London 2012 Megathread [Part 1]

shrewdness

leahyl wrote: »

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

Older than she looks, 30 in October! Shocking!

rainbow kirby

robinph wrote: »

but don't think he's been doing any of those meets.

He was at Oslo (made his entrance in a rather souped-up car), think he was at Rome too.

opinion guy

leahyl wrote: »

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

Lol....wait until the Jamaican celebration party and the Irish celebration collide at the Olympic village tonight :eek::eek:

leahyl wrote: »

Ah the British boxer is very pretty :-)

Haha - there's a sentence I bet you thought you would never say:pac:

leahyl

Jesus they just found out about the broken leg guy on RTE now.....hear it first on boards.ie :-P

robinph

Colmustard wrote: »

... we are going to see him in a lot of ads.

It's close between Bolt and Ennis as to who appears on more billboards and bus stops through London at the moment. Bolt is on all the big Visa posters throughout the train stations, but there are plenty of Ennis, and Pendelton, ones promoting girly products (not sure what they were advertising, and don't care).

opinion guy

leahyl wrote: »

Jesus they just found out about the broken leg guy on RTE now.....hear it first on boards.ie :-P

Seriously rte olympic coverage is beyond a joke....its simply been .....well....amateur

leahyl

opinion guy wrote: »

leahyl wrote: »

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

Lol....wait until the Jamaican celebration party and the Irish celebration collide at the Olympic village tonight :eek::eek:

leahyl wrote: »

Ah the British boxer is very pretty :-)

Haha - there's a sentence I bet you thought you would never say:pac:

What do you mean by the last sentence?!

opinion guy

leahyl wrote: »

What do you mean by the last sentence?!

I mean boxers are not normally know for their prettyness - what with being beat around the head all day

leahyl

robinph wrote: »

Colmustard wrote: »

... we are going to see him in a lot of ads.

It's close between Bolt and Ennis as to who appears on more billboards and bus stops through London at the moment. Bolt is on all the big Visa posters throughout the train stations, but there are plenty of Ennis, and Pendelton, ones promoting girly products (not sure what they were advertising, and don't care).

And of course our Katie! She'll get her fair share of publicity also! :-)

robinph

rainbow kirby wrote: »

He was at Oslo (made his entrance in a rather souped-up car), think he was at Rome too.

Ahh yeah, remember them showing that in one of the Bolt preview programs before the Olympics started. The promoter for the Rome meet didn't care how much she had to pay him or how he ran, it was their first sell out.

leahyl

opinion guy wrote: »

leahyl wrote: »

What do you mean by the last sentence?!

I mean boxers are not normally know for their prettyness - what with being beat around the head all day

Oh ya! Haha! Yeah that's true!

Mysteriouschic

Yeah the British boxer seems quite down to earth. You could tell she won it wasn't as close as the Katie Taylor match. Two great female boxers for both GB and Ireland.
Who won the 3rd weight in boxing? I haven't heard anything about it.

opinion guy

Mysteriouschic wrote: »

Yeah the British boxer seems quite down to earth. You could tell she won it wasn't as close as the Katie Taylor match. Two great female boxers for both GB and Ireland.
Who won the 3rd weight in boxing? I haven't heard anything about it.

A drunken Irish fan in row 3 won :P

DEFTLEFTHAND

leahyl wrote: »

And of course our Katie! She'll get her fair share of publicity also! :-)

In Ireland yes, I say she stands to make a bit of money here, if that doesn't contravene the amateur code or anything.

rainbow kirby

Mysteriouschic wrote: »

Who won the 3rd weight in boxing? I haven't heard anything about it.

Claressa Shields, a 17 year old American.

Guy:Incognito

Mysteriouschic wrote: »

Yeah the British boxer seems quite down to earth. You could tell she won it wasn't as close as the Katie Taylor match. Two great female boxers for both GB and Ireland.
Who won the 3rd weight in boxing? I haven't heard anything about it.

American fighter, Shields. She won it comfortably.

leahyl

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

leahyl wrote: »

And of course our Katie! She'll get her fair share of publicity also! :-)

In Ireland yes, I say she stands to make a bit of money here, if that doesn't contravene the amateur code or anything.

She's already done a tv ad in the US before she won today - now everyone knows her so they'll all want a piece if her!

Guy:Incognito

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

In Ireland yes, I say she stands to make a bit of money here, if that doesn't contravene the amateur code or anything.

Sure shes already in ads. The Lucozade one I think it is? One of those ads where you wouldnt know what its for unless they show you the product right at the end. Montage of her trainign, with music.

EchoO

London 1908...

http://www.retronaut.co/2012/08/london-olympics-1908/

DEFTLEFTHAND

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Sure shes already in ads. The Lucozade one I think it is? One of those ads where you wouldnt know what its for unless they show you the product right at the end. Montage of her trainign, with music.

Yeah you're right sorry I'd forgotten about that.

Colmustard

10.00 was hear I read our Katie will be interview by gary Linekar.

Mysteriouschic

I have bbc 2 on now it'll be good to hear what she says.

Jesus Shaves

And my medals total goes up by 36 in the space of minutes

Mr.Crinklewood

Decent Bobsleigh team there.

Jimmy Iovine

J. Marston wrote: »

Why does he slow up though?

He said that he wasn't feeling fully fit. He had felt a twinge in his back and knew at the start of the last 100 that he wasn't going to break it.

If he ever is fully fit, gets the right lane and track and the conditions are good then he'll obliterate that world record, to the extent that it may never be broken again.

robinph

Mysteriouschic wrote: »

I have bbc 2 on now it'll be good to hear what she says.

Put Beeb 2 on now.

Colmustard

They will be representing Jamaica in the 4 by 100 relay, now you couldn't back against them winning that. So I thinks he has another gold in the bag.

cgpg5

Watching highlights on beeb and hearing that brilliant commentator! Why didn't I watch on bbc :-D

Mysteriouschic

I think I prefer the english commentary to the irish it feels like they create more tension.

leahyl

Love watching this over and over!!

Mint Sauce

Just watching the medal ceremony from earlier. Well done Katie, you have done us all proud.

opinion guy

Mysteriouschic wrote: »

I think I prefer the english commentary to the irish it feels like they create more tension.

More tension, less directionless babbling

robinph

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

He said that he wasn't feeling fully fit. He had felt a twinge in his back and knew at the start of the last 100 that he wasn't going to break it.

If he ever is fully fit, gets the right lane and track and the conditions are good then he'll obliterate that world record, to the extent that it may never be broken again.

The 100m and 200m were nothing like the Beijing ones. Everyone else is now a lot closer to him and he beat the 100m time from Beijing. People are getting closer.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Colmustard wrote: »

They will be representing Jamaica in the 4 by 100 relay, now you couldn't back against them winning that. So I thinks he has another gold in the bag.

That will bring his tally to 6 over the course of two games. I wonder will he do it again in Rio, he'll only be 29 not considerably old for a sprinter, but you'd imagine Blake will have reached his peak at that stage.

nice_very

Katie will be on BBC2 in a minute

Mr.Crinklewood

Why did the referee have a radio ( around her waist to the back )?

The_Kew_Tour

3 huge Boxing fights tomorrow to win Silver medals(hopefully more)

All underdogs, but lets hope we get few our way.

cgpg5

Your man's a serious commentator on beeb! Very excited too about Katie winning

leahyl

Omg absolute euphoria!

Ah WHERE'S Katie?!

Shryke

Watched the last 2 rounds of the Taylor fight again on the BBC and the commentating puts rte to shame.
Wtf kind of crap do we get subjected to?

Mysteriouschic

Lets hope the bbc will show the 3 boxing matches tomorrow.
It'd would be good if all the 3 got into the final and then won.

I thought they were going to interview Katie? maybe they wasn't going to.

Meauldsegosha

Thought he was talking to Katie

cgpg5

They probably couldn't get Katie out of the pub

Sea Filly

Katie looks well!

Meauldsegosha wrote: »

Thought he was talking to Katie

cgpg5 wrote: »

They probably couldn't get Katie out of the pub

She's being interviewed on RTÉ at the mo! I think it's been non-stop interviews all evening for her.

Richard Hillman

Shryke wrote: »

Watched the last 2 rounds of the Taylor fight again on the BBC and the commentating puts rte to shame.
Wtf kind of crap do we get subjected to?

Jobs for the boys. Nobody will tell Jimmy Magee that he's not up to it anymore

leahyl

cgpg5 wrote: »

They probably couldn't get Katie out of the pub

Yes the Irish fans are holding her hostage!

opinion guy

cgpg5 wrote: »

Your man's a serious commentator on beeb! Very excited too about Katie winning

Yeah I watched all her fights on bbc cause h was so much better than the rte crew. Even when the British girl was fighting Katie he was still pro Katie:D

keith16

Bill really is an old fogey

Meauldsegosha

She's on RTE 2

Pudsy33

On rte 2 people