Ireland wins medal!

mike65

There has been much gloom about the Irish team coming home empty handed but that can't happen as one of the boxers is now guaranteed a bronze at worst and so Ireland will have a place on this list

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/medals_table/default.stm

Mike.

MIN2511

mike65 wrote: »

There has been much gloom about the Irish team coming home empty handed but that can't happen as one of the boxers is now guaranteed a bronze at worst and so Ireland will have a place on this list

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/medals_table/default.stm

Mike.

Thank God!

Is it just me or.. "China hosts Olympics, China takes ALL the medals":p

Rename it the Chinese Olympics!

Sherifu

Thank Christ for the boxers. \o/

He beat the Polish guy convincingly too. A lot of pent up anger perhaps. ~.~

SheroN

How do India, a country with such a massive population have only 1 medal so far?

Dinter

G'wan Paddy! That was an entertaining fight!

He nearly threw the Polish lad out of the ring in the first round.

Hilarious.

boardinwork

mike65 wrote: »

There has been much gloom about the Irish team coming home empty handed but that can't happen as one of the boxers is now guaranteed a bronze at worst and so Ireland will have a place on this list

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/medals_table/default.stm

Mike.

WHAT ABOUT THIS TURNCOAT THOUGH! :mad:

Meanwhile, it has emerged that the horse which helped American rider Gina Miles claim a silver medal in the individual eventing competition today is Irish-bred.



Miles' mount, McKinlaigh, was bred by Yvonne Walsh of Rainstown, County Carlow.



The 14-year-old chestnut gelding is by Highland King and is owned by Tim Schulz from California.



McKinlaigh's time in Ireland saw him win the Young Horse Event Class at Punchestown in 1998 and the Combined Training Class at Grove in Tipperary a year later.

leninbenjamin

SheroN wrote: »

How do India, a country with such a massive population have only 1 medal so far?

because they play really weird sports.

like cricket

ejmaztec

If there was a brown-envelope relay race, Ireland would get a gold - for sure :P

boardinwork

mike65 wrote: »

There has been much gloom about the Irish team coming home empty handed but that can't happen as one of the boxers is now guaranteed a bronze at worst and so Ireland will have a place on this list

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/medals_table/default.stm

Mike.

Armenia have won 5! Japers

Vic Vinegar

ejmaztec wrote: »

If there was a brown-envelope relay race, Ireland would get a gold - for sure :P

Ha! me likey!

Silenceisbliss

GWAN IRELAND...GWAN YA GUD THING YA!

Dinter

Yeah they Olympics these days have lost their way!

The IOC should bring back the hoplitodromus (Sprint race wearing 22 kilos of armour) and pankration (full contact fighting). Some of the 100m sprinters would snap if they'd to put weight on before running.

Oh yeah and before the Marathon all competitors should have to spend six hours slaughtering Persians before they're allowed start. The prize could be a heart attack!

I'd watch that on the TV.

Steve_o

Silenceisbliss wrote: »

GWAN IRELAND...GWAN YA GUD THING YA!

GWAN YA BOY YA!!!

ejmaztec

Are there any schools in Ireland where there is actually a gymnasium or even gym equipment? Perhaps the government should have paid for some during the good times. I don't suppose you need any equipment to punch somebody on the jaw.

KerranJast

Apart from a couple of exceptions the Irish athletes have performed to their best or the best they could do bearing in mind some have suffered recent injuries. I don't think its right for us to be moaning if we don't win medals at events we realistically should be happy to finish top 10 in.

Silenceisbliss

Steve_o wrote: »

GWAN YA BOY YA!!!

GWAN SHAM, NUFF O DAT ****E NOW, GET IN DERE!

Hail 2 Da Chimp

Holy crap, china won 41 gold, and USA with 77 medals already...

javaboy

KerranJast wrote: »

Apart from a couple of exceptions the Irish athletes have performed to their best or the best they could do bearing in mind some have suffered recent injuries. I don't think its right for us to be moaning if we don't win medals at events we realistically should be happy to finish top 10 in.

Realistically I don't think many people are expecting a big medal haul from the Irish. The major complaint I've heard is our athletes are not getting PBs while many other countries' athletes are. There have been a few injuries in fairness but the problem is they are underperforming in respect of their own standards.



When is Terry going to lock this under the no sports in AH rule? :pac:

twanda

Well done - I am delighted for him !!!

I suppose it doesn't help that we can't compete in a lot of the things the Chinese/USA are competing in because we never had a chance at any kind of training in those disciplines.
As another poster mentioned earlier in the thread, what schools do we know that have proper, well equipped gymnasiums? I remember our school had a couple of gym mats and one of those vault things, all gathering dust in the corner. All we ever did in PE class was run around after a basketball. Occasionally we got to use a hockey stick - that was it. We had 1 hour 20 minutes of 'Physical Education' per week. Not really likely to turn anyone into an aspiring gymnast/athlete now, is it?

Fratton Fred

boardinwork wrote: »

Meanwhile, it has emerged that the horse which helped American rider Gina Miles claim a silver medal in the individual eventing competition today is Irish-bred.

Which makes Gina Miles more Irish than most of the Irish team under Jackie Charlton

Toto Wolfcastle

I'm so glad we got a medal, even though I didn't understand most of what Paddy said in his interview! He's got such a thick accent. (Although I understood his last interview.)

_blank_

He's not really Irish though, he's from Belfast.

The medal should go to Team GB.

síofra

great news!!!!!!!!!!:D[/U]

Steve_o

Des wrote: »

He's not really Irish though, he's from Belfast.

The medal should go to Team GB.

Down with that sort of thing...

Toto Wolfcastle

Des wrote: »

He's not really Irish though, he's from Belfast.

The medal should go to Team GB.

Shut it you, we need all the medals we can get!

So far we have Paddy's bronze and that Irish horse's silver.

_blank_

Steve_o wrote: »

Down with that sort of thing...

What? Irish people get all uppity when The British media try to steal one of our actors/sportspeople etc, but here we are stealing one of theirs.

It's ridiculous.

1huge1

Des wrote: »

He's not really Irish though, he's from Belfast.

The medal should go to Team GB.

Normally I wouldn't mind that comment but I want a medal so bad!

Anyway lads lets not get off topic here, this almost always heads down a bad road.

sock puppet

Des wrote: »

What? Irish people get all uppity when The British media try to steal one of our actors/sportspeople etc, but here we are stealing one of theirs.

It's ridiculous.

But I thought Northern Ireland isn't part of Britain? Wouldn't it be called team UK instead if that were the case?

Toto Wolfcastle

Des wrote: »

What? Irish people get all uppity when The British media try to steal one of our actors/sportspeople etc, but here we are stealing one of theirs.

It's ridiculous.

Yeah but he's not boxing for GB. He's boxing for Ireland. There's a difference between that and British people claiming Irish actors, they're not claiming to act for Ireland, they just are Irish. Paddy is boxing for Ireland, therefore it is an Irish medal.

If he wanted to box for GB then he should have.

seamus

I love how we complain that we're stereotyped as drunken brawlers, yet all we seem to be able to win fair and square at the olympics are medals for boxing :pac:

Seriously though, there are a massive number of factors at play, not least the facilities.

The USA has 300 million inhabitants. We have 4 million. So they outnumber us by a factor of 75 to 1.

So then you've expect that if the USA wins 77 medals, we'd win at least one.

This doesn't necessarily hold true with China - with 1.3 billion inhabitants, you'd expect them to win at least four times as many medals as the USA. The reason they don't is partly to do with facilities (most Chinese are stupidly poor) and partly to do with their social/governmental system. In a nutshell, they take good (but not outstanding) atheletes, pump them full of drugs and send them off to compete on the world stage.
Hence as a function of their population, they underperform overall.

But facilities would be the primary factor - in this country most people don't even get a chance to try their hand at shot put or javelin or the high jump, to give examples, purely because there's nowhere to practise it.

Toto Wolfcastle

seamus wrote: »

But facilities would be the primary factor - in this country most people don't even get a chance to try their hand at shot put or javelin or the high jump, to give examples, purely because there's nowhere to practise it.

We used to do the high jump in PE and there was one guy who was scarily good at it. The teacher used to say that with proper facilities he could go far, but there weren't any proper facilities in our area.

allybhoy

Des wrote: »

He's not really Irish though, he's from Belfast.

The medal should go to Team GB.

Tell ya what, if you ever meet Paddy you should tell him that yourself.........

jaykay74

Des wrote: »

What? Irish people get all uppity when The British media try to steal one of our actors/sportspeople etc, but here we are stealing one of theirs.

It's ridiculous.

Hardly stealing, thats just the way boxing is organised on this island.

The IABA organises amateur boxing on an All Ireland basis in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, with each of the four provinces having their own council and additional councils for County Dublin and County Antrim

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Amateur_Boxing_Association

Fratton Fred

Des wrote: »

What? Irish people get all uppity when The British media try to steal one of our actors/sportspeople etc, but here we are stealing one of theirs.

It's ridiculous.

I'm glad you said that

Sherifu

I'd take some more Michele Smith medals. It's a great buzz while it lasts. And the bord bia ads are a good laugh after the event.

walrusgumble

SheroN wrote: »

How do India, a country with such a massive population have only 1 medal so far?

money and lots of it,

Kinetic^

jaykay74 wrote: »

Hardly stealing, thats just the way boxing is organised on this island.

The IABA organises amateur boxing on an All Ireland basis in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, with each of the four provinces having their own council and additional councils for County Dublin and County Antrim

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Amateur_Boxing_Association

The same goes for Basketball. The Irish Rugby team is also selected from the 4 provinces.

citytillidie

Since he is from Belfast that should put this thread to bed

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055341136&page=8

citytillidie

Kinetic^ wrote: »

The same goes for Basketball. The Irish Rugby team is also selected from the 4 provinces.

I think the only sport its split is Soccer

ejmaztec

Local national school. Sports facilities: 2 rusty basketball hoops plus 1 ball. PE teachers = nil.

Mushy

Egan doing well, so maybe another bronze at least!

Bluetonic

Mushy wrote: »

Egan doing well, so maybe another bronze at least!

7-0 up, one minute to go.

Easy enough.

Bluetonic

Bluetonic wrote: »

7-0 up, one minute to go.

Easy enough.

8-0 win, easy.

SoupyNorman

Two medals in a couple of hours...waay the boxers!

Zaph

Second medal in the bag and there's no doubting where Kenny Egan is from.

Macha

Shame about Hession, just 0.15 seconds away from the final

dlofnep

Congrats Kenny.

dlofnep

Des wrote: »

What? Irish people get all uppity when The British media try to steal one of our actors/sportspeople etc, but here we are stealing one of theirs.

It's ridiculous.

He's boxing for Ireland and under the GFA can identify with being Irish. He is one of our own.

UnitedIrishman

That was probably the easiest bout Egan faced all year.

prendy

2 very assured displays in the ring today!

wouldnt bet against egan getting gold either.

snickerpuss

Egan will be facing this British guy: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/boxing/7570484.stm

Great news for the boxers, only mildly embarrassing that its the only sport we're good at!