Stan 386 Posted August 10, 2008 Report Share Posted August 10, 2008 Nicole Cooke wins first gold medal for Britain - Beijing Olympics 2008 Nicole Cooke got Britain's Olympic campaign off to a glorious start when she defied treacherous conditions to win gold in the women's cycle road race in a thrilling sprint finish. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 And ............... did you expect less from your once proud nation??????????? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stan 386 Posted August 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 No, but I was dismayed by the Thunderous Silence on this site to the wonderful news,Beefy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 It's because there is a lot more to come!!!!!!!!!! We don't have to crow over one win When our once proud nation finishes higher than Australia on the medal table again!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stan 386 Posted August 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Oink Oink!!! Tweet Tweet !!! There goes that flying pig again,Beefy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob237 89 Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Swimming gold medal for Mansfield! http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/s...ing/7553179.stm Delighted for Rebecca Adlington...must confess her name is new to me...and for the often much maligned town! Cheers Robt P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Cheers Rob Thats two golds and a bronze (And we 'aint started yet) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob237 89 Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Just waiting for the first of the London gutter media/BBC to be disparaging towards Mansfield... Cheers Robt P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Concerned Resident 1 Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 bleedin ell...sumet good coming out of mansfield, thats wot i can't belive. If the world ad piles thats were they would bee. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Nicole Cooke wins first gold medal for Britain - ...gold in the women's cycle road race in a thrilling sprint finish. But.... Was she riding a Raleigh bicycle? !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Doubt it (They are made in China now!!!!!!!!) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bazza 71 Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 It's because there is a lot more to come!!!!!!!!!!We don't have to crow over one win When our once proud nation finishes higher than Australia on the medal table again!!! !laughing! !laughing! !laughing! Dream on pal!!!!!! Baz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 Your bits nearly done meduck (Swimming ) Mind you we ain't got much chance in the athletics either!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stan 386 Posted August 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 Your bits nearly done meduck (Swimming ) Mind you we ain't got much chance in the athletics either!! There are just too many swimming events, the competition is too large and the swimming authorities should be much more ruthless in organizing their programme. It rewards too few disparate talents. We need more variety. Too many of the races are tailored for the same athletic type and repetitious in the talents they showcase. There is way too much doubling up generally, the same competitors swimming, time after time, in 'different' but actually very similar races If Michael Phelps was a one-man nation, he would have stood at number five in the Beijing 2008 medal table as of Wednesday evening. His five gold medals have put him above such sporting nations as Australia on four golds, Italy also on four and Great Britain on two. The 23-year-old's unprecedented achievement at this year's Olympics meant he had beaten 46 of the 50 medal winning nations, as the medal table is ranked primarily according to the number of golds Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob237 89 Posted August 14, 2008 Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 Marvellous achievements by Phelps, although can't agree with the media title of the Greatest Olympian, bestowed on the strength of overall medal totals. Top swimmers can compete in many more events than all other athletes, thereby increasing the gold 'potential'. Even a one-eyed Yank should see that Redgrave's 5 golds over 5 consecutive Olympics, spanning 16 years, is arguably most worthy of the accolade. Cheers Robt P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stan 386 Posted August 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 Up there also,Rob,would be Nurmi. It took Finalnd's Paavo Nurmi, probably the greatest middle distance running talent of all time three Olympics to amass his nine gold medals at events ranging from 1500m to 10,000m on the track and cross country. He also took a silver in the steeplechase. Which is about as it should be. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted August 14, 2008 Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 IMMSC There was a shooter (name escapes me) who won 5 golds in consecutive games, but it is not concidered as big an achievement as Sir Steves because it was not an energy sapping (Physical) sport Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bip 88 Posted August 14, 2008 Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 I know this isn’t going to go down well but I don’t consider anything that don’t require some sort of super human physical effort on the part of the participant to be a sport. You might as well include stamp collecting alongside of pistol shooting or even slam dunk Darts to be up there with the shot put, ‘now what’s that all about!? That’s wot I think. Bip. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted August 14, 2008 Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 I agree with Den. These are Surely "fringe sports' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stan 386 Posted August 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 I think they should get rid of all those scanty panty women,and indeed ALL women from the games. Lets go back to the days of all male nude wrestlers and runners etc.That would eliminate all the problems!!! !laughing! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob237 89 Posted August 14, 2008 Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 Up there also,Rob,would be Nurmi....... Yes indeed, another real contender for the accolade...in the days of genuine amateurism too. Carl Lewis likewise... Compare their efforts with the indifferent attitude shown by this spoilt brat millionaire tennis player Murray this week. The BOA should, at the very least, recoup from him the - 1st/Business class presumably - return air fare. Cheers Robt P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bip 88 Posted August 14, 2008 Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 "Women! ....... what they all about then! well thats wot i say Bip. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,872 Posted August 17, 2008 Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 It's because there is a lot more to come!!!!!!!!!!We don't have to crow over one win When our once proud nation finishes higher than Australia on the medal table again!!! Great Britain 11 Gold. Australia 8 Gold. Jolly good show. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stan 386 Posted August 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 I guess the Australian men did not do as well as the women,but the GB team have a much better T&F team so should pull ahead. G S B Total. 1 United States 19 20 24 63 2 China 31 13 11 55 3 Australia 8 10 11 29 4 Russia 6 10 10 26 5 France 4 9 12 25 6 Britain 11 6 7 24 Depends as to total medal count(as per USA) or gold medal count. Either way the Chinese are looking like winners. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stan 386 Posted August 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 Or you may prefer the Australian Table. Medal talliesGold|Silver|Bronze1stChina3113 1256Total2ndUnited States1920 2463Total3rdGreat Britain116 724Total4thGermany96 621Total5thAustralia8101129Total Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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