London 2012 Daily Diary

Dan man · 29-07-2012 03:41PM

celtictiger32 wrote: »

looks promising for rheinisch considering some of the top 'paddlers' couldnt beat his score, hope he improves it in the second run.
wheres that sailing on btw.?

BBC Red Button....no mention of what's going on with the Irish or the rest of the field....all about Brazil and G.B.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 29-07-2012 03:42PM

celtictiger32 wrote: »

looks promising for rheinisch considering some of the top 'paddlers' couldnt beat his score, hope he improves it in the second run.

wheres that sailing on btw.?

Stream #11 if you don't have red button. http://www.eurovisionsports.tv/london2012/

juke · 29-07-2012 03:42PM

Dan man wrote: »

BBC Red Button....no mention of what's going on with the Irish or the rest of the field....all about Brazil and G.B.

Also on RTE player live, no commentary though

Dan man · 29-07-2012 03:44PM

Ireland 5th or 6th I think.

QueenOfLeon · 29-07-2012 03:45PM

The second runs of the Canoe Slalom will be starting in 5 minutes.

Sailing finished up in 6th, leaving them in 2nd place after 2 Races.

Cosmo Kramer · 29-07-2012 03:45PM

6th. Not too bad.

2nd overall behind Brazil. A good days work.

Photo-Sniper · 29-07-2012 03:50PM

What stream on EuroVision sports is the Canoeing on in five minutes??

robinph · 29-07-2012 04:02PM

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

Notice at the gymnastics (on bbc3 at the mo) they've tried to solve the empty seats issue by filling them with army people! There's a massive block of Khaki along one side there. Ridiculous.

Not keen on the idea of camouflaged people at the Olympics, but they did seem to be handling the staffing of the security checks for us at the road cycling sensibly yesterday. Seeing as they have been roped in to help out at the last minute I'm perfectly happy for them to be given spare seats to actually see the events where they are available.

Cosmo Kramer · 29-07-2012 04:05PM

Eoin Rheinisch up next - not much improvement from those below him so far meaning that he is almost guaranteed a semi-final place regardless of how he goes here due to his good first run.

Pherekydes · 29-07-2012 04:05PM

Rheinisch up next. He hasn't been overtaken yet, so the worst he can do is 16th.

cristoir · 29-07-2012 04:08PM

Weaker time but he'll still go through.

Cosmo Kramer · 29-07-2012 04:09PM

Another good clean run, not quite as good as last time, but he'll be fine - back in action midweek.

wnolan1992 · 29-07-2012 04:10PM

Rheinisch through.

Cosmo Kramer · 29-07-2012 04:11PM

That's it with the Croatian messing up - Eoin is through.

The two consistent runs suggest he is a good bet to make the final, at least.

Pherekydes · 29-07-2012 04:11PM

Rheinisch is definitely through to the semis.

Dan man · 29-07-2012 04:13PM

Off to the archery again for me!!

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 29-07-2012 04:17PM

robinph wrote: »

Not keen on the idea of camouflaged people at the Olympics, but they did seem to be handling the staffing of the security checks for us at the road cycling sensibly yesterday. Seeing as they have been roped in to help out at the last minute I'm perfectly happy for them to be given spare seats to actually see the events where they are available.

Well yes, it's better that somebody gets to use the seats rather than them sitting empty. Still doesn't resolve the issue as to why they're empty though.
EuroSport had a great angled shot of the arena earlier that showed just how packed the upper tiers were. Stories about Irish Swimmers families being "locked out" of the arena this morning and yesterday too.

wnolan1992 · 29-07-2012 04:26PM

China just through to the final of the women's archery. Almost lost it with 3 dodgy arrows, but got there in the end. Will be interesting to see how they do considering one of the team member's confidence must be shaken.

Silvio.Dante · 29-07-2012 04:44PM

Gary O'Toole being in london isn't working. He's our best analyst by a counttry mile and should be in base camp with Bill or whoever.

instead he's relying on the satleite link that leaves things cold and sterile.

Bree is woeful with the other fella not far behind...:(

Silvio.Dante · 29-07-2012 04:45PM

Naive is a very kind spin on the gabling issue. To bet on an opponent to beat you is very dishinest...

robinph · 29-07-2012 04:46PM

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

robinph wrote: »

Not keen on the idea of camouflaged people at the Olympics, but they did seem to be handling the staffing of the security checks for us at the road cycling sensibly yesterday. Seeing as they have been roped in to help out at the last minute I'm perfectly happy for them to be given spare seats to actually see the events where they are available.

Well yes, it's better that somebody gets to use the seats rather than them sitting empty. Still doesn't resolve the issue as to why they're empty though.
EuroSport had a great angled shot of the arena earlier that showed just how packed the upper tiers were. Stories about Irish Swimmers families being "locked out" of the arena this morning and yesterday too.

There was an article earlier with all the big sponsors claiming that their tickets were being used . But chatting with someone who works for a non sponsor sports brand and they apparently bought up loads of tickets that the company now cannot get rid of them to the various departments internally that they were hoping to expense them to.

Silvio.Dante · 29-07-2012 04:46PM

Well done Eoin...:)

Cosmo Kramer · 29-07-2012 04:51PM

Silvio.Dante wrote: »

Naive is a very kind spin on the gabling issue. To bet on an opponent to beat you is very dishinest...

I suppose you can spin it either way. He bet on the winner of the event in 2008, knowing full well that he himself had no chance of being competitive and would not even make the medal race. The way it was initially put out there was suggesting that someone in a one-on-one sport (e.g. boxing) directly threw a match. This is very different to that.

The standard has improved in the second round of the Kayak event. Rheinisch down to 11th with one more person to go, so he will end up ranked 11th or 12th of 15 qualifiers going into the semi-finals.

Edit: Eoin finishes 12th.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 29-07-2012 05:02PM

Cosmo Kramer wrote: »

I suppose you can spin it either way. He bet on the winner of the event in 2008, knowing full well that he himself had no chance of being competitive and would not even make the medal race. The way it was initially put out there was suggesting that someone in a one-on-one sport (e.g. boxing) directly threw a match. This is very different to that.

Agreed. The way they made it sound originally was that someone was betting against themselves, ie. match fixing.
This just sounds like someone being stupid.

SantryRed · 29-07-2012 05:08PM

Never thought I could like archery so much.

Dan man · 29-07-2012 05:08PM

Another great archery contest....rain pouring down on them too. Halfway point it's tied in gold medal match.

Skid · 29-07-2012 05:15PM

That Eurovision website is very annoying.

They don't tell you which event is being streamed on each channel, so you have to click on them all to find out what is on offer. And you have to watch the same irritating 30 second advert each time you go to a new channel.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 29-07-2012 05:20PM

Skid wrote: »

That Eurovision website is very annoying.

They don't tell you which event is being streamed on each channel, so you have to click on them all to find out what is on offer. And you have to watch the same irritating 30 second advert each time you go to a new channel.

Yeah it's a bit annoying but worth it if you find what you're looking for.

Joey. · 29-07-2012 05:29PM

Skid wrote: »

That Eurovision website is very annoying.

They don't tell you which event is being streamed on each channel, so you have to click on them all to find out what is on offer. And you have to watch the same irritating 30 second advert each time you go to a new channel.

http://www.eurovisionsports.tv/london2012/epg/index.html

Silvio.Dante · 29-07-2012 05:32PM

I agree with both Skid and Elmo re the Eurovision link. I'd rather have it available than not...:)

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