London 2012 MegaThread [Part 2]

Cardinal Richelieu

Meauldsegosha wrote: »

Grand I'll settle on the couch for the next couple of hours then.

Its only 20km and 6km gone, should be well finished in two hours.

Lapin

Meauldsegosha wrote: »

Grand I'll settle on the couch for the next couple of hours then.

The WR is 1.24.50

Rascasse

Just tuned in to BBC to hear them saying that the final event in the pentathlon is "running and shooting with laser pistols". All I can think of is some sort of Q-zar game.

snubbleste

Is that female Aussie walker Tallent related to the male Aussie Tallent that got the silver in the 50k?

cgpg5

snubbleste wrote: »

Is that female Aussie walker Tallent related to the male Aussie Tallent that got the silver in the 50k?

Married

Meauldsegosha

That leader us definitely running.

snubbleste

cgpg5 wrote: »

Married

I suppose they walked down the aisle together aha aha hahaha

snubbleste

Meauldsegosha wrote: »

That leader us definitely running.

No she ain't, look how straight her back is, her dipping shoulders and how she contorts her magic hips

Meauldsegosha

snubbleste wrote: »

Meauldsegosha wrote: »

That leader us definitely running.

No she ain't, look how straight her back is, her dipping shoulders and how she contorts her magic hips

But one of your feet should be in touch with the ground at all times and hers clearly aren't. Like most of them when they show the slow-mo

blueser

Meauldsegosha wrote: »

But one of your feet should be in touch with the ground at all times and hers clearly aren't. Like most of them when they show the slow-mo

It's been going on for years. The one foot rule is just a joke now.

signostic

Hard to see from the tv pictures if theres one foot on the ground at all times, they move their feet so fast, well that the object of the exercise, but the slow motion picks it up, George said the the judges can not use video evidence, is there another Sep over the race walker organisation?

Jesus Shaves

Wouldn't it be funny to qualify for a walking event in the Olympics and then walk the course at a leisurely pace.

Anyone

Some lovely bottoms in the walking.

Anyone

That Russian in 2nd is running, clear as day.

opinion guy

i spent all day with a hangover - what did I miss ??

Some hot Russian just won the ridiculous race walk I see

Meauldsegosha

That's some gruelling sport.

snubbleste

That Chinese, Qieyang, in third place looked overjoyed to have finished

Anyone

snubbleste wrote: »

That Chinese in third place looked overjoyed to have finished

Haha yeah she was smiling for nearly a lap, well it looked like she was smiling, could have been pain.

Namlub

I feel really bad for Kaniskina tbh, to be leading the entire time then have someone overtake you on the last lap AND beat the world record must be gutting

Meauldsegosha

Anyone wrote: »

snubbleste wrote: »

That Chinese in third place looked overjoyed to have finished

Haha yeah she was smiling for nearly a lap, well it looked like she was smiling, could have been pain.

Yeah I think it was a grimace.

opinion guy

20k walking in 1hr 25 min±?±??±±?:eek:

Holy f**k - thats quicker than you would drive it in London

snubbleste

Big cheers there for Loughnane in 13th place.

donfers

Loughnane will be disappointed with that, 13th place for a world championship silver medalist

I guess the only one of our track and field (and walkers) who really did themselves proud was robert heffernan

a disappointing showing overall from them bar rob

Cardinal Richelieu

The Russians are on a gold medal run today, 4 golds so far.

donfers

Cardinal Richelieu wrote: »

The Russians are on a gold medal run today, 4 golds so far.

could they catch team gb???

they definitely have more overall medals, they now just need a few more golds to overtake them

snubbleste

That man was emptying a bottle of water over Santo's breasts..on live tv! :eek:

ArmaniJeanss

ArmaniJeanss wrote: »

I guess everything is cyclical and there'll inevitably come a time again when we'll only qualify one boxer who'll get beaten in the last 16.

Just another thing on that point i do feel that the boxing success at this years Olympics will have left a huge legacy going forward and in particular with Katie's success. Numbers in boxing clubs will be boosted not just by young boys wanting to emulate their heroes at these games but also young girls wanting to emulate Katie Taylor.

1992 in no way possible left anything resembling a legacy but i think Amateur Boxing has become alot more popular in the last few years and has gained more public exposure.

The professional scene sort of blitzed the amateur in the 1990s with Wayne McCullough turning pro and Steve Collins winning the world title so the IABA didn't quite capatilise on McCullough and Carruth's Barcelona success.

comongethappy

that walking race looked tough.

Even had a poor girl blowing chunks after the race.
All brought to you in glorious HD!

opinion guy

More horsie bullcrap on rte. Why do they give it so much airtime ?

snubbleste

comongethappy wrote: »

that walking race looked tough.
Even had a poor girl blowing chunks after the race. All brought to you in glorious HD!

Did you not see the men's 50km walk earlier complete with collapses, ice-packs, wheelchairs and tears?

comongethappy

And now its onto the combined event in the Pentathlon.

I wish they didnt stop running to take their shooting turns.
It would be cool if they fired at targets on the run.

I would award bonus points to the competitor who best dives slow-motion to the ground shooting at the same time!

Colmustard

Ahhhh work the curse of the couch potato sporting classes.

(GM potatoes included)

Anyone know which would be the best radio station for Olympic drama and news???

Diego Maradona

opinion guy wrote: »

More horsie bullcrap on rte. Why do they give it so much airtime ?

Show jumping is part of the pentathlon.

blueser

snubbleste wrote: »

That man was emptying a bottle of water over Santo's breasts..on live tv! :eek:

That gif is eagerly awaited!

Jesus Shaves

Colmustard wrote: »

Ahhhh work the curse of the couch potato sporting classes.

(GM potatoes included)

Anyone know which would be the best radio station for Olympic drama and news???

What's a radio?

johnmcdnl

snubbleste wrote: »

That man was emptying a bottle of water over Santo's breasts..on live tv! :eek:

Pics or GTFO :pac:

mike65

Does anyone watch the "ambient Olympics"? Just pictures and stadium sound without commentary? Its rather relaxing!

Cardinal Richelieu

donfers wrote: »

could they catch team gb???

they definitely have more overall medals, they now just need a few more golds to overtake them

Don't think they have enough events, GB is on 26, Russia 19, they have a guy in one of the Wrestling finals but they need John Joe to win to block GB and pick up 3-4 medals in athletics tonight to even get close.

snubbleste

mike65 wrote: »

Does anyone watch the "ambient Olympics"? Just pictures and stadium sound without commentary? Its rather relaxing!

Yeah, I'm watching the EBU feeds.

opinion guy

Diego Maradona wrote: »

Show jumping is part of the pentathlon.

Oh see - a day of hangover and I have no idea what is going on.

Whats this modern pentathlon malarky about then ?

Cardinal Richelieu

Colmustard wrote: »

Ahhhh work the curse of the couch potato sporting classes.

(GM potatoes included)

Anyone know which would be the best radio station for Olympic drama and news???

BBC Radio 5

opinion guy

Why are they all walking randomly around the horsey place like free range chickens ???


This event confuses me

Cardinal Richelieu

opinion guy wrote: »

Oh see - a day of hangover and I have no idea what is going on.

Whats this modern pentathlon malarky about then ?

The sport of gentleman, fencing, swim, Horse Riding, Run and Shoot.

opinion guy

Cardinal Richelieu wrote: »

The sport of gentleman, fencing, swim, Horse Riding, Run and Shoot.

Ah thank you your eminence.
It doesn't strike me as very modern. Was it all the range in the Royal court in Paris back in the day ?

comongethappy

so the pentathletes are using laser pistols.... cool!


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snubbleste

opinion guy wrote: »

Ah thank you your eminence.
It doesn't strike me as very modern. Was it all the range in the Royal court in Paris back in the day ?

It is supposed to be all that a soldier should do. So, yeah old skool.

donfers

donfers wrote: »

Loughnane will be disappointed with that, 13th place for a world championship silver medalist

I guess the only one of our track and field (and walkers) who really did themselves proud was robert heffernan

a disappointing showing overall from them bar rob

13th is no disgrace tbh.
She's running practically individually against teams. i mean the top 4 consisted of 2 chinese and 2 russians for a long time.

comongethappy

wasnt it established back in the 1800s when the olympics began?

Cardinal Richelieu

opinion guy wrote: »

Ah thank you your eminence.
It doesn't strike me as very modern. Was it all the range in the Royal court in Paris back in the day ?

They modernised it a little, they dropped the peasants as moving targets for the shooting part.

DEFTLEFTHAND

I'm gutted for Rob Heffernan, its not the first time he's finished 4th in a major race.