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London 2012 Megathread [Part 1]

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  • #2372
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,499 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    goodie2shoes wrote: »
    yes cycling is another good example, of how we produced 2 world beaters during the '80s and very little of note thereafter.

    don't get me wrong i wish the Brits well, but the tabloidesque (is that a word?) flag-waving is both amateurish & nauseating.

    and as me granny used to say "self praise is no praise"

    Nite!:)

    Sean Kelly was a class act. Stephen Roche has many questions to answer.


  • #2373
    Panthro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,055 ✭✭✭✭Panthro


    So apparently an Irish athlete got probed at the Olympics.
    Story here

    Probed...

    Hehehehe!:pac:


  • #2374
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,499 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    Panthro wrote: »
    So apparently an Irish athlete got probed at the Olympics.
    Story here

    Probed...

    Hehehehe!:pac:

    Any word on who it is yet?


  • #2375
    Panthro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,055 ✭✭✭✭Panthro


    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    Any word on who it is yet?

    I can't see any mention of a name yet


  • #2376
    Samich
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,949 ✭✭✭Samich


    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    Any word on who it is yet?

    Well it's definitely not Katie Taylor ;)

    I'll have a guess at one of the boxers or one of the horse riders, dodgy them wans ;) :P


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  • #2377
    Richard Hillman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,033 ✭✭✭✭Richard Hillman


    Jimoslimos wrote: »
    Richard Hillman wrote: »
    Its a very poor record. What i think is worst is that we have only won medals in 4 different events; Boxing, Athletics, Sailing and Swimming (although the swimming medals are very tainted). Im watching the Olympics and all the different events cursing that i wasted so much of my youth playing football. Out of those 4 events we excel at Boxing but we cant compete at Athletics anymore because of our genetics. We can compete at sailing but in Swimming we dont have a sufficeint swimming programme to compete Internationally. The likes of the Aussies, Americans and Chinese are competing at a high level in secondary school. How many secondary schools in Ireland even have swimming pools? We've only had a full size swimming pool in Ireland just over 10 years.

    In Ireland we tend to brush aside people who are not good at football, GAA or rugby and just tar them as "not naturaly sporty". In my school all we did for PE was play football. People who didnt like football just sat it out. I would imagine that is replicated all over the country. How many people that sit out PE every week in Ireland would be good at the likes of Archery, Badminton, Fencing or Judo?

    We need to lower the emphasis on the trinity of Football, GAA and Rugby and make more sports accessable.
    Other sports, tend to cost a lot more, whether in terms of equipment or technical training. It's much easier to throw a ball to some kids and say 'kick'.

    Fully understand. I just think that its sad that during the Celtic Tiger we never created what should have been a sporting legacy when we had the chance. For the 2016 Olympics and the future our only hopes for gold will probably be Boxing and now Golf. Neither to do with sporting programs in schools. Our footballing prowess will be the same as always, GAA won't change because we don't compete against anybody and we should still be strong at rugby.


  • #2378
    Notorioux
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 502 ✭✭✭Notorioux


    I feel sorry for that kieran behan lad :(


  • #2379
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,499 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    Notorioux wrote: »
    I feel sorry for that kieran behan lad :(

    Sad alright, the poor kid choked under pressure. Although to become an Olympian with his medical background is very admirable. I'm sure he'll compete at a games again.


  • #2380
    Hercule Poirot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,231 ✭✭✭Hercule Poirot


    And on to day 2....:)

    http://www.rte.ie/sport/olympics/2012/0729/331011-olympics-day-2-when-are-the-irish-in-action/

    Gives a rough idea of when our Irish athletes are on today


  • #2381
    steve9859
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,554 ✭✭✭steve9859


    Happyman42 wrote: »

    Do you think it was good sports journalism to do what they did before the cycling race or not? Is that what you expect of 'good' sports journalism, to not countenance the possibility of defeat? I can understand the Sun indulging in it, considering the demographic that buys that, but is it right for the BBC to be engaging in it?

    What should you care? It's a foreign TV channel....you have your own TV if I remember rightly...


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  • #2382
    Colmustard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,836 ✭✭✭Colmustard


    10.15 the dressage, horsey stuff, I always find people who are big into horses look like horse, except Zara Phillips, Zara Phillips is a ride.
    I do watch and I do be truly baffled as to what is this about.


  • #2383
    jinxremoving
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 236 ✭✭jinxremoving


    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    Panthro wrote: »
    So apparently an Irish athlete got probed at the Olympics.
    Story here

    Probed...

    Hehehehe!:pac:

    Any word on who it is yet?

    Named on front page of independent website today!


  • #2384
    Truman Burbank
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 543 ✭✭✭Truman Burbank


    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    Ireland's hopes seem firmly set on Katie. Surely to christ we can bring something else home

    Profile, picture and prospects for each athlete
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056704963


  • #2385
    fryup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    jinxremoving wrote: »
    Named on front page of independent website today!

    linky please


  • #2386
    Tipsy McSwagger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,072 ✭✭✭Tipsy McSwagger


    Peter O' Leary is the accused.


  • #2387
    Hercule Poirot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,231 ✭✭✭Hercule Poirot


    Mel Nocher with a rather rather disappointing 1.02.44 in the 100m backstroke - probably won't make the semi-final :(

    She didn't make it - we did everything we could


  • #2388
    Colmustard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,836 ✭✭✭Colmustard


    You always know when the Irish are swimming they are the ones with the armbands.


  • #2389
    Happyman42
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,066 ✭✭✭✭Happyman42


    steve9859 wrote: »
    What should you care? It's a foreign TV channel....you have your own TV if I remember rightly...

    I don't particularily, but seems it's wrong to even dare to have an opinion on something, that is noticed by most outsiders, here though. :rolleyes: The crude expression of Britian's superiority complex used to be the preserve of the tabloid press like The Sun, but it has crept into all areas of the BBC (who should know better and who are paid to be better) as telly dumbs down. Lastyt night, Hardtalk on the news channel was even asking some sporting talking-head, the compliment seeking leading question, '3 times now, do you think London is the perfect venue for these games?':rolleyes:


  • #2390
    Tox56
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,636 ✭✭✭✭Tox56


    Happyman42 wrote: »
    I don't particularily, but seems it's wrong to even dare to have an opinion on something, that is noticed by most outsiders, here though. :rolleyes: The crude expression of Britian's superiority complex used to be the preserve of the tabloid press like The Sun, but it has crept into all areas of the BBC (who should know better and who are paid to be better) as telly dumbs down. Lastyt night, Hardtalk on the news channel was even asking some sporting talking-head, the compliment seeking leading question, '3 times now, do you think London is the perfect venue for these games?':rolleyes:

    I think you're taking this a little too personally, you should see the Spanish TV during sporting events, for example.


  • #2391
    Happyman42
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,066 ✭✭✭✭Happyman42


    Tox56 wrote: »
    I think you're taking this a little too personally, you should see the Spanish TV during sporting events, for example.

    Fair enough, they do it to. Does that make it right and professional for the BBC to be doing it?
    It was only a minor lighthearted criticism, until the denial posse here jumped on it. :rolleyes:


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  • #2392
    steve9859
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,554 ✭✭✭steve9859


    Happyman42 wrote: »
    I don't particularily, but seems it's wrong to even dare to have an opinion on something, that is noticed by most outsiders, here though. :rolleyes: The crude expression of Britian's superiority complex used to be the preserve of the tabloid press like The Sun, but it has crept into all areas of the BBC (who should know better and who are paid to be better) as telly dumbs down. Lastyt night, Hardtalk on the news channel was even asking some sporting talking-head, the compliment seeking leading question, '3 times now, do you think London is the perfect venue for these games?':rolleyes:

    You should check out the American coverage....you'd think that there was only one country in the Olympics. You're being way too sensitive....


  • #2393
    Hercule Poirot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,231 ✭✭✭Hercule Poirot


    Why are people surprised that the British Broadcasting Corporation employ people to talk about how great it is to be British? They get excited when they genuinely think they might get a medal, in events where they haven't much hope they are usually quite open/blunt about not having much chance. I don't really see the problem here.


  • #2394
    Tox56
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,636 ✭✭✭✭Tox56


    I don't really see the problem either, but if you do, just don't watch it. It's not aimed at an Irish audience after all.


  • #2395
    ankles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,286 ✭✭✭ankles


    Anyone know the depth of the pool in waterpolo? Are they treading water the whole time?


  • #2396
    fryup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    Tox56 wrote: »
    I don't really see the problem either, but if you do, just don't watch it. It's not aimed at an Irish audience after all.

    exactly, if ireland had the olympics would we be any different??

    jayus!! some irish really need to get rid of that chip on their shoulder


  • #2397
    Hercule Poirot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,231 ✭✭✭Hercule Poirot


    Sycerik McMahon on RTE/Eurosport now


  • #2398
    steve9859
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,554 ✭✭✭steve9859


    ankles wrote: »
    Anyone know the depth of the pool in waterpolo? Are they treading water the whole time?

    Yes.....it is a savage tough, and very physical sport. Don't know the depth, just that it's deep


  • #2399
    Tox56
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,636 ✭✭✭✭Tox56


    ankles wrote: »
    Anyone know the depth of the pool in waterpolo? Are they treading water the whole time?

    I don't know the depth but I'm pretty sure they're treading water all the time.


  • #2400
    Happyman42
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,066 ✭✭✭✭Happyman42


    Tox56 wrote: »
    I don't really see the problem either, but if you do, just don't watch it. It's not aimed at an Irish audience after all.

    I've already said I enjoy it as I do watching any overly cocky athlete getting toppled. :D It's those on here who seem to have a problem even acknowledging it exists and happens more and more.


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  • #2401
    LostBoy101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,369 ✭✭✭LostBoy101


    More sexy olympians.

    Sania Mirza - India
    http://www.helloraipur.com/images/person/big/23.jpg

    Naz Ayedmir - India
    http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1U7QTd6LqMI/SyrErtvih3I/AAAAAAAAFf8/AmJpaX5ev6I/s400/naz+aydemir.jpg

    Cibulkova - Slovakia
    http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images_root/slides/photos/002/325/175/53DominikaCibulkova-russianwomentruth_display_image.jpg?1339871940

    Sara Ramirez
    http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3060/3109821573_615af531af_z.jpg?zz=1

    M.Pestoska
    http://i2.ytimg.com/vi/ixmEcASheZ4/mqdefault.jpg

    Voula Papachristou
    http://theoriginalgreenwichdiva.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Voula-Papachristou.jpg

    Jelena Jankovic
    http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Jelena_Jankovi%C4%87.jpg

    Tania Cagnotto - Italy
    http://cdn.blogosfere.it/styleandfashion/images/Cagnotto%20%28Large%29-anteprima-600x824-722148.jpg

    Federica Pellegrini - Italy
    http://renatocapponpuntoit.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/pellegrini.jpg?w=700&h=


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