London 2012 Megathread [Part 1]

tayto lover

Sparks43 wrote: »

Annelise is 1/25 to winn gold

katie is 1/3

Just need 1 more:D:pac:

Well the Show jumpers won't get one anyway.
I thought it was skittles they were playing.

goodie2shoes

LiamoSail wrote: »

Were they always referred to as Team GB or is this a new thing?

Team Gordon Bennett!

Happyman42

Pudsy33 wrote: »

4 gone, 6 more plus medal

When will this play out? Heading over to the games on Thursday, hope I don't miss it when travelling.

statesaver

Think her medal race is on monday

hypersquirrel

tayto lover wrote: »

Well the Show jumpers won't get one anyway.
I thought it was skittles they were playing.

I thought the showjumping wasn't scheduled to start until the 4th?

goodie2shoes

i wonder if many people have lost money backing Team GB?

Samich

goodie2shoes wrote: »

i wonder if many people have lost money backing Team GB?

I wonder have many people lost money backing Michael Phelps.

Nodin

Samich wrote: »

I wonder have many people lost money backing Michael Phelps.

....but wasn't it considered a bit of an outside chance he'd win anything?

Samich

Nodin wrote: »

....but wasn't it considered a bit of an outside chance he'd win anything?

People lose money on anyone and everyone. If they didn't there'd be no bookies.

KeithM89_old

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keith16

Just watching the fencing. It really is a tense game and seems to generate a fair bit of controversy for some reason. The crowd seem kind of obnoxious too (not in a darts kind of way) but they seem to have their favourites.

Bronze medal match is on now with gold medal game later.

Pudsy33

hypersquirrel wrote: »

tayto lover wrote: »

Well the Show jumpers won't get one anyway.
I thought it was skittles they were playing.

I thought the showjumping wasn't scheduled to start until the 4th?

Think he means the eventing

Samich

6 good lifts and 20 fails in the mens 69kg weightlifting. Jaysus :P

HazDanz

Phelps to make history here... Tense stuff!

snubbleste

Why are the swimmers wearing headphones when they walk on? Surely they have lockers

Teyla Emmagan

Oh Michael!!!! Please God.

Mars Bar

Took 2 mins for Team GB to take the lead against Brazil in the women's soccer

Mint Sauce

snubbleste wrote: »

Why are the swimmers wearing headphones when they walk on? Surely they have lockers

They wont hear their music if they keep their headphones in their lockers.

:rolleyes:

Sparks43

Omg last stroke he lost :eek:

keith16

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

Oh Michael!!!! Please God.

What a finish!

leahyl

Phelps lost! :-O

cgpg5

Oh my word what a finish! Can't believe my eyes

Mint Sauce

Finger tip win!!

:eek:

Pudsy33

He made a mess of that

Thrill

Unbelievable finish. Wow.

HazDanz

Le Clos well done. That was an amazing effort.

Teyla Emmagan

Can't believe that finish. I nearly swallowed my own heart there. What a killer.

18 medals though.

leahyl

Pudsy33 wrote: »

He made a mess of that

He thought he had it I'd say!

Shryke

Great finish. Rte commentary... saying that the technique wasn't there for Phelps. God help them they can only spout such stupid comments.

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup

did anyone elses RTE stream freeze right when phelps/south african lad hit the wall?! or was it just my bad luck

Pudsy33

leahyl wrote: »

Pudsy33 wrote: »

He made a mess of that

He thought he had it I'd say!

Yeah I appears that way, he didn't really reach for the wall. He seemed kinda out of his stride however.

Teyla Emmagan

georgiecasey wrote: »

did anyone elses RTE stream freeze right when phelps/south african lad hit the wall?! or was it just my bad luck

Mine was fine. Their HD is brilliant, in fairness to them.

cgpg5

You could see he was jacked coming up to the last turn! How tight can it get though

keith16

snubbleste wrote: »

Why are the swimmers wearing headphones when they walk on? Surely they have lockers

There are lockers but they have to pay £1 and strap the key to their wrist and many of the swimmers feel this would slow them down so they just wear their headphones.

statesaver

That's what the olympics is all about, inches, fingertips. Amazing stuff

snubbleste

statesaver wrote: »

That's what the olympics is all about, inches, fingertips. Amazing stuff

I thought that was gaa?

Thrill

snubbleste wrote: »

I thought that was gaa?

If it was the GAA then Phelps would still have a chance for gold through a backdoor system.

SeaFields

Thrill wrote: »

If it was the GAA then Phelps would still have a chance for gold through a backdoor system.

And there would be 15 Donegal fellas in the shallow end, stopping him from finishing. :pac:

My name is URL

Anyone know what's going on with the fencing? Just tuned in there and the match appears to have been stopped for some reason

Corruptedmorals

statesaver wrote: »

China usually good at this

Not really, always great at beam and bars, usually mediorcre or worse on vault and floor. Much poorer team than 2008, which showed in their standing.

keith16

My name is URL wrote: »

Anyone know what's going on with the fencing? Just tuned in there and the match appears to have been stopped for some reason

The bronze match was stopped due to the hits not registering on one of the players...maybe it's the same issue here?

Mint Sauce

So it was all down to his stroke count.

Corruptedmorals

tayto lover wrote: »

Those Chinese gymnasts are amazing but i have seen bigger kids coming out of creches. They are bred to be gymnasts and have their growth stunted so it's a bit cruel.

Almost all of the gymnasts shown today are under 5 foot. It's what happens when you train that hard. Dominique Moceanu, USA star of the 96 games was 4'4 and is now 5'3. Gabby Douglas, current USA star is 4'11. Japan's team are tiny too, and most of Romania's. They all grow once they hit around 18, China's team ARE all over 18 for the first time ever, but they're not known for height as a country anyway, or for looking older than their years. Gymnastics is not cruel these days, but China do train the hardest.

shruikan2553

The Egyptian guy hurt his elbow, not sure if it was from a hit to it or not

nikkime

Thrill wrote: »

If it was the GAA then Phelps would still have a chance for gold through a backdoor system.

haha

Corruptedmorals

NegativeCreep wrote: »

Theyre being very lenient on the British in the gymnastics I think. Tweddle didnt do great on the floor and still got 14 point something.

She has high difficulty. Execution is still out of 10 and gets hit for mistakes, but if you have really high difficulty execution doesn't matter as much. It's why really clean routines shown like Asuka Teramoto (tiny Japanese girl) and Diana Bulimar (tiny Romanian girl) are outscored by American high difficulty routines.

tayto lover

My name is URL wrote: »

Anyone know what's going on with the fencing? Just tuned in there and the match appears to have been stopped for some reason

One of the contestants climbed over it and ran down the road. I think it was a N. Korean.

Samich

tayto lover wrote: »

One of the contestants climber over it and ran down the road. I think it was a N. Korean.

laughing my head off

Corruptedmorals

statesaver wrote: »

What age would them gymnastics girls be ?

Was afraid to say "jaysus she's fine" just in case she was 15. :eek: :eek: :eek:l

There are three fifteen year olds! One American, one British and one Canadian. Average age is 16-17, they are at their peak either then or before...it's a very young sport and always has been. Legal age..one American (the very last girl on floor), one Russian (girl who fell on her last pass), Beth Tweddle, Hannah Whelan, the tall Japanese girl with the fringe- Rie Tanaka, and the two tall Romanians. Some of the Canadians. Can't tell who you are referring to! Likely to be McKayla Maroney USA who's 16, either of the two Romanians who are both over 20 or Aliya Mustafina of Russia (fierce dark-haired one), who is 17...they are the prettiest.

cgpg5

That'll surely be a medal (one at least!) for GB in the 200m breaststroke tomorrow.