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London 2012 Megathread [Part 1]

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  • #4142
    catchup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 101 ✭✭catchup


    Alan Campbell gets Bronze in rowing single sculls.The Chambers brothers get silver yesterday in the lightweight fours. 3 medals to Coleraine boys.


  • #4143
    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,227 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    Jesus, Ennis flew over that.


  • #4144
    westendgirlie
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    Joanne has qualified for the semis


  • #4145
    Sea Filly
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    donfers wrote: »
    another let-down there, way outside her best...just like the swimmers, not producing their best at the olympics, not delivering when it counts

    It's always the same. It gets a bit tiring hearing the same thing every day at every Olympics: "Disappointment for Irish athletes today", "...didn't qualify from heats...", "...way outside his PB" etc. etc.


  • #4146
    donfers
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    marco_polo wrote: »
    Its 5 years since she posted the national record of 50.73, she has been posting 52sec ish times for the last number of years so not sure what your expectations were exactly?

    she herself just said she was very disappointed with the run and she said it wasn't good enough, so you and I can debate this but what she thinks is what counts and I agree with her that she can perform better

    anyway fair play, at least she qualified for the next round


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  • #4147
    opinion guy
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    Sea Filly wrote: »
    It's always the same. It gets a bit tiring hearing the same thing every day at every Olympics: "Disappointment for Irish athletes today", "...didn't qualify from heats...", "...way outside his PB" etc. etc.

    But why should we expect anymore ?
    We are broke and even when we did have money we didn't put it into sports (well you konw other than buidling Croke Park for the GAA)


  • #4148
    The_Kew_Tour
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,802 ✭✭✭✭The_Kew_Tour


    Sea Filly wrote: »
    It's always the same. It gets a bit tiring hearing the same thing every day at every Olympics: "Disappointment for Irish athletes today", "...didn't qualify from heats...", "...way outside his PB" etc. etc.

    The Good news is that she has qualified for Semi Final.

    She would have came 2nd in 2 of the other heats also.

    But of course some are just waiting to have a dig whenever they can.

    EVENFLOW



  • #4149
    westendgirlie
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    Ooooh the steeple chase. I love watching this :D


  • #4150
    donfers
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    opinion guy wrote: »

    Why do people keep coming out with this commandeer British athletes crap ?

    It is possible to support an individual athlete without declaring your undying loyalty to their nation you realise. For example I was shouting for Phelps - does that make me an American supporter ? I will be shouting for Bolt - does that make me a Jamaican supporter ? No - I just like those individual athletes. Equally, if it so happens I like a British athlete that does not make me a British supporter

    I neither criticised or supported this support team gb thing, people can do what they like so i'd suggest you vent your spleen at someone who cares


  • #4151
    westendgirlie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,125 ✭✭✭westendgirlie


    Uh-Oh 2 fallers.

    Ok, they are back up running


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  • #4152
    donfers
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    The_Kew_Tour wrote: »
    The Good news is that she has qualified for Semi Final.

    She would have came 2nd in 2 of the other heats also.

    But of course some are just waiting to have a dig whenever they can.

    i would much much prefer to be the type of person who has "a dig" as you put it than the happy-clappy, head in the sand, accept everything types.

    we can either ask the hard questions, be self-critical and hope to progress

    or just go along for the party, give it a shot, pat ourselves on the back no matter the result and rinse and repeat

    one of the above formulas will lead to success, the other won't


  • #4153
    The_Kew_Tour
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    donfers wrote: »
    i would much much prefer to be the type of person who has "a dig" as you put it than the happy-clappy, head in the sand, accept everything types.

    we can either ask the hard questions, be self-critical and hope to progress

    or just go along for the party, give it a shot, pat ourselves on the back no matter the result and rinse and repeat

    one of the above formulas will lead to success, the other won't

    Of course we should expect more, from some people.

    But lets take step back to 2004 when it was a really pathetic Olympics from our point of view.

    We have had 5th in Team Event in Equestrian and Top 10 in Salmon and with bit of luck we maybe just get medal in sailing(fingers crossed).

    Those results deserved to be praised. Fair enough our Swimmers have not performed and they need to be looked at, but there is more to Olympics then just medals too.

    What were you expecting at this stage may I ask?

    EVENFLOW



  • #4154
    opinion guy
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    donfers wrote: »
    I neither criticised or supported this support team gb thing, people can do what they like so i'd suggest you vent your spleen at someone who cares

    Fair enough. There has been those on this thread in the last day or too trolling along those lines you see - hence my preemptive strike.


  • #4155
    ahyeahok
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    What channel will Annalise Murphy be on for the Sailing?


  • #4156
    opinion guy
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    WTF ?

    Did anyone just see little remote control cars driving around the athletics field in the background as a race is going on?

    Whats that about ? Some new ridiculous sport I'm not aware of :pac:


  • #4157
    donfers
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    The_Kew_Tour wrote: »
    Of course we should expect more, from some people.

    But lets take step back to 2004 when it was a really pathetic Olympics from our point of view.

    We have had 5th in Team Event in Equestrian and Top 10 in Salmon and with bit of luck we maybe just get medal in sailing(fingers crossed).

    Those results deserved to be praised. Fair enough our Swimmers have not performed and they need to be looked at, but there is more to Olympics then just medals too.

    What were you expecting at this stage may I ask?

    oh you make a fair point

    I am not one of these "medals are everything" types

    I mainly look for pb's/good results or near pb's

    three riders on the equestrian team were excellent particularly Aoife

    chloe in badminton and lisa in judo both gave everything and did themselves and us proud

    swimmers were overall a disappointment (albeit there were sickness/form issues)

    hannah did excellently to make a final and eoin was unlucky

    sanita in the rowing did ok

    sailers are going very well on the whole, boxers going ok but tougher tests to come

    all I said initally about Joanne was it was a bit of a let-down but perhaps I spoke too soon, she qualified in the end and wasn't far off her best so apologies if I came off as a bit dismissive

    ireland's olympic performance up to now is not too bad


  • #4158
    marco_polo
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    donfers wrote: »
    she herself just said she was very disappointed with the run and she said it wasn't good enough, so you and I can debate this but what she thinks is what counts and I agree with her that she can perform better

    anyway fair play, at least she qualified for the next round

    Fair enough I am sure she feels that the is more in her, glad she got through. Still whether it was your intention or not your original post read as being quite harsh.


  • #4159
    snubbleste
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    Anyone hear the Rté commentator there (Hamilton?) for the 3000m Mens steeplechase heat 2?
    As the race finished, he said "and here's Kosinov from kazakhstan trailing in last" then the camera cuts to three more people coming to finish and one guy who had fallen at a hurdle.
    So he was wrong.


  • #4160
    Jesus Shaves
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,959 ✭✭✭Jesus Shaves


    Katarina Johnson Thompson

    Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm


  • #4161
    The_Kew_Tour
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    donfers wrote: »
    oh you make a fair point

    I am not one of these "medals are everything" types

    I mainly look for pb's/good results or near pb's

    three riders on the equestrian team were excellent particularly Aoife

    chloe in badminton and lisa in judo both gave everything and did themselves and us proud

    swimmers were overall a disappointment (albeit there were sickness/form issues)

    sailers are going very well on the whole, boxers going ok but tougher tests to come

    all I said initally about Joanne was it was a bit of a let-down but perhaps I spoke too soon, she qualified in the end and wasn't far off her best so apologies if I came off as a bit dismissive

    Well thats fair enough.

    I do agree about the PB or near PB, but injuries can be so cruel and takes its toll.

    TBF I can see your points in last posts, but I just think some people can be very smart ass about what they say(not you, but others)

    I do agree that we should be aiming higher in some sports, but still early days and you will always get disappointments.

    I mean GB have had number of disappointments, but luckily enough they can be overshadowed by others who do well and they have the numbers too.

    Hannah Craig yesterday beat a Girl who has been training at that venue all year.

    Hopefully by end of next week we can come back with few medals.

    EVENFLOW



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  • #4162
    Sea Filly
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    The_Kew_Tour wrote: »
    The Good news is that she has qualified for Semi Final.

    She would have came 2nd in 2 of the other heats also.

    But of course some are just waiting to have a dig whenever they can.

    I'm not getting a dig in, it's just disappointing.


  • #4163
    opinion guy
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    snubbleste wrote: »
    Anyone hear the Rté commentator there (Hamilton?) for the 3000m Mens steeplechase heat 2?
    As the race finished, he said "and here's Kosinov from kazakhstan trailing in last" then the camera cuts to three more people coming to finish and one guy who had fallen at a hurdle.
    So he was wrong.

    BREAKING NEWS:

    RTE commentator in being wrong shocker!!:eek:


    :P


  • #4164
    Guy:Incognito
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    Was looking iffy for Ennis there for a min in th ehigh jump.

    Team GB definately have one hell of a sexy trio of heptathletes.


    When is Cuddihy running again?


  • #4165
    Colmustard
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    opinion guy wrote: »
    WTF ?

    Did anyone just see little remote control cars driving around the athletics field in the background as a race is going on?

    Whats that about ? Some new ridiculous sport I'm not aware of :pac:
    There is remote control helicopters as well, for panning the audience.


  • #4166
    Colmustard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,836 ✭✭✭Colmustard


    Originally Posted by donfers
    oh you make a fair point

    I am not one of these "medals are everything" types

    I mainly look for pb's/good results or near pb's

    three riders on the equestrian team were excellent particularly Aoife

    chloe in badminton and lisa in judo both gave everything and did themselves and us proud

    swimmers were overall a disappointment (albeit there were sickness/form issues)

    sailers are going very well on the whole, boxers going ok but tougher tests to come

    all I said initally about Joanne was it was a bit of a let-down but perhaps I spoke too soon, she qualified in the end and wasn't far off her best so apologies if I came off as a bit dismissive

    I agree and a lot of people are writing us off but I still hold Ireland will win 3 medals and that will be a very successful Olympics for us.


  • #4167
    Sea Filly
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    Guy:Incognito wrote: »
    Team GB definately have one hell of a sexy trio of heptathletes.

    I know, I can't believe Jessica Ennis was called fat, I mean, WTactualF? :eek:


  • #4168
    nice_very
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,723 ✭✭✭nice_very


    yayyy track and field has started


  • #4169
    Jacksquat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 229 ✭✭Jacksquat


    Annalise in front on the first mark of race 7


  • #4170
    opinion guy
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    Jacksquat wrote: »
    Annalise in front on the first mark of race 7

    RTE just said the race is postponed ?!?!


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  • #4171
    marco_polo
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    opinion guy wrote: »
    RTE just said the race is postponed ?!?!

    Not postponed just delayed over half an hour from its 1.30 start, well underway now


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