London 2012 Megathread [Part 1]

keith16

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Lucky he didnt take is top off too. They'd have no choice but to to send him off.

Drives me mad. I remember Ballack (I think) a few years back scoring twice for Chelsea against Man U.

So for the first goal he takes his top - get's the booking. Andy Gray starts says "ref had no choice - stupid by Ballack, but correct booking"

Scores a second (very late in the game iirc) and goes into the crowd. Doesn't get booked. Gray turns around then and goes "ref showing some common sense there not booking him again - stupid rule anyway" :pac:

nice_very

Bolt with the camera, Id say he is some craic

Meauldsegosha

Bolt said he wanted to be known as a legend after these games. I think he has achieved that.

leahyl

nice_very wrote: »

Bolt with the camera, Id say he is some craic

Absolute howl I'd say - he's cocky but in a fun loving way :-P

opinion guy

Nice to see Bolt looking out for Blake and Blake looking out for the young guy who came third and whispering him advice every now and then

keith16

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

Think i will take a stroll to the bookies and collect a nice wad of 50's:p

I'd say they're closed.

cgpg5

Nice to see one of the Jamiacan under 16's get a chance to participate! And win a bronze too

opinion guy

cgpg5 wrote: »

Nice to see one of the Jamiacan under 16's get a chance to participate! And win a bronze too

Apparently he is 22! :eek:

shrewdness

opinion guy wrote: »

Nice to see Bolt looking out for Blake and Blake looking out for the young guy who came third and whispering him advice every now and then

Blake is younger than Warren Weir!

leahyl

David Gillick is right - he did slow up towards the end

opinion guy

shrewdness wrote: »

Blake is younger than Warren Weir!

:eek::eek::eek:

Scanlas The 2nd

WALSHY16291 wrote: »

Kind of disappointed he slowed up towards the end, would have loved to have seen the record broken and in my opinion there would have been no occasion bigger than the Olympics to do it!

He looked at the clock and knew he wasn't going to break the WR.

cgpg5

opinion guy wrote: »

Apparently he is 22! :eek:

He's fooling no one! He's on track for gold in 2024!

My name is URL

Some very snide remarks towards the young fella there from the grey haired dude on RTE. He seems like a tosser

shrewdness

BBC reporter interviewing during the Kenyan national anthem, Bolt won't like that.

cgpg5

He's 22, 5"10 and ENGAGED! Who does this guy think he's fooling

snubbleste

That BBC trackside interviewer keeps putting his hands around the athletes. Very disrespectful imo. You would'nt see Sue Barker doing that.

opinion guy

shrewdness wrote: »

BBC reporter interviewing during the Kenyan national anthem, Bolt won't like that.

I didn't like that

cgpg5 wrote: »

He's 22, 5"10 and ENGAGED! Who does this guy think he's fooling

lol....did you notice Bolt laughing when he said that ???
hmmmmm.....

leahyl

OMG Love the accent - I'm falling deeper!

castletownman

From tears of pure joy looking at Katie Taylor, to tears of laughter looking at Usain Bolt acting the mickey. That man oozes class and coolness

Pdoghue

Anyone sense tension between Gillick and Kiernan in the RTE studio?

michaelr666

shrewdness wrote: »

BBC reporter interviewing during the Kenyan national anthem, Bolt won't like that.

yeah Warren Weir was trying to honour it aswell but the reporter basically manhandled him to get his views

leahyl

The 3 Jamaicans are hilarious - I'd say they'd be great on a night out on the town!

leahyl

Pdoghue wrote: »

Anyone sense tension between Gillick and Kiernan in the RTE studio?

Totally!!! Kiernan seems like a know it all

Pdoghue

Yeah, Kiernan always loves an opportunity to counter Gillick's analysis.

snubbleste

Anyone watching the mens beach volleyball final?
Germany are winning against Brazil.

cgpg5

THAT mullet is hideous how does he get a gig on the telly like that, even Darragh Maloney fixed his hair earlier

leahyl

Christ the british female boxer that won gold today gave the Chinese one an awful beating!

steelcityblues

Pdoghue wrote: »

Yeah, Kiernan always loves an opportunity to counter Gillick's analysis.

I would think when it comes to the sprints, Gillick would be accurate anyhow.

steelcityblues

Dutch hockey team comfortably beating the British in the semis.

Colmustard

Some annalist said bolt will earn 20 million this year, if I had known that I would have entered those races myself.

leahyl

Colmustard wrote: »

Some annalist said bolt will earn 20 million this year, if I had known that I would have entered those races myself.

Is that just from the all the races alone? Imagine if you add on all the sponsorship deals and everything else! :-O

cgpg5

The beach volleyball is gas a different tune played after every point and the MC constantly getting the crowd going, hard enough to take it seriously :P

Richard Hillman

Colmustard wrote: »

Some annalist said bolt will earn 20 million this year, if I had known that I would have entered those races myself.

I dont think they will let you compete on a bike

DEFTLEFTHAND

There's probably history there, Gerry is very direct and honest when it comes to giving an opinion. Some of the Irish athletes might misconstrue that as unfair criticism on themselves.

cgpg5

leahyl wrote: »

Is that just from the all the races alone? Imagine if you add on all the sponsorship deals and everything else! :-O

Na basically sponsorship and that craic alone more or less I'd imagine

shrewdness

leahyl wrote: »

Is that just from the all the races alone? Imagine if you add on all the sponsorship deals and everything else! :-O

Relatively speaking he actually earns fairly little from the races, the vast majority is from sponsorships and endorsements.

blueser

leahyl wrote: »

Christ the british female boxer that won gold today gave the Chinese one an awful beating!

And the Chinese lass is the current world champion at that weight, I think. Excellent performances form both Katie Taylor and Nicola Adams.

Jimmy Iovine

leahyl wrote: »

Is that just from the all the races alone? Imagine if you add on all the sponsorship deals and everything else! :-O

Probably from sponsorship deals. He'll be on the face of every billboard from here to Timbuktu for the next year.

J. Marston

RTE commentator is a bit snarky.

Guy:Incognito

snubbleste wrote: »

Anyone watching the mens beach volleyball final?
Germany are winning against Brazil.

You put the mockers on them, they went 5 points down in the 2nd after you posted

Gandhi

Yankee girls get revenge on Japan for the world cup final.

leahyl

Ah the British boxer is very pretty :-)

Colmustard

Richard Hillman wrote: »

I dont think they will let you compete on a bike

LoL
They would still beat me.
He also said Jess Ennis will get up to 5 million
and the new sporting darling Laura Trott will get the same.

I suppose these athletes are hardly amateurs.

Funkstard

Ha, the false start there was gas;

"Ah for god - for goodness sake.........for goodness sake"

daisybelle2008

leahyl wrote: »

Christ the british female boxer that won gold today gave the Chinese one an awful beating!

She is on BBC now, absolutely adorable!

robinph

leahyl wrote: »

Is that just from the all the races alone? Imagine if you add on all the sponsorship deals and everything else! :-O

Most money will be from sponsors, but he'd get more cash from turning up at an event than he would for actually winning it. There is some good prizes I think if you win the diamond league, but don't think he's been doing any of those meets.

leahyl

daisybelle2008 wrote: »

leahyl wrote: »

Christ the british female boxer that won gold today gave the Chinese one an awful beating!

She is on BBC now, absolutely adorable!

She's very young I'd say - very sweet girl:-)

Colmustard

leahyl wrote: »

Is that just from the all the races alone? Imagine if you add on all the sponsorship deals and everything else! :-O

He would get substantial appearance money on the circuit, I remember watching a doco the race that shocked the world and on the Circuit Carl Lewis and Johnson could claim over 500,000 the coach just laughed and said not even close.

But Bolt I think with sponsorship will earn up to 50, he is now one of the most famous men in the world, we are going to see him in a lot of ads.

leahyl

Colmustard wrote: »

leahyl wrote: »

Is that just from the all the races alone? Imagine if you add on all the sponsorship deals and everything else! :-O

He would get substantial appearance money on the circuit, I remember watching a doco the race that shocked the world and on the Circuit Carl Lewis and Johnson could claim over 500,000 the coach just laughed and said not even close.

But Bolt I think with sponsorship will earn up to 50, he is now one of the most famous men in the world, we are going to see him in a lot of ads.

Great! Looking forward to seeing him everywhere :-P