London 2012 Megathread [Part 1]

garv123

Sea Filly wrote: »

How many are we guaranteed so far?

3 bronze minimum

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Diego Maradona wrote: »

Well done Michael Conlon!!

People need to realise it's not the number of punches thrown it's the amount that is landed on the opponents face. Conlon's defence was world class there, he's an very good technical fighter. That French guy was very wild with a lot of his punches.

People do, but even the guys on the RTE panel have previously commented that the judging can be very confusing.

Johnny Bitte

Any idea if Irish athletes get money for winning a medal and if so how much?

risteard7

leahyl wrote: »

Really excited about our boxers guys! Dare we dream that we could win 4 golds? Does Barnes have a good chance tomorrow against his opponent?

no barnes will find it very hard hes fighting world no 1 and is unlikely to win, but lets hope

garv123

Johnny Bitte wrote: »

Any idea if Irish athletes get money for winning a medal and if so how much?

The weight of the gold/silver/bronze in the jewellers

Colmustard

3 perhaps four

My dreams of us sneaking another from the sailing or equestrian is dying a death.:(

Mr.Crinklewood

nice_very wrote: »

well done Conlon!! 3 medals now guarenteed

few of the slo-mo bits remind me of that last scene from Rocky 3 where Rocky and Apollo are sparring "ding ding"

Ding Ding

racso1975

Bill loves the old drug use accusations

Colmustard

Downlinz wrote: »

In official medal ranking terms we got 3 golds 1 bronze at 96, that was presumably our highest finish. If you're looking at medal quality over quantity, would also be tough to beat.

IMO they don't count, I am very anti drugs I think any athlete caught cheating should have all their medals stripped. Even though technically she did not get caught.

But this is not the thread for that debate.

Jimoslimos

Colmustard wrote: »

There were a lot of begrudgers in this thread about Ireland's overall Olympic performance, at times I was one of them.

But I think this will be Ireland's most successful games ever.

[COUGH] Michelle 1996 [/QUOTE]

opinion guy wrote: »

I don't think we've heard the end of it.

Apparently he was allowed compete after a doctor said he was injured in the first race.

Now he's after running a savage race. Questions might be asked!

I'm in two minds over this.

Firstly it was absolutely ludicrous that the 800m / 1500m events were scheduled in such a way it didn't allow athletes to compete in both. There are only two middle distance events - compare this to the plethora of swimming events Phelps has the opportunity to compete at. Would Seb Coe be in the position he is today if he had to choose either 800 or 1500m before he ran in Moscow?

But the rules are rules and everybody knew the scheduling - he was in effect depriving someone else a chance of running the 800m.

I not sure I'd be in favour of any sanctions being reapplied, medal stripped, etc, however I do think the doctor should come under some investigation - surely what he did is fraud and breaks I'm sure, a professional code of conduct for the medical profession

Mr.Crinklewood

Olympics introduce the sport of "Boxer Lifting".

mike65

Team GB big cheeses can sleep well tonight - Grabarz bronze in the high jump means they have now got 48 medals, one more than Beijing.

Guy:Incognito

Sea Filly wrote: »

It was snide.

No, lighthearted. Pretty much all countries do the same.

You should have been in Germany , watching German tv for Euro 96, you might not have pulled through. I was in Germany for Euro 88 too and there was no shortage.

I'm half German btw, so theres no British bias.

leahyl

Mr.Crinklewood wrote: »

Olympics introduce the sport of "Boxer Lifting".

Woah that's one strong ref! :-D

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Cienciano wrote: »

Can't believe they didn't cut to even delayed coverage of the 1500m final

RTE ? They did as that's where I watched it.

Kerrydude1981

Is Michael Conlon fighting the Cuban next?

Colmustard

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

Is Michael Conlon fighting the Cuban next?

I am afraid so.

steelcityblues

mike65 wrote: »

Team GB big cheeses can sleep well tonight - Grabarz bronze in the high jump means they have now got 48 medals, one more than Beijing.

Do we know the last time three athletes in the one event received bronze?

Sea Filly

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

No, lighthearted. Pretty much all countries do the same.

You should have been in Germany , watching German tv for Euro 96, you might not have pulled through. I was in Germany for Euro 88 too and there was no shortage.

I'm half German btw, so theres no British bias.

We shall have to differ on this.

DEFTLEFTHAND

garv123 wrote: »

The weight of the gold/silver/bronze in the jewellers

On today's market the bronze medal consisting of 97% copper, 2.5% zinc and 0.5% tin is only worth $4.17.

Silver are Gold are worth considerably more at $330 and $644 respectively.

keith16

Bill does his best to make a mockery of the field events. If there was an aprés sketch it would go like this

Bill: Okey doke Victor, tell us about the bloody field, hah? loive.

Victor: Well Bill, plenty of talking points this eve....

B: Never mind that, any funny looking yokes throwing the discus? I'd say a few of those eastern Europeans would take your bloody head off!

V: .......

B: What about that Belarussian one? Or the Czechoslovakian one? I'm not even gonna try and pronounce that one's name!

V: It's actually pronounced....

B: Shut your bloody mouth Victor.

Aidric

In the mood for a bit of this. :pac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvQkl7qa6RQ

Colmustard

Some scene in the boxing now a French-man was virtually cheated out of a medal and he is livid.

He left the ring now.

Pudsy33

Colmustard wrote: »

Some scene in the boxing now a French-man was virtually cheated out of a medal and he is livid.

He left the ring now.

Who was he fighting?

DEFTLEFTHAND

Bill seems bored by a lot of the track and field, it gets annoying after a while, I'm kinda of glad that this is his last Olympics.

Colmustard

Pudsy33 wrote: »

Who was he fighting?

Some Ukrainian I didn't get his name.

keith16

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Bill seems bored by a lot of the track and field, it gets annoying after a while, I'm kinda of glad that this is his last Olympics.

They said that about Jimmy Magee in 1948

leahyl

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Bill seems bored by a lot of the track and field, it gets annoying after a while, I'm kinda of glad that this is his last Olympics.

I like Bill but it'd be nice to have some new younger persenters on. Jimmy and Bill are a bit over the hill at this stage.

darced

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Brain Stroking

darced wrote: »

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Perfectly calm. Am actually happy for one of our athletes tonight that have done us proud. Just giving an opinion. Me thinks you've read a little too much into my own sent-e-nces.