London 2012 Megathread [Part 1]

fryup

Bill said that ..."when i was a lad badminton was a protestant sport"

don't think he meant in a sectarian way, but it just sounded crass esp in this day and age

Happyman42

Anyone wrote: »

Haha what did he say?

I'm still fascinated that the commentator in that match told us that the shuttlecock was made with feathers from the left side of a goose.

It was a leading question to get his guest to talk about the development of the sport in Ireland....'When I was growing up babminton was seen as a Protestant sport.....'

Shryke

Chinese are fantastic on the beach volleyball.

Capt'n Midnight

Today's TV line Up
Which channel to watch - http://www.timeout.com/london/feature/2822/olympics-tv-guide-where-to-watch-the-olympics-on-tv/7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QedMg7Kppr8

Horrible Histories version of the Olympics

Anyone

Happyman42 wrote: »

It was a leading question to get his guest to talk about the development of the sport in Ireland....'When I was growing up babminton was seen as a Protestant sport.....'

And people are going mad about that comment? Thats funnier than the actual comment!

Happyman42

Anyone wrote: »

And people are going mad about that comment? Thats funnier than the actual comment!

On FAcebook anybody can go mad and frequently do!

Plazaman

Hope this hasn't being posted already but sure just in case

http://olympics.time.com/2012/07/28/interactive-panorama-inside-the-opening-ceremony/

A gigapan photo of the opening cermony of the olympics. Hours to great voyeuristic zooming fun to be had.

opinion guy

Plazaman wrote: »

Hope this hasn't being posted already but sure just in case

http://olympics.time.com/2012/07/28/interactive-panorama-inside-the-opening-ceremony/

A gigapan photo of the opening cermony of the olympics. Hours to great voyeuristic zooming fun to be had.

Meh too blurry to spot hotties :mad:

westendgirlie

Jeez, the sailing is well confusing. I have no idea what all the lines on the screen are about in the one man boats. And the two man boats, they are all going in different directions



Oh Ireland just went trough the finish line, I think in 4th or 5th

ballsymchugh

just looking back at the opening ceremony, when they had a bit at the start of choirs from each part of the uk, with clips of rugby teams scoring tries, why did they show noel mannion's try v wales? he's from galway.
surely enough people from north of the border have scored for ireland to find one clip?

Lyaiera

westendgirlie wrote: »

Jeez, the sailing is well confusing. I have no idea what all the lines on the screen are about in the one man boats. And the two man boats, they are all going in different directions



Oh Ireland just went trough the finish line, I think in 4th or 5th

They were 4th, great result. Really sets them up to do well this afternoon.

There are two races today, and imagine two every day bar the last day when there'll be three. Eleven races raced, something like six, seven or eight of your best results counted. The less races raced overall (because of weather conditions messing stuff up) the less races you get to discard from your final result.

I don't know what stream your watching but I imagine the lines will be some of the following. One line would be wind speed, fairly obvious to know why. Another line will be which boat is in front and a line will be drawn out of them parallel to the mark they have to go round. This is helpful, but there could be a boat much closer to the mark on the perpendicular but further behind on the parallel. The closer you get to the mark in parallel the more important it is to be closer perpendicularly. Another line could be coming straight through the boat, from stern to bow and sticking out a bit. This will show the absolute direction of the boat. This is important because it lets you compare who is pointing more towards the mark they're all about to go about.

The course in sailing (there can be a few but a basic one) would be one mark up the course where people would have to go straight into the wind to get to it, and another straight down the course where you go perfectly with the wind to get to it. Obviously because the wind is a natural phenomenon you can't control it so these marks won't be in exactly the right place to be into and from the wind. And because the boats have to zig zag back and forth to get where they're going one particular zig might be faster than the other zag because of the way the wind is changing.

There's a lot of other things to it but that's basically it.

cgpg5

opinion guy wrote: »

Just watched McMahons' post swim interview - she was really tough on herself -wow I'd say she'll just get better and better yet!

Ye - wow yes I hope she is clean - if only to see her beating the mens times in the next few years :eek:
But colour me suspicious....

Don't blame ya. It's hard not to be suspicious. There is a damn lot of people questioning her and the Chinese don't exactly have the best past record with doping in swimming.

Looking forward to the swimming tonight Phelps qualifies in third, another gold going to slip away?

Happyman42

Plazaman wrote: »

Hope this hasn't being posted already but sure just in case

http://olympics.time.com/2012/07/28/interactive-panorama-inside-the-opening-ceremony/

A gigapan photo of the opening cermony of the olympics. Hours to great voyeuristic zooming fun to be had.

She's only half the woman she used to be.

cgpg5

Hewitt and Roddick through in tennis, good to see the veterans playing well!

keith16

Does any one know what's happening with the eventing? Delayed...seems like it could be an injury??

Pudsy33

Is our badminton player on?

Mars Bar

keith16 wrote: »

Does any one know what's happening with the eventing? Delayed...seems like it could be an injury??

The Canadian women was down any way. They showed her on the ground(she was conscious) and then the horse off rambling around.

That horse stuff is so boring. Watching water polo now. Tough viewing really. Not very exciting.

Richard Hillman

Hannah Craig didnt do too well in the kayaking

Lyaiera

Richard Hillman wrote: »

Hannah Craig didnt do too well in the kayaking

But neither has anyone else so far. I don't now how many more runners there are but it seems the person in first place did a blinder.

Pudsy33

Our badminton player playing world number 2 now. G'wan the underdog!

Pherekydes

Richard Hillman wrote: »

Hannah Craig didnt do too well in the kayaking

Currently, she can do no worse than 16th, and she's wearing #16, so she's exactly in line with her seeding.

Maybe she'll have a better 2nd run.

Pudsy33

Pherekydes wrote: »

Currently, she can do no worse than 16th, and she's wearing #16, so she's exactly in line with her seeding.

Maybe she'll have a better 2nd run.

Top 16 qualify right?

daveyeh

Lyaiera wrote: »

But neither has anyone else so far. I don't now how many more runners there are but it seems the person in first place did a blinder.

A bit obvious.

Lyaiera

daveyeh wrote: »

A bit obvious.

Not really. She could have barely made first place. She could have done very poorly compared to her normal standard. Instead she did extremely well for someone of her seeding, and up until right after the Irish woman she was 9 seconds ahead of her nearest rival.

Pherekydes

Pudsy33 wrote: »

Top 16 qualify right?

15. She's currently 13th, with one more to go.

Lyaiera

This guy on the badminton commentary is more boring than the most boring priest. Get the basketball guy on!

Pherekydes

She finishes 14th in the first run, but everyone gets a second shot, so she will probably need a better second run to stay in the top 15.

And just to add that her seed number is 15, not 16 as I stated earlier.

Shryke

Evans making a bit of a come back but he's up against 2nd in the world.

Brussels Sprout

Two 1st place finishes for the Annalise Murphy in the Sailing. That's some going considering there were 40 others competing against her. They still have 6 more races or something like that though so she's still got a long way to go.

cgpg5

This diving is an unbelievable standard. GB just outside medals as we stand

Pherekydes

Pherekydes wrote: »

She finishes 14th in the first run, but everyone gets a second shot, so she will probably need a better second run to stay in the top 15.

And just to add that her seed number is 15, not 16 as I stated earlier.

Hannah qualifies for the semis!

Pudsy33

Was her second time much faster?

Pherekydes

Pudsy33 wrote: »

Was her second time much faster?

8.08 seconds faster.

Pudsy33

Pherekydes wrote: »

Pudsy33 wrote: »

Was her second time much faster?

8.08 seconds faster.

Wow, that's good going. Great news.

Capt'n Midnight

hmmm Thai girls are doing well in ladies weightlifting (58Kg)

oops spoke too soon.

Looks like China have another gold 138Kg , (10Kg in the lead)

going for new record ...

Beefy78

US coach calls Ye Shiwen's superfast swims "disturbing"

From the Guardian:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/jul/30/ye-shiwen-world-record-olympics-2012

I really hope that young girl hasn't been doping. It was genuinely unbelievable to watch though.

Capt'n Midnight

Beefy78 wrote: »

US coach calls Ye Shiwen's superfast swims "disturbing"

They are keeping samples for 8 years.

Should be interesting to see how many athletes give a sigh of relief in 8 years time.

confusticated

NegativeCreep wrote: »

Watch whatever you want to watch here:
http://www.eurovisionsports.tv/london2012/index.html


list of what sport is on which camera: http://www.eurovisionsports.tv/london2012/epg/index.html

has anyone else had trouble with that site? I just get a black screen, green play button in the middle and a green/white thing circling around it, but clicking play does nothing on any of the feeds. I'm using chrome if that makes any difference...:( help appreciated!

Capt'n Midnight

Hanna Craig just squeezed in, in the Canoeing

Pudsy33

confusticated wrote: »

NegativeCreep wrote: »

Watch whatever you want to watch here:
http://www.eurovisionsports.tv/london2012/index.html


list of what sport is on which camera: http://www.eurovisionsports.tv/london2012/epg/index.html

has anyone else had trouble with that site? I just get a black screen, green play button in the middle and a green/white thing circling around it, but clicking play does nothing on any of the feeds. I'm using chrome if that makes any difference...:( help appreciated1

Don't have any other tabs open, seems to be problematic.

markie29

confusticated wrote: »

has anyone else had trouble with that site? I just get a black screen, green play button in the middle and a green/white thing circling around it, but clicking play does nothing on any of the feeds. I'm using chrome if that makes any difference...:( help appreciated1

never worked for me on chrome...switch to firefox it works on that.

confusticated

Tried it on firefox, working now, thanks a million!

Capt'n Midnight

[Rant] Fencing is on BBC Olympics 17
- not 5 or 24 like advertised on other websites,
and still no clues on the BBC website [/rant]

Jesus Shaves

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

[Rant] Fencing is on BBC Olympics 17
- not 5 or 24 like advertised on other websites,
and still no clues on the BBC website [/rant]

press the red button and then choose what sport you want to watch?

OMARS_COMING_

I love the Olympics,i wish i could compete in the next one,one can dream!

Chagan

Drama at the fencing!!

Capt'n Midnight

Jesus Shaves wrote: »

press the red button and then choose what sport you want to watch?

Kinda difficult unless you have SKY or 'freesat'

keith16

Chagan wrote: »

Drama at the fencing!!

have never watched this sport before so feel compelled to give my expert opinion on it. The clock clearly went down to zero, think korea have a case.

Jesus Shaves

OMARS_COMING_ wrote: »

I love the Olympics,i wish i could compete in the next one,one can dream!

Don't worry, there's always the special olympics

Chagan

keith16 wrote: »

have never watched this sport before so feel compelled to give my expert opinion on it. The clock clearly went down to zero, think korea have a case.

I agree with you. That last second went on for way too long. I'd say the timekeeper is at fault here. Don't know how they're going to sort it out though.