London 2012 Megathread [Part 1]

Patser

Yep, in the 2 races today the Finnish Girl finished near the top twice and looked very consistent but when you look at her results she had a 19th and a 22nd to her name too. I bad race from the Belgian and Annalise is away again!

HazDanz

Del Potro looked devastated. Don't blame him, such a cool tennis player too, pity he had to go out so agonizingly close to the final

BraziliaNZ

nice_very wrote: »

but these races are only to qualify for the medal race.. so a top 10 finish will qualify her, the medal races are what really count and worth double points too

wait, what??? I thought it was just overall??

HazDanz

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

wait, what??? I thought it was just overall??

Is it not the top ten get into the medal race, but the medal race is worth double points compared to the races before it. The points accumulated across the other races still count but you can discard your worse race?

Brian017

Patser wrote: »

Yep, in the 2 races today the Finnish Girl finished near the top twice and looked very consistent but when you look at her results she had a 19th and a 22nd to her name too. I bad race from the Belgian and Annalise is away again!

Yeah, the 19th and 22nd are really hurting her at the moment. Still, 4 1st's, a 2nd, a 8th and a 10th is a pretty decent performance for her so far. As you say another good race from her and a poor one from those around her and she's in pole position again

garv123

HazDanz wrote: »

Is it not the top ten get into the medal race, but the medal race is worth double points compared to the races before it. The points accumulated across the other races still count but you can discard your worse race?

Discarding the worst place and the double points will really mix things up.

BraziliaNZ

HazDanz wrote: »

Is it not the top ten get into the medal race, but the medal race is worth double points compared to the races before it. The points accumulated across the other races still count but you can discard your worse race?

oh wow, so she can get rid of the 19th. Wow, what an achievement though, all these races she has had to compete in, seems like a lot of work! I really hope Ryan Tubridy dies or something so the poor girl wont have to talk to him on the Late Late!

Sanity_Saviour

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

oh wow, so she can get rid of the 19th. Wow, what an achievement though, all these races she has had to compete in, seems like a lot of work! I really hope Ryan Tubridy dies or something so the poor girl wont have to talk to him on the Late Late!

What?

HazDanz

garv123 wrote: »

Discarding the worst place and the double points will really mix things up.

It will for sure. The medal race will be pretty exciting.

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

oh wow, so she can get rid of the 19th. Wow, what an achievement though, all these races she has had to compete in, seems like a lot of work! I really hope Ryan Tubridy dies or something so the poor girl wont have to talk to him on the Late Late!

Yeah she can discard the 19th, it's only fair I think as It's a lot of pressure to perform across all the races without a hiccup. I hope no one reminds her of the compulsory Late Late appearance... she might take off the gas on purpose if she realises!

BraziliaNZ

Sanity_Saviour wrote: »

What?

Come on she'll be on it if she gets a medal.
Anyway I think my head is going to explode, following her in the sailing, tennis on on another screen, the big screen in the office showing the athletics, posting on forums about sports, it's just too much sport, I can't handle it, might leave the TV off when I get home and meditate or something

garv123

HazDanz wrote: »

It will for sure. The medal race will be pretty exciting.



Yeah she can discard the 19th, it's only fair I think as It's a lot of pressure to perform across all the races without a hiccup. I hope no one reminds her of the compulsory Late Late appearance... she might take off the gas on purpose if she realises!

Her 19, 10 and 8 are the 3 highest places out of the top three. Lets hope she keeps the next races down low.

BraziliaNZ

HazDanz wrote: »

I hope no one reminds her of the compulsory Late Late appearance... she might take off the gas on purpose if she realises!

lol that's hilarious, anyone having to go on that is probably the excuse from any poor Olympics performance from the Irish teams, even worse now with that gob****e being the host!

DebDynamite

Just turned on the tennis match betwen Serena Williams & Azarenka. Centre Court is practially empty! Was it like this for the Federer v Del Potro match or have people just gone to stretch their legs as that was such a long match?

BraziliaNZ

DebDynamite wrote: »

Just turned on the tennis match betwen Serena Williams & Azarenka. Centre Court is practially empty! Was it like this for the Federer v Del Potro match or have people just gone to stretch their legs as that was such a long match?

was jammed, they're all knackered probably, it should fill back up i hope

DEFTLEFTHAND

Very unprofessional conduct by RTE in their coverage of the basketball. I get it that its not a huge sport over here but thats no reason to mock it by having the commentators take the piss. It just so disrespectful to have two 'comedians' going over the top for the sake of a few cheap laughs. :mad:

nice_very

rte coverage is pretty poor imo, they always seem to show big events 15 mins after its on bbc (I have rte bbc1 bbc3) just like they are showing the end of the tennis now

Pudsy33

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Very unprofessional conduct by RTE in their coverage of the basketball. I get it that its not a huge sport over here but thats no reason to mock it by having the commentators take the piss. It just so disrespectful to have two 'comedians' going over the top for the sake of a few cheap laughs. :mad:

I think those lads are genuinely that excited.....

BraziliaNZ

In fairness to RTE, they just don't have the budget to cover all of this, it's a crazy amount of sport, and there aren't even any cameras on the Annalise event for e.g.

DebDynamite

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Very unprofessional conduct by RTE in their coverage of the basketball. I get it that its not a huge sport over here but thats no reason to mock it by having the commentators take the piss. It just so disrespectful to have two 'comedians' going over the top for the sake of a few cheap laughs. :mad:

Some Americians are fans of Timmy's style anyway...

http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/33841/this-irish-tv-announcer-needs-to-start-calling-nba-games-immediately

opinion guy

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Very unprofessional conduct by RTE in their coverage of the basketball. I get it that its not a huge sport over here but thats no reason to mock it by having the commentators take the piss. It just so disrespectful to have two 'comedians' going over the top for the sake of a few cheap laughs. :mad:

Mods ban this poster !
Whats your problem man ? They're not taking the piss they are enjoying the game. I think they are great. Especially Timmy

Aidric

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Very unprofessional conduct by RTE in their coverage of the basketball. I get it that its not a huge sport over here but thats no reason to mock it by having the commentators take the piss. It just so disrespectful to have two 'comedians' going over the top for the sake of a few cheap laughs. :mad:

woooooosssssshhh

Sanity_Saviour

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Very unprofessional conduct by RTE in their coverage of the basketball. I get it that its not a huge sport over here but thats no reason to mock it by having the commentators take the piss. It just so disrespectful to have two 'comedians' going over the top for the sake of a few cheap laughs. :mad:

And Cheerleaders! What's up with that?

Most of them aren't even basketball players!

Diego Maradona

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Very unprofessional conduct by RTE in their coverage of the basketball. I get it that its not a huge sport over here but thats no reason to mock it by having the commentators take the piss. It just so disrespectful to have two 'comedians' going over the top for the sake of a few cheap laughs. :mad:

:eek:

Diego Maradona

New world record from GB in the womens team pursuit.

Jimoslimos

Wow! They just destroyed the rest of the field. Can't see anyone beating them.

titan18

Think it's a new WR for every GB rider in a timed event so far.

Jimoslimos

Pendleton up next, C'mon!

Dempsey

Pendleton made that look very easy!

xxyyxx

nice_very wrote: »

rte coverage is pretty poor imo, they always seem to show big events 15 mins after its on bbc (I have rte bbc1 bbc3) just like they are showing the end of the tennis now

Easy for the BBC with two channels showing it full time and then all the extra red button stuff they have.

Diego Maradona

BBC had Will and Harry in the studio there, Harry seems like a guy that'd be great craic on a night out.