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Re: Errr, Olympics?
Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2012 4:30 am
by Jim
RepliMagni wrote:Jim wrote:Who do you think our biggest threats are?
Russia? Although they're a fair way back still...
Australia? Didn't win the medals in the pool this time round...
France? Won a fair bit in the pool...potentially could rival us...
Interestingly too, China and USA are about neck and neck, but the USA have all their athletic medals to come...where's China going to get their's from?
"Chambers's previous season's best was 10.25 seconds, so whatever you think of him, that is an incredible improvement from the Briton."
Yeah, cos he's on drugs again
Russia and Australia are usually high up the table, dont really know what happened to them this time round. They both have lots of medals but so few golds.
France are pretty close behind, I'm not sure how they compare to us in the athletics though.
Remember we have at least a silver in the tennis, some good hopes in the cycling and sailing! I think we can hold them all off tbh and I'm eying up China
Re: Errr, Olympics?
Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2012 4:46 am
by RepliMagni
Britain's Andy Murray and Laura Robson beat Lleyton Hewitt and Sam Stosur of Australia 6-3 3-6 10-8 in an hour and 20 minutes to reach the Olympic mixed doubles semi-finals.
Murray is not far off having two chances at gold...
I kinda want Fed to win the singles, Murray and Robson to win the doubles. Fed has won everything else, would really round off one hell of a career.
Re: Errr, Olympics?
Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2012 4:52 am
by Jim
RepliMagni wrote:Britain's Andy Murray and Laura Robson beat Lleyton Hewitt and Sam Stosur of Australia 6-3 3-6 10-8 in an hour and 20 minutes to reach the Olympic mixed doubles semi-finals.
Murray is not far off having two chances at gold...
I kinda want Fed to win the singles, Murray and Robson to win the doubles. Fed has won everything else, would really round off one hell of a career.
Yeah, kinda agree about Fed, and I dislike Murray after his "I want anyone but England to win at football" thing....but I still want the gold for Team GB!
Dont think Murray will be able to win both though, my hunch is that he will get two silvers which would be good for him still.
Re: Errr, Olympics?
Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2012 4:57 am
by RepliMagni
Completely forgot about the boxing too - who have GB still got in that?
Gotta love the cricket at the moment: With Trott and Pietersen batting, there are 13 South Africans on the pitch.
Re: Errr, Olympics?
Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2012 5:37 am
by Jim
Ogogogogo is in the Quaters on Monday in his category, same for Anthony Joshua and Luke Campbell as well.
Three hopefuls in the last 8 of their seperate categories. No idea what their prospects are though!
Re: Errr, Olympics?
Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2012 9:33 am
by RepliMagni
Jim wrote:Ogogogogo is in the Quaters on Monday in his category, same for Anthony Joshua and Luke Campbell as well.
Three hopefuls in the last 8 of their seperate categories. No idea what their prospects are though!
Ogogo was lucky to get through against the Ukrainian, but now that he has, he has a decent chance - not sure about the others.
1 more gold in the cycling, five more chances in the cycling, Ennis should win barring a screw up...Murray with two chances in the tennis...
...Prospects not looking too bad for actually finishing third. Now that would be scary...
EDIT:
Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 United States 26 13 15 54
2 China 25 16 12 53
3 Great Britain 14 7 8 29
4 South Korea 9 3 5 17
5 France 8 6 8 22
Not too shabby, not too shabby at all...
Out goes GB football on penalties...oh dear
Re: Errr, Olympics?
Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2012 3:16 pm
by Jim
RepliMagni wrote:EDIT:
Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 United States 26 13 15 54
2 China 25 16 12 53
3 Great Britain 14 7 8 29
4 South Korea 9 3 5 17
5 France 8 6 8 22
Not too shabby, not too shabby at all...
Out goes GB football on penalties...oh dear
TBH I'm kinda glad we lost on penalties, I was starting to think I had moved to a different country with all this success!
Re: Errr, Olympics?
Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 4:08 am
by minisaiyan
poor performance yesterday in the footy. and ramsey should never be allowed to take penalties. the first was **Filtered** and lucky, the second was just **Filtered**.
Re: Errr, Olympics?
Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 1:14 pm
by Legendary Apophis
Usain Bolt winning gold medal with 9.63s for 100m race.
Second Yohan Blake and third Justin Gatlin.
Re: Errr, Olympics?
Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 1:32 pm
by RepliMagni
Legendary Apophis wrote:Usain Bolt winning gold medal with 9.63s for 100m race.
Second Yohan Blake and third Justin Gatlin.
T'was always gonna happen after that semi-final...just jogging his way through.
Wonder if Powell is injured for the 4x100m?
100m doesn't interest me that much simply cos of so much of the field have doping pasts - Gatlin (massive doper), Chambers (doper), Blake (has previous), etc, etc. Fill a guy with enough drugs and he'll go like the clappers...
Re: Errr, Olympics?
Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 2:09 pm
by Kjarkur
So proud of my country... my favorite sport is Handball
and here it is:
Group A
1 Iceland 
Congratulations to my fellow Icelanders.
Will be interesting quarter-finals and semi-finals.
-KJ
Re: Errr, Olympics?
Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 6:13 pm
by GrizzZzzly
everyone watch out for beliblisk in the javelin on wednesday for qualifying into final.
19:05 GMT
we're all rooting for you man.
Re: Errr, Olympics?
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 2:19 am
by Jim
GrizzZzzly wrote:everyone watch out for beliblisk in the javelin on wednesday for qualifying into final.
19:05 GMT
we're all rooting for you man.
for real real or for play play?
Kjarkur wrote:So proud of my country... my favorite sport is Handball
and here it is:
Group A
1 Iceland Congratulations to my fellow Icelanders.
Will be interesting quarter-finals and semi-finals.
-KJ
Nice
Good luck to yall.
Re: Errr, Olympics?
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 2:23 am
by Legendary Apophis
GrizzZzzly wrote:everyone watch out for beliblisk in the javelin on wednesday for qualifying into final.
19:05 GMT
we're all rooting for you man.
Really?
Re: Errr, Olympics?
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 2:36 am
by RepliMagni
Legendary Apophis wrote:GrizzZzzly wrote:everyone watch out for beliblisk in the javelin on wednesday for qualifying into final.
19:05 GMT
we're all rooting for you man.
Really?
If not, it's a ruse they've maintained for a long time:
viewtopic.php?f=101&t=160561&p=2015907&hilit=javelin#p2015907viewtopic.php?f=135&t=191360&p=2436444&hilit=javelin#p2436444viewtopic.php?f=77&t=174469&p=2198838&hilit=javelin#p2198838So, which one is he?
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