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London 2012 Megathread [Part 1]

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  • #1152
    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,247 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_Olympic_Athletes_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics


  • #1153
    Mountainlad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,851 ✭✭✭Mountainlad


    Great Recption :)


  • #1154
    Aoife9
    Registered Users Posts: 1,540 ✭✭✭Aoife9


    G'wan our Katie!!!!!Woo Hoo!!!!!!! :D:D:D


  • #1155
    iMuse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,975 ✭✭✭iMuse


    Great cheer for the Irish :D


  • #1156
    FanadMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,820 ✭✭✭FanadMan


    Hear that effin cheer!!!! WOW!!


  • #1157
    IvySlayer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,190 ✭✭✭✭IvySlayer


    G'wan Sonia :D


  • #1158
    Thrill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,485 ✭✭✭Thrill


    Wooot!!


  • #1159
    G_R
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 5,028 Mod ✭✭✭✭G_R


    Come on Ireland! Pretty decent cheer for our guys!


  • #1160
    admiralofthefleet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


    we got the biggest chear so far


  • #1161
    retalivity
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,539 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    Guy:Incognito wrote: »
    Anyone any info on the 3 independant folk?

    Ones from the south sudan which isnt part of IOC,
    3 other from the netherland antilles which is no lnoger a country after a referendum there last year


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  • #1162
    keith16
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,061 ✭✭✭keith16


    Hande hoche! wrote: »
    Interesting titbit about Yugoslavia there.

    What was it? Missed it....


  • #1163
    previous user
    Registered Users Posts: 1,024 ✭✭✭previous user


    Go wann Ireland!! Yesss!


  • #1164
    Midnight Sundance
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 798 ✭✭✭Midnight Sundance


    Aw wow got all emotional when Ireland came out. Great reception!!!


  • #1165
    funnights74
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,952 ✭✭✭funnights74


    Good on ya katie woo hoo


  • #1166
    Cienciano
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,312 ✭✭✭✭Cienciano


    Kurz wrote: »
    Something cool about the Independent Olypian athletes team. They seemed to really be having fun.

    That's cos they're all getting asylum in the UK after the games


  • #1167
    Sindri
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,059 ✭✭✭Sindri


    Inda doing what looked like a Nazi salute just as Israel come out. :pac:


  • #1168
    Hande hoche!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,795 ✭✭✭Hande hoche!


    keith16 wrote: »
    What was it? Missed it....

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_Olympic_Participants_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics


  • #1169
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    The Famousest man of the planet!


  • #1170
    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,247 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    keith16 wrote: »
    What was it? Missed it....

    It's not a country anymore. :)


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  • #1171
    Ah_Yeah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,020 ✭✭✭Ah_Yeah


    That was savage! Got a great reception!


  • #1172
    steve9859
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,554 ✭✭✭steve9859


    Guy:Incognito wrote: »
    Anyone any info on the 3 independant folk?

    Sudan or Somalia or somewhere like that. Displaced people anyway....like Yugoslavia during the war...their athletes competed under an IOC flag


  • #1173
    Samich
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,949 ✭✭✭Samich


    Do the drummers along the side get subbed? They've been tapping their drums for aaaages. Bound to be aching now.


  • #1174
    cazzak79
    Registered Users Posts: 411 ✭✭cazzak79


    If northern Ireland competed as themselves
    Wales, Scotland and England would have to also don't think that will happen


  • #1175
    Samich
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,949 ✭✭✭Samich


    I missed the Irish entrance too :(


  • #1176
    Dunny
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,985 ✭✭✭Dunny


    s3.jrnl.ie/media/2012/06/Flag-390x285.jpg


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  • #1177
    Jorah
    Registered Users Posts: 127 ✭✭Jorah


    cazzak79 wrote: »
    If northern Ireland competed as themselves
    Wales, Scotland and England would have to also don't think that will happen

    This could be the last time Team GB ever compete.


  • #1178
    Hercule Poirot
    Registered Users Posts: 4,231 ✭✭✭Hercule Poirot


    I want that Khazakstani hat!


  • #1179
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,624 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    cazzak79 wrote: »
    If northern Ireland competed as themselves
    Wales, Scotland and England would have to also don't think that will happen
    Mary Peters


  • #1180
    Kurz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 786 ✭✭✭Kurz


    steve9859 wrote: »
    Sudan or Somalia or somewhere like that. Displaced people anyway....like Yugoslavia during the war...their athletes competed under an IOC flag

    Great info there, "Sudan or Somalia or somewhere like that". Thanks for that.


  • #1181
    Tipperary animal lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,501 ✭✭✭Tipperary animal lover


    Some reception we got fair play


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  • #1182
    ascanbe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,089 ✭✭✭ascanbe


    borat-very-nice.jpg?v0


  • #1183
    Rega
    Registered Users Posts: 764 ✭✭✭Rega


    steve9859 wrote: »
    Sudan or Somalia or somewhere like that. Displaced people anyway....like Yugoslavia during the war...their athletes competed under an IOC flag

    1 from South Sudan. 3 from Netherlands antilles.


  • #1184
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    Atheletes from the west boycotting nations competed under the olympic flag in the 1980 Moscow olympics, and the medals were presented to the olympic flag and anthem.


  • #1185
    Cienciano
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,312 ✭✭✭✭Cienciano


    Kiribati - famous for, ehhh, no one knowing the slightest thing about the country.


  • #1186
    previous user
    Registered Users Posts: 1,024 ✭✭✭previous user


    Mars Bar wrote: »
    It was brilliant.
    Pretty cheesy to add that into the olympics imo


  • #1187
    keith16
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,061 ✭✭✭keith16


    Guy:Incognito wrote: »
    It's not a country anymore. :)

    Ha! Trust George Hamilton to give us information like that as if it were news or something!


  • #1188
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    Kind words spoken about the Irish team from our British friends on the BBC commentary.


  • #1189
    Duckworth_Luas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,733 ✭✭✭Duckworth_Luas


    Archery? A national obsession? Hardly the best Korea then!


  • #1190
    Sea Filly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,213 ✭✭✭Sea Filly


    IvySlayer wrote: »
    G'wan Sonia :D

    <3


  • #1191
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    Jorah wrote: »
    This could be the last time Team GB ever compete.

    Yes, if Scotland Leave it would be Britain (Wales & England) (and NI if they're bothered)


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  • #1192
    grey_so_what
    Registered Users Posts: 19,749 ✭✭✭✭grey_so_what


    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    Kind words spoken about the Irish team from our British friends on the BBC commentary.

    Voice of Reason there DLH...;)


  • #1193
    Hande hoche!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,795 ✭✭✭Hande hoche!


    Roughly half way apparently...


  • #1194
    kfallon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    Think I'm developing a crush on Katie....c'mon ya little beauty :o


  • #1195
    Cienciano
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,312 ✭✭✭✭Cienciano


    Liberia - famous for it's dictator leader and war crimes


  • #1196
    oppenheimer1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,084 ✭✭✭oppenheimer1


    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    Kind words spoken about the Irish team from our British friends on the BBC commentary.

    What did they say?


  • #1197
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    kfallon wrote: »
    Think I'm developing a crush on Katie....c'mon ya little beauty :o

    She's on the lookout for a man, cant see many getting by her Da!


  • #1198
    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,247 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    The Liechtensteiners know this isnt the Winter Olympics, yeah?


  • #1199
    Hercule Poirot
    Registered Users Posts: 4,231 ✭✭✭Hercule Poirot


    kfallon wrote: »
    Think I'm developing a crush on Katie....c'mon ya little beauty :o

    Do you believe in Jesus? You're gonna have to to get into those kecks!


  • #1200
    Kurz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 786 ✭✭✭Kurz


    Just wait until you see Zzyxistan, I heard they have the hottest women and the most handsome men.


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  • #1201
    Cienciano
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,312 ✭✭✭✭Cienciano


    Libya- famous for it's dictator leader and war crimes


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