London 2012 Megathread [Part 1]

flyswatter

Richard Hillman wrote: »

No his next race in the Olympics will be his last ever race.

He's probably past his peak in fairness.

Richard Hillman

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

Think it's the 200 IM on Thurs, but I could be wrong.

Yeah you're right, i think the heats are tomorrow.

I was wrong by saying the next will be his last, he has to compete in the heats.

Richard Hillman

titan18 wrote: »

I think he still has 200m IM, the 100m butterfly and the 4 x 100 Medley relay

Again, i think you are right.



Forget I said anything :pac:

Mars Bar

The football match between Team GB and Brazil was brilliant!

Team GB thoroughly deserved their win. Great use of the wings and they turned on the one-touch football around the box. Committed to getting forward and not parking the bus just coz it was Brazil.

flyswatter

USA on in the Basketball now, shall be watching that.

keith16

Mars Bar wrote: »

The football match between Team GB and Brazil was brilliant!

Team GB thoroughly deserved their win. Great use of the wings and they turned on the one-touch football around the box. Committed to getting forward and not parking the bus just coz it was Brazil.

What was the final score?

Schwiiing

Mars Bar wrote: »

The football match between Team GB and Brazil was brilliant!

Team GB thoroughly deserved their win. Great use of the wings and they turned on the one-touch football around the box. Committed to getting forward and not parking the bus just coz it was Brazil.

I thought it was a horrendous snorefest tbh. Brazil didn't look bothered. Stupid niggly fouls didn't help.

Pudsy33

keith16 wrote: »

What was the final score?

1-0 GB, they also missed a penalty.

Pherekydes

Samich wrote: »

Lucky feckers :P

I can state categorically that swimmers do not get fine bodies by luck.

Samich

Pherekydes wrote: »

I can state categorically that swimmers do not get fine bodies by luck.

Yeah but "those hardworking fellows :P" doesn't have the same ring to it.

Jimoslimos

tayto lover wrote: »

19 medals for Phelps, 15 Gold, 2 Silver and 2 Bronze. Never be done again.

cgpg5 wrote: »

Greatest Olympian ever. Great stuff to watch

I disagree. He pretty good ........but

• He's fortunate enough to be American - add over half a dozen medals in relays (mostly gold)
• He competes in an event in which there are numerous medal opportunities - too much if you ask me. Multiple styles + distances + medleys
• Most of his individual medals are in butterfly - pretty damn pointless if you ask me. You don't see several 100m athletic events for different running styles, backwards, sideways, jumping/sack race.

Freestyle is the only swimming event that counts in my eyes.

Mars Bar

Schwiiing wrote: »

I thought it was a horrendous snorefest tbh. Brazil didn't look bothered. Stupid niggly fouls didn't help.

You must not watch a lot of women's football then!

GB drew the fouls out of Brazil so intelligently.

Schwiiing

Mars Bar wrote: »

You must not watch a lot of women's football then!

True. And if that game was as good as it gets I won't be watching much more.

Jimoslimos

Pherekydes wrote: »

I can state categorically that swimmers do not get fine bodies by luck.

Yeah, the drugs are a great help :pac:

HazDanz

Jimoslimos wrote: »

I disagree. He pretty good ........but

• He's fortunate enough to be American - add over half a dozen medals in relays (mostly gold)
• He competes in an event in which there are numerous medal opportunities - too much if you ask me. Multiple styles + distances + medleys
• Most of his individual medals are in butterfly - pretty damn pointless if you ask me. You don't see several 100m athletic events for different running styles, backwards, sideways, jumping/sack race.

Freestyle is the only swimming event that counts in my eyes.

Well done, you made me laugh.

Mint Sauce

Cycle time trails tomorrow. Hopefully RTE show abit of it. Need to ration my online viewing.

Pherekydes

Jimoslimos wrote: »

Yeah, the drugs are a great help :pac:

I have two kids who swim and neither are on anything stronger than milk.

If you think you'll get a body like they do from drugs, please point me in their direction. (They're for the wife. :pac:)

Mars Bar

Schwiiing wrote: »

True. And if that game was as good as it gets I won't be watching much more.

Ah we'll get by without ya.

TheFA.com ‏@thefadotcom

The attendance at Wembley Stadium is 70,584, a record for a women's international in England. Previous best was just over 29,000

:eek:

It didn't look like that many! I'm amazed and maybe a little skeptical of just how true that is.

Jimoslimos

HazDanz wrote: »

Well done, you made me laugh.

Glad I could!

But please feel free to refute any of my points, especially re. butterfly stroke.

Olympic motto is Faster, Higher, Stronger. When high jumpers started using the Fosbury flop technique there wasn't a completely new event created.

Samich

Mars Bar wrote: »

Ah we'll get by without ya.




:eek:

It didn't look like that many! I'm amazed and maybe a little skeptical of just how true that is.

Nice crowd, wonder did they pay to get in though, just with the complaints of emtpy seats.

Tox56

Samich wrote: »

Mars Bar wrote: »

Ah we'll get by without ya.




:eek:

It didn't look like that many! I'm amazed and maybe a little skeptical of just how true that is.

Nice crowd, wonder did they pay to get in though, just with the complaints of emtpy seats.

Crowds were good for all GB games, it's games like Japan v Honduras where the problem lies (in the football anyway).

cgpg5

The USA can play a bit in the basketball can't they

Durant, James, Bryant an absolute priviledge to watch!

flyswatter

Great LeBron slam dunk there!

funnights74

Richard Hillman wrote: »

A truly amazing achievement. Words can not describe what Michael Phelps has achieved as an athlete.

Ireland has a total of 23 Olympic medals, 8 Gold, 7 Silver and 8 Bronze. Michael Phelps 19 medals ; 15 Gold, 2 Silver, 2 bronze. Insane statistic.

Mars Bar

Samich wrote: »

Nice crowd, wonder did they pay to get in though, just with the complaints of emtpy seats.

I dunno. I'd imagine there was a few complimentary tickets alright! I don't mind if they paid in or not so long as they were watching and had a positive experience.

Tox56 wrote: »

Crowds were good for all GB games, it's games like Japan v Honduras where the problem lies (in the football anyway).

Even at that, the women's football never really seems to sell much. This match was double the attendance of the previous record!

fryup

funnights74 wrote: »

Ireland has a total of 23 Olympic medals, 8 Gold, 7 Silver and 8 Bronze. Michael Phelps 19 medals ; 15 Gold, 2 Silver, 2 bronze. Insane statistic.

if only he was irish

buyer95

Funny how the second five for the USA in the basketball were the ones who blew up, and gave the US the big lead. But yeah, great to see such amazing talents live on terrestrial tv

Richard Hillman

fryup wrote: »

if only he was irish

He would have made a fine number 8 for the Irish rugby team

or wasted as a county legend at GAA

Happyman42

Richard Hillman wrote: »

or wasted as a county legend at GAA

Wouldn't last 5 minutes...top heavy.

Mint Sauce

fryup wrote: »

if only he was irish

Would probably make no difference. We dont have the same funding, facilities, etc for potential stars from an early age compared to the states.

Aidric

Jimoslimos wrote: »

Freestyle is the only swimming event that counts in my eyes.

Lol. Go to bed.

Tox56

It's extreme to suggest only freestyle should count, but the likes of Bolt can only realistically compete in 100, 200 + relay, whereas the likes of Phelps potentially have 7/8 events (many of them relays). Of course being able to compete in all of those is a great achievement, but medal count alone shouldn't determine the "greatest olympian".

Diego Maradona

Jimoslimos wrote: »

I disagree. He pretty good ........but

• He's fortunate enough to be American - add over half a dozen medals in relays (mostly gold)
• He competes in an event in which there are numerous medal opportunities - too much if you ask me. Multiple styles + distances + medleys
• Most of his individual medals are in butterfly - pretty damn pointless if you ask me. You don't see several 100m athletic events for different running styles, backwards, sideways, jumping/sack race.

Freestyle is the only swimming event that counts in my eyes.

Well holy god, that's the biggest pile of shite I've ever read. If only sack racing was an olympic sport, we'd have one gold anyway.

Well done Phelps, an olympic legend.

fryup

Phelps achievement is amazing but i still think Steve Redgrave's five gold in five separate olympics is the best

Jimoslimos

fryup wrote: »

Phelps achievement is amazing but i still think Steve Redgrave's five gold in five separate olympics is the best

Oh here goes, longevity good - greatest ever, nope.

individual event > team event

How many of Redgrave's gold medals were in single sculls?


Should put some of these in unpopular opinions :pac:

cgpg5

Carmelo Anthony and Kevin Love on fire. Simply awesome. Will anyone come close? You'd hope Spain would give them a game in the expected final!

Mysteriouschic

I love watching Phelps swim I was so tense at the last part I really wanted him to win the gold , silvers still good hes still got a record number of medals . And I just read that he had three more races to go before he retires. I hope he manages to get a gold. He's amazing.

I'm glad the Le Clos RSA guy won it was nice watching him receiving the gold medal.

buyer95

Melo is tearing it up!

flyswatter

That last US score was ridiculous!

Mysteriouschic

Just curious why is pretty much every sport on in the olympics but rugby?
Ireland would have a good chance of getting a medal in the rugby if that was included even though there good at other sports.
It's just strange how every sport but rugby is included.

flyswatter

Mysteriouschic wrote: »

Just curious why is pretty much every sport on in the olympics but rugby?
Ireland would have a good chance of getting a medal if that was included.

I think 7s is coming into the 2016 games.

Mars Bar

Mysteriouschic wrote: »

Just curious why is pretty much every sport on in the olympics but rugby?
Ireland would have a good chance of getting a medal if that was included.

Rugby 7's will be in Rio in 2016

cgpg5

flyswatter wrote: »

I think 7s is coming into the 2016 games.

Aye, along with golf. Although there are worries a lot of high ranked players will choose not to compete

buyer95

cgpg5 wrote: »

Aye, along with golf. Although there are worries a lot of high ranked players will choose not to compete

Plus the whole who will McIlroy compete for thing

cgpg5

Anthony Davis first appearance and a beauty of a dunk like that!

cgpg5

buyer95 wrote: »

Plus the whole who will McIlroy compete for thing

Indeed! It's also on a Ryder cup year!

flyswatter

cgpg5 wrote: »

Anthony Davis first appearance and a beauty of a dunk like that!

He's awesome!

RUCKING FETARD

Forging of the Mandarin mermaid: How Chinese children are taken away from their families and brutalised into future Olympians

DEFTLEFTHAND

buyer95 wrote: »

Plus the whole who will McIlroy compete for thing

McIlroy confirmed in an interview at the time of golf being accepted that'd he'd compete for GB.

Jimoslimos

RUCKING FETARD wrote: »

Forging of the Mandarin mermaid: How Chinese children are taken away from their families and brutalised into future Olympians

Ah no no no...., not the Daily Mail