London 2012 Megathread [Part 1]

fionnsda

Aidric wrote: »

The 800mts is a beast of a discipline.

Er you just have to run 200m ...so what!

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cgpg5 wrote: »

2055 I think don't quote me on that

QFT :pac:

johnmcdnl

cgpg5 wrote: »

ANy betting men out there? Get on gold for Jamaica in 200m tonight! A dead cert :P

No such thing as a dead cert

there's almost no value in it either - you'd have to bet your entire bank account to get enough profit to buy a bag of tatyo :pac:

it's 1/25 for a Jamacian 1-2, that's €100 bet to make €4 profit not for me sorry

Bolt 1st, Blake 2nd at 3/10 might be worth a look for putting in a double with something else

Colmustard

cgpg5 wrote: »

ANy betting men out there? Get on gold for Jamaica in 200m tonight! A dead cert :P

I have a feeling Powell may get this.

But no-one agrees with me.

P_1

cgpg5 wrote: »

ANy betting men out there? Get on gold for Jamaica in 200m tonight! A dead cert :P

probably something useless like 1/20 though

Pherekydes

Colmustard wrote: »

I have a feeling Powell may get this.

But no-one agrees with me.

Because he's not in the race!

cgpg5

johnmcdnl wrote: »

No such thing as a dead cert

there's almost no value in it either - you'd have to bet your entire bank account to get enough profit to buy a bag of tatyo :pac:

it's 1/25 for a Jamacian 1-2, that's €100 bet to make €4 profit not for me sorry

Bolt 1st, Blake 2nd at 3/10 might be worth a look for putting in a double with something else

I was being sarcastic btw

cgpg5

pithater1 wrote: »

probably something useless like 1/20 though

Put 20 quid on you'll be a euro richer! A euro for free :pac:

My name is URL

David Rudisha is some feckin athlete.

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Rudisha, wow! :eek::eek::eek:

Aidric

WOW. Just wow. Powerhouse performance from Rudisha.

titan18

Best athlete in the Olympics imo

Kerrydude1981

He is a machine

johnmcdnl

cgpg5 wrote: »

I was being sarcastic btw

I was hoping :pac:

Hercule Poirot

Was he taking that easy? Barely looked like he was trying :eek:

cgpg5

50 mins ladies and gents

Hulk Hands

Yahoo, had a few quid on the WR to go at 12/1

Kerrydude1981

Hulk Hands wrote: »

Yahoo, had a few quid on the WR to go at 12/1

Congrats,nice win

opinion guy

Wow awesome performance by Rudisha.
New world record.

Nice

Pdoghue

Amazing from Rudisha - coached by the Irish priest.. always suprised me that the 800 m WR hadn't progressed much from Coe's 1.41 back in the early 80s..

pc7

'Trained by an Irish priest' do much fooder for AH in that statement alone lol
Amazing run in fairness he wasnt even breaking a sweat

leahyl

David Gillick om nom nom! Must say this has been an extremely good looking Olympics also :-D

HazDanz

Rudisha.... Mr Cool. How easy did he make that look?

Hulk Hands

titan18 wrote: »

Best athlete in the Olympics imo

I agree. Pity they don't schedule it better to allow a man to do the 400/800 double, or the 800/1500. I'd fancy him in any of them

IvySlayer

Didn't see it, but I'mma say Rudisha is amazing cos opinion guy thanks every post praising him :cool:

leahyl

So in a way that's another gold medal for us :-P

Richard Hillman

The best thing about that WR was he went out and ran it from the front himself. He could have ran that as a time trial and still broke it.

My name is URL

A Maasai tribesman running in a team mostly dominated by Kalenjins and trained by an Irish priest.

You honestly couldn't make that shit up

Kerrydude1981

My name is URL wrote: »

A Maasai tribesman running in a team mostly dominated by Kalenjins and trained by an Irish priest.

You honestly couldn't make that shit up

Check the RTE player Man On A Mission from Tuesday night,well worth watching

Malari

Wow, just watched the piece on BBC about the black power salute in the Mexican games. Only part of the Olympics that nearly brought me to tears!

Hercule Poirot

Malari wrote: »

Wow, just watched the piece on BBC about the black power salute in the Mexican games. Only part of the Olympics that nearly brought me to tears!

Yeah, I read recently about the Aussie fella Peter Norman - really felt for him, ostracized for taking part in the salute. And still the fastest Australian over that distance. A bad case of not being appreciated at the time.

Sanity_Saviour

Don't think I'm exaggerating when I say that 800 was one of the best races I've ever seen.

.E_C_K_S.

What time is the 200 on tonight lads thanks:)

racso1975

Here comes my smiley girlfriend shelly Ann

Kerrydude1981

racso1975 wrote: »

Here comes my smiley girlfriend shelly Ann

I thought she was mine

They have rested her

racso1975

Ahhh the jamacians have robbed me! This scratch team better qualify

racso1975

Wohoo get to previous on my shelly again.......back away kerrydude.....i dont joke about shelly......eva

racso1975

Anybody reckon a new wr in 200? Would be the cherry on an amazing day of sports

racso1975

Remember women......no flicking :-)

JONJO THE MISER

Remember as Larry Saunders used to say, no flicking.

Malari

racso1975 wrote: »

Remember women......no flicking :-)

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leahyl

Malari wrote: »

racso1975 wrote: »

Remember women......no flicking :-)

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I second that! ?????

LadyMayBelle

Just home now after a drink to celebrate! It was such a privilege to witness Katie's win, I gave myself a stress headache and a sir throat but was it worth it!!
The crowd was amazing; we were perched between two couples rooting for GB but other than that, surrounded by Irish young and old! Haven't a clue what McGuigan said because you could hear feck all with the cheers. Felt sorry for the last match boxers as a lot of people were talking and goIng in and out to the loo/bar during their bout, but I guess everyone's adrenaline had dyed down after the anthem!
She is truly an amazing talented and dedicated boxer and I will remember this day for a long long time!!

michaelr666

just heard on the BBC that the first american runner on the 4X400 meter heat this morning broke his leg after 200 meters and carried on running, he said he didnt wanna let his teammates down..

:eek: :eek: :eek:

some man

racso1975

leahyl wrote: »

I second that! ?????

It was just a coment the guy on rte 2 made

nice_very

leahyl wrote: »

David Gillick om nom nom! Must say this has been an extremely good looking Olympics also :-D

well, it is the XXX Olympiad

leahyl

Looking forward to seeing my main man Bolt ;-)

My name is URL

I'd say Blake is gonna win this. Bolt will have a bad start

JONJO THE MISER

Bolt has been backed from 1.26 to 1.16 on Betfair.
Have big money on the Katie/bolt double.

TheGoldenAges

I have Bolt, Blake and Spearman as the 1,2,3