London 2012 Megathread [Part 1]

statesaver wrote: »

True. The guy today was a rubbish commentator. Maybe he's an next player and was put in there by RTE, i dunno. Glad i won't have to listen to him again for another 4 years !!

He definitely wasn't a player, he was doing the swimming commentary apparently.
He called the shuttle a ball, twice..

Scot evans hit a 3/4 court clear and lost the point and he said the minimum he should be doing is reaching the end line (anything past that is out)

He said magee was hitting the shuttle too high instead of too short at times.

He couldnt comment on what was going wrong, only said the score or that was in or out.

A shuttle has 16 feathers from the left side of a goose only.. straight off wiki

Bill o Herlihy said they were all playing a protestant sport.

RTE also took a break between sets and missed 8 points of one of the games. complete joke.

Lads any good sites to watch the highlights of todays Olympics? Really struggling to find good clips online

Happyman42 wrote: »

He didn't say that at all. :rolleyes:
He said, 'When he was growing up, babminton was seen as a Protestant sport', in an attempt to get his panelist to elaborate on how popular it had become. Which is an entirely legitimate thing to say if you had any idea of the history of sport in this country.

Well said, Billo is a protestant himself I believe.

Happyman42 wrote: »

+ as Britian's national broadcaster they have invested huge resources into the home games. No way have they ever covered the Olympics in this way. RTE's coverage is on a par with previous games coverage from what I can see.

Does anyone know who is suppling the feeds? Is the BBC the main TV contractor for the games?

No, the IOC are doing the coverage themselves and feeding it to the broadcasters.

Happyman42 wrote: »

Ok, just wondered. They have a huge studio in the park and they seem to be able to zoom into their athletes during the swimming, maybe their director has a choice of camera angles?

The main feed comes from the IOC broadcasting. The BBC may have a couple of cameras in the arena and cut to them occasionally. Its fairly visible in the swimming when a British athlete is competing. The IOC cameras are in key positions and polished but occasionally you would see a cut off on the BBC of a british Athlete swimming from a strange angle.

fryup wrote: »

Phelps achievement is amazing but i still think Steve Redgrave's five gold in five separate olympics is the best[/QUOTE

Daley Thompson has to come into the equation, double Olympic champion in the decathlon, most people can just about manage 1 event but this guy is pretty decent at 10 under the most extreme pressure.
Broke his own world record a few times and was unbeaten in the Decathlon for 8 years. Fairly remarkable, and he whistled the UK national anthem at the 84 Olympics!!!