London 2012 Megathread [Part 1]

kfallon wrote: »

Did Annalise win again?

She's 6th at the moment

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Alison Young just about to win

Evi just passed her at the line

The commentators celebrating her great win and then they switch commentators and in the switch over she was picked off on the line :pac::pac:

garv123 wrote: »

Glad they got banned. Disgraceful behaviour.

Someone said people dont try their best to win in the heats of running, If you lose in the heats you don't qualify, coming 4th and preserving some energy wont give you a better draw in the next round. There's a difference.

The badminton was a disgrace to watch. deliberately hitting serves into the net and hitting shots out..

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19072677

they were seemingly charged with "not using one's best efforts to win"... which applies in the running and swimming heats when Usuain Bolt/Lochte/Ye etc quite often don't give their best efforts to win.

The second charge of "conducting oneself in a manner that is clearly abusive or detrimental to the sport" has much more ground I think. Though they were clearly aiming to have the best chance to win the competition/future matches and not necessarily abusing the sport. They used a tactic that was permitted by the fact that the tournament changed from knockout to round robin for the first time in an Olympics.

The world championships apparently only use the knockout format too.

Look at the cycling - people don't go as fast as they can in the race because tactically they can shield themselves behind others to reduce their own drag until late on in the race, they certainly were not using their maximum muscle strength for the duration of the competition.

Anyway, this example has laid down a good marker for what is and isn't a good idea (both for the tournament organisers and competitors).

One can see that Lin Dan (Chinese/World no.1 men's singles) criticising the team and also the Chinese state newspaper stating that sportsmanship should be more important than medals.

I guess it's hard to resist using tactics when you know that losing gives you a competitive edge. And unfair that a player should be put in that position in the first place.

For all fans of basketball commentator Timmy 'Downtown' McCarthy, this slice of brilliance from Off The Ball last night.

5-2 to Nevin in the first round. Good stuff.

10-5 to Nevin after 2 rounds. Looking good so far.

HazDanz wrote: »

That was a good fight, Nevin cleaned up really. Ref a fcuking joke

Disgraceful ref

Well done Nevin

15-10 final score, which brings Nevin within a match of a medal!

Anyone know what the standard of opponents he's facing is like?

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