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London 2012 Megathread [Part 1]

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  • #2102
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,360 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    NegativeCreep wrote: »
    Is this BBC red button only for sky viewers?

    Yeah, but you can otherwise manually add the additional channels if you don't have Sky

    There's a list of frequencies here - http://www.bbc.co.uk/reception/info/bbc_olympics_channels.shtml


  • #2103
    Hercule Poirot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,231 ✭✭✭Hercule Poirot


    Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »
    Just looking at the boxing now. It's been long since proved conclusively that athletes wearing red have a competetive advantage over other colours. Wearing red should be banned.

    You are aware that O'Neill is winning right?


  • #2104
    miss choc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,085 ✭✭✭miss choc


    Watched the event last night and I have to say it was brilliant I loved it especially the Daniel Craig/Queen sketch. Also the Great Ormand St was good and I loved the musical part all the great British music of the different eras. The only bit that was cheesy was David Beckham grinning like a Cheshire cat on the speedboat bit of a plonker. I also loved the way the copper kettles were used at the end to light the flame and it was great Muhammad Ali was there. It was a credit to London


  • #2105
    Scanlas The 2nd
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,144 ✭✭✭Scanlas The 2nd


    Hercule Poirot wrote: »
    Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »
    Just looking at the boxing now. It's been long since proved conclusively that athletes wearing red have a competetive advantage over other colours. Wearing red should be banned.

    You are aware that O'Neill is winning right?

    Yes that's not the point though. It's simply not fair. Wearing red causes an increase in testosterone levels and a reduction in your opponents, as well as other beneficial effects to the competitor in red.


  • #2106
    westendgirlie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,125 ✭✭✭westendgirlie


    Well done o'neill


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  • #2107
    Diego Maradona
    Closed Accounts Posts: 769 ✭✭✭Diego Maradona


    Well done Darren O'Neill, he wins 15-6 against Akanji the Nigerian.


  • #2108
    3ndahalfof6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,184 ✭✭✭3ndahalfof6


    who lit the torch.


  • #2109
    Diego Maradona
    Closed Accounts Posts: 769 ✭✭✭Diego Maradona


    3ndahalfof6 wrote: »
    who lit the torch.
    7 young athletes


  • #2110
    westendgirlie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,125 ✭✭✭westendgirlie


    Right, back to mens gymnastics


  • #2111
    Hercule Poirot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,231 ✭✭✭Hercule Poirot


    Federer playing on BBC3 if anyone wants to watch it


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  • #2112
    cgpg5
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,656 ✭✭✭cgpg5


    Hercule Poirot wrote: »
    Best of three to the best of my knowledge - think its only the grand slams that have 5

    Murray will probably get a medal, JW Tsonga is fourth fave @ a whopping 20/1

    Ferrer has a very soft draw and should make semis v Fed. Murray and Djok most likely in the other.

    Going for a Murray/Fed final myself! Djok has a bloody nasty draw


  • #2113
    rmchmufc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 170 ✭✭rmchmufc


    So far so good for the Irish boxers


  • #2114
    SharpshooterTom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,017 ✭✭✭SharpshooterTom


    cgpg5 wrote: »
    Ferrer has a very soft draw and should make semis v Fed. Murray and Djok most likely in the other.

    Going for a Murray/Fed final myself! Djok has a bloody nasty draw

    Federer should hopefully get to the final as Ferrer's not that strong on grass. I reckon the gold might be his this year, certainly hopefully not McHenmans anyway.

    Djokovic might come back but he doesn't look as comfortable on grass as he does on hard (despite winning Wimbledon last year) but I think a true grass court player can beat him.


  • #2115
    cgpg5
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,656 ✭✭✭cgpg5


    Good news for Andy Murray. His potential 1/4 final opponent Thomas Berdych is gone.

    Well done to Darren O'Neill.

    Very disappointing for Cavendish in cycling

    Best thing about the olympics is that you get to watch (and get really into) sports you'd rarely see usually!


  • #2116
    Happyman42
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,066 ✭✭✭✭Happyman42


    That has to have been the most amatuerish commentating on a cycle race I have ever seen, not getting info was a factor but the two BBC commentators seemed completely unprepared for anybody else but Team GB to win it. The interview with the winner was a classic, 'You do realise the British are very disappointed?' :D:D


  • #2117
    Hercule Poirot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,231 ✭✭✭Hercule Poirot


    Does anyone know what Dressage is? All I see is some woman, dressed as a man going around in circles on a horse


  • #2118
    Diego Maradona
    Closed Accounts Posts: 769 ✭✭✭Diego Maradona


    Hercule Poirot wrote: »
    Does anyone know what Dressage is? All I see is some woman, dressed as a man going around in circles on a horse
    It's basically synchronised swimming with a horse without the water of course :D


  • #2119
    SharpshooterTom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,017 ✭✭✭SharpshooterTom


    Happyman42 wrote: »
    That has to have been the most amatuerish commentating on a cycle race I have ever seen, not getting info was a factor but the two BBC commentators seemed completely unprepared for anybody else but Team GB to win it. The interview with the winner was a classic, 'You do realise the British are very disappointed?' :D:D

    This is the problem there's too much hype with the Brits at sport, in a sense I understand it because they're at home but after a while it gets annoying after a while and its a like big bandwagon.

    I like the fact its a multi-national event and hope its not all about Brits Brits Brits, (but then again I live in the north what do you expect :p).


  • #2120
    Happyman42
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,066 ✭✭✭✭Happyman42


    Hercule Poirot wrote: »
    Does anyone know what Dressage is? All I see is some woman, dressed as a man going around in circles on a horse

    Same as these ladies do without a horse. :D
    http://www.grandorangelodge.co.uk/images/orangeman_on_parade.jpg


  • #2121
    cgpg5
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,656 ✭✭✭cgpg5


    Roger in a battle here!


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  • #2122
    steve9859
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,554 ✭✭✭steve9859


    Happyman42 wrote: »
    That has to have been the most amatuerish commentating on a cycle race I have ever seen, not getting info was a factor but the two BBC commentators seemed completely unprepared for anybody else but Team GB to win it. The interview with the winner was a classic, 'You do realise the British are very disappointed?' :D:D

    The irony here of course is that everyone is moaning about it....but still watching British tv. If you don't like it, watch rte!


  • #2123
    3ndahalfof6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,184 ✭✭✭3ndahalfof6


    watching the archery at the moment, the bows they use are just not right, Robin would be turning in his grave.


  • #2124
    Namlub
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,298 ✭✭✭Namlub


    Hercule Poirot wrote: »
    Does anyone know what Dressage is? All I see is some woman, dressed as a man going around in circles on a horse

    Horse ballet or something like that...


  • #2125
    SharpshooterTom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,017 ✭✭✭SharpshooterTom


    steve9859 wrote: »
    The irony here of course is that everyone is moaning about it....but still watching British tv. If you don't like it, watch rte!

    Naw we just watch to see whats its like after they lose. :D

    Come on Federer.


  • #2126
    Tox56
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,636 ✭✭✭✭Tox56


    The British media are nowhere near as bad as they are made out to be, but it's the athletes I feel sorry for. Some people take pleasure when they fail, based on what other people have said about them.


  • #2127
    Brain Stroking
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,874 ✭✭✭Brain Stroking


    ThomasFlynn wrote: »
    This is the problem there's too much hype with the Brits at sport, in a sense I understand it because they're at home but after a while it gets annoying after a while and its a like big bandwagon.

    I like the fact its a multi-national event and hope its not all about Brits Brits Brits, (but then again I live in the north what do you expect :p).

    You find that because you live on these islands. Every country is the same. Lose the chip on your shoulder good lad and stop boring us


  • #2128
    SharpshooterTom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,017 ✭✭✭SharpshooterTom


    Tox56 wrote: »
    The British media are nowhere near as bad as they are made out to be, but it's the athletes I feel sorry for. Some people take pleasure when they fail, based on what other people have said about them.

    Tbh I felt sorry for Cavendish he's been the forgotten man over the past few weeks because of Wiggins. You wonder how much the Tour De France has taken out of these guys.

    Yes I watched Jill Douglas interview, cringeworthy at best. Just accept it you lost. :rolleyes:


  • #2129
    SharpshooterTom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,017 ✭✭✭SharpshooterTom


    Federer a break up in the third.


  • #2130
    3ndahalfof6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,184 ✭✭✭3ndahalfof6


    will the beach volleyball still be played if it rains, I don't remember watching it being played in the rain.


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  • #2131
    Samich
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,949 ✭✭✭Samich


    Ahhhhh I love the olympics, all the sports. Ahhhhhhhhhh.

    I love it!!! :D

    Another 4 years until we see the greatest event on earth again!


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