London 2012 MegaThread [Part 2]

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Great support for the Irish

It never ceases to amuse me that Ireland are always in between Israel and Iran / Iraq... They should really have the use of some UN peacekeepers on the team

Guy:Incognito

Didnt realise Alex Zanardi was competing.:eek:

robinph

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Didnt realise Alex Zanardi was competing.:eek:

Me neither. Recognised the name but had forgotten what had happened to him. :eek:

gwakamoley

Is Jon Snow for real? Mali come out and he says "another country truly suffering with internal conflict". Has he no idea of the spirit of the games, where all these things become secondary to the celebration of these extraordonary athletes?

phasers

There are way too many countries.

Mint Sauce

gwakamoley wrote: »

Is Jon Snow for real? Mali come out and he says "another country truly suffering with internal conflict". Has he no idea of the spirit of the games, where all these things become secondary to the celebration of these extraordonary athletes?

Between that the the other fella banging on about the inferior equipment of other countries I'm tempted to switch to More4 for the audio description.

gwakamoley

irish-stew wrote: »

gwakamoley wrote: »

Is Jon Snow for real? Mali come out and he says "another country truly suffering with internal conflict". Has he no idea of the spirit of the games, where all these things become secondary to the celebration of these extraordonary athletes?

Between that the the other fella banging on about the inferior equipment of other countries I'm tempted to switch to More4 for the audio description.

It seems much better for this part at least. They go a bit overboard describing the outfits and flags at times but at least they mention the actual athletes aswell.

Chuck Stone

It's fantastic. This is one of the good things about humanity.

Hitler would be horrified if he could see this.

robinph

phasers wrote: »

There are way too many countries.

I think that was the John Lennon song they played in the closing ceremony for the Olympics.

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I saw boobs

Mint Sauce

The flame might actually make it if this runs over much more.

Mysteriouschic

I don't remember seeing half of these countries in the other olympics.

castletownman

Scandal on the opening day of the Paralympics as some of the Team GB wheelchair basketball team test positive for WD40.

Aidric

Apologies for sounding a cynical note but does anyone else feel a lot of media commentators are hitching themselves to the paralympics bandwagon in order to feel better about themselves?

Mayo_Boy

Im gonna fix the special olympics!

ballsymchugh

what's the point in having some wan sign what's being sand/said if they're only going to show bits of it?

robinph

That looks like a tough job, holding the flag and pushing your chair with one hand.

Guy:Incognito

Shes hot

Not to lower the tone or anything. :-)

Sparks43

Wee Man flying :eek:

My name is URL

Best Angry Birds character ever

later12

Were they actually shouting "baxtards" at the beginning of this song?

ballsymchugh

later12 wrote: »

Were they actually shouting "baxtards" at the beginning of this song?

spasticus autisticus???

sounds strange anyway!

later12

It looks like Stephen Hawking is playing synth in this bit.

Mr Whirly

ballsymchugh wrote: »

spasticus autisticus???

sounds strange anyway!

Ian Dury had polio.

opinion guy

Well i missed the whole thing as someone called over.

Any good ?
hod di it compare to the olympic opening ceremony ?

efb

Beverly Knight's I am what I am - Epic.

Macca- thats how its done!

Mint Sauce

I'll be honest, got a bit bored at about 11ish. Anything else really happen after that?

Watching abit of the morning show now.

westendgirlie

Has anyone got a livefeed link?

I tried the eurovisionsport site we used for the Olympics but they have no coverage of paralympics :mad:

My name is URL

westendgirlie wrote: »

Has anyone got a livefeed link?

I tried the eurovisionsport site we used for the Olympics but they have no coverage of paralympics :mad:

There are live streams on the RTE site courtesy of Channel 4

http://www.rte.ie/sport/paralympics/live/#

westendgirlie

Perfect. Thanks.

Time to watch some basketball

westendgirlie

Watching basketball with no volume. Two players have fell out of their wheelchairs (at different times) and both have waited till a teammate has helped them back up.

Why can't the refs help them up?

opinion guy

Its not basketball if Timmy Mac is not commentating!!!

C4 are starting to irk me.

Just watching really good wheelchair table tennis match - they play loads of spin shots which is mad crack - anyhow 2 sets to 1 after guy made a comeback from match point and they cut to voice over saying 'and it didn't matter the other guy won'

ARGHGHGH - taking tips from rte channel 4 were you ???

Richard Hillman

Enda Smyth is currently 3rd in the track time trial at the moment. Cant see him staying there though.

opinion guy

Wow. that blonde Turkish weightlifter chick just got her boobs felt up by both her coach and some lady official after!?!?!

Colmustard

Watching some of the cycling, Sarah Storey won a medal in a record breaking race. Then i learned she just missed out on qualifying for the Olympics themselves.

So I asked myself what is she doing there. She was born with a deformed hand, but that is hardly an impediment in cycling.

Colmustard

Paul Mc Carthy Mike Oldfield and all the other performers at the Olympics were paid 1£ a token payment for legal purposes to honour a contract. Fair play to them they did it to honour the spirit of volunteerism which was a theme of these games.

But the cynic in me is thinking they got the stage and probably sold more records because of it.

http://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&sqi=2&ved=0CCoQFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rollingstone.com%2Fmusic%2Fnews%2Fpaul-mccartney-earned-1-57-for-london-olympics-gig-20120730&ei=9rE_UMu_MYLRhAfdjYCIDg&usg=AFQjCNGqksJw9DhYUNdrL_9nIYk1-NR0zQ&sig2=9xjhYusBjP82-_UgJudvMA

opinion guy

Colmustard wrote: »

Watching some of the cycling, Sarah Storey won a medal in a record breaking race. Then i learned she just missed out on qualifying for the Olympics themselves.

So I asked myself what is she doing there. She was born with a deformed hand, but that is hardly an impediment in cycling.

Yeah I was wondering that myself - the presenters were even talking about it.

Colmustard wrote: »

Paul Mc Carthy Mike Oldfield and all the other performers at the Olympics were paid 1£ a token payment for legal purposes to honour a contract. Fair play to them they did it to honour the spirit of volunteerism which was a theme of these games.

But the cynic in me is thinking they got the stage and probably sold more records because of it.

http://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&sqi=2&ved=0CCoQFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rollingstone.com%2Fmusic%2Fnews%2Fpaul-mccartney-earned-1-57-for-london-olympics-gig-20120730&ei=9rE_UMu_MYLRhAfdjYCIDg&usg=AFQjCNGqksJw9DhYUNdrL_9nIYk1-NR0zQ&sig2=9xjhYusBjP82-_UgJudvMA

Ah come on he's not liable for other people deciding to buy his music. Honestly I wouldn't be buying any of the music played at that thing....would you ? :pac:

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Colmustard wrote: »

Watching some of the cycling, Sarah Storey won a medal in a record breaking race. Then i learned she just missed out on qualifying for the Olympics themselves.

So I asked myself what is she doing there. She was born with a deformed hand, but that is hardly an impediment in cycling.

There's nothing in the rules that states that Paralympians can't compete in the Olympics (look at Oscar Pistorius). If they're good enough athletes, they're good enough athletes. It doesn't make it any less fair on the other competitors that Storey almost qualified for the Olympics. She still has a disability which means she is entitled to compete in the Paralympics under her own classification.

opinion guy

My name is URL wrote: »

There's nothing in the rules that states that Paralympians can't compete in the Olympics (look at Oscar Pistorius). If they're good enough athletes, they're good enough athletes. It doesn't make it any less fair on the other competitors that Storey almost qualified for the Olympics. She still has a disability which means she is entitled to compete in the Paralympics under her own classification.

Good point. They do bar people from competing for not being 'disabled enough', however.

One American swimmer was barred on this basis, before they let her back in:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/disability-sport/19425803

Mint Sauce

Colmustard wrote: »

Watching some of the cycling, Sarah Storey won a medal in a record breaking race. Then i learned she just missed out on qualifying for the Olympics themselves.

So I asked myself what is she doing there. She was born with a deformed hand, but that is hardly an impediment in cycling.

Seen her on C4 this morning, aparently once shes up to full speed, she can compete against most abled bodied, however with her deformity she doesn't have the techic to reach that speed as quick.

Colmustard

opinion guy wrote: »

Yeah I was wondering that myself - the presenters were even talking about it.



Ah come on he's not liable for other people deciding to buy his music. Honestly I wouldn't be buying any of the music played at that thing....would you ? :pac:

Ehh No, besides I doubt he cares anyway he has to be one of the most famous people in the world and a sqillionaire.

I thought the collage was good but I wouldn't buy it.

Colmustard

My name is URL wrote: »

There's nothing in the rules that states that Paralympians can't compete in the Olympics (look at Oscar Pistorius). If they're good enough athletes, they're good enough athletes. It doesn't make it any less fair on the other competitors that Storey almost qualified for the Olympics. She still has a disability which means she is entitled to compete in the Paralympics under her own classification.

irish-stew wrote: »

Seen her on C4 this morning, aparently once shes up to full speed, she can compete against most abled bodied, however with her deformity she doesn't have the techic to reach that speed as quick.

Yeah I would imagine 2 hands on the handle bars would be an advantage in acceleration, so I suppose she is entitled to be there.

opinion guy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6aEW_JLlDE

:pac:

Richard Hillman

I think weve found the athlete with the longest name

Ms Amara Indumathi Karunathi Lallwala Palliyagurunnans, of Sri Lanka

Richard Hillman

Colm Lynch 4th in the Individual pursuit. He had a bronze in the bag until the last lap

LordSutch

I wonder would Steve Austin qualify for the Paralympics?

That's a question for posters of a certain age

Richard Hillman

LordSutch wrote: »

I wonder would Steve Austin qualify for the Paralympics?

That's a question for posters of a certain age

I dont think wrestling is in it.

LordSutch

I was think more like one of the running events, no? http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTQyMjM0Mjc4M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwMzU3MzM2._V1._SX450_SY347_.jpg

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Woohoo... first Gold for Ireland!

Bethany Firth in swimming

Richard Hillman

Magnificent swim by Bethany. She was glorious