Olympics! - Page 8

Snuggle Ferret · 12-08-2008, 15:20

Who else, when watching the men on the High Bar and doing the release and catches, holds their breath? It's sodding amazing!!!!

Justsomebloke · 13-08-2008, 12:35

Just seen our canoeist get a silver in slalom

Has to be said that Sharon Davies looks Superb

Greenlizard0 · 17-08-2008, 02:01

This thread hasn't been updated today. Did anybody else see the 100m final sprint? How insane was that?!

Davey_Pitch · 17-08-2008, 02:24

Bolt is a monster, to run that quickly and still ease off for the last 15m. I wonder what his time would have been had he been pushed all the way.

Knipples · 17-08-2008, 09:49

I just needed a woo hoo for us now being 3rd in the medal table!

Nutcase · 17-08-2008, 10:01

Woo Hoo indeed! Quite a day our team has had

Garp · 17-08-2008, 10:14

Some folks at work were moaning about how we were so far down in the medal table (what was it, 11th?) I kept pointing out to them that we're a tiny dot of a country, with only a tiny fraction of the populations of the US and China. The odds of us getting a world class winning athlete isn't that spectacular. That we do get so many is something to be damn proud of.

Pickers · 17-08-2008, 10:23

I dont like how the medal table is organized. A country with 0 gold but 100 silvers and 100 bronze would be lower than a country with one gold only.
It should be weighted imo.

But \

/ for 3rd!!!

Garp · 17-08-2008, 10:29

Just watched the sprint final... he really does shake things up a little. How the hell can you break the world record AND STILL have chilled at the end of your running. I really wish he'd powered all the way through the 100m just to see what he could have done to that record.

I wonder if all 100m finalists are going to have to be 200m Olympiads too, maybe that is what's giving him his edge?

Knipples · 17-08-2008, 10:56

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Originally Posted by Garp

Some folks at work were moaning about how we were so far down in the medal table (what was it, 11th?) I kept pointing out to them that we're a tiny dot of a country, with only a tiny fraction of the populations of the US and China. The odds of us getting a world class winning athlete isn't that spectacular. That we do get so many is something to be damn proud of.

You can also inform them that we also have half the number of athletes representing us that the two teams now above us in the medal table have at the olympics. So well done us!

12-08-2008, 15:20	#71
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Davey_Pitch I iz speshul Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Liverpool Posts: 6,296	Bolt is a monster, to run that quickly and still ease off for the last 15m. I wonder what his time would have been had he been pushed all the way. __________________ Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It's not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

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Garp Preparing more tumbleweed Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Hawaii Posts: 6,038	Some folks at work were moaning about how we were so far down in the medal table (what was it, 11th?) I kept pointing out to them that we're a tiny dot of a country, with only a tiny fraction of the populations of the US and China. The odds of us getting a world class winning athlete isn't that spectacular. That we do get so many is something to be damn proud of. __________________ Mal: Define "interesting"? Wash: "Oh, God, oh, God, we're all gonna die"?

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Knipples nipples lol (o)(o) Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Brissle!!! Posts: 4,947	I just needed a woo hoo for us now being 3rd in the medal table!

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Nutcase Moonshine Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Chelmsford, innit! Posts: 3,979	Woo Hoo indeed! Quite a day our team has had

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Pickers Absinthe Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Cornwall Posts: 2,692	I dont like how the medal table is organized. A country with 0 gold but 100 silvers and 100 bronze would be lower than a country with one gold only. It should be weighted imo. But \/ for 3rd!!! __________________ Pictures

17-08-2008, 10:29	#79
Garp Preparing more tumbleweed Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Hawaii Posts: 6,038	Just watched the sprint final... he really does shake things up a little. How the hell can you break the world record AND STILL have chilled at the end of your running. I really wish he'd powered all the way through the 100m just to see what he could have done to that record. I wonder if all 100m finalists are going to have to be 200m Olympiads too, maybe that is what's giving him his edge? __________________ Mal: Define "interesting"? Wash: "Oh, God, oh, God, we're all gonna die"?