London 2012 Megathread [Part 1]

Diego Maradona

snubbleste wrote: »

Rté panel commentator: "Every kid at home should want to be John Joe Nevin"

And?

Kersh

Bee-autiful

the groutch

a little off the great news of Ireland's first medal, a great show of respect by Kirani James after his 400m semi, asking to swap name stickers with amputee Oscar Pistorius.

Auldloon

Well done john joe. Delighted.

M cebee

MJ says bolt had another 0.2 or more
looks like its his to lose then

johnmcdnl

Love seeing the pundits reactions during the fight haha..

P_1

M cebee wrote: »

MJ says bolt had another 0.2 or more
looks like its his to lose then

Aye, have a lot of money on him, thats how confident I am

Colmustard

Come-on Christine.

But I don't think so.

leahyl

So excited for John Joe! He can go all the way to gold, I know it!!!

washman3

Fantastic fight. brilliant win. well done John Joe, the high performance crew can take a bow, leading the way yet again....:):)

B0X

How do the boxing medals work? He's guaranteed a bronze at least right now, but what fights does he have left to better that?

Colmustard

Colmustard wrote: »

Come-on Christine.

But I don't think so.

Silver and not a bad effort.

Mysteriouschic

So glad John Joe won that match and the bronze medal he's done well.
I hope he wins the next match .

Pdoghue

Think about it... he has bronze, now he's into the semi-finals... worst he can be is a losing semi-finalist => bronze medal (there are 2 bronze medals awarded for both losing semi-finalists). If he wins the semi-final he is into the final => gold/silver contest

el diablo

B0X wrote: »

How do the boxing medals work? He's guaranteed a bronze at least right now, but what fights does he have left to better that?

If he wins his next fight he's guaranteed silver and a place in the final for gold.

Oops, Pdoghue got there before me.

johnmcdnl

B0X wrote: »

How do the boxing medals work? He's guaranteed a bronze at least right now, but what fights does he have left to better that?

Hes in the semis now - loosers both get bronze as theres no 3rd place fight.. One more win and he's in the Olympic final

B0X

Pdoghue wrote: »

Think about it... he has bronze, now he's into the semi-finals... worst he can be is a losing semi-finalist => bronze medal (there are 2 bronze medals awarded for both losing semi-finalists). If he wins the semi-final he is into the final => gold/silver contest

Ah didnt realise there were two bronze medals on offer, makes sense.

phasers

I think it's gas the difference between Irish commentators and GB ones:


We've guaranteed ourselves a bronze and we're thrilled no matter what, a GB girl won two bronze medals in the swimming and the commentators did nothing but give out!


I hope the GB fans are a bit more supportive of their silver and bronze medalists than the reporters.

Diego Maradona

johnmcdnl wrote: »

Hes in the semis now - loosers both get bronze as theres no 3rd place fight.. One more win and he's in the Olympic final

LOSERS! Just one O required!















Sorry pet hate of mine

kfallon

Go on John Joe ya legend!

Colmustard

I missed the bloody boxing.

Welldone anyway.

1 medal to Ireland.

titan18

Steeplechase time. Probably my favourite race along with the 800

kfallon

Just saw a replay of the 100m semi finals (was on a train at the time), Jaysus Bolt won hard on the steel :eek:

el diablo

Diego Maradona wrote: »

LOSERS! Just one O required!



Not as annoying as you're/your.

Sorry pet hate of mine

Not as annoying as you're/your.

LordSutch

Well done Christine in the 400, silver this time, to add to the gold from Beijing.

Bolt running in just 20 mins time . . .

Bollt 1 Blake 2 Gatlin 3

phasers

I thought the steeplechase was a horse race!

kfallon

I love Justin Gatlin's running style, really looks like he is skipping over the track! However surely it's between the 2 big guns???

My name is URL

I put a tenner on Gatlin @ 18/1 for the sake of it. So bar a small miracle I'll be a tenner down by the end of the night

Diego Maradona

el diablo wrote: »

Not as annoying as you're/your.

Or board/bored.

Hande hoche!

titan18 wrote: »

Steeplechase time. Probably my favourite race along with the 800

It is good to watch.