London 2012 MegaThread [Part 2]

Richard Hillman

leahyl wrote: »

What? They said that all his family were dead?!

They said his mother and sister died 6 years ago and he used boxing to overcome their deaths. What an absolute **** up

cgpg5

Richard Hillman wrote: »

I meant The Queen just in case there was some confusion

Hoho she won't like that

leahyl

Richard Hillman wrote: »

leahyl wrote: »

What? They said that all his family were dead?!

They said his mother and sister died 6 years ago and he used boxing to overcome their deaths. What an absolute **** up

Jesus Christ, how did they make that mistake?!

funnights74

leahyl wrote: »

What? They said that all his family were dead?!

JC how the hell, that's as much of a fcuk up as I've ever heard of.

el diablo

Richard Hillman wrote: »

They said his mother and sister died 6 years ago and he used boxing to overcome their deaths. What an absolute **** up

But is it true?

Rascasse

Its Freddie Evans, who fights tomorrow, that lost his mother and sister in a car crash. The BBC got the wrong guy, awful mistake to make.

DEFTLEFTHAND

London have done a magnificent job at hosting, I imagine the closing ceremony will be quite a spectacle.

Well done to our boxers and Cian and a special mention to Rob Heffernan. Sadly underwhelming performances elsewhere, some even verging on the embarrassment. Hopefully we send less competitors to Rio.

opinion guy

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

London have done a magnificent job at hosting, I imagine the closing ceremony will be quite a spectacle.

Well done to our boxers and Cian and a special mention to Rob Heffernan. Sadly underwhelming performances elsewhere, some even verging on the embarrassment. Hopefully we send less competitors to Rio.

Gavin Noble put in a great performance in the triathlon. Why do people forget/ignore this ?

DEFTLEFTHAND

opinion guy wrote: »

Gavin Noble put in a great performance in the triathlon. Why do people forget/ignore this ?[/QUOT

I've no doubt that he did try to his upmost. He seemed delighted with 23rd.

The thing that concerned me was that he stated in a following interview that he had no expectation of a medal, injuries aside or whatever but why would you compete if you feel you can't win? There's enough celebrating of mediocrity in this country already.

opinion guy

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

opinion guy wrote: »

Gavin Noble put in a great performance in the triathlon. Why do people forget/ignore this ?

I've no doubt that he did try to his upmost. He seemed delighted with 23rd.

The thing that concerned me was that he stated in a following interview that he had no expectation of a medal, injuries aside or whatever but why would you compete if you feel you can't win? There's enough celebrating of mediocrity in this country already.

He broke his fibula in May dude.

WumBuster

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

opinion guy wrote: »

Gavin Noble put in a great performance in the triathlon. Why do people forget/ignore this ?[/QUOT

I've no doubt that he did try to his upmost. He seemed delighted with 23rd.

The thing that concerned me was that he stated in a following interview that he had no expectation of a medal, injuries aside or whatever but why would you compete if you feel you can't win? There's enough celebrating of mediocrity in this country already.

Well if i got the opportunity to go to an olympics, represent my country and be part of the whole experience I would definitely go, even if I did have little or no chance of winning a medal. Something to tell your grandkids about and all that. The triathalon is a notoriously gruelling and difficult event so anyone who competes in an Olympics in that with the top 40-50 in the world deserves every respect and recognition.

DEFTLEFTHAND

opinion guy wrote: »

He broke his fibula in May dude.

So why did he compete then, he couldn't have been right. I'm not attacking the guy, triathlon is a grueling discipline but a lot of our crowd seemed to go over there injured.

signostic

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

So why did he compete then, he couldn't have been right. I'm not attacking the guy, triathlon is a grueling discipline but a lot of our crowd seemed to go over there injured.

Ah but the Olympics only come around every 4 years, I think even if my leg was hanging off and had the talent to compete in the Olympics I would take the chance...its not as if its a weekend run of mill triathlon(indeed if any of them are run of mill)

Meauldsegosha

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

London have done a magnificent job at hosting, I imagine the closing ceremony will be quite a spectacle.

Well done to our boxers and Cian and a special mention to Rob Heffernan. Sadly underwhelming performances elsewhere, some even verging on the embarrassment. Hopefully we send less competitors to Rio.

Annalise did great in the sailing as well.

snubbleste

I think opinion guy should get the boards Olympics personality of the year for his uniqueness in being the only one on here not to have the red button :-P

I do not have a tv, never mind a red button.

Mint Sauce

Last day of action until the Paralympics in two weeks. Feels kinda sad.

Richard Hillman

el diablo wrote: »

But is it true?

No

Mint Sauce

264 Million!!!!

Thats the amount that was funded into british sport for the London Olympics.

:eek:

Colmustard

Just listening to David Cameron on the BeeB Britain spend 167 million a year on sport and the results of that investment has being staggering, 28 gold medals and third in the medal table.

But I ask myself could that continue, I don't think sport would be a priority in this economic climate. imagine here sport investment will also face cutbacks.

steve9859

irish-stew wrote: »

264 Million!!!!

Thats the amount that was funded into british sport for the London Olympics.

:eek:

Not sure where you got that from, it's £125m a year across Olympics and Paralympics. Only £40 is from government, rest from lottery. And good news it is being maintained for Rio

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19226099

Mint Sauce

Colmustard wrote: »

Just listening to David Cameron on the BeeB Britain spend 167 million a year on sport and the results of that investment has being staggering, 28 gold medals and third in the medal table.

But I ask myself could that continue, I don't think sport would be a priority in this economic climate. imagine here sport investment will also face cutbacks.

That was what was spent this year. That figure has gone up and up over the last 16 years since the Lottery came in, after only winning one gold in Atlanta.

Mint Sauce

steve9859 wrote: »

Not sure where you got that from, it's £125m a year across Olympics and Paralympics. And good news it is being maintained for Rio

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19226099

Was said on the Beeb just after 9pm this morning.

3ndahalfof6

steve9859 wrote: »

Not sure where you got that from, it's £125m a year across Olympics and Paralympics. Only £40 is from government, rest from lottery. And good news it is being maintained for Rio

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19226099

how did the government get away with that.

Colmustard

irish-stew wrote: »

264 Million!!!!

Thats the amount that was funded into british sport for the London Olympics.

:eek:

:eek::eek:

I wonder what ours was.

Mint Sauce

Colmustard wrote: »

:eek::eek:

I wonder what ours was.

Probably about three fiddy.

Guy:Incognito

Seeing as per capita seems to be all the rage at the minute, by my maths it would be like us spending 11m pounds, so even round it to an even 15m euro. Surely that's doable?

signostic

Colmustard wrote: »

:eek::eek:

I wonder what ours was.

11 million euro I think

mike65

3ndahalfof6 wrote: »

how did the government get away with that.

Spending money from the lottery where it should be spent? What does the Irish government spend lottery profits on? Its not sport apparently. So where does it go?

Colmustard

irish-stew wrote: »

Probably about three fiddy.

We done very well out of it, 1 gold 1 silver and 3 bronze is a decent result for a nation of our size.

Mint Sauce

Colmustard wrote: »

We done very well out of it, 1 gold 1 silver and 3 bronze is a decent result for a nation of our size.

And that was with just one sport. If we were smarter with the investment, and its distrubtion we could do better.

Was watching some of the Beeb last night where they had shown the target number of medals for each sport for team GB. Swimming was the only sport were targets were not met, and investigations have already begun.

Colmustard

irish-stew wrote: »

And that was with just one sport. If we were smarter with the investment, and its distrubtion we could do better.

Was watching some of the Beeb last night where they had shown the target number of medals for each sport for team GB. Swimming was the only sport were targets were not met, and investigations have already begun.

I would forget about swimming if I was them.

Personally I think we could do something in cycling, its a growing sport in this country and we have a cycling tradition,

Richard Hillman

irish-stew wrote: »

And that was with just one sport. If we were smarter with the investment, and its distrubtion we could do better.

Was watching some of the Beeb last night where they had shown the target number of medals for each sport for team GB. Swimming was the only sport were targets were not met, and investigations have already begun.

The Irish style of investigation is the old saying of "Hard luck". The amount of times i have seen League of Ireland teams get knocked out in European games after conceding 60-70% possession and squandering 2-3 decent chances and all their analysis was "We were unlucky".

Duckworth_Luas

irish-stew wrote: »

investigations have already begun.

It's sport, it's something we are supposed to enjoy! What happened that the Gestapo have to be called in?

Guy:Incognito

Duckworth_Luas wrote: »

irish-stew wrote: »

investigations have already begun.

It's sport, it's something we are supposed to enjoy! What happened that the Gestapo have to be called in?

It's sport that they are spending large amounts of money on and expect results from. All countries are the same.

I'm sure if athletes all funded themselves they can be only answerable to themselves.

Anyone

Our best Olympics in donkeys years and still people complain.

Thrill

steve9859 wrote: »

Not sure where you got that from, it's £125m a year across Olympics and Paralympics. Only £40 is from government, rest from lottery. And good news it is being maintained for Rio

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19226099

The 264 million pound figure is correct. That is what they received.

This year, it has received £264 million, largely from investment through the National Lottery.



And if British athletes meet projections of collecting 57 medals, the funding equates to £4.6 million per medal compared with £2.1 million for each of Britain's 28 medals in Sydney.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/london-2012/9458510/4.6-million-the-cost-of-an-British-Olympic-medal.html

The 125 million pound figure is what they will receive per year until Rio.

Mint Sauce

Colmustard wrote: »

I would forget about swimming if I was them.

Personally I think we could do something in cycling, its a growing sport in this country and we have a cycling tradition,

Road cycling maybe, track would take major investment as, as far as I know we dont even have a veledrome.

Not sure what the rules will be for Golf in four years, weather it will be professional, amature, or under age like the soccer. McIlroy I belive has also said he would represent GB if had the chance.

Soccer and Rugby 7's I think we could have a chance in. There has been a recent major interest in this county of our junior and under 21 national soccer sides, if they could get a qualifiction they could do well. Rugby 7's will be included for Rio. Following the progression of the Professional Rugby game here this is something that could be hopefully transfered to a Sevens game.

Maybe one of the lesser known individual sports, get the talant spotters out there to our clubs, youth centres, pools, etc, find someone with a natural talent what ever it may be.

Mint Sauce

Duckworth_Luas wrote: »

It's sport, it's something we are supposed to enjoy! What happened that the Gestapo have to be called in?

Because they obviuosly want a return on their investment.

Dont get me wrong, I'm not one of these ones who think that if your not in with a shot of a medal dont bother going. If that was the case then most events would just be a final with maybe only half a dozen participants which would make the whole thing very boring.

The smaller nations with just a few athletes send who or what they can, even if its just to say they were there, thats fine. But if you have a talent pool, you send the very best, and should expect a return.

Ireland we have a mixture of both, some of our athletes have maybe no chance or an outside chance. Them we send, if they dont get something, we just hope they do their best and do us proud, if they get something, fantastic. In some like boxing we have genuine chances and should expect a return from it, and its brillant we had.

I'm not knocking the Irish Team, considering the small number of medals we won, it was still a fantastic result considering they were all in one sport, and we sould be proud. But just imagine if we maybe had the same attitude for progression across a few of the others. Congrats also has to be passed to our sailers and walkers who just missed out in the end. Both of them results can only be a positive for future games and hopefully receive more investment now that its been seen we have a chance in them.

Richard Hillman

irish-stew wrote: »

Road cycling maybe, track would take major investment as, as far as I know we dont even have a veledrome.

Not sure what the rules will be for Golf in four years, weather it will be professional, amature, or under age like the soccer. McIlroy I belive has also said he would represent GB if had the chance.

Soccer and Rugby 7's I think we could have a chance in. There has been a recent major interest in this county of our junior and under 21 national soccer sides, if they could get a qualifiction they could do well. Rugby 7's will be included for Rio. Following the progression of the Professional Rugby game here this is something that could be hopefully transfered to a Sevens game.

Maybe one of the lesser known individual sports, get the talant spotters out there to our clubs, youth centres, pools, etc, find someone with a natural talent what ever it may be.

Its near impossible for an Irish football team to qualify for the Olympics. You have to get to the Semi Final of the European Championships. The teams now cant even qualify for the championships.

Also we have no decent Rugby 7s programme in the country. We dont even have a team for the Sevens Series. Its something that the IRFU have really dropped the ball with.

Richard Hillman

Anyone wrote: »

Our best Olympics in donkeys years and still people complain.

Its all about finding ways of improving.

Mint Sauce

Richard Hillman wrote: »

Its near impossible for an Irish football team to qualify for the Olympics. You have to get to the Semi Final of the European Championships. The teams now cant even qualify for the championships.

Also we have no decent Rugby 7s programme in the country. We dont even have a team for the Sevens Series. Its something that the IRFU have really dropped the ball with.

Not a the moment, but with the interest thats in the full version, and now that its an Olympic event surely its something that could be looked at.

Mint Sauce

Paralympics preview on the Beeb now.

snubbleste

In case anyone missed the opening ceremony (like I did), it's on the EBU feed
http://www.eurovisionsports.tv

cometogether

cgpg5 wrote: »

Jessie J singing God Save the Queen. Oh dear

They should let Johnny Rotten do it instead

cgpg5

cometogether wrote: »

They should let Johnny Rotten do it instead

Haha love it!

Guy:Incognito

cometogether wrote: »

They should let Johnny Rotten do it instead

He's busy selling butter.

kfallon

I am sad that it's over today

However it's been an amazing 2 weeks and I just want to say a big thank you to Katie Taylor, John Joe Nevin, Michael Conlan, Paddy Barnes, Annalise Murphy, Cian O'Connor and Rob Heffernan who gave me amazing highs and some very unlucky moments too. Hopefully we will see some of then righting the wrongs of London in Rio.

Been a great games, it started slow but the Brits really pulled it all out and it's been my favourite games ever.

And this will have me welling up for years to come:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUe_nVvgaT0

Mint Sauce

Just getting back to the funding and inclusion of athletes breifly. Team GB has a fella in the Marathon, who only ran his first last september, that I do find odd.

Good luck to him but he surely hasn;t got a chance.

blueser

cometogether wrote: »

They should let Johnny Rotten do it instead

He's too busy flogging butter these days. Rebel without a clue, eh John?

cometogether

blueser wrote: »

He's too busy flogging butter these days. Rebel without a clue, eh John?

I'd say he's actually even more busy touring one of the most innovative and experimental bands ever