinter I would like to see him do something, although I thought he was below par in the heats!

Bronze or bust for Lemaitre?

Mens 200 Metres Final 20:55 TONIGHT.

LadyMayBelle

I WISH I had a jersey!! Will be makeshift green with whatever I can find, and have two flags from the Euro shop from when I was home last!! Resting the vocal chords

Unfort my office are of the 'ew, women boxing, that's awful, it shouldnt be etc'. I watched yesterday's match on my phone sitting on a wall in the carpark

Watching the clock now, heading out these doors at 12:30

Pity bout our high jumper

mike65

Irish high jump girl didn't even get over the first level.

westendgirlie

Good morning my fellow couch/office chair olympians. No real change in the leaders

I've included the over 300 scored posters countries underneath their score.

god 357
USA, China, Russia, Germany, France, South Korea, Japan, Spain, Canada, Kazakhstan

nicevery 332
USA China GB Germany France South Korea Italy Spain Brazil Kenya

diegomaradona 315
USA China Russia Australia Italy Japan Cuba Brazil Khazakhstan Jamaica

jesus shaves 314
USA Russia GB Australia Germany South Korea Japan Kenya Khazakhstan Jamaica

tadghSk 305
USA Russia GB Australia France South Korea Italy Netherlands Kenya Khazakhstan

mynameisurl 304
USA Russia GB Australia Germany Ukraine Japan CubaBelarus Spain

irish stew 273
pherekydes 240
sparks 237
barney92 230
samich 222
mars bar 215
deftlefthand 175
westendgirlie 171
kfallon 154

Rascasse

mike65 wrote: »

Irish high jump girl didn't even get over the first level.

She jumped 1.80 and 1.85 but failed at 1.9. I think her SB is 1.91, but compared to the others it was always going to be an uphill task.

It wasn't me!

Also worth noting that she's battling an injury, in the form of a trapped nerve in her back, as of very recently, and only arrived in the Olympic village the other day.

Guy:Incognito

It wasn't me! wrote: »

Also worth noting that she's battling an injury, .

Sure she wouldnt have been brought to the Olympics if she wasnt.

kfallon

westendgirlie wrote: »

Good morning my fellow couch/office chair olympians. No real change in the leaders

I've included the over 300 scored posters countries underneath their score.

god 357
USA, China, Russia, Germany, France, South Korea, Japan, Spain, Canada, Kazakhstan

nicevery 332
USA China GB Germany France South Korea Italy Spain Brazil Kenya

diegomaradona 315
USA China Russia Australia Italy Japan Cuba Brazil Khazakhstan Jamaica

jesus shaves 314
USA Russia GB Australia Germany South Korea Japan Kenya Khazakhstan Jamaica

tadghSk 305
USA Russia GB Australia France South Korea Italy Netherlands Kenya Khazakhstan

mynameisurl 304
USA Russia GB Australia Germany Ukraine Japan CubaBelarus Spain

irish stew 273
pherekydes 240
sparks 237
barney92 230
samich 222
mars bar 215
deftlefthand 175
westendgirlie 171
kfallon 154

Last!!! :eek:
Stupid Kazzie bastards :P